Nintendo Switch (irrelevent)

(Been a while, ya know) just watched this video by Extra Credits regarding the negatives of JUST hiring fans.



(that one bit in the end resonates with my vison for my ambition for new ideas for Project DIVA on Switch)

 

You realize that we been talking about this for a while? I watched the review for Drum n’ Fun! Luis Alamilla noted that the motion controls on the Joy-Con needed work, He didn’t go It makes the game unplayable. To be frank, I don’t know why you bring up the comparison between a rhythm game that the Joy-Con’s motion controls, and compare it to something that would be button based. I think you should of compared the recently implemented button controls of VOEZ instead of this.

To me, and I will make this clear: IF DONE RIGHT; as in creating dedicated charts with this control scheme in mind from Easy to the Extreme+ for every song IN ADDITION to charts with the controls fans are used to. I don’t think alot of people will care about the Joy-Cons’ buttons or asymmetrical button layout, or complain to the point that it’s game breaking and should go the way of the loot box.

If you saw that Extra Credits episode, one problem is that the barrier of entry can be too high for newcomers despite veteran players saying it’s easy. If I was a mega fan, I straight up ignore that demographic in favor of the slightest nitpick from a handful of fans, and possibly make it taboo to avoid experimenting in stuff like this. To me that conpletely goes against the nature and demographic I am going for with the transition from PSP to PS4 to Switch; being anybody; regardless of the time they got on their hands, and everybody; regardless of their views on Hatsune Miku, rhythm games in general, or want something to share with others.

I think we should move on to other things to disscuss; like for instance, I started working on seperating my discussion to other fourms like one where I talk about this bizzare idea for having multiple story modes. Sure my ideas don’t make since on paper, but breaking it down one at a time will hopefully make it easier to digest.

This was the review I looked at:

 

Moving away from playstyles, in-game content and Switch-specific control setups; I just had a dream involving gameplay and I don’t know how to say this; so I will just leave it at as few words possible:

• Online/Local Content Sharing

• User-made playlists

• Reminiscent to Cloud Requests from Project DIVA X.

• Gameplay is like the Cloud melodies, also from Project DIVA X. (regardless of playstyle; the traditional Classic, or my controversal Simple)

• Transitions are not like Project DIVA X, where it just move to the next song, without much change; but similar to the Stage Morph option of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. (makes sense with PVs and their differing set pieces, choreographies, pacing and such)

I am still doing my best to piece together this bizzare dream, mechanics-wise.

 

This also caught my eye...

 

Diverting even further ‘cause why not?; a obviously bad wordplay joke.

Joy-Cogamine

I’d be in total shock if no one get’s it.

 

In recent news: https://www.businessinsider.com/no-more-playstation-handhelds-2018-9

 

If they are working on something with the no SONY handheld in mind; then the hype is possibly REAL.

 

Since I need to say something; If there was a possibility for assessories then seeing that it make sense IF there is anything; Cappy.
aka the cap character from Super Mario Odyssey. If you ever wondered about what happens if Mario captured a VOCALOID; then this is your answer.

 

Honestly Doctopus; I don’t really know how to respond to that outside of:

 

But when thinking about it Doctopus; it’s possible on Switch, You just need to ditch all the complex circuitry, springs, and plastics, and instead use perferated cardboard, carefully placed pieces of reflective tape, pieces of foam and use the Inferred Motion camera of Kagamine Rin (if VOCALOIDs were game controllers) and boom! PDA:FT homemade DIY controller!

Or more specifically a Toy-Con controller contraption. Just hope they add support for it with a future update, DEEMO did it first shall we not forget:

It also dosen’t have to be just that; take a look at all these other creations! https://labo.nintendo.com/share/#!/

 

Speaking of Labo; https://labo.nintendo.com/kits/vr-kit/

 

You can develop a “arcade-like feel” for the housing and buttons with their springs and such; rather than circuitry, use pieces of reflective tape placed under the inputs. Coming from my actual experiences with building Toy-Con (being the Toy-Con House, Toy-Con Piano, Toy-Con Robot, Toy-Con Car, Toy-Con Submarine, and Toy-Con Plane) you need to make sure the housing internally isn't reflective as a whole 'or be as dark as dark can be', make a opening so it can house the right Joy-Con and place pieces of reflective tape in specific ways, like small 1x4 rectangular squares: with your hypothetical A/O button having squares 2 and 3, and having tape while your B/X button has squares 2 and 4, for example. with the slider, that's something I can't really think of due to that "arcade-perfect" concept your going with; maybe make it transparent layer that detects your finger, as long as the unit itself doesn't have lights it's good. There's no need to disassemble any controllers as this just needs the right Joy-Con's I.R. motion camera as it can detect all that.

The major obstacle is programming the whole thing to work; you could hack a Joy-Con using software similar to the Toy-Con Garage feature of Labo software, to act as a interface to the Switch console. Or have SEGA/SEGA Feat. Hatsune Miku Project/AM2, HORI, and/or Nintendo officially recognize the potential of such a controller, include a type of Toy-Con Garage feature in controller options. Something I just came up after toying with the near 3-year old idea of playing Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Future Tone with nothing but a NES controller, is to have a new game in the series feature a re-purposed EDIT MODE that focuses more on custom chart creation rather than PVs, with sharing elements ala Super Mario Maker, (a can of worms for another time) for those who want to make charts with unique challenges, possibly with custom control options.

I figured I share the IGN Wiki article regarding the Toy-Con Piano. It’s better if you build it yourself, or watch the videos of the building process associated with it:
https://www.ign.com/wikis/nintendo-labo/Toy-Con_Piano#Studio_Mode

 

About why “making a Project DIVA game on Nintendo Switch” makes more and more sense, month-per-month, on a financial/corporate/business level now more than ever: