KONAMI Arcade Championship: Difference between revisions

Like the two previous installments of KAC, the competition finals were held at JAEPO and with new changes that would come in future tournaments. This competition marked the first and only time beatmania IIDX had a DOUBLE PLAY event and a new format which would later become official as ARENA Mode, whereas jubeat introduced the Team format where four players formed a team to play songs in unison. The DanceDanceRevolution also accepted players from Americas (Canada, Mexico and United States) with its own qualifying division for the first time as well. BeatStream was the only active BEMANI title not to participate this event.

The final round introduced five songs for the first time: [[Catastrophic Dance]] (REFLEC BEAT), [[HE4VEN ~tengoku e youkoso~|HE4VEN ～天国へようこそ～]] and [[iLLness LiLin]] (SOUND VOLTEX), [[MeteorA]] (MÚSECA) and [[24/7 Popperz]] (pop'n music). The FLOOR contest accepted 28 entries, ten of which were awarded as merits (four Prize, four Excellence and two Highest Excellence).

While both MÚSECA and REFLEC BEAT are not participating this event despite still being active BEMANI titles, the 7th installment introduced yet another first for the qualifier rounds with entry songs added as a list of songs. Seven out of eight divisions received two new songs (except SOUND VOLTEX), one with a single entry song shared between all eight divisions, [[Be a Hero!]], and a second song for its respective division: [[AI]] (jubeat), [[nalca]] (pop'n music), [[Navy blue sea]] (DrumMania and GuitarFreaks), [[Reach The Sky, Without you]] (DanceDanceRevolution), [[tears proof masquerade]] (ノスタルジア) and [[Shinou -RESONANCE-|神謳 -RESONANCE-]] (beatmania IIDX). Two other qualifying methods are also added as well, which were Semi-Final round (applicable for Japanese players who either advanced from the East or West region, for beatmania IIDX, DanceDanceRevolution and SOUND VOLTEX divisions only) and a Champion exemption (winners from the respective division are directly qualified to the finals).

The finals introduced three songs for four divisions: [[carezza]] (ノスタルジア), [[I (Chroma)|I]] (SOUND VOLTEX) and [[KAMUY|K∀MUY]] (pop'n music, both divisions). The competition format introduced in the previous tournament for the beatmania IIDX division is now official with the inclusion of ARENA Mode. Including I as the Highest Excellence song for the FLOOR contest, a record 41 entries were accepted, with nine songs named as Prize and four songs as Excellence. Following the finals, jubeat also unveiled exhibition songs played for the respective division winners, which became a staple starting onwards: [[Diastrophism]] and [[Papipopepipupepa|パピポペピプペパ]].

Majority of the rules and competition format in the 7th KAC (including the Semi-final and the Champion exemption) were intact with the inclusion of the Recital category for the ノスタルジア division and DANCERUSH participating the tournament for the first time. The 8th KAC marked the last time 天下一音ゲ祭 was held during the finals concurrently due to the cancellation later that year. The jubeat category for both divisions are now included in the Semi-final rounds as well.

The Qualifying round has [[Catch Our Fire!]] as the joint qualifier song (with DANCERUSH STARDOM being [[Catch Our Fire! (STARDOM Remix)|remixed]]), while three divisions received new songs as well: [[First Time]] (DanceDanceRevolution), [[KILL EACH OTHER]] (beatmania IIDX), [[Love 2 Shuffle]] and [[Shiva]] (DANCERUSH). The finals unveiled six songs, all during the second day of the final round, with three for ノスタルジア ([[Maou|魔王]], [[Paganini ni yoru dairenshuukyoku dai 6 ban "Shudai to hensou"|パガニーニによる大練習曲第6番「主題と変奏」]] and [[Virkato no shudai ni yoru person09 fuu chouzetsu gikou hensoukyoku|virkatoの主題によるperson09風超絶技巧変奏曲]]), two for SOUND VOLTEX ([[Embryo|ΣmbryØ]] and [[*Feels Seasickness...*]]) and one for (both divisions of) pop'n music ([[Nishimagome koutsuu kyoku|西馬込交通曲]]). Including the two songs in the FLOOR contest, 26 songs were accepted in total including eight awarded songs (four Prize, two Excellence and two Highest Excellence).

* Final Round (Guitar Freaks, DrumMania, jubeat, DanceDanceRevolution, and SOUND VOLTEX): ''To be announced''

* Final Round (ノスタルジア, DANCERUSH, pop'n music, and beatmania IIDX): ''To be announced''