Project SEKAI Half-Anniversary News Roundup
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March 30th, 2021 marked the half-year anniversary for Project SEKAI Colorful Stage! feat. Hatsune Miku (released on September 30th, 2020), and celebrations galore were held by fans and the developers alike!
Read on for a summary of all that Project SEKAI players got to enjoy, and can look forward to in the coming months!
※All translated information on this page is unofficial
Sekai no Kousaten
On March 27th, the Saturday prior to the half-anniversary, Project SEKAI illustrators and manga artists convened on the online marketplace, pictsquare, for a day-long doujin extravaganza called Sekai no Kousaten!
On that day, countless Project SEKAI illustrators and manga artists presented their fan-created works and merchandise to the world, all while of course keeping to the derivative works guidelines that were previously laid out by the game creators. For any Project SEKAI fan who has fallen in love with the characters from the game and love seeing other people’s takes on them, it was a dream-come-true event!
To see all that these talented creators had for sale at Sekai no Kousaten, search the #ここがセカイの交差点 and #こがセカ hashtags on Twitter. Below is but a taste of some of the many, many different booths and products that you can find!
For any future Sekai no Kousaten events and developments, you can visit their official page here and follow them on Twitter at @SekainoKousaten!
Version 1.6.0 Update
Within the game, the v1.6.0 update was implemented on the morning of March 30th, bringing with it some nice updates!
Here’s a summary of the changes that were made or are coming:
- Player Rank cap raised to 300
- Startup title call no longer includes Craft Egg
・Management of the game changed hands from Craft Egg to Colorful Palette back on January 8, 2021, so the title screens no longer include “from Craft Egg” with the Color Palette company call
・Initial press release
・Interview with Famitsu App
- New ★2 member cards for Virtual Singer characters added to the game’s gacha pool
・★2 [Classroom Sekai] Hatsune Miku [Leo/need]
・★2 [Stage Sekai] Hatsune Miku [MORE MORE JUMP!]
・★2 [Street Sekai] Hatsune Miku [Vivid BAD SQUAD]
・★2 [Wonderland Sekai] Hatsune Miku [Wonderlands×Showtime]
・★2 [Uninhabited Sekai] Hatsune Miku [25-ji, Night Code de.]
・★2 [Stage Sekai] Kagamine Rin [MORE MORE JUMP!]
・★2 [Street Sekai] Kagamine Len [Vivid BAD SQUAD]
・★2 [Classroom Sekai] Megurine Luka [Leo/need]
・★2 [Street Sekai] MEIKO [Vivid BAD SQUAD]
・★2 [Wonderland Sekai] KAITO [Wonderlands×Showtime]
- Half-Anniversary shop items
※These sets were planned to be made available from April 1 at 12:00 AM (JST) through April 9 at 11:59 PM (JST), but technical difficulties have delayed their implementation to April 1 at 3:00 PM (JST)
・Half-Anniversary Set A (1-time purchase: ￥490 JPY)
– Paid Crystals x450
– ★3 Member Guaranteed Gacha Ticket x1 (Bonus)
– Practice Score (Medium) x25 (Bonus)
・Half-Anniversary Set B (1-time purchase: ￥1,960 JPY)
– Paid Crystals x1,800
– Cute Gem x300 (Bonus)
– Cool Gem x300 (Bonus)
– Pure Gem x300 (Bonus)
– Happy Gem x300 (Bonus)
– Mysterious Gem x300 (Bonus)
– Miracle Gem x150 (Bonus)
・Half-Anniversary Set C (1-time purchase: ￥5,020 JPY)
– Paid Crystals x4,610
– Memory Crystal x1 (Bonus)
– Vocal Card Exchange Ticket x1 (Bonus)
- Challenge Live changes
・By clearing a Challenge Live, you now receive a Challenge Stamp (※1)
・The first five stamps that you receive will net you Crystals x20
・The sixth stamp (※2) that you receive will include Crystals x100 + your choice of additional item rewards like Miracle Gems, Mysterious Seeds, Magic Cloth, etc.
