AC PENDUAL

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beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL

Release Information

 

  • Location test dates: June 13th, 2014 - June 15th, 2014
  • Release date: September 17th, 2014
  • Slogan: 時、行き交わう。弐つの振音
  • Soundtrack release dates:
    • beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL ORIGINAL SOUND TRACK
      • Japanese release: 03/04/2015

General Information / Changes

  • The subtitle "PENDUAL" is a portmanteau of "pendulum" (hence the time theme) and "dual".
  • The Space-Time system is introduced, which cycles the theme appearance between a "PRESENT Phase" (gray skin) and a "FUTURE Phase" (purple skin), with changes on the interface, background music and with their own exclusive songs.
    • The game alternates between PRESENT and FUTURE Phases according to the schedule shown in the official website's calendar.
    • On the song selection screen, PRESENT Phase songs sit on a white background frame, while FUTURE Phase songs sit on a purple background frame.
    • The PRESENT Phase BGM of beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL is made by 猫叉Masterβ2, while the FUTURE Phase BGM is made by L.E.D..
    • On the in-game clock, the year displayed is 2015 (current one) in the PRESENT Phase, and always 2222 in the FUTURE Phase.
    • During the FUTURE Phase, Dan'inintei courses have the MIRROR modifier active.
    • The PRESENT Phase announcer is named Chronos, the FUTURE Phase announcer is named Kairos.
      • The two characters are the girls appearing in the Chrono Seeker event.
  • EX-COMBO option is introduced. Instead of the combo count, it shows the EX-SCORE next to the judgment rank during gameplay.
  • R-RANDOM (Rotation RANDOM) option is introduced, which lets the player offset patterns by a set (from +1 to +6) amount of lanes. It may also be used with the MIRROR option.
  • EXPAND-JUDGE option is introduced. Increases the PERFECT GREAT and GREAT timing windows by four times, but score and clear lamps with this option are not saved.
  • The old RANK font in the result screen returns.
  • Titles of beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL songs are written with a pink font.
  • The Charge Notes icons are removed in the song selection screen.
    • However, the ALL CHARGE NOTES folder is still available.
  • The DJ Name is not shown anymore in the song selection screen.
  • Dellars have been renamed as Fricos. It has a new icon, showing a potion.
  • The feature showing judgment results for each chart lane in Double Player's result screen has been removed.
  • In the result screen, ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE has been renamed as ONE MORE STAGE.
    • The ONE MORE STAGE can be directly accessed from the FINAL STAGE if you play on coin mode in Japanese arcades.
    • However, in the gameplay UI and in the LED marquee it still appears as ONE MORE EXTRA and ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE respectively.
  • With the removal of song genres in pop'n music ラピストリア, beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL is the only BEMANI game as of late 2014 to continue having music genres for its new songs.
  • VANESSA's background video, which was removed in beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro, is restored.
  • F's unique song title card has returned.
  • RISE's charts and audio have been fixed.
  • Songs from the QprogueDX, SUPER STAR -MITSURU- Perfect Revival (SUPER STAR 満 -MITSURU- 完全復活祭) and GUMI 5th Anniversary party Presented by BEMANI events of beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA are unlocked by default.
  • Songs from the Spada†leggendaria event of beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA can be accessed throughout the LEGGENDARIA folder, which is, once again, exclusively available to PASELI users only.
  • First beatmania IIDX arcade game since beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD with no song by GUHROOVY on the default songlist.
  • First beatmania IIDX arcade game since Dirty Androids' debut where he has no songs on the default songlist.
  • First beatmania IIDX game since beatmania IIDX substream to feature dj TAKA and not have a new song by him on the default songlist.
  • First beatmania IIDX arcade game since beatmania IIDX 9th style to feature kors k and not have a new song by him on the default songlist.
  • The Hourglass of Time was introduced on December 22nd, 2014; it switches the game's current Space-Time Phase for a single player. You buy Hourglasses on the game's website by using PASELI: 5 of them cost 103p, 30 of them cost 618p and 60 of them cost 1235p. You use a single Hourglass in-game to switch the Space-Time Phase. Note that the Hourglasses expire 60 days after you purchased them.
  • Theme: Time.

Staff Information

Full Song List

beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL Full Songlist

New Songs

Default Songs

PRESENT Phase songs have a white background frame on the music selection screen, and are only available on the PRESENT Phase of beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL.
FUTURE Phase songs have a purple background frame on the music selection screen, and are only available on the FUTURE Phase of beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL.

