My first rhythm game! Turns out, I really like them. I had a lot of fun with this one, just playing a song or two at a time during breaks from studying during grad school.

The songs are vocaloid classics. As a rhythm game beginner, I found the mechanics straightforward and easy to learn, hard to master. I used button controls and found that better than touchscreen controls.

I didn't mess with the life sim stuff as much, I don't feel like it was very fleshed out. But the rhythm stuff was so so fun!

It feels cruel to rate Mirai so low because it has a lot going for it with its song choices and side modes, but I couldn't bring myself to finish it due to the underwhelming and tedious way Mirai adapts the rhythm game for less experienced players.

Compared to the freeform system of the DIVA games, the rail system in Mirai is lamer, slower, cheaper, undercharted and makes everything a boring slog, especially with the lack of an Extreme difficulty across all charts and songs being needlessly left at their full length.

My first entry in the Project Diva series which got me seriously on rhythm games after Rhythm Paradise Megamix. Actually is Project Mirai 2 but with real-time animations instead of video clips and revamped charts.

It is a very solid entry of the series for portable consoles thus far. By the time i wrote this i don't actually know much of the franchise itself and had never played a main Project Diva entry due to the fact this is just a spin-off. Aside from the rhythm game, being full of tens and tens of cute songs to play at with both touch and button controls, you can also engage with Miku, Rin and other VOCALOIDs by interacting with her and playing Reversi. Nothing special tough, for me it's the weaker part of the game, but if you need to attempt 100%ing there's the so-called "stamp" achievements you unlock through many sections of the game.

Besides interacting with your own favourite VOCALOID you can also make custom dance sets of the game's songs, buy room items, look at online people's comments (but nowadays i feel like it's pretty much dead due to the passing of time and end of 3DS support), and also mess around with the 3DS camera's AR functionality (i haven't done that because i don't know how to get it to work).

Now, let's be honest with how i play it... i really play it just for the Music Theater mode which is the game's real deal.
There are 48 songs to listen to (by the time i wrote this i've gone through 12 songs because i really keep coming back very often trying to beat all the charts and sometimes improving their score). Gameplay is pretty much in the same formula as Project Diva, but you can choose to play with touch controls or buttons, but they have both separate charts so it can be a bit of a chore to do Easy charts of the same song but with different controls for example.
There are also modifiers, some however are only quite useful for who prefers playing it in a more casual way, but i'd prefer taking the game pretty seriously as i tend to always avoid using the fun modifiers like a cheater.

Can be a real pain to master it, especially the Hard charts tend to be the real knicker of the game if you don't study their note sequences enough. Sometimes you'll still slip even if you think you're good with them. It's not a game for easy going people. Either just play the Easy charts or start trying hard. Overall, this game is helping me get into the series. Might get to Project Diva Megamix+ once i'll eventually beat all the songs (which i can't even tell when because it depends on how i want to beat all the difficulty charts of one song).

Cute rhythm game that broke my 3ds circle pad but luckily this game has a touchpen mode.
Unlike Project Diva, this game features Gumi, and with that comes a decent amount of exclusive songs to this game.
Charts feel a bit more beginner-friendly since notes follow a rail and don't fly around on the screen as much
Aside from the Rhythm Game, this game also offers a mode to interact with all of the Cryptonloids, going from designing their room to playing Reversi/Puyo Puyo against them.
Another neat detail is being able to make your own short tune using a Vocaloids Voice (so yes, this game allows you to rickroll your friends with Miku) and being able to comment on Music PV Nico Nico Style.
It's an overlooked game with a lot of care put into it trying to make up for the 3DS' limited capabilities.