History VideoGame / HatsuneMikuProjectDiva

* PunnyName: The "[=Ha2ne=] Miku" Module from ''DIVA'' and ''F 2nd'' is a play on the pronunciation of the character "tsu", which sounds similar to the English number "2".[[note]]A pun previously used by the PuyoPuyo series[[/note]] It also references how it depicts an alternate version of Miku. Note that this change is [[{{Woolseyism}} only in the English versions;]] ''DIVA'' simply called it "ハツネミク", [[LostInTranslation which uses the katakana spelling for Miku's last name as opposed to the kanji.]]

* PandaingToTheAudience:
** The constant panda and bear motifs in "Love-Hate".
** Both Rin and GUMI's "1 2 Fanclub" outfits feature panda-style hoodies due to the China theme.

** The Kitty Cat Module. Notably, for it's appearance in ''F 2nd'', the ears and tail are constantly twitching and moving.

** Future Tone by it's nature has this for the entire, except for X, Project Diva franchise, in that it contains ALL the songs, with as close to their original music video as possible.[[note]]Which means Miracle Paint is missing it's cane, since they only managed to code it in with it's most recent version. and some songs are missing Chance Time Events.[[/note]]

** This extends to the modules in the same game, with confirmation of the Nyanko and Heart Hunter modules from the PSP games, the latter being well known due to it's use with videos of the first game's rendition of "Two-Sided Lovers", which returns with the PV and module it used in ''extend''.

** ''2nd'', ''extend'', and the ''mirai'' subseries, do not have this, due to the song library on it's own taking up most of the disc or cartridge already.

* ViolationOfCommonSense: The "Challenger" Stamp in ''mirai DX'' requires you to fail 30 times in Rhythm Game. If you're decent at rhythm games, you will practically never fail out of any chart in the entire game except for the very hardest ones, so getting this Stamp essentially requires you to start songs and then put down the [=3DS=] and let yourself fail.

* AssimilationPlot: The story of [[LongTitle "This is the Happiness and Peace of Mind Committee"]] from ''F 2nd''. A representative of said committee, the Siren (Miku), wants everyone in the world to be completely, unconditionally, and equally happy. Anyone who isn't... well, it won't [[NightmareFuel end]] [[ParanoiaFuel well]].

* FourElementEnsemble: ''X'' introduces five auras and their respective clouds that together make up the world that the Vocaloids live in, those being Classic, Cool, Cute, Elegant, and Quirky. In gameplay, each of the clouds is inhabited by songs of that aura, and using Modules and Accessories with matching auras give you a boost to [[ScoreMultiplier Voltage Rate]].

* SurpriseCreepy:
** "Matryoshka" in ''mirai''. One of the most bizarre songs in the series gets an equally bizarre video.
** ''mirai'' also has "LOL -lots of laugh-", which has an (unintentional) JumpScare near the start of the video. The bunny's... ''strange'' appearance doesn't help much.

* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish:
** In ''F 2nd'', Luka sings "Yankee Doodle" in the Pattycake minigame, unlike the other characters who sing in Japanese.
** Luka's rap in "Ai Dee". Notably, this is one of the few songs where her English is perfectly understandable to a native English speaker. She even says ''"supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"'' correctly.
** Miku in 'Sharing The World', which appears in ''Project Diva X''. Notably, there is a Japanese version of the song, but they didn't use it.

*** Miku gained a costume for ''B Who I Want To B'', which she performed with Namie Amuro, but, being a real singer, the song and module couldn't EVER be in Project Diva at the time.[[note]]The same regulations are why GUMI isn't in Project Diva, since she is under a different Vocaloid license[[/note]] Then, SEGA and Atlus worked together on VideoGame/Persona4DancingAllNight, with Shigenori Somejima coming back to do the costumes... including featuring Miku in the costume from the previous collaboration[[note]] As Somejima Style [[/note]]. Due to this, SEGA were able to use those rights to add the costume, as [= P4D =] Style Miku, to ''X'' and ''Arcade/Future Tone''

* BareYourMidriff:
** The "Invisible" outfits for Rin and Gumi in ''Mirai DX''. Of course, being SuperDeformed makes the whole point moot.
** Miku's "Pink Pops" in ''2nd'', "Ambivalence" in ''X'', just to name a few.

