It’s our birthday! Three years ago we started what is now Dark Diamond and white a ride it has been. Of course, it’s all for you dear readers, without you we’d just be a bunch of opinionated fools instead of consummated internet journalists… well that’s not true, we’re still just opinionated fools, but we do it for you!

And what better way to celebrate than by giving you guys some nice presents. That is why today we’re launching Dark Diamond’s Birthday Contest 2009! It’s really easy to enter and win, hell some of you reading this are already participating and you don’t even know it! Lets begin!

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Last year we learned that Hatsune Miku from Vocaloid would be getting a game for the PSP named Project Diva. Well there’s a new features trailer out that shows most of the VOCALOID 2 characters as playable as well as gameplay details and the ability to create and share songs. Much to the delight of Miku fans all characters come with a huge wardrobe of clothes and accessories.

Best of all the game comes with a special edition Project Diva Miku Nendoroid figure. For all fans of Miku or rhythm games this is going to be a must-have import. Because you know, this will never see the light of day in the west.

The VOCALOID2 Project and Hatsune Miku are without a doubt one of the most successful examples of Viral Marketing in recent history: Slap a cute anime girl onto an equally cute (and sometimes a little creepy) synthesized voice and let the people with too much free time take over, churning out more anime covers than you can shake a stick at. Now, on top of cameo appearances in certain online golf games, it seems the 2D superstar is getting her own PSP game.

Project DIVA is divided into two parts. The first is a rhythm game part in which you will play songs (Whether they’ll be covers or original works is unknown at this point) in the classic match-the-command style. By playing through these you unlock items to put in a room that you design for Miku, which you can then… watch. The room’s music will change depending on the items that you put into it, and Miku will also react and try out every new item that you place. It’s hard to say whether this game is aimed at rhythm game fans or virtual pet buffs, but it’s something you can’t count on seeing here. No date has been given for the release, but Japan will see it some time next year.

[Wii @ Everyday]