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KONAMI continued to throw the dice and take risks on newer entries in established series. One of these risks was [[AC DDR X|DanceDanceRevolution X]], one of the more peculiar entries in the series. For one, it's the first (and only) arcade title in all of BEMANI headed by an American sound director, [[Jason Borenstein]]. Another thing is that it actually ''debuted'' on North American consoles three months before it was released in the arcades of Japan. As such, the entry is more Western-focused in its sound, visuals, and artist selection. X expanded the difficulty scale to the current "20-footer" model and also introduced the Shock Arrows mechanic. | KONAMI continued to throw the dice and take risks on newer entries in established series. One of these risks was [[AC DDR X|DanceDanceRevolution X]], one of the more peculiar entries in the series. For one, it's the first (and only) arcade title in all of BEMANI headed by an American sound director, [[Jason Borenstein]]. Another thing is that it actually ''debuted'' on North American consoles three months before it was released in the arcades of Japan. As such, the entry is more Western-focused in its sound, visuals, and artist selection. X expanded the difficulty scale to the current "20-footer" model and also introduced the Shock Arrows mechanic. | ||
While 2008 saw many celebratory releases, it also signaled a change from the old to the new. [[Mutsuhiko Izumi]] stepped down from his position as sound director of the GuitarFreaks & DrumMania series, and [[Asaki]] would take up his place for [[AC GFDM V5|GuitarFreaks V5 & DrumMania V5 Rock to Infinity]]. Likewise, [[AC EMPRESS|beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS]] would be [[Takayuki Ishikawa]]'s last title as sound director of beatmania IIDX. [[ | While 2008 saw many celebratory releases, it also signaled a change from the old to the new. [[Mutsuhiko Izumi]] stepped down from his position as sound director of the GuitarFreaks & DrumMania series, and [[Asaki]] would take up his place for [[AC GFDM V5|GuitarFreaks V5 & DrumMania V5 Rock to Infinity]]. Likewise, [[AC EMPRESS|beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS]] would be [[Takayuki Ishikawa]]'s last title as sound director of beatmania IIDX. [[AC pnm 16|pop'n music 16 PARTY♪]] is the last BEMANI title that [[Reo Nagumo]] would be involved in, and many of his songs would be removed later that year in other BEMANI titles. | ||
== January == | == January == | ||
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== March == | == March == | ||
* March 24th: [[ | * March 24th: [[AC pnm 16|pop'n music 16 PARTY♪]] is released to Japanese arcades. Final appearance of [[Reo Nagumo]] in BEMANI. Several of his songs would be removed in the following BEMANI titles. | ||
* March 28th: [[CS DDR HOTTEST PARTY|DanceDanceRevolution HOTTEST PARTY]] is released in Europe for the Wii. | * March 28th: [[CS DDR HOTTEST PARTY|DanceDanceRevolution HOTTEST PARTY]] is released in Europe for the Wii. | ||