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[[caption-width-right:350:Hatsune Miku and her merry friends take center stage.[[labelnote:*]]From left to right, Kaito, Meiko, Kagamine Len, Hatsune Miku, Kagamine Rin, Megurine Luka.[[/labelnote]]]]

* MsFanservice: Luka and MEIKO generally serve as this for the series [[BuxomIsBetter due to having more mature, adult-like bodies than Miku and Rin]]. That said, it hasn't stopped either of these two from getting fanservicey modules.

--> [[Main/SelectiveLocalisation "I ate you. --> baka"]]

See also ''VideoGame/ProjectSekai Colorful Stage! feat. Hatsune Miku'', a mobile SpiritualSuccessor to the series made in collaboration with Colorful Palette and published by Sega, and featuring the Crypton Virtual Singers alongside an OriginalGeneration of characters.

* HotterAndSexier: ''F'' and ''F 2nd'' bring us much more fanservice-geared songs such as [[IntercourseWithYou "Hm? Ah, Yes.",]] [[AbsoluteCleavage "Nostalogic",]] [[FemmeFatale "Blackjack",]] and "Envy Catwalk".

* DifficultySpike:
** ''Puyo Puyo 39!'' can get extremely frustrating when MEIKO shows up; she uses [[VideoGame/PuyoPuyo Suketoudara's]] drop pattern, in that she always fills the bottom four rows with fast-drops, then starts pulling off ridiculous 5-Chains, which can make it very difficult for players unfamiliar with ''Puyo'' to keep up. Ironically, this is also a case of SchizophrenicDifficulty, since any other character that comes after her will almost always be easier, unless you're playing as Luka (where MEIKO is the FinalBoss) or as MEIKO.
** "Ievan Polkka"'s Extreme variation in ''F 2nd'' adds a massive onslaught of notes during the Chance Time segment. This is supposed to be the ''tutorial'', for the record.
** Anyone moving from the normal console games to ''Future Tone'' on [=PS4=] will be punished hard, since even Easy can't be completed with one button. [[note]]On Project Diva, an Easy song just uses one button, usually Circle, with ''F'' and ''F 2nd'' adding the Star Note which uses the stick. All difficulties on the Arcade version note maps potentially use all four buttons and optionally Slide Notes. Higher difficulties just change how MANY buttons you press at once.[[/note]]

** ''Arcade'' tops the reward count, with 342 modules in the initial [=PS4=] release, and extra modules being added MONTHLY, making a total of around '''[[UpToEleven 400 costumes!]]'''[[note]]394 as of February 2017[[/note]] There is zero chance of any player legitimately unlocking every single module in the game without playing the game non-stop in any kind of acceptable rate.

* ArtStyleDissonance: ''Mirai DX'' relishes the fact that it has the cutest style in the franchise, and then goes and pairs it with some of the most unfitting songs possible. Standout examples include "Invisible", which is straight-up 99% '''metal''', while "Daughter of Evil" and "Servant of Evil" are quite possibly [[DarkerAndEdgier the darkest pair of songs in the entire franchise.]] If they had added any of the other songs in either series[[note]]"Invisible" is part of kemu's ''Pandora Voxx'' series, while the latter pair are from mothy's Story of Evil, which is part of the ''Music/EvilliousChronicles''[[/note]], [[UpToEleven it would have only gotten worse.]]

** ''Future Tone'' has an exclusive mode known as "Survival Mode" where you play through a setlist of tracks consecutively without stopping. Tracks are only featured on Hard, Extreme, or [[UpToEleven EX EXTREME]], and you have a single LIFE bar that is carried over between songs without refilling. In addition, LIFE regenerates at half the standard rate during tracks.

