Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA (video game)

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Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA
Developer(s)	Sega, Crypton Future Media, Dingo
Publisher(s)	Sega, Dwango Music Entertainment
Platform(s)	PlayStation Portable
Release Date	2009 July 2
Genre	Rhythm
Ratings	CERO: - Twelve years and older

May my voice reach you...
— Translated tagline

Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA (初音ミク -Project DIVA-, Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA^?) is a 2009 rhythm video game developed by Sega and Crypton Future Media. It is the first Project DIVA game in the series. The game was released in Japan on July 2, 2009 for the PlayStation Portable with no international release. The game makes use of VOCALOIDs, a series of singing synthesizer software, and the songs created with these VOCALOIDs, most notably the virtual diva Hatsune Miku who stars as the titular character of the franchise. It was first announced in 2008 when it was in development.

Gameplay

Players begin by choosing one of the many original VOCALOID songs sung by Hatsune Miku, Kagamine Rin, and Kagamine Len. The player can also choose which character and clothing (referred to as "Modules") they would like to see in the promotional video ("PVs") that accompany the song chosen for the rhythm game.

The gameplay for Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA is mainly centered on the rhythm game in which players press a series of buttons according to the sequence displayed on the screen to progress. The game uses four types of buttons (called "Melody Icons"), which are that of the four iconic PlayStation action buttons (cross, circle, triangle and square) on the PlayStation Portable. Various gray floating icons appear on the screen with a arrow rotating clockwise representing a timer while a colored icon will begin to appear from various sides of the screen and travel to their respective gray counterparts. The player must press the corresponding button at the time when the Melody Icon perfectly overlaps with the gray icon (in which the latter will have its arrow pointing upward). The player's score bonus is determined by how many icons they get right in succession, as opposed to how accurate their timing is. The score per icon is 100pts, and goes up by 100pts for each note the player hits in succession (up to a point limit of 5,000 per note). Based on the timing and accuracy of the press, the player is rated a comment in the bottom corner of the screen (from lowest to highest: Worst, Sad, Safe, Fine, and Cool!). In addition, points are awarded based on the rating achieved for the icon and the player's performance will have an affect on the Life Gauge on the lower left corner of the screen. Icons rated Cool! and Fine will start combo chain of "successful notes" and this will increase the Life Gauge. However, icons rated Safe, Sad, and Worst will break the combo, with the latter two decreasing the Life Gauge (in addition, icons rated Worst will not give any points). Once the song ends, the player is ranked according to points accumulated (from lowest to highest: rank are Cheap, Standard, Great, and Perfect). If, during the rhythm game, the Life Guage is depleted before the song ends, the rhythm game stops and the player will be rated a Mistake (displayed as MissXTake).

Each song has three different difficulties that can be played: Easy, Normal, and Hard. The player will only have access to Easy and Normal for the first time they play each particular song, but Hard can be unlocked once the player is able to "Clear" that particular song on Normal difficulty (by achieving a "Great" or higher). Each difficulty of a song determines the number and type of icons the player will hit: Easy contains the fewest number of icons and usually are only one type of notes appear (typically the Circle button), Normal contains more icons and they only appear in two types (typically both Circle and Cross buttons), and finally, Hard will use all four types of icons available and may contain more than in Normal difficulty. Towards the end of the song's rhythm game, a Chance Time will begin and the rhythm game's HUD will be switched with two black bars on the top and bottom parts of the screen. Players can be awarded with large amount of bonus points if they succeed Chance Time with an unbroken combo.

Players progress through the game by clearing songs to unlock more until eventually all songs are unlocked. In the course of their advancement, players can unlock additional Modules for a character to wear in a song's PV by meeting certain conditions. In addition to the standard rhythm game function, the game also features an "Edit Mode," which players can create their own custom PVs and/or rhythm games and can use any MP3 song file format in addition to those provided by the game. Players can choose any stage, Modules, and even dance steps. Alongside Edit Mode, there is also a Miku Room mode in which players can get use the items they unlock from playing the rhythm game to decorate Miku's room with. Players can also take screenshots of Miku while she is engaging in activites in her room.

