Nintendo Switch (irrelevent)

I thought I’d draw a picture, or a few, I don’t know...

 

It’s impressive that nobody is talking about this...

Am I the only one? Am I the only Black Sheep that thinks about this? Is the denial a result of that infamous subject, “platform elitism”?

As of this post, the Switch has been confirmed to have sold 14.86 million units. That not only eclipses lifetime Wii U sales, but also nearing the lifetime sales of the PlayStation Vita rather sharply. That alone should of caused alot of buzz.

I know Hatsune Miku VR on Steam is a big deal to many, but it will only appeal to that niche market. It will not only get burried by other games, but will loose it’s edge thanks to a unseen and minor decline in VR. What I came up with is essentially a mass-market Hatsune Miku experience, something that needs to stop resting on it’s PlayStation-Exclusive laurels.

The way I see it, I can market Miku the character better than what CFM is doing right now. Nintendo and SEGA both are that golden ticket to achieve what I call a combonation “Super Smash Bros. Theory”, with a hit game in Japan people can play in short bursts featuring a celeberty, and pair said celeberty with a internationally recognized property like Super Mario, or Sonic The Hedgehog.

When Tokyo 2020 rolls around without a appearence from Miku, then that’s concern right there...

 

I wanted this game to be feature-packed, but I see all of you are confused. Here’s to clairify and have a better understanding for my weird design choices.​

As stranious as SIMPLE gameplay is on paper with it’s 4 buttons and an analog stick, I invisioned it sort of the same way with Project Mirai DX did simularly with Touch controls, it takes a little ajustment for that said style, and if not, a little bit if practice of the player. Again, it’s all to make it easier to host multiplayer through one Switch system.

Those null notes were an idea I thrown out there, to trick the player into hitting certain inputs, but end up paying as a result. The motion control-related notes could work in the same vein of the Slide notes from Future Tone, but all it is is a shake for rumble related notes, using HD Rumble and feeling the controller for a note’s impact. You already get the picture hopefully.

There’s also the reason why Module Drop is in there in addition to a shop: Imagine you can’t afford enough points for THAT ONE module, and somehow, while in one of those sequences you end up winning it. To me from my time playing Fire Emblem Heroes and how the mechanic worked in Project DIVA X, it’s that very element of surprise. (If somehow you obtain a module you have already, you can trade it in for it’s worth in VP.)

The whole Nintendo-themed content and references thing is an extension of the science of the Sonic Style Module. But added with Nintendo’s catalogue of recognizable characters that had exceeded Miku’s public recognition beyond their expected senoirity. When you think about it, think Captain Falcon in Smash Bros. & why people are dying for a new F-ZERO game...

If the game reaches the scope of Future Tone, and DIVA room isn’t part of the full package, then it could be it’s own software. The looming question about this was “How can these two games interact with one another in such a way?” Then that’s where amiibo came from as a result. The whole Nintendo refference thing extends here, where it can lead to more interesting ideas for in-game gifts and interactions, in case of a lack there of. Besides, Nintendo’s and ( even SEGA’s!) history in toys goes criminally under-appreciated. (PODS, Thousand Drum Barrel, N&B Block, Nintendo Labo anyone?)

EDIT Mode I am afraid, will not be possible, It would take valuable resources for the game data-wise, and there’s no way to insert songs outside the game even with the Switch and it’s use MicroSD cards. If Piapro and CFM creates special services and software on their part, this wouldn’t be an issue, but sorry.

Music is the point of any rhythm game, why I didn’t list one song in particular is down to how songs are implimented in the series’ games. It’s not just fan service, but also comes down to Artists submitting their work through Piapro and it being cherry-picked amongst so many. “Dem’s the brakes man...”

 

Before I start drawing out my current ideas, I figure I unveil my earliest concepts, these ones are as early as January 2016. Rough as it is, you gotta give me some credit for the effort back in those days...

It’s really hard inserting images in these fourms...



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I still have more to show off, so I would stay tuned if I were you...

I’m more focused on the Japanese market more than my desires or the niche market, and Switch is ludicrously out classing everything sales-wise over there. It’s amazing how trends and ambitions change within 2 years... I may had only played Project Mirai DX, but never say I did my homework. You said it yourself I was on track on making a good game.

 

Besides from that, Sometimes the best experiences come from outside infliences (Like Nintendo and a minority of it’s staff not being gamers.)

 

Keeping my promise, I now present my ideas from Mid-2016. When my ideas went by these working titles:

Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA E (Wii U/NX) (When Switch was becoming a possibility.)

Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Future Tone E (Arcade) (when I was looking into the possability of amiibo in Arcades.)

Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai: Colorful Sound AM/FM (AM: Arcade/FM: Nintendo Switch) (Confusion and playing with Future Tone’s name and a AM/FM pun

Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai AM/FM (AM: Arcade/FM: Nintendo Switch) (cutting Colorful Sound entirely.)

Hatsune Miku Colorful Sound (Nintendo Switch) (ommiting a “Project” name and making something new. And as a result of non-fans calling the Project DIVA series the “Hatsune Miku” series...)

Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Zero AM/FM (AM: Arcade/FM: Nintendo Switch) (The last instance of the idea of an Arcade release.)

I will add captions to that early bunch of pics.

A early UI Sketch, There was a grid option at some point.


A logo draft from a plannEd arcadE gamE from Early on. As you can sEE, I was vEry sErious about thE lEtter E.


An idea about implimenting the gameplay onto the UI, As a response to GameXpain’s Ash Paulson’s review on Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA F2nd and the idea of dimming videos to making gameplay more easier to see. The text is also in Google-translated Japanese. (Sorry to all those who speak Japanese!) (Besides, It would make a nice QOL improvement for newer players...)


Some unfinished, and equally low-quality Japanese dialog. Regarding the HUD/gameplay idea.


More to explain the working title; “Hatsune Miku: Colorful Sound” it also feature’s an quote from Shigesato Itoi regarding name how the N64 went from Nintendo Ultra 64/Ultra Famicom to the simple “Nintendo 64” name.


Reinventing The Project DIVA logo. (Sort Of...)


Coming up with new icons, as you can see, I wasn’t just going to leave it at X, O Triangle and Square and call it good, I had to go to that crazy extreme.



I came up with crazy ways to expand upon controls, Having the game be controlled by a phone (alá Just Dance) and even the Wii Remote. Even the Wii Remote plus Nunchuk. (Not pictured.) Thus my motion-control visions...




All this speaks for itself... (when the Switch was 1st announced.)

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Some amiibo ideas, like having the character-specific amiibo being switched out with other figures (like Nendoroids...) and How DIVA room was made into this amiibo idea. (+ the Miku amiibo could be part of a special bundle including the game. It was a thought after all.)



The HUD, or a re invented hud to accommodate 2 sets of stats. I wanted something more futuristic looking and attractive. It’s on the clunky side, but that was 2016, things change over time... (I used Anamanaguchi song “MIKU”, as an example.)


The logo for the Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA E Working Title. It, like my intentions with amiibo, DIVA Room, Songs, Modules, and Accessories holds a subtle Nintendo reference that’s not so apparent at 1st glance.



Did you know that I had ideas for the Switch to dock into an arcade version of the game? Now you know, and probably see why this didn’t go as far.
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For the fun if it, here’s what I been listening to while putting this list together:

Ghosts Play to the Audience (Pinnochio-P)
Promise (Samfree*)
Ai-Kabota (DECO*27)
Abstract Nonsense (Neru)
Whatever, Whatever, Whatever (z’5 + Neru)
Let’s Drop Dead (Neru + z’5)
Come This Way Baby (Supercell)
ODDS & ENDS (Supercell)
Cumulonimbus Graffiti (Supercell)

*It was when I got into this culture (and into making concepts.) that Samfree passed away on September 24th 2015. When you think about it, being a “Nintendo-only” guy with the lost of Satoru Iwata on July 11th the same year, made even sadder by the fact a old dog of mine was put to rest in the evening prior (probably down to the same period of time through time zones.) It’s a sad, but interesting coincidence to point out with me.​

 

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I don’t know why this fourm is already silent. I suppose that supposed market Speedysonic7850 talked about isn’t that big as he made it look like. If I knew any better, then maybe perhaps they may not be ready to comprehend what I spent the last two years dreaming of. Maybe they wern’t well spent after all. There’s still the chance of it happening. I’ll keep working on new ideas, and better simplify there meaning and purpose. This isn’t the end!

To Doctopus regarding EDIT mode: now thinking about it, I think it might work as it’s own stand-alone game, like with DIVA Room and the implementation of amiibo. Posting custom PVs would require a NicoNicoVideo/YouTube account.(Like I said; I will try to better illustrate it through pictures as oppose to text alone!)

 

You’re right, I got a little overzealious that time... I just feel embarassed just looking at the fact I don’t take well to criticism or the silence. I am trying my best to better illustrate these ideas in a way people can better understand. I hailed from another game community that to me, was imfamous for it’s hostile and repetitive users. I try to be different, but at the same time understanding this is an entirely different userbase.

I’d stick around, spitball a few ideas, (not just by me.) and see how it could all go down. The possibility for a REAL game on Nintendo Switch is becoming more realistic with every sales record broken, and my visions are at least unique enough to stand out from the crowd. Even if it means reinventing the wheel for those two years... If they can take advantage of the Switch beyond Joy-Con and Multiplayer, then they can create something special.