Little Opening Reference

So the stories indeed have some, if faint, connection. Ha2ne Miku became an idol from a normal schoolgirl, then became an ultimate goddess that boosts every rate note by 5%.
Until one day she got tired of singing the Ultimate Medley and being abused in quests over and over and over, and she suddenly remembers the time when she struggled to find some crystals for their collection, so she time travelled to help her old self...

 

I still don't get X's lore though :( what caused the Vocaloids to lose power in the opening?

 

That's what I wondered as well. They were singing (Beginning Medley??) and bam, blackout, and Miku for no reason suddenly collapses? XD

 

She collapsed from the constant grinding and farming for modules and presents.

 

*gasp*
So actually the X storyline is a loop? Like, she collapsed because of the grinding of one player, and then meets another who helps her regain her power, only to collapse again and asking endlessly one after another for help? Like, an evil loop?
Oh my Sega...

 

Imagine how many players there are on this wiki... oh Miku...

 

For me, it is less of a darker tone and more of a reflection of the current situation of the Vocaloid fandom right now. I will leave it under the cut.

Spoiler

At some point in 2015, the utaite Kouhey posted a video on the declining popularity of Vocaloid, which Coleena Wu kindly summarized here:http://papercoleena.tumblr.com/post/123558413480/why-the-popularity-of-vocaloid-has-declined

Seeing that, Nanahoshi Orchestra posted a response song, also translated by Coleena Wu here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peOdsZaFmHI

In other words, I think the opening is the Vocaloid's point of view of their declining popularity; the fans are going away. And with nobody to sing to, they lose their purpose. The entire gameplay as a whole is us helping the Vocaloids to gain back fans again, which is what I think the Voltage meter refers to. The fans actually viewing and listening to them sing. That would also explain the use of popular songs in the game, they are more effective in getting the fans back, in both using old classics (Hajimete no Oto, for example) and the new songs (Who expected a comeback of Ryo for one song? If you heard of it, wouldn't you check it out?). The elements refer to the types of fans, since the Vocaloid fandom is far and wide and different sections prefer different types of songs, ranging to the sweet Cute songs to the rockish Cool songs and everything else in between.

I could be reading between the lines too much, but that is my own take on the game.

 

I like that idea of it n.n

 

Totally believable theory, but what does Ultimate Miku represent?

 

The last song you unlock and play on the game is Intense Voice of Hatsune Miku, the last song of Cosmo's medley. In it, Miku sings about accepting her fate as a Vocaloid, and leaving the future to her fans. Once again, Ulitmate Miku, and by extension, everybody else, also accepts their fate as Vocaloids, and leave their future to us.

 

If X anything to go by for their future then Kaito not got much of one left :(