Hatsune Miku: Project Diva F 2nd (PS3, PS Vita) dated for March 6, 2014 in Japan

Sega’s forthcoming PS3 and PS Vita rhythm game, Hatsune Miku: Project Diva F 2nd will launch in Japan on March 6, 2014, the latest issue of Weekly Famitsu magazine will reveal this week on Thursday , according to anonymous sources who’ve managed to snag an early copy.

Previously, Sega had said that Hatsune Miku: Project Diva F 2nd would launch in Spring of 2014, so the March 6 date is no surprise. Especially given that the “Miku” in “Hatsune Miku” can be represented in numerals by the number 39 (read in Japanese as “Miku”), the launch of new Hatsune Miku games in the Spring tend to be around the March 9 date.

As new video games by and larch come out only on Thursdays in Japan (except for titles like Pokemon and Monster Hunter, which come out on a Saturday, or when Thursday is a public holiday, in which case games can be released on a Wednesday), so March 6 in 2014 is the closest possible video games release date to March 9.

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Atlus announces Persona 5 for the PS3

The next mainline numbered sequel in the Persona series, Persona 5, is for the PS3, Atlus announced today on a Nico Video livestream.

Persona 5 for the PS3 is slated to come out in Japan Winter 2014.

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PlayStation 4 to launch in Singapore December 19, 2013, at SGD639

The PlayStation 4 next-generation video games console wil launch in Singapore on December 19, 2013 at the recommended retail price of S$639, Sony Computer Entertainment Hong Kong announced today in Singapore at a press conference in Suntec City Convention & Exhibition Centre.

Apart from the PS4′s release date and recommended retail price, SCEH also announced that local games developer Ratloop Studios is currently also working on a next-generation title in their Rocketbirds series of games, entitled, Rocketbird: True Evolution.

23 software titles will be available alongside the PlayStation 4 at launch in Singapore.

More details to come from the press conference soon.

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Fans celebrate Azusa Nakano’s birthday

November 11 marks the birthday of K-On!‘s Azusa Nakano or, as her fans more affectionately call her, Azunyan.

When you have a favorite character it’s difficult not to celebrate their birthday. Fans of Azusa celebrated her birthday with the pocky game, a compiling of merchandise and lots of cake.

Because of her weakness for sweets and her birthday coinciding with Pocky Day, fans decided to try and play the Pocky game with her. One did so by making Azusa into a cake, making the end of one particular stick of Pocky even sweeter.

To make it a two-way Pocky game, another fan rigged a motor inside her mouth to create a robo-Azunyan.

Fans also offered up cakes to their shrines of Azusa, which covered this fan’s desk.

Another decided to recreate the cake from the second opening song No THANK YOU! with caramel sauce added to compensate for Azusa’s sweet tooth.

This fan, though, took the cake as they created a replica of Sakuragaoka High, the main school featured in K-On! and set the club members on the roof to celebrate their youngest member’s birthday.

Apart from cake and Pocky some fans decided to just surround themselves with as much Azunyan as possible, like this fan who even has the real-life version of Azusa’s guitar, a Fender Japan ’69 Mustang in Candy Apple Red.

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Takara Tomy taking pre-orders for Liccarize Mami Tomoe doll [from Puella Magi Madoka Magica]

The influx of new Puella Magi Madoka Magica themed merchandise just keeps on flowing, as Madoka fever continues to sweep Japan.

This latest Madoka-themed item comes from Takara Tomy, makers of the Licca line of dolls, who are launching a Liccarize doll version of Mami Tomoe from Puella Magi Madoka Magica (りからいず 魔法少女まどか☆マギカ 巴マミ 魔法少女バージョン).

The toys manufacturer is currently taking pre-orders for the Mami Tomoe Liccarize doll over at the Takara Tomy Mall online retailer (they ship only to Japanese addresses, so as usual, rely on your favourite package forwarding service). Expected shipping date is in late May, 2014.

To commemorate the release of the Mami Tomoe Liccarize doll, Takara Tomy is also releasing a second batch of the Liccarize Madoka Kaname and Homura Akemi dolls.

The pre-order period for the Madoka and Homura dolls are supposed to last all the way till December 2 — although if you go to the order page now, the product status for both items is currently said to be “out of stock”, so you might have to check the site again on a later date if you’d like to order one.

All three dolls are 1/6 scale, and have a height measuring roughly 22cm tall.

Source: Takara Tomy

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Shoujo magazine Ribon creates outfit for Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai 2

Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai 2 will be hitting shelves later this month, and it’s promising no shortage of outfits for Miku to wear.

Mayu Sakai, whose Sugar Soldier manga is doing well in Ribon magazine has done something many VOCALOID fans would probably hope to do themselves: design a playable module for Hatsune Miku. The design is based on the high school uniform worn by the characters in Sugar Soldier, which is why this costume is called Sugar Soldier Miku.

The uniform, hair accessory, and hair style were all designed by Sakai, and give Miku that high school student feeling. It’s also one of 100 different outfits that are included within the game.

Sugar Solider Miku isn’t just limited to play in the main game mode either, you can choose it in the My Room area, as well as the PV viewing mode.

Miku takes the stage in Project Mirai 2 on November 28, and the special version can be ordered here.

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