Project SEKAI Updates, February 18, 2021: “Unsatisfying Pale Color” Event, New Merchandise, Birthdays and Anniversaries
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Another week has passed, which means another round of updates galore for Project SEKAI Colorful Stage! feat. Hatsune Miku! This past week saw the conclusion of several features that we’ve been enjoying, but also the start of many new ones! Keep reading for a summary of them all!
※All translated content below are unofficial translations
New Event: “Unsatisfying Pale Color”
The new event, Unsatisfying Pale Color, is now underway in the game until 8:59 PM on February 26 (JST) !
The members of 25-ji, Night Code de. are really proud of the view counts that their songs have been receiving. However, Ena notices that her art account still isn’t gaining any new followers. Then after hearing a cross statement from her father, she decides to enter an art competition. How does she react when the results of her entry come in? Find out by reading the event story!
Event Bonus Type: Happy
Event Bonus Members:
- Yoisaki Kanade
- Asahina Mafuyu
- Shinonome Ena
- Akiyama Mizuki
- Kagamine Rin (25-ji, Night Code de. version)
That’s right, we’re being introduced to another version of Rin! Suddenly the Uninhabited Sekai doesn’t seem so uninhabited anymore, does it?
This new Rin is certainly a departure from the other versions of her in the game, especially the most recent one introduced during the previous event in the Wonderland Sekai. If her wrinkled hair bow and cold, lifeless look in her eyes aren’t enough to make that clear, then maybe her equally lifeless, robotic voice will once you hear her in the game. It’s quite interesting that we’ve been able to see new versions of Rin in back-to-back events, but seeing the cast grow, especially in such an unexpected way, is very much welcome!
Event Member Cards
For 5,000 Event Badges: ★2 Akiyama Mizuki [Trust You]
For 15,000 Event Badges: ★3 Kagamine Rin [Searching for the Meaning of our Encounter]
What’s also surprising is how the new Rin is an event member card, meaning that anyone who plays enough will be able to acquire her without needing to rely on luck in the gacha! Previous newly introduced characters have always been ★4 member cards in their respective event’s gacha, making this another big departure from other events. Granted, she is not of the right bonus attribute (being Mysterious instead of Happy), but her availability to anyone who wants to own her card is a welcome change, nonetheless!
Gacha: “Illuminated Canvas”
Available until February 28 at 2:59 PM (JST)
Badge exchange open until March 8 at 8:59 PM (JST)
New rated up members:
★4 Shinonome Ena [Because I Don’t Want to Give Up]
Pulling her card will unlock the “Narcissus Painter Dress” outfit!
★4 Asahina Mafuyu [The Words Thrown At You]
Pulling this card will unlock the “Unsure Apron Dress” outfit!
★4 Yoisaki Kanade [Turning Your Feelings into Melodies….]
After Live
After a break in the previous event, the after-event lives are now returning!
Virtual Live schedule (all times JST):
February 26:
- 10:00 PM
- 11:00 PM
February 27:
- 12:00 AM
- 1:00 AM
- 2:00 AM
- 8:00 AM
- 12:00 PM
- 6:00 PM
- 7:00 PM
- 8:00 PM
- 9:00 PM
Performers:
- Yoisaki Kanade
- Asahina Mafuyu
- Shinonome Ena
- Akiyama Mizuki
- Hatsune Miku
- Kagamine Rin
Similar to events like “Color of Myself!“, opening the event page in the game lets you hear brand new BGM which is likely the BGM used in a new song that isn’t available in the game to play yet. If this event follows the same pattern, the song will be made available in the game – and possibly also online on YouTube – right when the Virtual Live is made viewable, and will come with a 3DMV that you can see snippets of in the above outfit teaser tweets.
New Songs and MVs
This past week saw the addition of two news songs, both of which got 3DMVs!
