Miku Flick

Miku Flick
Developers	Mobile Content R&D Crypton Future Media, Inc.
Publishers	SEGA
Platform	iOS
Release	9 March 2012 WW: 9 April 2012
Genre	Rhythm
Mode	Single-player

Miku Flick (ミクフリック, Miku Furikku^?) is a 2012 rhythm game created by Crypton Future Media, Inc. and published by SEGA for the iOS operating system for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. The game is a spin-off of the Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA series and was released in Japan on 9 March 2012, and internationally on 9 April 2012. Like the main series, the game primarily makes use of VOCALOIDs, a series of singing synthesizer software, and the songs created using these VOCALOIDs, most notably the virtual-diva Hatsune Miku. Miku Flick is the first game in the Project DIVA series to ever be released outside Japan in English.

A sequel to the game, titled Miku Flick/02 was released on 10 August 2012.

On 29 September 2017, the game ended its service and was removed from the Apple Store, with the official website stating "various circumstances beyond our control" as the reason.

Gameplay

As the game is a spin-off from the Project DIVA series, its gameplay differs greatly from the original series. The game is still a rhythm game at heart, though its mechanics greatly differ. Players can pick their songs using a Cover Flow system from a selection of 13 songs all sung by Hatsune Miku. This is the first game in the series to not feature any other singers apart from Miku. It is also the first game not to use Promotional Videos (PVs) rendered in real-time, instead, the game's PVs are pre-rendered from Project DIVA Arcade with slight edits made to them to compensate for the games vertical aspect ratio. In addition to games regular Game Mode, it also features two more modes, being "PV" where players can watch the PVs of the various songs in the game and "Break the Limit" whereby it is an even more extreme version of the game that requires all lyrics to be flicked. Difficulty can be switched to "Break the Limit" mode tapping on the "MODE CHANGE" tab on the song select screen.

Within the songs, the gameplay also differs greatly. Focusing more on the lyrics of the song rather than the rhythm and beats. The game has 10 tiles, arranged in a 3×3 grid with the middle column having the fourth tile at the bottom. Each of these tiles has a hiragana Lyric on them when indicated you are required to flick the tile in the indicated direction. The lyrics for each song are given above the tiles and flow from right to left with a circle on the left. When the indicated lyric reaches the circle, the player must tap the lyric tile and flick it in the indicated direction. Arrows will automatically appear on the tiles to be flicked so as to make things easier for the player, though this help can be removed via the options. Timing is as essential as the original game as the game still retains the points system as well as accuracy scoring system as the original series. The original Japanese game only provided tiles in hiragana, but the localized version provided romanization support so tiles would have the romanized letters on it, which are alphabets recognizable to English readers.

Song List

The game has a total of 13 songs. Players begin with only 3 songs unlocked, and unlock one new song for every song they complete up to a total of 12 songs. "The Disappearance of Hatsune Miku" is unlocked after clearing every song on Normal difficulty. If players manage to clear "The Disappearance of Hatsune Miku" on Normal difficulty, "Magical Sound Shower" is unlocked, leaving the player with a total of 14 songs.

Song List
"VOC@LOID in Love"	"moon"	"The World is Mine"	"Time Limit"
Easy: ★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ Normal: ★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆ Hard: ★★★★★★☆☆☆	Easy: ★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ Normal: ★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆ Hard: ★★★★★★☆☆☆	Easy: ★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ Normal: ★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆ Hard: ★★★★★★☆☆☆	Easy: ★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ Normal: ★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆ Hard: ★★★★★★★☆☆
"Finder (DSLR remix-re:edit)"	"Po Pi Po"	"Melt"	"Electric Angel"
Easy: ★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ Normal: ★★★★☆☆☆☆☆ Hard: ★★★★★★★☆☆	Easy: ★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ Normal: ★★★★☆☆☆☆☆ Hard: ★★★★★★★☆☆	Easy: ★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ Normal: ★★★★☆☆☆☆☆ Hard: ★★★★★★★☆☆	Easy: ★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ Normal: ★★★★☆☆☆☆☆ Hard: ★★★★★★★☆☆
"Aikotoba"	"Romeo and Cinderella"	"StargazeR"	"I'm Your Diva"
Easy: ★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆ Normal: ★★★★★☆☆☆☆ Hard: ★★★★★★★★☆	Easy: ★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆ Normal: ★★★★★☆☆☆☆ Hard: ★★★★★★★★☆	Easy: ★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆ Normal: ★★★★★☆☆☆☆ Hard: ★★★★★★★★☆	Easy: ★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆ Normal: ★★★★★☆☆☆☆ Hard: ★★★★★★★★☆
"The Disappearance of Hatsune Miku"	"Magical Sound Shower"
Easy: ★★★★☆☆☆☆☆ Normal: ★★★★★★★★★ Hard: ★★★★★★★★★	Easy: Normal: Hard:

Modules

Modules make an appearance in Miku Flick, however, as the PVs are pre-rendered it is not possible to change them. There are a total of 13 Modules in game.

Hatsune Miku	Snow Miku 2012	Heart Hunter	Star	Powder	Jersey
"VOC@LOID in Love", "The Disappearance of Hatsune Miku"	"moon"	"The World is Mine"	"Time Limit"	"Finder (DSLR remix - re:edit)"	"Po Pi Po"
White Dress	Chinese Debut	Natural	Vintage Dress	Hatsune Miku Append	White Gown
"Melt"	"Electric Angel"	"Aikotoba"	"Romeo and Cinderella"	"StargazeR"	"I'm Your Diva"
Hatsune Miku Swimwear B
"Magical Sound Shower"

Update History

Asian version

• Ver. 1.0.0 (9 March 2012) - Initial release of Miku Flick.
• Ver. 1.0.3 - Fixed instances of slowdowns.
• Ver. 1.1.4:
  • Fixed a problem in which the app would force close without registering the score after playing a song under certain conditions.
  • Fixed a problem in which combos/scores were not being saved in the result screen after playing some songs.
  • Fixed a problem in which the app would force close due to memory load by streamlining the load of memory processing.

English version

• Ver. 1.0.0 (9 April 2012) - Initial release of Miku Flick.
• Ver. 1.0.3 - Features the same changes in Ver. 1.0.3 the Asian version of the game had.
• Ver. 1.1.2 - Changes to startup screen and app icon.
• Ver. 1.1.4 - Features the same changes in Ver. 1.1.4 the Asian version of the game had.

External Links

• Official Website (Japanese; Archived)
• Official Website (English)

Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA series games