Talk:Hatsune Miku/@comment-68.84.109.142-20120713070327/@comment-5051846-20120823195237

@Pink: You may have misinterpreted me. I said that her period of release helped make her famous, because of the massive uprising of video sharing sites like Youtube and NND. It helped spread the word. :D It wasn't because she was first (most people on the wikia know she wasn't). She had a decent vocal too, but it would of been nothing without the internet's increase.

Other Vocaloids were released too early, before this sort of viral video thing took off. Leon and Lola also lacked the anime, 'moe' design that appealed to so many. Meiko may have had a chance if released later, though of course I can't say for sure how attractive the majority would have found her voice. Cute and high may not be for everyone, but it hits true with a lot of the otaku crowd.