Genre Song Artist BPM SP Difficulty DP Difficulty
Beginner Normal Hyper Another Normal Hyper Another
Regular Songs
AFRO-SAMBA AFRO KNUCKLE 猫叉Master 145 - 5 8 11 5 9 11
ART CORE Amnolys onoken 140-180 - 5 9 11 6 9 11
NEO CLASSICAL DANCE Beat Radiance iNO 192 - 5 8 10 5 8 10
HARDCORE RAVE Blaze it UP! DJ Shimamura 175 - 5 8 11 5 8 11
J-POP Don't Stop The Music feat.森高千里
from Don't Stop The Music
tofubeats 110 - 3 6 9 4 6 9
FALLIN APART CORE Erosion Mark
from pop'n rhythmin
kors k REASM Des-ROW 192 - 4 8 11 4 8 11
DUB COMEDY FANTASTIC THREE ジャカルタファンクブラザーズ 185 - 7 10 12 7 10 12
HAPPY HARDCORE Hello Happiness P*Light feat. mow*2 182 - 5 9 11 5 8 11
ELECTRO TECH Line 4 Ruin Ryu☆ 141 - 4 9 11 6 9 11
TOKYO STYLE SPEEDCORE m1dy Festival m1dy 225 - 5 8 11 5 8 10
ARTCORE ROCK Monopole. cosMo@暴走P 201 - 4 8 12 5 8 11
PUMPCORE Night sky USAO 192 - 6 9 11 6 9 12
HARD EDM No Tears RoughSketch feat.Aikapin 170 - 6 9 11 6 9 10
HARDSTYLE On My Wings (Hardstyle IIDX)
from Let's Do It Now!! kors k Special Remix CD
kors k 150 - 5 7 10 5 7 10
HARD DANCE Rave Saves You feat. Cardz (Exclusive IIDX Mix)
from ENERGETIC TRANCE 03
Remo-con 143 - 4 8 10 4 8 10
DIMENSION WAVE SAMSARA SOUND HOLIC feat. Nana Takahashi 164 - 4 7 10 4 7 10
EUROBEAT Sometimes feat. Kanae Asaba Y&Co. 147 - 4 8 10 5 7 10
RAGTIME FUTURE POP SpaceLand☆TOYBOX OSTER project 172 - 6 9 12 6 9 12
ELECTRO POP Sweet Radar DJ Genki feat. Yukacco 150 - 4 7 10 4 6 10
GYPSYCORE Vulkan Hommarju 205 - 5 9 11 5 9 11
新世紀進歩的羽扇子音楽 X↑X↓ DJ TECHNORCH 172 - 5 8 11 5 9 12
INTELLIGENCE ZZ
from jubeat saucer / REFLEC BEAT colette -Spring-
D.J.Amuro 154 - 6 10 12 6 10 12
A-STYLE DRUMSTEP ベィスドロップ・フリークス かめりあ feat. ななひら 179 - 4 7 10 4 7 11
J-CORE 紅牡丹 DJ NAGAI feat. a☆ru 181 - 6 9 12 6 9 12
PIECED EUPHORIA 超青少年ノ為ノ超多幸ナ超古典的超舞曲 Project B- 150 - 6 9 11 6 8 12
BLOOM FUSION デンドロビウム TAG 110-144 - 4 8 10 5 8 10
ROCK フェイクアウト Last Note. feat.mirin 215 - 5 8 10 4 8 11
Hi-FUNK BREAKS 表裏一体!?怪盗いいんちょの悩み♥ ◇◆謎の怪盗少女ぷらずま☆彡Prim◇◆ 165 - 6 10 12 6 10 12
HYPER J-POP 十六夜セツナ Xceon feat.Mayumi Morinaga 160 - 5 7 10 6 8 10
KANA-POP 恋は白帯、サンシロー 星野奏子 175 - 3 6 9 4 6 9
きらめきコア もっと!モット!ときめき feat. 松下 シャイニング度胸兄弟 175 - 6 9 11 6 9 11
ぷろぐれっしぶ電波 ぷろぐれっしぶ時空少女!うらしまたろ子ちゃん! ARM(IOSYS) feat. 山本椛 175 - 5 7 11 4 7 10
想歌 風 白露の風 Qrispy Joybox feat. 常盤ゆう 166 - 2 6 9 2 6 9
DUBCORE #The_Relentless DJ Noriken 170 - 6 9 11 5 9 11
PRESENT Phase Songs
HEALING DRUM'N'BASS chrono diver -fragment- 猫叉Master feat.三澤秋 185 - 3 6 9 3 6 9
SYNTHETIC EDM illuminate Sota Fujimori 146 - 3 8 10 3 8 11
FUTURE Phase Songs
CYBER DRUM & BASS CHRONO DIVER -NORNIR- L.E.D. 185 - 5 9 11 5 9 11
GLITCH STEP subtractive Expander 180 - 4 7 10 4 7 10

Unlockable Songs

beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK VOL.2 Pre-order Songs

By purchasing the beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK VOL.2 album, you'll receive a code which allows you to unlock the following songs since October 1st, 2014, both from the beatnation RHYZE vs HARDCORE TANO*C album.

Note: from December 18th and December 24th, 2014 respectively, Hollywood Galaxy(DJ NAGAI Remix) and We're so Happy (P*Light Remix) IIDX ver. are automatically unlocked for everyone to play.

