beatmania THE FINAL
Release Information
- Location test dates:
- May 17th to 22nd, 2002
- May 24th to 29th, 2002
- June 1st to 6th, 2002
- Release date: July 26th, 2002
General Information / Changes
- Last title of the original beatmania series.
- beatmania THE FINAL has the biggest song list of the original beatmania series, including several revived songs from every beatmania arcade game (save for DREAMS COME TRUE), a handful of BEMANI crossovers, and almost all of beatmania III's new songs.
- Songs that are entirely new or debuting in THE FINAL are colored blue on the song wheel.
- Songs from beatmania III are colored green.
- Songs from previous AC games are colored white.
- Songs or charts that cannot be played while BATTLE is active are colored yellow, and have an accompanying warning.
- Introduces the STEALTH modifier, which causes the notes to not appear at all.
- This was the previous behavior of HIDDEN+SUDDEN, which now makes the notes briefly appear in the middle of the screen.
- All song titles are now displayed in the same font. Internally, this is done using the same unique artwork system introduced in CORE REMIX.
- Most of the returning beatmania songs (and beatmania III songs) that originally had duplicate charts received brand-new ones.
- The ability to select the menu's and gameplay UI's color scheme (frame color) was removed.
- The mixes that allowed this were 4thMIX, 5thMIX, 6thMIX, and 7thMIX.
- Instead, the gameplay UI's color scheme (frame color) is based on the difficulty of the chart that is being played.
- NORMAL: Yellow
- HARD: Red
- ANOTHER: Green
- Background movies are now displayed in a little box, instead of occupying most of the center of the screen.
- These mainly consist of generic animation clips, some from various older beatmania games; however, a few songs have unique clips.
- MISS animations were removed as well.
- In all modes except EXPERT+, the in-game frame is now similar to the default frame of EXPERT mode in 7thMIX, which has judgment counters and enabled modifiers displayed.
- In addition, four different types of graphics mode combinations can be selected on the MODE SELECT screen.
- Default: Displays judgment counters and movies.
- SCORE ATTACK: Does not display judgment counters or movies; these are covered with overlays.
- COUNTER ONLY: Displays judgment counters only; movies are covered with an overlay.
- MOVIE ONLY: Displays movies only; judgment counters are covered with an overlay.
Staff Information
Full Song List
New Songs
New Charts
The following songs from previous releases have received new charts in beatmania THE FINAL:
Difficulty Changes
This section is under construction.
The following songs have received difficulty changes since their last appearances:
Removed Songs
The following songs from previous beatmania releases have been removed from beatmania THE FINAL.
EXPERT Courses
EXPERT+
Songs With Default Scroll Speed Multipliers
- Some songs in this game have a scroll speed multiplier applied to them by default when playing certain charts.
- In other words, on such charts, the in-game BPM is higher than the displayed BPM, and thus the chart scrolls faster than the displayed BPM would imply.
- When a HI-SPEED option is used on such a chart, that HI-SPEED's multiplier will stack (multiply) with that chart's default scroll speed multiplier.
- Songs that have such charts, as well as other relevant information, are shown in the table below (for all games and applicable songs, see here).
* N = Normal; H = Hard; A = Another
Codes & Unlock Information
Operator Unlock Code
- Unlike in other beatmania games, content in THE FINAL must be unlocked via an operator unlock code.
- Also unlike in other beatmania games, unlocked content will remain unlocked even if TEST MODE is entered, or if the machine is powered down.
- To enter the unlock code, follow the steps below.
- Enter TEST MODE, then select the COLOR TEST menu.
- Press and hold the 2P Start button, press 2-2-1-10-9-3-1-4-1-6, then go back to the main TEST MODE menu.
- After following the above steps, the TEST MODE menu will have an asterisk in the upper-left corner, and the title screen will have an alien icon in the lower-left corner.
- The operator unlock code unlocks the following.
