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The year 2000 might have been KONAMI's biggest year ever with BEMANI. In addition to all their previous series of the following years receiving brand-new games, which all had several new installments this year, KONAMI released '''three''' new BEMANI series: '''Dance Maniax''', [[KEYBOARDMANIA Information|KEYBOARDMANIA]], and '''ParaParaParadise'''. They also released ''another'' spinoff of beatmania; [[AC bm III|beatmania III]].
The year 2000 might have been KONAMI's biggest year ever with BEMANI. In addition to all their previous series of the following years receiving brand-new games, which all had several new installments this year, KONAMI released '''three''' new BEMANI series: '''Dance Maniax''', [[KEYBOARDMANIA Information|KEYBOARDMANIA]], and '''ParaParaParadise'''. They also released ''another'' spinoff of beatmania; [[AC bm III|beatmania III]].


2000 also saw the year of KONAMI slowly transitioning to more powerful consoles for their BEMANI series. With the exception of Dance Maniax, all of the year's new BEMANI series ran on the more powerful BEMANI FIREBEAT HARDWARE, which allowed for more space and better graphics. pop'n music even began using it this year, beginning with [[AC pnm 4|pop'n music 4]]. Curiously, KONAMI continued to run the original beatmania series on BEMANI DJ-MAIN HARDWARE, and beatmania IIDX, DanceDanceRevolution, and GUITARFREAKS/drummania would continue to run on PlayStation-based hardware for a few more years. (Dance Maniax ran on KONAMI BEMANI SYSTEM 573 DIGITAL, the same hardware used for [[AC DDR 3rd|DanceDanceRevolution]] through [[AC DDR EXTREME|EXTREME]], as well as [[AC GF3DM2|GUITARFREAKS 3rdMIX & drummania 2ndMIX]] through [[AC GF11DM10|GUITARFREAKS 11thMIX & drummania 10thMIX]].)
2000 also saw the year of KONAMI slowly transitioning to more powerful consoles for their BEMANI series. With the exception of Dance Maniax, all of the year's new BEMANI series ran on the more powerful BEMANI FIREBEAT HARDWARE, which allowed for more space and better graphics. pop'n music even began using it this year, beginning with [[AC pnm 4|pop'n music 4]]. Curiously, KONAMI continued to run the original beatmania series on BEMANI DJ-MAIN HARDWARE, and beatmania IIDX, DanceDanceRevolution, and GUITARFREAKS/drummania would continue to run on PlayStation-based hardware for a few more years. (Dance Maniax ran on KONAMI BEMANI SYSTEM 573 DIGITAL, the same hardware used for [[AC DDR 3rd|DanceDanceRevolution]] through [[AC DDR EXTREME|EXTREME]], as well as [[AC GF3|GUITARFREAKS 3rdMIX]] & [[AC DM2|drummania 2ndMIX]] through [[AC GF11DM10|GUITARFREAKS 11thMIX & drummania 10thMIX]].)


For the first time ever, beatmania did not receive a numbered sequel this year, opting instead to do another [[AC bm complete 2|compilation game]] and a few spinoff games. KONAMI experimented with the franchise both in the arcade and at home. [[AC bm Club|beatmania ClubMIX]] focused mainly on licensed club music, [[AC bm DREAMS COME TRUE|beatmania featuring DREAMS COME TRUE]] focused on the Japanese band of the same name, and [[AC bm CORE REMIX|beatmania CORE REMIX]]'s songlist almost exclusively contained remixes of songs from [[AC bm 1st|beatmania]] and [[AC bm 2nd|beatmania 2ndMIX]], along with their original versions. Home exclusive title [[CS bm GOTTA 2|beatmania APPEND GOTTAMIX2 ~Going Global~]] featured a wide variety of genres, as well as longer songs than the typical beatmania series standard, with several songs running up to two minutes long.
For the first time ever, beatmania did not receive a numbered sequel this year, opting instead to do another [[AC bm complete 2|compilation game]] and a few spinoff games. KONAMI experimented with the franchise both in the arcade and at home. [[AC bm Club|beatmania ClubMIX]] focused mainly on licensed club music, [[AC bm DREAMS COME TRUE|beatmania featuring DREAMS COME TRUE]] focused on the Japanese band of the same name, and [[AC bm CORE REMIX|beatmania CORE REMIX]]'s songlist almost exclusively contained remixes of songs from [[AC bm 1st|beatmania]] and [[AC bm 2nd|beatmania 2ndMIX]], along with their original versions. Home exclusive title [[CS bm GOTTA 2|beatmania APPEND GOTTAMIX2 ~Going Global~]] featured a wide variety of genres, as well as longer songs than the typical beatmania series standard, with several songs running up to two minutes long.
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[[AC pnm Animelo 2|pop'n music アニメロ2号]]. It also received a Disney license spin-off game, [[AC pnm MICKEY|pop'n music MICKEY TUNES]].
[[AC pnm Animelo 2|pop'n music アニメロ2号]]. It also received a Disney license spin-off game, [[AC pnm MICKEY|pop'n music MICKEY TUNES]].


