AC PENDUAL

beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL

Release Information

beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL logo.

• Location test dates: June 13th, 2014 - June 15th, 2014
• Release date: September 17th, 2014
• Slogan: 時、行き交わう。弐つの振音
• Soundtrack release dates:
  • beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL ORIGINAL SOUND TRACK
    • Japanese release: 03/04/2015

General Information / Changes

• The subtitle "PENDUAL" is a portmanteau of "pendulum" (hence the time theme) and "dual".
• The Space-Time system is introduced, which cycles the theme appearance between a "PRESENT Phase" (gray skin) and a "FUTURE Phase" (purple skin), with changes on the interface, background music and with their own exclusive songs.
  • The game alternates between PRESENT and FUTURE Phases according to the schedule shown in the official website's calendar.
  • On the song selection screen, PRESENT Phase songs sit on a white background frame, while FUTURE Phase songs sit on a purple background frame.
  • The PRESENT Phase BGM of beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL is made by 猫叉Masterβ2, while the FUTURE Phase BGM is made by L.E.D..
  • On the in-game clock, the year displayed is 2015 (current one) in the PRESENT Phase, and always 2222 in the FUTURE Phase.
  • During the FUTURE Phase, Dan'inintei courses have the MIRROR modifier active.
  • The PRESENT Phase announcer is named Chronos, the FUTURE Phase announcer is named Kairos.
    • The two characters are the girls appearing in the Chrono Seeker event.
• EX-COMBO option is introduced. Instead of the combo count, it shows the EX-SCORE next to the judgment rank during gameplay.
• R-RANDOM (Rotation RANDOM) option is introduced, which lets the player offset patterns by a set (from +1 to +6) amount of lanes. It may also be used with the MIRROR option.
• EXPAND-JUDGE option is introduced. Increases the PERFECT GREAT and GREAT timing windows by four times, but score and clear lamps with this option are not saved.
• The old RANK font in the result screen returns.
• Titles of beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL songs are written with a pink font.
• The Charge Notes icons are removed in the song selection screen.
  • However, the ALL CHARGE NOTES folder is still available.
• The DJ Name is not shown anymore in the song selection screen.
• Dellars have been renamed as Fricos. It has a new icon, showing a potion.
• The feature showing judgment results for each chart lane in Double Player's result screen has been removed.
• In the result screen, ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE has been renamed as ONE MORE STAGE.
  • The ONE MORE STAGE can be directly accessed from the FINAL STAGE if you play on coin mode in Japanese arcades.
  • However, in the gameplay UI and in the LED marquee it still appears as ONE MORE EXTRA and ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE respectively.
• With the removal of song genres in pop'n music ラピストリア, beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL is the only BEMANI game as of late 2014 to continue having music genres for its new songs.
• VANESSA's background video, which was removed in beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro, is restored.
• F's unique song title card has returned.
• RISE's charts and audio have been fixed.
• Songs from the QprogueDX, SUPER STAR -MITSURU- Perfect Revival (SUPER STAR 満 -MITSURU- 完全復活祭) and GUMI 5th Anniversary party Presented by BEMANI events of beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA are unlocked by default.
  • Songs from beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro events (except LEGEND CROSS) can be still unlocked throughout the Hakken! Yomigaetta BEMANI iseki (発見！よみがえったBEMANI遺跡) event.
  • As of 12/10/2014, all songs from the Nettou! BEMANI Stadium event are unlocked.
• Songs from the Spada†leggendaria event of beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA can be accessed throughout the LEGGENDARIA folder, which is, once again, exclusively available to PASELI users only.
  • †LEGGENDARIA charts for Feel The Beat, 疾風迅雷 and Verflucht were added to this folder on September 24th, 2014.
• First beatmania IIDX arcade game since beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD with no song by GUHROOVY on the default songlist.
• First beatmania IIDX arcade game since Dirty Androids' debut where he has no songs on the default songlist.
• First beatmania IIDX game since beatmania IIDX substream to feature dj TAKA and not have a new song by him on the default songlist.
• First beatmania IIDX arcade game since beatmania IIDX 9th style to feature kors k and not have a new song by him on the default songlist.
• The Hourglass of Time was introduced on December 22nd, 2014; it switches the game's current Space-Time Phase for a single player. You buy Hourglasses on the game's website by using PASELI: 5 of them cost 103p, 30 of them cost 618p and 60 of them cost 1235p. You use a single Hourglass in-game to switch the Space-Time Phase. Note that the Hourglasses expire 60 days after you purchased them.
• EXPERT mode was added on February 14th, 2015, returning since its removal in beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro.
• Theme: Time.

Staff Information

• Producer: DJ YOSHITAKA
• Sound directors: L.E.D., 猫叉Master

Full Song List

beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL Full Songlist

New Songs

Default Songs

PRESENT Phase songs have a white background frame on the music selection screen, and are only available on the PRESENT Phase of beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL.
FUTURE Phase songs have a purple background frame on the music selection screen, and are only available on the FUTURE Phase of beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL.