Genre Song Artist BPM SP Difficulty DP Difficulty
Beginner Normal Hyper Another Normal Hyper Another
beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK VOL.2 Pre-order Songs
GALACTIC J-CORE Hollywood Galaxy(DJ NAGAI Remix) Remixed by DJ NAGAI 186 - 6 10 12 6 10 12
HAPPY HARDCORE We're so Happy (P*Light Remix) IIDX ver. Remixed by P*Light 185 - 6 10 12 6 10 12

Challenge Chance

Genre Song Artist BPM SP Difficulty DP Difficulty
Beginner Normal Hyper Another Normal Hyper Another
ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE Songs
MAELSTROM cinder PHQUASE 216 - 5 9 12 5 9 12
PROGRESSIVE SCHRANZ Gravigazer DJ TOTTO 160 - 5 10 12 5 9 12

†LEGGENDARIA Charts

Genre Song Artist BPM SP Difficulty DP Difficulty
Beginner Normal Hyper Another Normal Hyper Another
†LEGGENDARIA Charts (beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA Songs)
HARDCORE RAVE Feel The Beat†LEGGENDARIA Falsion 175 - - - 12 - - 12
ORIENTAL CORE 疾風迅雷†LEGGENDARIA KUMOKIRI 180 - - - 12 - - 12
HARD NRG Verflucht†LEGGENDARIA Tyrfing 180 - - - 12 - - 12

Chrono Seeker Songs

Genre Song Artist BPM SP Difficulty DP Difficulty
Beginner Normal Hyper Another Normal Hyper Another
Chrono Seeker
New Songs
LOST GROUND COLOSSEUM 劇団レコード 140 - 4 7 11 4 8 10
TROPICAL とろぴかる倶楽部 HALFBY 120 - 5 8 11 6 9 11
BREAKCORE Light My Fire GUHROOVY fw. NO+CHIN 200 - 4 7 10 5 7 10
TIME TRIP JAZZ 時空トラベローグ SWING HOLIC feat. A~YA 234 - 6 9 11 6 9 11
EPIC ELECTRONICA Symmetry 猫叉Master 163 - 6 10 12 6 9 11
MAINSTREAM HARDCORE NEO GENERATOR SEVEN L.E.D.-G 182 - 5 10 12 6 10 11
DUAL ANTIQUE Broken Sword 金獅子 VS 麒麟 160 - 7 10 12 6 9 12
Revivals and CS Transplants
CLICK HOUSE in motion
from beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY
Ryu☆ 138 - 5 6 7 5 6 8
FREEFORM tripping contact
from beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD
kors k vs teranoid 182 - 6 9 12 7 10 -
PSYCHEDELIC TRANCE IXION
from beatmania IIDX 10th style CS
L.E.D. 150 - 5 8 9 5 8 11
WORLD/ELECTRONICA Beyond The Earth
from beatmania IIDX 9th style CS
猫叉Master 140 - 5 10 11 6 9 10

Coca-Cola×BEMANI

This event started on October 23rd, 2014, and ended on January 22nd, 2015. By purchasing Coke products at the "location test" stores, you get a D ticket, which can be used once on a day. During that day, the first song will be available for play, as well as custom frames, lane covers, and Q-pro parts.

On November 27th, 2014, an extra song can be played by having all the customization parts.
On December 24th, 2014, another song can be played by having purchased 14 or more Coke products.

Songs are in order of unlocking.

Genre Song Artist BPM SP Difficulty DP Difficulty
Beginner Normal Hyper Another Normal Hyper Another
Coca-Cola×BEMANI
OLDSTYLE GAMEMUSIC リリーゼと炎龍レーヴァテイン
from REFLEC BEAT colette -Summer-
黒猫ダンジョン 200 - 6 10 12 6 10 12
WORLD/ELECTRONICA fallen leaves -IIDX edition-
from REFLEC BEAT colette -Autumn-
猫叉Master 165 - 6 10 12 6 9 12
LIAISON Ludus In Tenebris Akhuta 126 - 5 10 12 6 9 12

PON no unmei jouka keikaku (PONの運命浄化計画)

This event started on December 24th, 2014, to commemorate the release of the Power Of Nature album. To unlock the event songs, you must obtain the different attributes of the "powers of nature" (自然の力). By increasing the attributes, you also increase the fate purification probability.

Then, by accessing the event website (which can be found here), you can press the "fate purification challenge" (運命浄化チャレンジ) button. If the purification is successful, you will unlock the song(s).

To unlock the pop'n music crossovers in other BEMANI games, you must obtain the Earth Purification (大地の浄化) power by playing pop'n music ラピストリア.

Genre Song Artist BPM SP Difficulty DP Difficulty
Beginner Normal Hyper Another Normal Hyper Another
PONの運命浄化計画
SOLITUDE Realize Maze
from pop'n music ラピストリア
movies (moimoi×Xceon×Dai.) 149 - 6 9 11 6 9 11


ZAN album event

The following songs will be unlockable beginning around January 21st, 2015 in celebration of SOUND HOLIC's BEMANI album 斬 -ZAN-. To unlock both songs respectively, you must play 5 and 10 credits for each in order.

Genre Song Artist BPM SP Difficulty DP Difficulty
Beginner Normal Hyper Another Normal Hyper Another
斬 -ZAN-
MELODIC SPEED METAL TOXIC VIBRATION
from GITADORA OverDrive
SOUND HOLIC Vs. T.Kakuta feat. YURiCa 197 - 7 10 12 7 10 12
DEEP SPECTRUM TIEFSEE SOUND HOLIC Vs. dj TAKA feat. YURiCa 165 - 6 9 12 6 9 ?