Song 1: タイムマシン / Time Machine
- Lyrics: 164
- Music: 40mP
- Arrangement: 1640mP
- Available versions:
– Virtual Singer version (Hatsune Miku)
– Sekai version (Hatsune Miku, Hoshino ichika, Tenma Saki)
Song 2: drop pop candy
- Lyrics: れをる / Reol
- Music, arrangement: ギガ / Giga
- Available versions:
– Virtual Singer version (Kagamine Rin, Megurine Luka
– Sekai version (Azusawa Kohane, Shiraishi An, Kagamine Rin, Megurine Luka)
We truly got spoiled with two 3DMVs in the same week! As the game producers previously stated, however, they can only create so many of these 3DMVs per month, so we may have to wait until next month to enjoy more of them. At least they are always worth the wait!
Birthdays/Anniversaries
Something else that we got double of in the past week were birthdays and anniversaries, namely those for Kanade and KAITO!
And while it wasn’t a birthday or anniversary, we also saw Valentine’s day come in between them! Each of these these special days came with celebratory artwork and Virtual Lives that players could attend to receive rewards from!
Artwork
Virtual Lives
Kanade’s birthday live took place throughout February 10, and attendants got to watch her and all of 25-ji, Night Code de. perform 悔やむと書いてミライ / Kuyamu to Kaite Mirai (A Future Written As Regret). They were also rewarded with the HAPPY BIRTHDAY KANADE 2021.2.10 title!
Find pictures from the Virtual Live below!
Those who attended the Valentine’s Day Virtual Live got to enjoy two performances:
Miku, Emu and Nene performing ダンスロボットダンス / Dance Robot Dance for the first time in Virtual Live form!
And the Virtual Singers performing スイートマジック / Sweet Magic! Watching the shows also earned attendees the Valentine 2021 title!
In both shows, the performers were wearing the new “Sweets” themed outfits that won the first costume design campaign, and which can now be unlocked with a Premium Pass purchase! Read more about these outfits here, and see pictures from the Virtual Live below!
And finally, KAITO’s birthday live took place throughout February 17, his Crypton birthday! Attendees got to again enjoy the spectacle of him and Len performing フラジール / Fragile in wicked cool outfits!
And just like the other two Virtual Lives, attendees got a special title afterwards: HAPPY ANNIVERSARY KAITO 2021.2.17!
Birthday Comics
For Kanade and KAITO’s birthday and anniversary, we were also treated to the usual 4-koma comics with cute illustrations by 宇崎うそ / Uzaki Uso!
Fan translations by the Project SEKAI English Community
Contest Results
The winners of Round 4 of the costume design campaign have been announced, and KOJIN and へぼ / Hebo will see their winning designs utilized for outfits that players will be able to acquire with Premium Pass purchases later this year!
We cover these winning outfit in depth in our article here, so be sure to give it a read!
The wining entry in the second ProSEKA NEXT music contest has also been revealed! We’ll all be able to enjoy listening to and playing 花を唄う / Hana wo Utau (Singing of Flowers) by シノ / shino in the game soon!
Learn more about what the producer and judges have to say about the song here!
New Merchandise
The first round of long-awaited Project SEKAI merchandise from SEGA, and the second round of merchandise from Animate coming in April are now all available for pre-order! Both stores are offering attractive goods that any proud Project SEKAI player should check out and consider purchasing to show off their love of the game!
See here for our article with details and pre-order links for each item!
YouTube Content
Finally, the ProSEKA Story Theater concluded this past week with the 25-ji, Night Code de. chapter! Below is where you can watch it with Suzuki Minori and Satou Hinata providing real-time commentary!
>>On Niconico: https://live2.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv330191281
>>On Periscope: https://www.pscp.tv/w/1YqKDeAEpdvGV
Viewers were encouraged to tweet about the video with the hashtag #ニーゴストーリーシアター which quickly started trending! They were also called to tweet “よろニーゴ (yoro niigo)” for short which both Suzuki and Satou themselves tweeted!
