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Getting a AA or higher on KIMONO♥PRINCESS on EXPERT difficulty unlocks the ENCORE EXTRA STAGE, roppongi EVOLVED. Note that are four different versions of the song; which version you get is random. You can't choose another song or difficulty other than EXPERT for your ENCORE EXTRA STAGE, though you are allowed to set your options.

 

On August 25th, 2010, the Boss Rush X2 course was unlocked, giving access to roppongi EVOLVED's DIFFICULT charts and on more than 1 life for the first time.

Requirements for Single and Double Play must be met separately, except for Anti-Matter's Trial Mode requirement which counts for both Single and Double. Once the player has met the requirements for at least one song, a special Replicant D-action folder will appear during EXTRA STAGE only, containing all songs (between one and six) that the player has met the requirements for. Selecting the folder displays a confirmation message, warning that '''once the folder is opened, it cannot be exited''' until the end of the credit. Inside the folder, a special background music plays, hiding any song previews. While playing each song, the player's dance character battles a [[RINON]] clone of the song's color, who appears as a secondary background dancer. As such, the event and the folder can only be accessed in Single or Double Play and not in Versus Play.

If the player clears one of the above six songs on EXPERT with a AA, they will earn a medal of the song's color. Once the player has earned all six medals (one from each song) in any order, the results screen of the sixth song will lead to a special cutscene, immediately followed by an ENCORE EXTRA STAGE announcement with the song locked to [[Valkyrie dimension]] on EXPERT difficulty. As such, the player has no time to set options for Valkyrie dimension and must use the same options as their previous song. However, it is still possible to use the left and right buttons to change speed modifiers at the beginning of Valkyrie dimension. Attempting Valkyrie dimension costs all six medals, and the player must reobtain them to play Valkyrie dimension again.

As of August 31st, 2010, it is possible to obtain medals by getting a AA on BASIC or DIFFICULT; however, Valkyrie dimension's difficulty will still be locked to EXPERT. In addition, any arrow-removing options (CUT1/CUT2, Jumps Off, Freezes Off) that the player has set on their sixth medal song will be unset for Valkyrie dimension. ''(This fixes an exploit where it was possible to play Valkyrie dimension's EXPERT chart on CUT2, making it much easier, by obtaining the last medal on Sakura Sunrise on CUT2.)''

As of November 2nd, 2010, the VS REPLICANT boss course is unlocked, making it possible to play all 7 Replicant D-action songs in a row on one credit, and also revealing Valkyrie dimension's DIFFICULT charts for the first time.

As of February 23rd, 2011, the Replicant D-action event has ended, the special folder is no longer accessible, and all seven songs are unlocked for normal play (revealing Valkyrie dimension's BASIC and BEGINNER charts for the first time). In addition, CHALLENGE charts for the last four songs are unlocked for Marathon Mode.

As of April 1st, 2011, the four CHALLENGE charts that were previously Marathon Mode-exclusive are unlocked for normal play.

In the Western releases of DanceDanceRevolution X2, due to the releases not supporting e-AMUSEMENT (required for player information to be saved across credits), the unlock mechanics of the seven songs were heavily simplified. On release date (December 31st, 2010), all seven songs were locked. On July 28th, 2011, the first three songs were unlocked for normal play and the VS REPLICANT course was unlocked (allowing access to the remaining four songs). On October 1st, 2011, the remaining four songs were unlocked for normal play.