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But what goes up must eventually come down, as they say. While 2000 was a huge year for BEMANI, [[2001]] would see some slowdown, as well as not one but two reboots to two of their biggest music game series. | But what goes up must eventually come down, as they say. While 2000 was a huge year for BEMANI, [[2001]] would see some slowdown, as well as not one but two reboots to two of their biggest music game series. | ||
== January == | |||
* January 27th: [[AC bm complete 2|beatmania completeMIX 2]] is released to Japanese arcades. | |||
== February == | |||
* Februrary 3rd: [[PnM CS 3 Append|pop'n music 3 CS APPEND DISC]] is released in Japan for both the Sony PlayStation and the Sega Dreamcast. | |||
* February 17th: [[CS DDR 2ndMIX DC|DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX Dreamcast Edition]] is released in Japan for the Sega Dreamcast. | |||
== March == | |||
* March 2nd: [[CS bm 5th|beatmania APPEND 5thMIX -Time to get down-]] is released in Japan for the Sony PlayStation. | |||
* March 2nd: [[PnM AC Animelo|pop'n music アニメロ]] is released to Japanese arcades. | |||
* March 3rd: ''pop'n music 3 V.S. pop'n stage'' album released. | |||
* March 8th: [[AC bm III|beatmania III]] is released to Japanese arcades. | |||
* March 16th: ''beatmania maniac-tracks'' album released. It contains (most of) the new KONAMI original songs from [[AC 2nd style|beatmania IIDX 2nd style]], as well all of the new songs from [[CS bm 1st|beatmania APPEND YebisuMIX]], and the two KONAMI originals from [[AC DS TRUE KiSS DESTiNATiON|Dancing Stage featuring TRUE KiSS DESTiNATiON]]. | |||
* March 16th: ''KEYBOARDMANIA Original Soundtracks'' album released. | |||
* March 18th: [[PnM AC 4|pop'n music 4]] is released to Japanese arcades. | |||
* March 29th: ''beatmania 5thMIX ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK'' released. Unlike previous beatmania soundtracks, this was published by Toshiba-EMI, due to its having Dancemania licenses on it. | |||
* March 28th: [[AC bm Club|beatmania ClubMIX]] is released to Japanese arcades. | |||
* March 29th: ''pop'n music ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK MICKEY TUNES'' album released. Due to its licensed music, the soundtrack was published by Walt Disney Records and distributed by avex distribution. | |||
* March 30th: [[PnM GB|pop'n music GB]] is released for Nintendo's Game Boy Color. | |||
* Date unknown: [[PnM AC MICKEY TUNES|pop'n music MICKEY TUNES]] is released to Japanese arcades. | |||
== April == | |||
* April 1st: [[AC DDR 3rd Ver.KOREA|DanceDanceRevolution 3rdMIX Ver.KOREA]] is released to Korean arcades. | |||
* April 5th: ''beatmania ANI-SONGS MIX featuring 東京ムービー'' album released. It contains remixes of songs whose anime were produced by ''TMS Entertainment Co., Ltd.'', one of the biggest animation studios in Japan. | |||
* April 5th: [[pop'n music Vocal Best]] album released. | |||
* April 20th: [[CS DS DREAMS COME TRUE|Dancing Stage featuring DREAMS COME TRUE]] is released in Japan for the Sony PlayStation. | |||
* April 26th: ''beatmania ANI-SONGS MIX featuring 石ノ森章太郎'' album released. This contains songs with anime/sentai series created by late manga artist Shotaro Ishinomori, who died in 1998 from heart failure. | |||
* April 27th: [[CS DDR CLUB DC|DanceDanceRevolution CLUB VERSiON Dreamcast Edition]] is released in Japan for Sega Dreamcast. | |||
== May == | |||
* May 1st: [[AC DDR 3rd Ver.KOREA2|DanceDanceRevolution 3rdMIX Ver.KOREA2]] is released to Korean arcades. | |||
