AC CastHour

beatmania IIDX 29 CastHour

Release Information

• Location test dates: August 13th-15th, 2021 (at Nagoya Leisureland, Odaka store)
• Release date:
  • Japan, Asia and North America: October 13th, 2021
  • South Korea: October 14th, 2021

General Information / Changes

• Theme: Channels. [1]
  • The letters C and H that were colored orange in the logo also represents CH, an abbreviation for channel.
  • Befitting the theme, the menu screens feature many generic videos (from SIRIUS up until BISTROVER, except for event-based and battle generic videos, such as PARALLEL ROTATION and Lincle Kingdom) that play/cycle every few seconds.
• Slogan: 流れる音で、時に乗れ(ストリーム ライディング)。 (STREAM RIDING.)
  • Another slogan tag, "This brand-new hour lets you cast and share your beat! Have a GREAT "CastHour" !!", is written in the logo. This marks the first time where a tag other than "The ultimate system beatmania deluxe version" is written in the logo.
• New scratch type introduced; Multi Spin Scratch (MSS). It is a variant of Backspin Scratch, but you must hit the scratch a certain amount of times in the same scratch and turn on the other direction after each scratch. Each scratch counts as a note.
  • A Multi Spin Scratch has a cyan-colored mark on the note to differentiate Backspin Scratch. Also, only scratches that has been spun will be highlighted.
  • An indicator similar to the previous CN/HCN marker next to the song will show which songs have Multi Spin Scratch.
  • A small demonstration of the Multi Spin Scratch will also be displayed before the song starts.
• Icons for CHARGE NOTES are no longer displayed for songs on music select. Only the NOTES RADAR shows if a song has them or not now, and whether if the CHARGE NOTES are regular ones or HELL (if said label is present).
  • NOTES RADAR will dim any aspects if the parameter has no value.
• Adjustments for in-game FAST/SLOW settings, as well as an AUTO ADJUST option, have been added. This option can be turned on or off at music select or during gameplay.
  • Pressing 3 adjusts FAST, 9 SLOW, and 0 turns on AUTO ADJUST.
  • JUDGE now displays FAST/SLOW notes as well during gameplay.
• Random lane gacha (ランダムレーンガチャ) tickets introduced exclusively for LIGHTNING MODEL cabinets and can be purchased with either a free coupon (for every 10 purchases) or PASELI. When used, ten specific RANDOM patterns are produced and can either be selected at any time or preset a customised pattern.
  • This feature is only available on Japanese cabinets, and cannot be used on Dan/Class, ARENA, or BPL BATTLE mode.
  • Up to 9,999 patterns can be stored at any time, and are valid for 180 days.
• My Activity now includes IIDX Tower, a cumulative stacked graph which displays the cumulative total number of keys hit and turntable scratches within the past ten days of activity.
  • Single and Double play are combined together.
• All hidden non-BEMANI wide event unlocks from beatmania IIDX 27 HEROIC VERSE are now playable by default.
  • The five non-ARENA hidden LEGGENDARIA charts from BISTROVER, CONNECT-, Tell me what you wish feat.らっぷびと, X-ray binary, and 世界の果てに約束の凱歌を -ReUnion- are also now playable by default.
  • The LIGHTNING MODEL cabinet exclusive songs from HEROIC VERSE are playable in the base version by default.
  • apo:llioth is now available by default in the LIGHTNING MODEL cabinet.
  • From October 28th, 2021, CastHour can now be linked with beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE, allowing players to obtain Fire Beat and OTOKOZAKA if they did not obtain them in BISTROVER.
• beatmania IIDX 29 CastHour's launch songlist marks several notable artist omissions in the beatmania IIDX series:
  • It's the first game since 8th style where Ryu☆ doesn't appear in any songs, license or original, on the default songlist.
  • It's the first game in the series since his debut in 8th style in which Tetsuya Tamura doesn't appear in the game's default songlist.
  • It's the first game since PENDUAL with no Dirty Androids song playable by default.
  • It's the first game since copula in which Nanahira doesn't sing in a song with Camellia on the default songlist.
  • It's the first game since Maozon's debut in copula with no song from him on the default songlist.
  • It's the first game in the series since CANNON BALLERS with no licensed covers.
• A hit chart can now be viewed on the Premium Area on LIGHTNING MODEL cabinets, showing which songs are currently the most popular.
• Rival data and personal bests now show what mods were used under their score graphs.
• Video aspect ratio for songs when playing on Double have been fixed and now display in 4:3, like they do on Single.
  • Pre-tricoro songs with overlays now have grey bars at the sides when playing on Double.
• The SD image resolution is no longer compatible from this version onwards. As such, the Definition Type is removed on the title screen as well.
• BPL BATTLE mode is currently available for machines set to EVENT MODE due to an oversight. [2]
• System voices are provided by Hihumi (voiced by Naomi Shindou) and Daruma (voiced by Yuu Kobayashi).
  • The system voices are only present in the Japanese version of the game.
• System BGM is composed by HuΣeR.
• The hidden Level 12 charts, as well as the 9th and 10th Dan courses, were made available on November 11th, 2021.
• In-game currency is called LISNA.