・These Challenge Stamps will reset every Monday at 4:00 AM (JST), so make sure to play at least six Challenge Lives before each Monday to reap all the rewards each week
※1 These Challenge Stamps take the place of the Crystals x10 reward that players used to receive for clearing a Challenge Live
※2 The initial report stated that the seventh stamp will net you the extra rewards, but implementation of the update shows that this has been changed to the sixth stamp, and that the stamps reset on Mondays
- New Missions and Titles
・Perfectionist (完璧主義)
– Clear 60 songs on all difficulty levels
– Clear 70 songs on all difficulty levels
・Inductee (皆伝)
– Clear 40 songs on MASTER difficulty with a FULL COMBO
– Clear 50 songs on MASTER difficulty with a FULL COMBO
– Clear 60 songs on MASTER difficulty with a FULL COMBO
– Clear 70 songs on MASTER difficulty with a FULL COMBO
・True Inductee (真・皆伝)
– Clear 40 songs on MASTER difficulty with ALL PERFECT
– Clear 50 songs on MASTER difficulty with ALL PERFECT
– Clear 60 songs on MASTER difficulty with ALL PERFECT
– Clear 70 songs on MASTER difficulty with ALL PERFECT
- New versions of RAD DOGS, 携帯恋話 / Keitai Renwa (Mobile Love Story) and potatoになっていく / potato ni natte iku (Becoming potatoes)※ now available for purchase or play
・RAD DOGS Another Vocal version: Shinonome Akito & Aoyagi Toya
・RAD DOGS Another Vocal version: Azusawa Kohane & Shiraishi An
・携帯恋話 / Keitai Renwa Another Vocal version: Shinonome Ena
・potatoになっていく / potato ni natte iku Virtual Singer version: Kagamine Len, MEIKO, Megurine LUKA, KAITO and Hatsune Miku
※The new Virtual Singer version of potatoになっていく / potato ni natte iku can be played right away while the Another Vocal versions require purchase with the corresponding characters’ Vocal Cards
- New Area Conversations
・Along with the new Another Vocal songs, numerous new area conversations can now be watched with a particular focus on the characters who sing the new song versions
- Interactive Virtual Live Waiting Room items
・While waiting to enter a Virtual Live venue, your player avatar can now interact with the following Waiting Room items:
– Ride on the swing set
– Slide down the slide
– Fly upwards on the water spewing from the fountain
- System Improvements
・Frequently asked questions can now be asked in chat format through the AI
・The Back key on the screens of Android devices can now be used
- Bug Fixes
・A bug causing the screen effects the not occur when a song is selected during a Multi-Live has been fixed
・A bug causing the Auto feature to not function properly in certain area conversations has been fixed
・A bug causing lane and tap effects to appear in places where they aren’t supposed to appear on certain devices has been fixed
・A bug causing players to sometimes have trouble entering a private Virtual Live room has been fixed
・A bug causing Hatsune Miku’s appearance to change when certain actions are performed in the Clothing Shop has been fixed
Half-Anniversary Login Campaign
Starting on March 30th and lasting until April 15th at 3:59 AM (JST) is the Half-Anniversary Login campaign! All you need to do is log in to the game on at least six days during that time interval to receive up to 3,500 Crystals!
Day 1 login: Crystal x3,000
Day 2 login: Crystal x100
Day 3 login: Crystal x100
Day 4 login: Crystal x100
Day 5 login: Crystal x100
Day 6 login: Crystal x100
Colorful Festival Limited Gacha
Also going on now is the Colorful Festival (hereafter “ColorFes”) limited gacha, available from March 30 at 3:00 PM (JST) through April 5 at 2:59 PM (JST)!
