Hatsune Miku and Future Stars: Project Mirai (初音ミク 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 them, most notably the virtual-diva Vocaloid Hatsune Miku. It is also the first game in the franchise to include a Vocaloid made by Internet Co., Ltd.; the mascot of Megpoid, Gumi, appears as a guest star.
| Hatsune Miku and Future Stars: Project Mirai | |
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 Cover art | |
| Developer(s) | Sega |
| Publisher(s) | Sega |
| Series | Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo 3DS |
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| Genre(s) | Rhythm game |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
A sequel to the game, titled Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai 2, was released in Japan on November 28, 2013. On July 2, 2014, it was announced that an enhanced version of the sequel, titled Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai DX, was in development for a 2015 release. On September 8, 2015, the game was released in North America.[1]
Gameplay
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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 the 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.[2]
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 character.[2][3]
Development
editDevelopment of the game began in mid-2010 and was only officially announced in September 2011 as Hatsune Miku -Project Mirai-. In November 2011, Famitsu unveiled the game's final name Hatsune Miku and Future Stars: Project Mirai (the word Mirai meaning "future"). This marks the first time a game in the series has changed its working name for the final release. The game was released in Japan on March 8, 2012 in a limited edition that included a Nendoroid Puchi figure of Hatsune Miku.[4][5]
Song List
editProject Mirai contains a total of 23 songs (39 if alternate-vocal versions are counted).
| Song List | ||
|---|---|---|
| Song Name | Performed by | Producer |
| My Time (私の時間, Watashi no Jikan) | Hatsune Miku or Kagamine Rin or Kagamine Len |
Kuchibashi-P |
| Finder (DSLR remix - re:edit) | Hatsune Miku | kz (livetune) |
| reverse rainbow (逆さまレインボー, Sakasama reinbō) | Hatsune Miku Kagamine Rin or Kagamine Rin Kagamine Len or Hatsune Miku Megurine Luka |
sunriverz |
| Tricolore Airline (トリコロール・エア・ライン, Torikorōru ea rain) | Hatsune Miku or Kagamine Rin or Megurine Luka or MEIKO |
atsuzoukun |
| Animal Fortune-telling (どうぶつ占い, Dōbutsu uranai) | Hatsune Miku or Kagamine Rin or Megurine Luka or MEIKO |
Scop |
| Cendrillon (サンドリヨン, Sandoriyon) | Hatsune Miku KAITO |
Dios/Signal-P |
| Adolescence (アドレサンス, Adoresansu) | Kagamine Rin Kagamine Len |
Dios/Signal-P |
| No Logic | Megurine Luka | JimmyThumb-P |
| on the rocks | MEIKO KAITO |
OSTER project |
| Mousou Sketch (妄想スケッチ, Mousou suketchi, Delusion Sketch) | Hatsune Miku or Kagamine Rin |
40mP Signal-P (voice manipulation for Rin version) |
| Daughter of Evil (悪ノ娘, Aku no musume) | Kagamine Rin | mothy |
| Servant of Evil (悪ノ召使, Aku no meshitsukai) | Kagamine Len | mothy |
| SING&SMILE | Hatsune Miku or Kagamine Rin or Kagamine Len or Megurine Luka or MEIKO or KAITO |
Re:nG |
| PIANO*GIRL | Hatsune Miku | OSTER project |
| Melancholic (メランコリック, Merankorikku) | Kagamine Rin | Junky |
| Hello/How are you? (ハロ／ハワユ, Haro/Hawayu) | Hatsune Miku | Hoehoe-P |
| LOL -lots of laugh- | Hatsune Miku | KeN |
| Deep Sea Girl (深海少女, Shinkai shōjo) | Hatsune Miku | Yuuyu-P |
| Your Heat (君の体温, Kimi no taion) | Hatsune Miku | Kuwagata-P |
| Matryoshka (マトリョシカ, Matoryoshika) | Hatsune Miku Gumi |
Hachi |
| Happy Synthesizer (ハッピーシンセサイザ, Happī Shinsesaiza) | Megurine Luka Gumi |
EasyPop |
| YUMEYUME (ゆめゆめ, Yumeyume, Dream Dream) | Hatsune Miku | DECO*27 |
| Clover♣Club (クローバー♣クラブ, Kurōbā♣Kurabu) | Hatsune Miku KAITO (guest) |
Yuuyu-P |
- Songs with a bright yellow background are returning songs from previous games with new videos.
References
edit- ^ HATSUNE MIKU MAKES FIRST WESTERN APPEARANCE ON NINTENDO 3DS IN 2015
- ^ 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. Archived from the original on July 1, 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2012.
- ^ Anoop Gantayat (January 16, 2012). "3DS Hatsune Miku Is Complete". Andriasang. Archived from the original on July 27, 2015. Retrieved April 13, 2012.
External links
edit- Official Site (in Japanese)
- Project Mirai 2's Official Site (in Japanese)
- Project Mirai DX's Official English Site