Released in Japan in 2012, the 3DS game Hatsune Miku and Future Stars: Project Mirai follows the footsteps of the Project DIVA series with a title whose music-oriented mechanics are nearly the same as the previously-mentioned franchise however, the dance videos are now performed by custom chibi-fied variants of the VOCALOID singers while the markers are now following a connected path that shows up as the song is being played, rather that randomly appearing on the screen like the PD games.
#Miku flick localization portable
The two companies joined their forces together in order to make another portable-oriented music series many years later, this time focused on the Nintendo portable gaming tradition. In fact, it's from the arcade family of games that comes the gameplay video shown above, starring Hiro's Miku cover of MAGICAL SOUND SHOWER from the arcade racing series OutRun. As time went by, more digital singers came to the franchise from both Crypton Future Media and other companies, leading to the series being called nowadays as just Project DIVA and to the creation of multiple sequels for both Sony portable/home consoles and custom arcade versions.
#Miku flick localization psp
If players manage to clear The Disappearance of Hatsune Miku -DEAD END- on Normal or Hard mode just after the credits, Magical Sound Shower is unlocked, leaving the player with a total of 14 songs.Of all places to start for this topic, the most appropriate ones one is with Sega's Vocaloid-oriented music series production, starring everyone's cyan-haired favorite digital idol.Ĭo-created with Crypton Future Media -the company behind the making of the VOCALOID voice libraries-, the series formerly known as Hatsune Miku -Project DIVA- (初音ミク-Project DIVA-) started out in 2009 as a PSP music game franchise where the players can choose among a selection of Hatsune Miku songs to play with each track comes with its own original choreography starring different Vocaloid characters (according to the song chosen) and the player has to hit flying markers shaped like the respective PSP buttons that have to be pressed/held while the dance performance is played in the background. The Disappearance of Hatsune Miku -DEAD END- is unlocked after clearing every song on easy and normal mode. Players begin with only 3 songs unlocked, and unlock one new song for every song they complete up to a total of 12 songs. The original Japanese game only provided tiles in hiragana, but the localized version provided romanization support so tiles would have the romanized letters on it, which are alphabets recognizable to English readers. Timing is as essential as the original game as the game still retains the points system as well as accuracy scoring system as the original series. Arrows will automatically appear on the tiles to be flicked so as to make things easier for the player, though this help can be removed via the options. When the indicated lyric reaches the circle, the player must tap the lyric tile and flick it in the indicated direction.
The lyrics for each song are given above the tiles, and flow from right to left with a circle on the left. Each of these tiles has a hiragana Lyric on them, when indicated you are required to flick the tile in the indicated direction. The game has 10 tiles, arranged in a 3×3 grid with the middle column having a 4th tile at the bottom. Focusing more on the lyrics of the song rather than the rhythm and beats.
Within the songs, the gameplay also differs greatly. The game also featured two more modes being "PV" where players can watch the PVs of the various songs in the game and "Break the Limit" whereby it is an even more extreme version of the game. It was also the first game not to use Promotional Videos (PVs) rendered in real-time, instead the game's PVs are pre-rendered with graphics of Project DIVA Arcade. This was the first game in the series to not feature any other Vocaloids apart from Hatsune Miku.
Players can pick their songs using a Cover Flow system from a selection of 13 songs all sung by Hatsune Miku. The game was still a rhythm game at heart, though its mechanics greatly differ. The pre-rendered PV is playing in the background as well.Īs the game was a spin-off from the Project Diva series, its gameplay differs greatly from the original series. Note the scoring system present as well as the romanized letters for the lyrics.
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