Some of you may have seen that Chih
aya's VA, Asami Imai, will be voicing Noire/Black Heart in
a new game where she will be the lead character.
But one other aspect of that new title is how each of the new playable
characters in it is "inspired" by certain games or genres. (Unlike in the main series games, those ones are not licenced mascots from specific game companies.)
No prizes for guessing which franchise
this one is supposed to represent...
And of course, Noire herself will be taking the idol business by storm, once NIS America makes
that franchise's "idol production" game available in the West later this year.
I suspect the fate of that game won't do much to move the needle on Bandai Namco's views of this series' (lack of) localization prospects, however...