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is a rhythm game
Rhythm game
Rhythm game or rhythm action is a genre of music-themed action video game that challenges a player's sense of rhythm. Games in the genre typically focus on dance or the simulated performance of musical instruments, and require players to press buttons in a sequence dictated on the screen...

 created by Sega
Sega
, usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world...

 and Crypton Future Media
Crypton Future Media
, or Crypton, is a media company based in Sapporo, Japan. It develops, imports, and sells products for music, such as sound generator software, sampling CDs and DVDs, and sound effect and background music libraries...

 for the PlayStation Portable
PlayStation Portable
The is a handheld game console manufactured and marketed by Sony Corporation Development of the console was announced during E3 2003, and it was unveiled on , 2004, at a Sony press conference before E3 2004...

 featuring the virtual-diva vocaloid
Vocaloid
is a singing synthesizer application, with its signal processing part developed through a joint research project between the Pompeu Fabra University in Spain and Japan's Yamaha Corporation, who backed the development financially—and later developed the software into the commercial product...

 Hatsune Miku
Hatsune Miku
is a singing synthesizer application with a female persona, developed by Crypton Future Media. It uses Yamaha Corporation's Vocaloid 2 synthesizing technology. The name of the character comes from a fusion of the Japanese for , and future , referring to her position as the first of Crypton's...

.

Gameplay

The gameplay is based on pressing buttons on the controller when floating gray button icons appear on top of the colored button icons. 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).

Additional Features

Project DIVA allows the players to choose from a wide array of characters including Miku in different costumes in which most notable are her cameo
Cameo appearance
A cameo role or cameo appearance is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the performing arts, such as plays, films, video games and television...

-costumes of the videogames Valkyria Chronicles
Valkyria Chronicles
is a tactical role-playing game developed and published by Sega for the PlayStation 3. The game was released in 2008.The game is set in Europa, loosely based on Europe in 1935...

 and Space Channel 5
Space Channel 5
Space Channel 5 is a music video game developed by United Game Artists under the direction of Tetsuya Mizuguchi and published by Sega. The gameplay features a system where the player must copy sequences of dance steps performed by the computer...

. Also, the game's most highly praised feature, Edit mode, allows the players to create a customized music video of their desired song saved on their PSP and could even include gameplay. Further customization allows players to change dance moves from stylish diva to ero suggestive.

Modules


Song List

There are a total of 77 songs available in Hatsune Miku: Project Diva. 36 songs are obtained normally by playing through the game, 14 songs are only available through Edit Mode, and 27 songs need to be purchased from the Playstation Network.
  • Songs with a grey background can only be played in Edit Mode.
  • Songs with an orange background are DLC and must be purchased from the Playstation Network.

DLC

Two sets of DLC has been release for Hatsune Miku Project Diva. The first set features Hatsune Miku and the second set features Kagamine Len, Kagamine Rin, and Megurine Luka.

DLC Set #1 - Miku Uta, Okawari
  • 9 songs sung by Hatsune Miku
  • High-quality polygon PVs of all the songs (can only be viewed)
  • 'Hello Planet' Miku 8-bit minigame
  • Special Miku theme for your PSP


DLC set #2 - Motto Okawari, Rin, Len, Luka
  • 18 songs sung by Kagamine Len, Kagamine Rin, and Megurine Luka
  • High-quality polygon PVs of all the songs (can oly be viewed)
  • 'Toeto' Luka minigame
  • Special Len/Rin and Luka themes for your PSP

PSP-to-PS3 Connectivity

Sega released a downloadable software for the PlayStation 3
PlayStation 3
The is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment and the successor to the PlayStation 2 as part of the PlayStation series. The PlayStation 3 competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...

 which enables the players to play the PSP game through a PS3 console. It can be downloaded via PlayStation Store
PlayStation Store
The PlayStation Store is an online virtual market available to users of Sony's PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable game consoles via the PlayStation Network. The Store offers a range of downloadable content both for purchase and available free of charge. Available content includes full games,...

 and was released on July 24, 2010. The software is called Dreamy Theater. In Dreamy Theater mode, gameplay is not changed nor modified but the graphics displayed by the PS3 console on the television are greatly enhanced into HDTV
High-definition television
High-definition television is video that has resolution substantially higher than that of traditional television systems . HDTV has one or two million pixels per frame, roughly five times that of SD...

