Friday, August 1, 2025

[NS2] - Early-August's Vocaloid-Palooza Update!



The month of August couldn't have a better start for Taiko-attuned Vocaloid fans than this! After a shadowdrop reveal on Nicovideo (and the official announcement video up here), all versions of Donderful/Rhythm Festival have received some extra content for Taiko Music Pass subscribers, as part of the Hatsune Miku's Summer Song Festival! (夏の初音ミク曲祭り!) collaboration event.

Taiko Music Pass New Tracks

Title
2025/08/01
Ai Shite Ai Shite Ai Shite Kikuo feat. Hatsune Miku
愛して愛して愛して
/きくお feat. 初音ミク
★3 ★5 ★6 ★8
Monitoring DECO*27 feat. Hatsune Miku
モニタリング
/DECO*27 feat. 初音ミク
★2 ★4 ★6 ★8
Rolling Girl wowaka feat. Hatsune Miku
ローリンガール/wowaka feat. 初音ミク
★2 ★3 ★4 ★8
Mimukawa Nice Try 
NuNuNuNuNuNuNuNuNuNuNuNuNuNuNuNuNuNuNuNuNuNuNuNuNuNuNuNuNuNuNuNu
みむかゥわナイストライ/ぬぬぬぬぬぬぬぬぬぬぬぬぬぬぬぬぬぬぬぬぬぬぬぬぬぬぬぬぬぬぬぬ
★2 ★4 ★6 ★7 ★9
Suna no Wakusei Hachi feat. Hatsune Miku
砂の惑星/ハチ feat. 初音ミク
★3 ★5 ★5 ★9
Ren'ai Saiban 40mP feat. Hatsune Miku
恋愛裁判
/40mP feat. 初音ミク
★4 ★5 ★6 ★7
Umiyuri Kaitei Tan
ウミユリ海底譚/n-buna
★4 ★5 ★6 ★7
Kagerou Daze Jin feat. Hatsune Miku
カゲロウデイズ
/じん feat. 初音ミク
★3 ★5 ★7 ★7 ★8
Hatsune Miku no Gekishou Hatsune Miku -Project DIVA 2nd
初音ミクの激唱
/「初音ミク -Project DIVA- 2nd」より
★4 ★6 ★6 ★10 ★10
Key: red = series debut; green = subscription/freemium debut

Nine Miku-centric songs have landed in the ongoing Taiko title's subscription plan, five of which being never-playable-before-in-Taiko tunes, too! The returning ones aren't to slouch around either, especially for a couple of choice tunes first heard for the Sony portable Taiko entries.

As pinpointed in the promotional video and the dedicated campaign website, playing any of the new songs will net four matsuri-themed Petit Chara variants for Hatsune Miku, the Kagamine twins and Megurine Luka; unlike for the special custom dancers set which is scheduled to disappear at the campaign's end (November 19th), the unlocked mascots will still be available afterwards.

In conjunction with the campaign's reveal, there's also going to be a social media campaign, granting a few retweeting/sharing lucky X users one of those four collaboration-themed keychains. Act fast if you're in the Japan area- this lasts until August 14th!


In conjunction with the collaboration, there's also going to be held a Vocaloid song suggestions poll, running for the entirety of August! Please be aware that only 1 entry per user is allowed and that the suggested song has to feature one of the four vocaloids involved in the collaboration campaign (again, Miku/Luka/Rin/Len).


Last but not least, in news not related to the Miku collaboration campaign:
  • More outfit items (3 head, 7 body, 1 full-body) have been added to the in-game shop (source)
  • A set of time-limited bonus gifts have been added for Taiko Music Pass subscribers (1 head, 1 body, 1 full-body). Claim them when you enter Omiko City (the main menu) with an active subscription and internet connection between 2025/08/01~09/30 (source)