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{{BEMANI Timeline}}
= 2012 =
Summary to be updated. 

== January ==
* January 18th: [[AC SDVX|SOUND VOLTEX BOOTH]] is released to Japanese arcades.
** It marks the BEMANI game part of the new [[e-amusement|eAMUSEMENT]] Participation system, where the machine has to be connected to the eAMUSEMENT network for the game to start up. If not, the game will not run. 
** All future BEMANI arcade releases from this point onward would follow this system.

== February ==
* February 1st: [[CS BBD|BOOM BOOM DANCE / Rhythm Party]] is released for the Xbox Live Arcade.
** It marks the final BEMANI game on a home console to date.
* February 15th:
** [[Jun Wakita|wac]]'s first album, [[Ongaku (album)|音楽]], is released.
** [[Tomosuke Funaki|Dor]][[crimm|mir]]'s first album, [[Petit March]], is released.
* February 23rd: [[AC GFDM XG3|GuitarFreaksXG3 & DrumManiaXG3]] is released to Japanese arcades.
* February 29th:
** ''beatmania IIDX 19 Lincle ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK'' released.
** [[BEST HIT YCO]], a best hits album featuring long-contributing commission artists [[Akira Yokota|Y&]][[Tetsuya Tamura|Co.]]'s various BEMANI songs, is released.
** ''REFLEC BEAT ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK'' released.
** ''REFLEC BEAT limelight ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK'' released.
** [[Twinkle World]] EP released.

== March ==
* March 7th: [[Sanae Shintani|Sana]]'s third and final compilation album with KONAMI, [[Sana Coffret]], is released.
* March 14th: [[AC jb copious APPEND|jubeat copious APPEND]] is released to Japanese arcades.
* March 21st:
** ''GuitarFreaksXG3 & DrumManiaXG3 Original Soundtrack 1st season'' released.
** A remastered version of [[Asaki]]'s first album, [[Shinkyoku (album)|神曲]], is released.
* March 27th: [[AC DanEvo|DanceEvolution ARCADE]] is released to Japanese arcades.
* March 28th: ''jubeat copious APPEND SOUNDTRACK'' is released.

== June ==
* June 15th: [[Harumi Ueko|Jimmy Weckl]] leaves KONAMI to work as a freelancer.
* June 27th: ''DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX ~X3 SIDE~ Original Soundtrack'' released.

== July ==
* July 25th: ''pop'n music 20 fantasia original soundtrack'' released.

== September ==
* September 19th: [[AC tricoro|beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro]] is released to Japanese arcades. It marks the first game in the series to be in HD.
* September 25th: [[AC jb saucer|jubeat saucer]] is released to Japanese arcades.

== October ==
* Unknown date: [[AC jb China 3rd|乐动魔方 全国对战版]] is released to Chinese arcades, marking it as the final version of the jubeat series to be imported into Mainland China.

== November ==
* November 14th: [[CS jb plus Android|jubeat plus (Android)]] is released for Xperia phones/tablets.
* November 21st:
** [[AC RB colette Winter|REFLEC BEAT colette -Winter-]] is released to Japanese arcades.
** ''GuitarFreaksXG3 & DrumManiaXG3 Original Soundtracks 2nd season'' released.
** ''jubeat saucer ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK -Smith-'' released.
** [[Sota Fujimori]]'s fourth album, [[SYNTHESIZED4]], is released.

== December ==
* December 5th: [[AC pnm SP|pop'n music Sunny Park]] is released to Japanese arcades.

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