** Project Diva Arcade and Future Tone are even more cruel. Hard mode is unlocked already, and some songs don't have [[TheEasyWayOrTheHardWay Easy ''OR'' Normal]], but they do sometimes have [[UpToEleven EXTRA EXTREME...]]

** ''Future Tone'' has the 10★ Survival Course, which is similar to ''X'''s Ultimate Medley, but replacing "Sadistic.Music∞Factory" with "Negi*Posi Continues" and including the [[UptoEleven EXTRA EXTREME]] version of "The Disappearance Of Hatsune Miku", graded a 10★ and [[ThatOneLevel often referred to by fans as the hardest song in the game]].

** ''Arcade/Future Tone'' [[UpToEleven is on a whole 'nother level]] in this department. ''Arcade'' is home to some of the most punishing charts in the series, especially due to multi-button Wides and Slide Notes proliferating a fair number of charts, in addition to the clear conditions being significantly tighter. In fact, many of the more higher-scale songs can feel like borderline NonIndicativeDifficulty; a good number of HARD charts are hard enough to qualify for ''EXTREME'', and some EXTREME charts take ''that'' a step further. Overseas players who have never experienced ''Arcade'' (unless they live next to a Round 1) were quick to point out how frustratingly difficult ''Future Tone'' was compared to the rest of the localized games.

** Len's default outfit for "Monochrome Dream-Eating Baku" in ''F'', complete with a matching NiceHat.

* WritingAroundTrademarks: Although nearly everyone should be well aware of the characters' nature, since "Vocaloid" refers to the Yamaha-owned software engine and not the Crypton-owned characters, the games are extremely careful to avoid using the word, even going as far as to censor it to "VOC@LOID" when it appears in song titles or lyrics. This gets taken UpToEleven in ''X'' when Live Quest Mode has to tiptoe around by referring to Miku and her friends as "digital singers", even though several modules have "VOCALOID" printed on them prominently.

* OutOfFocus: KAITO in ''X'', as he only had ''one song'' in the entire roster, that being "Urotander, Underhanded Rangers'', and was only included in one of the games medleys despite receiving modules and being featured in the art for all of them. Even MEIKO, who is usually also horribly represented in the ''Project DIVA'' series, was included in "Amazing Dolce" and "Urotander, Underhanded Rangers", and was featured in the "Beginning" and "Elegant" medleys, giving her four songs total.

* SingingVoiceDissonance: Pretty much everyone in ''extend'''s secret movie sounds somewhat different from their songs. Justified in the sense that Vocaloids often do not sound like their voice providers.

See also ''VideoGame/ProjectSekai Colorful Stage! feat. Hatsune Miku'', a mobile SpirtualSuccessor to the series made in collaboration with Colorful Palette and published by Sega, and featuring the Crypton Virtual Singers alongside an OriginalGeneration of characters.

The series has had a rather troubled relationship with non-Japanese regions, staying NoExportForYou for five years since the first game despite international popularity. This ceased when SEGA tested the waters with an online Facebook campaign for the series, as well as an English language demo for ''F'' at [=E3=]. Due to high turnout for the Facebook campaign signaling fan demand, the series finally made its way to English countries with the release of ''F'' in 2014, and has since maintained momentum among Western Vocaloid fans and more with subsequent successful localizations of succeeding major titles.

* BandageBabe: Miku's "Bandaged Heart" module in ''X''. To a lesser extent, Miku's "Moonlight Butterfly" in ''F 2dn''.

[[caption-width-right:350:Hatsune Miku and her friends take center stage.[[labelnote:*]]From left to right, Kaito, Meiko, Kagamine Len, Hatsune Miku, Kagamine Rin, Megurine Luka.[[/labelnote]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Hatsune Miku and her merry friends take center stage.[[labelnote:*]]From left to right, Kaito, Meiko, Kagamine Len, Hatsune Miku, Kagamine Rin, Megurine Luka.[[/labelnote]]]]

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