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2020 - 2021 - 2022 - 2023 - 2024

2011

2011 would signal the beginning of a series of events that would not only come to shape BEMANI, but the current arcade rhythm game market as a whole. The first of these was the promotion of beatmania IIDX programmer Kenji Watanabe to director of the beatmania IIDX series. Many of his decisions would bring the series into a new era, starting with beatmania IIDX 19 Lincle.

Lincle introduced a handful of new concepts to the series. The first of these is Qpro, an avatar character that can be customized by the player with the usage of Qpro parts. The EXTRA STAGE system, Lincle Kingdom, also expanded on the boss concept seen in the MILITARY SPLASH EXTRA STAGE system in DJ TROOPERS. Lincle's most notable addition, however, is STEP UP MODE, a mode designed to introduce and ease brand new players into the gameplay of IIDX. Sound-wise, it brought in many new, younger faces to the series, some of whom would stick on board for future titles.

GuitarFreaks & DrumMania also kept moving forward with GuitarFreaksXG2 & DrumManiaXG2 Groove to Live. KONAMI continued to push the new XG series, focusing less and less on the original V series. GuitarFreaks V8 & DrumMania V8 ended up being the last entry in the V series and the style of gameplay introduced by the XG series became the main format.

While IIDX and GFDM went in new directions, DanceDanceRevolution decided to take a look back at its roots. DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX is what some would call a love letter to the classics, making an HD version of DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX into its own separate playable mode from the main game as well as reviving almost every playable song from 2ndMIX. The mode even received its own remastered soundtrack release, DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK presented by ダンスマニア.

Meanwhile, following the success of jubeat and REFLEC BEAT, KONAMI planned the release of another new game which underwent location testing in mid-2011. Little did anyone know just what would become of it when it made its debut in 2012.

January

February

  • February 23rd:
    • SUPER STAR 満-MITSURU-'s only album, ONLY ONE ACT, is released.
    • beatmania IIDX 18 Resort Anthem ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK released.
    • DanceDanceRevolution X2 Original Soundtrack released.

March

April

  • April 6th: The third and final album of The Epic of Zektbach media project, The Epic of Zektbach -Masinowa-, is released.
  • April 12th: DanceDanceRevolution, the Xbox 360 port of DanceDanceRevolution (PS3), is released in North America for the Xbox 360.
  • April 20th:

May

  • May 6th: DanceDanceRevolution hottest party4, the European counterpart to DanceDanceRevolution (2010), is released in Europe for the Nintendo Wii.
  • May 13th: DanceDanceRevolution X2 is released to European arcades.
  • May 25th: GuitarFreaksXG2 & DrumManiaXG2 Original Soundtrack 1st season released.

June

September

October

  • October 11th: DanceDanceRevolution II is released in North America for the Nintendo Wii.
  • October 12th: GuitarFreaksXG2 & DrumManiaXG2 Original Soundtracks 2nd season released.

November

  • November 16th:
  • November 23rd:
  • November 24th: REFLEC BEAT plus is released in Japan for iOS.
  • November 25th: DanceDanceRevolution hottest party5, the European counterpart to DanceDanceRevolution II, is released in Europe for the Nintendo Wii.
    • It marks the final retail BEMANI game in any region on a home console to date.
  • November 30th: DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK presented by ダンスマニア released.

December