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Z-Ends

This is a sub-page of THE iDOLM@STER (Arcade).

Watch on YouTubeZ Ends were a feature only present in the very first test run of the arcade game. Surviving accounts claim they were a sudden, game-ending failure, where each idol is shown in an utterly broken emotional state. Test players felt they were traumatic, which led to the developers coding them out for further tests and the final release.

For many, many years, their existence was considered an urban legend, until files related to them were eventually discovered in the data of THE iDOLM@STER SP (being a direct port). You can find each girl's Z End audio tracks in her lesson (prefix L) file.