Hello hello! Very new on Reddit, I wanted to share my experience with Shining Live on PC, and you know what: it's GLORIOUS. Here goes nothing, and I apologize for any English errors, it's not my first language. Also it's my very very first time posting so it's possible that I completely mess up my formatting.
What is BlueStacks?
A free, opensource Android & Google Play simulator for PC.
Why play Shining Live on PC?
More comfortable and relaxing gameplay.
I can assure you, it's way more relaxing for your brain and eyes to play on PC rather than kill your eyes on a smartphone screen.
Full high quality graphics and character sprites.
Of course, it also means enjoying the character sprites and outfits in a more regular size, instead of mini-size!! <3 REEEEEEN
+ Bonus: You save space on your phone. It's important~
I really recommend to play on PC to experience Shining Live at its best!
[About the LIVE part] It goes without saying, it's impossible to play the Lives with only a mouse for obvious reasons, however it's not a problem IF YOUR LAPTOP HAS A TOUCHSCREEN. Of course, you still have to get used to the size of the laptop screen, since the game is originally optimized for mobiles, but it's secondary in my eyes when I can see 1080p Ren clad in his 1080p idol outfit. "Right, Lady?"
INSTALLATION GUIDE
1) Download and install BlueStacks on your PC.
2) Download the QooApp APK, in English please,
3) ... then open it through BlueStacks to install it ("Install APK" button on bottom left of the main screen). It's installed like any other app, so it will run in portrait mode like on a regular smartphone.
4) Search for うたの☆プリンスさまっ♪ Shining Live on QooApp (not on BlueStacks, you won't find it anyway since BlueStacks is like a Google Play emulator, and the Asian game market has nothing to do with the Occidental one so Google Play has almost to none major Asian games, anyway), download and install it. It should run in portait mode automatically.
DONE! Enjoy the bishies in 1080p glory.
/!\ If you encounter SOUND PROBLEMS, which BlueStacks is notorious for. Here are the problems I encountered:
[1st issue] Fast, high-pitched or slow, low-pitched sound
I uninstalled then reinstalled BlueStacks, which didn't fix the problem, but I then only downloaded Shining Live instead of the first time, where I had downloaded it along with a bunch of other idol games. (Still, it's hilarious to hear the Utapri boys talk like chimpunks)
This high-pitched sound issue often comes again for me though, so I just close and reboot BlueStacks until it works fine.
[2nd issue] No sound
Check if the sound is enabled on BlueStacks (Settings > Volume control). If it is, but nothing changes, check if your sound mixer is correctly installed. For me, it disappeared after I reinstalled BlueStacks for the second time when I tried to fix the high-pitched sound issue, God knows why. Restart your computer and the sound mixer should download again by itself.
For good measure, close then relaunch BlueStacks at every operation, you never know. If none of this works and you still have issues, please report it to the developers, I can't do anything more for you ;; I wish there was a permanent fix for this, but...
That's all from me! I wish everyone can make good use of this tutorial to view the boys in all their glory.
Can somebody please tell me if this method also works for tablets/Apple laptops? I'm only on Windows and don't own a tablet, so I couldn't say.
Thank you for creating this Reddit, I'm so glad to see active Utapri fans!!