Tanita starts crowdfunding to increase production of "Twin Stick," a controller exclusively for Virtualron, on December 21 at 12:00 p.m!

Tanita Corporation, a comprehensive health company, aims to increase production of the controller "XVCD-18-b 18-type control device 'Twin Stick'" for Sega Games' PS4 (*1) software "Dennou Senki Virtualon x Toaru Majutsu no Index: A Certain Magical Index (Virtualon)" (*2) The crowdfunding (CF) project will start at 12:00 (noon) on December 21, 2012.

Tanita launched a CF project on October 18 to commercialize the Twin Stick, and achieved the project goal in just 1 hour and 26 minutes from the start. However, since the project was limited to the production of 1,000 units, many Virtualon fans have been calling for an increase in production.

The CF project to increase production this time is a response to this demand, and will use the same CF platform as last time, "Campfire" ( # ) provided by CAMPFIRE Inc. The deadline is 23:59 on Wednesday, January 30, 2019.

This is a purchase-type CF where the product itself is the return, and the target amount is 44,600 yen per unit of support (including tax) for a total of 1,000 units, for a total of 44.6 million yen. If the CF project is successful, the return product is scheduled to be shipped around March 2020.

XVCD-18-b 18-type control device "Twin Stick
Virtual-only controller commercialization project crowdfunding page
#
*Open at 12:00 (noon) on Thursday, December 21, 2018

The "Twin Stick" Commercialization Project is an attempt to commercialize the "Twin Stick for life" with the full cooperation of Sanwa Denshi Corporation, a manufacturer and distributor of amusement game joysticks and buttons, and Trusty Corporation, a metal processing company The project will be launched in the United States in October 2010. In conjunction with this project, Sega Games has announced that three titles from the Virturon series, "Dennou Senki Virturon," "Dennou Senki Virturon Oratorio Tangram ver. 5.66," and "Dennou Senki Virturon Force," will be released as downloadable software for the PS4 and will be compatible with this product The company announced that three titles, "Tangram ver. 5.66" and "Dennou Senki Virturon Force" will be released as downloadable software for PS4 and will be compatible with this product.

1 "PlayStation" is a registered trademark or trademark of Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. This product is under application to the PlayStation® Official Licensing Program.
2 "Toaru Majutsu no Dennou Senki" is the latest title in the Virturon series, the first in 15 years, created in collaboration with the "Index" series of Dengeki Bunko's flagship novel "Toaru Majutsu no Index (Index of A Certain Magical Index). In addition to a story entirely drawn by Kazuma Kamaike, the author of the "Index of A Certain Magical Index" series, the high-speed gameplay characteristic of the Virtual-On series has been further evolved with the addition of new "transitions" and a point system.