CS EMPRESS

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beatmania IIDX
Arcade Releases
1st - substream - 2nd - 3rd - 4th - 5th - 6th - 7th
8th - 9th - 10th - 11 IIDX RED - 12 HAPPY SKY
13 DistorteD - 14 GOLD - 15 DJ TROOPERS
16 EMPRESS - 17 SIRIUS - 18 Resort Anthem
19 Lincle - 20 tricoro - 21 SPADA - 22 PENDUAL
23 copula - 24 SINOBUZ - 25 CANNON BALLERS
26 Rootage - 27 HEROIC VERSE
28 BISTROVER - 29 CastHour - 30 RESIDENT
31 EPOLIS - 32 Pinky Crush
Foreign Arcade Releases
beatmania IIDX (China) - tricoro (China)
Home Releases
Sony PlayStation 2
3rd - 4th - 5th - 6th - 7th - 8th - 9th - 10th
beatmania (2006) - 11 IIDX RED - 12 HAPPY SKY
13 DistorteD - 14 GOLD - 15 DJ TROOPERS
16 EMPRESS + PREMIUM BEST
PC Releases
INFINITAS - INFINITAS (2020)
Mobile Releases
i-αppli - IIDX i-αppli - ULTIMATE MOBILE

General Information

  • Release Date: October 15th 2009
  • Rival data was collected from May 13th through the 31st.
  • First IIDX CS style that will be two discs; one contains the EMPRESS songs and some revivals, and the other, called Premium Best, contains the rest of the revivals. Revivals will come from every IIDX AC game.
  • First IIDX CS game were many of the CS originals have generic videos.
  • Features at least 195 songs and will be the last version on PS2.

Special Edition Offers

On the same day of release as Beatmania IIDX Empress CS + Premium Best, four other items will be made available from Konamistyle, individually and contained within at least one of the Special Edition collections:

  • Beatmania IIDX CS Collection ~GOLD, DJ TROOPERS, EMPRESS~: A 3-CD collection of the new songs released in the console versions of IIDX GOLD, DJ TROOPERS, and EMPRESS. Each CD will contain the new songs from one of the three releases. The full songlist from each game may be seen here. (Note: This collection will not be available for individual purchase.)
  • Beatmania IIDX Visual Emotions 8 (3990 JPY, ~$39.90 US): The eighth DVD collection of videos and visualizations from various Beatmania IIDX songs. 35 songs have been revealed for the DVD on the product page, but it is unknown at this time whether more songs will appear at a future time.
  • Ryu☆ - Starmine (3150 JPY, ~$31.50 US): The first Beatnation Records album from Ryu☆. As with some previous Beatnation Records albums, the album will feature 2 CDs. The first CD (labeled Original Album Side) will feature 20 of Ryu's songs, including songs from previous Beatmania IIDX releases, Bass 2 Bass from jubeat and a new collaboration song with kors k. The second CD (labeled Beatnation Records REMIXes SIDE) will contain 14 remixes of songs composed by Ryu. For those who pre-order the album, a third disc, the 青龍 Bonus Disc, will be included featuring four songs under Ryu's 青龍 alias. 3y3s, Waxing and Wanding and Time to Air and Blue Moment(New Song) are confirmed for the album,product page.
  • Beatmania IIDX Spin-off Drama ROOTS26S (Suite) Vol.1 (2940 JPY, ~$29.40 US): The first of a scheduled 3-volume animated drama series featuring the DJs found in the Beatmania IIDX series.


The Special Edition collections are as follows:

  • Special Edition (9980 JPY, ~$99.80 US): Contains IIDX Empress CS + Premium Best games, the IIDX CS collection, and two mystery items yet to be named.
  • Special Set (13,970 JPY, ~$139.70 US): Contains IIDX Empress CS + Premium Best games, the IIDX CS collection, Visual Emotions 8, and two mystery items yet to be named.
  • Complete Set (20,060 JPY, ~$200.60 US): Contains IIDX Empress CS + Premium Best games, all four items listed above, and two mystery items yet to be named.