Qpronicle Chord Songs

Genre Song Artist BPM SP Difficulty DP Difficulty
Beginner Normal Hyper Another Normal Hyper Another
Qpronicle Chord phase 1
SACRED TRANCE entelecheia Rche 185 - 6 10 12 7 10 12
FUTURE BASS Cosmic Cat 8bit Moonside 160 - 6 9 11 6 8 11
EDM SPEED Rave*it!! Rave*it!! 機龍 282 - 6 9 12 6 9 12
FULL ON Chain of pain
from beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD CS
kors k VS 猫叉Master+ 153 - 4 8 10 7 9 11
TECHNO GUILTY
from beatmania CORE REMIX
D.J.SETUP 148 - 5 8 10 5 9 11
Qpronicle Chord phase 2
HARD IRISH SYMPHONIC Despair of ELFERIA 猫叉Master 205 - 7 10 12 ? ? ?
DRUM'N'BASS Flashes Dollscythe 180 - 6 9 12 ? ? ?
MUSIC GAME TRADITIONAL Shooting Fireball dj TAKA 160 - 6 10 12 ? ? ?
NU STYLE GABBA BLUE MIRAGE
from beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY CS
DJ CHUCKY 170 - 5 10 12 ? ? ?
GOA TRANCE IMPLANTATION
from drummania 2ndMIX
TOMOSUKE 145 - 5 10 12 ? ? ?

Challenge Chance

The Challenge Chance event is the secret ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE system of beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL, started on September 24th, 2014.

Unlock conditions are the same between Single Player and Double Player modes and always carry over. Available only on STANDARD Mode. EXPAND-JUDGE option cannot be used.

The objective of Challenge Chance is to satisfy secret requirements in order to open a Door, which appears in the result screen. Once the Door is open, it's possible to play the ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE song once.

Like the LIMIT BURST and Spada†leggendaria events from the previous two beatmania IIDX games, Challenge Chance uses a Phase system. However, the main difference here is that Challenge Chance is divided in two parts: the first one where you have to trigger the appearance of the Door, the second one where you have to open said Door.

Main notes:

  • There are four Phases in total and they're generally only related to the first part of the unlock system. As patterns go, the first three phases cycled after every three weeks. Fourth phase has never been triggered as of yet.
  • All requirements of the second part of the unlock system must be done on EXTRA STAGE, or on FINAL STAGE if you play on coin mode in Japan.
  • You can only fulfill any requirement of the second part of the unlock system once for each current Space-Time Phase. Once you satisfied (or fail to satisfy) a requirement, you must always wait for the Space-Time Phase to switch to the other one.
  • NOTE: You can circumvent the Space-Time Phase rule with the Hourglass of Time items if you have access to them. By switching Space-Time Phases at your will, you can unlock the ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE songs much more easily and quickly.

Part 1 - Triggering the Door

To begin the event, you have to first trigger the appearance of the Door itself in one of the two Space-Time Phases. This can be done on any Stage, including the EXTRA STAGE.

The songs you must use are Phase exclusive songs; the choice depends on the current Space-Time Phase: chrono diver -fragment- and illuminate for PRESENT Phase, CHRONO DIVER -NORNIR- and subtractive for FUTURE Phase.

The ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE song depends on which Space-Time Phase you triggered the Door.

  • Phase 1
    • NORMAL and HYPER charts are not available.
    • ANOTHER difficulty: Obtain a Full Combo and at least a AAA rank grade together on a Phase exclusive song's ANOTHER chart without using any option.
  • Phase 2
    • NORMAL charts are not available.
    • HYPER difficulty: Obtain a Full Combo and at least a AAA rank grade together on a Phase exclusive song's HYPER chart without using any option.
    • ANOTHER difficulty: Obtain a Full Combo and at least a AA rank grade together on a Phase exclusive song's ANOTHER chart without using any option.
  • Phase 3
    • NORMAL difficulty: Obtain a Full Combo and at least a A rank grade together on a Phase exclusive song's NORMAL chart.
    • HYPER difficulty: Obtain a Full Combo and at least a AA rank grade together on a Phase exclusive song's HYPER chart.
    • ANOTHER difficulty: Obtain a Full Combo and at least a AA rank grade together on a Phase exclusive song's ANOTHER chart.
  • Phase 4
    • Details are currently unknown.

If done correctly, the Door appears in the result screen. Part 2 of the unlock system begins immediately after.
NOTE: If you trigger the Door on EXTRA STAGE, part 2 of the unlock system begins in the next credit only.

Part 2 - Opening the Door

With the Door being triggered, you now have to fulfill hidden requirements in order to open the Door. The Door comes with three "challenge chance" coins; each coin disappears if you fail to satisfy the hidden requirement.

The hidden requirement to open the Door is to obtain a FULL COMBO on a group of different songs with charts having a specific rating level per difficulty. It's certain that on Phase 1, you have to obtain a FULL COMBO on nine different songs and the songs' charts have to be level 12 ones on ANOTHER difficulty. In the next Phases, the requirement becomes easier to fulfill by time.

As of December 22nd, 2014, this is the status of the hidden requirement to open the Door:

  • If you're playing on NORMAL difficulty, obtain a FULL COMBO on two different charts rated at least level 6.
  • If you're playing on HYPER difficulty, obtain a FULL COMBO on two different charts rated at least level 7.
  • If you're playing on ANOTHER difficulty, obtain a FULL COMBO on two different charts rated at least level 8.

If you use different difficulties together to open the Door, it may take more credits/songs. It's not recommended to do so, as it appears that the difficulty progresses are separate.

If the requirement is satisfied, you don't lose any "challenge chance" coin and electric effects on the Door appear. These effects progressively get stronger each time you're closer to opening the Door.

If all "challenge chance" coins are gone, the Door disappears and all the fulfilled requirements are cancelled. The Door must be re-triggered again afterwards.

When the Door is finally open, you are forced play the ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE song with the EX-HARD gauge being turned on. Its chart depends on which difficulty you have played the last song prior to opening the Door. After playing the ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE song, your Challenge Chance's progress resets and the Door must be re-triggered again.

ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE Songs

PRESENT Door

FUTURE Door

Chrono Seeker

Official event page.

The Chrono Seeker event is the first unlock system of beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL, introduced on October 1st, 2014.

12/15/2014 UPDATE: The Chrono Seeker event ended on December 21st, 2014. All the songs unlocked for default play do stay, while Symmetry, NEO GENERATOR SEVEN and Broken Sword cannot be (currently) played anymore as the Chrono Seeker folder isn't accessible anymore.

01/21/2014 UPDATE: You can now buy from the game website the Moonlight Hologram items that unlock the Chrono Seeker songs.

The event only shows up in STANDARD mode, with only one player. Chrono Seeker is automatically activated after the first play session since the event started.

The main objective is to unlock new charts by collecting Crystal shards. In order to do this, you need to fulfill certain phase-specific unlock conditions, which are listed below. There are conditions for each class, i.e. one for the NORMAL (blue), one for the HYPER (yellow), and one for the ANOTHER (red) version of the new song. When a Crystal is materialized in the special event screen (which appears at the end of each play session), a special announcement appears and the respective chart is unlocked. The Crystal rows, which show up at the end of a play session, are divided in two sides, one for Chronos (left side) and one for Kairos (right side); these must be unlocked in order, from the top one to the bottom one. Crystals obtained during the PRESENT Phase appear on Chronos' side, Crystals obtained during the FUTURE Phase appear on Kairos' side.

The four Chrono Seeker songs can be unlocked in both Space-Time Phases, meaning from both sides of the Crystal rows. Therefore, if you "start" the event in the future phase, Chrono Seeker songs will be unlocked in the future and the revival/CS songs in the present phase. The requirements for unlocking the songs are the only main differences between the Space-Time Phases, event-wise. Requirements are satisfied even if you fail to clear the songs.

When you unlock a Chrono Seeker chart from a single side, you can play it in the special CHRONO SEEKER folder, available in the next play session on FINAL STAGE on coin play, or on EXTRA STAGE on PASELI play (in the rest of Asia, it appears on EXTRA STAGE on coin play only). Note that you MUST play the newly unlocked song before you can proceed to the next Crystal row, therefore to the successive song to unlock. At least one completed Crystal is required to unlock the next row.

Progression on the Crystal rows is shared between both Space-Time Phases; for example, if you have unlocked the third row on PRESENT Phase, on FUTURE Phase you can unlock any of the first three Chrono Seeker songs as you wish. You still have to play the song of the third row before working on the fourth one, of course.

You are allowed to complete multiple Crystals by satisfying different requirements in a single play session too.

When two Crystals of same color are completed on the same Crystal row, the respective Chrono Seeker chart permanently appears on regular play. This also unlocks the respective hidden Revival/CS Transplant for regular play too, whose available difficulty chart depends on which Chrono Seeker chart you have fully unlocked on both Crystal row sides.

For a quick resume of the Crystal rows and their songs:

Jack Hans

Color: Orange
Chrono Seeker Song: COLOSSEUM
Revival: in motion

Jens

Color: Blue
Chrono Seeker Song: とろぴかる倶楽部
Revival: tripping contact

Jizaru

Color: Green
Chrono Seeker Song: Light My Fire
CS Transplant: IXION

Jack Tiro

Color: Violet
Chrono Seeker Song: 時空トラベローグ
CS Transplant: Beyond The Earth

After you play 時空トラベローグ once, you can unlock each Space-Time Phase's respective boss song, one exclusive for PRESENT Phase and one exclusive for FUTURE Phase. These two songs cannot be currently unlocked for regular play.

Amduscian

Space-Time Phase: PRESENT
Chrono Seeker Song: Symmetry

Maxwellion

Space-Time Phase: FUTURE
Chrono Seeker Song: NEO GENERATOR SEVEN

Obtaining all Amduscian and Maxwellion Crystals is required in order to unlock the final boss. The following song cannot be unlocked for regular play. Symmetry and NEO GENERATOR SEVEN will be available in the Chrono Seeker folder in FUTURE and PRESENT Phases respectively once a Laplacia Crystal has been obtained.

