Word in today from the official Crypton blog that voice synthesizer software Vocaloid2 #02 Kagamine Rin, voice sampled by Shimoda Asami, will be released as not one but two separate characters in the same package. Rin is being joined by “Len”, her twin brother (?), who is specced for a slightly deeper voice at slower BPM. Release is still scheduled for late December of this year, at a price similar to Miku‘s 15,750 yen retail. Could this gimmick give the pair the boost they need to equal Miku‘s explosive popularity? We’ll keep an eye on this. (no more)
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Wow. I just can’t see the logic behind this, but you could be right about it being a way to balance the Miku juggernaut.
Oh, I can hear the doujins writing themselves down right now…
(cough…multiple colour version gimmick…cough…)
And twice the mechandising too.
Gotta hand it to the Japanese. 8)
Well, CV.03 will probably be the real ‘manly’ voice… Len is just a snack here. I don’t think the combined power of the twins is any better than Miku, however. Her character design and sheer right of being the first will continue to keep her popularity over Rin (and Len)…
I can already see the Rin / Len duets rolling out the rooms of many otaku.