Here are the features of the first ColorFes:
- ★4 member card drop rates doubled to 6%
- New limited member card: ★4 Yoisaki Kanade [One Day, The Dream that I Saw will…]
・Pulling this card will unlock the “Requiem Night” costume
・Raising this card’s Master Rank to Rank 2 will unlock the “Requiem Night” hairstyle for Kanade
- New limited member card: ★4 Asahina Mafuyu [Dive Into Me]
・Pulling this card will unlock the “Library Dress” costume
・Raising this card’s Master Rank to Rank 2 will unlock the “Library Dress” hairstyle for Mafuyu
- ColorFes-exclusive member cards will not be available in the permanent gacha pool, but they will be made available again for any future ColorFes gacha
Project SEKAI LINE Stickers
Even non-players of Project SEKAI can partake in this next new Half-Anniversary treat:
40 of the stickers that players can throw out before and after Multi-Lives in the game are now available as actual stickers on LINE!
You can purchase the stickers here for ￥250 JPY (or your equivalent currency), or for 100 LINE coins!
https://store.line.me/stickershop/product/20126/
If you need help understanding what each sticker is saying, remember that you can consult our handy Project SEKAI sticker translation guide here!
Project SEKAI Wondershow Channel: Half-Anniversary Special Livestream
Then at 7:00 PM (JST) on March 30th came the special Wondershow Channel Half-Anniversary special livestream, filled to the brim with announcements that reminded Project SEKAI players why they have loved the game so much these past six months, and should continue loving and playing it for a long, long time to come! Continue reading for a roundup of all that was announced!
Livestream Info
Host: Hirose Daisuke
Guests: Nakashima Yuki, Yoshioka Mayu, Ito Kent, Sato Hinata
Where to Watch
Niconico: https://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv330686015
Periscope: https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1zqJVXrapmlKB
Wonderhoi Challenge
Just like every Wondershow Channel, the livestream kicked off by challenging Twitter-using fans to tweet about the show with the hashtag #プロセカハーフアニバ生放送, promising them a reward of 500 Crystals if it becomes the number 1 trend on Twitter…
…and it should go without saying that they accomplished that within minutes of the announcement! Expect to receive the 500 Crystals soon!
What’s more, this time around, five people will be chosen by lottery to receive shikishi autographed by the voice cast! Will you be one of the lucky five?
Project SEKAI Data Report
Then the livestream went on to a new corner called the ProSEKA Data Report in which they share some game statistics that aren’t known by players, but may pleasantly surprise them!
Here are the game stats that are sure to impress!
※All below data held true up to March 26th, 2021
>Number of players who have reached Player Rank 200: 8,992 people
>Number of Virtual Coins that have been spent on Virtual Lives: 6,639,712,104 coins
>Total number of rhythm games played: 1,215,640,940 games
>Number of players who have completed the True Inductee achievement (by clearing at least 30 songs on MASTER difficulty with ALL PERFECT):
2,736 players
>And finally, the number of players who have cleared 初音ミクの消失 / Hatsune Miku no Shoushitsu (The Disappearance of Hatsune Miku) on MASTER difficulty with ALL PERFECT:
918 players
What do you think of these numbers? Did some of them surprise you? Are you one of the players counted in any of them?
Let’s give the Project SEKAI one-year anniversary even more impressive numbers to show off!
April Birthdays
Our next birthday will be on April 14th, celebrating Minori!
Her Birthday Live will be held throughout that day from 12:00 AM (JST) through 11:00 PM (JST), and the performers will be all four members of MORE MORE JUMP! plus Miku and Rin! As per usual, attending will net you the “Happy Birthday, Minori 4.14” title, and the full set Minori outfit for your avatar will be available for purchase on the Virtual Shop!
※Even if you miss the title and item, they may become available again at a later date, likely her birthday next year
Next Event
Our next event has been announced as well, and it’s sure to get everyone in the Hanami spirit!
