Beatmania for PS2 redated

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[Wolfman Jake]

Well, it also doesn't make a lot of fiscal sense for Konami to be trying to release beatmania in the US period It's possible at this point that Konami would use the same interface for 10th style CS as beatmania US, but I don't think it's all that probable. Again, it's just 9th style with a purple paint job, which is something they could have whipped up pretty quickly (and painlessly) for the US game, perhaps to stifle any comparisons that US players might try to make to similar looking Japanese styles (why, hello people who don't get US DDR =/= JPN DDR). It would look cheap for the Japanese audience, since it's just a 9th style interface hack. It's not even the first time Konami has gone the extra mile and altered the JPN interface for a similar release in another territory (DDR MAX US had foot difficulties added, Euromix2/MAX2 US with Japanese text removed, etc.). If we were instead anticipating the release of 9th style CS, then I would be half-expecting it to get the same purple paint job as beatmania US. It's entirely possible, though, that the ratings system overhaul (as it seems has been implemented in beatmania US) or maybe even revamped options like Sudden and Hidden from Happy Sky will show up in 10th CS, since the CS releases always lag behind the arcade releases, but usually get the same tech upgrades as the current (not counterpart) arcade release (for example: Random+ is in 8th CS, but was introduced first in IIDX RED). That's about the extent to which I think 10th CS and beatmania US will have similar interfaces, solely in the tech of the game, but I expect 10th CS will still look like 10th arcade.
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[Uiru]

As long as beatmania uses the 9th style interface music. I could rock out to that shit all day.

Those spinning things are in Be Lovin? Cool; we're likely to get that since it's in Extreme 2. I wanna try them. :D I hope they put more in or something; I play onehanded and I bet they'd piss off my friends. :D

Also, regular Beatmania plays with the turntable on the right; hopefully they'll still have the capability to switch it over to the left side ingame. (Apparently Beatmania AC games have a "center" mode, where you play with the keys from P2 and the scratch from P1.) Weird stuff.
~Uiru
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[DX Manaic]

It could be used in IIDX Best Hits....?


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[Wolfman Jake]

[Razma]

Well, the Best Hits idea wouldn't be too hot. All of the CS released have covered all the games. In 3rd, 4th, and 5th style, we got every song that was on IIDX and 2nd Style. Given that 4th Style has a damn good songlist and is hard to find, that in itself wouldn't be reason to make a Best Hits game.
However. . .
Could this be a 5-key revival (or collection) for a future Japanese market?
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[DX Manaic]

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[Reenee]

[Zonic]

Let's hope it'll released in time for Christmas! I bet it'll be worth around $50-60 for both & $25-30 for just the controller. I wonder how many other companies are making non-offical Beatmania controllers.....Now if they could only release Guitar Freaks & Percussion Freaks over here...(I bet when there's a songlist, someone will post it on da Main Page)

[Reenee]

Wow. Did you not see the thread title and the first post of the thread?

[CatchyPhraseOwen]

Well he would have read the release date, but the bulk of the post was about pricing which I don't think there has been an announcement on...

I am guessing $50 for the game + controller and $30 for each additional controller.
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[TheWertle]

hmm... considering karaoke revolution w/ mike cost 60 when it came out, it would seem beatmania might follow suit. and for karaoke you actually have to have a mike to be able to play, as opposed to beatmania which can use a dualshock (though a controller is much better). But its also possible they dont want to intimidate target consumers right off the bat. but then again all the next gen games are supposedly $60-70, and thats games without special controllers.... i dunno, this is a toughie.....

i'll just say $60 for controller pack and hope to be surprised
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[CatchyPhraseOwen]

$60 would make more sense, but Beatmania is a little more obscure than KR so I think they may be willing to cut profits in hopes that it catches on. How much was DDR for the PS1 when it came out?
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[PlatinumHawke]

[GD-Man]

My sentiments exactly PlatinumHawke. I mostly just miss the ability to play Nahanaha vs Gatchoon. I really dislike putting in the old 5-key Beatmania Best Hits (or anything that's not 6th+core, really). However, I think that Nahanaha vs Gatchoon is just TOO Japanese and weird... then again my friends said the same of Katamari Damashii.

As far as controller price... I'm guessing it'll be around 70 for the bundle. 40 for the game, 30 for the controller. I mean let's be serious, even if the Japanese controller didn't have the ridiculous fees required of importing, the controller would be worth 50 maybe 60 bucks. I doubt that Konami would sell the new, remodeled controllers for 20 bucks. It would be really nice, but I highly doubt it.

Looking at the screenshot, it looks like there is room for at least another star or two (at least I thought so), and even if there are only a few tough songs (that max out at 10) who cares? Beatmania has a much much larger selection of tough songs than DDR did with its what... maybe 8 tough songs total? If there is a sequel, and hopefully good sales will permit this, there's a great chance harder songs will appear on there. Let us also not forget that in ONE home mix, we're presumably bringing players with no experience to the point where when they finish with this mix, they'll be able to tackle at least most 6-7s... (given the songs we know like The Shining Polaris). That's a pretty big jump for not having any Beatmania in the US before (HHM wasn't well received enough to count). It's not really fair to complain about the difficulty about this mix when year after year, the Japanese have been getting gradually tougher games, since what... 1997/8?

I'm not really sure why I went on so long about difficulty, but I've always been irked about the way DDR games were received (rightfully so, the difficulty flat-lined once arcade mixes stopped being produced). I sort of assume the same sort of "This is a n00bs mix" banter to extend to Beatmania as well.
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[Thomas Hobbes]

A more realistic cost for them would be probably $99.99 for both the game and controller. However, that'd probably scare off the casual gamer at the higher cost of a game, when an average game is only $50.

Therefore, I think and am probably sure that they will pull a Donkey Konga sort of thing. Buy the game and controller together in a bundle for $50 and other additional controllers at the regular price of probably $30 or $40, but more likely $30.

However, they could also pull a DDR bundle sort of thing. Buy the game and controller in a bundle and get the additional controller for $20 more, for a total of $70 bundle. Any additional controllers at the regular price of $30, most likely.
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[Mr. A]

No new news, huh?

I'm definately getting this. Again, there are no IIDX machines within 300 miles of Erie.

Hopefully it will have some of my favorites like "Be Lovin" and "Fire."

Man, I wish I lived in California only for the IIDX systems!!!