Laplacia

Chrono Seeker Song: Broken Sword

Once all the Laplacia Crystals are obtained and Broken Sword is played, the ending cutscene is shown. You obtain a Platinum Tran Medal for finishing the event.

Chrono Seeker PRESENT Phase Crystal Requirements

Jack Hans

  • NORMAL chart: Play one default PRESENT Phase exclusive song on NORMAL difficulty.
  • HYPER chart: Play any default PRESENT Phase exclusive song on HYPER difficulty three times.
  • ANOTHER chart: Play any default PRESENT Phase exclusive song on ANOTHER difficulty five times.

Jens

  • NORMAL chart: Play 10 songs on NORMAL difficulty, with the MIRROR modifier activated.
  • HYPER chart: Play 15 songs on HYPER difficulty, with the MIRROR modifier activated.
  • ANOTHER chart: Play 20 songs on ANOTHER difficulty, with the MIRROR modifier activated.

Jizaru

  • NORMAL chart: Play 5 songs with charts that have Charge Notes, on NORMAL difficulty.
  • HYPER chart: Play 10 songs with charts that have Charge Notes, on HYPER difficulty.
  • ANOTHER chart: Play 15 songs with charts that have Charge Notes, on ANOTHER difficulty.

Jack Tiro

  • NORMAL chart: Obtain the Tran Medal for playing the three Daily Songs in one day, then play a song on NORMAL difficulty.
  • HYPER chart: Obtain the Tran Medal for playing the three Daily Songs in five different days, then play a song on HYPER difficulty.
  • ANOTHER chart: Obtain the Tran Medal for playing the three Daily Songs in ten different days, then play a song on ANOTHER difficulty.

Amduscian

Obtain all 12 PRESENT Crystals, or have more PRESENT Crystals than FUTURE ones without having unlocked any of the Maxwellion crystals.

Chrono Seeker FUTURE Phase Crystal Requirements

Jack Hans

  • NORMAL chart: Play any NORMAL chart from a style and with an amount of remaining seconds that match the current hour (for example, play a beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA song with 21 seconds remaining from 21:00 to 21:59).
  • HYPER chart: Same as the NORMAL chart requirement, but with a HYPER chart.
  • ANOTHER chart: Same as the NORMAL chart requirement, but with an ANOTHER chart.

Jens

  • NORMAL chart: On FIRST STAGE and SECOND STAGE, play any two NORMAL songs from a style that matches the current date.
  • HYPER chart: Same as the NORMAL chart requirement, but with two HYPER charts.
  • ANOTHER chart: Play any three ANOTHER songs that start with the same capitalized letter as the current day (e.g. MENDES on Monday).

Jizaru

  • NORMAL chart: Play any 5 NORMAL songs with the last decimal place of floating HI-SPEED set to the current date as displayed in the in-game clock (for example xx.02 for the 2nd of October).
  • HYPER chart: Same as the NORMAL chart requirement, but with 10 HYPER songs.
  • ANOTHER chart: Same as the NORMAL chart requirement, but with 15 ANOTHER songs.

Jack Tiro

  • NORMAL chart: On FIRST STAGE or SECOND STAGE, play a FUTURE Phase exclusive song on NORMAL difficulty and end it by holding down a key button specific to the current day (Sunday = 1, Monday = 2, Tuesday = 3, Wednesday = 4, Thursday = 5, Friday = 6, Saturday = 7).
  • HYPER chart: Same as the NORMAL chart requirement, but with a HYPER chart.
  • ANOTHER chart: On ANOTHER difficulty, finish any song with an EX-Score that exactly matches the clock time you started the song at (i.e. finish with an EX-Score of 1345 if you started the song at 13:45).

Maxwellion

Obtain all 12 FUTURE Crystals, or have more FUTURE Crystals than PRESENT ones without having unlocked any of the Amduscian crystals.

  • All charts: As of November 12th, 2014, just play any two L.E.D./L.E.D.-G songs as FIRST or SECOND STAGE on any difficulty.

Chrono Seeker Final Boss Requirements

Laplacia

Obtain every Crystal.

  • On any stage, you need to input the "KONAMI code" by pressing the following buttons in order:
    • EFFECTEFFECTVEFXVEFX1P START2P START1P START2P STARTBLACK KEYWHITE KEY
    • If done correctly, you hear a confirmation sound.
  • Afterwards, on the same stage, you can unlock the boss song's respective charts:
    • NORMAL chart: Obtain the Tran Medals for playing a song from each style folder on NORMAL difficulty, then play any song related to GRADIUS on NORMAL difficulty.
    • HYPER chart: Same as the NORMAL chart requirement, but on HYPER difficulty.
    • ANOTHER chart: Same as the NORMAL chart requirement, but on ANOTHER difficulty.

Qpronicle Chord

Phase 1 official event page.
Phase 2 official event page.

The Qpronicle Chord event is the second unlock system of beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL, introduced on December 22nd, 2014.
The second phase is available from January 28th, 2015.

