In recent years, many games have been released for smartphones, and in particular, easy-to-operate and exhilarating rhythm games are one of the most popular genres.
On December 13 (Sun.), 2020, the "RAGE Project Sekai 2020" competition with prize money using the smartphone game "Project Sekai Colorful Stage! feat. Hatsune Miku" was held on December 13 (Sun.), 2020, as part of the " RAGE Project Sekai 2020 Winter powered by AQUOS " tournament with cash prizes.
This tournament attracted so much attention that the highest number of simultaneous connections exceeded 40,000. Which player was crowned the first champion?
Matches heated up from the quarterfinals!
The online preliminary round was held in November, and 25 elite players advanced to the offline competition.
The MC for the competition was Mr. Koshina of the comedy duo Shimotsuki Akusei, who himself has created songs as a Vocaloid P, and many other celebrities were also watching the competition.
The song for Group A of the quarterfinals was " Sekai ha H ajimeten Hajimeten" ("The World Hasn't Even Started Yet "), which has an addictive, lively rhythm.
The song has a reputation of "one mistake can be fatal," but three players, including Ri, achieved a full combo.
The second song, "Hibana -Reloaded-," was cleared with a full combo by Mori and Pijamo.
Mr. Rohin also commented before the Group A play, "It's fun (just) to watch! " and the quarterfinals were heated from the very beginning.
In the finals, they played the classic songs "The Disappearance of Hatsune Miku" and "Senbonzakura.
After winning the quarterfinals and semifinals, the finalists were Ruri and HPS.
The two songs chosen for the final were "The Disappearance of H atsune Miku" and " Senbonzakura.
The first song, "The Disappearance of Hatsune Miku," starts out with a gentle and catchy melody, but in fact, the gentle tune is replaced by tricky rhythms and intense rhythmic intonation, making it one of the more difficult songs to challenge in the rhythm game challenge. It is one of the most difficult songs to challenge as a challenge song for the rhythm game.
Even though both competitors had made it through to the semifinals, they had a tough time and made a lot of mistakes in the last half of the game.
The second song, "Senbonzakura," is a well-known song even those not familiar with Vocaloid, as it has been used in TV commercials, but it was a new score that was announced at the event.
Both players showed their ability to handle such a new music score.
Finale with Ruri's victory!
Ruri won the finale by defeating the fierce competition of "The Disappearance of Hatsune Miku" and "Senbonzakura.
After the game, Ruri said, "I can't really feel that I won. It's a strange feeling. I don't know if I was able to live up to the expectations (of the people watching), but I think I gave the best performance I could.
Project Sekai Colorful Stage! feat. Hatsune Miku" is a new title just released on September 30, 2020.
After witnessing such fierce competition and technique, NIJISANJI's own virtual player Sha-Tsuki said, "As a player, I was impressed and excited to see such a high level of players being created so soon after the game's release. "I was very impressed and excited as a player to see such a high level of players being created so soon after the game's release," he said, appreciating the excitement of the tournament.
The tournament, RAGE's first music game tournament, was a great success, and can be viewed on OPENREC.tv andYouTube archives.