Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA

***Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA*** (初音ミク -Project DIVA-?) is a series of rhythm games created by Sega and Crypton Future Media. The games have appeared on the PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Nintendo 3DS, iOS, Sega RingEdge and PlayStation Vita platforms. The series currently consists of 5 main titles and 3 spin-offs. The series primarily makes use of Vocaloids, a series of singing synthesizer software, and the songs created using these vocaloids most notably the virtual-diva Vocaloid Hatsune Miku. The game is the first video game to utilize the Vocaloid software developed by the Yamaha Corporation.

## Gameplay

As the game is a rhythm game,
 players are allowed to choose from a wide variety of Vocaloid songs,
original songs sung by vocaloids, including songs sung by Hatsune Miku,
Kagamine Rin and Len. Players also can choose which character they wish
to play in the game. Known as modules, these modules can be completely
different characters or simply different costumes for the same
characters. These modules, though not directly controlled by the player,
 will be the ones appearing in the music videos throughout the game
including their specific costumes. For example, if the player chooses
Kagamine Rin for their first character and Hatsune Miku for their second
 character, during solo songs only Kagamine Rin appears in the video but
 for duets both Hatsune Miku and Kagamine Rin will appear in the video.
Each of the songs have their own difficulties which are Easy, Normal,
Hard and Extreme. Initially both the Easy and Normal difficulties of a
song are unlocked, upon clearing the Normal difficulty, the Hard
difficulty will be unlocked and so forth. Players progress through the
game by completing songs and unlocking more new songs until they
eventually unlock all songs.[1][2][3]

the game's gameplay is similar to that of other rhythm games
 in which players must press a series of buttons according to the
sequence on the screen. The game primarily makes use of the 4 main
symbols, X, circle, square and triangle, which are the face buttons for
the PlayStation Portable. Various floating gray buttons of those symbols
 will appear on the screen, and the colored version of those symbols
will begin to float in from the various sides of the screen. The player
is required to press the face button once the colored symbol lands on
its grayed version and based on the player's timing their accuracy is
rated. Accuracy is described with a word displayed in the bottom right
corner of the screen, ranging from "cool" to "worst". The game is scored
 on accuracy and the player is awarded with a rank ranging from
"Perfect" to "Mistake" (denoted by *MissXTake*). It also includes a
 chance mode whereby the combo system compounds points earned, for
example one perfect note gives you 100 points, if you have a combo of 34
 notes, the 34th note alone gives you an additional 3400 points.[1][3][4]

In addition to the game's standard rhythm game feature, is the
ability for user-generated content in the game's Edit Mode. The Edit
Mode allows users to create their own custom Promotional Video (PV) or
Music Video, which either uses songs already in the game or any MP3
format music file from the player for the PV. Players can customize the
video playing in the background, the various modules, backgrounds,
costumes and even dance moves by the modules in the PV. Players can also
 modify the module's face to make the module appear to be singing so as
to lip-sync the custom song to the video. Other than the Edit Mode,
there is also a Diva's Room mode in which players can buy and obtain
items throughout the game or from the in-game store to decorate their
module's room with. Players can also take screenshots of their modules
whilst they are playing in their room.[1][2][4]

## Games

### Main games

* **Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA**

Main article: Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA (video game)

*Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA* is the first game in the *Project Diva* series, first released on July 2, 2009 for the PlayStation Portable handheld. The game was later playable on the PlayStation 3 using software known as *Dreamy Theater*, which allowed connectivity between the PSP and the PS3.
* **Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Arcade**

Main article: Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Arcade

*Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Arcade* is the only arcade game in the *Project Diva* series, and featured many new exclusive features. Though it was a port of the original *Project Diva* game, the Arcade version featured many new songs that were from the unreleased *Project Diva 2nd* along with updated High Definition visuals akin to the *Dreamy Theatre* version of the first game. On May 22, 2013, they have announced that *Project DIVA Arcade Future Tone* will be scheduled in 2014. The game will also be ported to the PlayStation 4 in 2016 under the name *Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Future Tone*[*citation needed*].
* **Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA 2nd**

Main article: Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA 2nd

*Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA 2nd* is the sequel to *Project Diva*
and was released on July 29, 2010 for the PlayStation Portable

handheld, almost exactly a year after the first game. Similar to the
first game, *Dreamy Theatre 2nd* was also released, allowing
players to play the game on the PlayStation 3 with High Definition
visuals. This second instalment of Dreamy Theatre introduced
stereoscopic 3D for the first time in the series. The game also brought
about a few new features though most of the gameplay widely remained the
 same, the new features included a new difficulty, duet songs and DIVA
Room.

