AC EMPRESS

beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS

Release Information

• Location test dates: June 25th to July 1st, 2008
• Release date: November 19th, 2008
• Soundtrack release date:
  • beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK: April 24th, 2009
• Slogan: 超、頂、蝶、煌く (Chou, chou, chou, kirameku) Though it literally means "Super Sparkling Crown and Butterflies", it could be also read to mean "Super, super, super sparkly" due to a pun involving the word "chou" in Japanese.

General Information / Changes

• Interface features pink and fuchsia, with a jewel and butterfly motif.
  • New songs are also in pink text; FULL COMBO splashes are pink as well.
• Last arcade beatmania IIDX game to date to use the original beatmania IIDX logo.
• New sound effects are added to the menus and result screens.
• Last game where the options you have chosen appear on the pre-song splash screen, ending a tradition that began in 8th style.
• First appearance of HAZARD mode. It is available by highlighting FREE mode and pressing the three black keys.
  • Breaking combo in HAZARD results in instant failure of a song. However, you're guaranteed four songs regardless of status on the first three.
  • Clear rate indicator changes to FULL COMBO rate in HAZARS.
• First arcade beatmania IIDX game where all the new songs are given full Double charts.
• First style to feature a different style of music for its extra stage system (EMPRESS PLACE) depending on which level of difficulty is chosen; the pitch shifts up to an eerier minor when the ANOTHER difficulty is highlighted.
• The STAGE FAILED window from 10th style→DistorteD is revived.
• All dj nagureo songs made after 4th style have been removed; several BeForU songs were removed as well.
  • With 37 removed songs, beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS has the highest number of removed songs since 10th style.
  • Conversely, all non-license SLAKE songs have been revived, except for I'M FOR REAL and LOVE IS DROWING.
• First arcade style where both the default EXTRA STAGE and the ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE are composed by commission artists.
• Release date is a play on 19,November, which was released 10 styles before in beatmania IIDX 6th style.
• The beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK booklet contains a review of the entire soundtrack by top ranker beatmania IIDX player DOLCE.
• First beatmania IIDX game whose soundtrack was released on the Japanese iTunes store, under the title beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS Music Selection.
  • Despite the "Music Selection" subtitle, it contains all the KONAMI originals from the game.
• eAMUSEMENT support for beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS ended on December 31st, 2009 for non-mobile users, and on January 31st, 2010 for mobile users.
• Total songs: 528

Staff Information

• beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS credits
• beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS OST Booklet Credits