Song List

There are a total of 77 songs in the game, 36 which have standard rhythm games, 14 only found in Miku's Room but can be used in Edit Mode and 27 which can only be obtained by purchasing DLC from the PlayStation store. Songs in the rhythm game mode are categorized by a colored tag next to their names, the colors being pink, blue, orange, yellow, sky-blue, and white. Each tag has one song available at the start, with subsequent songs being unlocked after that song is cleared.

Additionally, the Len and Rin versions of "A Song of Wastelands, Forests, and Magic" and "Song of Life" need to be unlocked by beating the Miku versions of said songs on Normal, with at least a "Standard" rank, and at least twice (Len) or thrice (Rin). Playing on Hard difficulty will not unlock the Len/Rin versions, and playing the Len version will not unlock the Rin version.

Pink Tag
"The World is Mine"	"Jaded"	"Love is War"	"That One Second in Slow Motion"	"Melt"
Easy: ★☆☆☆☆ Normal: ★★☆☆☆ Hard: ★★★☆☆	Easy: ★★☆☆☆ Normal: ★★★☆☆ Hard: ★★★★☆	Easy: ★★☆☆☆ Normal: ★★★☆☆ Hard: ★★★★☆	Easy: ★★★☆☆ Normal: ★★★★☆ Hard: ★★★★★	Easy: ★★★☆☆ Normal: ★★★★☆ Hard: ★★★★★

Blue Tag
"Far Away"	"Strobe Nights"	"Star Story"	"Last Night, Good Night"	"Packaged"
Easy: ★☆☆☆☆ Normal: ★★☆☆☆ Hard: ★★★☆☆	Easy: ★★☆☆☆ Normal: ★★★☆☆ Hard: ★★★★☆	Easy: ★★☆☆☆ Normal: ★★★☆☆ Hard: ★★★★☆	Easy: ★★★☆☆ Normal: ★★★★☆ Hard: ★★★★★	Easy: ★★★☆☆ Normal: ★★★★☆ Hard: ★★★★★

Orange Tag
"Rain With A Chance of Sweet*Drops"	"Miracle Paint"	"Grumpy Waltz"	"Marginal"	"Dreaming Leaf"
Easy: ★☆☆☆☆ Normal: ★★☆☆☆ Hard: ★★★☆☆	Easy: ★★☆☆☆ Normal: ★★★☆☆ Hard: ★★★★☆	Easy: ★★☆☆☆ Normal: ★★★☆☆ Hard: ★★★★☆	Easy: ★★★☆☆ Normal: ★★★★☆ Hard: ★★★★★	Easy: ★★★☆☆ Normal: ★★★★☆ Hard: ★★★★★

Yellow Tag
"A Song of Wastelands, Forests, and Magic"	"A Song of Wastelands, Forests, and Magic (Len ver.)"	"A Song of Wastelands, Forests, and Magic (Rin ver.)"	"White Dove"	"moon"
Easy: ★☆☆☆☆ Normal: ★★☆☆☆ Hard: ★★★☆☆	Easy: ★☆☆☆☆ Normal: ★★☆☆☆ Hard: ★★★☆☆	Easy: ★☆☆☆☆ Normal: ★★☆☆☆ Hard: ★★★☆☆	Easy: ★★☆☆☆ Normal: ★★★☆☆ Hard: ★★★★☆	Easy: ★★☆☆☆ Normal: ★★★☆☆ Hard: ★★★★☆
"Beware of the Miku Miku Germs♪"	"Song of Life"	"Song of Life (Len ver.)"	"Song of Life (Rin ver.)"
Easy: ★★★☆☆ Normal: ★★★★☆ Hard: ★★★★★	Easy: ★★★☆☆ Normal: ★★★★☆ Hard: ★★★★★	Easy: ★★★☆☆ Normal: ★★★★☆ Hard: ★★★★★	Easy: ★★★☆☆ Normal: ★★★★☆ Hard: ★★★★★

