KEYBOARDMANIA 2ndMIX
| KEYBOARDMANIA |
|---|
| Arcade releases |
| KEYBOARDMANIA - 2ndMIX - 3rdMIX |
| CS releases |
| KEYBOARDMANIA CS - II 2ndMIX & 3rdMIX Yamaha Edition |
KEYBOARDMANIA 2ndMIX
Release Information
- Release date: October 6th, 2000
- Soundtrack release date:
- KEYBOARDMANIA 2ndMIX + consumer1 new songs: December 6th, 2000
- The second disc includes two of the CS exclusives from KEYBOARDMANIA CS. Notably, this disc is the only commercial BEMANI release on a mini CD.
- KEYBOARDMANIA 2ndMIX + consumer1 new songs: December 6th, 2000
General Information / Changes
- Unlike KEYBOARDMANIA, all the songs in KEYBOARDMANIA 2ndMIX have song comments on the official website for the game.
- LIGHT difficulty is introduced, which is a more simple difficulty that only uses 13 keys instead of 24.
- NORMAL is renamed LIGHT+.
- PRESSURE mode is introduced, which consists of four song courses. The gauge starts at 100%, but does not recover from any MISSes, even between songs.
- Videos for returning KEYBOARDMANIA songs were changed to generic videos that use various KEYBOARMANIA song clips.
Staff Information
Full Song List
New Songs
| Genre | Song | Artist | BPM | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Light | Light+ | Real | Light+ | Real | |||||
| KONAMI originals | |||||||||
| K-Classics | AKUMAJO DRACULA MEDLEY | KUKEIHAKURABU | 124 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |
| Asian | Beyond the Ocean | WORLD SEQUENCE | 123 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| Fingering | Cycletron | HIROYUKI NAMBA | 176 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |
| POWER | Hear My Love Song | SAKI | 120 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| Brilliant | HEAVENS GATE | NAHJEE & HATA | 152 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
| DANDY | INSPECTOR N. | Ⅲ | 125 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Polka Dots | Journey to the Wonderland | N.P.B. | 130 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| turban | Manhattan Sports Club | simon | 178 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |
| Lite Pop | MA-SSA-RA | natural bear | 164 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Dramatic | Memories | Naya~n | 80 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Maximum | Mighty Guy -Long Version- from KEYBOARDMANIA CS |
CHIHOMI | 156 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
| ELECTRONICA | Motion | SPARKER | 160 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
| 60's | Onion Ring | HIROYUKI NAMBA | 132 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |
| Piano Ambient | Presto from beatmania IIDX 3rd style |
Osamu Kubota | 136 | 6 | 6 | 6 | - | - | |
| Hammer | REGRET | Ryo & Q-Mex 5 | 132 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |
| Formula | Ride on the Light | Mr.T | 160 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| Fight | Sabre Dance | A.Khachaturian | 185 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
| EZ Listenin' | SNOW AFTERNOON | UNIVERS 6 | 122 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| EU-TECH | STEAM AND DREAM | V.C.O. | 135 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Hyper Latin | SUN BEAM | NAHJEE | 125 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
| KIDS | USAO-KUN | THE RABBITS | 140 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| PWM | VITALIZE | SPHINX | 138 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
PRESSURE Mode
- After having unlocked PRESSURE mode (via the method described in Unlock PRESSURE Mode), follow the steps below to activate it.
- Start the game on either play side (P1 or P2).
- On the SELECT PLAY MODE screen, push the wheel down and continue to hold it.
- After a few audible clicking sounds, PRESSURE mode will appear and become available to select.
- You can go back to the other modes by pushing the wheel up.
| Name | STAGE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | FINAL | |
| Dramatic Selection | Fairy Tale | Memories | INSPECTOR N. | Hear My Love Song |
| Upper Selection | Mighty Guy | Ride on the Light | Sabre Dance | VITALIZE |
| Fantasy Selection | STEAM AND DREAM | SNOW AFTERNOON | Henry Henry | MR.C.C. |
| Summer Selection | Let's go back home (for Christmas) | MA-SSA-RA | HEAVENS GATE | REGRET |
| World Selection | Beyond the Ocean | Journey to the Wonderland | SUN BEAM | Manhattan Sports Club |
| Impossible? Selection | Armajiro | Cycletron | Presto | AKUMAJO DRACULA MEDLEY |
Unlock Information
Unlock PRESSURE Mode
- Before you can activate PRESSURE mode on either play side (P1 or P2), you must first follow the steps below to unlock it.
- Start the game on the P2 (right) side.
- On the SELECT PLAY MODE screen, push the wheel down and continue to hold it.
- Before the timer reaches 0, PRESSURE mode will appear and become available to select.
- After you have followed the above steps, the unlock state will be saved, and on subsequent plays you will be able to activate PRESSURE mode on either play side (via the method described in PRESSURE Mode).
New Charts
The following songs have received new charts since their last appearances:
| Song | Game | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Light | Light+ | Real | Light+ | Real | ||
| Armajiro | KEYBOARDMANIA | 6 | - | - | - | - |
| BURNIN' | KEYBOARDMANIA | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| Fairy Tale | KEYBOARDMANIA | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Henry Henry | KEYBOARDMANIA | 5 | - | - | - | - |
| kimi ni ai ni yukou | KEYBOARDMANIA | 3 | - | 3 | - | 3 |
| Let's go back home (for Christmas) | KEYBOARDMANIA | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Mighty Guy | KEYBOARDMANIA | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Morning Music | KEYBOARDMANIA | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| MR.C.C. | KEYBOARDMANIA | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| Shake! | KEYBOARDMANIA | 3 | - | - | - | - |
Removed Songs
The following songs have been removed from KEYBOARDMANIA 2ndMIX: