Beatmania announced for the US

MeltyKiss · Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 7:28 pm Post subject: Beatmania announced for the US

Although not many details were released beyond the announcement via the Press Release, Konami will be showcasing the game at this years E3. The press release states that the game will "feature more than 50 club tracks, including, pop, techno, drum 'n bass, trance and house, and includes exclusive songs from some of the hottest DJs and remixers in the scene."

As always, DDR Freak will be posting new articles and songlist from E3 daily, so stay tuned.

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Superstar Player · Trick Member Joined: 24 Jan 2002 Location: Riverside, CA

Best thing to happen in U.S. Bemani since DDR in my opinion.

Over 50 songs is a good start, and even better is giving old 5 key songs new IIDX notecharts. But I hope not too many make it.

Too bad we have to wait until 2006 for it. Then again, it seems like near the end of a systems life most of the time, we get great games to make that system go out with a bang.

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no IIDX? the interface looks like that of 9th style
http://www.konami.com/gs/beatmania/#
odd...
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myuglybunny · Trick Member Joined: 14 Oct 2004

http://www.konami.com/gs/beatmania/#
Looks like IIDX to me... look at the box art.
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zerob16 · Trick Member Joined: 27 Dec 2004 Location: Indiana

A quick Question. Should I actually wait for this game or should I go ahead and get the Japanese styles?
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midnightclub x · Trick Member Joined: 17 Apr 2005

I've been waiting for this day to come.
all i can say is THANK YOU GOD!!!!!!

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Edible Bondage Tape · Trick Member Joined: 26 Jan 2002 Location: Kerri

its 7 key but its not called IIDX for the reaon alreay dnamed

current known song list

Dancin into the Night
Nothin ain't stopping us
In my eyes
The Shining Polaris
I was the One
PARANOiA MAX ~Dirty Mix~
La Bossanova de Fabienne
METAL GEAR SOLID Main Theme
OVERBLAST!!
HUNTING FOR YOU
Dancing Into The Night - good-cool
Nothing Ain't Stopping Us - good-cool
in my eyes - ric?
The Shining Polaris - L.E.D. feat Sana
I Was The One - good-cool
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Wolfman Jake · Trick Member Joined: 13 Sep 2002

That songlist is looking great so far. Many of the classic good-cool songs seem to be in place.

zerob16, if you are going to take the plunge into IIDX now, I suggest beginning with 6th or 7th style and then getting 3rd style (easy enough to find used for relatively cheap). 6th and 7th have good Beginner's modes, lots of great songs, and large songlishts (69 and 90 respectively). 3rd has a LOT more 7Key songs that are in the low to mid difficulty range which will help you transition much more easily into 7Key once you have cleared most of Light7. The later styles all start skewing the difficulty curve further towards 7's and 7*'s as the majority of the 7Key songlist, which can be very frustrating for newcomers. Definately, stick with it for a few weeks and you'll suddenly find yourself clearing things a lot more easily and really having a blast. Good luck!

By the way, I suspect that 5Key mode will NOT make the cut in the US. Just the same as most of the US has no idea of the history of beatmania and therefore wouldn't understand the IIDX part of the title, there would be little use for a mode that caters to people who only own the old style beatmania 5Key controler since there IS no 5Key controler or 5Key CS beatmania in the US. US players wouldn't be waxing nostalgic for a game mode they never really had (outside of the flop that was Hiphop Mania in the arcades).
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Farren · Trick Member Joined: 24 Jan 2002 Location: Kent, WA

A lot of the screenshots that I've seen so far have been in 5-key mode. It'll probably be in there as an easier alternative for those who can't handle proper 7-key play, rather than for those who don't have the proper controller. Although I suspect that 5-key would be a lot easier to handle for people who don't have *any* Beatmania controller and are forced to play on a Dualshock ... <shudder>

CatchyPhraseOwen · Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 9:36 pm Post subject:

If you've been playing any other recent Bemani games, you'll probably hate the interface on any of the PS2 games except 9th. It'd be cheaper to wait until the US release to get a controller, but try and get 9th Style and a KOC, it'd be worth it.
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Daggett · Trick Member Joined: 22 Sep 2004 Location: Corona, CA

I have a feeling that Konami will do their absolute best to balance every genre style. I wouldn't be surprised if I see another good-cool song to round out the list even more (19, November? Blown my Heart Away?).
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DevilKhai IIDX · Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 10:53 pm Post subject:

Not to say that I'm not excited but, I do hope they put at least one or two 8+s in the game to balance the level of skill between us more seasoned players. Like third style:

There's 5.1.1 L7 and Holic another. Then there's everything else in between.

Even if this does become an easy-as-hell installment in the IIDX series, I would hope they put something on such as official internet ranking. I mean, I'm already a VJ ARMY player but I think an exclusive to the top 10 or 15 players in the US would be pretty sweet.
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Mimehater · Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 2:15 am Post subject:

I cannot even put into words how awesomely happy this makes me...
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