First, obviously you should read the original interview if you can. Most modern browsers should be able to translate okay-ish these days
https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/interview/260930h

My summary only covers what I think Holofans care about most. The interview also has a lengthy, interesting discussion of the rhythm gameplay design.

Gacha

• Each Holomem will get 2 outfit banners each year.
• Each Holomem will eventually get their own swimsuit.
• Admitted that the pace of new banners is rather fast, but that's because they want to satisfy even the fans who just pull for their one and only oshi.
• They are increasing the rate of free diamonds.
• They will not debut a new banner during a Holomem's Birthday or Anniversary because they want fans to enjoy those occasions direectly with the Holomems themselves, whether via watching streams or buying merchs.
• Original goal was "No Holomem will get a 2nd outfit banner until everyone has gotten their 1st outfit banner"
• BUT this will change in Dec 2026 because:
  • The game was released one month later than planned.
  • This also pushed every banner's schedule 1 month later (hence swimsuit banners in late Sept)
  • All Holomems were supposed to get their first banner by Nov 2026
  • But now those are pushed to Dec, which conflict with the second wave that absolutely has to be released during that time (i.e Xmas outfits)
  • So, those Xmas banners will be released first, leading to some Holomems having 2nd outfit banner before others have gotten their 1st ones.
• Why no Justice or Flow Glow yet:
  • They actually had to push hard just to finish ReGLOSS before release, along with other big changes (implied to be the graduated Holomems)
  • Developement for each Holomem actually takes a long while, as they needed time to understand the inside jokes and memes and characteristics of each new Holomem.
  • They promised that they will deliver "something great" for the rest, and asked us to please be patient.

Goal of the game

• They want to make sure that every Holomem feels like a main character of the game.
• Holodori is not a rhythm game, but rather a rhythm/RPG.
• The vision is “a game that Hololive fans who aren’t good at rhythm games can also enjoy,” while also being “a game on a large enough scale that people outside the fandom will pick it up.”
• The game director drew inspirations from himself, who loves Monster Hunter despite being bad at action games.

Other tidbits

• When Noel's Swimsuit illustration arrived from the artist, they thought it would be too scandalous, but both Cover and Noel gave them the go-ahead
• The chibi models originally were a lot more "deformed" but they reduced the size of the head and make the limbs longer so that the models can be more expressive and cuter.
• The 2025 graduations hit them hard, not just because they had to change the game and shelved many already-finished outfit designs , but many people in the team are fans of those Holos too, and they all got rather depressed.
• More areas and mini games to come, as they consider it something other rhythm games don’t do. The rhythm part will always remain a priority, of course.

It went so much further, and so much worse, beyond these 3 pages