Hatsune Miku -Project DIVA- Arcade

Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Arcade was released to arcades in January of 2010. It is created by Sega and Crypton Future Media to be the arcade version of the Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA game that released in 2009, updated with different visuals. The game primarily features Vocaloids and songs created for these Vocaloids, especially Hatsune Miku. On November 21st, 2013, a sequel titled Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Arcade Future Tone was released for arcades again, upgrading graphics and game physics, adding both a Touch Slider panel for arrow-shaped notes and new songs.

Gameplay

The signature PlayStation buttons, cross, circle, square and triangle are now four large buttons on the arcade machine's panel, which the player must press to play and earn a score. Differences between the handheld version of the game and the arcade include the introduction of hold notes which allowed a player to hold a button(s) for an unlimited time. This allowed players to continuously increase their score until the button is released or they achieve are granted a "Max Hold Bonus". Songs from the Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA series and Hatsune Miku and Future Stars: Project Mirai are included in the arcade version along with brand new original songs that were not in either of the handheld versions.

The Promotional Videos (PV) that run in the background as the song plays out were also updated and re-rendered for the game. They now bear a closer resemblance to the Dreamy Theater version of themselves. Other than a large reel of songs, players can choose from four playing difficulties: Easy, Normal, Hard, and Extreme.

IC card function and Diva.Net

This arcade game featured an IC card known as the Project Diva Arcade access card. Players are able to obtain these cards from any Project Diva Arcade machine. This card allows players to select a player name, save and load their personal arcade data, and accumulate Vocaloid points that carry across different machines so long as they had their card. The cards also allowed for extra functionality such as selecting module outfits for use in game, opening up a wide range of persistent personalized customization which is not too common to arcade games.

The aforementioned Vocaloid Points, which can be gained through successfully playing songs, can be used for purchasing more features, like new modules, or for changing the player's name. Access Cardholders can also participate in trials, which is a challenge mode with gambling elements. The three tiers of trials, from easiest to hardest, are Clear Trial, Great Clear Trial, and Perfect Clear Trial. In these trials, the player must bet a certain amount of VP and, if they pass, they gain double the VP they bet, and if they fail, the VP they bet is lost.

When an Access Card is created, the player also creates an account with a username and password, which is registered on the Project DIVA Arcade Diva.Net, where an Access Cardholder can edit data and gain access to more functions possible for a Project DIVA Arcade machine. However, first, the holder must have, non-consecutively, played ten songs on any Project DIVA Arcade machine connected to the internet. Once they’ve played ten times they gain a 30-day access pass to all of Diva.Net's functions, which is renewed every other ten times songs are played.

Versions:

Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Arcade (2010)
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Arcade Revision 1 (2010)
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Arcade Revision 2 (2010)
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Arcade Revision 3 (2010)
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Arcade Version A (2011)
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Arcade Version A Revision 1 (2011)
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Arcade Version A Revision 2 (2011)
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Arcade Version A Revision 3 (2011)
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Arcade Version A Revision 3.1 (2011)
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Arcade Version A Revision 4 (2012)
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Arcade Version B (2012)
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Arcade Version B Revision 1 (2012)
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Arcade Version B Revision 2 (2012)
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Arcade Version B Revision 3 (2013)
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Arcade Future Tone — (2013)
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Arcade Future Tone Revision 1 — (2013)
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Arcade Future Tone Revision 2 — (2013)
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Arcade Future Tone Revision 3 — (2014)
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Arcade Future Tone Revision 4 — (2014)
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Arcade Future Tone Revision 5 — (2014)
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Arcade Future Tone Version A — (2014)
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Arcade Future Tone Version A Revision 1 — (2014)
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Arcade Future Tone Version A Revision 2 — (2015)
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Arcade Future Tone Version A Revision 3 — (2015)
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Arcade Future Tone Version A Revision 4.1 — (2015)
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Arcade Future Tone Version A Revision 5 — (2015)
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Arcade Future Tone Version A Revision 6 — (2016)
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Arcade Future Tone Version A Revision 6.1 — (2016)
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Arcade Future Tone Version B — (2016)

The Playstation 4 versions were announced on May 27th, 2016, one named Future Sound and the other Colorful Tone. The Future Sound version boasted 127 songs from the Project DIVA series while Colorful Tone featured 95 songs from the Arcade and project Mirai series.

Reception

Project DIVA Future Tone was received quite favorably, taking the award for "Best Rhythm/Music Game" at Game Informer's Best of 2017 Awards and also managing to snag the third place in the same catefory of the Reader's Choice version of the same Awards.

Hatsune Miku -Project DIVA- Arcade

Gameplay

IC card function and Diva.Net

Versions:

Reception

Links

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