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When Konami announced that they were doing surveys to gauge interest in reviving the CS release of IIDX (prior to the release of 7th), there was widespread concern that the survey would not get enough responses to qualify for the game.  This worry was not only felt in the US, but also in Japan.

V is widely considered an inside joke at this point, as it appeared on nine CS games, and six consecutive ones (5th-10th, BMUS, HAPPY SKY, EMPRESS + PREMIUM BEST). ("You can't spell revival without V.")  Many players take this as a sign that Konami hates them.

When V was not revived for [[CS IIDX RED|IIDX RED CS]], many players took this as a sign that Konami hated them by ruining their joke. V was then absent from CS styles until [[CS EMPRESS|EMPRESS + PREMIUM BEST)]] where V was on the PREMIUM BEST disc alongside [[V2]] which was on the EMPRESS disc.

Back around the release of [[AC 8th style|beatmania IIDX 8th style]], Konami announced their first Musicianship Trial, allowing fans to submit music in hopes of getting it included in the series.  Shortly thereafter, Kyle would have a dream where he was playing the new IIDX and there was a song on it called "Mirror Force".  Some guy said to him "You should be able to pass that song, right? After all, you made it" and then he noticed that he did, in fact, make it. But it was really hard.

It was viewed as a clear attempt by Konami to commission him for a new song for the next IIDX via dream-o-vision, and so Mirror Force was made.  He [http://www.bemanistyle.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1739#1739 promised that it would appear around 11th style], and recorded two other tracks: Engulfed Beam, and You Can't Escape Me.

On [[CS IIDX RED|IIDX RED CS]], Konami's ultimate inside joke was unleashed on the community as an ANOTHER chart was added (accessibly only via the [[Takehiko Fujii|SLAKE]] course at the current time).  All three Single charts are exactly the same; the only difference is the timing.  While the LIGHT chart will allow most players to score Greats, and the HYPER chart continues to give most players Goods, the ANOTHER chart has even more ridiculously broken timing and will hand out Bads like they are Halloween candy.

During the long-awaited release of [[CS 7th style|7th style CS]], the IIDX community as a whole was surprised and excited to see that not only had Konami included an 8th style song in the game ([[murmur twins]]), which was selected from a player poll, but Konami had secretly included a 9th style song as well ([[Abyss -The Heavens Remix-]]).  In addition, during the early hours of 7th style's release, an anonymous poster claimed that [[Setsugekka]] from the then-brand-new [[AC 10th style|10th style AC]] was also included.  This turned out to be false; however, during 8th style's release, there was much speculation and rumor that Setsugekka was being included in 8th style, which also proved false.  During the 9th style release, still more rumors and even a few faked photos purported that Setsugekka was included, and by that point the phenomenon had taken on a life of its own.  To this day, people still joke about Setsugekka being included "as a preview song" in current releases.

FLOWER is infamous for appearing on every active BEMANI series, with some accusing Konami of milking the song for all its worth, similar to how V is infamous for appearing on nearly every beatmania IIDX CS release. It first appeared in [[REFLEC BEAT]] and [[jubeat knit APPEND]], then moved into [[PnM AC 20|pop'n music 20 fantasia]], [[AC tricoro|beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro]], [[AC DDR X3|DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX]], DanceEvolution ARCADE, and ミライダガッキ FutureTomTom.

The song is not fit for GuitarFreaks & DrumMania as it is not a rock song, nor is it fit for SOUND VOLTEX as it is a preexisting Konami original but not a remix. Nevertheless it appeared on those games anyway, in the form of a [[FLOWER -TLION69 Remix-|TLION69 remix]] on [[AC GFDM XG3|GuitarFreaksXG3 & DrumManiaXG3]] and a [[FLOWER REDALiCE Remix|REDALiCE remix]] on [[SOUND VOLTEX BOOTH]].  

However, FLOWER's wide presence continued to expand even further. On October 29, 2014, FLOWER became the first KONAMI original song to be transplanted to non-BEMANI music game titles. It was transplanted to ''GROOVE COASTER EX'', ''maimai ORANGE'', and ''太鼓の達人 キミドリVer.'' as part of the Tenkaichi otoge sai Zenkoku issei nintei taikai (天下一音ゲ祭 全国一斉認定大会) event.