Event details:
- Event name: 君と歌う、桜舞うセカイで (“Singing With You in A World Where Cherry Blossoms Dance”)
- Event period: April 1st at 3:00 PM (JST) through April 8th at 8:59 PM (JST)
- Event type: Cheerful Carnival
- Event story: 8 chapters
- Bonus type: Pure
- Bonus members:
・Hoshino Ichika
・Hatsune Miku [Leo/need]
・Azusawa Kohane
・Hanasato Minori
・Yoisaki Kanade
This next event will even introduce new event types to Project SEKAI! Here’s how this Cheerful Carnival event will work:
- Groups
・Players will be divided into two groups based on their feelings about a certain theme
・This event’s theme is: What comes to mind when you think about “sweets for Hanami?”
・Selectable Groups:
– Odango
– Sakuramochi
・When you have chosen your group, you will receive an outfit for your avatar bearing the group icon
・You can switch groups only once during the event
- Cheerful Lives
・Players will then face off in 5vs5 matches based on their groups when playing Cheerful Lives (taking the place of Multi Lives)
・By playing a Cheerful Live, your group will earn 1 Group Point; if your team wins a Cheerful Live, your group will earn 2 Group Points instead
・Special Matches will occur at random in which the amount of Group Points earned can be multiplied by 10x, or even 100x
- Winning the event
・When the event ends, the group with more Group Points wins the event
・Players in the winning group will receive extra rewards
・The Waiting Room for Virtual Lives will have new items themed after the winning group
- Group rewards
・During the event, there will be two periods when players will receive rewards based on how their group is doing
・Midterm Announcement
– Live Bonus Drink (Small) x2
– If your team is leading, you will receive Live Bonus Drink (Small) x3 instead
・Final Results Announcement
– Crystals x150
– If your group wins, you will receive Crystals x200 instead
- Live Bonus Present
・During the event, you can restore the Live Bonus for another player on the same group as you
・This can be done for free once per day, or by using Paid Crystals
・This is to boost team cooperation and help your group win the event!
- Other notes
・Players will still receive Event Points and Event Badges by playing Solo Live, Cheerful Live, and Challenge Live based on their scores
So what do you think of Cheerful Carnival events? Are you ready to lead your team to victory? Get ready when the event goes live later today!
New Songs
Here are the new songs coming to Project SEKAI as announced during the livestream!
Cover Songs
お気に召すまま / Oki ni Mesu Mama (As You Like It)
- Lyrics, music: Eve
- Arrangement: Numa
- MVs:
・3DMV - Available versions:
・Virtual Singer version (Hatsune Miku)
・Sekai version (Tenma Tsukasa, Otori Emu, Kusanagi Nene, Kamishiro Rui, Kagamine Len)
- Music, lyrics, arrangement: emon (Tes.)
- MVs:
・Original song MV - Available versions:
・Virtual Singer version (Megurine Luka)
・Sekai version (Hanasato Minori, Kiritani Haruka, Momoi Airi, Hinomori Shizuku, Megurine Luka )
Original Songs
An original song by とあ / Toa for 25-ji, Night Code de.
Producer commentary:
Thank you for all your support. This is Toa. I am honored to have the wonderful, wonderful members of 25 singing my original song. I hope everyone enjoys it along with Tsugihagi Staccato.
An original song by 164 for Leo/need
Producer commentary:
Nice to meet you. I’m 164. It is an honor to have the opportunity to compose a song for Project SEKAI. It’s a song about the anguish that one feels from standing at a fork in the road, and one’s feelings about the future that lies beyond it. I hope to aid Leo/need in their advancement towards the future together!
Furthermore, it was also announced that the original song that Ito Kent is creating with OSTER project on arrangement is nearing completion! We even get to hear a sample of it at exactly 1:00:59 into the livestream! You can just straight to that part by clicking here!
New Outfits
The livestream then went over the winning designs of the costume design campaign round 5, themed after pirates.
You can read our overview of the winning designs and their judges’ comments here!
For something a little more immediate, the new half-anniversary “Hummingbird” outfit designed by none other than iXima will be available in the game today, April 1st!