Sky-Blue Tag
"The secret garden"	"Dear cocoa girls"	"Velvet Arabesque"	"Updating My Love List?"	"Sakura no Ame -standard edit-"
Easy: ★☆☆☆☆ Normal: ★★☆☆☆ Hard: ★★★☆☆	Easy: ★☆☆☆☆ Normal: ★★☆☆☆ Hard: ★★★☆☆	Easy: ★★☆☆☆ Normal: ★★★☆☆ Hard: ★★★★☆	Easy: ★★☆☆☆ Normal: ★★★☆☆ Hard: ★★★★☆	Easy: ★★★☆☆ Normal: ★★★★☆ Hard: ★★★★★

White Tag
"VOC@LOID in Love"	"Ievan Polkka"	"I'm Your Diva"	"Electric Angel"	"The Disappearance of Hatsune Miku"
Easy: ★★★☆☆ Normal: ★★★★☆ Hard: ★★★★★	Easy: ★★☆☆☆ Normal: ★★★☆☆ Hard: ★★★★☆	Easy: ★★☆☆☆ Normal: ★★★☆☆ Hard: ★★★★☆	Easy: ★★☆☆☆ Normal: ★★★☆☆ Hard: ★★★★☆	Easy: ★★★☆☆ Normal: ★★★★★ Hard: ★★★★★★★
"Requiem for the Phantasma"	"I'll Miku-Miku You♪ (For Reals)"
Easy: ★★★★☆ Normal: ★★★★★ Hard: ★★★★★★	Easy: ★★★☆☆ Normal: ★★★★☆ Hard: ★★★★★

Bonus Songs

These songs aren't found in the regular rhythm game mode and instead can be played in Miku Room, Edit Mode, and the end credits.

Song List
"Rin Rin Rintte ShitekuRin♪"	"Ike Renka"	"Double Lariat"	"Thousand Year Solo"	"Lover's Suicide Oblivion"
"Soar"	"Saihate"	"SETSUNA"	"Yuugure Nostalgic -remix-"	"Love it -Radio Edit-"
"Kikoete Imasu ka..."	"Shooting Star Prologue"	"Oshiete!! Mahou no Lyric"	"starise"

• ^a: This song was part of a contest held by SEGA and piapro where piapro users would submit a song for the contest and the winning entries would be included in the game.

Modules

The game features 53 Modules to choose from, which include 9 characters, 38 Miku Modules, and 6 swimsuit Modules. 22 of those Miku Modules were part of a contest held by SEGA and piapro where piapro users would submit a costume design for the contest and the winning entries would be made into Modules in the game for Miku to wear.

Downloadable Content

Sega released two packs of stand-alone downloadable game data for Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA each consisting of songs along with PVs and rhythm games created via the game's Edit Mode feature. Each DLC pack also includes song PVs viewable in high-quality polygon PVs akin to the high-definition visuals in Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Arcade and Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Dreamy Theater, a playable digital minigame and special themes the player may customise their PlayStation Portable console with. The Edit Mode data for all the songs can also be imported over to Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA 2nd.

Miku Uta Okawari

The first DLC pack, Miku Uta Okawari (ミクうた、おかわり , lit. Additional Miku Songs^?), was released on 25 March 2010 where it featured nine songs sung by Hatsune Miku, a Hatsune Miku theme for the player's PSP and a digital platformer mini-game which follows the same visual style of the "*Hello, Planet" video uploaded by sasakure.UK on Niconico.