During the show, the pair also enjoyed some of their favorite fried sweet potatoes. And whether intentional or not, they ended up creating another new trend with “芋ニーゴ (imo niigo)” after noting that the color of the potatoes resembles the trademark purple of 25-ji, Night Code de.! Never underestimate the power of Project SEKAI livestreams on Twitter!
What’s to Come
WonderShow Channel #5
We can look forward to the next Wondershow Channel livestream which is sure to contain a ton of announcements! Catch it on February 22 at 8:00 PM (JST)!
As usual, Hirose Daisuke and Kino Hina will be the hosts, and they will be joined by guests
Isobe Karin and Yoshioka Mayu! Stay tuned for a roundup of what to expect in the future of Project SEKAI!
RAGE PARTY 2021
The esports competition RAGE PARTY 2021 is right around the corner on February 23! Here’s another look at the teams that will be competing at Project SEKAI in the exhibition match:
TEAM NAKASHIMA
Members:
- 中島由貴 / Nakashima Yuki (voice actress for Hinomori Shiho)
- えなこ / Enako (Japan’s no.1 cosplayer)
- 廣瀬大介 / Hirose Daisuke (voice actor Tenma Tsukasa)
- まらしぃ / marasy (music producer)
- 瑠璃 / Ruri (winner of the RAGE x Project SEKAI 2020 Winter tournament)
TEAM YASHIRO
Members:
- 社築 / Yashiro Kizuku (programmer, VTuber)
- アイカ・ザ・スパイ / AiKA the Spy from 豆柴の大群 / MAMESHiBA NO TAiGUN (idol)
- エリー・コニファー / Eli Conifer (VTuber)
- 八王子P / HachiojiP (music producer)
- HPS (runner up in the RAGE x Project SEKAI 2020 Winter tournament)
And you can vote for which team you think will win! To do so:
- Follow RAGE PARTY (@esports_RAGE) on Twitter
- In the below Tweet, click on either #中島軍団 to tweet your vote for Team Nakashima, or click on #社軍団 to tweet your vote for Team Yashiro!
If you do this by February 23 at 3:00 PM (JST), then you may become one of 15 winners to receive an original RAGE hoodie! Best of luck to all who will be entering!
And thus concludes another week of updates in Project SEKAI! As usual, we wish all players the best of luck in the new event, and hope to see the game continue to grow in player numbers and in content!
Links
- Game download page
- Project SEKAI Colorful Stage! feat. Hatsune Miku official site
- Project SEKAI Colorful Stage! feat. Hatsune Miku official Twitter
- Initial game announcement and “rumors”
- Official outfit designs
- “Daily Life at Project SEKAI” Comics
Livestream Highlights
- First livestream from October 23, 2019
- Miku Day livestream from the March 9, 2020
- Pre-registration livestream from July 22, 2020
- Virtual Live livestream from August 24, 2020
- Pre-release livestream from September 26, 2020
- Release celebration livestream from October 2, 2020
- Wondershow Channel #3 livestream from December 23, 2020
Project Message
Colorful Broadcast
Character Profiles
Virtual Singers
・Hatsune Miku
・Kagamine Rin
・Kagamine Len
・Megurine Luka
・MEIKO
・KAITO
Leo/need
・Hoshino Ichika
・Tenma Saki
・Mochizuki Honami
・Hinomori Shiho
MORE MORE JUMP!
・Hanasato Minori
・Kiritani Haruka
・Momoi Airi
・Hinomori Shizuku
Vivid BAD SQUAD
・Azusawa Kohane
・Shiraishi An
・Shinonome Akito
・Aoyagi Toya
Wonderlands x Showtime
・Tenma Tsukasa
・Otori Emu
・Kusanagi Nene
・Kamishiro Rui
25 o’clock by Night Code
・Yoisaki Kanade
・Asahina Mafuyu
・Shinonome Ena
・Akiyama Mizuki
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