beatmania IIDX 29 CastHour

beatmania IIDX 29 CastHour

Release Information

• Location test dates: August 13th-15th, 2021 (at Nagoya Leisureland, Odaka store)
• Release date:
  • Japan, Asia and North America: October 13th, 2021
  • South Korea: October 14th, 2021
• Soundtrack release date:
  • beatmania IIDX 29 CastHour Original Soundtrack: March 16th, 2022
    • Disc three and four contain songs from beatmania IIDX 28 BISTROVER not released on its own soundtrack.

General Information / Changes

• Theme: Channels. [1]
  • The letters C and H that were colored orange in the logo also represents CH, an abbreviation for channel.
  • Befitting the theme, the menu screens feature many generic videos (from SIRIUS up until BISTROVER, except for event-based and battle generic videos, such as PARALLEL ROTATION and Lincle Kingdom) that play/cycle every few seconds.
• Slogan: 流れる音で、時に乗れ(ストリーム ライディング)。 (STREAM RIDING.)
  • Another slogan tag, "This brand-new hour lets you cast and share your beat! Have a GREAT "CastHour" !!", is written in the logo. This marks the first time where a tag other than "The ultimate system beatmania deluxe version" is written in the logo.
• New scratch type introduced; Multi Spin Scratch (MSS). It is a variant of Backspin Scratch, but you must hit the scratch a certain amount of times in the same scratch and turn on the other direction after each scratch. Each scratch counts as a note.
  • A Multi Spin Scratch has a cyan-colored mark on the note to differentiate Backspin Scratch. Also, only scratches that has been spun will be highlighted.
  • An indicator similar to the previous CN/HCN marker next to the song will show which songs have Multi Spin Scratch.
  • A small demonstration of the Multi Spin Scratch will also be displayed before the song starts.
  • If LEGACY is used, the start of each section of a Multi Spin Scratch note will be converted into regular scratch notes.
• Icons for CHARGE NOTES are no longer displayed for songs on music select. Only the NOTES RADAR shows if a song has them or not now, and whether if the CHARGE NOTES are regular ones or HELL (if said label is present).
  • NOTES RADAR will dim any aspects if the parameter has no value.
• Adjustments for in-game FAST/SLOW settings, as well as an AUTO ADJUST option, have been added. This option can be turned on or off at music select or during gameplay.
  • Pressing 3 adjusts FAST, 9 SLOW, and 0 turns on AUTO ADJUST.
  • JUDGE now displays FAST/SLOW notes as well during gameplay.
• Random lane gacha (ランダムレーンガチャ) tickets introduced exclusively for LIGHTNING MODEL cabinets and can be purchased with either a free coupon (for every 10 purchases) or PASELI. When used, ten specific RANDOM patterns are produced and can either be selected at any time or preset a customised pattern.
  • This feature is only available on Japanese cabinets, and cannot be used on Dan/Class, ARENA, or BPL BATTLE mode.
  • Up to 9,999 patterns can be stored at any time, and are valid for 180 days.
• My Activity now includes IIDX Tower, a cumulative stacked graph which displays the cumulative total number of keys hit and turntable scratches within the past ten days of activity.
  • Single and Double play are combined together.
• All hidden non-BEMANI wide event unlocks from beatmania IIDX 27 HEROIC VERSE are now playable by default.
  • The five non-ARENA hidden LEGGENDARIA charts from BISTROVER, CONNECT-, Tell me what you wish feat.らっぷびと, and X-ray binary are also now playable by default.
  • The LIGHTNING MODEL cabinet exclusive songs from HEROIC VERSE are playable in the base version by default.
  • apo:llioth is now available by default in the LIGHTNING MODEL cabinet.
  • From October 28th, 2021, CastHour can now be linked with beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE, allowing players to obtain Fire Beat and OTOKOZAKA if they did not obtain them in BISTROVER.
• beatmania IIDX 29 CastHour's launch song list marks several notable artist omissions in the beatmania IIDX series:
  • It's the first game since 8th style where Ryu☆ doesn't appear in any songs, license or original, on the default song list.
  • It's the first game in the series since his debut in 8th style in which Tetsuya Tamura doesn't appear in a new game's default song list.
  • It's the first game since PENDUAL with no default Dirty Androids song.
  • It's the first game since copula in which Nanahira doesn't sing in a song with Camellia on the default song list.
  • It's the first game since Maozon's debut in copula with no song from him on the default song list.
• First beatmania IIDX game since their debuts with no songs from ARM, Maozon, or Yamato.
• First beatmania IIDX game since PENDUAL without a new song by Yuichi Asami.
• A hit chart can now be viewed on the Premium Area on LIGHTNING MODEL cabinets, showing which songs are currently the most popular.
• Rival data and personal bests now show what mods were used under their score graphs.
• Video aspect ratio for songs when playing on Double have been fixed and now display in 4:3, like they do on Single.
  • Pre-tricoro songs with overlays now have grey bars at the sides when playing on Double.
• The SD image resolution is no longer compatible from this version onwards. As such, the Definition Type is removed on the title screen as well.
• New song titles return to the traditional blue colored text.
• In-game currency is called LISNA.
• System voices are provided by Hihumi (voiced by Naomi Shindou) and Daruma (voiced by Yuu Kobayashi).
  • The system voices are only present in the Japanese version of the game.
• System BGM is composed by HuΣeR.
• The hidden Level 12 charts, as well as the 9th and 10th Dan courses, were made available on November 11th, 2021.
  • Chuuden and Kaiden Class courses, as well as the Kiwami Class mode, were added on January 6th, 2022.
    • The number of courses to obtain a Kiwami class is now lowered to three. To accommodate the changes, a damage multiplier is added, which subsequently increases the damage rate by x0.25 for each course cleared in succession.
    • The gauge limit for subsequent courses has also changed, this time calculating the CLEAR RATE for both courses minus 100%, with the value rounded down to the next even number (if the combined CLEAR RATE is less than 100%, the gauge is defaulted to 2% on the third attempt).
• ARENA MODE was added on February 14th, 2022.
  • A new feature, "ARENA Mission" is added, where players can fulfill in-game conditions to receive bonus ARENA Cubes, making unlocking hidden charts or acquiring LISNA faster.
  • Pyramids and spheres are also added, which can be converted into ARENA Cubes after each session (two pyramids or four spheres).
• BPL BATTLE mode was added on June 30th, 2022.
  • The BGM used in this mode is now based on Divine Heaven, replacing Winner's Proof ft. KANASA from bless4.
  • The Level restriction for Midfielder is changed from Levels 10-11 to Level 11. Level restrictions for Spearheads (Levels 8-10) and General (Level 12) remain the same.
  • A line graph displaying the margin between both players was added.
  • It was initially available for machines set to EVENT MODE due to an oversight [2].
• First beatmania IIDX game to remove songs mid-style.
  • It is also the first beatmania IIDX game to have songs replaced in the Dan / CLASS courses as well, as some of the removed songs were in the SP 7th Kyu and SP 6th Kyu courses.