Genre	Song	Artist	BPM	SP Difficulty				DP Difficulty
				Beginner	Normal	Hyper	Another	Normal	Hyper	Another
Regular Songs
AFRO-SAMBA	AFRO KNUCKLE	猫叉Master+	145	-	5	8	11	5	9	11
ART CORE	Amnolys	onoken	140-180	-	5	9	11	6	9	11
NEO CLASSICAL DANCE	Beat Radiance	iNO	192	-	5	8	10	5	8	10
HARDCORE RAVE	Blaze it UP!	DJ Shimamura	175	-	5	8	11	5	8	11
J-POP	Don't Stop The Music feat.森高千里 from Don't Stop The Music	tofubeats	110	-	3	6	9	4	6	9
FALLIN APART CORE	Erosion Mark from pop'n rhythmin	kors k REASM Des-ROW	192	-	4	8	11	4	8	11
DUB COMEDY	FANTASTIC THREE	ジャカルタファンクブラザーズ	185	-	7	10	12	7	10	12
HAPPY HARDCORE	Hello Happiness	P*Light feat. mow*2	182	-	5	9	11	5	8	11
ELECTRO TECH	Line 4 Ruin	Ryu☆	141	-	4	9	11	6	9	11
TOKYO STYLE SPEEDCORE	m1dy Festival	m1dy	225	-	5	8	11	5	8	10
ARTCORE ROCK	Monopole.	cosMo@暴走P	201	-	4	8	12	5	8	11
PUMPCORE	Night sky	USAO	192	-	6	9	11	6	9	12
HARD EDM	No Tears	RoughSketch feat.Aikapin	170	-	6	9	11	6	9	10
HARDSTYLE	On My Wings (Hardstyle IIDX) from Let's Do It Now!! kors k Special Remix CD	kors k	150	-	5	7	10	5	7	10
HARD DANCE	Rave Saves You feat. Cardz (Exclusive IIDX Mix) from ENERGETIC TRANCE 03	Remo-con	143	-	4	8	10	4	8	10
DIMENSION WAVE	SAMSARA	SOUND HOLIC feat. Nana Takahashi	164	-	4	7	10	4	7	10
EUROBEAT	Sometimes feat. Kanae Asaba	Y&Co.	147	-	4	8	10	5	7	10
RAGTIME FUTURE POP	SpaceLand☆TOYBOX	OSTER project	172	-	6	9	12	6	9	12
ELECTRO POP	Sweet Radar	DJ Genki feat. Yukacco	150	-	4	7	10	4	6	10
GYPSYCORE	Vulkan	Hommarju	205	-	5	9	11	5	9	11
新世紀進歩的羽扇子音楽	X↑X↓	DJ TECHNORCH	172	-	5	8	11	5	9	12
INTELLIGENCE	ZZ from jubeat saucer / REFLEC BEAT colette -Spring-	D.J.Amuro	154	-	6	10	12	6	10	12
A-STYLE DRUMSTEP	ベィスドロップ・フリークス	かめりあ feat. ななひら	179	-	4	7	10	4	7	11
J-CORE	紅牡丹	DJ NAGAI feat. a☆ru	181	-	6	9	12	6	9	12
PIECED EUPHORIA	超青少年ノ為ノ超多幸ナ超古典的超舞曲	Project B-	150	-	6	9	11	6	8	12
BLOOM FUSION	デンドロビウム	TAG	110-144	-	4	8	10	5	8	10
ROCK	フェイクアウト	Last Note. feat.mirin	215	-	5	8	10	4	8	11
Hi-FUNK BREAKS	表裏一体！？怪盗いいんちょの悩み♥	◇◆謎の怪盗少女ぷらずま☆彡Prim◇◆	165	-	6	10	12	6	10	12
HYPER J-POP	十六夜セツナ	Xceon feat.Mayumi Morinaga	160	-	5	7	10	6	8	10
KANA-POP	恋は白帯、サンシロー	星野奏子	175	-	3	6	9	4	6	9
きらめきコア	もっと！モット！ときめき feat. 松下	シャイニング度胸兄弟	175	-	6	9	11	6	9	11
ぷろぐれっしぶ電波	ぷろぐれっしぶ時空少女！うらしまたろ子ちゃん！	ARM(IOSYS) feat. 山本椛	175	-	5	7	11	4	7	10
想歌 風	白露の風	Qrispy Joybox feat. 常盤ゆう	166	-	2	6	9	2	6	9
DUBCORE	#The_Relentless	DJ Noriken	170	-	6	9	11	5	9	11
PRESENT Phase Songs
HEALING DRUM'N'BASS	chrono diver -fragment-	猫叉Master feat.三澤秋	185	-	3	6	9	3	6	9
SYNTHETIC EDM	illuminate	Sota Fujimori	146	-	3	8	10	3	8	11
FUTURE Phase Songs
CYBER DRUM & BASS	CHRONO DIVER -NORNIR-	L.E.D.	185	-	5	9	11	5	9	11
GLITCH STEP	subtractive	Expander	180	-	4	7	10	4	7	10

Unlockable Songs

beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK VOL.2 Pre-order Songs

By purchasing the beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK VOL.2 album, you'll receive a code which allows you to unlock the following songs since October 1st, 2014, both from the beatnation RHYZE vs HARDCORE TANO*C album.

Note: from December 18th and December 24th, 2014 respectively, Hollywood Galaxy(DJ NAGAI Remix) and We're so Happy (P*Light Remix) IIDX ver. are automatically unlocked for everyone to play.

Genre	Song	Artist	BPM	SP Difficulty				DP Difficulty
				Beginner	Normal	Hyper	Another	Normal	Hyper	Another
beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK VOL.2 Pre-order Songs
GALACTIC J-CORE	Hollywood Galaxy(DJ NAGAI Remix)	Remixed by DJ NAGAI	186	-	6	10	12	6	10	12
HAPPY HARDCORE	We're so Happy (P*Light Remix) IIDX ver.	Remixed by P*Light	185	-	6	10	12	6	10	12

Chrono Chaser

Genre	Song	Artist	BPM	SP Difficulty				DP Difficulty
				Beginner	Normal	Hyper	Another	Normal	Hyper	Another
ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE Songs
MAELSTROM	cinder	PHQUASE	216	-	5	9	12	5	9	12
PROGRESSIVE SCHRANZ	Gravigazer	DJ TOTTO	160	-	5	10	12	5	9	12

†LEGGENDARIA Charts

Genre	Song	Artist	BPM	SP Difficulty				DP Difficulty
				Beginner	Normal	Hyper	Another	Normal	Hyper	Another
†LEGGENDARIA Charts (beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA Songs)
HARDCORE RAVE	Feel The Beat†LEGGENDARIA	Falsion	175	-	-	-	12	-	-	12
ORIENTAL CORE	疾風迅雷†LEGGENDARIA	KUMOKIRI	180	-	-	-	12	-	-	12
HARD NRG	Verflucht†LEGGENDARIA	Tyrfing	180	-	-	-	12	-	-	12

