beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS

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

beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS

Release Information

 

  • Location test dates: June 25th to July 1st, 2008
  • Release date: November 19th, 2008
  • Soundtrack release date:
    • beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK: April 24th, 2009
  • Slogan: 超、頂、蝶、煌く (Chou, chou, chou, kirameku)
    • Though it literally means "Super Sparkling Crown and Butterflies", it could be also read to mean "Super, super, super sparkly" due to a pun involving the word "chou" in Japanese.

General Information / Changes

  • Interface features pink and fuchsia, with a jewel and butterfly motif.
    • New songs are also in pink text; FULL COMBO splashes are pink as well.
  • Last arcade beatmania IIDX game to date to use the original beatmania IIDX logo.
  • New sound effects are added to the menus and result screens.
  • Last game where the options you have chosen appear on the pre-song splash screen, ending a tradition that began in 8th style.
  • First appearance of HAZARD mode. It is available by highlighting FREE mode and pressing the three black keys.
    • Breaking combo in HAZARD results in instant failure of a song. However, you're guaranteed four songs regardless of status on the first three.
    • Clear rate indicator changes to FULL COMBO rate in HAZARD.
  • First arcade beatmania IIDX game where all the new songs are given full Double charts.
  • First style to feature a different style of music for its extra stage system (EMPRESS PLACE) depending on which level of difficulty is chosen; the pitch shifts up to an eerier minor when the ANOTHER difficulty is highlighted.
  • The STAGE FAILED window from 10th styleDistorteD is revived.
  • All dj nagureo songs made after 4th style have been removed; several BeForU songs were removed as well.
    • With 37 removed songs, beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS has the highest number of removed songs since 10th style.
    • Conversely, all non-license SLAKE songs have been revived, except for I'M FOR REAL and LOVE IS DROWING.
  • First arcade style where both the default EXTRA STAGE and the ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE are composed by commission artists.
  • Release date is a play on 19,November, which was released 10 styles before in beatmania IIDX 6th style.
  • The beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK booklet contains a review of the entire soundtrack by top ranker beatmania IIDX player DOLCE.
  • First beatmania IIDX game whose soundtrack was released on the Japanese iTunes store, under the title beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS Music Selection.
    • Despite the "Music Selection" subtitle, it contains all the KONAMI originals from the game.
  • eAMUSEMENT support for beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS ended on December 31st, 2009 for non-mobile users, and on January 31st, 2010 for mobile users.
  • Total songs: 533