Staff Information

None.

Full Song List

• beatmania IIDX 29 CastHour full song list

Default Songs

Genre	Song	Artist	BPM	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
				BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Licensed Songs
Release date
J-POP	デモーニッシュ	ツユ	140-200	1	5	8	11	-	5	8	11	-
J-POP	オドループ	フレデリック	172	3	5	7	10	-	5	7	10	-
J-POP	踊	Ado	128	1	3	6	9	-	3	6	9	-
J-POP	シル・ヴ・プレジデント	P丸様。	176	2	4	7	10	-	4	7	10	-
Added on July 28th, 2022
DANCE MUSIC	VR - Virtual Reality (prod.by Snail's House)	KMNZ	131	1	3	6	9	-	3	6	9	-
J-POP	あいつら全員同窓会	ずっと真夜中でいいのに。	131	2	5	7	10	-	5	7	10	-
Licensed Covers
Added on December 23rd, 2021
IIDX EDITION	ぐだふわエブリデー	Remixed by Xceon feat.Marcia(幽閉サテライト)	220	2	5	8	11	-	5	8	11	-
IIDX EDITION	怪物	Remixed by Nhato feat. ricono	170	1	4	6	10	-	4	6	10	-
IIDX EDITION	ミュージック・アワー	Remixed by BEMANI Sound Team "PON"	165	3	6	9	11	-	6	9	11	-
Added on July 28th, 2022
IIDX EDITION	グッバイ宣言	Remixed by uno(IOSYS) & Liqo feat. Chiyoko	170	3	5	8	11	-	3	5	11	-
KONAMI originals
PIANO TECH	Angel's Ladder	xi	155	-	6	10	12	-	6	10	12	-
UNSUNG REQUIEM	Ariah	satella feat.藍月なくる	198	-	4	7	10	-	4	7	10	-
LATIN FUSION POP	Blue Bird feat. Kanae Asaba	Nhato	134	-	4	6	8	-	4	6	8	-
CYBERPUNK	DISPARATE	BEMANI Sound Team "Captain Sonic"	200	-	5	8	10	-	5	9	11	-
MIXTURE	Don't believe the hype	DJ Mass MAD Izm* feat.H14(LEONAIR)	210	-	6	10	12	-	6	10	12	-
ABDUCTION BEAT	DREAM OF SPACE UFO ABDUCTION	BEMANI Sound Team "謎の宇宙人スペースX"	140	-	5	8	11	-	5	8	11	-
DIGITAL POP	Fantastic Merry-Go-Round	SOUND HOLIC feat. Nana Takahashi	168	-	4	7	9	-	4	7	9	-
EURO BEAT	Fegrix	Xceon vs DJ Command (Eurobeat Union)	175	-	6	10	12	-	6	10	12	-
ENERGETIC HARDCORE	FINALLY BLAZE	BlackY	185	-	5	9	11	-	5	9	11	-
EXTRATONE	GiGaGaHell	m1dy, RoughSketch	250	-	7	10	12	-	7	10	12	-
HEALING FUTURE	HEARTACHE	BEMANI Sound Team "HuΣeR" feat.ゆきまめ	90	-	3	7	10	-	3	7	10	-
EMOTIONAL SENTENCE -INSTRUMENTAL-	ILAYZA	BEMANI Sound Team "TAG"	160	-	6	9	11	-	6	9	11	-
PROGRESSIVE METAL	Lawes's Parotia	BEMANI Sound Team "Yvya"	140	-	4	8	11	-	4	8	11	-
HARD ELECTRIC POP	LIVE DRIVING!! feat. 花たん	BEMANI Sound Team "S-C-U vs L.E.D."	190	-	7	10	12	-	7	10	12	-
ASTRONOMICAL TECHNO	N.O.	かめりあ	150	-	5	8	10	-	5	8	10	-
J-POP	No Day But Today!	NU-KO & yunocy	150	2	4	7	10	-	4	7	10	-
DRUM'N'BASS	Non Stop Rock	Masayoshi Iimori	172	-	4	8	10	-	4	8	10	-
STYLISH COLOUR	Onyx	BEMANI Sound Team "HuΣeR"	44-174	-	5	8	11	-	5	8	11	-
RAWSTYLE	P.O.W.E.R.	Yuta Imai	160	-	5	8	10	-	5	8	10	-
STORMY SEA	PIRATES BLADE	BEMANI Sound Team "劇団レコード"	160	-	5	8	10	-	5	8	10	-
