jon bones said: why is the game of the month some no-name creepy little girl anime rhythm game?



would have been nice to pick a game people actually played & talked about last month. Click to expand...

Because thirteen years ago, a certain company known also for their motorcycles and outdoor gear decided to financially back an ambitious voice synthesizing project headed by Kenmochi Hideki at the Pompeu Fabra University in Spain, which was further developed into a commercial product, that was released to much accolade. Being able to utilize lyrical and melody input, it could produce music by combining special recordings of singers. This certain product became known as a Vocaloid and needed a face. After going through several prototype iterations, the first commercially successful vocaloid using the vocaloid 2 engine, Hatsune Miku, depicted a a 16 year old girl, caught on with fans, becoming the #1 selling piece of software on amazon.co.jp. Following huge success initially as merely a vocal product, her popularity spread through various partnerships with figurine and material goods manufacturers, and even a holographic music show of her own which tours worldwide. the success of Hatsune Miku has produced a legacy of successful followup vocaloid products, which continues to be popular to this day. She now has appeared on many kinds of good and in figurine form in dozens of ways, and is famous the world over for her distinctive and cute persona. One such appearance is with this very videogame which you have so humble asked about and thusly your ignorance of the subject at hand has now been swiftly ended!Here's a hug for your troubles and have a great day!