beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS
beatmania IIDX |
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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.
- AiMEE provides the default menu category voice.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 | |||||||
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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 ft. 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 | ||
PROGRESSIVE | 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 | 翼 | 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 February 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 | |||||||
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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 |
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.
- Colorful Cookie
- Complete all the EXPERT courses on at least one difficulty level.
- EXTRA STAGE must be one of the following BEMANI crossovers/remixes: B4U(BEMANI FOR YOU MIX), Shades of Grey, switch, 華爛漫 -Flowers-, or 凛として咲く花の如く.
- 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 be a dj TAKA song.
- You must play every dj TAKA song in the game.
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 | |||||||
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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 started 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
- February: 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
- October: 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 HYPER 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 | |||||||
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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 that removing a third rival will re-lock TEXTURE (and 凛として咲く花の如く, if that also have been unlocked prior)
Genre | Song | Artist | BPM | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | |||||||
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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 |
EXPERT Courses
WEEKLY RANKING
The WEEKLY RANKING feature was added to beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS on January 14th, 2009. The WEEKLY RANKING song changes every Wednesday at 12:00 noon. Locked songs that appear as WEEKLY RANKING songs are available by default during that period.
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New Charts
The following songs have received new charts since their last arcade/console appearance:
Song | Game | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | |||||
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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 | |||||
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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:
Related Links
- beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS official site (archived)
- beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS product page (archived)
- beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS location test homepage (archived)