New Merchandise
Animate Half Anniversary Fair
Next up came the reminder that the new Project SEKAI merchandise from Animate and SEGA will be going on sale on April 3rd, 2021! See here for an overview of them all!
eStream Merchandise
Then came the announcement of – you guessed it – even more new merchandise coming from eStream, announced and already available for pre-order in celebration of Project SEKAI’s half-year anniversary!
Find an overview of info for these goods here!
Social Media Decal
And now for something a little more free: a second round of new icons for social media use and smartphone wallpapers will soon be available for download from the official site!
You can access the SPECIAL page from the official Project SEKAI website here where the new downloads will be once released!
初音ミクの激唱 / Hatsune Miku no Gekishou
There’s actually another song announcement to be made, and it’s a for a song that was made available in the game not long after the livestream! It’s indeed the previously announced (and dreaded) Level 33 difficulty song that will test even the most talented of Project SEKAI players!
初音ミクの激唱 / Hatsune Miku no Gekishou (The Intense Singing of Hatsune Miku)
- Lyrics: GAiA
- Music, arrangement: cosMo@暴走P
- MVs: none
- Available versions:
・Virtual Singer version (Hatsune Miku)
They even gave us a look at the level 33 MASTER chart for the song!
But why would they show us this (and potentially scare the living daylights out of us), you may be wondering. It’s because the song and its MASTER difficulty are part of a new Twitter campaign going on now!
Campaign Details
- Follow @pj_sekai on Twitter
- Play and clear 初音ミクの激唱 / Hatsune Miku no Gekishou on MASTER difficulty, and Tweet a photo of the results screen with the hashtag #初音ミクの激唱クリア
Deadline: April 9th at 11:59 PM
39 people who do this by the deadline will be selected by lottery to win a ￥1,000 JPY Amazon gift code!
So do you think you have what it takes the clear the new hardest song in Project SEKAI on the hardest difficulty level? Prove it to the world by entering the campaign!
Project SEKAI Half Anniversary Exhibit
Now we get into some surprise real-world events celebrating the half-year anniversary for Project SEKAI.
The first is the announcement of an exhibit of Project SEKAI art!
Exhibit period: May 22nd through Jun 6th, 2021
Venue: Harajuku Quest Hall
Content: winning entries in the Project SEKAI Half-Anniversary Illustration Contest
There is still time to enter the illustration contest to determine the works that will be on display at the Project SEKAI Half-Anniversary Exhibit before the entry deadline of May 3rd. Now that you know what the winning entries will be used for, review details on how to enter here!
New Collaboration with Pocari?
At this point in the livestream, Hirose pointed out a certain product placement visible on the show, namely the Pocari Sweat bottle on the table next to Nakashima!
Nakashima swore that it was not an intentional product placement, but that Leo/need and Pocari Sweat may soon be doing another collaboration together. As many know, Pocari Sweat and Project SEKAI have collaborated have collaborated a lot before, so a new project does not sound too far-fetched!
Look forward to hearing more details about this (that is, assuming that Nakashima wasn’t just making it up on the spot in order to save herself)!
Special Information on the 5 Units
Continuing the announcements of real-world events, one of the biggest surprises of the livestream was the unveiling of a new project for each of the five units in the game!
Leo/need Special Info
First comes a special project with the Konica Minolta Planetarium ”Manten in Ikebukuro Sunshine City where the Leo/need members will be making announcements!
MOREMORE JUMP! Special Info
Next up, it was announced that MORE MORE JUMP! will get their own broadcasted show called SHOWROOM! We can expect details on who will be featured in the show in the coming days!
Vivid BAD SQUAD Special Info
Then came the special info on Vivid BAD SQUAD and their limited-time concept café themed around WEEKEND GARAGE that will be opening sometime soon!
Wonderlands×Showtime Special Info
Continuing on, it has been confirmed that Wonderlands×Showtime will have a special event in NAMJA TOWN! The wackiness of Wondershow meets the wackiness of the NAMJA crew? Talk about a match made in heaven!