Full Song List

• beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS AC full song list

Default Songs

Genre	Song	Artist	BPM	SP Difficulty				DP Difficulty
				BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER
Default Songs
HARD CORE	ALL I NEED YOUR LOVE	GUHROOVY fw.M-Project	145	-	5	7	9	6	7	9
ONLY ONE EURO BEAT	ALL MY TURN -このターンに、オレの全てを賭ける-	SUPER STAR 満-MITSURU-	170	-	6	9	11	6	9	11
RECKLESS RAVE	B4U (BEMANI FOR YOU MIX)	Remixed by DJ YOSHITAKA with Michael a la mode	170	-	6	9	11	7	9	11
HOUSE	Bahram Attack -猫叉Master Remix- from 電人K	猫叉Master feat.JUNE	155	-	4	9	10	5	9	11
HAPPY☆JIG	BRIDAL FESTIVAL !!!	S.S.D. feat.ななっち	138	-	4	7	9	5	8	9
NOSTALISH REQUIEM	CaptivAte2～覚醒～	e-lma	175	1	6	9	11	5	9	11
BUCHIAGE TRANCE	Cyber Force -DJ Yoshitaka Remix- from SYNTHESIZED	Remixed by DJ YOSHITAKA	146	-	5	9	10	6	9	10
MEGA MIX	Flash Back 90's	kors k as disconation	155	-	4	8	10	5	8	10
DREAM TRANCE	Fly Above	Sota Fujimori	150	-	5	6	8	5	8	9
HOUSE	HOUSE NATION from house nation Fourth Gig	ravex	128	1	4	7	9	5	8	10
MORNING FULL ON	HYPERION	L.E.D.	150	-	6	9	11	6	10	11
TECHNO POP	I'm Screaming LOVE	Creative Life	147	-	4	6	7	5	7	9
HARDCORE	JEWELLERY STORM	L.E.D.-G fw. Eriko Tanzawa	176	-	5	8	10	5	9	11
ELECTRO-TECH	Mind Mapping	Ryu☆	128	-	4	7	9	4	7	8
EUROBEAT	Monkey Dance '09	Y&Co. Feat. DOMINO	155	-	4	8	10	4	8	11
TRANCE	MY FUTURE	PINK PONG	148	-	5	8	9	6	9	10
TECH-BREAKBEATS	naughty girl@Queen's Palace	DJ Mass MAD Izm*	145	-	5	9	11	5	8	10
ENERGETIC TRANCE	neogenesis	DM Ashura	151	-	4	6	9	5	7	9
DANCE MUSIC OF SORROW	NΦ CRIME	C×F	160	2	4	7	9	5	8	9
HOUSE	Our Song from The One	Shinichi Osawa	136	1	4	7	9	5	8	10
PSYCHEDELIC TRANCE	PSYCHE PLANET-GT from SYNTHESIZED	Remixed by L.E.D.	152	-	6	9	10	6	9	10
E-DANCE POP	Punch Love ♥ 仮面	上野圭市(a.k.a.Baby Weapon,DJ SWAMI) feat.星野奏子	172	-	5	8	10	6	9	10
BIG BEAT	Queen's Tragedy	猫叉Master+	152	-	4	8	10	4	8	9
TECH PARA	Secrets	good-cool feat.CHiCO	150	-	6	9	11	5	9	11
CANDY RAVE	smooooch ・∀・	kors k	177	2	4	8	10	5	8	10
UK HARDCORE	THE SHINING POLARIS (kors k mix) from 電人K	Remixed by kors k	172	-	5	8	9	6	7	8
HOUSE	thunder HOUSE NATION Remix	Remix by Sunset In Ibiza (SII)	128	1	4	7	9	5	8	10
ELEMENTAL CHANT	Turii ～Panta rhei～	Zektbach	148	2	4	9	10	4	8	10
PROGESSIVE	V₂ from milestone	TAKA	150	-	6	10	11	5	10	11
90's RAVE	Y&Co. is dead or alive	Y&Co.	145-876	-	5	9	10	5	10	11
DRAGON'BASS	アタック NO.3	IDEA NOTE	170	-	5	7	9	6	9	10
ポップス	山岡晃の「クイズ！家事都合！」	AKIRA YAMAOKA feat.喜屋武ちあき	148	-	4	7	10	5	8	10
HOU-ROCK	ハリツヤランデヴー	Des-MASTERS	143	-	5	8	10	5	8	10
J-DANCE POP	まほろば	HHH+H	149	-	5	7	9	5	8	11
TRENDY TECHNO	ミッドナイト堕天使	Dr. Honda	150	-	5	7	9	5	8	9
RAGE AGAINST EMPRESS	天空脳番長危機十六連打	D.J.SETUP	150	-	5	10	11	5	10	11
IRON CONCERTO	鉄甲乙女 -under the steel-	Seiya Murai	160	-	4	7	10	5	9	10
J-TRANCE	翼	小林ゆう	148	1	4	7	9	5	8	10
Added on January 7th, 2009 (end of beat #1)
ONLY ONE TECHNO	You'll say "Now!"	BLACK STAR 幸広-YUKIHIRO-	155	-	6	10	11	7	10	11
Added on Febraury 18th, 2009 (end of beat #2)
ONLY ONE EPILOGUE	THANK YOU FOR PLAYING	SUPER STAR 満-MITSURU-	45-170	-	5	9	10	5	8	10

EXTRA STAGE / ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE

beat #1 (Programmed World / 3y3s)

To unlock the secret EXTRA STAGE song Programmed World in beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS, you must have the machine set on three stages (not four) and then meet the following, depending on nthe difficulty level:

• NORMAL: 15 or more combined levels (Single), 12+ (Double)
• HYPER: 25+ (Single), 22+ (Double)
• ANOTHER: 31+ (Single), 28+ (Double)

In addition to meet the above level requirements, you must also get a AA on all three songs while meeting the usual EXTRA STAGE credentials for FINAL STAGE:

• Level 1-4: ALL GREAT (1-3 Double)
• Level 5-6: FULL COMBO (4-5 Double)
• Level 7: clear song with 100% gauge (either regular or HARD) (6 on Double)
• Level 8+: clear (7+ on Double)

You will then move on to Programmed World. Completing the song on ANOTHER with a AAA will allow to play ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE song 3y3s.