GUITARFREAKS & drummania didn't receive any spinoff games, though they did get something quite big by the end of the year; full session connectivity. [[AC GF3DM2|GUITARFREAKS 3rdMIX & drummania 2ndMIX]] were the first games in their respective series to have SESSION MODE, allowing as many as three players to play together: one on drums, one on guitar, and one on bass. While limited originally, the sequel [[AC_GF4DM3|GUITARFREAKS 4thMIX & drummania 3rdMIX]] allowed SESSION PLAY for ''all'' of its brand-new songs, a tradition that is still followed in the series to this day. Future big-name BEMANI artist [[Tomosuke Funaki|TOMOSUKE]] made his debut in drummania 2ndMIX, adding to the series his own unique sound of lounge and house to the series.
GUITARFREAKS & drummania didn't receive any spinoff games, though they did get something quite big by the end of the year; full session connectivity. [[AC GF3|GUITARFREAKS 3rdMIX]] & [[AC DM2|drummania 2ndMIX]] were the first games in their respective series to have ''Session Mode'', allowing as many as three players to play together: one on drums, one on guitar, and one on bass. While limited originally, the sequel [[AC_GF4DM3|GUITARFREAKS 4thMIX & drummania 3rdMIX]] allowed Session Play for ''all'' of its brand-new songs, a tradition that is still followed in the series to this day. Future big-name BEMANI artist [[Tomosuke Funaki|TOMOSUKE]] made his debut in drummania 2ndMIX, adding to the series his own unique sound of lounge and house to the series.


drummania also marked a big milestone for KONAMI as a whole. Its whole port, [[CS DM|drummania CS]], was actually one of the launch titles for the Japanese PlayStation 2 launch in Japan, making it the first (and so far only) BEMANI game to be a launch title for a video game system.
drummania also marked a big milestone for KONAMI as a whole. Its whole port, [[CS DM|drummania CS]], was actually one of the launch titles for the Japanese PlayStation 2 launch in Japan, making it the first (and so far only) BEMANI game to be a launch title for a video game system.
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* March 16th: ''KEYBOARDMANIA Original Soundtracks'' album released.
* March 16th: ''KEYBOARDMANIA Original Soundtracks'' album released.
* March 18th: [[AC pnm 4|pop'n music 4]] is released to Japanese arcades.
* March 18th: [[AC pnm 4|pop'n music 4]] is released to Japanese arcades.
* March 27th: [[AC GF3DM2|drummania 2ndMIX]] is released to Japanese arcades.
* March 27th: [[AC DM2|drummania 2ndMIX]] is released to Japanese arcades.
** BEMANI debut of in-house artists [[Kazuhiro Senoo]] and [[Tomosuke Funaki|TOMOSUKE]].
** BEMANI debut of in-house artists [[Kazuhiro Senoo]] and [[Tomosuke Funaki|TOMOSUKE]].
* March 28th: [[AC bm Club|beatmania ClubMIX]] is released to Japanese arcades.
* March 28th: [[AC bm Club|beatmania ClubMIX]] is released to Japanese arcades.
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* April 5th: [[pop'n music Vocal Best]] album released.
* April 5th: [[pop'n music Vocal Best]] album released.
* April 20th: [[CS DS DREAMS COME TRUE|Dancing Stage featuring DREAMS COME TRUE]] is released in Japan for the Sony PlayStation.
* April 20th: [[CS DS DREAMS COME TRUE|Dancing Stage featuring DREAMS COME TRUE]] is released in Japan for the Sony PlayStation.
* April 21st: [[AC GF3DM2|GUITARFREAKS 3rdMIX]] is released to Japanese arcades.
* April 21st: [[AC GF3|GUITARFREAKS 3rdMIX]] is released to Japanese arcades.
* April 26th: ''beatmania ANI-SONGS MIX featuring 石ノ森章太郎'' album released. This contains songs from anime/sentai series created by the late manga artist Shotaro Ishinomori, who died in 1998 from heart failure.
* April 26th: ''beatmania ANI-SONGS MIX featuring 石ノ森章太郎'' album released. This contains songs from anime/sentai series created by the late manga artist Shotaro Ishinomori, who died in 1998 from heart failure.
* April 27th: [[CS DDR CLUB DC|DanceDanceRevolution CLUB VERSiON Dreamcast Edition]] is released in Japan for Sega Dreamcast.
* April 27th: [[CS DDR CLUB DC|DanceDanceRevolution CLUB VERSiON Dreamcast Edition]] is released in Japan for Sega Dreamcast.
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