Staff Information

Full Song List

Default Songs

Genre Song Artist BPM SP Difficulty DP Difficulty
BEGINNER NORMAL HYPER ANOTHER NORMAL HYPER ANOTHER
Default Songs
HARD CORE ALL I NEED YOUR LOVE GUHROOVY fw.M-Project 145 - 5 7 9 6 7 9
ONLY ONE EURO BEAT ALL MY TURN -このターンに、オレの全てを賭ける- SUPER STAR 満-MITSURU- 170 - 6 9 11 6 9 11
RECKLESS RAVE B4U(BEMANI FOR YOU MIX) Remixed by DJ YOSHITAKA with Michael a la mode 170 - 6 9 11 7 9 11
HOUSE Bahram Attack-猫叉Master Remix-
from 電人K
猫叉Master feat.JUNE 155 - 4 9 10 5 9 11
HAPPY☆JIG BRIDAL FESTIVAL !!! S.S.D. with ななっち 138 - 4 7 9 5 8 9
NOSTALISH REQUIEM CaptivAte2~覚醒~ e-lma 175 1 6 9 11 5 9 11
BUCHIAGE TRANCE Cyber Force -DJ Yoshitaka Remix-
from SYNTHESIZED
Remixed by DJ YOSHITAKA 146 - 5 9 10 6 9 10
MEGA MIX Flash Back 90's kors k as disconation 155 - 4 8 10 5 8 10
DREAM TRANCE Fly Above Sota Fujimori 150 - 5 6 8 5 8 9
HOUSE HOUSE NATION
from house nation Fourth Gig
ravex 128 1 4 7 9 5 8 10
MORNING FULL ON HYPERION L.E.D. 150 - 6 9 11 6 10 11
TECHNO POP I'm Screaming LOVE Creative Life 147 - 4 6 7 5 7 9
HARDCORE JEWELLERY STORM L.E.D.-G fw. Eriko Tanzawa 176 - 5 8 10 5 9 11
ELECTRO-TECH Mind Mapping Ryu☆ 128 - 4 7 9 4 7 8
EUROBEAT Monkey Dance '09 Y&Co. Feat. DOMINO 155 - 4 8 10 4 8 11
TRANCE MY FUTURE PINK PONG 148 - 5 8 9 6 9 10
TECH-BREAKBEATS naughty girl@Queen's Palace DJ Mass MAD Izm* 145 - 5 9 11 5 8 10
ENERGETIC TRANCE neogenesis DM Ashura 151 - 4 6 9 5 7 9
DANCE MUSIC OF SORROW NΦ CRIME C×F 160 2 4 7 9 5 8 9
HOUSE Our Song
from The One
Shinichi Osawa 136 1 4 7 9 5 8 10
PSYCHEDELIC TRANCE PSYCHE PLANET-GT
from SYNTHESIZED
Remixed by L.E.D. 152 - 6 9 10 6 9 10
E-DANCE POP Punch Love ♥ 仮面 上野圭市(a.k.a.Baby Weapon,DJ SWAMI) feat.星野奏子 172 - 5 8 10 6 9 10
BIG BEAT Queen's Tragedy 猫叉Master+ 152 - 4 8 10 4 8 9
TECH PARA Secrets good-cool feat.CHiCO 150 - 6 9 11 5 9 11
CANDY RAVE smooooch ・∀・ kors k 177 2 4 8 10 5 8 10
UK HARDCORE THE SHINING POLARIS(kors k mix)
from 電人K
Remixed by kors k 172 - 5 8 9 6 7 8
HOUSE thunder HOUSE NATION Remix Remix by Sunset In Ibiza (SII) 128 1 4 7 9 5 8 10
ELEMENTAL CHANT Turii ~Panta rhei~ Zektbach 148 2 4 9 10 4 8 10
PROGESSIVE V₂
from milestone
TAKA 150 - 6 10 11 5 10 11
90's RAVE Y&Co. is dead or alive Y&Co. 145-876 - 5 9 10 5 10 11
DRAGON'BASS アタック NO.3 IDEA NOTE 170 - 5 7 9 6 9 10
ポップス 山岡晃の「クイズ!家事都合!」 AKIRA YAMAOKA feat.喜屋武ちあき 148 - 4 7 10 5 8 10
HOU-ROCK ハリツヤランデヴー Des-MASTERS 143 - 5 8 10 5 8 10
J-DANCE POP まほろば HHH+H 149 - 5 7 9 5 8 11
TRENDY TECHNO ミッドナイト堕天使 Dr. Honda 150 - 5 7 9 5 8 9
RAGE AGAINST EMPRESS 天空脳番長危機十六連打 D.J.SETUP 150 - 5 10 11 5 10 11
IRON CONCERTO 鉄甲乙女 -under the steel- Seiya Murai 160 - 4 7 10 5 9 10
J-TRANCE 小林ゆう 148 1 4 7 9 5 8 10
Added on January 7th, 2009 (end of beat #1)
ONLY ONE TECHNO You'll say "Now!" BLACK STAR 幸広-YUKIHIRO- 155 - 6 10 11 7 10 11
Added on Febraury 18th, 2009 (end of beat #2)
ONLY ONE EPILOGUE THANK YOU FOR PLAYING SUPER STAR 満-MITSURU- 45-170 - 5 9 10 5 8 10


EXTRA STAGE / ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE

beat #1 (Programmed World / 3y3s)

To unlock the secret EXTRA STAGE song Programmed World in beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS, you must have the machine set on three stages (not four) and then meet the following conditions, depending on the difficulty level:

  • NORMAL: 15 or more combined levels (Single), 12+ (Double)
  • HYPER: 25+ (Single), 22+ (Double)
  • ANOTHER: 31+ (Single), 28+ (Double)

In addition to meeting the above level requirements, you must also get a AA on all three songs while meeting the usual EXTRA STAGE credentials for FINAL STAGE:

  • Level 1-4: ALL GREAT (1-3 Double)
  • Level 5-6: FULL COMBO (4-5 Double)
  • Level 7: clear song with 100% gauge (either regular or HARD) (6 on Double)
  • Level 8+: clear (7+ on Double)

You will then move on to Programmed World. Completing the song on ANOTHER with a AAA will allow to play ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE song 3y3s.

