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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 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 Information|ParaParaParadise]] - ended their runs this year, and the older series that were still around at year's end went through large shake-ups.
Compared to the [[2000|previous year]], 2001 saw KONAMI step back a bit with their BEMANI titles. The aging PlayStation was 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 Information|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 its originals eventually wound up in other BEMANI titles.
KONAMI only introduced one new BEMANI series in 2001; the short-lived [[AC MAGG|MAMBO A GO GO]]. It used three bongos, each one with three 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 its originals eventually wound up in other BEMANI titles.


beatmania went from having multiple games and spinoffs a year to just '''three''' games in the entirety of 2001. The final CS-only spinoff game - [[CS bm THE SOUND OF TOKYO!|beatmania THE SOUND OF TOKYO!]] - premiered in spring 2001. It boasted a completely original set of 13 licenses, the music focused more on house and jazz than earlier games in the series. The PlayStation 2 saw the keyboard-based [[CS bm DaDaDa|beatmania打打打!!]], which contained old beatmania songs that were played on a keyboard. The only beatmania arcade game released in 2001 was [[AC bm 6th|beatmania 6thMIX -THE UK UNDERGROUND MUSIC-]], which scrapped all previous songs from the franchise for 27 brand-new songs, 12 of them by commission artists from the United Kingdom (hence the game's subtitle). [[AC bm III 6th|beatmania III APPEND 6thMIX]] also came out; unlike beatmania 6thMIX, it kept older beatmania songs, though. It also included long versions of three of 6thMIX's new songs as a bonus.
beatmania went from having multiple games and spinoffs a year to just '''three''' games in the entirety of 2001. The final CS-only spinoff game - [[CS bm THE SOUND OF TOKYO!|beatmania THE SOUND OF TOKYO!]] - premiered in spring 2001. It boasted a completely original set of 13 licenses, the music focused more on house and jazz than earlier games in the series. The PlayStation 2 saw the keyboard-based [[CS bm DaDaDa|beatmania打打打!!]], which contained old beatmania songs that were played on a keyboard. The only beatmania arcade game released in 2001 was [[AC bm 6th|beatmania 6thMIX -THE UK UNDERGROUND MUSIC-]], which scrapped all previous songs from the franchise for 27 brand-new songs, 12 of them by commission artists from the United Kingdom (hence the game's subtitle). [[AC bm III 6th|beatmania III APPEND 6thMIX]] also came out; unlike beatmania 6thMIX, it kept older beatmania songs, though. It also included long versions of three of 6thMIX's new songs as a bonus.
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* June 1st: [[CS DS EuroMIX|Dancing Stage EuroMIX CS]] is released in Europe for the Sony PlayStation.
* June 1st: [[CS DS EuroMIX|Dancing Stage EuroMIX CS]] is released in Europe for the Sony PlayStation.
* June 4th: '''MAMBO A GO GO''' is released to Japanese arcades.
* June 4th: [[AC MAGG|MAMBO A GO GO]] is released to Japanese arcades.
* June 6th: ''GUITAR FREAKS 4thMIX & drummania 3rdMIX Soundtracks'' album released.
* June 6th: ''GUITAR FREAKS 4thMIX & drummania 3rdMIX Soundtracks'' album released.
* June 7th: [[CS DDR EXTRA MIX|DanceDanceRevolution EXTRA MIX]] is released in Japan for the Sony PlayStation.
* June 7th: [[CS DDR EXTRA MIX|DanceDanceRevolution EXTRA MIX]] is released in Japan for the Sony PlayStation.
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