AC DDR X3: Difference between revisions

** However, this is not the first time 2ndMIX has been remade; a previous remake exists in [[AC_DDR_3rd|DanceDanceRevolution 3rdMIX]], though using the 3rdMIX interface.

After September 25th, the requirements were reduced for the last four items to be unlocked by getting 4, 5, 6 and 7 consecutive Daily Stars respectively.   

At AOU 2012 on February 17th, 2012, KONAMI announced a new event called Daily Special (デイリースペシャル) for [[e-AMUSEMENT]] users only. It began on February 20, 2012 and ended on May 28, 2012. During the event, a different BEMANI crossover was unlocked each day of the week from Monday to Friday only. Each day began at 7:00 am following the daily maintenance. The cycle of the song unlocking had been shuffled three times, on March 19, April 16, and May 14, 2012.<br>

On May 5, 2012, an additional event called Weekend Special (ウィークエンドスペシャル) was added. During Weekend Special, the songs cycled hourly instead. This event also ended on May 28, 2012, date where all songs were unlocked for regular play.

In order to access the EXTRA STAGE, X3 introduced the "Result Star System", a feature available only when playing via [[e-AMUSEMENT]] in PRO Mode. To unlock the EXTRA STAGE, the player have to get 9 Result Stars during a game or multiple games, the Result Stars are carried over from play session to another using e-AMUSEMENT. Once the player unlock the EXTRA STAGE, the 9 Results Stars are used, thus removed. When using VERSUS PLAY, once one player have 9 stars, the EXTRA STAGE is unlocked and both players Stars will be used in the process. The colors of the Star have no importance, only the amount (9) is required to unlock the EXTRA STAGE.  

For example, a player getting AAA on his first song of the day will receive the three stars for a grade of AAA and the Daily Star (dark blue) won't be used. The Star(s) that was lost in this process are not carried over in the next game, it is lost forever. Also, no Star is given for a E (FAILED) a song.

By 11/05/2012, all the songs introduced as EXTRA/ENCORE STAGE were unlocked for normal play.

EXTRA TOUR was announced on May 12, 2012 and started on May 14, 2012. In this event, four new songs were added as EXTRA STAGE. They each appeared in specific regions at first and moved to other regions each day. After playing all EXTRA TOUR songs at least once, scoring AA or better on EXPERT on any of these songs unlocks the ENCORE EXTRA STAGE, Tohoku EVOLVED.  

The event ended on July 22, 2012 and all songs were unlocked for regular play.

After unlocking both TRIP MACHINE REVOLUTION and PARANOiA Revolution in 2ndMIX MODE, they would later appears as EXTRA STAGE. Successfully clearing them with a rank of AA or higher, will add a new song for the ENCORE EXTRA STAGE, LOVE IS THE POWER -Re:born-. In order to clear the final ENCORE EXTRA STAGE song, a Perfect Full Combo is required.

On August 2, 2012, the CROSSOVER DDR event started. During the event, players can unlock every 2ndMIX songs for play on X3's PRO or QUICK PLAY MODEs. The two exceptions are HERO, as the song is already in X3 (using the X-edit version from X2) and PARANOiA MAX~DIRTY MIX~(in roulette), as there is no Roulette option in X3. For their appearance in X3, every song received a brand new jacket made of the disc seen in 2ndMIX. The song's banner was added on 4/20/2012 at the bottom of the disc on the jacket. The unlocked songs appears in the X3 folder instead of the 2ndMIX folder, they would return to their original folder in [[AC DDR 2013|DanceDanceRevolution (2013)]].

In 2ndMIX MODE, the song list is divided in two parts: EASY / NORMAL Mode and HARD Mode. Each song have to be played in its respective 2ndMIX's sub-mode in order to be unlocked in X3. Both SINGLE and DOUBLE charts have to be unlocked individually on every difficulty available:  BASIC, ANOTHER and MANIAC (Single only). After unlocking the first chart for a song in Single Play, the BEGINNER chart is also unlocked. Clearing all the three difficulties will also unlock the CHALLENGE charts for play in X3 Mode. In DOUBLE Play, clearing the two difficulties will unlock the EXPERT and CHALLENGE charts for that song in X3.

On 6/02/2012, obtaining the rank of SS (a FULL COMBO-only grade in 2ndMIX) before the FINAL STAGE will unlock one of the two following songs for the FINAL STAGE:

To make them appear in X3 and also appear later as EXTRA STAGE in X3, all the charts found in NORMAL and HARD MODEs respectively, have to be cleared. Finally, scoring AA or better on these songs on EXPERT unlock the ENCORE EXTRA STAGE, LOVE IS THE POWER Re:born, a remix of [[LOVE IS THE POWER|a song]] that was previously only found playing during the ending credits of [[CS DDR 2ndReMIX PS|DanceDanceRevolution 2ndReMIX]]'s ARCADE MODE.

On 11/05/2012, all the 2ndMIX songs were fully unlocked for everyone.