beatmania US is Released!

DarkTetsuya · Contributor Joined: 24 Jan 2002 Location: Sacramento

well hopefully it'll at least sell well enough to warrant a US 2nd style. (and given the prospect of $60USD controllers instead of $100USD ones, it just may happen.... assuming enough stores get the product on the shelves in the first place...

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Thomas Hobbes · Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 8:18 pm Post subject:

I really like Beatmania. I've played it at the arcades. I just bought it maybe two hours ago.

The EB downtown had a humongous box with four inside. There were no preorders. I got the first one and got to watch him open the humongous box and take mine out, put a sticker on it, and sell it to me.

The turntable stuff is hard. I'm not used to IIDX. I've been sticking to 5-key mode.
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mattman412 · Trick Member Joined: 06 Feb 2002 Location: Tempe, AZ

After finally obtaining a copy of beatmania I got a chance to sit down and play it...

I was really hoping for much more...
-The song list was quite short compaired to other Beatmania releases.
-The GUI is terrible (it was a weird mix of 9th style/5th style/crap).
-The timing also felt slightly awkward for a good deal of the songs.
-Grading was too nice
-Lack of Unlocks for new songs
-Another mode having to be unlocked

For new players or ones that don't have a mod-chip then this game is much much better, and it is very worth buying. For the people that already own the Japanese styles, you pretty much get a Greatest Hits (though some songs aren't the greatest) and a new KOC.

Whenever I buy American bemani I always feel kind of jipped, we never get anything new. Is Konami that lazy that they can't put together a little bit more than 8 new songs? Why are we always stuck with compilation discs of older songs? I realize this is a first release but with the popularity of Guitar Heroes causing a spark of interest with music games, I was kind of hoping for a bit more.
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NinjaDux · Trick Member Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Location: Fo Co

Holy Crap, When I was at Gamestop picking beatmania up the clerk recomended this like usual, I had to pick it up to be sure.

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Thomas Hobbes · Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 9:22 pm Post subject:

FAKE?
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Thomas Hobbes · Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 10:03 pm Post subject:

Has anyone tried to go on the IR yet?

The site that's given in the game is just the Konami site.
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Wolfman Jake · Trick Member Joined: 13 Sep 2002

Hopefully the internet rankings will be up within a few days. Any clue as to how many characters are allowed in the DJ names?

I haven't bothered to look yet, but is the EX score just gone from normal play? All I see for the records are the letter grade, the money score, and the special clear statuses (i.e., Full Combo, Perfect, etc.).

DarkTetsuya · Contributor Joined: 24 Jan 2002 Location: Sacramento

Thomas Hobbes · Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 11:18 pm Post subject:

I got my IR passes from Expert Mode, which is the nonstop thing, I guess.

I was able to put in DJ MALICE. It gives you six characters.
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DJ Tenku · Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 11:51 pm Post subject:

Hmm. That sucks that you have to play EVERY song pass or fail, to play it in Free Mode.

And you know what would be a good crossover song? Healing Vision. I don't think everyone has played that to death.

A Guidebook? No wai! I do believe DDR had a guide too, but I forgot which mix it was though. I think it was 3rd.
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Mr. A · Trick Member Joined: 20 Oct 2003 Location: INTERNET

And now a segue!

For all the Socal folks bitching about the US release - I gotta say this is a godsend for lots of fans. Many places in the US don't have the privledge of having a newer IIDX machine within driving distance - the closest machine to me is a Beatmania 6th UK Underground that just has crappy Hip-Hop on it. I've driven over 120 miles to play it.

So yeah, rock on Konami. It isn't perfect, but it's finally been formally introduced to the US.

Also: I used dj ALPHA

Schlamphure · Trick Member Joined: 07 Oct 2004

How do you unlock songs? Is it pretty much just like DDR. Just keep playing songs. How come when I play game mode, sometimes I have more songs to choose from then other times. Forgive me im new

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Zonic · Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 5:36 am Post subject:

I kind of find it wierd that there's a player's guide for Beatmania. (probly has charts) I just use GameFaq's now. Saves ya alot of money. But anyways....

I can't redeem Gamestop credit online, so looks like I've gotta wait till next week. Plus, that lady isn't coming till Wednesday, so I STILL have no idea if she got Ouendan....Least I finally found BM & GF MP3s....*Listens to Magical Jet Tour*

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Wermo · Trick Member Joined: 24 Jun 2005 Location: Hamilton ON

Well I've been shafted!

I preordered months ago, paid the thing in full with trades and selling a few music cd's of mine (Queen and Metallica) and I didn't get it yesterday with the excuse that "Well the US normally gets games 1 day earlier than us"

BULLPOO!

I got Dragon Quest VIII a day before most people I know (on another forum) who live in the US. It has happened other times too, not just that game, but that one is the most recent.

They better get the game and give it to me today because otherwise I'll go postal on their heads. It better not be like PIU was (released in August in the US and in October or November in Canada), or I'll be talking to regional managers.

^^ that sounds like a strange interface to get used to. I'm sure I'll enjoy the game though I'm unsure if my wife will, from what has been said in this new thread. Only time will tell.

UPDATE:

Totally shafted, been given a rectal cavity search tickling the back of my teeth and am being forced to smile with forceps.

It definitely won't be coming in today, may come in on Monday, and if it doesn't the manager will place a few calls to figure out what's up.

I feel:

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ddr_hero · Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 8:36 am Post subject:

is it just me, (it may be) or is the timing window really really tiny? Has Anyone played this with a JP IIDX yet? because i bought it for the controller. i figured the us songlist was going to blow, and i was right.

also, has anyone found out what the covered up plug by the power cord on the turntable is for? looks like a av plug(yellow white red) from the back of a VCR.
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Sinistar · Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 9:12 am Post subject: