Discuss any and all Bemani games here. Post scores, discuss the games and their artists...as long as it's Bemani, you're good. (All I ask is that you keep it civil.)
Some info for the new guys (because there will be people who have no idea what Bemani is, I swear)
Bemani is a catch-all term for music games made by Konami. Series include (but not limited to by a long shot) Beatmania IIDX, Dance Dance Revolution, Pop'n Music, Jubeat/Jukebeat, Reflec Beat, and Guitar Freaks/DrumMania. Gameplay for most games is much like Guitar Hero; simply hit notes when they line up with a line at the bottom. Notable exceptions to this are Jubeat, which is musical whack-a-mole, and Reflec Beat, which is musical hockey. (If you're good at Guitar Hero, you might be good at these games.) Beatmania IIDX is notable for a review of its USA release; a review on X-Play, a TV show that reviewed video games, called it a "Guitar Hero ripoff", even though Beatmania predates Guitar Hero by about five years. (To be fair, the game reviewed was released in 2006.)
I guess I'll start things off: who here plays a Bemani game besides DDR? I know the other games aren't common outside Japan (although California has a load of the arcade games) but I'm curious.
Some info for the new guys (because there will be people who have no idea what Bemani is, I swear)
Bemani is a catch-all term for music games made by Konami. Series include (but not limited to by a long shot) Beatmania IIDX, Dance Dance Revolution, Pop'n Music, Jubeat/Jukebeat, Reflec Beat, and Guitar Freaks/DrumMania. Gameplay for most games is much like Guitar Hero; simply hit notes when they line up with a line at the bottom. Notable exceptions to this are Jubeat, which is musical whack-a-mole, and Reflec Beat, which is musical hockey. (If you're good at Guitar Hero, you might be good at these games.) Beatmania IIDX is notable for a review of its USA release; a review on X-Play, a TV show that reviewed video games, called it a "Guitar Hero ripoff", even though Beatmania predates Guitar Hero by about five years. (To be fair, the game reviewed was released in 2006.)
I guess I'll start things off: who here plays a Bemani game besides DDR? I know the other games aren't common outside Japan (although California has a load of the arcade games) but I'm curious.