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=== RINON'S ADVENTURE ===
=== RINON'S ADVENTURE ===
This event started on April 27th, 2017. The player must complete BABY-LON'S ADVENTURE to begin this event.
The ''RINON'S ADVENTURE'' (リノンアドベンチャー) event started on April 27th, 2017.<br>
Second phase of the event started on June 1st, 2017.<br>
Third and final phase of the event started on July 13th, 2017.


Similar to BABY-LON'S ADVENTURE, the (initial) goal of this event is to get a pixel [[RINON]] through three worlds by climbing to the top of each world's staircase. Unlike BABY-LON'S ADVENTURE, the player can only earn steps after the EXTRA STAGE (therefore, this event is only available during Premium Play). The number of steps earned for grade are the same as in BABY-LON'S ADVENTURE, but the combo and first-time play bonuses do not apply.
'''The ''BABY-LON'S ADVENTURE'' event must be cleared in order to begin this one.''' Premium Play is required as here steps can only be earned after EXTRA STAGES. The number of steps earned for grade are the same as in BABY-LON'S ADVENTURE but the combo and first-time play bonuses do not apply. Difficulty chosen and options used do not matter.


Upon reaching the top of a staircase, the player unlocks a previously-EXTRA EXCLUSIVE song for normal play (including non-Premium Play mode) and also unlocks that song's CHALLENGE chart. As in BABY-LON'S ADVENTURE, RINON then begins the next world at the bottom of that world's staircase, and 'extra' steps earned at the end of a world are not carried over. Songs are unlocked in the order they were first revealed as EXTRA EXCLUSIVEs.
Players in this event unlock all the ten DanceDanceRevolution A's EXTRA EXCLUSIVE songs for regular play, in order of chronological appearance, together with newly-made CHALLENGE charts. Progress is shared between Single Play and Double Play modes.


In the first RINON'S ADVENTURE event, only the first three EXTRA EXCLUSIVE songs are available for normal play unlock, and each world (Worlds 1 through 3) requires 35 steps to climb to the top. This requires a minimum of 3 credits per world or 9 credits in total.
First phase of the event requires a minimum of 9 credits to clear; second phase requires a minimum of 21 credits to clear; third phase requires a minimum of 36 credits to clear. When a song is unlocked and the successive world is accessed, currently obtained steps are lost.


On June 1st, 2017, RINON'S ADVENTURE II began and is accessible for players who have completed the first RINON'S ADVENTURE. Worlds 4 through 6 are now accessible, and each requires 82 steps to unlock. This requires a minimum of 7 credits per world or 21 credits in total (30 since the beginning of RINON'S ADVENTURE).
After everything is unlocked, [[ENDYMION]] appears as a Level 3 EXTRA EXCLUSIVE song. Selecting it consumes all the HEAT POWER (eight credits are required to charge it up in order to play the song again). If its EXPERT chart is cleared with at least a AA+ grade, the ENCORE EXTRA STAGE song, [[ACE FOR ACES]] (DIFFICULT), immediately appears afterwards; it can only be cleared with a PERFECT FULL COMBO - any judgment below PERFECT means an immediate game over.


On July 13th, 2017, RINON'S ADVENTURE III began and is accessible for players who have completed RINON'S ADVENTURE II. Worlds 7 through 10 are now accessible, and each requires 105 steps to unlock. This requires a minimum of 9 credits per world or 36 credits in total (66 since the beginning of RINON'S ADVENTURE). After this, the player will have unlocked all 10 previously-EXTRA EXCLUSIVE songs for normal play along with their 10 CHALLENGE charts.
It is not possible to use the left and right buttons on the cabinet to change speed modifiers at the start of ENDYMION, and any modifiers that remove notes (CUT1/CUT2, Jumps Off, and Freezes Off) are disabled.<br>
When ACE FOR ACES is cleared, ENDYMION's CHALLENGE charts will be unlocked. Single and Double CHALLENGE charts must be unlocked separately, however.


When the player first completes World 9 (Neutrino) and advances to the beginning of World 10 (Cosy Catastrophe), an additional forward-pointing arrow after World 10 hints at something further to unlock. A portion of an icon after Cosy Catastrophe's jacket is also visible, resembling the purple halo behind "The Dark One" (as seen during the cutscene after EGOISM 440, during DanceDanceRevolution (2014)'s Replicant D-ignition event).
As of August 9th, 2017, ENDYMION's DIFFICULT chart can be used to access ACE FOR ACES's DIFFICULT chart. ACE FOR ACES also had timing fixes.<br>
As of September 14th, 2017, ENDYMION's BASIC charts can be used to access ACE FOR ACES's BASIC chart.


Sure enough, once the player completes World 10, a World 11 is revealed to be accessible. ''(Due to a glitch, prior to the August 8th, 2017 update, the text "World 11" displayed as "World 6" instead.)'' The steps of World 11's staircase are uniquely colored red, and it takes 156 steps to complete this world (a minimum of 13 credits, or 79 since the beginning of RINON'S ADVENTURE). Upon doing so, a cutscene plays where a large spherical machine-like object appears in the sky in front of RINON, and "The Dark One" descends from the sky in a column of light, giving RINON her purple halo before vanishing. The text "GET ITEM" appears above the purple halo, followed by "UNLOCK LEVEL A" (with the "A" stylized as in the logo of "DanceDanceRevolution A"), signaling that the player has completed the final RINON'S ADVENTURE World.
When ENDYMION is available, the UI's background changes color. Cutscenes appear before and after playing the song.
 
At this point, no more steps will be earned by playing songs, and the EXTRA EXCLUSIVE folder has been empty for at least the past 13 credits. However, a surprise is waiting for the player the next time they reach EXTRA STAGE Level 3. After the standard "TRY EXTRA STAGE Level 3" animation plays, an image of the spherical object from before will briefly flash with an ominous sound effect on-screen, and the sky in the background will turn red (accompanied by a shaking effect, as if affected by turbulence).
 
If the player now opens the EXTRA EXCLUSIVE folder, a new song is waiting for her or him - [[ENDYMION]]. This makes ENDYMION the EXTRA EXCLUSIVE LEVEL A song (beyond the EXTRA EXCLUSIVE LEVEL 10 song, Cosy Catastrophe), and the only song to be exclusive to EXTRA STAGE Level 3 specifically (instead of Level 1 or 2). Selecting the song displays a warning that it will drain the HEAT POWER gauge (returning the player to EXTRA STAGE Level 1); thus, it can only be played once every eight credits.
 
Proceeding with ENDYMION will play a special cutscene (in between the "EXTRA EXCLUSIVE" banner and the song jacket coming up), which depicts the spherical object looming in the foreground before RINON (in her Level 3 form) flies high above the Earth and charges up the purple halo. The words "LEVEL A GALACTIC STRIKE" appear on screen, and then RINON fires a beam of green light down at the spherical object, destroying it.
 
The player's next goal is to clear ENDYMION on BASIC or higher with at least a AA+ grade. (Prior to September 14th, 2017, the difficulty requirement was DIFFICULT or higher. Prior to August 8th, 2017, the difficulty requirement was EXPERT.) If the player fails ENDYMION, the sky remains red on the results screen as well as the stage summary screen, reverting back to blue only when the game's title screen reappears. If the player picks a song other than ENDYMION for EXTRA STAGE, or passes ENDYMION without meeting the conditions, the results screen reverts back to the blue sky.
 
If the player clears ENDYMION and meets the conditions, the results screen will show the damaged hull of the spherical object on the ground, with what appears to be an urban skyline at dusk in the background. This signals that the player has unlocked ENCORE EXTRA STAGE; the words "TRY ENCORE EXTRA STAGE&nbsp;<!--space intentional-->!!" will also appear in golden text at the bottom of the screen.
 
Continuing will immediately proceed to the ENCORE EXTRA STAGE announcement screen (with no cutscene in between), which displays "ATTACK! PERFECT FULL COMBO!!" and automatically picks [[ACE FOR ACES]] on BASIC (if ENDYMION was cleared on BASIC) on DIFFICULT (if ENDYMION was cleared on DIFFICULT or EXPERT). Any judgment under Perfect will immediately fail the song. As with Over The "Period" from DanceDanceRevolution (2014), it is not possible to use the left and right buttons on the cabinet to change speed modifiers at the start of the song, and any modifiers that remove notes (CUT1/CUT2, Jumps Off, and Freezes Off) are disabled. However, unlike Over The "Period", any modifiers that affect scrolling (such as Wave) are ''not'' disabled.
 
<!-- A description of ACE FOR ACES' background video is included here as it's directly relevant to the Rinon's Adventure 'plot'. Probably unnecessary to copy this description over to ACE FOR ACES' article. -->ACE FOR ACES has a full-screen background movie, which begins with the previously-shown scene of the destroyed spherical object at dusk, before panning up above the Earth to focus on RINON, whose visor displays "SYSTEM SHUT DOWN". As she falls back to Earth, she catches on fire and resembles a meteor. The screen changes over to [[YUNI]] with hands clasped looking at the night sky as the meteor streaks down, then changes over back to RINON. The sky transitions to dawn and clouds obscure the falling RINON, while the screen continues to pan downward until it ends underwater. The final screen change, timed with the last note of the song, shows RINON standing on a beach at the water's edge with the daytime sun in the distance. This concludes the RINON'S ADVENTURE plotline. The results screen of ACE FOR ACES, regardless of pass or fail, goes back to the blue sky background.
 
If ENDYMION is cleared on EXPERT and then ACE FOR ACES is cleared immediately afterward, ENDYMION's CHALLENGE chart will be unlocked. Single and Double charts must be unlocked separately.


Currently, no player has cleared either of ENDYMION's CHALLENGE charts with a AA+ grade.
Currently, no player has cleared either of ENDYMION's CHALLENGE charts with a AA+ grade.
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