AC GFDM XG

General Information

• Release Date: March 10, 2010
• Slogan: You hope to X-Grade here!
• New songs: 50 (Standard Mode), 43 (Classic Mode)
• Total number of songs: 177 (Standard Mode), 605 (Classic Mode - GuitarFreaks: 598, DrumMania: 599)
• First GF/DM game in the XG (X-Grade) series, featuring completely revamped guitar and drum cabinets.
• Released concurrently with GF/DM V7, featuring many of the same songs found in GF/DM XG but retaining classic GF/DM gameplay.
• First GF/DM game to feature videos with video overlays.
• First GF/DM game since GF/DM V3 not to have a subtitle.
• First GF/DM game since GUITARFREAKS not to introduce any new Long Version songs.
• First GF/DM game not to contain a new song from TËЯRA since their debut in the GF/DM series.
• One of the few games in the series without any difficulty changes to songs from the previous games.
• Games feature a Classic Mode, with gameplay identical to classic GF/DM, and a Standard Mode, which features the games' new controls, in addition to new charts for select songs from previous games remade for XG.
• Difficulty levels have received different titles, from Basic-Advanced-Extreme to Novice-Regular-Expert.
• First game to feature the Master difficulty for select songs, above Expert difficulty. The Master chart for a song can be accessed by clearing the song's Expert chart.
• Has a collaboration with the arcade game Fortune Trinity, similar to beatmania IIDX 17 SIRIUS and jubeat ripples APPEND. By playing Fortune Trinity, GF/DM XG players can unlock Croquette. Fortune Trinity features GF/DM XG's You've Got 2 Get Me, and by playing GF/DM XG, players can unlock 三毛猫JIVE&ジャイブ and 太陽の花.

Gameplay Changes

Information obtained from BEMANIwiki.

GuitarFreaks Changes

• Guitar now features 5 frets, in order from left to right on the game screen: Red, Green, Blue, Yellow, Purple. The Red through Yellow frets are used on NOVICE and REGULAR difficulties, and all frets are used on EXPERT and MASTER difficulties.
• Open Pick mode has been removed entirely. Open notes now appear on EXPERT and MASTER difficulties for Guitar and Bass.
• Wailing bonuses must now be performed in a specific direction, either up, down, or right.
• A foot effector has been added, which allows the guitar to be played with Chorus, Delay, or Reverb effects. The guitar effect knob has been retained, which now alters the effect strength.
• Guitar neck and body have been made significantly lighter.

DrumMania Changes

• Drums now feature a left cymbal (LC), floor tom (FT), and left pedal (LP) in addition to the existing kit: hi-hat (HH), snare drum (SN), high tom (HT), low tom (LT), bass pedal (BP), and cymbal (CY).
• The left pedal is used only on EXPERT and MASTER difficulties, and depending on the song, serves as a hi-hat and/or a bass drum.
• Three configurations for viewing lanes are available:
  • A: LC HH LP SN HT BP LT FT CY (Default)
  • B: LC HH SN LP BP HT LT FT CY
  • C: LC HH LP SN BP HT LT FT CY
• A drum kit with the viewing lanes is now displayed onscreen, and is now placed in front of the song video.

Grading & Achievement Ratio

Achievement Ratio is now used to determine letter grades for a song. The formulas for the ratio are as follows:

• GF: Perfect% x .85 + Great% x .25 + Max Combo% x .15
• DM: Perfect% x .85 + Great% x .35 + Max Combo% x .15

Based on this ratio, the following letter grades are available:

• SS = 95.00+
• S = 80.00 - 94.99
• A = 73.00 - 79.99
• B = 63.00? - 72.99
• C = 53.00? - 62.99?
• D = ? - 52.99?
• E = ? - ?

Staff Information

• Unknown.