Song List
"Though My Song Has No Form"	"celluloid"	"1/6 -d2 mix-"	"Two-Sided Lovers"	"Two Breaths Walking"
"Puzzle"	"SPiCa"	"Alice - Diva mix"	"*Hello, Planet. (I.M.PLSE-EDIT)"

Motto Okawari, Rin, Len, Luka

The second DLC pack Motto Okawari, Rin, Len, Luka (もっとおかわり、リン・レンルカ, lit. More Additional Songs: Rin, Len, Luka^?) was released on 1 July 2010 where similarly to the Miku Uta Okawari pack, it featured a total of 18 songs; two with Kagamine Len, seven with Kagamine Rin and nine with Megurine Luka with PVs and rhythm games created with Edit Mode. It also included two PSP themes (one with Rin and Len and the other with Luka) and a digital game based on the "Toeto" video uploaded by its author on Niconico.

Song List
"RING×RING×RING"	"Su-Su-Su-Su, Suki, Daaisuki"	"MobiRe:Sensation (C.A.LLME-EDIT)"	"Jiko Ken'o"	"Transmit"
"Renraku Madaa?"	"To the End of Infinity"	"Bucchigiri ni Shite Ageru♪"	"Sandscraper -Sabaku no Tokkyuusen-"	"RIP=RELEASE"
"Palette"	"Wanderlast (A.R.MAGE-EDIT)"	"A Single Red Leaf"	"Meguri Hime Buyou Kyoku"	"filozofio"
"Luka Luka ★ Night Fever"	"No Logic"	"Toeto"

Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Dreamy Theater

A companion software titled Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Dreamy Theater (初音ミク -Project DIVA- ドリーミーシアター, Hatsune Miku - Project DIVA - Dorīmī Shiatā^?) was released on 24 June 2010 for the PlayStation 3 digitally via the Japanese PlayStation Store. Dreamy Theater requires the PlayStation Portable with the original PSP game to be connected to the PS3 console via USB at all times to facilitate connectivity between the two devices, making Dreamy Theater more of a game add-on to the PSP game rather than a fully-fledged PS3 game.

The content in Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Dreamy Theater is nearly identical to the PSP version of Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA although the visuals of Dreamy Theater all use enhanced models (resembling those of Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Arcade) and are rendered in 720p high-definition, supporting an enhanced frame rate of 60 FPS. Dreamy Theater also gave new PVs to songs in the PSP version of Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA which previously only had slideshows of fan artwork in display ("Ievan Polkka", "I'm Your Diva", "Electric Angel", "The Disappearance of Hatsune Miku" and "Requiem for the Phantasma"). It also featured a new playlist function which allows the player to construct playlists of multiple song PVs. The DLC Edit Mode gameplay data for the PSP version is also compatible with Dreamy Theater. Dreamy Theater also has support for PlayStation Trophies. However, the song "Sakura no Ame" was absent and the Miku Room feature was removed.

Trivia

• Hatsune Miku, Kagamine Rin and Kagamine Len are the only characters to have vocal responses in the results screen.
• Every rhythm game in Free Play mode only had songs sung by Hatsune Miku. The only songs which featured other Vocaloids are the Rin and Len versions of "Song of Wastelands, Forests, and Magic" and "Song of Life" (which Hatsune Miku also sung her own version).
• Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Dreamy Theater was released on the same date as the first release of Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Arcade.
• The song "Rain of Cherry Blossoms" is the only song from the PSP version of Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA not to appear in Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Dreamy Theater nor in the first release of Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Arcade for unknown reasons. They appeared to have been resolved by the release of Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA F 2nd which the song makes its reappearance with a newly arranged PV.
• In an early trailer for Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA, the original PV of "Black★Rock Shooter" was shown, suggesting that the game was intended to feature this song with a playable rhythm game. This did not happen, although "Black★Rock Shooter" was featured later for the first time in Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA F.
  • Another song titled "Anata ni Hana o Watashi ni Uta o" (貴方に花を 私に唄を, lit. Flowers For You, Songs For Me^?) was present in the trailer, which suggests that the song was also going to be present in the game but was removed in development.

External Links

• Official website (Japanese; Archived)

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