History of the Hatsune Miku – Project Diva series Part 3

Concery, residents of Stopgame.ru! Today we will look at the “swan song” of vocaloids on the PlayStation Portable and find out how the Div’y on the consoles of the 7th generation. So take a mug of something tasty, sit comfortably and meet, the story of the Hatsune Miku-Project Diva series Part 3-Project Diva Extend and the Dreamy Theater trilogy!

Hatsune Miku – Project Diva 2.5? (ABOUT.O)

In the last part, we summed up that Hatsune Miku – Project Diva 2nd “I did not hit the mud” and showed much larger sales compared to the original Project Diva (181,839 (totaling) against 241,000 (first week of sales) copies sold).
Such excellent results (by the standards of the Japanese industry of portable games) prompted Sega On a serious step: put a game on the “conveyor”.

And the first bell in this direction was rumors that August 27, 2011 found confirmation in the article of the magazine Famitsu. It said that Sega The name is working on a new project – Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Ver. 2.5. The game will be released for the platform PSP.
The next day Sega I rolled a teaser site with a small number of screenshots and information about new modules for fans.

The advertising company was not limited to this. Miku appeared on the covers of magazines and newspapers, new videos came out, and new screenshots and details were found on the network.

And now, after three months PR companies, Sega told the world the name of their new game:
Hatsune Miku – Project Diva Extend.
Along with this, announcing the release date – November 11, 2011.

4 months later.

Hooray, 11.11.11 On the shelves of stores appeared Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Extend, So let’s see what the game offers us?

In general, PD Extend is Symbiosis of all the best, What happened in PD and PD2nd. From the first Project Diva, she got a more convenient interface and control on the menu (in the PD2nd menu it was very convenient), and from PD2nd the new part received all gameplay chips and modes.

In general, the development of PD Extend resembles the situation with the development of Saints Row 4. Initially, PD Extend was supposed to be a great addition to PD2nd, but later turned into a separate game. Therefore, the original name of the game was “Hatsune Miku – Project Diva 2.5“

The first significant difference is Menu

It has become more responsive to the player. Now you can change song settings as it is convenient, everything is on one screen and is done in a couple of presses.

To view PV-rollers (clips without gameplay), do not climb into Diva Room, look for a “PV” item and through a bunch of settings and downloads, watch a video. You can simply click △ (triangle) in the song selection menu and enjoy your favorite clip.

Important gameplay changes affected only “Help items” (Assistant items). They were renewed, and some of the complete replacement with “Challenge items”, the task of which was not help in passing, but rather, an increase in the complexity of the game.

The rest is small cosmetic changes:

– Now on the screen with the results, the characters have become Animated;

– You have the opportunity to see The percentage of the song;

– To open some modules (costumes), you need to fulfill unique conditions such as: press 100 times on x, play any song on the complexity of “Extreme”, etc.D.;

– You can take a screenshot of your results by clicking on “R”;

– when loading saving from PD2nd, All modules earned in it (in pd2nd) will be available in PD Extend for free;

Most of the modules migrated from the old parts, but several new, interesting costumes appeared.

The list of songs was also updated. We got from the early parts Just Be Friends, Starduster, Meltdown, Look This Way, Baby and t.D. And from the new one can highlight LUKA LUKA ★ Night Fever, Butterfly on your right shoulder -39’s giving day edition-, Cat Ears Switch, Go My Way!!, Stardust Utopia.

As in PD2nd, for the training part of the game is responsible Ievan Polkka.

The name of the song – Executor – Producer

Levan Polkka – Hatsune Miku – Otomania

Cat Ears Switch – Hatsune Kingmakercasino.co.uk Miku –
Daniwellp
End of Solitude – Kagamine Rin/Kagamine Len – Hikari Shuyou

Palette – MEGURINE LUKA – Yuyoyuppe

SPICA -39’s Giving Day Edition- – Hatsune Miku – Toku-P

Starduster – Hatsune Miku -Jimmythumb-p

To Beond a Duodecillion – Kagamine Len/Kagamine Rin – Tsurishi-p

Stardust Utopia – MEGURINE LUKA – OTETSU

Time Limit – Hatsune Miku – Tatami-p

Throw My Song Has No Form – Hatsune Miku – Doriko

Meltdown – Kagamine Rin – Iroha (sasaki)

Electric Angel – Hatsune Miku – Yasuo-p

Yellow – Hatsune Miku – KZ

Thousand -Year Solo -diva Edit- – Kaito – Yanagi-P

Butterfly on your (My) Right Shoulder -39s Giving Day Edition- – Kagamine Len/Kagamine Rin – Nori-P

