oyi, Sonika's new look from the competition Zero-G was running during November '09.

Though nicely done, I have to say I dislike the make over, because it doesn't seem like Sonika at all, especially with the soft voice she has.

I love the new look, but this is not confirmed as even being an entrant into the contest, as far as I'm aware. This look and the box art were released prior to the conclusion of the contest. It *may* be the winner, in which case it's rather odd they would pick a winner before the contest ended, but it may also be a commission.

The odd thing is that the box with this on it surfaced before the competition was over... >: that isn't fair...

The competition never stipulated that the winning design would be on the box anyway. That was an assumption people started making.

Ok, so they released the list of entrants into the contest, and this was *not* one of them. Just for the record.

Still very confusing.
Apparently Mario now works with the English Vocaloid... division...company thing. So I don't know if he is a "winner" or just giving Sonika a makeover at request, because they saw his artwork.

So perhaps the contest is still looking for winners?

Yup, apparently that is the case. Commissioned artwork.

What is annoying, is that the company NEVER gave any hints that Sonika's boxart would switch. And then doing so while the contest was still going? My goodness...

And Mario NEVER explained that his post was about commissioned work. Zero G needs to get their act together.

To be fair to Zero-G, they never said that the winner would *actually* be used for any promotional purposes. The line in the rules that people took that from is basically there to make people waive any rights to sue Zero-G if they don't like how their art is used.

All the winner was ever guaranteed was a copy of the software. Zero-G can do whatever they want with the box art.

It's also not the first commission Mario has done. What I find odd is that it isn't on his official site. It's only on his DA page.

lol They should be more clear with that.
Okay, some more info. The guy who posted the early prototype of this pic (the early one had "Vocaloid" on her shirt) mistook the image for the competition.

Glad the anger around this mistake is Slooowly dying... though I am still not in favor of this look.

..there was no boxart before!!!! first sonika was just fo download.... now she is avaivable with the box and the makeover design

The box was for Japanese release, and you can also order it from a music site too. Besides that, it can be downloaded.