Song Information

Regular Songs

EMPRESS Disc Returning Songs

SIRIUS Preview Songs

CS songs

Bemani Transplant Songs


Premium Best Songs

1st style

substream

2nd style

3rd style

4th style

5th style

6th style

7th style

8th style

9th style

10th style

IIDX RED

HAPPY SKY

DistorteD

GOLD

DJ TROOPERS

CS SONGS

Unlock information

Song unlocks

Ending Based

BGM/Select Based

  • Time to Empress:
    • clear V2 to get TAKA bgm, and enable it.
    • go over song beginning with the letters E M P R E S S in that order, and press select over each.
  • Bad Maniacs: ???

Hidden Commands

REGUL-SPEED

  1. Hover over a song beginning with R and hit the SELECT button
  2. Hover over a song beginning with E and hit the SELECT button
  3. Hover over a song beginning with G and hit the SELECT button

The option will be activated.

ALL-SCRATCH

  1. Hover over a song beginning with A and hit the SELECT button
  2. Hover over a song beginning with S and hit the SELECT button
  3. Hover over a song beginning with C and hit the SELECT button
  4. Hover over a song beginning with R and hit the SELECT button

The option will take effect while S-Random is active.

RED/HOLD OPTION SELECT

Certain modifiers can be altered further. The following options turn red and do the following when you hold the key down on that option:

  • Hazard Mode: Hold down on the HARD modifier.
  • Random/Mirror with Scratch: Hold down on the appropriate modifier.
  • 5 Key lane cover on other side: Hold down on the 5KEYS modifier.

GAMBOL HYPER Timing

  1. Hover over a song beginning with G and hit the SELECT button
  2. Hover over a song beginning with J and hit the SELECT button
  3. Hover over a song beginning with H and hit the SELECT button

The option will be activated.

GAMBOL ANOTHER Timing:

  1. Hover over a song beginning with G and hit the SELECT button
  2. Hover over a song beginning with J and hit the SELECT button
  3. Hover over a song beginning with A and hit the SELECT button

The option will be activated.

CUSTOMIZATIONS

FRAME

TURNTABLE

  • EMPRESS - ??? (involves DJ Points)

EXPLOSIONS

  • EMPRESS - ??? (involves DJ Points)

LANE COVER

CATEGORY VOICE

Michael a la mode - Full Combo B4U(BEMANI FOR YOU MIX) on any difficulty besides beginner. 5KEY and A-SCR are permitted.
小林ゆう - Full Combo on any difficulty besides beginner. 5KEY and A-SCR are permitted.
BLACK STAR 幸広-YUKIHIRO- - Full Combo You'll Say"NOW!" on any difficulty besides beginner. 5KEY and A-SCR are permitted.

MUSIC SELECTION BGM

TAKA - Play V2
Yoshitaka - play any song by Yoshitaka in the EMPRESS folder.
L.E.D. - play HYPERION
EMPRESS PALACE - enter EMPRESS PALACE on Extra Stage
EXTRA - Obtain the normal Extra Stage (Programmed World)
BLACK STAR - play You'll Say"NOW!"
Past Styles BGMs - play any song from that style. Some have to be done on Premium Best.

Extra Stage

General extra stage requirements

The third stage must meet one of the following:

  • 6+: Full combo.
  • 7+: Groove gauge full.
  • 8+: Just clear the song.

Normal extra stage

In standard mode the 3 songs played must meet these requirements:

  • They must all be cleared with an AA or higher (INCLUDING the third one)
  • The combined difficulties of the three songs played should be 10 or higher on Single Play and 7 or higher on Double Play
  • None of the following mods may be used: RANDOM, MIRROR, 5KEY and A-SCR in Single Play and in addition BATTLE in Double Play
  • The third song must meet the general Extra Stage requirements

Normal OMES

Clear the ES on another with hard on, A or higher.

Empress place

In standard mode the three songs' difficulties must add up to 21 or more on Single Play and 18 or more on Double Play, the third stage must meet Extra Stage requirements.

Empress place OMES

Get a jewel on all 3 empress place songs, when you get the third and each time after that himiko will automatically start.

Jewel requirements

  • Normal: just clear with an A or higher.
  • Hyper: ???
  • Another: ??? (Probably hard clear with A or higher)

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