CS 2006

General Information

• Release Date: March 29th, 2006.
• Featuring over 50 songs.
• Songs are drawn from 5-key and 7-key games, as well as new US exclusives.
• Retail price: Gamestop and EBgames have a bundle package including game and controller for $64.99.
• ESRB Rating: E-10+, for "mild lyrics" and "suggestive themes".

Known Songlist

beatmania

• 20,November (radio edit) / dj nagureo
• 20,November (single mix) / dj nagureo
• 321STARS / DJ SIMON
• Attack the music / DJ FX
• BATTLE BREAKS / DJ Takawo
• DO YOU LOVE ME? / reo-nagumo
• e-motion / e.o.s.
• First Day / Timo Maas
• GENOM SCREAMS / L.E.D. Light
• HUNTING FOR YOU / Togo Project featuring Megu & Scotty D.
• jam jam reggae / Jam Master '73
• La Bossanova De Fabienne / staccato two-F
• Lift Me Up / Moby
• LOVE SO GROOVY / Lovemints
• Manmachine plays Jazz / Mikio Endo
• METAL GEAR SOLID Main Theme / ESPACIO BROTHERS
• OVERBLAST!! / L.E.D. Light
• PARANOiA MAX ~DIRTY MIX~ / 190
• s.d.z. / DJ mazinger featuring Muhammad
• SKA a go go / The Bald Heads
• Stop Violence! / Herbie Hammock & His Band
• The Way You Move / Paul Grogan Featuring Natalie Martin
• Toxic / WaveGroup / Shoichiro Hirata
• tribe grooves / nite system
• u gotta groove / dj nagureo
• Virtual Insanity /
• You Really Got Me / WaveGroup / Shoichiro Hirata

beatmania IIDX

• 5.1.1. / dj nagureo
• Attitude / Y&Co.
• BAD BOY BASS!! (dj Remo-con MIX) / Y&Co.
• Celebrations / Wavegroup/DJ TK-ST
• Colors (radio edit) / dj TAKA
• Dancin' Into The Night / good-cool
• Digital MinD (A/T Libra mix) / TaQ
• e-motion / e.o.s.
• era(nostal mix) / TaQ
• First Day / Timo Maas
• Funky Town / Lipps, Inc.
• Fly Through the Night / Mr. T
• GENOM SCREAMS / L.E.D. Light
• g.m.d. / DJ Mazinger feat. Muhammad
• Hitch Hiker / good-cool
• Holic / TaQ
• I Was The One / good-cool
• in my eyes / ric
• jelly kiss / Togo project feat. Sana
• LOVE IS DREAMINESS / L.E.D.-G VS GUHROOVY fw/asuka
• M-02stp.ver1.01 / Shoichiro Hirata
• Mobo★Moga / Orange Lounge
• Mr.T (Take Me Higher) / Risky Men feat. Asuka.M
• MUSIC TO YOUR HEAD / SLAKE
• NEMESIS / D.J.SETUP
• Nothing Ain't Stoppin' Us / Shoichiro Hirata
• OUTER LIMITS / L.E.D.-G
• PARANOiA MAX ~DIRTY MIX~ / 190
• Presto / Osamu Kubota
• SNOW / RAM
• Spin the Disc / good-cool
• Summer Vacation (CU mix) / OutPhase (dj TAKA & TaQ)
• THE CUBE / DJ SUWAMI
• THE SHINING POLARIS / L.E.D. feat. Sana
• Toxic / WaveGroup / Shoichiro Hirata
• V / TAKA
• Virtual Insanity /
• Voltage (feat. Hidemaru) / TaQ
• You Really Got Me / WaveGroup / Shoichiro Hirata

Karaoke Revolution

• Celebration (remix) / ?
• Toxic / WaveGroup / Shoichiro Hirata
• Virtual Insanity (remix) / ?
• You Really Got Me / WaveGroup / Shoichiro Hirata

Licensed Songs

• First Day / Timo Maas
• Funkytown / Lipps, Inc.
• Lift Me Up / Moby
• The Way You Move / Paul Grogan Featuring Natalie Martin

Expert Mode Courses

Courses have three difficulties: Light/Standard/Heavy. Unlike the rest of the game, this keeps track of EX scores!

IIDX01

Heavy: 32

• Digital Mind
• Genom Screams
• Music To Your Head
• Holic
• Nemesis

IIDX02

Heavy: 23

• Toxic
• Nothin' Ain't Stoppin' Us
• I Was The One
• m02stp.v.101
• Spin the Disc

IIDX03

Heavy: 33

• Fly Through The Night
• The Shining Polaris
• In My Eyes
• Attitude
• Colors

IIDX04

Heavy: 24

• Hitch Hiker
• The Way You Move
• YOu Really Got Me
• Mobo Moga
• Bad Boy Bass

IIDX05

Heavy: 29

• Paranoia Max
• Outer Limits
• Snow
• Love Is Dreaminess
• Era (Nostalmix)

What's Different About USA

• Game uses the 9th style CS Engine, but has been completely reskinned.
• Game modes include Game Mode (probably similar to Arcade Mode), Free Mode, Expert Mode, Practice Mode (not similar to Beginner Mode, but looks more like Lesson Mode in CS DDR games), and Training Mode.
• Another difficulties will be available, but must be unlocked by clearing every song on both 5-key and 7-key once.
• There are no anothers for 5-key songs, nor for any of the US exclusives.
• Regarding song charts, nothing has been "toned down", but "very minor changes have been made to some of the 'annoying' measures within songs in hyper mode. Another charts haven't been touched."
• "Just Great" is now called "Perfect."
• Difficulties are listed as "Beginner", "Normal", and "Hyper". Another exists, but may have to be unlocked.
• Difficulties are now on a 1-10 scale, using stars. 9 and 10 appear to be reserved for Anothers, since Colors Hyper is rated an 8.
• Hard has been renamed to "Challenge", or "CHA" for short.
• 5-key mode is known as "beatmania" mode, 7-key mode is known as "beatmania IIDX" mode. Konami no longer appears to be removing references to IIDX from videos, etc.
• In 5-key mode, Free Scratch Zones have returned. Free Scratch Zones are areas in older songs where you can pretty much scratch as much or as little as you want. However, was extremely difficult to get a Great on a Free Zone. It is not known whether this problem has been corrected in this version.
• There is a replay mode to save replays of songs you have played.
• The records screen has notecount, money score, playcount, max combo, and (apparently) note counts organized in a DDR-style grid.
• Songs must be played in Game Mode before they appear in Free Mode.

Related Links

• beatmania USA CS Official Site
• IGN Interview with Shingo Mukaitoge