Love Live! School Idol Festival for PS4 Announced by Square Enix

Today Square Enix made a surprise announcement that will certainly please many anime fans. Love Live! School Idol Festival ~after school ACTIVITY~ Wai-Wai!Home Meeting!! has been revealed.

While the title is certainly a mouthful, the game is actually coming to the west, which is pretty surprising. It’s also coming to PS4, which is perhaps even more surprising. Actually, I don’t know which is more surprising. Both factors are.

It’s defined as a “rhythm game in which you can enjoy live performances from μみゅー’s, Aqours, and Saint Snow” on a big screen.

It’s a single-player game and price/release window have not been announced.

You can check out the teaser trailer of Love Live! School Idol Festival ~after school ACTIVITY~ Wai-Wai!Home Meeting!! below and be as surprised as I am.

You can also check out a video from the official site showing off more of the visuals. Unfortunately, there’s no audio.

If you’re unfamiliar with Love Live!, it’s a super-popular multimedia franchise including anime manga, light novels, and music.

It focuses on bands of school idols like the aforementioned μみゅー’s, Aqours, and Saint Snow as they struggle to achieve success usually starting from nothing. You know the plot.

The franchise debuted in 2012 with a manga written by Sakurako Kimino and illustrated by Arumi Tokita published on Dengeki G’s Magazine, and then it sparked multiple anime series, movies, and more.