Beatmania US

[OutPhase]

Release date: March 28/29
Price: $64.99

The whole songlist (taken from BMS). Songs in green are playable on the Demo disk of issue 103 or OPM

Spoiler for songlist:

5key

[HOUSE] DJ nagureo - 20, November (single mix) ?/130 BPM
[TECHNO POP] DJ SIMON - 321 STARS ?/192 BPM
[HARD TECHNO] DJ FX - Attack the music ?/140 BPM
[V.R.D.J SKILLS] DJ TAKAWO - BATTLE BREAKS ?/112 BPM
[SOUL MIX] WaveGroup/DJ TK-ST - Celebration 4/121 BPM
[BALLAD] reo-nagumo - Do you love me? ?/100 BPM
[RAVE] e.o.s - e-motion ?/145 BPM
[ELETRONICA] Timo Maas - First Day ?/125 BPM
[80'S REVIVAL] Lipps Inc. - funkytown 2/122 BPM
[TRANCE] L.E.D. LIGHT - GENOM SCREAMS ?/150 BPM
[R&B] TOGO PROJECT feat. MEGU&SCOTTY D - HUNTING FOR YOU ?/105 BPM
[REGGAE] jam master '73 - jam jam reggae ?/90 BPM
[BOSSA GROOVE] staccato two-F - La Bossanova de Fabienne ?/143 BPM
[ELETRONICA] Moby - Lift Me Up ?/121 BPM
[SOUL] LOVEMINTS - LOVE SO GROOVY ?/141 BPM
[JAZZ ELECTRO] MIKIO ENDO - Manmachine plays Jazz～MIO2～ ?/114 BPM
[BIG BEAT MIX] Espacio Brothers - METALGEAR SOLID Main Theme 4/140 BPM
[WARP HOUSE] L.E.D. LIGHT - OVERBLAST!! ?/147 BPM
[JUNGLE] 190 - PARANOiA MAX ~DIRTY MIX~ ?/190 BPM
[HIP-HOP] DJ mazinger featuring Muhammad - s.d.z. ?/100 BPM
[SKA] THE BALD HEADS - SKA a go go ?/160 BPM
[FUNKY JAZZ GROOVE] Herbie Hammock&His Band - Stop Violence! ?/113 BPM
[DANCE] Paul Grogan feat Natalie Martin - The Way You Move ?/128 BPM
[GARAGE MIX] WaveGroup/Shoichiro Hirata - Toxic ?/143 BPM
[WORLD GROOVE] nite system - tribe groove ?/126 BPM
[HIP-HOP] DJ nagureo - u gotta groove ?/100 BPM
[R&B MIX] WaveGroup/DJ TK-ST - Virtual Insanity ?/100 BPM
[BREAKBEATS] WaveGroup/Shoichiro Hirata - You Really Got Me ?/138 BPM


