SEGA Games Japan has released a new Project Diva X PV
featuring vocaloid Luka, who is celebrating its birthday this...
The Yamaha booth even had a waverunner
featuring vocaloid character Hatsune Miku — vocaloid, of course, was created by Yamaha.
Along with all of those other games that hit stores today comes Sega's Hatsune Miku: Project Diva F 2nd, the latest in a growing line of rhythm games
featuring the vocaloid (electronic) singer who recently took David Letterman by storm and / or surprise.
Not exact matches
The 2 PVs
feature songs from famed
Vocaloid artists Lamaze - P and cosMo (click names for songs
featured in Project Diva titles).
The game is still Japan exclusive and takes the form of a
Vocaloid - powered rhythm game
featuring new characters and songs developed by renowned
Vocaloid artists such as daniwell - P (the famed composer of a rather popular internet meme).
Though a couple of my more recent favorite Miku tunes didn't make the cut (notably «Love Song,»
featured in last year's Project Diva X), I am overwhelmed by what Sega's latest
vocaloid rhythm game has to offer.
All of these things add up to one interesting franchise known as
Vocaloid, but in this instance, we're going to be specifically referencing one ever popular rhythm series
featuring Hatsune Miku.
What started out as a music video in 2007, which was illustrated by Ryohei Fuke and
featured music created using Miku's
Vocaloid singing synthesizer program, eventually spawned a 50 - minute video animation in 2010.
Like the first in the series, Project Diva X is a music rhythm game in which the player follows a series of button prompts in sync with the music while an in - engine performance
featuring one of the few
Vocaloids plays out in the background.
You can view screenshots of the theme below,
featuring all of the game's six
Vocaloids.
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.