12/16/2023 0 Comments Project mirai dx share tunes![]() So despite my love for the cute, dancey music, this is why I’m a little reluctant to say that this game is totally family friendly Miku and co could be telling me to sacrifice my town to the almighty android overlord and I would have no idea. ![]() Notice that while the songs are subbed, it’s all in romanji the only English translation you’ll ever see is the random words that are chucked in for some reason or another. This is unfortunately another issue I ended up running into when playing the songs: I had to look up online guides to figure out how to change outfits for songs, for example, and the “Call,” function didn’t seem to be working until I found out you have to add an honorific on to the Vocaloid’s name to get any response – and this isn’t told to you in game. I know it’s a rhythm game, and I really shouldn’t be expecting too much out of it in terms of depth, but it’s really hard to work out some of the features if you haven’t played some of the older games. However, my biggest gripe with this game is the alienation of new players, or anyone who doesn’t speak a good amount of Japanese. Overall, the songs were cute, catchy, and really very enjoyable Sweet Magic has been put on my iPod, and I’ll definitely be doing the same with some of the others. Plus the sound effects, I found, were way too loud, especially the chimes some of the songs like Hello/How Are You were just drowned out by the noise level, and after I turned it down in the options menu, it didn’t seem like it made a whole lot of difference. Most of the time I ended up with S or an A rank, hitting 80%+ of the notes. You have three modes, consisting of Easy, Hard and Expert, though I ended up blitzing through most of the songs on Hard with very little effort or practice on my part. The songs are nicely varied, split up between Miku, Rin, Len, Kaito, Meiko and Luka, though I think the girls get the majority. The gameplay doesn’t change (the options consist of tapping the note, swiping up/down/left/right, holding the note, or pressing down on the screen and spinning the stylus in a circle), and it’s incredibly frustrating considering how close the buttons are together on the 3DS they’re not made for rhythm games! It seems a little counter productive to offer two separate modes, but in reality, don’t offer a lot of difference. I’m no stranger to rhythm games, but I’ve yet to encounter one which requires you to use the letter buttons, which was the opposite to any sort of muscle memory I had. The other one is called Button Mode, which I found a lot harder to get on with. You have Tap Mode, where you hit either the pink or blue section of the screen to the beat: There’s around 48 songs in total, and each have a very different style, setting, and theme, which really freshens it up a bit. Aesthetically, it’s really nice the graphics have a nice balance between realistic and cartoony, and there’s enough variety in the character designs and songs to keep you going for a while. The main bulk of the game, however, is the rhythm aspect. ![]() If nothing else, this should keep you playing there’s tons of them. By playing these games and working your way through the songs, you earn MP, which can be spent on furniture for the room you own, clothes and snacks for your partner, or little statuettes you can collect. The other mini game, a Tetris look a like, PuyoPuyo, is the same, only you can watch your characters dance along on the screen above, which is a nice touch. Not only that, it’s a break from the tapping and swiping of the songs. It’s a simple enough concept to grasp (take as many counters in your colour as possible) and is nicely suited for a title like this, since it lets you interact with the characters a little more. The one I had a lot of fun with is the Mikuversi game: You can call to them through the microphone, buy them clothes and snacks, give them allowances, and even compose your own songs and dance routines with them, which is a neat little bit of player creativity you can even share and upload them for other players to see. The game itself is relatively simple, and divided into two parts the rhythm game, and the Hang Out mode, where you get to interact with six of the Vocaloids in a handful of ways. It’s a fun game with plenty of nice music, but I have to say, it definitely has its down sides. Therefore, I jumped at the chance to review Project Mirai, a cute little rhythm game with the various Vocaloids starring in it.  I only really noticed it when Tetsuya Nomura screened a collaborative video with Miku in it, and I’ve been fascinated, albeit a little distantly with it, since. I must admit, I’m not overly familiar with Vocaloid. TL DR: Cute, colourful, and a little bewildering.
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