The popular
Japanese vocaloid Hatsune Miku and her crew are back with another adventure in Hatsune Miku: Project Diva X, a new rhythm game on the PS4 and PS Vita.
Jonathan and Randolph try to understand
the Japanese vocaloid craze while playing the most recent Project DIVA rhythm game.
Not exact matches
- Daigasso Band Brothers P (10 / 9/9 / 10, 38 points): Nintendo's Band Brothers series (released in Europe under the name Jam with the Band) is a rhythm game with a difference - you can create your own tracks, it's multiplayer over the net, and this new 3DS entry provides synthesized vocals thanks to
Vocaloid, the system that drives
Japanese virtual idol Hatsune Miku.
Hatsune Miku, whose voice is based on
Japanese voice actress Saki Fujita, was not the first
Vocaloid character, but she's certainly the most popular.
Starting operations at
Japanese arcades today, the new version, named MaiMai Pink, will be focused on anime and
vocaloid music.
Behind the computer - generated voice and appearance are actual songs by real creators, making Hatsune Miku and her «
vocaloid» colleagues much like a
Japanese spin on Gorillaz.
Regretfully, spectators who aren't familiar with
Japanese won't gain any insight into Miku (and fellow
vocaloids Kagamine Rin, Kagamine Len, Megurine Luka, Kaito and Meiko's) lyrics, which are only exhibited in romaji.
The 2010 arcade game Project DIVA Arcade featured the MEIKO
Vocaloid voice (a voice provided by the
Japanese female singer Meiko Haigō) singing lyrics over the theme to After Burner — a SEGA arcade classic.