User blog comment:Hielmiez/Aikatsu Friends! Next Aikatsu series?/@comment-3487190-20180101125527/@comment-3487190-20180101132842

I agree with th trademark deal thing.... yeah, that means they couldn't use the Friends trademark when they provided the catalogue to toy sellers.

As for the DCD system, I think it hard to tell. Well we know BANDAI is having IC card backs on the new products, so there are probably going to be some new changes in the game (maybe just the software, not the machine, though.)

Another problem about Aikatsu Stars was that even though they added PrintOnDemand in this series, it was still falling behind Pripara which was introduced one year earlier. I would wonder if they could add some interesting features in the following arcade game to fight back...