Sega did quite well last year when it decided to team up with Crypton and release Hatsune Miku: Project Diva, a PSP game based on the Vocaloid mascot Miku Hatsune. Hatsune Miku: Project Diva was released July 2, 2009, and went on to become one of the most popular PSP games of the year. Sega’s hoping to repeat that with Hatsune Miku: Project Diva 2nd on July 29, 2010, and this time is going all out with a bundle and PSP accessories.

The bundle is being dubbed the Hatsune Miku: Project Diva 2nd Ippai Pack and comes with a turquoise PSP-3000 (the same color as Miku’s hair), Hatsune Miku: Project Diva 2nd, a turquoise Project Diva carrying pouch, a turquoise Project Diva 2nd cloth for wiping the PSP screen and, you guessed it, a turquoise strap to attach to the PSP….

Time for more Miku! Sega’s just announced that it is preparing Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA 2nd, the sequel to the PSP music game Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA for a July 29, 2010 release! And, like all sequels, it will have more of what made the first game great.

For example, more Vocaloids. Rin and Len Kagamine both appeared in a few songs of their own in the original Project DIVA, and they’ll be back for Project DIVA 2nd. There’ll also be Vocaloid duets. As you can see from the image at the right there, Luka Megurine joins Miku for a duet. The image is probably from “Magnet,” since that track is confirmed to be in the new game and is a Miku and Luka duet. Another confirmed duet is “Romeo and Cinderella.” Since that track is a duet between Miku and Kaito, I guess that means he’s in the game again too.

The Project DIVA 2nd basic gameplay is going to be the same, that is, pressing the PSP’s X, O, square and triangle buttons when prompted. This time, there’ll also be extended button presses, and at times multiple button presses. Also, the Edit Mode, which lets you import your own mp3s to create your own playable custom tracks and music videos, will be enhanced and improved…

One of the cutest upcoming PSP games has just been announced by Sega: Hatsune Miku: Project Diva. The upcoming music game will be released 2009 and star the Vocaloid star Miku Hatsune. Since Vocaloids are primarily popular in Japan and the Miku Hatsune program is a Japanese singing synthesizer, the game will most likely will not be released outside Japan.

Miku is becoming quite the cultural icon for Japan and the Vocaloid 2 Character series is incredibly popular. With Miku and the other Vocaloids appearing in manga, anime and video games, it might be worth finding out what they’re all about…