As of January 7th, 2009 (beat #1), both songs are available for regular play.

Genre	Song	Artist	BPM	SP Difficulty				DP Difficulty
				BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER
EXTRA STAGE
PSY TRANCE(FULL ON)	Programmed World	kors k as StripE	153	-	5	9	11	5	10	11
ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE
DANCE SPEED	3y3s	青龍	191	-	7	10	12	8	10	12

beat #3 (hidden ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE)

beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS also has three other ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE songs, but you must certain crititera to first unlock them. The three songs and their requirements are as follows:

• BITTER CHOCOLATE STRIKER
  • FULL COMBO more than 100 charts across all difficulty levels in the EMPRESS folder.
  • EXTRA STAGE must be a L.E.D. song.

• Colorful Cookie
  • Complete all the EXPERT courses on at least one difficulty level.
  • EXTRA STAGE must be one of the following BEMANI crossovers: B4U (BEMANI FOR YOU MIX), Shades of Grey, switch, 華爛漫 -Flowers-, or 凛として咲く花の如く.

• 不沈艦CANDY
  • You must play every dj TAKA song in the game.
    • NOTE: unlocking PUT YOUR FAITH IN ME (for beatmania II) is required.
  • EXTRA STAGE must a dj TAKA song.

In addition, your EXTRA STAGE song must be on ANOTHER at least 11 (Single) / level 10 (Double) (except for Colorful Cookie's case), with HARD on while obtaining a AAA. Once you fulfill the requirements, you can play one of the three songs below on ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE.

All three songs were unlocked for normal play on March 25th, 2009 (end of beat #3).

Genre	Song	Artist	BPM	SP Difficulty				DP Difficulty
				BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER
SWEETS ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE
JUMPSTYLE	BITTER CHOCOLATE STRIKER	L.E.D.-G	165	-	5	10	12	5	10	11
HAPPY HARDCORE	Colorful Cookie	Lucky Vacuum	180	-	5	10	12	7	10	12
HARDCORE	不沈艦CANDY	Risk Junk	188	-	6	9	12	6	9	11

EMPRESS PLACE

EMPRESS PLACE is the EXTRA STAGE system of beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS, which statted on December 3rd, 2008. This will only appear with one player only. eAMUSEMENT is required to play this event.

The goal is to collect 12 types of jewels to unlock the songs on EXTRA STAGE. There are 12 types of jewels you can collect, and how many of each you can hold. Playing on BEGINNER or TUTORIAL will not give you jewels:

• January: garnet (red), eight
• Febraury: amethyst (purple), 12
• March: coral (red), 12
• April: diamond (transparent), three
• May: emerald (green), five
• June: pearl (white), 15
• July: ruvy (red), five
• August: peridot (green), nine
• September: sapphire (blue), three
• Octbver: opal (aqua), seven
• November: topaz (yellow), eight
• December: turquoise (blue), 15

You must acquire a certain amount of jewels to play a chart, which are as follows:

• NORMAL: four
• HYPER: five
• ANOTHER: six

Please see BEMANIWiki on jewel requirements changes depending on the month.

After collecting a certain amount of jewels, EMPRESS PLACE will appear if you meet the EXTRA STAGE requirements. (Note that arcade settings must be set to three for it to appear.) You can choose whether or not to go inside EMPRESS PLACE, but if you leave, you can't go back inside on that credit.

Completing all three songs on a difficulty level on HARD with a AAA will allow you to access 卑弥呼 on ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE for that difficulty level.

EMPRESS PLACE ended on February 18th, 2009 (beat #2). All songs were then unlocked for normal play.

Genre	Song	Artist	BPM	SP Difficulty				DP Difficulty
				BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER
EMPRESS PLACE
ASIAN JANGLE	Kung-fu Empire	飛燕流舞	177	-	6	10	11	6	10	11
ARABIC HARDCORE	Arabian Rave Night	dj MAX STEROID	180	-	6	10	11	6	10	11
宮廷円舞曲	Marie Antoinette	Marguerite du Pré	205-248	-	6	9	11	6	9	11
EMPRESS PLACE ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE
ESOTERIC SPEEDCORE	卑弥呼	朱雀 VS 玄武	83-185	-	6	11	12	7	11	12

Unlocks

Revivals, CS crossovers, and BEMANI crossovers can all be unlocked in one of several different ways in EMPRESS. All songs were made available by default as of beat#1 (January 7th, 2009).

• NOTE: you will lose TEXTURE if you register less than three rivals.
  • You'll also lose 凛として咲く花の如く if this happens.

Genre	Song	Artist	BPM	SP Difficulty				DP Difficulty
				BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER
DJ point unlocks
NU SKOOL BREAKS	Just a Little Smile 1000 DJ POINTS from beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY CS	Sota Fujimori	136	-	4	8	11	5	8	11
DEEP HOUSE	FLUTE MAN 1250 DJ POINTS from beatmania IIDX 8th style	SPARKER	130	-	4	7	8	5	6	7
EURO TRANCE	INSERTiON 1500 DJ POINTS from beatmania IIDX 5th style	NAOKI underground	110-225	-	5	7	8	5	7	8
TECHNO	LIMITED 1750 DJ POINTS from beatmania IIDX 10th style	SLAKE	150	-	3	9	9	3	7	8
MIXTURE	Jack 2000 DJ POINTS from pop'n music 10	DesQ	116	-	5	7	10	5	8	11
Play area unlocks
DISCO	Dancin' Into The Night play in five stores or two prefectures from beatmania IIDX 2nd style	good-cool	140	-	2	3	-	2	3	-
TECHNO	BREEDING play in ten stores or three prefectures from beatmania IIDX 9th style	SLAKE	150	-	4	6	7	5	6	8
TRANCE CORE	Go Beyond!! play in 15 stores or four prefectures from beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD CS	Ryu☆ Vs. Sota	200	-	6	10	12	6	10	12
EXPERT course unlocks
NU JAZZ	Ready To Rockit Blues clear one EXPERT course from beatmania IIDX 10th style	SLAKE	152	-	3	6	6	5	6	8
BALLAD	BALLAD FOR YOU～想いの雨～ clear two EXPERT courses from beatmania IIDX 6th style	NM feat.Thomas Howard	152	-	3	5	7	5	8	-
TECHNO	SOLITON BEAM clear three EXPERT courses from beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED CS	L.E.D.	152	-	6	9	10	7	10	12
Dan unlock
GOSPEL	Make A Difference clear 1st DAN from beatmania IIDX 9th style	Lala Moore with CoCoRo*Co	130	-	5	9	10	5	9	-
Play count unlocks
ELECTRONICA	ADVANCE 20 plays from beatmania IIDX 9th style	SLAKE	100	-	4	6	7	5	6	7
PSYCHEDELIC TRANCE	Changes 30 plays from beatmania IIDX 10th style	TaQ	155	-	6	9	-	7	10	-
NOISY	route 80s 40 plays from beatmania IIDX 6th style	sampling masters MEGA	122	-	6	8	9	6	10	11
TRANCE	POWER DREAM 50 plays from beatmania IIDX 9th style	PINK PONG	142	-	4	8	10	5	8	8
HARDCORE BREAKBEATS	OUTER LIMITS 60 plays from beatmania IIDX 8th style	L.E.D.-G	171	-	3	6	-	4	7	-
DRUM'N'BASS	CLOUDY MUSIC 70 plays from beatmania IIDX 7th style	SLAKE	190	-	5	7	-	5	7	-
DRUM'N'BASS	ALL RIGHT 80 plays from beatmania IIDX 8th style	RAM	180	-	4	8	9	6	7	10
TRANCE	dissolve 90 plays from beatmania IIDX 8th style	kobo	140	-	5	7	8	5	9	-
JAZZ FUNK	PUT YOUR FAITH IN ME (for beatmania II) 100 plays from beatmania IIDX 2nd style	dj TAKA feat. UZI-LAY	127	-	3	6	-	4	7	-
Rival unlock
DEATH DISCO	TEXTURE have three registered rivals from beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED	SLAKE	152	-	3	5	6	3	4	6
After unlocking every above song
撫子ロック	凛として咲く花の如く from pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE	紅色リトマス	163	3	6	9	10	6	9	10