Unlike Chrono Seeker, this event focuses on Q-pro's story again, where he returns to three old locations: the Lincle Kingdom from beatmania IIDX 19 Lincle, the tricoro city from beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro and Elferia from beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA. Previous enemies of Q-pro from each game return, but as partners. The Joker characters from beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro return as the main villains again.

The event shows up at the beginning and at the end of every play session, regardless of the mode chosen. Qpronicle Chord is automatically activated after the first play session since the event started. It only shows up with one player.

Before going to the song select screen, you are taken to the event screen to choose which island you want to conquer. At the end of the play session you deal with the main mini-game.

After accessing an island, the system BGM of its related game will be played in the menu screens instead of the regular PENDUAL one: Lincle BGM if you choose Lincle Kingdom (slightly redone, with layered versions too), tricoro BGM if you choose tricoro city, SPADA BGM if you choose Elferia.
The PENDUAL BGM fully plays again only after you complete the event.

You unlock songs' charts by conquering each one of the three islands, by defeating the enemies you encounter. The main mini-game consists of your Q-pro character attacking the group of enemies by dealing a certain amount of damage. During the battle, you can inflict critical damage (multiplier bonus) by pressing the white key at the right moment when the moving line on the arch goes through the still, second one; the more you are precise, the bigger the damage multiplier will be.

Regarding the partners, you start out with none. You can unlock them on the islands when a blue devil icon appears on any of them, one at a time. Right at the beginning you can unlock the first partner of your choice but afterwards you have to wait until your current partner reaches a high enough level, in order to trigger the appearance of another blue devil icon.

Choosing an island with a blue devil icon leads you at the end of the credit in an Unknown Area, where you have to fight a magic seal (which works like any enemy you encounter). Destroying the seal unlocks the partner, and also the NORMAL chart of the unlockable Qpronicle Chord song related to the chosen island.

The partners available in the event, so far, are:

You can choose a team of three partners, with one partner being the main one (leader). You can access the partner menu by pressing VEFX on the map selection screen. Partners have two bars: one for the level/experience and one for "LOVE". Your partners level up by how much damage you inflict on enemies; the main partner gathers much more experience than the other two selected ones. The LOVE bar also increases after defeating enemies and by playing songs from Lincle/tricoro/SPADA (depending on the main chosen partner as always); however, the LOVE bar increases only for your main selected partner.

When unlocking the partners, the island where you have unlocked the respective one becomes inaccessible until you have unlocked all the partners and therefore the songs' NORMAL charts. Afterwards, your objective is to keep fighting enemies and level up your partners; levelling up your partners and increasing their LOVE bars are what trigger the appearance of the yellow and red devil icons on the islands, letting you unlock the HYPER and the ANOTHER charts of the Qpronicle Chord songs. This happens when the total combined level of all your partners reaches a certain amount; the speculated amounts are:

  • between 12 and 16
  • 19
  • 28
  • between 38 and 39
  • 47 plus two partners at MAX LOVE
  • 54 plus all partners at MAX LOVE.

Regarding the LOVE feature, it has two uses: it changes the partners' expressions in the after-battle status screen which is purely a visual feature, and it triggers, alongside the partners' required level threshold, the appearance of the red devil icons on the islands. It's recommended to frequently change your lead partner, so you can get their LOVE level to MAX (which is the fourth level) as soon as possible.

Partners help you in battles, dealing bonus damage throughout special moves - these seem to happen randomly. Chosen partners appear as part of your Q-pro avatar in all screens and boss songs, automatically replacing the Head gear.

By unlocking Qpronicle songs' charts, you obtain Bronze Tran Medals. By defeating enemies, you obtain FRICO points.

Doing more damage in battle means getting more Level/LOVE points for your partners. In general, damage points depend on the following factors:

  • How many songs you have played in a play session (3 points per song, for a possible max of 15 points).
  • How many Lincle/tricoro/SPADA songs you have played in a play session with a specific chosen partner (1 point per song, for a possible max of 5 points).

The partner bonus points are obtained when you play specific songs depending on your chosen lead partner. If it's a Lincle Kingdom partner, play the songs in the Lincle folder; if it's a tricoro city partner, play the songs in the tricoro folder; if it's an Elferia partner, play the songs in the SPADA and Spada†leggendaria folders.

The Standard Critical attack, whose damage is multiplied by either ×1.0, ×1.2 or ×1.5, depending on your timing in the battle mini-game, can be increased throughout special bonuses. Said bonus damage is multiplied by either ×1.5, ×1.7 or ×2.0, depending on your timing in the battle mini-game, once again. These critical bonuses are:

  • VIP PASS BLACK bonus (requires the use of VIP PASS BLACK).
  • Daily bonus (triggers in the next credit if VIP PASS BLACK is used).
  • Hourglass of Time bonus (cannot be used alongside the VIP PASS BLACK and Daily bonus critical attacks).

Regarding the enemies, other than the standard grunts (monsters from Lincle Kingdom and Qprogue, plus characters from songs such as CONCEPTUAL and BRAVE GLOW), you fight rare enemies and super rare enemies. Their appearance is random and the enemy character in question depends on the game's Space-Time Phase. On the map selection screen, when a glowing icon showing the letter "S" next to an island appears, that means said island may contain either a rare enemy or a super rare one. Rare enemies only give you bonus FRICO points, while the super rare enemies give you CS Crossovers and the respective Silver Tran Medal upon defeat.

