Sega is joining a long line of developers who have released games exclusively on the Switch with the declaration that Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Mega Mix will be arriving on the console in the W starting in 2020.

Since her introduction in 2007, Sega and Hatsune Miku creator Crypton Future Media take created a laundry list of games starting with Hatsune Miku: Project Diva on July 2, 2009. Upon its release in Nihon on the PSP and PlayStation 3, Hatsune Miku: Projection DIVA managed to ship 187,558 units on the PSP alone by the end of 2009, despite never having an international release. While Hatsune Miku: Project Diva twond ,Hatsune Miku: Projection Diva Extend, and Hatsune Miku Project Diva f would all fare improve than their predecessor, the serial would begin a fleck of a downwards tendency with the release of Hatsune Miku: Projection Mirai 2 for the 3DS.

The lack of sales didn't seem to discourage Sega, however, and when the developer released Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Future Tone DX in both North America and Europe in January of 2017, critics and consumers alike praised it heavily, helping it to somewhen win Game Informer's best Rhythm/music award in 2017. Now, peradventure invigorated by recent success, Sega has announced that it will be releasing Hatsune Miku: Projection DIVA Mega Mix exclusively for the Switch in 2020.

With the franchise's contempo struggles within the video game infinite, it's a scrap surprising that Sega would continue to invest - but based on recent results it's hard to argue confronting information technology. If Sega is able to create a truly unique rhythm game that finally captures the attending of the West it, could change the focus for the franchise going forward.

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Details related to Sega'south recent proclamation can be constitute on Gematsu who reveals that Japanese consumers will be able to get their hands on a special express edition of the game for $93.98 or opt for the regular edition at just $56.35. The express edition of the game will contain a uniquely illustrated box designed by KEI-illustrated, an fine art book, a drove of five CDs, and a "Take hold of the Wave" SONOCA card. Additionally, Sega confirmed that the game will contain ten newly recorded songs, half of which will have 3D rendered models and one-half that volition have video merely associated with them. According to Nintendo Life, the game will exist different from other Rhythm games in the serial in that it volition allow users to play using a standard controller or motion controls for the outset time. While Sega didn't give an exact date, consumers should expect the game to release old in 2020 on the Nintendo Switch.

The fact that Sega is so willing to change around game mechanics is a very skillful sign for the time to come of the franchise. Additionally, the game's lower than average Switch toll volition help to garner the attending of consumers everywhere.

Though Rhythm games tin can be a tough sell, the addition of move control capabilities may finally assist the series break out in the Due west. If the game is ported into arcades, information technology stands a real chance of eclipsing the sales of any previous title in the franchise.

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