; the graphics are on par with a PS3 game. For the connectivity to work, the player must have a PSP (with the game in it) connected via USB
Universal Serial Bus
USB is an industry standard developed in the mid-1990s that defines the cables, connectors and protocols used in a bus for connection, communication and power supply between computers and electronic devices....

 to a PS3 with the software installed.

Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA 2nd

Project DIVA 2nd is the follow up game to Project DIVA, and contains brand new features, as well as returning features from the first game.

Gameplay

Sega updated the gameplay of the first Project DIVA in which, it now makes use of the D-pad (arrow buttons) and a "hold and release" function for the face buttons. A new song difficulty called "EXTREME" was also added. While the edit feature remains, it is enhanced where the player is now able to edit songs/gameplay in real-time and could also configure motions of two vocaloids on-screen at the same time.

Additional Features

The game features all of the Vocaloids from the first game. However, brand new module outfits have been added, and various costumes from the first game return as well. For instance, this brings Miku's module outfit total to 53 different outfits, not counting DLC modules. Additionally, brand new modules for every other character have been added, including Kagamine Rin's Resonance of Fate
Resonance of Fate
Resonance of Fate, known in Japan as , is a console role-playing game developed by tri-Ace and published by Sega for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The game was released on January 28, 2010 in Japan, on March 16, 2010 in North America and on March 26, 2010 in Europe.-Gameplay:Resonance of Fate...

 outfit (known as End of Eternity in Japan, hence the EoE in the module's title) and Megurine Luka's Virtua Fighter
Virtua Fighter
is a 1993 fighting game developed for the Sega Model 1 arcade platform by AM2, a development group within Sega, headed by Yu Suzuki. It is the first game in the Virtua Fighter series, and the first arcade fighting game to feature fully 3D polygon graphics. It has been ported to several home video...

 outfit. Project DIVA 2nd also features a new mode called DIVA Room where you can interact with the Vocaloids, similar to a sim game, and you can give them items, decorate their room, or have them interact with other Vocaloids.

Modules


Song List

There are a total of 66 songs available in Hatsune Miku: Project Diva 2nd. 47 songs (28 new and 19 old) are obtained normally by playing through the game, 9 songs are only available through Edit Mode, and 10 songs need to be purchased from the Playstation Network.
  • Songs with a fuchsia background are returning songs from the first Project DIVA.
  • Songs with a grey background can only be played in Edit Mode.
  • Songs with an orange background are DLC and must be purchased from the Playstation Network.

DLC

Various packs of DLC were released for Project DIVA 2nd, including new modules, new rooms, new room items, and new songs and stages.
  • July 29, 2010 - The first DLC pack released, it contained two additional Project DIVA 2nd posters for room decoration.
  • August 26, 2010 - In observance of Hatsune Miku's 3rd birthday, a Miku-themed DLC pack was released, containing a Miku-themed room, two additional room items, and a "8/31 Happy Birthday MIKU" poster room decoration.
  • August 31, 2010 - Hatsune Miku's new module, taken from the cover of the Hatsune Miku Append Vocaloid software, was released.
  • September 30, 2010 - The songs "The Disappearance of Hatsune Miku" and "StargazeR" were released.
  • October 28, 2010 - The "Hatsune Miku Project DIVA 2nd x The Idol M@ster SP Collaboration" DLC packs were released, containing modules from The Idol Master
    The Idol Master
    is an arcade and console raising simulation game released exclusively in Japan by Namco on July 26, 2005. It was released on the Xbox 360 on January 25, 2007. The game follows the career of a producer who works for the fictional 765 Production studio and has to work with a group of prospective pop...

     SP for Miku, Rin, and Luka, and Vocaloid versions of "GO MY WAY!!" and "relations" from The Idol M@ster were released, as well as a 765 Production Studio room and item, an Idol Master character doll, and new room posters.
  • November 4, 2010 - In observance of Meiko's birthday, a Meiko-themed DLC pack was released, including a Meiko-themed room, a birthday cake room item, an "i Cup" room item, and a kimono module.
  • November 30, 2010 - The Christmas modules were released, containing Christmas outfits for Miku, Rin, Len, Luka, Meiko, and Kaito.
  • December 22, 2010 - A Christmas/Kagamine Rin + Len themed pack was released, containing a variety of Christmas themed items and room, a Kagamine Rin and Len room poster and room item, and the "39's Giving Day" edition of the concert stage.
  • January 27, 2011 - In observance of Megurine Luka's 2nd birthday, a Luka-themed DLC pack was released, including a Luka-themed room, a birthday cake room item, a Luka doll room item, and a Luka room poster. A winter-themed Miku module was also released.
  • February 17, 2011 - In observance of Kaito's 5th birthday, a Kaito-themed DLC pack was released, including an ice-cream themed room and room decoration, a "Happy Birthday" ice cream cone room decoration, a Kaito poster, and a white suit module.

Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Dreamy Theater 2nd

Sega has announced that production of a Project DIVA Dreamy Theater 2nd which is an add-on of the sequel, Project Diva 2nd and now supported stereoscopic 3D display. The game was released August 4, 2011.

Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Arcade

Sega developed a port of the first Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA game for the arcade
Arcade game
An arcade game is a coin-operated entertainment machine, usually installed in public businesses such as restaurants, bars, and amusement arcades. Most arcade games are video games, pinball machines, electro-mechanical games, redemption games, and merchandisers...

 machines which is titled, . The game features Miku and her songs which also include songs contributed by the fans/players altogether with upgraded and enhanced graphics. The website Piapro even held an event/contest for artists to submit their own created Vocaloid songs as well as illustrations for the game. Tripshots designed the machine which will include four buttons which has the same gameplay as its predecessor on the PSP.

Gameplay

The game plays almost exactly the same as the PSP versions of Project DIVA, with some differences. The signature Playstation
PlayStation
The is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console first released by Sony Computer Entertainment in Japan on December 3, .The PlayStation was the first of the PlayStation series of consoles and handheld game devices. The PlayStation 2 was the console's successor in 2000...

 buttons are now the 4 large buttons on the machine's panel, in order to play the game. The arcade version features both songs from Project DIVA and Project DIVA 2nd, along with a variety of original songs not included in either of the handheld versions. The game's PVs have been slightly modified for the arcade machine's HD display. Players have the ability to choose from a reel of songs and select their difficluty before playing a song, similar to a Dance Dance Revolution
Dance Dance Revolution
Dance Dance Revolution, abbreviated DDR, and previously known as Dancing Stage in Europe and Australasia, is a music video game series produced by Konami. Introduced in Japan in 1998 as part of the Bemani series, and released in North America and Europe in 1999, Dance Dance Revolution is the...

 arcade game. The four difficulties are Easy, Normal, Hard, and Extreme, as seen in Project DIVA 2nd.

IC Card Function & Diva.Net

This arcade game utilizes an IC card function. Players can select to obtain a Project DIVA Arcade Access Card from any machine. This card will open more functions for use in Project DIVA Arcade, many of those functions resembling features in the handheld games. With an Access Card, players will be able to save and load arcade data, select module outfits for use in the game, select a player name, and more. Vocaloid Points (VP) can also be accumulated through successful plays. VP can be used for gaining features, like modules, or changing your player name. Access Card holders can also participate in trials, similar to the console versions of Dance Dance Revolution. In these three-tier trials, named "Clear Trial", "Great Clear Trial", and "Perfect Clear Trial" by difficulty, the player must bet a certain amount of VP. If you pass a trial, you get to keep your VP, and receive the amount you bet. If the trial is lost, the amount of VP bet is deducted from your total. Clearing "Perfect Clear Trial" will also net you a large sum of VP.

Also, during Access Card creation, you will be asked to create a username and password. This will be registered on the internet and allows an Access Card holder to gain access to the Project DIVA Arcade Diva.Net. Here, an Access Card holder can edit data and perform many and more of the functions that a Project DIVA Arcade machine can do. However, an Access Card holder must first accumulate 10 non-concecutive plays on any Project DIVA Arcade machine with an internet connection before they can use many of Diva.Net's functions. Once 10 plays are accumulated, the Access Card holder will gain 30-day access to all of DivaNet's functions. Access to Diva.Net can only be performed this way, and you gain another 30 days of access every 10 plays. This "access" is known as a Diva.Net Right. Upon first play, a Card holder can automatically obtain a Diva.Net Right once. Losing your Right does not affect your data, but you are unable to change it through Diva.Net until another Right is obtained.

Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Extend

Sega announced a new sequel to Project Diva 2nd but most of the gameplay will be similar to the previous one, however some songs will be replaced with new ones.

Modules


Song List

There are a total of 42 songs available in Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Extend. 37 songs (9 new and 28 old) are obtained normally by playing through the game, 3 songs are only available through Edit Mode, and 2 songs need to be purchased from the Playstation Network.
  • Songs with a fuchsia background are returning songs.
  • Songs with a gray background can only be played in Edit Mode.
  • Songs with an orange background are DLC and must be purchased from the Playstation Network.

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