7key

[PIANO AMBIENT] Dj nagureo - 5.1.1. ?/101 BPM
[TRANCE] Y&Co. - Attitude ?/145 BPM
[NRG] Y&CO. - BAD BOY BASS!! (dj Remo-con MIX) 2/?/?/?/148 BPM
[SOUL MIX] WaveGroup/DJ TK-ST - Celebration 1/?/?/?/121 BPM
[TRANCE] dj TAKA - Colors (radio edit) ?/150 BPM
[DISCO] good-cool - Dancin' Into The Night ?/139 BPM
[MINIMAL] TaQ - Digital MinD(A/T Libra mix) ?/155 BPM
[RAVE] e.o.s - e-motion ?/145BPM
[DRUM'N'BASS] TaQ - era (nostalmix) ?/180 BPM
[ELETRONICA] Timo Maas - First Day ?/125 BPM
[TRANCE] Mr.T - fly through the night ?/140 BPM
[80'S REVIVAL] Lipps Inc. - funkytown 1/?/?/?/122 BPM
[HIP-HOP] DJ mazinger featuring Muhammad - g.m.d. ?/100 BPM
[TRANCE] L.E.D.LIGHT - GENOM SCREAMS ?/150 BPM
[WARP HOUSE] good-cool - Hitch Hiker ?/136 BPM
[TECHNO] TaQ - Holic ?/154 BPM
[ITALO HOUSE] good-cool - I Was The One ?/124 BPM
[TRANCE] ric - in my eyes ?/142 BPM
[A.O.R.] Togo project feat. Sana - jelly kiss ?/135 BPM
[ELETRONICA] Moby - Lift Me Up ?/121 BPM
[HAPPY HARDCORE] L.E.D.-G VS GUHROOVY fw/asuka - LOVE IS DREAMINESS ?/178 BPM
[TWO STEP] Shoichiro Hirata - M-02stp.ver1.01 ?/132 BPM
[FRENCH POP] Orange Lounge - Mobo★Moga ?/172 BPM
[DANCE POP] Risky Men feat. Asuka-M - Mr.T.(take me higher) ?/128 BPM
[TECHNO] SLAKE - MUSIC TO YOUR HEAD ?/144 BPM
[TECHNO] D.J.SETUP - NEMESIS ?/164 BPM
[DISCO] Shoichiro Hirata - Nothing Ain't Stoppin' Us ?/138 BPM
[HARDCORE BREAKBEATS] L.E.D.-G - OUTER LIMITS ?/171 BPM
[JUNGLE] 190 - PARANOiA MAX ~DIRTY MIX~ ?/190 BPM
[PIANO AMBIENT] Osamu Kubota - Presto ?/135 BPM
[DRUM'N'BASS] RAM - SNOW ?/180 BPM
[HOUSE] good-cool - Spin the disc ?/130 BPM
[TRIP HOP] OutPhase - Summer Vacation(CU mix) ?/135 BPM
[DRUM'N'BASS] DJ SUWAMI - THE CUBE ?/178 BPM
[EPIC TRANCE] L.E.D. feat. Sana - THE SHINING POLARIS ?/147 BPM
[DANCE] Paul Grogan feat Natalie Martin - The Way You Move ?/128 BPM
[GARAGE MIX] WaveGroup/Shoichiro Hirata - Toxic ?/143 BPM
[PROGRESSIVE] TAKA - V ?/150 BPM
[R&B MIX] WaveGroup/DJ TK-ST - Virtual Insanity ?/100 BPM
[BIG BEAT] TaQ - Voltage (feat. Hidemaru) ?/125 BPM
[BREAKBEATS] WaveGroup/Shoichiro Hirata - You Really Got Me ?/138 BPM

It has been confirmed that there are no 5-key anothers. I am personlly saddened by this.

[SlugZilla]

Damn I was hoping it was DS and not US.

[uLTraCarL-]

i could care less about the new songs
i just want the new cheap controller

keys 1,3,5,6 are starting to stick hardcore on my koc and it gets worse every time

[OutPhase]

Originally Posted by uLTraCarL-

i could care less about the new songs
i just want the new cheap controller

keys 1,3,5,6 are starting to stick hardcore on my koc and it gets worse every time

Well, if the controller button configuration is anything like it's demo, you'll have to change it if you're playing the JP games, and vice versa if you're using the Japanese controller to play US.

[uLTraCarL-]

i dont think it's anything like the demo. I think they made the demo just for the dual shock because regular people would not have a KOC.

[OutPhase]

Originally Posted by uLTraCarL-

i dont think it's anything like the demo. I think they made the demo just for the dual shock because regular people would not have a KOC.

I suppose, but the real irony is that you'd probably do better with the JP controller than the dual shock because the demo button layout is just that horrible. My brother played the demo and said "How the hell does one play even beginner mode on this crappy set-up?". Button-mashing would actually increase your chances of clearing the song.

[uLTraCarL-]

where the demo actually fails is who the hell wants to play with a DUAL SHOCK. COME ON! Demo it at actual stores or something like various busy gamestops, eb's, Best Buy, Fry's, Circut City.

They are already bundling the game with the controller, what is the point of having a demo show off the game with a dual shock?

[OutPhase]

Originally Posted by uLTraCarL-

where the demo actually fails is who the hell wants to play with a DUAL SHOCK. COME ON! Demo it at actual stores or something like various busy gamestops, eb's, Best Buy, Fry's, Circut City.