New Songs

Konami Originals

• Believing / 阿部靖広
• Blue planet / Trick Trap
• Confession / Takao Nagatani
• Deep Forest / Kozo Nakamura
• Eau Rouge / Yosuke Onishi
• Egocentricity / Thomas Howard Lichtenstein
• HYPER JET LAND / 泉 陸奥彦
• I Want It All / Benjamin Franklin
• IMI / RYDER
• IMITATION TOUCH / 柴田 浩之
• Love☆Carnival / Atsuki
• Piranha / Rotten Blotch
• You've Got 2 Get Me / Sota Fujimori feat.RIO
• 太陽の花 / DAIHEI

Licensed Songs

• Blue Feather / BINECKS
• Two Hurt / DELUHI
• キミマチスカイ / Camvas
• 人間進化論 / ピロカルピン
• モナリザ / FUZZY CONTROL
• ロレッタ / 音速ライン

Licensed Covers

• GO-ON / UVERworld
• My SunShine / ROCK'A'TRENCH
• Stairway Generation / Base Ball Bear
• Trickster / 水樹奈々
• 歩み / GReeeeN
• いちご / ゆず
• 嘘 / シド
• 気まぐれロマンティック / いきものがかり
• 君を守って 君を愛して / サンボマスター
• 空色デイズ / 中川翔子

GF/DM V7 Licensed Songs

• LAST TRAIN / knotlamp
• Reality Lost / fade
• WILD CREATURES / LIV MOON
• WILL / jealkb
• 朝から夜に / The cold tommy
• ジャパニーズ ロック ファイター / アンダーグラフ
• 真実と闘争 TRUTH AND STRUGGLE / DAITA

GF/DM XG OST beginning edition Unlocks

• 紅蓮の焔 / 劇団レコード feat. 浅葉リオ (4/21/2010)
• Hunter～どうしても欲しいもの～ / 達見恵 featured by 佐野宏晃 (4/21/2010)

FORTUNE TRINITY Collaboration Songs

• Croquette / Hoshikawa Noboru☆ feat. Clinton Strother and MAT

X-Trial Unlocks

• Before Daybreak / TAG

Other Unlocks

• ほしふり / Sana (4/29/2010)
• Keep Ur Dreams / Mac Nobuka (4/29/2010)
• Sky Runner / 古川もとあき (4/29/2010)

Revival Songs

• BRE∀K DOWN! (GF&DM STYLE) / BeForU (5/31/2010)
• ☆shining☆ (GF&dm style) / りゆ＆のりあ (5/31/2010)
• ヒマワリ / RIYU from BeForU (5/31/2010)
• ロマンス / (PENICILLIN) (6/9/2010)
• the WORLD / ナイトメア (6/9/2010)
• 創聖のアクエリオン / (AKINO) (6/9/2010)
• アンダンテ / (矢井田瞳) (6/16/2010)
• ROLLING1000tOON / マキシマムザホルモン (6/16/2010)
• Lost in Blue / ナイトメア (6/16/2010)
• 人にやさしく / (THE BLUE HEARTS) (6/23/2010)
• 上海ハニー / (ORANGE RANGE) (6/23/2010)
• ツバサ / (UNDER GRAPH) (6/23/2010)

Standard Mode Revival Songlist

At first, only a limited number of songs are available, but additional revival songs can be obtained via Jukebox. After each Standard or Classic Mode playthrough, one song from the current Jukebox list is randomly unlocked for play in Standard Mode.

All songs available in GF/DM V6, except 砂浜 from GF/DM V3, are available for play in Classic Mode. For a list of these songs, refer to the GuitarFreaks & DrumMania V6 Full Song List.

