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The original arcade release of The Idolmaster had several bad endings that were allegedly received by the first location play-testers so negatively that they were immediately taken out of the game. These endings are referred to as Death endings or "Z-ENDs" which can only be seen by earning a Z grade in the evaluation of an idol's performance, and involve the idols having a final meeting with the player to tell them they are giving up. The tone of each conversation varies with some idols frustratingly yelling at the player, while others will appear severely depressed.
The existence of these endings were considered an urban legend among the game's fans until 2014, when a volunteer for the now defunct fan localization website TLWiki found all of the intact Z-ENDs hidden in the data of the game's PlayStation Portable port The Idolmaster SP, and were later uploaded to Niconico. These endings were uploaded without an English translation, though archived text translations of every Z-END by TLWiki are available and included in the self-source tab.
The existence of these endings were considered an urban legend among the game's fans until 2014, when a volunteer for the now defunct fan localization website TLWiki found all of the intact Z-ENDs hidden in the data of the game's PlayStation Portable port The Idolmaster SP, and were later uploaded to Niconico. These endings were uploaded without an English translation, though archived text translations of every Z-END by TLWiki are available and included in the self-source tab.
Japanese blog post detailing Z-END origins:
https://web.archive.org/web/20200913185821/http://michaelgoraku.blog22.fc2.com/blog-entry-819.html
Ritsuko translation:
http://wayback.archive.org/web/20130311112029/http://tlwiki.org/index.php?title=Idolmaster_SP:MM:41095
Azusa translation:
http://wayback.archive.org/web/20130311113100/http://tlwiki.org/index.php?title=Idolmaster_SP:MM:23679
Yukiho translation:
http://wayback.archive.org/web/20140810135303/http://tlwiki.org/index.php?title=Idolmaster_SP:WS:34987
Makoto translation:
http://web.archive.org/web/20140810064932/http://tlwiki.org/index.php?title=Idolmaster_SP:PS:47298
Ami & Mami translation:
http://wayback.archive.org/web/20130311104110/http://tlwiki.org/index.php?title=Idolmaster_SP:WS:53423
Haruka translation:
http://wayback.archive.org/web/20130311123708/http://tlwiki.org/index.php?title=Idolmaster_SP:PS:6605
Chihaya translation:
http://wayback.archive.org/web/20130311111022/http://tlwiki.org/index.php?title=Idolmaster_SP:MM:29382
Iori translation:
http://wayback.archive.org/web/20130311103835/http://tlwiki.org/index.php?title=Idolmaster_SP:WS:12261
Yayoi translation:
http://wayback.archive.org/web/20130311123902/http://tlwiki.org/index.php?title=Idolmaster_SP:PS:18199
Ritsuko and Azusa Z-ENDs:
https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm24580244
Yukiho and Makoto Z-ENDs:
https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm24563142
Ami & Mami, Haruka and Chihaya Z-ENDs:
https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm24587397
Iori and Yayoi Z-ENDs:
https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm24517297
https://web.archive.org/web/20200913185821/http://michaelgoraku.blog22.fc2.com/blog-entry-819.html
Ritsuko translation:
http://wayback.archive.org/web/20130311112029/http://tlwiki.org/index.php?title=Idolmaster_SP:MM:41095
Azusa translation:
http://wayback.archive.org/web/20130311113100/http://tlwiki.org/index.php?title=Idolmaster_SP:MM:23679
Yukiho translation:
http://wayback.archive.org/web/20140810135303/http://tlwiki.org/index.php?title=Idolmaster_SP:WS:34987
Makoto translation:
http://web.archive.org/web/20140810064932/http://tlwiki.org/index.php?title=Idolmaster_SP:PS:47298
Ami & Mami translation:
http://wayback.archive.org/web/20130311104110/http://tlwiki.org/index.php?title=Idolmaster_SP:WS:53423
Haruka translation:
http://wayback.archive.org/web/20130311123708/http://tlwiki.org/index.php?title=Idolmaster_SP:PS:6605
Chihaya translation:
http://wayback.archive.org/web/20130311111022/http://tlwiki.org/index.php?title=Idolmaster_SP:MM:29382
Iori translation:
http://wayback.archive.org/web/20130311103835/http://tlwiki.org/index.php?title=Idolmaster_SP:WS:12261
Yayoi translation:
http://wayback.archive.org/web/20130311123902/http://tlwiki.org/index.php?title=Idolmaster_SP:PS:18199
Ritsuko and Azusa Z-ENDs:
https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm24580244
Yukiho and Makoto Z-ENDs:
https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm24563142
Ami & Mami, Haruka and Chihaya Z-ENDs:
https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm24587397
Iori and Yayoi Z-ENDs:
https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm24517297
Comments (5)
Reply to comment by MehDeletingLater posted Oct 12, 2023, 6:36 AM
I have now just given it a go with one of my own submissions where I submitted a report: https://www.vgfacts.com/game/mariokart8/trivia-15129/
I think the only things you can change in a revision are the submission's content, attachment, tags and sources. I could be wrong since I can't actually submit revisions myself being on site staff, but if I am one of the admins could probably explain this better. If there is another game/series/console/developer you think should be set to a submission, I recommend just reporting it with the page(s) it should be added to.
There does not seem to be a big search bar when going into submit revision.
You can add multiple games/series/consoles/developers to the same submission by looking it up through the big search bar on the Add Trivia/Edit Trivia page.
I see that someone figured out what I haven't been able to, which be adding what pages a submission is listed in.
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