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(chronological - put Extra Exclusive first and then Rinon's Adventure and the stuff it added to EE. Otherwise RA pertinent info gets split across 2 sections which is hard to track, and EE mentions stuff irrelevant to players who haven't completed RA.) |
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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. | 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. | ||
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 | 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). | ||
Sure enough, once the player completes World 10, a World 11 is revealed. ''(Due to a glitch, prior to the August 8th, 2017 update, the "World 11" | 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 will appear in the sky in front of RINON, and "The Dark One" will also descend 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 like the "A" in the logo of "DanceDanceRevolution A"), signaling that the player has completed the final RINON'S ADVENTURE World. | ||
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, | 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 Cosy Catastrophe, the EXTRA EXCLUSIVE LEVEL 10 song), 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, this song can only be played once every eight credits. | 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 Cosy Catastrophe, the EXTRA EXCLUSIVE LEVEL 10 song), 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, this song 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 | 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. | ||
If the player | 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 on BASIC or lower or with a AA grade or lower, the results screen reverts back to the blue sky. | ||
Continuing will | If the player clears ENDYMION on DIFFICULT or higher with at least a AA+ grade, the results screen will show the damaged husk 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 <!--space intentional-->!!" will also appear in golden text at the bottom of the screen. (Prior to August 8th, 2017, the requirement was clearing ENDYMION on EXPERT with an AA+ or higher.) | ||
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 DIFFICULT. 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. | |||
<!-- 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 then changes over to [[YUNI]], looking at the night sky with hands clasped as the meteor streaks down, before changing over back to RINON. The sky transitions to dawn and clouds obscure her, while the screen continues to pan downward until it ends underwater. The final screen change is timed with the last note of the song, showing RINON standing on a beach at the water's edge with the daytime sun in the distance. This concludes the RINON'S ADVENTURE plotline. | <!-- 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 then changes over to [[YUNI]], looking at the night sky with hands clasped as the meteor streaks down, before changing over back to RINON. The sky transitions to dawn and clouds obscure her, while the screen continues to pan downward until it ends underwater. The final screen change is timed with the last note of the song, showing RINON standing on a beach at the water's edge with the daytime sun in the distance. This concludes the RINON'S ADVENTURE plotline. | ||