Initial Revival Songlist

• Cutie pie / Toshio Sakurai
• 愛のしるし / (PUFFY)
• 天体観測 / (BUMP OF CHICKEN)
• innocent world / (Mr.Children)
• Home Girl / (THE☆SCANTY)
• RUSSIAN ROULETTE / (布袋 寅泰)
• CROSS ROAD / (Mr.Children)
• Funky sonic World / Des-ROW feat. SHIGE
• Timepiece phase II / 佐々木博史
• 大切なもの / (ROAD OF MAJOR)
• 愛のために。 / (上戸 彩)
• 春の歌 / (スピッツ)
• 南風 / (レミオロメン)
• リライト / (ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION)
• カルマ / (BUMP OF CHICKEN)
• 偶然という名の必然 / ROAD OF MAJOR
• 全力少年 / (スキマスイッチ)
• BLACK NIGHT / (Deep Purple)
• invitation / (柴咲 コウ)
• Strike Party!!! / BeForU
• 遠雷～遠くにある明かり～ / (HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR)
• ガラナ / (スキマスイッチ)
• チャンピオーネ / (ORANGE RANGE)
• ツヨクツヨク / (mihimaru GT)
• 魔法のコトバ / (スピッツ)
• シャングリラ / チャットモンチー
• メーデー / (BUMP OF CHICKEN)
• 凛として咲く花の如く / 紅色リトマス
• 20th Century Boy / (T.REX)
• Catharsis Garden / TËЯRA
• Chronos / TAG
• ENCORE CONQUEST / Trick Trap+
• Fantasista / Dragon Ash
• Highway star / 小野秀幸 feat. Mercy
• OVER THE LIMIT! / 伊藤 賢治
• Through the Fire and Flames / DragonForce
• Vampire Killer / 浅田 靖
• イジワルなあなた / 達見 恵 featured by 佐野宏晃
• キセキ / (GReeeeN)
• 恐怖の右脳改革 / 96
• 心の折れたエンジェル / 筋肉少女帯
• 風神雲龍伝 / 98 (96 + 肥塚良彦)
• ブルーバード / (いきものがかり)
• 罠 / THE BACK HORN

Jukebox #1 Songs (3/10/2010-4/20/2010)

All songs unlocked into Standard Mode as of 4/23/2010.

• Across the Nightmare / Jimmy Weckl
• I think about you / Elizabeth Dobbs
• Ska Ska No.1 / 小野秀幸
• CLASSIC PARTY / 小野秀幸
• COSMIC COWGIRL / Toshio Sakurai
• 子供の落書き帳 / 佐々木博史
• MODEL DD2 / Mutsuhiko Izumi
• たまゆら / 佐々木博史
• 三毛猫ロック / 亜熱帯マジ-SKA爆弾
• 月光蝶 / あさき
• Dragon Blade / Kozo Nakamura
• WE ARE / TËЯRA
• AXIS / 千本松 仁
• El Dorado / TAG
• Micro fin / Rotten Blotch
• 大和撫子魂 / 小坂りゆ
• PRIME LIGHT / TAG
• R#1 / colors
• RËVOLUTIΦN / TËЯRA
• 一網打尽 / 96
• ALMOST EASY / AVENGED SEVENFOLD
• Blue Forest / Mutsuhiko Izumi
• Dynamis / 千本松 仁
• TENGU / Jimmy Weckl
• The Sound of Truth / As I Lay Dying
• からふるぱすてる / ki☆ki
• ゴーイング マイ ウェイ！ / 達見 恵 featured by 佐野宏晃
• 1/n / iri
• Driven Shooter / 猫叉Master+
• four-leaf / Sis Bond Chit
• Icicles / Jimmy Weckl
• Jungle / Mutsuhiko Izumi with Jimmy Weckl
• Red / Kozo Nakamura
• Walnuts / good-cool
• Water frame / Hemi-you

Jukebox #2 Songs (6/9/2010-8/1/2010)

