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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 - | 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 Information|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 [[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. | 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. | ||
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KEYBOARDMANIA received one final game this year with [[AC KBM 3rd|KEYBOARDMANIA 3rdMIX]]. For the final game KONAMI added a very interesting feature - ''Multisession GDK''. This allows you to combine GUITARFREAKS, drummania, ''and'' KEYBOARDMANIA all at once to play songs on. While only a few songs were compatible, the result was the most complete band experience one could get in a music game an the time. Unfortunately, only the two new GF/DM releases this year - [[AC_GF5DM4|GF5th/dm4th]] and [[AC_GF6DM5|GF6th/dm4th]] - could be linked up to access this mode. There was talk of a 4th KEYBOARDMANIA title exclusive to PlayStation 2, but it never came to light. | KEYBOARDMANIA received one final game this year with [[AC KBM 3rd|KEYBOARDMANIA 3rdMIX]]. For the final game KONAMI added a very interesting feature - ''Multisession GDK''. This allows you to combine GUITARFREAKS, drummania, ''and'' KEYBOARDMANIA all at once to play songs on. While only a few songs were compatible, the result was the most complete band experience one could get in a music game an the time. Unfortunately, only the two new GF/DM releases this year - [[AC_GF5DM4|GF5th/dm4th]] and [[AC_GF6DM5|GF6th/dm4th]] - could be linked up to access this mode. There was talk of a 4th KEYBOARDMANIA title exclusive to PlayStation 2, but it never came to light. | ||
Dance Maniax's final "new" game was an upgrade to last year's 2ndMIX, titled [[AC DMX 2nd append JPARADISE|Dance Maniax 2ndMIX append JPARADISE]], using the same interface. It included 14 new songs, though except for the (peculiar) beatmania IIDX crossover [[sanctus]], most of the licenses/crossovers had earlier appeared in [[AC DDR 5th|DanceDanceRevolution 5thMIX]]. | |||
ParaParaParadise got its one and only sequel, [[AC PPP 2nd|ParaParaParadise 2nd MIX]], this year. Unlike the [[AC PPP|original game]], it never received a soundtrack or console release. It did boast a couple of original remixes, most notably one for then recent pop'n music song [[ULTRA HIGH-HEELS~I JUST WANNA TELL YOU|ウルトラハイヒール～I JUST WANNA TELL YOU]]. It was also the first BEMANI game to run on the then new BEMANI VIPER HARDWARE, which pop'n music would start using the following year to great effect. The same day 2ndMIX came out, ParaParaParadise received a [[CS PPP|PlayStation 2 home release]] based on [[AC PPP 1st Plus|1st MIX Plus]], though the home port received a bit of criticism for being a pain to set-up and implement. | |||
2001 was definitely a year of KONAMI focusing more on quality over quantity with BEMANI, but [[2002 (year)|2002]] saw another huge change in store for BEMANI. | 2001 was definitely a year of KONAMI focusing more on quality over quantity with BEMANI, but [[2002 (year)|2002]] saw another huge change in store for BEMANI. | ||
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* April 4th: ''beatmania soundtracks THE SOUND OF TOKYO!'' album released. | * April 4th: ''beatmania soundtracks THE SOUND OF TOKYO!'' album released. | ||
* April 19th: | * April 19th: [[AC DMX 2nd append JPARADISE|Dance Maniax 2ndMIX append JPARADISE]], an upgrade to 2ndMIX, is released to Japanese arcades. | ||
* April 25th: ''KEYBOARDMANIA 3rd MIX Original Soundtracks'' album released. | * April 25th: ''KEYBOARDMANIA 3rd MIX Original Soundtracks'' album released. | ||
* April 28th: [[AC pnm 6|pop'n music 6]] is released to Japanese arcades. | * April 28th: [[AC pnm 6|pop'n music 6]] is released to Japanese arcades. | ||