VARIABLE FUTURE BASS	Prohibited Props	BEMANI Sound Team "ZAQUVA"	164	-	5	8	10	-	5	8	10	-
MELODIC RIDDIM	Purple Perplex	Eagle	150	-	7	10	12	-	6	10	12	-
DIGITAL HARDCORE	Skreaming for Salvation	RoughSkreamZ	200	-	6	10	12	-	6	10	12	-
HARDPSY	SOLID WYVERN	BEMANI Sound Team "L.E.D."	165	-	6	9	11	-	6	9	11	-
TRANCE	Tail Lights	BEMANI Sound Team "dj TAKA" feat.nana hatori	156	-	5	9	11	-	5	9	11	-
JAZZY STEP	Ventriloquist	Avans	170	-	4	8	11	-	4	8	11	-
HARDCORE RAVE	Victory Of Ravers	DJ Shimamura	178	-	6	9	11	-	6	9	10	-
BEAT MUSIC	Votania Beat	まろん vs. ビートまりお	185	-	5	8	10	-	5	8	10	-
NU DRUM & BASS	Wonderful Escape	DÉ DÉ MOUSE	165	-	5	7	10	-	5	8	10	-
FRENCHCORE	Xyndrome	nora2r	195	-	6	9	11	-	6	9	11	-
JUNGLE TERROR	808monkey	AJURIKA	168	-	4	7	9	-	4	7	9	-
ALTERNATIVE DANCE CORE	ウツシミウツシ	BEMANI Sound Team "PHQUASE" feat.ぁゅ	175	-	6	9	11	-	6	9	11	-
GALAXY QUEST	オールトの雲	OSTER project	215	-	6	9	11	-	6	9	11	-
HUMAN BEATBOX ELECTRO	口カラ凸ゲキ	SARUKANI × Blacklolita	150	-	5	8	10	-	5	8	10	-
ハイテックトキオ	ハイテックトキオ	lapix∞BEMANI Sound Team "Sota Fujimori"	165	-	6	9	11	-	6	9	11	-
EURO BEAT	愛しくてラヴィンユー ft. マナ	Xceon	152	-	4	7	10	-	4	7	10	-
CHIPBREAK POP	月とミルク	TORIENA	190	-	5	8	11	-	5	8	11	-

Hidden LEGGENDARIA Charts

The following charts can be unlocked, in order, by achieving any of the unlock conditions. Each condition cleared will unlock the charts in the below listed order:

• obtain 2000 DJ POINTs
• clear the first mission of STEP UP mode
• clear one Bingo card
• beat 100 players or 1 hidden character in Tsujigiri Battle
• get the overall notes radar point total to equal 200
• clear five Today's recommended song

君のハートにロックオン and Candy Galy's charts unlock together.

Genre	Song	Artist	BPM	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
				BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Hidden LEGGENDARIA Charts
J-TRANCE	翼	小林ゆう	148	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	11
HAPPY HARDCORE	AGEHA	Ryu☆	180	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	11
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	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	11
トレンディーフュージョン	君のハートにロックオン	Dr.Honda	260	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-
HAPPY	Candy Galy	Risk Junk-G	184	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12
SUPER ULTIMATE HYPER CORE	BroGamer	USAO	207	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	12

CastHour SPACE

CastHour SPACE is beatmania IIDX 29's CastHour main unlock event, which began on December 16th, 2021. It will appear with one player only. e-amusement is required to play the event.