Staff Information

None.

Full Song List

• beatmania IIDX 29 CastHour Full Song List

New Songs

Default Songs

Genre	Song	Artist	BPM	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
				BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Licensed Songs
J-POP	デモーニッシュ	ツユ	140-200	1	5	8	11	-	5	8	11	-
J-POP	オドループ	フレデリック	172	3	5	7	10	-	5	7	10	-
J-POP	踊	Ado	128	1	3	6	9	-	3	6	9	-
J-POP	シル・ヴ・プレジデント	P丸様。	176	2	4	7	10	-	4	7	10	-
KONAMI originals
PIANO TECH	Angel's Ladder	xi	155	-	6	10	12	-	6	10	12	-
UNSUNG REQUIEM	Ariah	satella feat.藍月なくる	198	-	4	7	10	-	4	7	10	-
LATIN FUSION POP	Blue Bird feat. Kanae Asaba	Nhato	134	-	4	6	8	-	4	6	8	-
CYBERPUNK	DISPARATE	BEMANI Sound Team "Captain Sonic"	200	-	5	8	10	-	5	9	11	-
MIXTURE	Don't believe the hype	DJ Mass MAD Izm* feat.H14(LEONAIR)	210	-	6	10	12	-	6	10	12	-
ABDUCTION BEAT	DREAM OF SPACE UFO ABDUCTION	BEMANI Sound Team "謎の宇宙人スペースX"	140	-	5	8	11	-	5	8	11	-
DIGITAL POP	Fantastic Merry-Go-Round	SOUND HOLIC feat. Nana Takahashi	168	-	4	7	9	-	4	7	9	-
EURO BEAT	Fegrix	Xceon vs DJ Command (Eurobeat Union)	175	-	6	10	12	-	6	10	12	-
ENERGETIC HARDCORE	FINALLY BLAZE	BlackY	185	-	5	9	11	-	5	9	11	-
EXTRATONE	GiGaGaHell	m1dy, RoughSketch	250	-	7	10	12	-	7	10	12	-
HEALING FUTURE	HEARTACHE	BEMANI Sound Team "HuΣeR" feat.ゆきまめ	90	-	3	7	10	-	3	7	10	-
EMOTIONAL SENTENCE -INSTRUMENTAL-	ILAYZA	BEMANI Sound Team "TAG"	160	-	6	9	11	-	6	9	11	-
PROGRESSIVE METAL	Lawes's Parotia	BEMANI Sound Team "Yvya"	140	-	4	8	11	-	4	8	11	-
HARD ELECTRIC POP	LIVE DRIVING!! feat. 花たん	BEMANI Sound Team "S-C-U vs L.E.D."	190	-	7	10	12	-	7	10	12	-
ASTRONOMICAL TECHNO	N.O.	かめりあ	150	-	5	8	10	-	5	8	10	-
J-POP	No Day But Today!	NU-KO & yunocy	150	2	4	7	10	-	4	7	10	-
DRUM'N'BASS	Non Stop Rock	Masayoshi Iimori	172	-	4	8	10	-	4	8	10	-
STYLISH COLOUR	Onyx	BEMANI Sound Team "HuΣeR"	44-174	-	5	8	11	-	5	8	11	-
RAWSTYLE	P.O.W.E.R.	Yuta Imai	160	-	5	8	10	-	5	8	10	-
STORMY SEA	PIRATES BLADE	BEMANI Sound Team "劇団レコード"	160	-	5	8	10	-	5	8	10	-
VARIABLE FUTURE BASS	Prohibited Props	BEMANI Sound Team "ZAQUVA"	164	-	5	8	10	-	5	8	10	-
MELODIC RIDDIM	Purple Perplex	Eagle	150	-	7	10	12	-	6	10	12	-
DIGITAL HARDCORE	Skreaming for Salvation	RoughSkreamZ	200	-	6	10	12	-	6	10	12	-
HARDPSY	SOLID WYVERN	BEMANI Sound Team "L.E.D."	165	-	6	9	11	-	6	9	11	-
TRANCE	Tail Lights	BEMANI Sound Team "dj TAKA" feat.nana hatori	156	-	5	9	11	-	5	9	11	-
JAZZY STEP	Ventriloquist	Avans	170	-	4	8	11	-	4	8	11	-
HARDCORE RAVE	Victory Of Ravers	DJ Shimamura	178	-	6	9	11	-	6	9	10	-
BEAT MUSIC	Votania Beat	まろん vs. ビートまりお	185	-	5	8	10	-	5	8	10	-
NU DRUM & BASS	Wonderful Escape	DÉ DÉ MOUSE	165	-	5	7	10	-	5	8	10	-
FRENCHCORE	Xyndrome	nora2r	195	-	6	9	11	-	6	9	11	-
JUNGLE TERROR	808monkey	AJURIKA	168	-	4	7	9	-	4	7	9	-
ALTERNATIVE DANCE CORE	ウツシミウツシ	BEMANI Sound Team "PHQUASE" feat.ぁゅ	175	-	6	9	11	-	6	9	11	-
GALAXY QUEST	オールトの雲	OSTER project	215	-	6	9	11	-	6	9	11	-
HUMAN BEATBOX ELECTRO	口カラ凸ゲキ	SARUKANI × Blacklolita	150	-	5	8	10	-	5	8	10	-
ハイテックトキオ	ハイテックトキオ	lapix∞BEMANI Sound Team "Sota Fujimori"	165	-	6	9	11	-	6	9	11	-
EURO BEAT	愛しくてラヴィンユー ft. マナ	Xceon	152	-	4	7	10	-	4	7	10	-
CHIPBREAK POP	月とミルク	TORIENA	190	-	5	8	11	-	5	8	11	-

