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** [[CS pnm GB|pop'n music GB]] is released for Nintendo's Game Boy Color. | ** [[CS pnm GB|pop'n music GB]] is released for Nintendo's Game Boy Color. | ||
** BEMANI debut of [[Tomoaki Hirono]], who would become a major in-house composer for BEMANI about a decade later. | *** BEMANI debut of [[Tomoaki Hirono]], who would become a major in-house composer for BEMANI about a decade later. | ||
* Unknown date: [[AC pnm MICKEY|pop'n music MICKEY TUNES]] is released to Japanese arcades. | * Unknown date: [[AC pnm MICKEY|pop'n music MICKEY TUNES]] is released to Japanese arcades. | ||
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** ''GUITAR FREAKS 3rdMIX & drummania 2ndMIX soundtracks'' album released. | ** ''GUITAR FREAKS 3rdMIX & drummania 2ndMIX soundtracks'' album released. | ||
** [[CS DDR Disney Dancing Museum|DanceDanceRevolution ディズニーダンシングミュージアム]] is released in Japan for the Nintendo 64. | ** [[CS DDR Disney Dancing Museum|DanceDanceRevolution ディズニーダンシングミュージアム]] is released in Japan for the Nintendo 64. | ||
** The ''DanceDanceRevolution 5thMIX Artist Audition 2001'' is held by DanceDanceRevolution music producer [[Naoki Maeda]], for the REMIX and vocalist categories. The winners of the vocalist category would be part of the new music group he is forming, who would be revealed the following year to be [[BeForU]]. | |||
* November 21st: [[CS pnm DISNEY|pop'n music DISNEY TUNES]] is released in Japan for the Sony PlayStation. | * November 21st: [[CS pnm DISNEY|pop'n music DISNEY TUNES]] is released in Japan for the Sony PlayStation. | ||
* November 28th: [[AC bm CORE REMIX|beatmania CORE REMIX]] is released to Japanese arcades. | * November 28th: [[AC bm CORE REMIX|beatmania CORE REMIX]] is released to Japanese arcades. | ||
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* '''Dancing Stage EuroMIX INTERNET R@NKING''', an enhanced port of Dancing Stage EuroMIX that adds six more songs and Internet Ranking, is released to European arcades. | * '''Dancing Stage EuroMIX INTERNET R@NKING''', an enhanced port of Dancing Stage EuroMIX that adds six more songs and Internet Ranking, is released to European arcades. | ||
* KONAMI holds a Musicianship Trial for beatmania IIDX to find new talent to add songs to the series. The winners were the then 16 year-old [[Kosuke Saito]] and 20 year-old [[Ryutaro Nakahara]], whose debut songs [[clione]] and [[starmine]] respectively appeared in [[AC 4th style|beatmania IIDX 4th style]]. Both artists would return to BEMANI in 2003 by request of [[Takayuki Ishikawa]] for [[AC 9th style|beatmania IIDX 9th style]]. Both artists still contribute to beatmania IIDX, as well as other BEMANI series, to this day. | * KONAMI holds a Musicianship Trial for beatmania IIDX to find new talent to add songs to the series. The winners were the then 16 year-old [[Kosuke Saito]] and 20 year-old [[Ryutaro Nakahara]], whose debut songs [[clione]] and [[starmine]] respectively appeared in [[AC 4th style|beatmania IIDX 4th style]]. Both artists would return to BEMANI in 2003 by request of [[Takayuki Ishikawa]] for [[AC 9th style|beatmania IIDX 9th style]]. Both artists still contribute to beatmania IIDX, as well as other BEMANI series, to this day. | ||
* KONAMI signs a deal with Universal Studios to make video games based on their properties, as well as grant them access to their music library. The latter would extensively be used for the European Dancing Stage arcade and home releases, not unlike the Japanese DanceDanceRevolution series with Dancemania. | * KONAMI signs a deal with Universal Studios to make video games based on their properties, as well as grant them access to their music library. The latter would extensively be used for the European Dancing Stage arcade and home releases, not unlike the Japanese DanceDanceRevolution series with Dancemania. |