A tweet from Wat confirming he is working with Ixima on the design of Miku NT
Edit:As best the machines can tell me, it looks like there have been more changes to this costume than in past costume updates, with even a new concept. However, the colors are the same, and they tried to keep a balance so that it apparently still looks like Miku.
I guess we'll have to see what that actually means when the new design is shown off. Not surprised that they're making bigger changes, since she's getting a radical fundamental change, too. But I'm sure they've tried to keep what they feel are the most important/iconic aspects of her appearance intact.
I wonder if they are going to base part of Miku NT off the Yamaha Reface DX. (I own that keyboard and it's amazing.) It would be cool though, but again, we're all not sure yet.Going to go ahead and add @Exemplar's finding about the new Miku NT character design here:
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Like I mentioned over there,
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Wat mentions something like that the new design concept takes some inspiration from a voice "wave," so it has a streamlined look, and also is intended to be feminine/clean/pretty. Symbols from the DX (Yamaha DX) are still present, but seem to have been reimagined.
Wat mentions that it's been 13 years since he asked KEI to incorporate DX symbols in Miku's design. It was hard to change some of those things for V3/4. For NT, some of these symbols are difficult to touch, but he feels they've taken things in a "Crypton" direction.
Wat thinks they'll be able to reveal the new design later this month.
I'm really not sure what these mean, but he seems to be talking about user interaction/feedback (and costume design?) in Project Sekai and seems to say that NT may take some cues from Sekai somehow. The translation's not clear enough for me to feel very confident at all about interpreting these, though.
I was just about a drop a post on the Vocamerch thread about that design possibly being the final NT design. It certainly looks like something I'd expect for the final design, since it takes cues from all the official Miku designs we've seen over the years.You know, I'm going to preface this by saying this is almost completely baseless and is literally something that JUST occurred to me offhand...but what if Miku NT's new design looks something like this?
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This is from a new collab between ESP guitars and CFM. Notice how closely it follows the more synthy details in the design (like the inclusion of the Soft <-> Power markings on the left legging), as opposed to more real-world/stylized variations like for Miku Symphony or Racing Miku. (Granted, that makes sense for use by a music instrument company.) Notice also that this clearly isn't just based on Miku's classic V2 design--the translucent ruffles at the shoulder and skirt hem are newer, the Vocaloid chest decal has been replaced with something like V4's color bar, and she has V4's hair ties. But this design also harkens back to V2/V3 also, with the return of the gray blazer, and the thicker twintails. There are brand-new elements, too--I don't remember her blazer lapels having that lighter edging before, and AFAIK, those rounded sleeve cuffs are a first.
Having said that, I can't believe they'd let the NT design get leaked this way, although the release of that info...will hopefully be soon (I hope). And product collabs basically NEVER use an actual official design, as far as I've seen. But having thought it through this far...well, it's an interesting thought, anyway. It'd be cool if she did end up looking like this. It might go along with what Wat said about trying to make a design that was both new and harkened back to what was key about previous incarnations, while also being clean.
Edit: Plus, this illustration is by iXima, and I'm not entirely clear on who's doing the NT design, or if they've told us. My impression was that it was KEI, since Wat mentioned it has been 13 years since KEI made the original.
Agreed. I didn't mention it because I figured her expression could change, so it wasn't really "built-in" to the design, maybe, but I'm a fan of her face in this art, too--it looks so much more determined and mature. 'Course, while you're promoting guitars and doing rocker stuff, you're probably not going to be super-bubbly right then.I love how dramatic her hair is, her more confident stance, how she looks slightly less like a malnourished Victorian child, etc.
That's a good point, too.I don't think this is a fully leaked NT outfit, because Wat's tweet's suggested a bigger change from previous designs.