* May 31st: [[AC bm DREAMS COME TRUE|beatmania featuring DREAMS COME TRUE]] is released to Japanese arcades. | |||
== June == | |||
* June 1st: [[CS DDR 3rd|DanceDanceRevolution 3rdMIX CS]] is released in Japan for the Sony PlayStation. | |||
* June 7th: ''pop'n music Animation melody フル! ANIMELO FULL'' album released. | |||
* June 16th: ''beatmania III // new songs collection'' album released. | |||
* June 21st: [[AC DDR 3rd PLUS|DanceDanceRevolution 3rdMIX PLUS]] is released to Japanese arcades. | |||
* June 21st: ''pop'n music 4 arcade originals'' album released. | |||
* June 28th: ''Dance Dance Revolution Solo 2000 ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK'' album released. | |||
* Unknown date: [[CS bm EU|beatmania (Europe)]] is released in Europe for the Sony PlayStation. | |||
== July == | |||
* July 21st: [[CS bm DREAMS COME TRUE|beatmania featuring DREAMS COME TRUE CS]] is released in Japan for the Sony PlayStation. | |||
* July 27th: [[CS bm BEST HITS|beatmania BEST HITS]] is released in Japan for the Sony PlayStation. | |||
* July 27th: [[PnM CS Animelo|pop'n music アニメーションメロデ]] is released in Japan for the Sony PlayStation. | |||
* Date unknown: '''pop'n music MICKEY TUNES!''', an upgraded version of pop'n music MICKEY TUNES that adds the NET@MANIA mode, is released to Japanese arcades. | |||
== August == | |||
* August 3rd: [[CS DDR GB|DanceDanceRevolution GB]] is released in Japan for Nintendo's Game Boy Color. | |||
* August 23rd: ''beatmania BEST Soundtrack'' album released. It contains KONAMI original songs (and even licenses) from [[AC bm 1st|beatmania]] to the then recent [[CS bm GOTTAMIX2|beatmania APPEND GOTTAMIX2 ~Going Global~]], as well as a few songs from [[AC 1st style|beatmania IIDX]] through [[AC 2nd style|2nd style]]. | |||
* August 24th: [[AC DDR 4th|DanceDanceRevolution 4thMIX]] is released to Japanese arcades. | |||
* Unknown date: [[AC DS EuroMIX|Dancing Stage EuroMIX]] is released to European arcades. | |||
== September == | |||
* September 7th: [[CS bm GOTTAMIX2|beatmania APPEND GOTTAMIX2 ~Going Global~]] is released in Japan for the Sony PlayStation. | |||
* September 7th: [[PnM CS GB Animation Melody|pop'n music GB アニメーションメロディ]] is released in Japan for Nintendo's Game Boy Color. | |||
* September 14th: [[CS DDR Oha Star|おはスタ DanceDanceRevolution]] is released in Japan for the Sony PlayStation. | |||
* September 21st: [[PnM AC Animelo 2|pop'n music アニメロ2号]] is released to Japanese arcades. | |||
* September 22nd: [[PnM CS GB DISNEY TUNES|pop'n music GB DISNEY TUNES]] is released in Japan for Nintendo's Game Boy Color. | |||
* September 28th: [[CS bm GB Gatcha 2|beatmania GB ガッチャミックス2]] is released in Japan for Nintendo's Game Boy Color. | |||
* [[CS DDR Tokimeki|ときめきメモリアル2 Substories: Dancing Summer Vacation]], a drama spinoff game of the previous year's ''Tokimeki Memorial 2'', is released in Japan for the Sony PlayStation. A fictional mix in the game, '''DanceDanceRevolution Tokimeki MIX''', contains seven songs that are perfeclty playable on an official DanceDanceRevolution dance pad. | |||
== October == | |||
* October 12th: [[PnM CS 4 Append|pop'n music 4 CS APPEND DISC]] is released in Japan for both the Sony PlayStation and the Sega Dreamcast. It is the last BEMANI game released on the Sega Dreamcast. | |||
* October 18th: ''beatmania Club MIX Original Soundtrack'' released. This soundtrack was published by SMEJ Associated Records as opposed to KONAMI, due to its licenses. | |||