Hidden LEGGENDARIA Charts

The following charts can be unlocked, in order, by achieving any of the unlock conditions. Each condition cleared will unlock the charts in the below listed order:

• obtain 2000 DJ POINTs
• clear the first mission of STEP UP mode
• clear one Bingo card
• beat 100 players or 1 hidden character in Tsujigiri Battle
• get the overall notes radar point total to equal 200
• clear five Today's recommended song

君のハートにロックオン and Candy Galy's charts unlock together.

Genre	Song	Artist	BPM	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
				BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Hidden LEGGENDARIA Charts
J-TRANCE	翼	小林ゆう	148	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	11
HAPPY HARDCORE	AGEHA	Ryu☆	180	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	11
A-STYLE DRUMSTEP	ベィスドロップ・フリークス	かめりあ feat. ななひら	179	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	11
トレンディーフュージョン	君のハートにロックオン	Dr.Honda	260	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-
HAPPY	Candy Galy	Risk Junk-G	184	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12
SUPER ULTIMATE HYPER CORE	BroGamer	USAO	207	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	12

CastHour SPACE

CastHour is beatmania IIDX 29's CastHour unlock event, which began on December 16th, 2021. It will appear with one player only. e-amusement is required to play the event.

When the event begins, right before music select, you choose a PLATFORM with the turntable. Once you choose your PLATFORM, you then choose from a set of songs separated into what the game calls "channels". Playing songs fills the gauge of that channel, but you'll get double progress for playing songs under "Recommend Channel" (showing a clip of a beatmania IIDX song), as well as playing one of five songs/artists from the list below on the bottom part of the screen, which change at each credit. Playing with a VIP BLACK PASS will also give you a large boost.

Once you reach certain points in the gauges, you'll unlock the NORMAL, HYPER, and ANOTHER charts of that song in that respective order, as well as LISNA and V-DISCs. (ANOTHER charts will also be the last unlock, regardless of what song you choose.) One more channel will be revealed after you unlock all previous ones; complete that to end the PLATFORM.

Each song unlocked earns you a Bronze Tran Medal. Completing a PLATFORM unlocks a Silver Tran Medal.

