beatmania (2006)

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beatmania (2006)

Release Information

• Release Date: March 28th, 2006 (North America)
• ESRB Rating: E10+, for "mild lyrics" and "suggestive themes".

General Information

• Contains songs from both the beatmania and the beatmania IIDX game series, along with eight new licenses.
• First beatmania IIDX game released outside Japan.
• Final CS entry in the beatmania series, four years after the release of beatmania 6thMIX + CORE REMIX.
• Interface is based on beatmania IIDX 9th style CS, but reskinned and recolored.
• Game modes include GAME (aka "ARCADE" in the Japanese versions), FREE, EXPERT, a new PRACTICE mode (a lesson mode), and TRAINING.
• First CS beatmania IIDX game in any region to individually rate ANOTHER charts.
  • It's also the only game to rate songs on a 1 to 10 scale.
• Tutorial narrated by Scott Dolph.
• Total songs: 58 (30 exclusive to beatmania IIDX, 17 exclusive to beatmania, and 11 in both)

Changes/Differences from other beatmania IIDX CS games

• Main game is split into two types: beatmania (5-keys) and beatmania IIDX (7-keys).
• ANOTHER difficulty must be unlocked by playing all songs in beatmania mode and beatmania IIDX mode, aside from jam jam reggae and 5.1.1..
  • Additional IIDX Expert courses are unlocked in the same manner.
• Songs in beatmania mode have only one difficulty chart.
  • Additionally, no US exclusives in the beatmania IIDX mode have ANOTHER charts.
• A few HYPER charts were "toned down", according to the staff of the game in an interview. No other charts were changed.
• JUST GREAT timing is now called PERFECT.
• LIGHT7/7KEY have been renamed to NORMAL/HYPER. BEGINNER and ANOTHER remain unchanged.
• HARD modifier has been renamed to CHALLENGE, or "CHA" for short.
• In beatmania mode, FREE Scratch ZONEs have returned. FREE Scratch ZONEs are areas in songs where you can scratch as much or as little as you want. Scratching here will only increase your money score - it has no effect on your EX score or grade.
• Only CS beatmania IIDX game with a REPLAY option; replays can be saved after a song is completed in FREE.
• Autoplay option is not available in FREE on either the beatmania or beatmania IIDX sides.
• RECORDS features, in addition to grade and individual note performance, the money score, playcount, and max combo organized of a song in a Dance Dance Revolution-style grid.
• Songs must be played in GAME before they appear in FREE, similar to 3rd through 6th style CS.
  • Only jam jam reggae is playable by default in beatmania's FREE mode, while only 5.1.1. is available in beatmania IIDX's.
• Grade requirements have been reduced by 1/9 a grade each all around (i.e. 7/9 possible EX points for a AAA rank, as opposed to 8/9 of every other game).
• All beatmania songs received new videos.
• Nearly all of the overlays have been removed from beatmania IIDX videos, with the exceptions being PARANOIA MAX～DIRTY MIX～ and Mr.T.(take me higher).
  • Songs with unique videos remain untouched for the most part, though.

Staff Information

• beatmania (2006) credits

Song List

beatmania (5KEYS)