Chrono Seeker Songs

Genre	Song	Artist	BPM	SP Difficulty				DP Difficulty
				Beginner	Normal	Hyper	Another	Normal	Hyper	Another
Chrono Seeker
New Songs
LOST GROUND	COLOSSEUM	劇団レコード	140	-	4	7	11	4	8	10
TROPICAL	とろぴかる倶楽部	HALFBY	120	-	5	8	11	6	9	11
BREAKCORE	Light My Fire	GUHROOVY fw. NO+CHIN	200	-	4	7	10	5	7	10
TIME TRIP JAZZ	時空トラベローグ	SWING HOLIC feat. A～YA	234	-	6	9	11	6	9	11
EPIC ELECTRONICA	Symmetry	猫叉Master	163	-	6	10	12	6	9	11
MAINSTREAM HARDCORE	NEO GENERATOR SEVEN	L.E.D.-G	182	-	5	10	12	6	10	11
DUAL ANTIQUE	Broken Sword	金獅子 VS 麒麟	160	-	7	10	12	6	9	12
Revivals and CS Transplants
CLICK HOUSE	in motion from beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY	Ryu☆	138	-	5	6	7	5	6	8
FREEFORM	tripping contact from beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD	kors k vs teranoid	182	-	6	9	12	7	10	-
PSYCHEDELIC TRANCE	IXION from beatmania IIDX 10th style CS	L.E.D.	150	-	5	8	9	5	8	11
WORLD/ELECTRONICA	Beyond The Earth from beatmania IIDX 9th style CS	猫叉Master	140	-	5	10	11	6	9	10

Coca-Cola×BEMANI

This event started on October 23rd, 2014, and ended on January 22nd, 2015. By purchasing Coke products at the "location test" stores, you get a D ticket, which can be used once on a day. During that day, the first song will be available for play, as well as custom frames, lane covers, and Q-pro parts.

On November 27th, 2014, an extra song can be played by having all the customization parts.
On December 24th, 2014, another song can be played by having purchased 14 or more Coke products.

Songs are in order of unlocking.

Genre	Song	Artist	BPM	SP Difficulty				DP Difficulty
				Beginner	Normal	Hyper	Another	Normal	Hyper	Another
Coca-Cola×BEMANI
OLDSTYLE GAMEMUSIC	リリーゼと炎龍レーヴァテイン from REFLEC BEAT colette -Summer-	黒猫ダンジョン	200	-	6	10	12	6	10	12
WORLD/ELECTRONICA	fallen leaves -IIDX edition- from REFLEC BEAT colette -Autumn-	猫叉Master	165	-	6	10	12	6	9	12
LIAISON	Ludus In Tenebris	Akhuta	126	-	5	10	12	6	9	12

PON no unmei jouka keikaku (PONの運命浄化計画)

This event started on December 24th, 2014, to commemorate the release of the Power Of Nature album. To unlock the event songs, you must obtain the different attributes of the "powers of nature" (自然の力). By increasing the attributes, you also increase the fate purification probability.

Then, by accessing the event website (which can be found here), you can press the "fate purification challenge" (運命浄化チャレンジ) button. If the purification is successful, you will unlock the song(s).

To unlock the pop'n music crossovers in other BEMANI games, you must obtain the Earth Purification (大地の浄化) power by playing pop'n music ラピストリア.

Genre	Song	Artist	BPM	SP Difficulty				DP Difficulty
				Beginner	Normal	Hyper	Another	Normal	Hyper	Another
PONの運命浄化計画
SOLITUDE	Realize Maze from pop'n music ラピストリア	movies (moimoi×Xceon×Dai.)	149	-	6	9	11	6	9	11

ZAN album event

The following songs will be unlockable beginning around January 21st, 2015 in celebration of SOUND HOLIC's BEMANI album 斬 -ZAN-. To unlock both songs respectively, you must play 5 and 10 credits for each in order.

Genre	Song	Artist	BPM	SP Difficulty				DP Difficulty
				Beginner	Normal	Hyper	Another	Normal	Hyper	Another
斬 -ZAN-
MELODIC SPEED METAL	TOXIC VIBRATION from GITADORA OverDrive	SOUND HOLIC Vs. T.Kakuta feat. YURiCa	197	-	7	10	12	7	10	12
DEEP SPECTRUM	TIEFSEE	SOUND HOLIC Vs. dj TAKA feat. YURiCa	165	-	6	9	12	6	9	?

Qpronicle Chord Songs

Genre	Song	Artist	BPM	SP Difficulty				DP Difficulty
				Beginner	Normal	Hyper	Another	Normal	Hyper	Another
Qpronicle Chord phase 1
SACRED TRANCE	entelecheia	Rche	185	-	6	10	12	7	10	12
FUTURE BASS	Cosmic Cat	8bit Moonside	160	-	6	9	11	6	8	11
EDM SPEED	Rave*it!! Rave*it!!	機龍	282	-	6	9	12	6	9	12
FULL ON	Chain of pain from beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD CS	kors k VS 猫叉Master+	153	-	4	8	10	7	9	11
TECHNO	GUILTY from beatmania CORE REMIX	D.J.SETUP	148	-	5	8	10	5	9	11
Qpronicle Chord phase 2
HARD IRISH SYMPHONIC	Despair of ELFERIA	猫叉Master	205	-	7	10	12	7	10	12
DRUM'N'BASS	Flashes	Dollscythe	180	-	6	9	12	6	9	12
MUSIC GAME TRADITIONAL	Shooting Fireball	dj TAKA	160	-	6	10	12	6	10	12
NU STYLE GABBA	BLUE MIRAGE from beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY CS	DJ CHUCKY	170	-	5	10	12	5	9	11
GOA TRANCE	IMPLANTATION from drummania 2ndMIX	TOMOSUKE	145	-	5	10	12	5	9	11
Qpronicle Chord phase 3
ASTRAL DRUM & BASS	共鳴遊戯の華	アイテール魔導士隊	190	-	7	10	12	7	10	12
GABBAH	HELL SCAPER -Last Escape Remix- from beatmania IIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS CS	Remixed by DJ TECHNORCH fw. GUHROOVY	180	-	5	8	11	6	9	11

EXPERT COURSE -SECRET-

The following song is unlockable throughout the SECRET course in EXPERT mode. To unlock the song, you have to fulfill a gauge by playing the respective course for a certain amount of times. Getting a FULL COMBO in the whole course fully fills the gauge; clearing the course increases the gauge by 50%; failing the course increases the gauge by 25% or by barely anything if you fail at the first song. Use of ASSIST options is allowed but the gauge will be filled much less per play.