Genre	Song	Artist	BPM	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
				BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
CastHour SPACE
Cyber House - PLATFORM 1 (added on December 16th, 2021)
NU PRELUDE	Harmonia from pop'n music ラピストリア	ATSUMI UEDA	177	-	4	7	10	-	4	7	10	-
CHANNEL K	kors k's How to make OTOGE CORE	kors k	124-190	-	5	9	11	-	5	9	11	-
HARD PSY TRANCE	禊	Nhato	160	-	6	10	12	-	6	10	12	-
ALTERNATIVE	ナイトフィクション	中山真斗 feat. CHAN	163	-	4	8	10	-	4	8	10	-
IRREGULAR OMNIBUS HARDCORE	ALTERNATOR	BEMANI Sound Team "dj Hellix"	185	-	7	10	12	-	7	10	12	-

BEMANI 2021 manatsu no utagassen 5 ban shoubu (BEMANI 2021真夏の歌合戦5番勝負)

This event started on beatmania IIDX 28 BISTROVER. For more information, please see the event page.

Triple Cross was unlocked by default on launch day.

Genre	Song	Artist	BPM	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
				BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
BEMANI 2021真夏の歌合戦5番勝負
BONUS TRACK
Available by default
MUSIC GAME TRADITIONAL	Triple Cross TEAM RED	BEMANI Sound Team "dj TAKA & DJ YOSHITAKA & SYUNN"	196	3	6	10	12	-	6	10	12	-
Available from a currently unknown date
?	Aftermath TEAM BLUE	BEMANI Sound Team "猫叉Master & あさき & Yvya"	200	?	?	?	?	-	?	?	?	-

WORLD TOURISM

The WORLD TOURISM event began on October 28th, 2021. It is a continuation of the event of the same name from beatmania IIDX 28 BISTROVER.

Event folders are added to the selection in one player Standard Mode only, playable on any stage. Playing a song from any folder will bring up a board with ten spaces between START and GOAL. Five spaces are awarded for playing a song (clear or fail does not matter), and an extra space is awarded for fulfilling each of the following conditions:

• DJ LEVEL AA or HARD CLEAR (or better)
• PREMIUM START (Japan only)
• LIGHTNING MODEL play

Once the Q-Pro reaches the GOAL, a bonus is awarded, and the remaining spaces will carry over to the next board in the folder. If on the last board, the remaining spaces are lost.

The following rewards are awarded for each goal, in order:

1. 2500 LISNA
2. 20 V-Discs
3. 5000 LISNA
4. 40 V-Discs
5. Unlockable song

Unlocking all six BPL TOURISM EXTRA songs will unlock a lane cover based on No Day But Today!.

After playing a song from an event folder, the folders will disappear for the rest of the credit. Once the song has been unlocked from a folder, it will disappear from the selection entirely.

Genre	Song	Artist	BPM	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
				BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
WORLD TOURISM
BPL TOURISM EXTRA part 1
TRIUMPH	《GRANDMASTER》	Blacklolita	160	-	5	9	11	-	5	9	11	-
BPL TOURISM EXTRA part 2
HARD MIXTURE	Game Changers	Yuta Imai	105-210	-	4	8	11	-	4	8	11	-
BPL TOURISM EXTRA part 3
UK HARDCORE	Hat Surprise	Hommarju	180	-	4	8	11	-	4	8	11	-
BPL TOURISM EXTRA part 4
SUPER HARDCORE NOVA	TOMAHAWK	かめりあ	215	-	6	10	12	-	7	10	12	-
BPL TOURISM EXTRA part 5
EUPHORIC FRENCHCORE	One for All	RoughSketch	195	-	5	9	12	-	5	9	12	-
BPL TOURISM EXTRA part 6
MELODIC RIDDIM	Brave Spirits	MK	152	-	4	8	10	-	4	8	10	-
jubeat TOURISM (unlockable from November 25th, 2021)
ELECTRIC POP	EMOTiON TRiPPER from jubeat festo	sky_delta	170	-	5	8	10	-	5	8	10	-
pop'n music TOURISM (unlockable from November 25th, 2021)
亜空間ジャズ	Ergosphere from pop'n music 16 PARTY♪	TOMOSUKE	170	-	5	9	11	-	5	9	11	-

beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE arcade rendou (beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE アーケード連動)

The following song from beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE can be unlocked by linking the game to beatmania IIDX 29 CastHour.

Genre	Song	Artist	BPM	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
				BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE アーケード連動
Unlockable from December 9th, 2021
EUPHORIC HARDSTYLE	SPARK IN THE NIGHT	BEMANI Sound Team "L.E.D.-G"	160	-	4	8	10	-	4	8	10	-

WEEKLY RANKING

Event page.

