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But perhaps the biggest of the new games released that year was, ironically, a spin-off game; [[AC 1st style|beatmania IIDX]]. beatmania IIDX added two new buttons to the overall game design, and also re-positioned the 1P turntable to the left. But it also boast something the original beatmania never had; live-action video. For the first time, licensed tracks from the likes of [[m-flo]] and other artists featured their original videos. This game also marked the debuts of the hugely popular BEMANI artists [[Takayuki Ishikawa]] (dj TAKA) and [[Takehiko Fujii]] (SLAKE). Fujii in-particular went on to sound direct near every beatmania game from 1999 onward, while Ishikawa stayed on board with beatmania IIDX, inviting friends of his like [[Taku Sakakibara|TaQ]] and [[Osamu Kubota]] to help make a rich, more electronic counterpart to the more hip-hop/dance/techno tone that the original beatmania kept with Fujii. | But perhaps the biggest of the new games released that year was, ironically, a spin-off game; [[AC 1st style|beatmania IIDX]]. beatmania IIDX added two new buttons to the overall game design, and also re-positioned the 1P turntable to the left. But it also boast something the original beatmania never had; live-action video. For the first time, licensed tracks from the likes of [[m-flo]] and other artists featured their original videos. This game also marked the debuts of the hugely popular BEMANI artists [[Takayuki Ishikawa]] (dj TAKA) and [[Takehiko Fujii]] (SLAKE). Fujii in-particular went on to sound direct near every beatmania game from 1999 onward, while Ishikawa stayed on board with beatmania IIDX, inviting friends of his like [[Taku Sakakibara|TaQ]] and [[Osamu Kubota]] to help make a rich, more electronic counterpart to the more hip-hop/dance/techno tone that the original beatmania kept with Fujii. | ||
beatmania wasn't the only game with a spin-off, though. DanceDanceRevolution had the [[AC DDR Solo BASS| | beatmania wasn't the only game with a spin-off, though. DanceDanceRevolution had the [[AC DDR Solo BASS|Solo BASS MIX]] and [[AC DDR Solo 2000|Solo 2000]] games, which transformed the usual four-panel style of DDR on its head. Now you had two extra arrows on the top left and right to work with, resulting in a far more difficult game overall. Both of these games contained almost completely brand-new songs never before in the series. | ||
pop'n music itself had [[PnS_AC|pop'n stage]], which was a bit like ''Pump-It-Up'', but keysounded. This game also had an almost completely original songlist, and near all of its songs would pop up in the main series of pop'n music titles. It even got an upgrade later that year known as '''pop'n stage ex''', which added a new difficulty level, a few songs from the then current [[PnM_AC_3|pop'n music 3]], and two brand-new songs. One of the new songs, [[WE TWO ARE ONE]], introduced [[Seiya Murai]] to BEMANI. Murai would be for years after one of the biggest names in pop'n music, and also a key staff member of KEYBOARDMANIA starting the following year. | pop'n music itself had [[PnS_AC|pop'n stage]], which was a bit like ''Pump-It-Up'', but keysounded. This game also had an almost completely original songlist, and near all of its songs would pop up in the main series of pop'n music titles. It even got an upgrade later that year known as '''pop'n stage ex''', which added a new difficulty level, a few songs from the then current [[PnM_AC_3|pop'n music 3]], and two brand-new songs. One of the new songs, [[WE TWO ARE ONE]], introduced [[Seiya Murai]] to BEMANI. Murai would be for years after one of the biggest names in pop'n music, and also a key staff member of KEYBOARDMANIA starting the following year. | ||