Gauge filling must be done for each difficulty, if you want to unlock all the new song's charts. Progress between Single Player and Double Player modes is shared.

Genre	Song	Artist	BPM	SP Difficulty				DP Difficulty
				Beginner	Normal	Hyper	Another	Normal	Hyper	Another
EXPERT COURSE -SECRET-
CHRONO BREAKS	Chrono Diver -PENDULUMs-	猫叉L.E.D.Master+	196	-	7	11	12	7	11	12

Chrono Chaser

The Chrono Chaser event is the secret ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE system of beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL, started on September 24th, 2014.

Unlock conditions are the same between Single Player and Double Player modes and always carry over. Available only on STANDARD Mode. EXPAND-JUDGE option cannot be used.

The objective of Chrono Chaser is to satisfy secret requirements in order to open a Door, which appears in the result screen. Once the Door is open, it's possible to play the ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE song once.

Like the LIMIT BURST and Spada†leggendaria events from the previous two beatmania IIDX games, Chrono Chaser uses a Phase system. However, the main difference here is that Chrono Chaser is divided in two parts: the first one where you have to trigger the appearance of the Door, the second one where you have to open said Door.

Main notes:

• There are four Phases in total and they're generally only related to the first part of the unlock system. As patterns go, the first three phases cycled after every three weeks. Fourth phase has never been triggered as of yet.
• All requirements of the second part of the unlock system must be done on EXTRA STAGE, or on FINAL STAGE if you play on coin mode in Japan.
• You can only fulfill any requirement of the second part of the unlock system once for each current Space-Time Phase. Once you satisfied (or fail to satisfy) a requirement, you must always wait for the Space-Time Phase to switch to the other one.
• NOTE: You can circumvent the Space-Time Phase rule with the Hourglass of Time items if you have access to them. By switching Space-Time Phases at your will, you can unlock the ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE songs much more easily and quickly.

Part 1 - Triggering the Door

To begin the event, you have to first trigger the appearance of the Door itself in one of the two Space-Time Phases. This can be done on any Stage, including the EXTRA STAGE.

The songs you must use are Phase exclusive songs; the choice depends on the current Space-Time Phase: chrono diver -fragment- and illuminate for PRESENT Phase, CHRONO DIVER -NORNIR- and subtractive for FUTURE Phase.

The ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE song depends on which Space-Time Phase you triggered the Door.

• Phase 1
  • NORMAL and HYPER charts are not available.
  • ANOTHER difficulty: Obtain a Full Combo and at least a AAA rank grade together on a Phase exclusive song's ANOTHER chart without using any option.
• Phase 2
  • NORMAL charts are not available.
  • HYPER difficulty: Obtain a Full Combo and at least a AAA rank grade together on a Phase exclusive song's HYPER chart without using any option.
  • ANOTHER difficulty: Obtain a Full Combo and at least a AA rank grade together on a Phase exclusive song's ANOTHER chart without using any option.
• Phase 3
  • NORMAL difficulty: Obtain a Full Combo and at least a A rank grade together on a Phase exclusive song's NORMAL chart.
  • HYPER difficulty: Obtain a Full Combo and at least a AA rank grade together on a Phase exclusive song's HYPER chart.
  • ANOTHER difficulty: Obtain a Full Combo and at least a AA rank grade together on a Phase exclusive song's ANOTHER chart.
• Phase 4
  • Details are currently unknown.

If done correctly, the Door appears in the result screen. Part 2 of the unlock system begins immediately after.
NOTE: If you trigger the Door on EXTRA STAGE, part 2 of the unlock system begins in the next credit only.

Part 2 - Opening the Door

With the Door being triggered, you now have to fulfill hidden requirements in order to open the Door. The Door comes with three "challenge chance" coins; each coin disappears if you fail to satisfy the hidden requirement.

The hidden requirement to open the Door is to obtain a FULL COMBO on a group of different songs with charts having a specific rating level per difficulty. It's certain that on Phase 1, you have to obtain a FULL COMBO on nine different songs and the songs' charts have to be level 12 ones on ANOTHER difficulty. In the next Phases, the requirement becomes easier to fulfill by time.

As of December 22nd, 2014, this is the status of the hidden requirement to open the Door:

• If you're playing on NORMAL difficulty, obtain a FULL COMBO on two different charts rated at least level 6.
• If you're playing on HYPER difficulty, obtain a FULL COMBO on two different charts rated at least level 7.
• If you're playing on ANOTHER difficulty, obtain a FULL COMBO on two different charts rated at least level 8.

If you use different difficulties together to open the Door, it may take more credits/songs. It's not recommended to do so, as it appears that the difficulty progresses are separate.

If the requirement is satisfied, you don't lose any "challenge chance" coin and electric effects on the Door appear. These effects progressively get stronger each time you're closer to opening the Door.

If all "challenge chance" coins are gone, the Door disappears and all the fulfilled requirements are cancelled. The Door must be re-triggered again afterwards.

When the Door is finally open, you are forced play the ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE song with the EX-HARD gauge being turned on. Its chart depends on which difficulty you have played the last song prior to opening the Door. After playing the ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE song, your Chrono Chaser's progress resets and the Door must be re-triggered again.

ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE Songs

PRESENT Door

• cinder / PHQUASE
  • Current Phase: 3

FUTURE Door

• Gravigazer / DJ TOTTO
  • Current Phase: 3

Chrono Seeker

Official event page.