The WEEKLY RANKING feature was added to beatmania IIDX 29 CastHour on November 10th, 2021. The WEEKLY RANKING song changes every Wednesday at 12:00 noon.

You earn a star (the day after the period for a song ends) if your score in the leaderboards for the featured song's chart is high enough. Note that stars depend on each song's chart on both single and double play, not on the whole song itself, which means you can earn up to six stars per song.

In the songlist menu, a bar shows your WEEKLY RANKING star progress on the featured song's chart; the arrow determines your current position in the leaderboards:

• White star: if the arrow is located in the white section.
• Bronze star: if the arrow is located in the cyan section.
• Silver star: if the arrow is located in the gray section.
• Gold star: if the arrow is located in the yellow section.
• Platinum star: if the arrow is located in the very small blue section (top 10 in the leaderboards).

11/10/2021 to 11/17/2021 - シル・ヴ・プレジデント / P丸様。 11/17/2021 to 11/24/2021 - デモーニッシュ / ツユ 11/24/2021 to 12/01/2021 - 口カラ凸ゲキ / SARUKANI × Blacklolita 12/01/2021 to 12/08/2021 - 月とミルク / TORIENA 12/08/2021 to 12/15/2021 - 踊 / Ado

New Charts

The following songs have received new charts since their last appearances:

Song	Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
		BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Boomy and The Boost	beatmania IIDX 25 CANNON BALLERS	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Carmina	beatmania IIDX 26 Rootage	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Carry Me Away	beatmania IIDX 26 Rootage	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LIGHTNING STRIKES	beatmania IIDX 27 HEROIC VERSE	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
BIGソムタム	beatmania IIDX 28 BISTROVER	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chewingood!!!	beatmania IIDX 28 BISTROVER	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
POLꞰAMAИIA	beatmania IIDX 28 BISTROVER	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
ここからよろしく大作戦143	beatmania IIDX 28 BISTROVER	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SPARK IN THE NIGHT	beatmania IIDX 29 CastHour	-	-	-	-	-	4	8	10	-

Difficulty Changes

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

Song	Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
		BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
LOVE IS ORANGE	beatmania IIDX 8th style	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10→11
BIGソムタム	beatmania IIDX 28 BISTROVER	-	-	10→9	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dawn Saga	beatmania IIDX 28 BISTROVER	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11→12	-
Hands Up feat. kradness BEMANI Sound Team "Sota Fujimori" Remix	beatmania IIDX 28 BISTROVER	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10→11	-
Ocean Blue feat. Luschel	beatmania IIDX 28 BISTROVER	-	-	-	11→10	-	-	-	11→10	-
Rowdy	beatmania IIDX 28 BISTROVER	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10→11	-
Rub-a Dub-a	beatmania IIDX 28 BISTROVER	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10→9	-
Rubrum Piano	beatmania IIDX 28 BISTROVER	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11→12	-
魔法のかくれんぼ	beatmania IIDX 28 BISTROVER	-	-	8→9	-	-	-	-	-	-

Removed Songs

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

Song Title	Artist	Game
Acidiva 303	ni-21	beatmania IIDX 25 CANNON BALLERS
Let's Bounce !!	BEMANI Sound Team "Sota F."	beatmania IIDX 25 CANNON BALLERS
LIGHTS ft. EVO+	lapix	beatmania IIDX 25 CANNON BALLERS
Rise Circuit	COSIO	beatmania IIDX 25 CANNON BALLERS
A Tale Hidden In The Abyss	BEMANI Sound Team "person09"	beatmania IIDX 26 Rootage
AGAiN	DJ NAGAI	beatmania IIDX 26 Rootage
Angels & Demons	月代 彩	beatmania IIDX 26 Rootage
Particle Arts	Virtual Self	beatmania IIDX 26 Rootage
ROZA DE ANDALUCIA	SOUND HOLIC Vs. T.Kakuta feat. Nana Takahashi	beatmania IIDX 26 Rootage
Sidechained Threats	sanodg	beatmania IIDX 26 Rootage
SIGMA	BEMANI Sound Team "Mutsuhiko Izumi"	beatmania IIDX 26 Rootage
Starry Night	Massive New Krew feat.松平なな	beatmania IIDX 26 Rootage

Related Links

• beatmania IIDX 29 CastHour official website
• beatmania IIDX 29 CastHour Location Test details