When the event begins, right before music select, you choose a PLATFORM with the turntable. Once you choose your PLATFORM, you then choose from a set of songs separated into what the game calls "channels". Playing songs fills the gauge of that channel, but you'll get double progress for playing songs under "Recommend Channel" (showing a clip of a beatmania IIDX song), as well as playing one of five songs/artists/genres (人気のワード) from the list below on the bottom part of the screen which change at each credit. Playing with a VIP BLACK PASS will also give you a large boost.

Once you reach certain points in the gauges, you'll unlock the NORMAL, HYPER, and ANOTHER charts of that song in that respective order, as well as LISNA and V-DISCs. (ANOTHER charts will always be the last unlock, regardless of what song you choose.) One more channel will be revealed after you unlock all previous ones; complete that to end the PLATFORM.

CastHour SPACE is also an EXTRA Stage system, and similar to past EXTRA STAGE systems, this only appears on PREMIUM START when playing on Japanese cabinets (which requires PASELI). Note that CastHour SPACE songs from past PLATFORMS are not required to unlock first. Unlike other PLATFORMs, these Hideout PLATFORMs cannot be regularly accessed, as indicated in a banner "MEMBER ONLY".

The sum of difficulty levels, DJ LEVEL, and clear type are the main requirements to make the songs available for EXTRA STAGE. All the charts are playable from the first day of a CastHour SPACE song's appearance. The conditions to access the EXTRA STAGE-exclusive songs change based on the Phase it is in:

Phase	NORMAL			HYPER			ANOTHER
	Total Level	DJ LEVEL	Clear Lamp	Total Level	DJ LEVEL	Clear Lamp	Total Level	DJ LEVEL	Clear Lamp
Phase 1	18	A or better	EX-HARD clear or better	27	AA or better	EX-HARD clear or better	34	AAA	EX-HARD clear or better
No STYLE modifiers (FLIP, RANDOM, S-RANDOM, R-RANDOM and MIRROR) may be used.

By obtaining the same conditions when playing an EXTRA STAGE-exclusive song (currently only ANOTHER charts are available), the player will access ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE, retaining any modifiers used such as the gauge used and whether it is played on Single or Double. Unlike past EXTRA STAGE systems, these songs are not instantly unlocked for regular play (similar to Lincle and earlier regular EXTRA STAGE systems), thus the same unlocking conditions have to be fulfilled in order to play the song again. After a certain period of time, the previous Hideout PLATFORM songs are made available for unlock as like other PLATFORMs (and revealing the ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE's NORMAL and HYPER charts for the first time).

Each song unlocked earns you a Bronze Tran Medal (Gold for Hideout PLATFORMs). Completing a PLATFORM unlocks a Silver Tran Medal (or Platinum for Hideout PLATFORMs). A Black Tran Medal can be earned by receiving a Rival Bonus when a player who has you added as a rival plays a popular word song (人気のワード) with your DJ name attached to it.

Note that to access PLATFORM 5, the player must have cleared all other PLATFORMs. Completing all PLATFORMs ends the event and earns you a Platinum Tran Medal.

