The former requires you to hit two or more buttons together, similar to chords on Guitar Hero/Rock Band - perhaps a circle and up arrow at the same time, or if it's feeling particularly mean, a whole group of four face buttons at once. The main rhythm action game has also had a bit of a make-over too, now adding multi-button presses and held notes for bonus points. Buying both will also give you an extra customisation option for outfits, letting you mix and match hairstyles individually, rather than having to go with whichever one your chosen outfit dictates. Future Sound contains a lot of old favourites from the previous Vita games, such as Weekender Girl, Melt and Cat Food, while Colourful Tone concentrates on more of the arcade game exclusives, with a few 3DS Project Mirai tunes thrown in for good measure, such as the seriously catchy Clover Club.
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Perhaps unusually, it's actually being sold in two chunks, too, so you can buy either one or the other, or both should you want the full 220 songs. The Playstation 4 version itself is actually more of a game of two halves - or at least two track lists - called Colourful Tone and Future Sound respectively. However, Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Future Tone to give its full title, is a little bit different from your average Project Diva game, being based on an arcade game from Japan. Try putting a giant Miku head on male vocaloid Kaito for example, perhaps to top off his swimming trunks outfit, and you'll be hard pushed to play a serious song without bursting into laughter.Įach song has a recommended outfit set, should you have no imagination. From cat outfits and bikinis, to Santa outfits and kimonos, all of which can be topped off with gag glasses, wings, a mini top hat and more, there's oodles of things to unlock along the way to make your songs that little bit different. The better your timing, the more points you'll earn - and the more points you earn, the better your final ranking for the song will be.Īnd as the saying goes, points mean prizes! The points you earn will net you 'VP', the game's currency (don't ask us what it stands for… Vocaloid Points perhaps?), which can be exchanged for a huge array of outfits, accessories and alternate characters. As arrows and icons representing the circle, square, triangle and X buttons, as well as the various directions on the d-pad fly across the screen towards their matching outlines, when the two overlap, it's up to you to hit the button. Once you've chosen a track, it's a simple matter of pressing the right button in time with the music and the various icons that fly across the screen. In terms of pure gameplay, then, the Project Diva games are easy to pick up and play. Rounding up a selection of favourite vocaloid tunes, adding a sprinkling of character customisation, and repackaging them as an addictive rhythm action game has proved surprisingly lucrative in both Japan and the West, with their latest foray Project Diva: Future Tone boasting the most extensive track list ever, with over 200 tracks to choose from.
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If this is your first Miku rodeo, the Project Diva games are essentially Guitar Hero/ Rock Band style button mashing music titles, that star a number of Japanese 'vocaloid' singers. Essentially digitally synthesised voices that can be used to sing all manner of fan-made songs, Miku and co have ended up with one of the largest libraries of music ever, and so a uniquely Japanese phenomenon was born, with popular vocaloids holding sell out concerts, appearing as various racing and festival mascots, and even getting their own manga comic book series too - not to mention their own musical video games. #stylish #nofilter #suchwow #futuristicspacenurseīut let's backtrack a little first.