The Chrono Seeker event is the first unlock system of beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL, introduced on October 1st, 2014.

12/15/2014 UPDATE: The Chrono Seeker event ended on December 21st, 2014. All the songs unlocked for default play do stay, while Symmetry, NEO GENERATOR SEVEN and Broken Sword cannot be (currently) played anymore as the Chrono Seeker folder isn't accessible anymore.

01/21/2014 UPDATE: You can now buy from the game website the Moonlight Hologram items that fully unlock the Chrono Seeker songs that you have unlocked during the event. For the players who have fully finished the event, this is the only way to permanently unlock the three Devil boss songs.

The event only shows up in STANDARD mode, with only one player. Chrono Seeker is automatically activated after the first play session since the event started.

The main objective is to unlock new charts by collecting Crystal shards. In order to do this, you need to fulfill certain phase-specific unlock conditions, which are listed below. There are conditions for each class, i.e. one for the NORMAL (blue), one for the HYPER (yellow), and one for the ANOTHER (red) version of the new song. When a Crystal is materialized in the special event screen (which appears at the end of each play session), a special announcement appears and the respective chart is unlocked. The Crystal rows, which show up at the end of a play session, are divided in two sides, one for Chronos (left side) and one for Kairos (right side); these must be unlocked in order, from the top one to the bottom one. Crystals obtained during the PRESENT Phase appear on Chronos' side, Crystals obtained during the FUTURE Phase appear on Kairos' side.

The four Chrono Seeker songs can be unlocked in both Space-Time Phases, meaning from both sides of the Crystal rows. Therefore, if you "start" the event in the future phase, Chrono Seeker songs will be unlocked in the future and the revival/CS songs in the present phase. The requirements for unlocking the songs are the only main differences between the Space-Time Phases, event-wise. Requirements are satisfied even if you fail to clear the songs.

When you unlock a Chrono Seeker chart from a single side, you can play it in the special CHRONO SEEKER folder, available in the next play session on FINAL STAGE on coin play, or on EXTRA STAGE on PASELI play (in the rest of Asia, it appears on EXTRA STAGE on coin play only). Note that you MUST play the newly unlocked song before you can proceed to the next Crystal row, therefore to the successive song to unlock. At least one completed Crystal is required to unlock the next row.

Progression on the Crystal rows is shared between both Space-Time Phases; for example, if you have unlocked the third row on PRESENT Phase, on FUTURE Phase you can unlock any of the first three Chrono Seeker songs as you wish. You still have to play the song of the third row before working on the fourth one, of course.

You are allowed to complete multiple Crystals by satisfying different requirements in a single play session too.

When two Crystals of same color are completed on the same Crystal row, the respective Chrono Seeker chart permanently appears on regular play. This also unlocks the respective hidden Revival/CS Transplant for regular play too, whose available difficulty chart depends on which Chrono Seeker chart you have fully unlocked on both Crystal row sides.

For a quick resume of the Crystal rows and their songs:

Jack Hans

Color: Orange
Chrono Seeker Song: COLOSSEUM
Revival: in motion

Jens

Color: Blue
Chrono Seeker Song: とろぴかる倶楽部
Revival: tripping contact

Jizaru

Color: Green
Chrono Seeker Song: Light My Fire
CS Transplant: IXION

Jack Tiro

Color: Violet
Chrono Seeker Song: 時空トラベローグ
CS Transplant: Beyond The Earth

After you play 時空トラベローグ once, you can unlock each Space-Time Phase's respective boss song, one exclusive for PRESENT Phase and one exclusive for FUTURE Phase. These two songs cannot be currently unlocked for regular play.

Amduscian

Space-Time Phase: PRESENT
Chrono Seeker Song: Symmetry

Maxwellion

Space-Time Phase: FUTURE
Chrono Seeker Song: NEO GENERATOR SEVEN

Obtaining all Amduscian and Maxwellion Crystals is required in order to unlock the final boss. The following song cannot be unlocked for regular play. Symmetry and NEO GENERATOR SEVEN will be available in the Chrono Seeker folder in FUTURE and PRESENT Phases respectively once a Laplacia Crystal has been obtained.

Laplacia

Chrono Seeker Song: Broken Sword

Once all the Laplacia Crystals are obtained and Broken Sword is played, the ending cutscene is shown. You obtain a Platinum Tran Medal for finishing the event.

Chrono Seeker PRESENT Phase Crystal Requirements

Jack Hans

• NORMAL chart: Play one default PRESENT Phase exclusive song on NORMAL difficulty.
• HYPER chart: Play any default PRESENT Phase exclusive song on HYPER difficulty three times.
• ANOTHER chart: Play any default PRESENT Phase exclusive song on ANOTHER difficulty five times.

Jens

• NORMAL chart: Play 10 songs on NORMAL difficulty, with the MIRROR modifier activated.
• HYPER chart: Play 15 songs on HYPER difficulty, with the MIRROR modifier activated.
• ANOTHER chart: Play 20 songs on ANOTHER difficulty, with the MIRROR modifier activated.

Jizaru

• NORMAL chart: Play 5 songs with charts that have Charge Notes, on NORMAL difficulty.
• HYPER chart: Play 10 songs with charts that have Charge Notes, on HYPER difficulty.
• ANOTHER chart: Play 15 songs with charts that have Charge Notes, on ANOTHER difficulty.

Jack Tiro

• NORMAL chart: Obtain the Tran Medal for playing the three Daily Songs in one day, then play a song on NORMAL difficulty.
• HYPER chart: Obtain the Tran Medal for playing the three Daily Songs in five different days, then play a song on HYPER difficulty.
• ANOTHER chart: Obtain the Tran Medal for playing the three Daily Songs in ten different days, then play a song on ANOTHER difficulty.

Amduscian

Obtain all 12 PRESENT Crystals, or have more PRESENT Crystals than FUTURE ones without having unlocked any of the Maxwellion crystals.

• All charts: As of November 12th, 2014, just play any two 猫叉Master/猫叉Master+/猫叉Masterβ2 songs as FIRST or SECOND STAGE on any difficulty.