• Heaven is a '57 metallic gray / Sweet little 30's
• JET WORLD / 泉 陸奥彦
• DAY DREAM / Mutsuhiko Izumi
• RIGHT ON TIME / Robbie Danzie
• The Least 100sec / 佐々木博史
• Brazilian Anthem / Berimbau '66
• Concertino in Blue / 佐々木博史
• under control / Kevin Vecchione
• 蛹 / あさき
• cachaca / Mokky de Yah Yah's
• Infinite / PARALLEL FLOATERS
• 涙のregret / くにたけみゆき
• Agnus Dei / あさき
• TOCCATA / (Paul Mauriat)
• 浮舟 / (Go!Go!7188)
• 鬼姫 / 鬼の子合唱団
• ESCAPE TO THE SKY★彡 / TËЯRA
• Little Prayer / 土岐麻子
• Panasonic Youth / THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN
• Say / TOMOKO MIWA
• White tornado / Trick Trap
• CaptivAte～裁き～ / DJ YOSHITAKA feat. A/I
• JJ-road / JJ-road
• over there / vox
• αρχη / Dormir (TOMOSUKE + crimm)
• MODEL FT2 / Mutsuhiko Izumi
• ミラージュ・レジデンス / Jimmy Weckl
• 繚乱ヒットチャート / ギラギラメガネ団
• Leaving All Behind / CELLADOR
• NEMESIS / ARCH ENEMY
• Slang / Kozo Nakamura
• 恋は臆病 / 達見 恵
• A.DOGMA / あさき
• Rock to Infinity / 千本松 仁
• アフターダーク / (ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION)

Jukebox #3 Songs (?)

From 6/24/2010-7/5/2010, players were allowed to nominate songs from previous games for XG charts via the GF/DM staff blog.

(Jukebox #3 Songlist TBD)

Removed Songs (Classic Mode)

• 砂浜 / RIZE

Extra Rush Information

Extra/Encore Stage Requirements

• Extra Stage: Obtain a net total of 0 points over a playthrough, where for a given song:
  • SS = 3 points, S = 1 point, A = -1 point, B = -3 points, C = -5 points, D = -7 points, E = -9 points.

When accessed, an Extra Stage-specific song may be played in addition to any song on the regular songlist.

• Encore Stage: Obtain a set achievement ratio (Perfects only on Classic Mode) on an Extra Stage-specific song (marked in red on the songlist) without using any Auto modes. The percentage is dependent on Encore/Hyper Encore Chance being available.
  • Normal requirement = 95%, Encore Chance = 90%, Hyper Encore Chance = 75%.

When accessed, the Encore Stage (and only the Encore Stage) will be made playable up to the highest difficulty level played on Extra Stage.

Extra Rush Stages

GF/DM XG is currently at Extra Level 9 as of 7/15/2010.

• Sonne / あさき (Extra Level 1-2 Extra Stage)
• 三毛猫JIVE&ジャイブ / 小野秀幸 (Extra Level 1-4 Extra Stage)
• KAISER PHOENIX / 96 (Extra Level 1 Encore Stage / Extra Level 2-6 Extra Stage)
• Shake and Shout!! / 伊藤賢治 (Extra Level 2-3 Encore Stage / Extra Level 4+ Extra Stage)
• Limitless Possibility / AIKO OI (Extra Level 4-5 Encore Stage / Extra Level 6+ Extra Stage)
• Excavation Damage / 浅田靖 (Extra Level 6-7 Encore Stage / Extra Level 8+ Extra Stage)
• photon / TIME CAPSULE Lab. (Extra Level 8+ Encore Stage)

Unlocking Extra Rush Stages

Before reaching a designated Extra Level, the Extra Rush Stages may be unlocked into Standard play by obtaining a specific achievement ratio (Perfects only on Classic Mode) on the song. These percentages are listed below:

Extra Level 1

三毛猫JIVE&ジャイブ: 98%

Extra Level 2

三毛猫JIVE&ジャイブ: 95%
KAISER PHOENIX: 98%

Extra Level 3-4

• Sonne unlocked into Standard mode.

三毛猫JIVE&ジャイブ: 90%
KAISER PHOENIX: 95%
Shake and Shout!!: 98%

Extra Level 5-6

• 三毛猫JIVE&ジャイブ unlocked into Standard mode.

KAISER PHOENIX: 90%
Shake and Shout!!: 95%
Limitless Possibility: 98%

Extra Level 7-8

• KAISER PHOENIX unlocked into Standard mode.

Shake and Shout!!: 90%
Limitless Possibility: 95%
Excavation Damage: 98%

Extra Level 9

• Shake and Shout!! unlocked into Standard mode.

Limitless Possibility: 90%
Excavation Damage: 95%
photon: 98%

Related Links

• GuitarFreaks XG & DrumMania XG Official Site