Beatmania IIDX AC to test in the US! Oh... My... GOD!!!

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Beatmania IIDX AC to test in the US! Oh... My... GOD!!!

Post by Amp Divorax » Tue Feb 06, 2007 8:02 pm

http://www.bemanistyle.com/index.php?news_id=179

Once I can confirm that they have it I'm calling for a roadtrip!
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Post by Merk » Tue Feb 06, 2007 9:18 pm

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Post by Ho » Tue Feb 06, 2007 10:38 pm

From here:
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Post by Pheonixguy » Tue Feb 06, 2007 11:11 pm

Wow, I hope Konami manages to figure out that this game will bomb horribly if they don't put some music that Americans like on it. Else they'll be wasting their money.
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Post by MonMotha » Tue Feb 06, 2007 11:26 pm

If it's a straight up copy of Gold, you're bound to find SOMETHING on there you like. Probably quite a bit of it. IIDX has almost as much variety of music as pop'n does while being less "cutesy" about it. The sheer volume of choices means there's something to interest just about everybody. Genres on IIDX range from happy cutesy J-Pop and Eurobeat to Hip-Hop, Classical Remixes, and some fairly American sounding Rock. When you're putting 500+ songs on a game like that, you simply have to tap that many genres. I'm not saying your average American is going to like everything on there, but barring a requirement for American licenses (and you'll recognize some of the licenses anyway), people are going to find songs they like.

Of course, adding stuff without removing things is always welcome, but I don't want them to neuter the game like they did BMUS in the name of making it American friendly. There ARE people in the US who play the game seriously. As small as that market is, it's one they need to win, in addition to the more casual gamer, in order for a US IIDX AC release to succeede. The people who already play it are going to be the ones asking arcade ops to buy it and showing off, encouraging other people to get involved and get better. This is especially true it they market it like they did BMUS (read: hardly at all): marketing then would be mostly word of mouth, and guess what crowd is going to be aware of it...

The only problems I can think of is that some people may not like being sung to in Japanese and if the don't trim the songlist (and they'd better not), players may be overwhelmed. A lot of the songs are in English (or at least Engrish), though, so that helps alleviate the former problem. As to the latter, perhaps adding some new sorts would be a good idea: sort by genre, language, etc. Currently, you're limited to style (which is meaningless here and will probably be removed like it was on SuperNova), difficulty (which should be preserved), and alphabetical (which doesn't help you unless you know the song you're looking for).
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Post by Dyme » Tue Feb 06, 2007 11:26 pm

BZN is so full of shit. but then again they DID get that SN beta cabinet....
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Post by BakaOrochi » Tue Feb 06, 2007 11:58 pm

Dyme wrote:BZN is so full of shit. but then again they DID get that SN beta cabinet....
The news came directly from Betson, not BZ. I don't talk to BZN, because I know the tech and workers tend to lie a lot.
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Post by Amp Divorax » Wed Feb 07, 2007 3:03 am

Ho wrote:From here:
Ho wrote:Maybe this is a sign that they'll spread the love. Afterall, Europe got Dancing Stage Fusion during that long period of time between Extreme and SuperNOVA when many people had given up hope that the series would continue.
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I kneel before nobody!!!!!!
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Post by Ho » Wed Feb 07, 2007 7:56 am

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Post by RyogAkari » Wed Feb 07, 2007 11:22 am

Roadtrip = good. I'll drive up to Indy and go with you guys from there.

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Post by Riot » Wed Feb 07, 2007 1:27 pm

RyogAkari wrote:Roadtrip = good. I'll drive up to Indy and go with you guys from there.

Ho that I bow before: Beatmania IIDX upgrade? Worth it? Supernova maybe not, but IIDX Gold?
And drop off that Guild Wars $20? lawl.
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Post by Amp Divorax » Sun Feb 25, 2007 6:32 pm

A bit of an update: The location test will start on March 5th and SHOULD be going for 2 weeks. Currently I'm trying to setup a roadtrip for the Friday or Saturday after March 5th to go up there.
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Post by Dyme » Sun Feb 25, 2007 11:57 pm

i should go to make fun of all those BZN homos
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Post by Amp Divorax » Thu Mar 01, 2007 4:37 pm

2nd call for anybody who is interested in doing this roadtrip. Please RSVP soon so I can make this happen.
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Post by Merk » Thu Mar 01, 2007 8:00 pm

I'm not gonna be in Ft. Wayne until around 8pm or so on the 10th. It's doubtful I could make any roadtrips on that weekend.

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