Chrono Seeker FUTURE Phase Crystal Requirements

Jack Hans

• NORMAL chart: Play any NORMAL chart from a style and with an amount of remaining seconds that match the current hour (for example, play a beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA song with 21 seconds remaining from 21:00 to 21:59).
• HYPER chart: Same as the NORMAL chart requirement, but with a HYPER chart.
• ANOTHER chart: Same as the NORMAL chart requirement, but with an ANOTHER chart.

Jens

• NORMAL chart: On FIRST STAGE and SECOND STAGE, play any two NORMAL songs from a style that matches the current date.
• HYPER chart: Same as the NORMAL chart requirement, but with two HYPER charts.
• ANOTHER chart: Play any three ANOTHER songs that start with the same capitalized letter as the current day (e.g. MENDES on Monday).

Jizaru

• NORMAL chart: Play any 5 NORMAL songs with the last decimal place of floating HI-SPEED set to the current date as displayed in the in-game clock (for example xx.02 for the 2nd of October).
• HYPER chart: Same as the NORMAL chart requirement, but with 10 HYPER songs.
• ANOTHER chart: Same as the NORMAL chart requirement, but with 15 ANOTHER songs.

Jack Tiro

• NORMAL chart: On FIRST STAGE or SECOND STAGE, play a FUTURE Phase exclusive song on NORMAL difficulty and end it by holding down a key button specific to the current day (Sunday = 1, Monday = 2, Tuesday = 3, Wednesday = 4, Thursday = 5, Friday = 6, Saturday = 7).
• HYPER chart: Same as the NORMAL chart requirement, but with a HYPER chart.
• ANOTHER chart: On ANOTHER difficulty, finish any song with an EX-Score that exactly matches the clock time you started the song at (i.e. finish with an EX-Score of 1345 if you started the song at 13:45).

Maxwellion

Obtain all 12 FUTURE Crystals, or have more FUTURE Crystals than PRESENT ones without having unlocked any of the Amduscian crystals.

• All charts: As of November 12th, 2014, just play any two L.E.D./L.E.D.-G songs as FIRST or SECOND STAGE on any difficulty.

Chrono Seeker Final Boss Requirements

Laplacia

Obtain every Crystal.

• On any stage, you need to input the "KONAMI code" by pressing the following buttons in order:
  • EFFECT → EFFECT → VEFX → VEFX → 1P START → 2P START → 1P START → 2P START → BLACK KEY → WHITE KEY
  • If done correctly, you hear a confirmation sound.
• Afterwards, on the same stage, you can unlock the boss song's respective charts:
  • NORMAL chart: Obtain the Tran Medals for playing a song from each style folder on NORMAL difficulty, then play any song related to GRADIUS on NORMAL difficulty.
  • HYPER chart: Same as the NORMAL chart requirement, but on HYPER difficulty.
  • ANOTHER chart: Same as the NORMAL chart requirement, but on ANOTHER difficulty.
    • The songs are GRADIUS 2012, GRADIUSIC CYBER, Burning Heat! (Full Option Mix) and GRADIUS -FULL SPEED-.
    • You do not need to play songs from the beatmania IIDX substream folder.
    • You can perform the requirement on all the stages.

Qpronicle Chord

Phase 1 official event page.
Phase 1 part 2 official event page.

The Qpronicle Chord event is the second unlock system of beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL, introduced on December 22nd, 2014.
The second part of Phase 1 is available from January 28th, 2015.

Unlike Chrono Seeker, this event focuses on Q-pro's story again, where he returns to three old locations: the Lincle Kingdom from beatmania IIDX 19 Lincle, the tricoro city from beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro and Elferia from beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA. Previous enemies of Q-pro from each game return, but as partners. The Joker characters from beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro return as the main villains again.

The event shows up at the beginning and at the end of every play session, regardless of the mode chosen. Qpronicle Chord is automatically activated after the first play session since the event started. It only shows up with one player.

Before going to the song select screen, you are taken to the event screen to choose which island you want to conquer. At the end of the play session you deal with the main mini-game.

After accessing an island, the system BGM of its related game will be played in the menu screens instead of the regular PENDUAL one: Lincle BGM if you choose Lincle Kingdom (slightly redone, with layered versions too), tricoro BGM if you choose tricoro city, SPADA BGM if you choose Elferia.
The PENDUAL BGM fully plays again only after you complete the event.

You unlock songs' charts by conquering each one of the three islands, by defeating the enemies you encounter. The main mini-game consists of your Q-pro character attacking the group of enemies by dealing a certain amount of damage. During the battle, you can inflict critical damage (multiplier bonus) by pressing the white key at the right moment when the moving line on the arch goes through the still, second one; the more you are precise, the bigger the damage multiplier will be.

Regarding the partners, you start out with none. You can unlock them on the islands when a blue devil icon appears on any of them, one at a time. Right at the beginning you can unlock the first partner of your choice but afterwards you have to wait until your current partner reaches a high enough level, in order to trigger the appearance of another blue devil icon.

Choosing an island with a blue devil icon leads you at the end of the credit in an Unknown Area, where you have to fight a magic seal (which works like any enemy you encounter). Destroying the seal unlocks the partner, and also the NORMAL chart of the unlockable Qpronicle Chord song related to the chosen island.

The partners available in the event, so far, are:

• [Lincle Kingdom] Plain of Lincle: Rche, Beridzebeth
• [tricoro city] tricoro city: Sumomo, elpis§煌§
• [Elferia] Elferia Mountain: Faula, Ferira

You can choose a team of three partners, with one partner being the main one (leader). You can access the partner menu by pressing VEFX on the map selection screen. Partners have two bars: one for the level/experience and one for "LOVE". Your partners level up by how much damage you inflict on enemies; the main partner gathers much more experience than the other two selected ones. The LOVE bar also increases after defeating enemies and by playing songs from Lincle/tricoro/SPADA (depending on the main chosen partner as always); however, the LOVE bar increases only for your main selected partner.

