Dance through 220 songs in Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Future Tone, out today

Can you feel the electricity in the air? It can only mean one thing…the latest rhythm game featuring the world’s foremost virtual singer, Hatsune Miku, releases today on PlayStation Store! That’s right, the pure arcade experience of the Hatsune Miku rhythm games, Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Future Tone is now available with all of its 220+ songs.

*record scratch* “Wait, did he just say 220+ songs?” Yep, that’s right dear PlayStation Blog reader, Future Tone comes divided into two massive expansion packs: Colorful Tone and Future Sound, each with over 100 songs. You can buy them separately or in a bundle. And when I say it’s a pure arcade experience, that’s exactly what it is: A giant list of songs, up to five difficulty levels per song (Easy, Normal, Hard, Extreme, and ­- wait for it – Extra Extreme), and a ton of modules to unlock.

And there’s some new arcade controls, too! The traditional rhythm game format of “press the right input at the right time” is still there, but the arcade style of Project Diva includes new multi-button presses (i.e hitting Triangle and Square at the same time), slides (hitting R1 or L1 at the right time for the right length), and other stark differences to previous Project Diva games.

To highlight these differences, look no further than the song “Decorator” by kz. Project Diva super fans might recognize this song as the title track to Hatsune Miku: Project Diva F 2nd for PS3 and PS Vita. It’s made a return in Future Tone (available in the Future Sound expansion pack) but with new arcade controls, and another big difference.

The ensemble song features Miku and all of her friends, and now in Future Tone, you can actually customize every individual (in Diva F 2nd, you could only change the main singer’s appearance, everyone else was standard). Does that mean you can have Miku singing along with five different Mikudayos? Yes, yes it absolutely does. Not only is your lead singer fully customisable with different costume and accessory modules, but so are the partners for any given song. Mix and match to your heart’s content!

As you complete the songs in Future Tone, you’ll be earning VP, a currency you can exchange to unlock the costume modules and accessories for Miku and her friends. You’re going to want to check back often, as there are tons of them to choose from, and even some Sega throwback modules. What exactly do I mean? Well, aside from Miku versions of songs from classic Sega Arcade games, like Afterburner, Power Drift and OutRun, Miku and her friends can don costumes inspired by old Sega properties. Virtua Fighter, Valkyria Chronicles, Space Channel 5, and more! There’s even the Miku costume from Atlus’ Persona 4: Dancing All Night!

Speaking of Project Diva super fans, let’s talk for a second too: A couple of things you may not have realized. First, the western version releasing today features ALL of the updates already applied to the Japanese version – all those tweaks and fixes are currently in place. Second, and this is probably more important, we’re going to be supporting ALL the DLC released in Japan.

All three Encore Packs will be released at the beginning of February, March and April respectively and there will also be a season pass option for all three DLC packs available in February. Each Encore Pack contains a mixture of songs and modules to contribute to the overall Future Tone catalogue. (And yes, for those wanting a shortcut in unlocking modules, the Unlock Everything DLC will be available today as well!)

Good luck to those digging into the 220+ songs waiting for you in Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Future Tone, available RIGHT NOW exclusively on PlayStation Store!

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