25-ji, Night Code de. Special Info
And finally capping off these rapid-fire announcements, there will be one final event that gives us a glimpse into a day of in the lives of 25 members carrying out their creation process over Night Code.
Obviously, these new real-world projects are all in the planning phases and details are left vague for all of them, some more than others. But you can bet that we not only look forward to learning more, but also attending them once they are open! It’s like in Soviet Russia the real world, the sekai are brought to us!
Producer Letters
And closing off this feature-rich livestream, we get to hear some congratulatory messages from the producers behind the project!
First up, it’s Kosuge Shingo of SEGA Games!
Hello! This is Kosuge, a producer at SEGA. Thank you for always enjoying ProSEKA. I’m very happy to have met everyone through ProSEKA, and to be able to see it’s half anniversary like this. I’m sure that Miku-san, Ichika and the others are all thrilled as well. Sadly, I have not been able to spend time with friends, and have endured a lot of daily hardships this past half year. But I have been preparing a lot of lives and events in SEKAI for players to enjoy, so I will continue to do my best with everyone for a little longer. Let’s enjoy this half anniversary together!!
The next one up to bat was Kondo Yuichiro of Colorful Palette!
Happy Half Anniversary! This is Kondo of Colorful Palette. This time around, an update note came up right before the livestream, so I can only be there in spirit. I’m sending it out now from Shibuya (my office). For us to be able to welcome the half anniversary of Project SEKAI today is all thanks to all of your support. Thank you so much as always. A whole half year has passed in the blink of an eye, but I hope you will continue to keep an eye on this ever expanding SEKAI from here on out. We and the 26 characters in ProSEKA looking forward to your continued support.
P.S. I really had one more big piece of info prepared, but I really cut it too close… I should be able to announce it within the next few days, so please looking forward to that as well!!
And last but not least come Sasaki Wataru of Crypton Future Media!
Congratulations on the Project SEKAI Half Anniversary. I really can’t believe that half a year has already passed. Contrary to other games up to now, we needed to establish how the virtual singers worked from a different plane of existence, and the inhabitants of Project SEKAI could join hands, sing together, and shares troubles with each other in a truly emotional way. All our repeated discussion and trial and error with SEGA and Colorful Palette has been really rough indeed, but I’m very happy to see so many people embrace what we have made like this. Thanks to all of your support, being able to participate in Project SEKAI has been a wonderful experience and a true gala-worthy moment for me, and for Hatsune Miku, Kagamine Rin & Len, Megurine Luka, MEIKO and KAITO as well. We at Crypton will continue supporting them and everyone involved in Project SEKAI, and wish for ever more growth and activity for you all. We look forward to working with you more.
Project SEKAI Half Anniversary Website
Quite a lot of information to take in, wasn’t it? if that’s what you’re thinking, then you’ll be glad to know that the Project SEKAI Half Anniversary website is still around, and has been vastly updated with tons of the above information!
Make sure to visit the website here, and look forward to even more updates as the half anniversary celebrations continue!
And thus concludes our Half Anniversary news roundup for Project SEKAI Colorful Stage! feat. Hatsune Miku!
We at VocaSphere also love and are very passionate about the game, and promoting its charm far and wide. We will continue to work with our partners at Project SEKAI English Community to bring overseas fans the closest coverage possible of the game in English, all in hopes of someday encouraging an official global version!
We hope everyone continues to enjoy Project SEKAI!
Links
Project SEKAI Colorful Stage! feat. Hatsune Miku Half Anniversary Website
Project SEKAI Colorful Stage! feat. Hatsune Miku
- 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
- Wondershow Channel #4 livestream from January 25, 2021
- Wondershow Channel #5 livestream from February 22, 2021
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-ji, Night Code de.
・Yoisaki Kanade
・Asahina Mafuyu
・Shinonome Ena
・Akiyama Mizuki
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