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Compared to the [[2000|previous year]], 2001 saw KONAMI step back a bit with their BEMANI titles. The aging PlayStation was already almost seeing the end of its run, as the PlayStation 2 became more and more the dominant BEMANI system. All three new BEMANI titles from the year before - '''Dance Maniax''', [[ | Compared to the [[2000|previous year]], 2001 saw KONAMI step back a bit with their BEMANI titles. The aging PlayStation was already almost seeing the end of its run, as the PlayStation 2 became more and more the dominant BEMANI system. All three new BEMANI titles from the year before - '''Dance Maniax''', [[KEYBOARDMANIA Information|KEYBOARDMANIA]], and '''ParaParaParadise''' - ended their runs this year, and the older series that were still around at year's end went through large shake-ups. | ||
KONAMI only introduced one new BEMANI series in 2001; the short-lived '''MAMBO A GO GO'''. It used three bongos, each one with several sensors. It was made to capitalize on the Latin music craze of the early 2000's, and consisted of licensed Latin dance music and KONAMI originals, the latter from regulars in the GUITARFREAKS & drummania franchise like [[Tomosuke Funaki|TOMOSUKE]], [[Hirofumi Sasaki]], and [[Motoaki Furukawa]]. (Not too surprising, considering it ran on KONAMI BEMANI SYSTEM 573 DIGITAL, the same hardware as GUITARFREAKS & drummania.) MAMBO A GO GO's first game was also its last; most of the original songs eventually wound up in other BEMANI titles the following year. | KONAMI only introduced one new BEMANI series in 2001; the short-lived '''MAMBO A GO GO'''. It used three bongos, each one with several sensors. It was made to capitalize on the Latin music craze of the early 2000's, and consisted of licensed Latin dance music and KONAMI originals, the latter from regulars in the GUITARFREAKS & drummania franchise like [[Tomosuke Funaki|TOMOSUKE]], [[Hirofumi Sasaki]], and [[Motoaki Furukawa]]. (Not too surprising, considering it ran on KONAMI BEMANI SYSTEM 573 DIGITAL, the same hardware as GUITARFREAKS & drummania.) MAMBO A GO GO's first game was also its last; most of the original songs eventually wound up in other BEMANI titles the following year. | ||