As of January 7th, 2009 (beat #1), both songs are available for regular play.

Genre Song Artist BPM SP Difficulty DP Difficulty
BEGINNER NORMAL HYPER ANOTHER NORMAL HYPER ANOTHER
EXTRA STAGE
PSY TRANCE(FULL ON) Programmed World kors k as StripE 153 - 5 9 11 5 10 11
ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE
DANCE SPEED 3y3s 青龍 191 - 7 10 12 8 10 12


beat #3 (hidden ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE)

beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS also has three other ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE songs, but you must reach certain criteria first to unlock them. The three songs and their requirements are as follows:

  • BITTER CHOCOLATE STRIKER
    • FULL COMBO more than 100 charts across all difficulty levels in the EMPRESS folder.
    • EXTRA STAGE must be a L.E.D. song.
  • 不沈艦CANDY
    • You must play every dj TAKA song in the game.
      • NOTE: unlocking PUT YOUR FAITH IN ME(for beatmania II) is required.
    • EXTRA STAGE must a dj TAKA song.

In addition, your EXTRA STAGE song must be on ANOTHER at least 11 (Single) / level 10 (Double) (except for Colorful Cookie's case), with HARD on while obtaining a AAA. Once you fulfill the requirements, you can play one of the three songs below on ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE.

All three songs were unlocked for normal play on March 25th, 2009 (end of beat #3).

Genre Song Artist BPM SP Difficulty DP Difficulty
BEGINNER NORMAL HYPER ANOTHER NORMAL HYPER ANOTHER
SWEETS ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE
JUMPSTYLE BITTER CHOCOLATE STRIKER L.E.D.-G 165 - 5 10 12 5 10 11
HAPPY HARDCORE Colorful Cookie Lucky Vacuum 180 - 5 10 12 7 10 12
HARDCORE 不沈艦CANDY Risk Junk 188 - 6 9 12 6 9 11


EMPRESS PLACE

EMPRESS PLACE is the EXTRA STAGE system of beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS, which statted on December 3rd, 2008. This will only appear with one player only. eAMUSEMENT is required to play this event.

The goal is to collect 12 types of jewels to unlock the songs on EXTRA STAGE. There are 12 types of jewels you can collect, and how many of each you can hold. Playing on BEGINNER or TUTORIAL will not give you jewels:

  • January: garnet (red), eight
  • Febraury: amethyst (purple), 12
  • March: coral (red), 12
  • April: diamond (transparent), three
  • May: emerald (green), five
  • June: pearl (white), 15
  • July: ruby (red), five
  • August: peridot (green), nine
  • September: sapphire (blue), three
  • Octover: opal (aqua), seven
  • November: topaz (yellow), eight
  • December: turquoise (blue), 15

To unlock a chart, players have to acquire at least four jewels, with four for NORMAL, five for HYOER and six for ANOTHER. Please see BEMANIWiki on jewel requirements changes depending on the month. Doing so and the EMPRESS PLACE folder will appear during the Extra Stage, and the player is locked onto the folder once it opened (the game will warn players on playing songs with extreme difficulty). Note that arcade settings must be set to three songs for it to appear.

Completing all three songs on a difficulty level on HARD with a AAA will allow you to access 卑弥呼 on ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE for that difficulty level.

EMPRESS PLACE ended on February 18th, 2009 (beat #2). All songs were then unlocked for normal play.

Genre Song Artist BPM SP Difficulty DP Difficulty
BEGINNER NORMAL HYPER ANOTHER NORMAL HYPER ANOTHER
EMPRESS PLACE
ASIAN JANGLE Kung-fu Empire 飛燕流舞 177 - 6 10 11 6 10 11
ARABIC HARDCORE Arabian Rave Night dj MAX STEROID 180 - 6 10 11 6 10 11
宮廷円舞曲 Marie Antoinette Marguerite du Pré 205-248 - 6 9 11 6 9 11
EMPRESS PLACE ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE
ESOTERIC SPEEDCORE 卑弥呼 朱雀 VS 玄武 83-185 - 6 11 12 7 11 12


Unlocks

Revivals, CS crossovers, and BEMANI crossovers can all be unlocked in one of several different ways in EMPRESS. All songs were made available by default as of beat#1 (January 7th, 2009).