New Charts

The following songs have received new charts since their last arcade/console appearance:

Song	Game	SP Difficulty				DP Difficulty
		BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER
Anisakis -somatic mutation type"Forza"-	beatmania IIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
SOLITON BEAM	beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS	-	6	-	10	-	10	12

Difficulty Changes

The following songs have received difficulty changes since their last arcade/console appearance:

Song	Game	SP Difficulty				DP Difficulty
		BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER
Blue Rain	beatmania IIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS	-	-	-	-	-	8→7	-
Do it!! Do it!!	beatmania IIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS	-	7→8	-	-	-	-	11→12
MENTAL MELTDOWN	beatmania IIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS	-	-	9→10	10→11	-	-	-
TRIP MACHINE PhoeniX	beatmania IIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS	-	-	-	-	-		11→10
Übertreffen	beatmania IIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS	-	-	-	-	-		12→11
叶うまでは	beatmania IIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS	-	-	-	-	-	9→8	-
Go Beyond!!	beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS	-	-	-	-	7→6	-	-
Just a Little Smile	beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS	-	-	7→8	-	4→5	7→8	-
SOLITON BEAM	beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS	-	-	8→9	-	6→7	-	-

Removed Songs

The following songs from previous beatmania IIDX releases have been removed:

Song Title	Artist	Game
diving money	QUADRA	beatmania IIDX
LUV TO ME (disco mix)	tiger YAMATO	beatmania IIDX
Prince on a star	SPIRITUAL RIDE	beatmania IIDX
Special energy	DJ FX	beatmania IIDX
GET ON BEAT (WILD STYLE)	Lion MUSASHI	beatmania IIDX 4th style
JIVE INTO THE NIGHT	CYDNEY	beatmania IIDX 4th style
LUV TO ME (UCCHIE'S EDITION)	tiger YAMATO	beatmania IIDX 4th style
NORTH	WALL5	beatmania IIDX 4th style
Nothing Ain't Stoppin' Us	Shoichiro Hirata	beatmania IIDX 4th style
Give Me A Sign	Shoichiro Hirata feat."Red"	beatmania IIDX 5th style
Mobo★Moga	Orange Lounge	beatmania IIDX 5th style
OVER THE CLOUDS	Lala Moore	beatmania IIDX 5th style
Remember You	NM feat. Julie	beatmania IIDX 5th style
VIRTUAL MIND	Brian Morris feat.Thomas	beatmania IIDX 5th style
20,November	DJ nagureo	beatmania IIDX 6th style
Y31	tiger YAMATO	beatmania IIDX 6th style
2002	tiger YAMATO	beatmania IIDX 7th style
Secret Tale	dj nagureo feat.Asuka.M	beatmania IIDX 7th style
Foundation of our love	dj TAKA feat.ASAKO	beatmania IIDX 8th style
V35	tiger YAMATO	beatmania IIDX 8th style
CHARLOTTE	Db.Saka feat.Piasa	beatmania IIDX 9th style
I'm In Love Again -Y&Co. EURO MIX-	dj TAKA remixed by Y&Co.	beatmania IIDX 9th style
Let's say Hello!	Takuma Saiki	beatmania IIDX 9th style
Logic Board	dj nagureo	beatmania IIDX 9th style
Two DAYS OF LOVE	tiger YAMATO with マイク吉川 feat.ma-sa	beatmania IIDX 9th style
5.8.8.	dj nagureo	beatmania IIDX 10th style
R2	tiger YAMATO	beatmania IIDX 10th style
KI・SE・KI (IIDX RED EDIT)	BeForU	beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED
Listen up	Mitsuto Suzuki	beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY
Pink Rose	Kiyommy+Seiya	beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY
Under the Sky	南さやか(BeForU) with platoniX	beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY
Look To The Sky (cyber True Color)	Sota Fujimori	beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD
tiger yamato	tiger YAMATO	beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD
HONEY♂PUNCH	小坂りゆ	beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD
Red Rocket Rising	BeForU	beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD
I'm In Love Again -DJ YOSHITAKA REMIX-	Remixed by DJ YOSHITAKA	beatmania IIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS
湘南族 -cannibal coast-	Aural Vampire	beatmania IIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS

Related Links

• beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS official site (archived)
• beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS product page (archived)
• beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS location test homepage (archived)