Genre	Song	Artist	BPM	SP Difficulty	DP Difficulty
REGGAE	jam jam reggae	jam master'73	90	1	1
WARP HOUSE	OVERBLAST!!	L.E.D.	147	1	1
HIP HOP	u gotta groove	DJ nagureo	100	1	1
BALLAD	Do you love me?	reo-nagumo	100	2	2
RAVE	e-motion	e.o.s	145	2	2
ELECTRONICA	First Day New CS song	Timo Maas	125	2	2
80'S REVIVAL	Funkytown New CS song	Lipps Inc.	122	2	2
SOUL	LOVE SO GROOVY	LOVEMINTS	141	2	2
R&B	HUNTING FOR YOU	Togo project feat.Megu & Scotty D.	105	3	3
BOSSA GROOVE	La Bossanova de Fabienne	staccato two-F	143	3	3
ELECTRONICA	Lift Me Up New CS song	Moby	121	3	3
JUNGLE	PARANOIA MAX～DIRTY MIX～	190	190	3	3
HIP HOP	s.d.z.	DJ mazinger featuring Muhammad	100	3	3
FUNKY JAZZ GROOVE	Stop Violence!	Herbie Hammock & His Band	113	3	3
DANCE	The Way You Move New CS song	Paul Grogan Featuring Natalie Martin	128	3	3
GARAGE MIX	Toxic New CS song	WaveGroup/Shoichiro Hirata	143	3	3
R&B MIX	Virtual Insanity New CS song	WaveGroup/DJ TK-ST	100	3	3
SOUL MIX	Celebration New CS song	WaveGroup/DJ TK-ST	121	4	4
BIGBEAT MIX	METAL GEAR SOLID Main Theme	ESPACIO BROTHERS	140	4	4
BREAKBEATS MIX	You Really Got Me New CS song	WaveGroup/Shoichiro Hirata	138	4	4
HOUSE	20,November(single mix)	DJ nagureo	130	5	-
HOUSE	20,November(radio edit)	DJ nagureo	130	-	5
V.R.D.J SKILLS	BATTLE BREAKS	DJ TAKAWO	112	5	5
HARD TECHNO	Attack the music	DJ FX	140	6	6
JAZZ ELECTRO	Manmachine plays Jazz～MIO2～	Mikio Endo	114	6	6
WORLD GROOVE	tribe groove	nite system	126	6	6
TECHNO POP	321 STARS	DJ SIMON	192	6	6
PSYCHEDELIC TRANCE	GENOM SCREAMS	L.E.D.	150	7	7
SKA	SKA a go go	THE BALD HEADS	160	7	7

beatmania IIDX (7KEYS)

Genre	Song	Artist	BPM	SP Difficulty				DP Difficulty
				BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER
PIANO AMBIENT	5.1.1.	dj nagureo	101	1	1	1	9	1	1	9
TRANCE	Attitude	Y&Co.	145	1	5	8	9	5	6	8
NRG	BAD BOY BASS!! (dj Remo-con MIX)	Y&Co.	148	2	4	7	8	4	7	-
SOUL MIX	Celebration New CS song	WaveGroup/DJ TK-ST	121	1	3	4	-	3	4	-
TRANCE	Colors (radio edit)	dj TAKA	150	3	6	8	10	6	8	10
DISCO	Dancin' Into The Night	good-cool	140	2	2	3	-	2	3	-
MINIMAL	Digital MinD(A/T Libra mix)	TaQ	155	2	3	5	6	4	8	-
RAVE	e-motion	e.o.s	145	1	2	3	4	2	3	4
DRUM'N'BASS	era (nostalmix)	TaQ	180	3	5	7	8	5	10	10
ELECTRONICA	First Day New CS song	Timo Maas	125	1	2	3	-	2	3	-
TRANCE	fly through the night	Mr.T	140	2	4	6	7	4	7	8
80'S REVIVAL	Funkytown New CS song	Lipps Inc.	122	1	2	3	-	2	3	-
HIP HOP	g.m.d.	DJ mazinger featuring Muhammad	100	1	1	2	4	1	4	-
PSYCHEDELIC TRANCE	GENOM SCREAMS	L.E.D.	150	1	3	5	9	3	6	8
WARP HOUSE	Hitch Hiker	good-cool	137	2	3	4	6	4	6	-
HARD TECHNO	Holic	TaQ	155	3	4	7	10	7	9	10
ITALO HOUSE	I Was The One	good-cool	125	2	2	3	5	2	3	-
TRANCE	in my eyes	ric	142	2	5	6	7	5	7	7
A.O.R.	jelly kiss	Togo project feat.Sana	135	2	4	5	-	5	7	-
ELECTRONICA	Lift Me Up New CS song	Moby	121	1	3	4	-	3	4	-
HAPPY HARDCORE	LOVE IS DREAMINESS	L.E.D.-G VS GUHROOVY fw/asuka	178	3	5	6	-	6	7	-
2STEP	M-02stp.ver1.01	Shoichiro Hirata	132	2	4	6	7	4	7	7
FRENCH POP	Mobo★Moga	Orange Lounge	172	2	5	6	7	4	5	7
DANCE POP	Mr.T.(take me higher)	Risky Men feat.Asuka-M	128	1	3	4	8	4	5	8
TECHNO	MUSIC TO YOUR HEAD	SLAKE	144	2	4	7	9	6	7	9
TECHNO	NEMESIS	D.J.SETUP	164	2	5	8	9	6	9	10
DISCO	Nothing Ain't Stoppin' Us	Shoichiro Hirata	128	1	2	3	-	1	2	-
HARDCORE BREAKBEATS	OUTER LIMITS	L.E.D.-G	171	1	3	5	-	4	7	-
JUNGLE	PARANOIA MAX～DIRTY MIX～	190	190	2	3	4	6	3	5	6
PIANO AMBIENT	Presto	Osamu Kubota	136	2	3	7	7	3	7	-
DRUM'N'BASS	SNOW	RAM	180	3	5	7	8	5	8	8
HOUSE	Spin the disc	good-cool	130	3	5	7	7	6	8	-
TRIP HOP	Summer Vacation(CU mix)	OutPhase	135	3	5	8	-	8	9	-
DRUM'N'BASS	THE CUBE	DJ SUWAMI	178	2	4	6	7	4	6	6
EPIC TRANCE	THE SHINING POLARIS	L.E.D. feat. Sana	147	3	4	6	8	4	7	-
DANCE	The Way You Move New CS song	Paul Grogan Featuring Natalie Martin	128	1	2	3	-	2	3	-
GARAGE MIX	Toxic New CS song	WaveGroup/Shoichiro Hirata	143	1	3	4	-	3	4	-
PROGRESSIVE	V	TAKA	150	3	5	8	10	6	8	-
R&B MIX	Virtual Insanity New CS song	WaveGroup/DJ TK-ST	100	1	2	3	-	3	4	-
BIG BEAT	Voltage (feat. Hidemaru)	TaQ	125	2	5	7	7	5	9	-
BREAKBEATS MIX	You Really Got Me New CS song	WaveGroup/Shoichiro Hirata	138	1	2	3	-	3	4	-