* October 25th: ''beatmania IIDX 3rd style Original Soundtracks'' album released. It also contains the missing KONAMI originals from 2nd style that weren't in beatmania maniac-tracks. | |||
== November == | |||
* November 2nd: ''pop'n music 4 consumer originals'' album released. It swaps out the BGM tracks and arcade long versions from the ''pop'n music 4 arcade originals'' album for the [[PnM_CS_4|pop'n music 4 CS]] songs and its new long versions. | |||
* November 16th: [[CS DDR GB2|DanceDanceRevolution GB2]] is released in Japan for Nintendo's Game Boy Color. | |||
* November 16th: ''DanceManiax Original Soundtrack'' album released. | |||
* November 17th: [[PnM AC 5|pop'n music 5]] is released to Japanese arcades. | |||
* November 20th: ''GUITAR FREAKS 3rdMIX & drummania 2ndMIX soundtracks'' album released. | |||
* November 20th: [[CS DDR Disney Dancing Museum|DanceDanceRevolution ディズニーダンシングミュージアム]] is released in Japan for the Nintendo 64. | |||
* November 21st: [[PnM CS DISNEY TUNES|pop'n music DISNEY TUNES]] is released in Japan for the Sony PlayStation. | |||
* November 28th: [[AC bm CORE REMIX|beatmania CORE REMIX]] is released to Japanese arcades. | |||
* November 30th: [[AC DS Disney's RAVE|Dancing Stage featuring Disney's RAVE]] is released to Japanese arcades. A home port, retitled [[CS DDR Disney's RAVE|DanceDanceRevolution Disney's RAVE]], is released the same day in Japan for the Sony PlayStation. | |||
== December == | |||
* December 6th: ''Dance Dance Revolution Disney's RAVE Original Soundtrack'' album released. Similar to the ''pop'n music ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK MICKEY TUNES'' album, this soundtrack was published by Walt Disney Records and distributed by avex distribution due to its usage of Disney music. | |||
* December 6th: ''KEYBOARDMANIA 2nd MIX + consumer1 new songs'' album released. | |||
* December 21st: [[CS bm Club|beatmania APPEND ClubMIX]] is released in Japan for the Sony PlayStation. | |||
* December 21st: [[CS DDR BEST HITS|DanceDanceRevolution BEST HITS]] is released in Japan for the Sony PlayStation. | |||
* December 21st: ''pop'n music 5 arcade originals'' album released. | |||
* December 28th: [[AC DDR 4th PLUS|DanceDanceRevolution 4thMIX PLUS]] is released in Japan to Japanese arcades. | |||
* December 31st: [[AC bm III CORE REMIX|beatmania III APPEND CORE REMIX]] is released to Japanese arcades. | |||
* Unknown date: [[AC DDR KIDS|DanceDanceRevolution KIDS]] is released to Japanese arcades. | |||
== Unknown date == | |||
* '''Dancing Stage EuroMIX INTERNET R@NKING''', an enhanced port of Dancing Stage EuroMIX that adds six more songs and Internet Ranking, is released to European arcades. | |||
* DanceDanceRevolution music producer [[Naoki Maeda]] holds auditions for vocalists for his new music group he is forming, who would be revealed the following year to be [[BeForU]]. | |||
* KONAMI holds a Musicianship Trial for beatmania IIDX to find new talent to add songs to the series. The winners were the then 17 year-old [[Kosuke Saito|kors k]] and 21 year-old [[Ryutaro Nakahara|Ryu]], whose debut songs [[clione]] and [[starmine]] respectively appeared in [[AC 4th style|beatmania IIDX 4th style]]. Both artists would return to BEMANI in 2003 by request of [[Takayuki Ishikaka|dj TAKA]] for [[AC 9th style|beatmania IIDX 9th style]]. Both artists still contribute to beatmania IIDX, as well other BEMANI series, to this day. | |||
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