- ALL MUSIC option
- Songs
- EXPERT courses
- TRANCE
- ETC
- SECRET
- character
- DRUM'N
- SIMON
- Youhei
- NAOKI
- beatmania III
- PINK PONG
- EXPERT+ mode
Select Options
- To select options, do so via either of the methods below.
- Available options will differ according to the method used, and whether Event Mode is enabled.
- Title Screen
- While the screen says to press either START button, press the EFFECT button, then press the corresponding key button(s) shown on screen, or rotate the turntable.
- Available options: BATTLE/CENTER; MIRROR/RANDOM; CENTER DOUBLE/DOUBLE; HISPEED 1/2/3; HIDDEN/SUDDEN/HIDDEN+SUDDEN/STEALTH; ALL MUSIC (when unlocked)
- This method is not available while Event Mode is enabled.
- Song Select Screen
- Press and hold the EFFECT button, then press the corresponding key button(s) shown on screen.
- Available options: CENTER (Event Mode only); MIRROR/RANDOM; HISPEED 1/2/3; HIDDEN/SUDDEN/HIDDEN+SUDDEN/STEALTH
- This method is available even while Event Mode is enabled.
Select Song Sort
- To select the song sort on the song select screen, press the START button on an active play side.
- Default: Song Name
- One: Category
- Two: Difficulty
- Three: (Return to Default)
Select NORMAL/HARD/ANOTHER Difficulty Charts
- To change between NORMAL/HARD/ANOTHER difficulty charts on the song select screen, press 2+4 or 7+9 (both black key buttons on an active play side).
- Default: NORMAL
- One: HARD
- Two: ANOTHER
- Three: (Return to Default)
Event Mode
- Selecting Options, Song Sort, Frame Type, and Mode During Event Mode
- When Event Mode is enabled, there are several differences in making selections, which are as follows.
- The options menu cannot be shown on the title screen, preventing selection of options from there.
- The Mode Select menus are skipped, preventing selection of game mode, frame type, and graphics mode.
- Song selection is performed with the START button(s), instead of a white key button (1/3/5 or 6/8/10).
- To make each selection, follow the procedures below on the song select screen.
- Select Options
- Press and hold the EFFECT button, then press the corresponding key button(s) shown on screen.
- Unlike in non-Event Mode, the CENTER option can be enabled from this menu.
- To enable CENTER DOUBLE, enable the CENTER option, then select DOUBLE mode.
- Select Song Sort
- Press and hold the EFFECT button, then press either START button.
- Default: Song Name
- One: Category
- Two: Difficulty
- Three: (Return to Default)
- Select Frame Type
- Press and hold the following button(s), then select the song and mode.
- CLASSIC: Nothing
- SEPARATE: 1 and/or 6 (leftmost white key button on either side)
- Select Mode
- Press the following button(s).
- 1P START: SINGLE
- 2P START: DOUBLE
- 1P+2P START: BATTLE
- Two-player non-BATTLE mode (DOUBLE chart with two lifebars) cannot be specifically selected while in Event Mode.
- However, if a chart says that BATTLE cannot be played and BATTLE is selected anyway, it will play two-player non-BATTLE mode (DOUBLE chart with two lifebars).
- Show Judgment Counters and/or Movies During Gameplay
- When the machine is powered on with the Event Mode DIP switch (3-1) turned to ON, by default the game will not show judgment counters or background movies during gameplay.
- To show judgment counters and/or movies during gameplay, follow the steps below.
- Power on the machine with the Event Mode DIP switch (3-1) OFF, then start the game (if already powered on, enter TEST MODE, turn the switch to OFF, then exit TEST MODE).
- During the Mode Select menus, on the graphic mode menu, select the desired display option for judgment counters and background movies.
- On the song select screen, select any song.
- Fail the song, then do not continue the game.
- After the Game Over screen, but before the Demonstration sequence starts, enter TEST MODE.
- Turn the Event Mode DIP switch (3-1) to ON, then exit TEST MODE.
- After following these steps, Event Mode will be enabled, and during gameplay the game will show the counter/movie display option selected in step 2.
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