  • NOTE: you will lose TEXTURE if you register less than three rivals.
    • You'll also lose 凛として咲く花の如く if this happens.
Genre Song Artist BPM SP Difficulty DP Difficulty
BEGINNER NORMAL HYPER ANOTHER NORMAL HYPER ANOTHER
DJ point unlocks
NU SKOOL BREAKS Just a Little Smile
1000 DJ POINTS
from beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY CS
Sota Fujimori 136 - 4 8 11 5 8 11
DEEP HOUSE FLUTE MAN
1250 DJ POINTS
from beatmania IIDX 8th style
SPARKER 130 - 4 7 8 5 6 7
EURO TRANCE INSERTiON
1500 DJ POINTS
from beatmania IIDX 5th style
NAOKI underground 110-225 - 5 7 8 5 7 8
TECHNO LIMITED
1750 DJ POINTS
from beatmania IIDX 10th style
SLAKE 150 - 3 9 9 3 7 8
MIXTURE Jack
2000 DJ POINTS
from pop'n music 10
DesQ 116 - 5 7 10 5 8 11
Play area unlocks
DISCO Dancin' Into The Night
play in five stores or two prefectures
from beatmania IIDX 2nd style
good-cool 140 - 2 3 - 2 3 -
TECHNO BREEDING
play in ten stores or three prefectures
from beatmania IIDX 9th style
SLAKE 150 - 4 6 7 5 6 8
TRANCE CORE Go Beyond!!
play in 15 stores or four prefectures
from beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD CS
Ryu☆ Vs. Sota 200 - 6 10 12 6 10 12
EXPERT course unlocks
NU JAZZ Ready To Rockit Blues
clear one EXPERT course
from beatmania IIDX 10th style
SLAKE 152 - 3 6 6 5 6 8
BALLAD BALLAD FOR YOU~想いの雨~
clear two EXPERT courses
from beatmania IIDX 6th style
NM feat.Thomas Howard 152 - 3 5 7 5 8 -
TECHNO SOLITON BEAM
clear three EXPERT courses
from beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED CS
L.E.D. 152 - 6 9 10 7 10 12
Dan unlock
GOSPEL Make A Difference
clear 1st DAN
from beatmania IIDX 9th style
Lala Moore with CoCoRo*Co 130 - 5 9 10 5 9 -
Play count unlocks
ELECTRONICA ADVANCE
20 plays
from beatmania IIDX 9th style
SLAKE 100 - 4 6 7 5 6 7
PSYCHEDELIC TRANCE Changes
30 plays
from beatmania IIDX 10th style
TaQ 155 - 6 9 - 7 10 -
NOISY route 80s
40 plays
from beatmania IIDX 6th style
sampling masters MEGA 122 - 6 8 9 6 10 11
TRANCE POWER DREAM
50 plays
from beatmania IIDX 9th style
PINK PONG 142 - 4 8 10 5 8 8
HARDCORE BREAKBEATS OUTER LIMITS
60 plays
from beatmania IIDX 8th style
L.E.D.-G 171 - 3 6 - 4 7 -
DRUM'N'BASS CLOUDY MUSIC
70 plays
from beatmania IIDX 7th style
SLAKE 190 - 5 7 - 5 7 -
DRUM'N'BASS ALL RIGHT
80 plays
from beatmania IIDX 8th style
RAM 180 - 4 8 9 6 7 10
TRANCE dissolve
90 plays
from beatmania IIDX 8th style
kobo 140 - 5 7 8 5 9 -
JAZZ FUNK PUT YOUR FAITH IN ME(for beatmania II)
100 plays
from beatmania IIDX 2nd style
dj TAKA feat. UZI-LAY 127 - 3 6 - 4 7 -
Rival unlock
DEATH DISCO TEXTURE
have three registered rivals
from beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED
SLAKE 152 - 3 5 6 3 4 6
After unlocking every above song
撫子ロック 凛として咲く花の如く
from pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE
紅色リトマス 163 3 6 9 10 6 9 10


