Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA F

Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA F
North American PlayStation 3 cover art
Developer(s)Sega
Crypton Future Media
Publisher(s)Sega
Director(s)Tetsuya Otsubo
Producer(s)Seiji Hayashi
Designer(s)Michiaki Osuga
Programmer(s)Hideki Tanaka
Artist(s)Hiroshi Fukazawa
SeriesHatsune Miku: Project DIVA
Platform(s)PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3
ReleasePlayStation Vita
PlayStation 3
  • JP: March 7, 2013
Genre(s)Rhythm game
Mode(s)Single-player

Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA f (Japanese: 初音ミク -Project DIVA- f) is a 2012 rhythm game created by Sega and Crypton Future Media for the PlayStation Vita and PlayStation 3.[5] It was released on the PlayStation Vita in Japan on August 30, 2012 as the fifth entry in the Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA series.

The game debuted at Sony's E3 2012 booth in June 2012 under the name of Hatsune Miku so as to gauge interest for the game.[6][7] Like previous games in the series, the game primarily makes use of Vocaloids, a series of singing synthesizer software, and the songs created using these Vocaloids, most notably the virtual-diva Hatsune Miku.

A PlayStation 3 version of the game, titled Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA F (Japanese: 初音ミク -Project DIVA- F) (the only difference being the title uses a capital F is used as opposed to the original Vita version's lowercase f) was released on March 7, 2013.[1] This version was released physically and digitally in North America on August 27, 2013, making it the first game in the Project DIVA series to be released in the West.[8] It was originally scheduled to be released in Europe at the same time, but instead released one week later, on September 4, 2013 as a digital download-only title. The PlayStation Vita version was later released in North America and Europe in March 2014, both as digital download-only titles as well.[9] This therefore makes it the first game in the series to be multi-platform, with it being developed simultaneously for the PlayStation Vita and PlayStation 3, though there are some differences with regards to control schemes.[10][11]

A sequel to the game, titled Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA F 2nd, was released for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita on March 27, 2014 in Japan, November 18, 2014 in North America, and November 21, 2014 in Europe.[12][13]

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  4. ^ @SEGA (26 August 2013). "The EU release of Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA F on PSN will now be on 4th September, we'd like to apologize to fans for the short wait" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. ^ Anoop Gantayat (April 23, 2012). "PlayStation Vita Hatsune Miku Project Diva Gets a Final Name". Andriasang. Archived from the original on July 7, 2012. Retrieved May 22, 2012.
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  7. ^ JC Fletcher (June 5, 2012). "'Hatsune Miku' bringing synthesized vocal music gaming to North American Vita [update: not announced for North America]". Engadget. Archived from the original on June 24, 2023.
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  9. ^ 2013-11-06, Hatsune Miku Project Diva F coming to PS Vita in 2014, Gematsu
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  11. ^ Cite error: The named reference Development was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  12. ^ 2013-07-09, Hatsune Miku: Project Diva F 2nd Coming To PS3 And Vita In Spring 2014, Siliconera
  13. ^ Fahey, Mike (25 March 2014). "More Hatsune Miku Heading Stateside, Because Sega Loves Us". Kotaku. Archived from the original on January 31, 2023.