When unlocking the partners, the island where you have unlocked the respective one becomes inaccessible until you have unlocked all the partners and therefore the songs' NORMAL charts. Afterwards, your objective is to keep fighting enemies and level up your partners; levelling up your partners and increasing their LOVE bars are what trigger the appearance of the yellow and red devil icons on the islands, letting you unlock the HYPER and the ANOTHER charts of the Qpronicle Chord songs (and NORMAL too, when it comes to the Phase 2 songs). This happens when the total combined level of all your partners reaches a certain amount; the amounts are:

• 12
• 19
• 28
• 38
• 48
• 54
• 55
• 56
• 58
• 66
• 73
• 82
• 92
• 102
• 108

Regarding the LOVE feature, it has two uses: it changes the partners' expressions in the after-battle status screen which is purely a visual feature, and it increases the chances of triggering, alongside the partners' required level threshold, the appearance of the devil icons on the islands. It's recommended to frequently change your lead partner, so you can get their LOVE level to MAX (which is the fourth level) as soon as possible.

Partners help you in battles, dealing bonus damage throughout special moves - these seem to happen randomly. Chosen partners appear as part of your Q-pro avatar in all screens and boss songs, automatically replacing the Head gear.

By unlocking Qpronicle songs' charts, you obtain Bronze Tran Medals. By defeating enemies, you obtain FRICO points.

Doing more damage in battle means getting more Level/LOVE points for your partners. In general, damage points depend on the following factors:

• How many songs you have played in a play session (3 points per song, for a possible max of 15 points).
• How many Lincle/tricoro/SPADA songs you have played in a play session with a specific chosen partner (1 point per song, for a possible max of 5 points).

The partner bonus points are obtained when you play specific songs depending on your chosen lead partner. If it's a Lincle Kingdom partner, play the songs in the Lincle folder; if it's a tricoro city partner, play the songs in the tricoro folder; if it's an Elferia partner, play the songs in the SPADA and Spada†leggendaria folders.

The Standard Critical attack, whose damage is multiplied by either ×1.0, ×1.2 or ×1.5, depending on your timing in the battle mini-game, can be increased throughout special bonuses. Said bonus damage is multiplied by either ×1.5, ×1.7 or ×2.0, depending on your timing in the battle mini-game, once again. These critical bonuses are:

• VIP PASS BLACK bonus (requires the use of VIP PASS BLACK).
• Daily bonus (triggers in the next credit if VIP PASS BLACK is used).
• Hourglass of Time bonus (cannot be used alongside the VIP PASS BLACK and Daily bonus critical attacks).

Regarding the enemies, other than the standard grunts (monsters from Lincle Kingdom and Qprogue, plus characters from songs such as CONCEPTUAL and BRAVE GLOW), you fight rare enemies and super rare enemies. Their appearance is random and the enemy character in question depends on the game's Space-Time Phase. On the map selection screen, when a glowing icon showing the letter "S" next to an island appears, that means said island may contain either a rare enemy or a super rare one. Rare enemies only give you bonus FRICO points, while the super rare enemies give you CS Crossovers and the respective Silver Tran Medal upon defeat.

Qpronicle Chord Songs (Phase 1)

Plain of Lincle

• Song: entelecheia / Rche
• Partner: Rche
• PRESENT Phase Rare Enemy: Mamonis (from The Sampling Paradise)
• FUTURE Phase Rare Enemy: Ashemu (from Scharfrichter)

tricoro city

• Song: Cosmic Cat / 8bit Moonside
• Partner: Sumomo
• PRESENT Phase Rare Enemy: Hekisui (blue Tora Yamato, from 仮想空間の旅人たち)
• FUTURE Phase Rare Enemy: Galactica Gentleman Vega (from VEGA)

Elferia Mountain

• Song: Rave*it!! Rave*it!! / 機龍
• Partner: Faula
• PRESENT Phase Rare Enemy: Pharaoh (from Pharaoh)
• FUTURE Phase Rare Enemy: Puppet Master (from M.D.Injection)

Qpronicle Chord Songs (Phase 2)

Plain of Lincle

• Song: Flashes / Dollscythe
• Partner: Beridzebeth
• PRESENT Phase Rare Enemy: STN (from The Limbo)
• FUTURE Phase Rare Enemy: Nymph-chan (from Lincle Kingdom's PASELI tower)

tricoro city

• Song: Shooting Fireball / dj TAKA
• Partner: elpis§煌§
• PRESENT Phase Rare Enemy: AI (from rumrum triplets)
• FUTURE Phase Rare Enemy: Maud (from 龍と少女とデコヒーレンス and 量子の海のリントヴルム)

Elferia

• Song: Despair of ELFERIA / 猫叉Master
• Partner: Ferira
• PRESENT Phase Rare Enemy: Toledo (from DARK LEGACY)
• FUTURE Phase Rare Enemy: Theo (from DARK LEGACY)

CS Crossovers

Regarding the super rare enemies, they have a health bar; trying to deal as much as damage possible against them is a priority. They also appear alone and if you are unable to deplete their HP bar, they retreat, appearing randomly later until they are finally defeated. There are two super rare enemies - one per Space-Time Phase - and when you defeat one you unlock all the charts of the respective event's CS Crossover.

• GUILTY / D.J.SETUP - from beatmania IIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS CS.
  • Defeat Pearl, who appears in the PRESENT Phase.
• Chain of pain / kors k VS 猫叉Master+ - from beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD CS.
  • Defeat Cuvelia, who appears in the FUTURE Phase.
• IMPLANTATION / TOMOSUKE - from beatmania IIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS CS.
  • Defeat Nisohime, who appears in the PRESENT Phase.
• BLUE MIRAGE / DJ CHUCKY - from beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY CS.
  • Defeat Tuonetar, who appears in the FUTURE Phase.

You cannot Level up your partners in conquered locations - the ones that appear with a yellow check mark - but the LOVE bar still increases.

