Crypton puts the stop on Vocaloid doujin games
Doujin circles Ejin kenkyuusho and Murder koubou have received a notice from Crypton to stop distribution of their doujin game Tatakae! Ore no Hatsune Miku ver 1.2. The game was about training Hatsune Miku to become a super robot pilot and protecting the peace and contained no ero scenes.
Apparently Crypton doesn’t allow any doujin games based on Hatsune Miku to be released, even if they are distributed for free and don’t damage the character’s image.
Crypton’s guidelines also say they might restrict other fan material if they feel that it damages their product’s image so the doujinshi guys can’t go too far with their stuff too…
February 13th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
Way to antagonize their fanbase. The dakimakura case was borderline already, but that? That’s just plain stupid.
February 13th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
While I’d normally agree with what they’re doing, this is going too far; it’ll alienate their fanbase, which is pretty much their main source of revenue right now.
February 13th, 2008 at 4:10 pm
boy that hatsune miku gal sure gets around the block! seems like everyone nowadays has enjoyed her warm company!
February 13th, 2008 at 6:51 pm
Well to this date I know of over 250+ Vocaloid doujinshis alone been released :P and thats for sure not all of them LOL
If they really go full time at it, they are truthfully just gonna kill of the fanbase completely.
February 13th, 2008 at 7:20 pm
I’m on the fence here.
Remembering that there was a plan for a Miku eroge… I dunno. On the upside, Crypton wants to protect the integrity of their product, esp. if one remembers the bizarre case they had with being misrepresented in the news at one time…..
But on the downside, this is a blow for the doujin-side. Doujin have been around for so long, and companies have gone to other measures to protect their integrity.
I’d like to see how this develops.
February 13th, 2008 at 7:27 pm
Hmm, I think you were going for “pulls out all the stops”, but that actually means “does something as thoroughly as possible”. Maybe “puts the stop on” would work better? :D
February 13th, 2008 at 11:24 pm
NOYFB: I wouldn’t go that far to say that.
Considering the fact that men want to get laid without the cops crashing their parties; the choice between integrity and money is a difficult and complicated one at that.
Crypton, despite BEING TOO LATE, would rather keep Vocaloid’s spiritual virginity than whore her out. Good for these people. :P
February 14th, 2008 at 12:19 am
Filing this one under “biting the hand that feeds”. Miku’s absurd level of popularity is not the result of Crypton’s incredible marketing work, but rather it is an artifact of the incredible marketing work that the fanbase has done for them, free of charge.
February 14th, 2008 at 7:22 am
So this is the way to thank their fans? Great. Crypton. You just lost my purchases. I’m cancelling my pre-orders for anything with Miku in it. That’s just a drop of S$500 to you. But I’ll rather spend that S$500 on products that are fan-friendly.
p.s. As mt-i said earlier, the dakimakura case was more ecchi than this Princess Maker-like game. This move by Crypton’s just plain BAKA.
p.p.s. And this has to happen on Valentine’s Day. So long Miku. It’s nice knowing you. (-_-)
February 14th, 2008 at 8:58 am
You can only attack fire with fire.
Someone should compose a song, where Miku herself sings that she want’s to be in doujins and eroges.
February 14th, 2008 at 6:17 pm
Now she’s just a corporate whore, instead of a community symbol.
February 15th, 2008 at 4:25 am
I don’t see what’s so great about her. The design plain sucks, and does she even have a personality? :S
February 15th, 2008 at 9:29 pm
Wow. Totally loving those priorities they’ve got going on there. You’d think that if their mission was to prevent things from “damages their product’s image” …they’d first go about stopping the companies making pornos with women dressed up as her….rather than the harmless doujin games. :\