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VENUS gained another memetic boost at JAEPO 2013, where Sota and Yoshitaka came on stage during a BEMANI event to debut their then-new song, [[Wow Wow VENUS]]. Amongst English-speaking fans, the line "Wow Wow VENUS" is infamous for sounding like "Wow Wow PENIS" instead. Needless to say the song skyrocketed in popularity before the entire song even debuted in [[REFLEC BEAT colette -Spring-]] about a month later. After a Twitter retweet campaign for early teaser material, the album jacket for Wow Wow VENUS was revealed; it shows Yoshitaka and Sota, together once again, with Yoshitaka suspiciously looking downwards.
VENUS gained another memetic boost at JAEPO 2013, where Sota and Yoshitaka came on stage during a BEMANI event to debut their then-new song, [[Wow Wow VENUS]]. Amongst English-speaking fans, the line "Wow Wow VENUS" is infamous for sounding like "Wow Wow PENIS" instead. Needless to say the song skyrocketed in popularity before the entire song even debuted in [[REFLEC BEAT colette -Spring-]] about a month later. After a Twitter retweet campaign for early teaser material, the album jacket for Wow Wow VENUS was revealed; it shows Yoshitaka and Sota, together once again, with Yoshitaka suspiciously looking downwards.


== Lincle Link ==
== [[Lincle LINK]] ==


Lincle Link was a BEMANI crossover event. It started out as one for [[AC Resort Anthem|beatmania IIDX 18 Resort Anthem]] and [[REFLEC BEAT]]. As time passed, four more phases of Lincle Link were added, culminating in Lincle Link 5 in June 2012 between [[AC Lincle|beatmania IIDX 19 Lincle]] and [[REFLEC BEAT limelight]].
Lincle LINK was a BEMANI crossover event. It started out as one for [[AC Resort Anthem|beatmania IIDX 18 Resort Anthem]] and [[REFLEC BEAT]]. As time passed, four more phases of Lincle LINK were added, culminating in Lincle Link 5 in June 2012 between [[AC Lincle|beatmania IIDX 19 Lincle]] and [[REFLEC BEAT limelight]].


Lincle Link would continue to last even over a year after Lincle Link 5. To add insult to injury, KONAMI finally started adding Lincle Link Devil Cards that could be purchased with dellars to unlock them in [[AC tricoro|beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro]]... but these Devil Cards were only for Lincle Link '''1'''. As of [[AC SPADA|beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA]] and [[REFLEC BEAT colette -All Seasons-]], Lincle Link was still in effect, forcing beatmania IIDX players and REFLEC BEAT players new to eAMUSEMENT to grind for unlocks from ''two years ago''; three versions ago for beatmania IIDX and two versions ago for REFLEC BEAT.
Lincle LINK would continue to last even over a year after Lincle LINK 5. To add insult to injury, KONAMI finally started adding Lincle LINK Devil Cards that could be purchased with dellars to unlock them in [[AC tricoro|beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro]]... but these Devil Cards were only for Lincle Link '''1'''. As of [[AC SPADA|beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA]] and [[REFLEC BEAT colette -All Seasons-]], Lincle LINK was still in effect, forcing beatmania IIDX players and REFLEC BEAT players new to eAMUSEMENT to grind for unlocks from ''two years ago''; three versions ago for beatmania IIDX and two versions ago for REFLEC BEAT.


As a result, there were many jokes about how long until Lincle Link ends (usually guessed to be on the order of years), or if it will even end. The same applied to the Devil Cards for the Lincle Link 5 songs.
As a result, there were many jokes about how long until Lincle LINK ends (usually guessed to be on the order of years), or if it will even end. The same applied to the Devil Cards for the Lincle LINK 5 songs.


Lincle Link 5 '''finally ended''' on May 14, 2014, 686 days after its beginning. All its songs (as well as Lincle Link 1's) are unlocked automatically if one has an [[eAMUSEMENT]] PASS.
Lincle LINK 5 '''finally ended''' on May 14, 2014, 686 days after its beginning. All its songs (as well as Lincle LINK 1's) are unlocked automatically if one has an [[eAMUSEMENT]] PASS.


(As a side note, Lincle Link 3 songs were automatically unlocked on beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro and could be unlocked via bistro saucer in [[jubeat saucer]]. Lincle Link 2 & 4 were special promotion events that included Dellar and copious travel point bonuses in [[jubeat copious]], and concert ticket giveaways.)
(As a side note, Lincle LINK 3 songs were automatically unlocked on beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro and could be unlocked via bistro saucer in [[jubeat saucer]]. Lincle LINK 2 & 4 were special promotion events that included Dellar and copious travel point bonuses in [[jubeat copious]], and concert ticket giveaways.)


=== External Links ===
=== External Links ===
* [http://www.konami.jp/bemani/linclelink/ Lincle Link website]
* [http://www.konami.jp/bemani/linclelink/ Lincle LINK website]
* [https://twitter.com/polyphonicroom/status/466340653140803584 polyphonic room passing on the news to the English-speaking BEMANI community]
* [https://twitter.com/polyphonicroom/status/466340653140803584 polyphonic room passing on the news to the English-speaking BEMANI community]
* [https://twitter.com/IsLL5OverYet @IsLL5OverYet] -- A fan-operated Twitter account announcing daily if it was over yet, up to the end of the event
* [https://twitter.com/IsLL5OverYet @IsLL5OverYet] -- A fan-operated Twitter account announcing daily if it was over yet, up to the end of the event