Hatsune Miku and Future Stars: Project Mirai
| Hatsune Miku and Future Stars: Project Mirai | |
|---|---|
 Cover Art | |
| Developer(s) | Sega |
| Publisher(s) | Sega |
| Series | Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo 3DS |
| Genre(s) | Rhythm game |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Hatsune Miku and Future Stars: Project Mirai is a 2012 rhythm game created by Sega and Crypton Future Media for the Nintendo 3DS. The game is a spin-off of the Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA series of Vocaloid rhythm games and was first released on March 8, 2012 in Japan with no international release. Like the original the game primarily makes use of Vocaloids, a series of singing synthesizer softwares, and the songs created using these vocaloids most notably the virtual-diva Vocaloid Hatsune Miku.
Gameplay
Note the pointer of the circle and the series of buttons behind it.
As the game is a spin-off from the Project DIVA series, there are numerous differences between the game and the original series. Most prominent of which is the art style of the game as characters appear as their Nendoroid-style, Super deformed versions in which characters have heads that are three times the normal size and not proportionate to the body. Though the game is still a rhythm game, the way the gameplay mechanics work is entirely different. In addition the game does not feature the Edit Mode of the Project DIVA series, while the DIVA Room Mode is replaced by the game;s My Room mode whereby players similarly get to interact with their modules in a room. The game includes an Augmented reality mode, where the characters will appear on AR cards viewed with the Nintendo 3DS camera. [1]
For the game's primary gameplay, its music mode, it uses what it calls the "Chance Circle System". Buttons will appear around the border of a circle, and a pointer will appear from the center of the circle extending all the way outside the circle's border. It will then turn in a clockwise or counter-clockwise manner according to the song and when the pointer passes the button, the player has to press the face button on the 3DS. Similar to the series, the player's time accuracy will also be rated on a similar scale and manner that will be displayed on the bottom of the screen. The music videos of the songs in-game are partly animations of the characters like in the previous games, but some songs include the original music video with additional 3D effects. As opposed to the previous games, changing the character will also change the voice in the song in some cases. A few songs also have a change in the lyrics when sung by a different characters.[2][1]
Development
Development of the game began in mid-2010 and was only officially announced on September 2011 as Hatsune Miku -Project Mirai-. On November 2011, Famitsu unveiled the game's final name Hatsune Miku and Future Stars: Project Mirai with Mirai meaning future, this marks the first time a game in the series has changed its working name for the final release. Along with its release date of March 8, 2012 and a limite edition that included a Nendoroid Puchi figure.[3][4]
Modules
Project Mirai also marks the first time a Vocaloid not made by Crypton has appeared, as Megpoid Gumi was developed by Internet Co. and has songs with her voice and a deformed character featured in the game.
| Module List | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hatsune Miku | Megpoid Gumi | MEIKO | Kagamine Rin | Kagamine Len | KAITO | Megurine Luka |
| Hatsune Miku | Megpoid Gumi | MEIKO | Kagamine Rin | Kagamine Len | KAITO | Megurine Luka |
Song List
| Song List | ||
|---|---|---|
| Song Name | Performed By | |
| My Time (Watashi no Jikan) | Hatsune Miku or Kagamine Rin or Kagamine Len | |
| PIANO*GIRL | Hatsune Miku | |
| Tricolor Air Line | Hatsune Miku or Kagamine Rin or Megurine Luka or MEIKO | |
| Daughter of Evil (Aku no Musume) | Kagamine Rin | |
| LOL -lots of laugh- | Hatsune Miku | |
| SING&SMILE | Hatsune Miku or Kagamine Rin or Kagamine Len or Megurine Luka or MEIKO or KAITO | |
| Matryoshka | Hatsune Miku and Megpoid Gumi | |
| Happy Synthesizer | Megurine Luka and Megpoid Gumi | |
| Reverse Rainbow (Sakasama Reinboo) | Hatsune Miku or Kagamine Rin or Kagamine Len or Megurine Luka | |
| Delusion Sketch (Mousou Sketch) | Hatsune Miku or Kagamine Rin | |
| Servant of Evil (Aku no Meshitsukai) | Kagamine Len | |
| Dream Dream (Yume Yume) | Hatsune Miku or Megurine Luka | |
| Animal Divination (Doubutsu Uranai) | Hatsune Miku or Kagamine Rin or Megurine Luka or MEIKO | |
| Your Temperature (Kimi no Taion) | Hatsune Miku | |
| Melancholic | Kagamine Rin | |
| No Logic | Megurine Luka | |
| On the Rocks | KAITO and MEIKO | |
| HELLO/HOW ARE YOU | Hatsune Miku | |
| Deep Sea Girl (Shinkai Shoujo) | Hatsune Miku | |
References
- ^ a b Anoop Gantayat (January 20, 2012). "Hatsune Miku and Future Stars: AR Mode, My Room and New Screens". Andriasang. Retrieved April 13, 2012.
- ^ 三等兵 (February 24, 2012). "☆『初音ミク and Future Stars Project mirai』、「私の時間」にリン・レンVer.があるってホントかい？☆". Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Official Blog. Sega. Retrieved April 13, 2012.
- ^ Anoop Gantayat (November 22, 2011). "3DS Hatsune Miku Named and Dated". Andriasang. Retrieved April 13, 2012.
- ^ Anoop Gantayat (January 16, 2012). "3DS Hatsune Miku Is Complete". Andriasang. Retrieved April 13, 2012.
