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Imagine: Ballet Star (or Imagine: Ballet Dancer in Europe and Australia) is an otome simulation game developed by Spike and produced by Ubisoft, released on the Nintendo DS as part of their Imagine series in 2008. It was the 17th game in the franchise, preceded by Imagine: Party Babyz and followed by Imagine: Movie Star.

Gameplay[]

Imagine: Ballet Star follows one of three protagonists, Keira, Swan, and Margarete, each with their own focuses and stories. They each learn dance skills, piece together outfits, and grow their stats in order to participate in a series of ballets and compete for notoriety at their Japanese dance academy. In the Japanese version, Naomi is an additional playable character, but she was removed from play in the international releases.

The gameplay mainly consists of learning and executing ballet moves by tracing various patterns in succession on the touch screen or by quickly moving the stylus back and forth across an area of the screen. You learn a move by successfully completing it three times in practice rounds, after which point you can implement it anywhere in your competition dances, which consist of two solos and a pas de deux (or duet) from each ballet that you perform.

Each move belongs to one of several categories: Spins, Jumping, Posing, or Steps. Every move is worth a certain number of points, which grows the harder the move is to execute. Each routine has a certain sequence of move categories. Only moves of a matching category can be placed in each position, but many of them can be switched freely from the recommended routine. Some pieces of point choreography are locked in each solo dance, and all moves in the pas de deux pieces of each ballet are locked.

Additionally, mini-games are scattered around the city that employ similar mechanics. These mini-games allow you to build stats. Higher stats allow you to access more complicated moves, which can earn you more points at competitions. Performance outfits can also be bought from the costume shop with points earned and pieced together to improve one's competition score.

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Monthly Goals[]

Objective 1st month 2nd month 3rd month 4th month 5th month 6th month 7th month 8th month 9th month 10th month 11th month 12th month 13th month 14th month 15th month 16th month 17th month Final month
Beat three mini-games Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Learn one move Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Practice all routines Yes No No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No No Yes No Yes No Yes No

Textbooks[]

Stretches[]

Main article: Imagine: Ballet Star/stretches

Outfit Guide[]

List of Moves[]

Routines[]

Main article: Imagine: Ballet Star/routines

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