Qpronicle Chord Songs (Phase 1)

Plain of Lincle

tricoro city

Elferia Mountain

Qpronicle Chord Songs (Phase 2)

Lincle Kingdom

  • Song: Flashes / Dollscythe
  • Partner: Beridzebeth
  • PRESENT Phase Rare Enemy: ?
  • FUTURE Phase Rare Enemy: Nymph-chan (from Lincle Kingdom's PASELI tower)

tricoro city

Elferia

CS Crossovers

Regarding the super rare enemies, they have a health bar; trying to deal as much as damage possible against them is a priority. They also appear alone and if you are unable to deplete their HP bar, they retreat, appearing randomly later until they are finally defeated. There are two super rare enemies - one per Space-Time Phase - and when you defeat one you unlock all the charts of the respective event's CS Crossover.

You cannot Level up your partners in conquered locations - the ones that appear with a yellow check mark - but the LOVE bar still increases.

Once you unlocked all the charts for the new Qpronicle Chord songs, the Phase 1's ending cutscene plays. After unlocking all the songs and the CS Crossovers, the event screens do not appear anymore.

今日のイチオシ (Today's Featured Songs)

Every day, on all PENDUAL machines, three songs are marked as "featured". You can see which ones are marked in the Data Entry window or in the songwheel menu. Playing all three of them in a session will grant you 300 bonus Fricos.

For the list of featured songs, please check the beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL Today's Featured Songs List page.

WEEKLY RANKING

The Weekly Ranking feature in beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL began on October 15th, 2014. Weekly Ranking sessions last for a week, with Wednesday at 12:00 pm being the beginning and as well as the deadline in the successive week.

  1. 10/15/2014 to 10/22/2014 - Hello Happiness / P*Light feat. mow*2
  2. 10/22/2014 to 10/29/2014 - Don't Stop The Music feat.森高千里 / tofubeats
  3. 10/29/2014 to 11/05/2014 - No Tears / RoughSketch feat.Aikapin
  4. 11/05/2014 to 11/12/2014 - フェイクアウト / Last Note. feat.mirin
  5. 11/12/2014 to 11/19/2014 - ベィスドロップ・フリークス / かめりあ feat. ななひら
  6. 11/19/2014 to 11/26/2014 - Vulkan / Hommarju
  7. 11/26/2014 to 12/03/2014 - Erosion Mark / kors k REASM Des-ROW
  8. 12/03/2014 to 12/10/2014 - SAMSARA / SOUND HOLIC feat. Nana Takahashi
  9. 12/10/2014 to 12/17/2014 - Rave Saves You feat. Cardz (Exclusive IIDX Mix) / REMO-CON
  10. 12/17/2014 to 12/24/2014 - Blaze it UP! / DJ Shimamura
  11. 12/24/2014 to 12/31/2014 - ぷろぐれっしぶ時空少女!うらしまたろ子ちゃん! / ARM(IOSYS) feat. 山本椛
  12. 12/31/2014 to 01/07/2015 - m1dy Festival / m1dy
  13. 01/07/2015 to 01/14/2015 - Sometimes feat. Kanae Asaba / Y&Co.
  14. 01/14/2015 to 01/21/2015 - Amnolys / onoken
  15. 01/21/2015 to 01/28/2915 - Sweet Radar / DJ Genki feat. Yukacco

Revived Songs

New Charts

The following songs have received new charts since their last arcade or console appearance:

Song Game SP Difficulty DP Difficulty
Beginner Normal Hyper Another Normal Hyper Another
Devilz Staircase beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro 1 - - - - - -
Elemental Creation beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro 1 - - - - - -
VALLIS-NERIA beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro 1 - - - - - -
†渚の小悪魔ラヴリィ~レイディオ† (IIDX EDIT) beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro 1 - - - - - -
beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro 1 - - - - - -
アルストロメリア beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA 1 - - - - - -
バンブーソード・ガール beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA 1 - - - - - -
幻想系世界修復少女 beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA 1 - - - - - -
Beyond The Earth beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL - - - - 6 9 10

Difficulty Changes

The following songs have received difficulty changes since their last arcade or console appearance:

Song Game SP Difficulty DP Difficulty
Beginner Normal Hyper Another Normal Hyper Another
Illegal Function Call beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro - - - - - 9→10 -
Ancient Scapes beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA - - - - - 9→10 -
Devilz Sacrifice -贖罪の羊- beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA - 4→5 - - - - -
Element of SPADA beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA - - - - - 5→6 -
Insane Techniques beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA - - - 10→11 - - -
ra'am beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA - 7→8 - - - - -
refractive index beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA - - - - - - 10→11
Valgus beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA - - - - - - 10→11
WOBBLE IMPACT beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA - - - - - 7→8 -
IXION beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL - - - - - 7→8 -

Removed Songs

The following song was removed on January 22nd, 2015:

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