Expert Mode Courses

beatmania courses have only one difficulty, while beatmania IIDX courses have three difficulties: Light/Standard/Heavy. Unlike the rest of the game, this keeps track of EX scores. Courses beginning with IIDX are the IIDX mode Internet Ranking courses, and courses beginning with beatmania are the 5key mode Internet Ranking courses. Internet ranking is no longer available.

beatmania EXPERT Courses

Name	STAGE
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	FINAL
beatmania01	La Bossanova de Fabienne	jam jam reggae	Do you love me?	Stop Violence!	Manmachine plays Jazz ~MIO2~
beatmania02	OVERBLAST!!	The Way You Move	20, November (single mix) / (radio edit)	e-motion	321 STARS
beatmania03	u gotta groove	s.d.z.	Virtual Insanity	Celebration	BATTLE BREAKS
beatmania04	Funkytown	First Day	Attack the music	tribe groove	GENOM SCREAMS
beatmania05	Toxic	You Really Got Me	Lift Me Up	METAL GEAR SOLID Main Theme	SKA a go go

beatmania IIDX EXPERT Courses

Name	STAGE
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	FINAL
IIDX01	Digital MinD(A/T Libra mix)	GENOM SCREAMS	MUSIC TO YOUR HEAD	Holic	NEMESIS
IIDX02	Toxic	Nothing Ain't Stoppin' Us	I Was The One	M-02stp.ver1.01	Spin the disc
IIDX03	Fly through the night	THE SHINING POLARIS	in my eyes	Attitude	Colors (radio edit)
IIDX04	Hitch Hiker	The Way You Move	You Really Got Me	Mobo★Moga	BAD BOY BASS!! (dj Remo-con MIX)
IIDX05	PARANOIA MAX～DIRTY MIX～	OUTER LIMITS	SNOW	LOVE IS DREAMINESS	era (nostalmix)
IIDX06	Digital MinD(A/T Libra mix)	Mr.T.(take me higher)	OUTER LIMITS	Mobo★Moga	in my eyes
IIDX07	jelly kiss	THE CUBE	LOVE IS DREAMINESS	M-02stp.ver1.01	Fly through the night
IIDX08	GENOM SCREAMS	SNOW	BAD BOY BASS!! (dj Remo-con MIX)	THE SHINING POLARIS	Voltage (feat. Hidemaru)
IIDX09	Attitude	Spin the disc	Presto	MUSIC TO YOUR HEAD	era (nostalmix)
IIDX10	Summer Vacation(CU mix)	NEMESIS	Holic	V	Colors (radio edit)

Related Links

• beatmania (2006) Official Site (archived)
• IGN Interview with Shingo Mukaitoge