* **Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Extend**

Main article: Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Extend

*Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Extend* is an expansion to *Project Diva 2nd* for the PlayStation Portable with the interface, graphics and gameplay being virtually the same as *Project Diva 2nd*.
 It was released on November 10, 2011 and featured a wide variety of new
 models and new songs. The game allowed players to import data from *Project Diva 2nd*

into the game, including saves, songs, costumes and Downloadable

Content. Similar to past games in the series, a companion game *Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Dreamy Theater Extend* was released on the PlayStation 3 on September 13, 2012 with improved visuals and support for stereoscopic 3D.[5][6]

* **Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA F**

Main article: Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA F

*Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA F or f* is the next main entry in the *Project Diva* series that makes its debut on the PlayStation Vita and on the PlayStation 3 as a full-fledged game rather than downloadable software like *Dreamy Theater*.
 It was released on August 30, 2012 for the PlayStation Vita and on
March 7, 2013 for the PlayStation 3. Though both are essentially the
same game, the PS3 version includes additional songs and costumes. The
songs will later be released as downloadable content for the PlayStation
 Vita.[7]

The PlayStation Vita will also have additional gameplay features such

as "scratch" that make use of its touch-screen and touch-panel features
and AR features using the front and back camera.

On March 7, 2013, Sega posted an image of *Project DIVA F* on their Facebook page, asking fans to like and share if they want to see the game released in Western territories.[8] The game was released in US on 27 August and 3 September in Europe.
* **Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA F 2nd**

Main article: Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA F 2nd

*Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA F 2nd* is the direct sequel to *Project DIVA F*, and was also available on PlayStation Vita and PlayStation 3. It was released on March 27, 2014.[9]
* **Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA X**

*Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA X* was announced on the eighth anniversary of Hatsune Miku (August 31, 2015). It is scheduled for a Q3 2016 release on the PlayStation 4, and a March 2016 release on the PlayStation Vita.[10]
### Spin-offs

* **Hatsune Miku and Future Stars: Project Mirai**

Main article: Hatsune Miku and Future Stars: Project Mirai

*Hatsune Miku and Future Stars: Project Mirai* is a spin-off
from the series, with a different art-style and gameplay from the
series. It is also the first game in the series not to be released on
the Sony consoles of gaming products, instead being released on the Nintendo 3DS.
 The game was released on March 8, 2012, and it added several new
features to the series. The game had Augmented Reality features using
cards to show 3D models on the 3DS Cameras, as well as the voice and
lyrics in a song to change according to the selected Vocaloid. The game
also used the Nendoroid art style.

* **Miku Flick**

Main article: Miku Flick

*Miku Flick* is a spin-off from the series, with a different
gameplay from the series though featuring the same art style and PVs.
The game was released on iOS
 in Japan on March 9, 2012 and internationally on April 9, 2012 making
it the first game in the series to ever be localized into English. The
game features a different gameplay whereby the player "flicks" the
lyrics of the song in certain directions. The lyrics are placed on 10
separate tiles and players have to flick those tiles in the given
direction.

* **Miku Flick/02**

Main article: Miku Flick/02

*Miku Flick 02* is a spin-off in the *Project Diva* series and a sequel to *Miku Flick*. The game is the second to be released on the iOS
 platform and the second game to be released in English. In addition,
the game features Kagamine Rin, Kagamine Len and Megurine Luka as
playable characters whilst the first game only featured Hatsune Miku.
The game also adds other gameplay options, and support for new songs and
 new costumes as downloadable content.

* **Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai 2**

Main article: Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai 2

*Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai 2* is a direct sequel to *Hatsune Miku and Future Stars: Project Mirai*
and the second game to be released for the Nintendo 3DS. It was

released on November 28, 2013. The game makes use of the touch screen,
circle pad, and directional pad. It also makes use of Internet Co., Ltd. Vocaloid, Megpoid Gumi and has a mini-game based on the *Puyo Puyo* series.