Genre	Song	Artist	BPM	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
				BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
CastHour SPACE
PLATFORM 1 Cyber House (added on December 16th, 2021)
NU PRELUDE	Harmonia from beatmania IIDX INFINITAS (2020)	ATSUMI UEDA	177	-	4	7	10	-	4	7	10	-
CHANNEL K	kors k's How to make OTOGE CORE	kors k	124-190	-	5	9	11	-	5	9	11	-
HARD PSY TRANCE	禊	Nhato	160	-	6	10	12	-	6	10	12	-
ALTERNATIVE	ナイトフィクション	中山真斗 feat. CHAN	163	-	4	8	10	-	4	8	10	-
IRREGULAR OMNIBUS HARDCORE	ALTERNATOR	BEMANI Sound Team "dj Hellix"	185	-	7	10	12	-	7	10	12	-
PLATFORM 2 Twinkroom (added on January 13th, 2022)
EARLY RAVE	Banger Banger Banger Banger	nora2r	190	-	5	9	11	-	5	9	11	-
PIANO CONCERTINO + JAZZ FUSION	Silver Bullet	xi	152-172	-	6	10	12	-	6	10	12	-
DANCE MUSIC	Stepper from DANCERUSH STARDOM	PSYQUI	128	-	4	8	10	-	4	8	10	-
AQUARIUM QUARTERSTEP	青の洞窟	Ujico*	175	-	4	9	11	-	4	9	11	-
ハッピースピードコア	めでてえ	TORIENA	240	-	5	8	10	-	5	8	10	-
BLACK OUT	Binary Black Hole	BEMANI Sound Team "D.J.Amuro"	190	-	6	10	12	-	6	10	12	-
PLATFORM 3 Cinema IIDX (added on March 3rd, 2022)
EMOTIONAL J-POP	ANEMONE	BEMANI Sound Team "HuΣeR × Yvya" feat. 紫村 花澄	174	-	4	7	10	-	4	7	10	-
ADVENTURE TRIP	Legendary Treasures	BEMANI Sound Team "劇団レコード"	172	-	5	8	11	-	5	8	11	-
DARKSYNTH	Nocturnal 2097	Dirty Androids	157	-	5	9	11	-	5	9	11	-
CYBER TAIGA	烽火連天の刃	OSTER project	190	-	6	10	12	-	6	10	12	-
SHOWA RETRO	黒紅掬い from REFLEC BEAT 悠久のリフレシア	猫叉Master feat.霜月はるか	104	-	4	7	9	-	4	7	9	-
LIGHTNING EUROBEAT	PLASMA SOUL NIGHT feat. Nana Takahashi / 709sec.	BEMANI Sound Team "L.E.D."	178	-	6	10	12	-	6	10	12	-
PLATFORM 4 Beat Showcase (added on May 12th, 2022)
EDM STYLE	Emera from DanceDanceRevolution A	PON	161	-	5	8	11	-	5	8	11	-
COLOUR CORE	Flying Castle	lapix	174	-	6	10	12	-	6	10	12	-
FUTURE BASS	Pout	BEMANI Sound Team "SYUNN"	170	-	6	9	11	-	6	9	11	-
ROCK	アクマフカ	Pizuya's Cell	135	-	5	8	10	-	5	8	10	-
HARD DANCE	天邪鬼	Qlarabelle	155	-	5	9	12	-	5	9	12	-
CROSSO-WHA-R	WHA	かめりあ involving ななひら	108	-	7	10	12	-	7	10	12	-
PLATFORM 5 FUTURE SCOPE (added on September 8th, 2022)
FUTURE POP	AMICABLE	BEMANI Sound Team "Sota F."	158	-	5	8	10	-	5	8	10	-
FUTURE BOUNCE	Get set, Go! feat.Kanae Asaba	MK	135	-	4	7	10	-	4	7	10	-
DRUMSTEP	10000 MILES AWAY	AJURIKA	178	-	5	9	11	-	5	9	11	-
HIP ROCK3	雪上断火 from beatmania IIDX INFINITAS (2020)	Des-ROW・組	105-180	-	6	10	12	-	6	10	12	-
FREEFORM HARDCORE	Arkadia	Hommarju ft. Mayumi Morinaga	180	-	5	9	12	-	5	9	12	-
HIDEOUT	hard-wired	Yuta Imai ≡ Blacklolita	208	-	7	10	12	-	7	10	12	-
PLATFORM X Hideout (added on February 3rd, 2022)
EUPHORIC FRENCHCORE	ABSOLUTE EVIL	Yuta Imai	200	-	6	10	12	-	6	10	12	-
SYMPHONIC DUBSTEP	n/a	Blacklolita	85-255	-	7	10	12	-	7	10	12	-
PLATFORM X2 Hideout II (added on April 14th, 2022)
TECH DANCE	Smalt #28598F	REMO-CON	151	-	6	10	12	-	6	10	12	-
MIXTURE	RAGE feat.H14 of LEONAIR	DJ Mass MAD Izm*	166	-	6	10	12	-	6	10	12	-

ARENA MODE

ARENA MODE returned on February 14th, 2022. In this mode, the player and three others each choose a song and compete for the highest EX Score across four stages. 2 points are awarded for first place, 1 for second, and 0 for third and fourth. Whoever has the most points at the end wins. The player is given ARENA CUBEs based on various conditions such as the final placement or being matched against higher ranked players. After certain amounts of ARENA CUBEs have been obtained, LISNA, V-DISCS, songs, and LEGGENDARIA charts may be rewarded.

In addition, before each songs started, "Arena Mission" is introduced. If the player fulfill the listed condition for the song, an ARENA CUBE Shard is rewarded. By the end of the match, each 2 ARENA CUBE Shards collected by the players or 4 ARENA CUBE Shards collected by the opponents are combined into a bonus ARENA CUBE.

The following songs/charts can be unlocked with 60 ARENA CUBEs each in the online battle period they are introduced. After the new songs have been unlocked, songs introduced in previous periods that the player have not obtained yet can be unlocked with 30 ARENA CUBEs each, starting from the oldest period first:

Genre	Song	Artist	BPM	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
				BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
ARENA MODE
1st Online Battle (February 14th, 2022 - March 9th, 2022)
ELECTRO	Do Back Burn from beatmania IIDX 17 SIRIUS	PRASTIK DANCEFLOOR	136	-	4	7	10	-	5	9	10	-
Hi-TECHDANCE	REVOLVER	sky_delta	160	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	12
2nd Online Battle (March 17th, 2022 - April 6th, 2022)
RIDDIM DUBSTEP	Psycho Sheep Riddim	BEMANI Sound Team "SYUNN"	160	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	11
TECHNO	Scripted Connection⇒ A mix	DJ MURASAME	151	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	12
3rd Online Battle (April 28th, 2022 - May 11th, 2022)
POPS	Somebody Like You from beatmania IIDX 7th style	good-cool	125	-	4	7	9	-	4	7	9	-
HARD NRG	Phoenix	Hommarju	176	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	12
4th Online Battle (June 2nd, 2022 - June 16th, 2022)
RESORT HOUSE	WISE UP!	木之下慶行 feat.星野奏子	127	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	11
DANCE SPEED	Time to Air	青龍	191	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	12
5th Online Battle (July 14th, 2022 - August 3rd, 2022)
MARCHING ROCK	GIGANT from beatmania IIDX 19 Lincle	seiya-murai	140	-	3	6	9	11	3	7	10	12
UPLIFTING TRANCE	Umbral	Maozon	138	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	12
6th Online Battle (August 18th, 2022 - September 7th, 2022)
HYPER JAPANESQUE 2	華爛漫 -Flowers-	TЁЯRA	160	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	12
EUPHORIC HARDCORE	Override	Nhato	175	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	12
7th Online Battle (September 29th, 2022 - October 16th, 2022)
UK PROGRESSIVE	mind the gap from beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY	Osamu Kubota	98-147	-	5	7	9	-	6	8	9	-
ORBITALIC CORE	Illegal Function Call	U1-ASAMi	260	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	12

Unlock Events

BEMANI 2021 manatsu no utagassen 5 ban shoubu (BEMANI 2021真夏の歌合戦5番勝負)

This event started on beatmania IIDX 28 BISTROVER. For more information, please see the event page.

Triple Cross is unlocked by default since launch day.

Genre	Song	Artist	BPM	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
				BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
BEMANI 2021真夏の歌合戦5番勝負
BONUS TRACK
Available by default
MUSIC GAME TRADITIONAL	Triple Cross TEAM RED	BEMANI Sound Team "dj TAKA & DJ YOSHITAKA & SYUNN"	196	3	6	10	12	-	6	10	12	-
Available from December 23rd, 2021
ROCK	Aftermath TEAM BLUE	BEMANI Sound Team "猫叉Master & あさき & Yvya"	200	-	6	10	12	-	6	10	12	-

WORLD TOURISM

The WORLD TOURISM event began on October 28th, 2021. It is a continuation of the event of the same name from beatmania IIDX 28 BISTROVER.

Event folders are added to the selection in one player Standard Mode only, playable on any stage. Playing a song from any folder will bring up a board with ten spaces between START and GOAL. Five spaces are awarded for playing a song (clear or fail does not matter), and an extra space is awarded for fulfilling each of the following conditions:

• DJ LEVEL AA or HARD CLEAR (or better)
• PREMIUM START (Japan only)
• LIGHTNING MODEL play

Once the Q-Pro reaches the GOAL, a bonus is awarded, and the remaining spaces will carry over to the next board in the folder. If on the last board, the remaining spaces are lost.

The following rewards are awarded for each goal, in order:

1. 2500 LISNA
2. 20 V-Discs
3. 5000 LISNA
4. 40 V-Discs
5. Unlockable song

Unlocking all six BPL TOURISM EXTRA songs will unlock a lane cover based on No Day But Today!.

After playing a song from an event folder, the folders will disappear for the rest of the credit. Once the song has been unlocked from a folder, it will disappear from the selection entirely.

Genre	Song	Artist	BPM	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
				BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
WORLD TOURISM
BPL TOURISM EXTRA part 1
TRIUMPH	《GRANDMASTER》	Blacklolita	160	-	5	9	11	-	5	9	11	-
BPL TOURISM EXTRA part 2
HARD MIXTURE	Game Changers	Yuta Imai	105-210	-	4	8	11	-	4	8	11	-
BPL TOURISM EXTRA part 3
UK HARDCORE	Hat Surprise	Hommarju	180	-	4	8	11	-	4	8	11	-
BPL TOURISM EXTRA part 4
SUPER HARDCORE NOVA	TOMAHAWK	かめりあ	215	-	6	10	12	-	7	10	12	-
BPL TOURISM EXTRA part 5
EUPHORIC FRENCHCORE	One for All	RoughSketch	195	-	5	9	12	-	5	9	12	-
BPL TOURISM EXTRA part 6
MELODIC RIDDIM	Brave Spirits	MK	152	-	4	8	10	-	4	8	10	-
jubeat TOURISM (unlockable from November 25th, 2021)
ELECTRIC POP	EMOTiON TRiPPER from jubeat festo	sky_delta	170	-	5	8	10	-	5	8	10	-
pop'n music TOURISM (unlockable from November 25th, 2021)
亜空間ジャズ	Ergosphere from pop'n music 16 PARTY♪	TOMOSUKE	170	-	5	9	11	-	5	9	11	-
CastHour OST TOURISM (unlockable from March 16th, 2022)
AKIBA-POP	Push on Beats!～音ゲの国のeX-ストリーマー～	MOSAIC.WAV	164-172	-	6	9	12	-	6	9	12	-
BEMANI SYMPHONY TOURISM (unlockable from June 23rd, 2022)
THRENODY	ピアノ独奏無言歌 "灰燼"	BEMANI Sound Team "Virkato Wakhmaninov"	116-180 (N), 100-200 (H/A)	-	6	10	12	-	6	10	12	-
BPL S2 TOURISM (unlockable from June 30th, 2022)
BIG ANTHEM	Divine Heaven	Absolute The 4th	150	-	5	9	11	-	5	9	11	-
INFINITAS TOURISM (unlockable from August 5th, 2022)
NEUROFUNK	GRAVITON from beatmania IIDX INFINITAS (2020)	BEMANI Sound Team "L.E.D."	185	-	6	10	12	-	6	10	12	-

beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE arcade rendou (beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE アーケード連動)

The following song from beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE can be unlocked by linking the game to beatmania IIDX 29 CastHour.

Genre	Song	Artist	BPM	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
				BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE アーケード連動
Unlockable from December 9th, 2021
EUPHORIC HARDSTYLE	SPARK IN THE NIGHT	BEMANI Sound Team "L.E.D.-G"	160	-	4	8	10	-	4	8	10	-

Dan Course Unlocks

The following songs can only be unlocked in the LIGHTNING MODEL version of CastHour, done through the exclusive Kiwami Class mode (段位認定 -極-) by clearing the corresponding course (Single) or all three past courses (Double). Please see this page for details.

Genre	Song	Artist	BPM	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
				BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
7th Dan unlock
TECH HOUSE	SCORE from beatmania IIDX 10th style	DJ Remo-con	140	-	5	8	10	-	5	8	10	-
Kaiden unlock
ONLY ONE EURO BEAT	NEW GENERATION -もう、お前しか見えない-	SUPER STAR 満-MITSURU-	165	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	12

X-record dai ni dan

Event page.

X-record 第二弾 is the second phase of the collaboration event between the beatmania IIDX and SOUND VOLTEX series. This event can only be played on beatmania IIDX LIGHTNING MODEL and SOUND VOLTEX -Valkyrie model- machines running beatmania IIDX 29 CastHour and SOUND VOLTEX EXCEED GEAR, respectively. It started on January 27th, 2022 and ended on May 8th, 2022.

By playing beatmania IIDX during this event, you will earn 10 LM and 1 VM per play. Earning 100 VM unlocks 逆月, while earning 200 VM and 200 LM unlocks 2 Beasts Unchained.

Songs from the previous X-record event, BLACK or WHITE? and ディスコルディア, can be unlocked at 50 VM and 150 VM + 150 LM respectively if they were not unlocked previously.

Genre	Song	Artist	BPM	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
				BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
X-record 第二弾
Default
ALCHEMY POP	Souhait bleu from SOUND VOLTEX EXCEED GEAR	しーけー	225	-	5	9	11	-	5	9	11	-
Unlockable from January 27th, 2022
JAPANESQUE	逆月 100 VM from SOUND VOLTEX IV HEAVENLY HAVEN	BEMANI Sound Team "HuΣeR" feat.Fernweh	280	-	7	10	12	-	7	10	12	-
HARDCORE	2 Beasts Unchained 200 LM and 200 VM	kors k vs Yooh	175	-	7	10	12	-	7	10	12	-

Archive Links (アーカイブリンク)

Archive Links (アーカイブリンク) items were added on February 14th, 2022 to provide access to most songs from beatmania IIDX 28 BISTROVER that were not automatically unlocked, as well as four songs from the いちかのBEMANI超じゃんけん大会2020 event, nine 毎週！いちかの超BEMANIラッシュ2020 songs, and Everlasting Message. Archive Links can be purchased with LISNA, and require the basic course subscription.

To see the complete list of purchasable charts/songs, please see this page.

WEEKLY RANKING

Event page.

The WEEKLY RANKING feature was added to beatmania IIDX 29 CastHour on November 10th, 2021. The WEEKLY RANKING song changes every Wednesday at 12:00 noon.

You earn a star (the day after the period for a song ends) if your score in the leaderboards for the featured song's chart is high enough. Note that stars depend on each song's chart on both single and double play, not on the whole song itself, which means you can earn up to six stars per song.

In the songlist menu, a bar shows your WEEKLY RANKING star progress on the featured song's chart; the arrow determines your current position in the leaderboards:

• White star: if the arrow is located in the white section.
• Bronze star: if the arrow is located in the cyan section.
• Silver star: if the arrow is located in the gray section.
• Gold star: if the arrow is located in the yellow section.
• Platinum star: if the arrow is located in the very small blue section (top 10 in the leaderboards).