New Charts

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

Song Game SP Difficulty DP Difficulty
BEGINNER NORMAL HYPER ANOTHER NORMAL HYPER ANOTHER
Anisakis -somatic mutation type"Forza"- beatmania IIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS 3 - - - - - -
SOLITON BEAM beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS - 6 - 10 - 10 12


Difficulty Changes

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

Song Game SP Difficulty DP Difficulty
BEGINNER NORMAL HYPER ANOTHER NORMAL HYPER ANOTHER
Blue Rain beatmania IIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS - - - - - 8→7 -
Do it!! Do it!! beatmania IIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS - 7→8 - - - - 11→12
MENTAL MELTDOWN beatmania IIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS - - 9→10 10→11 - - -
TRIP MACHINE PhoeniX beatmania IIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS - - - - - 11→10
Übertreffen beatmania IIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS - - - - - 12→11
叶うまでは beatmania IIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS - - - - - 9→8 -
Go Beyond!! beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS - - - - 7→6 - -
Just a Little Smile beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS - - 7→8 - 4→5 7→8 -
SOLITON BEAM beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS - - 8→9 - 6→7 - -


Removed Songs

The following songs from previous beatmania IIDX releases have been removed:

Song Title Artist Game
diving money QUADRA beatmania IIDX
LUV TO ME (disco mix) tiger YAMATO beatmania IIDX
Prince on a star SPIRITUAL RIDE beatmania IIDX
Special energy DJ FX beatmania IIDX
GET ON BEAT (WILD STYLE) Lion MUSASHI beatmania IIDX 4th style
JIVE INTO THE NIGHT CYDNEY beatmania IIDX 4th style
LUV TO ME (UCCHIE'S EDITION) tiger YAMATO beatmania IIDX 4th style
NORTH WALL5 beatmania IIDX 4th style
Nothing Ain't Stoppin' Us Shoichiro Hirata beatmania IIDX 4th style
Give Me A Sign Shoichiro Hirata feat."Red" beatmania IIDX 5th style
Mobo★Moga Orange Lounge beatmania IIDX 5th style
OVER THE CLOUDS Lala Moore beatmania IIDX 5th style
Remember You NM feat. Julie beatmania IIDX 5th style
VIRTUAL MIND Brian Morris feat.Thomas beatmania IIDX 5th style
20,November DJ nagureo beatmania IIDX 6th style
Y31 tiger YAMATO beatmania IIDX 6th style
2002 tiger YAMATO beatmania IIDX 7th style
Secret Tale dj nagureo feat.Asuka.M beatmania IIDX 7th style
Foundation of our love dj TAKA feat.ASAKO beatmania IIDX 8th style
V35 tiger YAMATO beatmania IIDX 8th style
CHARLOTTE Db.Saka feat.Piasa beatmania IIDX 9th style
I'm In Love Again -Y&Co. EURO MIX- dj TAKA remixed by Y&Co. beatmania IIDX 9th style
Let's say Hello! Takuma Saiki beatmania IIDX 9th style
Logic Board dj nagureo beatmania IIDX 9th style
Two DAYS OF LOVE tiger YAMATO with マイク吉川 feat.ma-sa beatmania IIDX 9th style
5.8.8. dj nagureo beatmania IIDX 10th style
R2 tiger YAMATO beatmania IIDX 10th style
KI・SE・KI (IIDX RED EDIT) BeForU beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED
Listen up Mitsuto Suzuki beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY
Pink Rose Kiyommy+Seiya beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY
Under the Sky 南さやか(BeForU) with platoniX beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY
Look To The Sky(cyber True Color) Sota Fujimori beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD
tiger yamato tiger YAMATO beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD
HONEY♂PUNCH 小坂りゆ beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD
Red Rocket Rising BeForU beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD
I'm In Love Again -DJ YOSHITAKA REMIX- Remixed by DJ YOSHITAKA beatmania IIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS
湘南族 -cannibal coast- Aural Vampire beatmania IIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS


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