User blog comment:Atsuko-Regalia/Yumemi Nemu, Tone Rion V4, and Nemu Yumemi/@comment-4704113-20170114011849

"Isn't the point of Vocaloid to act as a replacement for a human singer, and provide different vocals to suit different needs and roles? Then why are you having two seperate Vocaloids be voiced by the same woman?"

Yes, that was the original intent of Vocaloid. But nowadays, especially for the Japanese ones, the character image is a really important part of the package.

As for Rion's new design, I'm with you. I'm usually happy to see updated designs for updated vocals, but they changed it so drastically it looks like a completely different character. Plus, I actually liked her original outfit. Yeah it was tacky, but it was charmingly so. The new one is just... plain old tacky.