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NEWS: Sega Announces Hatsune Miku -Project Diva F 2nd Release in N. America


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Apollo-kun



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 11:33 pm Reply with quote


"Have you heard of Hatsune Miku?"

Seriously, though, I'm really excited for this. I really enjoyed the first one on PS3, and I hope this gets a physical Vita release as I tend to enjoy my rhythm games on the go.
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EricJ2



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 12:15 am Reply with quote
Apollo-kun wrote:
"Have you heard of Hatsune Miku?"


Almost twenty years ago, I didn't know how to explain my anime fandom to friends and family who didn't know such things existed, and it was a long, slow struggle uphill, usually involving subjecting them to rather bewildering new experiences.
Now, I find myself trying to explain my Miku fandom to friends and associates who don't know such things exist, and I'm feeling the same conflicted feelings. Confused

(Especially since they don't usually play the games.)
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Uokel



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 12:29 am Reply with quote
Apollo-kun wrote:


"Have you heard of Hatsune Miku?"

Seriously, though, I'm really excited for this. I really enjoyed the first one on PS3, and I hope this gets a physical Vita release as I tend to enjoy my rhythm games on the go.


The play station Blog stated that it will be getting a physical Vita release. I'm surprised they didn't say that on here
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 12:37 am Reply with quote
Uokel wrote:
Apollo-kun wrote:


"Have you heard of Hatsune Miku?"

Seriously, though, I'm really excited for this. I really enjoyed the first one on PS3, and I hope this gets a physical Vita release as I tend to enjoy my rhythm games on the go.


The play station Blog stated that it will be getting a physical Vita release. I'm surprised they didn't say that on here


the article wrote:
The game is slated for release this fall in a packaged version for both consoles.


It's the second sentence in the article.
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Rahxephon91



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 1:00 am Reply with quote
You can bring this crap over ,but not Yakuza. Screw you Sega.
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razisgosu



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 1:15 am Reply with quote
Rahxephon91 wrote:
You can bring this crap over ,but not Yakuza. Screw you Sega.


They made the correct choice Smile
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 1:42 am Reply with quote
razisgosu wrote:
Rahxephon91 wrote:
You can bring this crap over ,but not Yakuza. Screw you Sega.


They made the correct choice Smile
Did they? Anyone who wanted to play whatever the hell this game is could easily import it, there's very little in the way of translation. Which is probably the reason it is brought over. Yakuza games are in no way as import friendly.

But whatever, they don't sell and I guess this sells enough peanuts.

Please someone save us and bring the good Sega games like PS and Yakuza.
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FlamingFirewire



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 1:56 am Reply with quote
Rahxephon91 wrote:
razisgosu wrote:
Rahxephon91 wrote:
You can bring this crap over ,but not Yakuza. Screw you Sega.


They made the correct choice Smile
Did they? Anyone who wanted to play whatever the hell this game is could easily import it, there's very little in the way of translation. Which is probably the reason it is brought over. Yakuza games are in no way as import friendly.

But whatever, they don't sell and I guess this sells enough peanuts.

Please someone save us and bring the good Sega games like PS and Yakuza.


This is probably the best pure rhythm game I've played in years - it also helps that the games have a large following willing to spend a lot of money to see the series happen. Also, since the costs are so low to produce the localization, why not take in some extra money? Especially since the only thing they translate in these games are the menus and tutorials - the lyrics aren't even translated in the game (even though they really should be)!

It also helps that Hatsune Miku has turned into an International brand (albeit still niche) where we're seeing translated artbooks with the different vocaloids released by UDON, a freakin' live concert in LA back in 2011 (that was sold out w/ them even selling a BD of the concert), and the viral marketing from people discovering the Dominos Pizza commercials, people finding out where the Nyan Cat song comes from, all the different people making their own songs using the Vocaloid software, the freakin' Google Chrome commercial that used one of Hatsune Miku's songs, etc, etc., etc. There's just a ton of factors that makes discovery of the series increasingly easier with each passing year.

I'm sure we'd all love to see Yakuza 5+ and VC3 come out from SEGA as well, but that's just not where the paying market is right now. Hopefully things like this cost little for SEGA, they make some money on the side, and are then more willing to localize and produce more "risky" games like Valkyria Chronicles and Yakuza. I'm sure these kinds of campaigns at least goes to renew the idea that if there are enough fans speaking out that about something niche like this, these kinds of releases can continue to happen.
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Dimlos



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 2:28 am Reply with quote
Rahxephon91 wrote:
You can bring this crap over ,but not Yakuza. Screw you Sega.
These games take less time and money to localize compared to something with loads of text and voice work, like Yakuza. I kind of feel the same way, but the games aren't really comparable outside of coming from the same company.
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 3:18 am Reply with quote
EricJ2 wrote:
Apollo-kun wrote:
"Have you heard of Hatsune Miku?"

Almost twenty years ago, I didn't know how to explain my anime fandom to friends and family who didn't know such things existed, and it was a long, slow struggle uphill, usually involving subjecting them to rather bewildering new experiences.
Now, I find myself trying to explain my Miku fandom to friends and associates who don't know such things exist, and I'm feeling the same conflicted feelings. Confused

(Especially since they don't usually play the games.)


Maybe if they license some of these for Rock Band or Guitar Hero that they play on Dave and Busters..............


FlamingFirewire wrote:

It also helps that Hatsune Miku has turned into an International brand (albeit still niche) where we're seeing translated artbooks with the different vocaloids released by UDON, a freakin' live concert in LA back in 2011 (that was sold out w/ them even selling a BD of the concert), and the viral marketing from people discovering the Dominos Pizza commercials, people finding out where the Nyan Cat song comes from, all the different people making their own songs using the Vocaloid software, the freakin' Google Chrome commercial that used one of Hatsune Miku's songs, etc, etc., etc. There's just a ton of factors that makes discovery of the series increasingly easier with each passing year.


Those are like so long ago though in music world that the momentum has slowed down since. Still, Sega can use those profits to later release their critically acclaimed games for street cred, like Hollywood studios do with their tentpoles for Oscar films.
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 5:14 am Reply with quote
This made my day. I was recently debating whether or not to bite the bullet and buy the Japanese version. It's not like these games are impossible to play without a translation, but I definitely consider having everything translated worth the wait until fall. It's nice to have all the lyrics romanized, and I don't have to try to memorize the layout of all the menus or have gamefaqs open in a web browser every time I want to play. Plus, the X and O buttons do the "right" thing in the localized version. It used to drive me nuts when I'd play Project Diva 2nd on the PSP and then switch over to the localized Project Diva F and fumble through all the menus. Cursed muscle memory.
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 6:27 am Reply with quote
Iroha song!! Iroha song!! This is great news.
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Shippochan



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 6:27 am Reply with quote
I'm glad to see Sega finally bringing the games over. I just REALLY REALLY hope they bring over the Project Mirai games next.
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 8:03 am Reply with quote
Shippochan wrote:
I'm glad to see Sega finally bringing the games over. I just REALLY REALLY hope they bring over the Project Mirai games next.


You and me both!
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Nuuzen



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 1:57 pm Reply with quote
I'm very pleased by this news. :3 Guess the first one sold pretty damn well for Sega of America.
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