They are already bundling the game with the controller, what is the point of having a demo show off the game with a dual shock?

You know what makes that even worse? They put it on a Demo Disc inside OPM, which gave the game a 3/5. If they base their impression on their review and the demo, it's not going to sell. I am at great distress because of that. I myself am short on cash at the moment so I can't afford the gam (also that I'm saving for a good soft PIU pad).

[uLTraCarL-]

it makes me sad that it's only us two posting in this thread. There's no other IIDX players out there. I know StarCreator plays it also

another thing that made me sad is that I was scoring -100 - -250 last night. My timing is totally shot. I think my worst was STAR FIELD with a -249 EX scores

[OutPhase]

Damn. A few days ago I player Tomorrow Purfume on 7K. I passed it, but I had about a -300 EX score. I was like it was taking a hard crapping out my self-being. Plus, Frozen Ray 7K hates my guts.

[uLTraCarL-]

fuk frozen ray [7] in the ass >

[OutPhase]

Yeah, I still can't beat it, and I've even cleared Starmine [a]. Got really lucky.

[uLTraCarL-]

IMO starmine [a] is easier than starmine [7]
just due to the sheer fact that you are hitting more keys which means constant key pressing.

For the first time i passed starmine [7], i got a lucky random
but I can pass it now without the random... usually ^_^

[OutPhase]

I can pass [7] without random, but I always get either 80% or 82% at the end.

[uLTraCarL-]

in other news ^_^

DistorteD is out and damn I want to play it. As much as I want to play some HAPPY SKY

The Dirty of Loudness, a Samba REMIX! and a whole boatload of other shit I wanna play
some videos

Card Entry, Zenius -I- Vanisher, SUN FIELD, The Dirty of Loudness, GANYMEDE
http://bemani.se/media/distorted.rar

Suzaku - Waxing & Waning Another
Genbu - GANYMEDE Another
Genbu - GANYMEDE Hyper

虹色 - DJ YOSHITAKA feat.G.S.C license
So Fabulous!! - HHH (Ryu☆&Dai)
ALFARSHEAR ～双神威に廻る夢～ - TЁЯRA
Seiryu
http://files.filefront.com/VCLP0395M.../fileinfo.html

[OutPhase]

I still wonder whether or not it's true that the Dirty of Loudness is harder than Mei, or it's just that one part of hacing to press all 7 keys and using the turntable. Well, it doesn't seem to have an another on the notechart site, but then again I doubt that there are that many new songs that lack 14[a]. Hell, some of them don't even have their ratings up yet.

[uLTraCarL-]

there's a lot of locked up stuff still. There hasnt been a single new 12 yet, so I'm betting everything is still locked up.

[OutPhase]

IGN, thank you for teaching me that if a msuic game doesn't go by the name of "PaRappa", "DDR", or "Guitar Hero", IT SUXX0RZ LOLOLOLOL

http://ps2.ign.com/articles/698/698893p1.html

Originally Posted by Sherl0QQQ from Bemanistyle

Once again the "professionals" don't know what they're talking about. Check it out for yourself. They complain about the soundtrack of all things (not the licenses, but the originals), the layout of the controller (hey i want circular keys a la rave discman), and complain how the notecharts "aren't accurate." Well my friends, I don't know if it's obvious to you guys and girls or not but it's kind of hard to fit a full octave into only 7 keys and a turntable.

Guys, do the Bemani scene a favor. Write your own review. Show those idiots at IGN what Beatmania is all about.

edit:: GamePro gave it a 4.5/5, so at least they got some sense. Thanks BlueSS for the link.

[uLTraCarL-]

who actually reads IGN for reviews?!?! LOL

anyhow, checked all the gamestop's in my area and none have arrived yet. I will bet it comes in tomorrow or friday.
are you gonna pick it up too Razer_2mb?

[wsheit]

Originally Posted by uLTraCarL-

who actually reads IGN for reviews?!?! LOL

Me actually....but with their review of this (praised reasonably highly in other places) and Kingdom Hearts, methinks they've been hitting the crack a little hard as of late.

So they're wrong? The music is enjoyable and the beats make sense?