Your Diva – Hatsune Miku – Azuma

Puzzle – Hatsune Miku – Kuwagata-p

Oblivion in My Heart – Meiko – OPA

Rin Rin Signal -Append Mix- – Kagamine Rin/Kagamine Len – Signal-P

Just Be Friends – MEGURINE LUKA – Dixie Flatline

Melody. – Hatsune Miku – Mikuru396

Wintry Winds – Kaito/Meiko – Sigotositep

Colorful × Melody – Hatsune Miku/Kagamine Rin – Team Moer

LUKA LUKA ★ Night Fever – MEGURINE LUKA – Samfree

Stargazer – Hatsune Miku – Kotsuban-p

Golden Holy Rotting Into Frost and Snow – Hatsune Miku – Deadball-p

ABC Song – Kagamine Rin – GINSAKU

Hello, Planet. – Hatsune Miku – Sasakure.UK

Close and Open, Demons and the Dead – Hatsune Miku – Hachi

The Disapperate of Hatsune Miku – Hatsune Miku – Cosmo

Paradichlorobenzene – Kagamine Len – Owata-p

Two-Faced Lovers – Hatsune Miku – Wowaka

Look This Way, Baby – Hatsune Miku – Ryo

The Intense Voice of Hatsune Miku – Hatsune Miku – Cosmo

Colorful × Sexy – Megurine Luka/Meiko – Team Moer

Rolling Girl – Hatsune Miku – Wowaka

Cumulonimbus Cloud Graffiti – Hatsune Miku – Ryo

Start of rainbow ~ first step ~ – Hatsune Miku –
Sugiyama Keiichi/Dixie Flatline
The Date of Indigo, Fly Sky ~ Second Flight ~ – Hatsune Miku – Sugiyama Keiichi/Baker

Prayer of Love ~ Extend Your Wave ~ – Hatsune Miku – Sugiyama Keiichi/Yumiko/Wowaka

And the song for the opponing was performed Sekiranun Graffiti, The author of which is Ryo (Supercell). (Other works: “World Is Mine”; “Black ★ Rock Shooter”; “ODDS & ENDS”; “KOCCHI MUITE BABY”)

But there is nothing more to say about Extend. As a result, this is just a large Add-on-on, which was given for the price of a full-fledged game. He did not bring nothing revolutionary to the genre, but only finalized what worked well. It came to look at “Remasters“that Sega made before it became mainstream. And I’m talking about the trilogy
Dreamy Theater.

What is Dreamy Theater -?

First, clarify a few points. The first is the entire trilogy Dreamy Theater never went beyond the borders of the Japanese PS Store. Therefore, the rest of the world could play it, only using a fake-Japanese account or with a hacked console. The second moment is that since the game was not sold outside the country of the rising sun, then there was no sense in other languages, and therefore there is only one language in the game – Japanese. But here, as always, the right fans come to the rescue, who “riveted” the translation for the first Dreamy Theater and put it into free access.

Link to download translation for Dreamy Theater:
Projectdiva.wiki/wiki/translation_patch_ (Dreamy_Theater)

The third thing that is worth considering is how these games work.
Let’s in order:
1) You need purchased Project Diva on PlayStation Portable;
2) Next, you need to buy Project Diva Dreamy Theater on PlayStation 3, And it costs at least 3.600 yen, which is even more than the price tag of the game on the PlayStaion Portable;

3) you cannot play the game if your PlayStation Portable not connected to the system PlayStation 3;
4) to open new content in Project Diva Dreamy Theater, You first have to open it in Project Diva on PlayStation Portable.
That is, “passing” the songs, you will not be able to open for them no new models, nor new songs, nor new levels of complexity, nothing.

In the graphic plan, the game pulled out the details of the models, redrawn the “scenes”, added shadows and lighting, improved effects and textures. Even if you compare now (December 2019) Project Diva Dreamy Theater With Project Diva Future Tone, A year ago on PlayStation 4, having the best graphics in the series, and which is the transfer of the game from arcade machines, the first will not be much concede and still looks with dignity.

It’s time to finish with changes in DT And therefore briefly about other “innovations”:
– There is no editing mode, but all the “clips” created by you on PlayStation Portable You can import and play;
– absent Diva Room;
– added a playlist mode in which you can watch several PV in a row;
– IN Project Diva Dreamy Theater 2nd, In addition to songs from 2nd, you can play in songs from the first part from the “working” cross;
– Added settings:
Taking change;
Whether vocaloids sing with a mistake or always sing;
3D mode.
– Added secret combinations for PV:
1) If you squeeze L1+arrow before starting viewing, then the “chromakey” mode is activated (only vocaloids will be visible against the background of a certain color).

List of flowers:
L1+up – blue
L1+to the right – yellow
L1+down – red
L1+to the left – green

2) When clamping R1+, the Karaoke mode is activated – a version in which vocaloids no longer sing.

As you can see, Dreamy Theater – This is a “remaster”, for which money requires us as a full part and the purchase of an original game with a console for it. As a result, for this we get … textures better and more resolution. It is worth it? As for me, no. Maybe ardent fans would buy Dreamy Theater, but a wide audience is such a solution from Sega I didn’t like the Western release, most likely, I would not leave the best mark on the reputation Project Diva.

This ends the journey of diva in consoles PlayStation Portable. Further, the vocaloids got acquainted with the capacities PlayStation Vita, The kingdom of heaven is, and fully moved to home consoles, besides, Nintendo did not stay on the sidelines.

Happy New Year, 2020! How convenient it is that we will talk about the new “generation” with you in the new year!
All pleasant weekends, great mood, good games and all the best on Stopgame.Ru

Many thanks to Danila Zakharov for the information provided!
And iLuny1 as a spiritual mentor!