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KONAMI also announced the formation of a new, beatmania IIDX-focused label called [[beatnation Records]] that year. Its members consisted of only in-house staff at the time; two long-running contributors to BEMANI and, to balance it out, two of its freshest newcomers. Most of the releases published under the label involved beatmania IIDX in some way, shape, or form, from soundtracks, to full-fledged albums, to even artbooks. The beatnation Records label would be active for a few years before going on temporary hiatus. | KONAMI also announced the formation of a new, beatmania IIDX-focused label called [[beatnation Records]] that year. Its members consisted of only in-house staff at the time; two long-running contributors to BEMANI and, to balance it out, two of its freshest newcomers. Most of the releases published under the label involved beatmania IIDX in some way, shape, or form, from soundtracks, to full-fledged albums, to even artbooks. The beatnation Records label would be active for a few years before going on temporary hiatus. | ||
2006 also saw the first and only CS beatmania IIDX release outside of Asia with [[CS | 2006 also saw the first and only CS beatmania IIDX release outside of Asia with [[CS 2006|beatmania (2006)]] (sometimes called beatmania US to differentiate it from the original 1997 series). Made with a North American audience in mind, it tried to combine beatmania and beatmania IIDX songs together, but was criticized by those not familiar with the series as too difficult to get into, and by veterans as too limited and not containing enough songs or features. No sequels or follow-ups were ever made. | ||
In addition to DanceDanceRevolution returning to arcades, GuitarFreaks & DrumMania saw itself return to the PlayStation 2 for the first time since 2001 with three console games; [[CS GFDM V|GuitarFreaks V & DrumMania V CS]] and [[CS GFDM V2|GuitarFreaks V2 & DrumMania V2 CS]] both came out that year. In-between them came [[CS GFDM MPS|GuitarFreaks & DrumMania MASTERPIECE SILVER]], a "best hits" game containing various songs between [[AC GF5DM4|GUITARFREAKS 5thMIX & drummania 4thMIX]] through [[AC GF11DM10|GUITARFREAKS 11thMIX & drummania 10thMIX]], the songs chosen by surveys from fans. | In addition to DanceDanceRevolution returning to arcades, GuitarFreaks & DrumMania saw itself return to the PlayStation 2 for the first time since 2001 with three console games; [[CS GFDM V|GuitarFreaks V & DrumMania V CS]] and [[CS GFDM V2|GuitarFreaks V2 & DrumMania V2 CS]] both came out that year. In-between them came [[CS GFDM MPS|GuitarFreaks & DrumMania MASTERPIECE SILVER]], a "best hits" game containing various songs between [[AC GF5DM4|GUITARFREAKS 5thMIX & drummania 4thMIX]] through [[AC GF11DM10|GUITARFREAKS 11thMIX & drummania 10thMIX]], the songs chosen by surveys from fans. | ||
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* March 16th: [[CS GFDM V|GuitarFreaks V & DrumMania V CS]] is released in Japan for the PlayStation 2. | * March 16th: [[CS GFDM V|GuitarFreaks V & DrumMania V CS]] is released in Japan for the PlayStation 2. | ||
* March 17th: [[CS DS Unleashed3|Dancing Stage Unleashed3]] is released in Europe for the Xbox. | * March 17th: [[CS DS Unleashed3|Dancing Stage Unleashed3]] is released in Europe for the Xbox. | ||
* March 28th: [[CS | * March 28th: [[CS 2006|beatmania (2006)]] is released in North America for the PlayStation 2. | ||
== April == | == April == | ||