Once you unlocked all the charts for the new Qpronicle Chord songs, the ending cutscene plays. After unlocking all the songs and the CS Crossovers, the event screens do not appear anymore.

今日のイチオシ (Today's Featured Songs)

Every day, on all PENDUAL machines, three songs are marked as "featured". You can see which ones are marked in the Data Entry window or in the songwheel menu. Playing all three of them in a session will grant you 300 bonus Fricos.

For the list of featured songs, please check the beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL Today's Featured Songs List page.

WEEKLY RANKING

The Weekly Ranking feature in beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL began on October 15th, 2014. Weekly Ranking sessions last for a week, with Wednesday at 12:00 pm being the beginning and as well as the deadline in the successive week.

1. 10/15/2014 to 10/22/2014 - Hello Happiness / P*Light feat. mow*2
2. 10/22/2014 to 10/29/2014 - Don't Stop The Music feat.森高千里 / tofubeats
3. 10/29/2014 to 11/05/2014 - No Tears / RoughSketch feat.Aikapin
4. 11/05/2014 to 11/12/2014 - フェイクアウト / Last Note. feat.mirin
5. 11/12/2014 to 11/19/2014 - ベィスドロップ・フリークス / かめりあ feat. ななひら
6. 11/19/2014 to 11/26/2014 - Vulkan / Hommarju
7. 11/26/2014 to 12/03/2014 - Erosion Mark / kors k REASM Des-ROW
8. 12/03/2014 to 12/10/2014 - SAMSARA / SOUND HOLIC feat. Nana Takahashi
9. 12/10/2014 to 12/17/2014 - Rave Saves You feat. Cardz (Exclusive IIDX Mix) / REMO-CON
10. 12/17/2014 to 12/24/2014 - Blaze it UP! / DJ Shimamura
11. 12/24/2014 to 12/31/2014 - ぷろぐれっしぶ時空少女！うらしまたろ子ちゃん！ / ARM(IOSYS) feat. 山本椛
12. 12/31/2014 to 01/07/2015 - m1dy Festival / m1dy
13. 01/07/2015 to 01/14/2015 - Sometimes feat. Kanae Asaba / Y&Co.
14. 01/14/2015 to 01/21/2015 - Amnolys / onoken
15. 01/21/2015 to 01/28/2015 - Sweet Radar / DJ Genki feat. Yukacco
16. 01/28/2015 to 02/04/2015 - #The_Relentless / DJ Noriken
17. 02/04/2015 to 02/11/2015 - 表裏一体！？怪盗いいんちょの悩み♥ / ◇◆謎の怪盗少女ぷらずま☆彡Prim◇◆
18. 02/11/2015 to 02/18/2015 - 恋は白帯、サンシロー / 星野奏子
19. 02/18/2015 to 02/25/2015 - Line 4 Ruin / Ryu☆
20. 02/25/2015 to 03/04/2015 - Beat Radiance / 96

Revived Songs

• in motion / Ryu☆
• tripping contact / kors k vs teranoid

New Charts

The following songs have received new charts since their last arcade or console appearance:

Song	Game	SP Difficulty				DP Difficulty
		Beginner	Normal	Hyper	Another	Normal	Hyper	Another
Devilz Staircase	beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Elemental Creation	beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
VALLIS-NERIA	beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
†渚の小悪魔ラヴリィ～レイディオ† (IIDX EDIT)	beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
朧	beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
アルストロメリア	beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
バンブーソード・ガール	beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
幻想系世界修復少女	beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Beyond The Earth	beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL	-	-	-	-	6	9	10

Difficulty Changes

The following songs have received difficulty changes since their last arcade or console appearance:

Song	Game	SP Difficulty				DP Difficulty
		Beginner	Normal	Hyper	Another	Normal	Hyper	Another
Illegal Function Call	beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro	-	-	-	-	-	9→10	-
Ancient Scapes	beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA	-	-	-	-	-	9→10	-
Devilz Sacrifice -贖罪の羊-	beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA	-	4→5	-	-	-	-	-
Element of SPADA	beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA	-	-	-	-	-	5→6	-
Insane Techniques	beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA	-	-	-	10→11	-	-	-
ra'am	beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA	-	7→8	-	-	-	-	-
refractive index	beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA	-	-	-	-	-	-	10→11
Unicorn tail	beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA	-	-	-	-	4→5	-	-
Valgus	beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA	-	-	-	-	-	-	10→11
WOBBLE IMPACT	beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA	-	-	-	-	-	7→8	-
IXION	beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL	-	-	-	-	-	7→8	-

Removed Songs

• SPARK ! / SILVER FOX PRODUCTIONS feat.星野奏子
• Enjoy your life / Mr.T plus H
• wish / DJ Yoshitaka feat.杉村ことみ
• Dreaming Sweetness / Auridy
• My Only Shining Star / NAOKI feat. Becky Lucinda
• Now and Forever / StripE vs MUNETICA feat.ARISA
• Rising in the Sun (original mix) / kors k feat. Rie
• State Of The Art / Sota Fujimori feat. cyborg AKEMI
• ミッドナイト堕天使 / Dr. Honda
• with me... / Sota Fujimori feat. Kemy
• SPARK ! -essential RMX- / Remixed by dj TAKA VS PINK PONG
• Hardcore Mania / DJ Weaver
• New Castle Legions / Dirty Androids
• You Were The One / good-cool ft. Brenda Vaughn
• ラクエン Feat.Chiharu Chonan -JAKA respect for K.S.K. Remix / Remixed by JAKAZiD
• DON'T WAKE ME FROM THE DREAM (2010 Summer Edition) / YOJI
• PentaCube Gt.(RX-Ver.S.P.L.) / 高田雅史
• Session 12 -Esther- / PRASTIK DANCEFLOOR
• Trust -MATERIAL ver- (IIDX Edition) / Tatsh feat. ヨーコ

The following song was removed on January 22nd, 2015:

• リリーゼと炎龍レーヴァテイン / 黒猫ダンジョン

Related Links

• beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL official web site
• BEMANIWiki 2nd page for beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL
• beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL location test site