11/10/2021 to 11/17/2021 - シル・ヴ・プレジデント / P丸様。 11/17/2021 to 11/24/2021 - デモーニッシュ / ツユ 11/24/2021 to 12/01/2021 - 口カラ凸ゲキ / SARUKANI × Blacklolita 12/01/2021 to 12/08/2021 - 月とミルク / TORIENA 12/08/2021 to 12/15/2021 - 踊 / Ado

Revived Songs

The following songs from previous beatmania IIDX titles have been revived:

Song Title	Artist	Game
Somebody Like You	good-cool	beatmania IIDX 7th style
SCORE	DJ Remo-con	beatmania IIDX 10th style
mind the gap	Osamu Kubota	beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY
Do Back Burn	PRASTIK DANCEFLOOR	beatmania IIDX 17 SIRIUS
GIGANT	seiya-murai	beatmania IIDX 19 Lincle

New Charts

The following songs have received new charts since their last appearances:

Song	Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
		BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Somebody Like You	beatmania IIDX 7th style	-	4	7	9	-	4	7	9	-
SCORE	beatmania IIDX 10th style	-	5	8	-	-	-	8	10	-
mind the gap	beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-
Do Back Burn	beatmania IIDX 17 SIRIUS	-	4	7	10	-	5	9	10	-
Boomy and The Boost	beatmania IIDX 25 CANNON BALLERS	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Carmina	beatmania IIDX 26 Rootage	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Carry Me Away	beatmania IIDX 26 Rootage	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LIGHTNING STRIKES	beatmania IIDX 27 HEROIC VERSE	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
BIGソムタム	beatmania IIDX 28 BISTROVER	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chewingood!!!	beatmania IIDX 28 BISTROVER	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
POLꞰAMAИIA	beatmania IIDX 28 BISTROVER	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
ここからよろしく大作戦143	beatmania IIDX 28 BISTROVER	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SPARK IN THE NIGHT	beatmania IIDX 29 CastHour	-	-	-	-	-	4	8	10	-

Difficulty Changes

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

Song	Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
		BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
LOVE IS ORANGE	beatmania IIDX 8th style	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10→11
mind the gap	beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY	-	4→5	-	-	-	4→6	-	-	-
BIGソムタム	beatmania IIDX 28 BISTROVER	-	-	10→9	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dawn Saga	beatmania IIDX 28 BISTROVER	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11→12	-
Hands Up feat. kradness BEMANI Sound Team "Sota Fujimori" Remix	beatmania IIDX 28 BISTROVER	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10→11	-
Ocean Blue feat. Luschel	beatmania IIDX 28 BISTROVER	-	-	-	11→10	-	-	-	11→10	-
Rowdy	beatmania IIDX 28 BISTROVER	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10→11	-
Rub-a Dub-a	beatmania IIDX 28 BISTROVER	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10→9	-
Rubrum Piano	beatmania IIDX 28 BISTROVER	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11→12	-
魔法のかくれんぼ	beatmania IIDX 28 BISTROVER	-	-	8→9	-	-	-	-	-	-

Removed Songs

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

Song Title	Artist	Game
Removed at launch date
Acidiva 303	ni-21	beatmania IIDX 25 CANNON BALLERS
Let's Bounce !!	BEMANI Sound Team "Sota F."	beatmania IIDX 25 CANNON BALLERS
LIGHTS ft. EVO+	lapix	beatmania IIDX 25 CANNON BALLERS
Rise Circuit	COSIO	beatmania IIDX 25 CANNON BALLERS
A Tale Hidden In The Abyss	BEMANI Sound Team "person09"	beatmania IIDX 26 Rootage
AGAiN	DJ NAGAI	beatmania IIDX 26 Rootage
Angels & Demons	月代 彩	beatmania IIDX 26 Rootage
Particle Arts	Virtual Self	beatmania IIDX 26 Rootage
ROZA DE ANDALUCIA	SOUND HOLIC Vs. T.Kakuta feat. Nana Takahashi	beatmania IIDX 26 Rootage
Sidechained Threats	sanodg	beatmania IIDX 26 Rootage
SIGMA	BEMANI Sound Team "Mutsuhiko Izumi"	beatmania IIDX 26 Rootage
Starry Night	Massive New Krew feat.松平なな	beatmania IIDX 26 Rootage
Removed on September 20th, 2022
EXCITE	Remixed by BEMANI Sound Team "HuΣeR feat.PON"	beatmania IIDX 27 HEROIC VERSE
Ohayo!	KSUKE	beatmania IIDX 27 HEROIC VERSE
POP TEAM EPIC(kors k Remix)	上坂すみれ	beatmania IIDX 27 HEROIC VERSE
令和(1991RAVE REMIX)	ゴールデンボンバー	beatmania IIDX 27 HEROIC VERSE

Related Links

• beatmania IIDX 29 CastHour official website
• beatmania IIDX 29 CastHour Location Test details