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=== Qprogue === | === Qprogue === | ||
Qprogue had a convoluted development, originally just having seven original songs and two CS crossovers ([[Onegai Einstein|お願いアインシュタイン]], [[Pharaoh]], [[ra'am]], [[Hypersonik]], [[refractive index]], [[RIZING YOU UP]], [[Unicorn tail]], with [[Rengoku no Elferia|煉獄のエルフェリア]] as the last boss), just like beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro's main event format. | ''Qprogue'' had a convoluted development, originally just having seven original songs and two CS crossovers ([[Onegai Einstein|お願いアインシュタイン]], [[Pharaoh]], [[ra'am]], [[Hypersonik]], [[refractive index]], [[RIZING YOU UP]], [[Unicorn tail]], with [[Rengoku no Elferia|煉獄のエルフェリア]] as the last boss), just like beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro's main event format. | ||
After the second phase, Qprogue was supposed to get a third and final one themed after the fire island seen at the end of Qprogue DX. Map data of said phase was made but was eventually purged (including all its references) once Qprogue DX was added; Qprogue DX is referenced as "phase 4" in the data, proving that a "phase 3" was skipped. | After the second phase, Qprogue was supposed to get a third and final one themed after the fire island seen at the end of Qprogue DX. Map data of said phase was made but was eventually purged (including all its references) once Qprogue DX was added; Qprogue DX is referenced as "phase 4" in the data, proving that a "phase 3" was skipped. | ||
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=== Spada†leggendaria === | === Spada†leggendaria === | ||
Spada†leggendaria saw an eighth, truly final song being cut. A result banner showing the Spada†leggendaria chamber from above alongside all seven swords (including the usual "Spada†leggendaria - SECRET MUSIC UNLOCKED" text) was left unused in the data. This song is wrongly assumed to be [[Broken Sword]] (which was part of Qprogue instead) and there is no info on what it could have been. | ''Spada†leggendaria'' saw an eighth, truly final song being cut. A result banner showing the Spada†leggendaria chamber from above alongside all seven swords (including the usual "Spada†leggendaria - SECRET MUSIC UNLOCKED" text) was left unused in the data. This song is wrongly assumed to be [[Broken Sword]] (which was part of Qprogue instead) and there is no info on what it could have been. | ||
It was likely going to be a ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE song (while SPADA ended up having none, it still had image text for it) but the newly introduced PASELI features in SPADA probably caused issues, and so the idea was dropped, leaving [[Verflucht]] as the final song of the event and last overall exclusive song of the style. | It was likely going to be a ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE song (while SPADA ended up having none, it still had image text for it) but the newly introduced PASELI features in SPADA probably caused issues, and so the idea was dropped, leaving [[Verflucht]] as the final song of the event and last overall exclusive song of the style. | ||
== [[AC PENDUAL|beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL]] == | |||
=== Phase exclusive song system === | |||
One of PENDUAL's core features was songs being exclusively playable in only the PRESENT or FUTURE phases. Aside the default exclusive phase songs being part of the ''Chrono Chaser'' event's unlock requirements, no other ones were added in the game and there was no development whatsoever on this feature. PENDUAL's sound direction comments mentioned more emphasis on the PRESENT/FUTURE phases by each director. | |||
=== Chrono Chaser === | |||
''Chrono Chaser'' was likely going to have a more regular cycle than what eventually happened in reality, as [[Say YEEEAHH]] and [[Reflux]], made available late in June 2015, were instead added in November 2014. Negative reception of Chrono Chaser's extremely vague unlock system was what likely put the event on a long hiatus. After PENDUAL, IIDX went back having secret extra stage events like ''LIMIT BURST'' and ''Spada†leggendaria''. | |||
=== Unfinished overlays === | |||
* [[Despair of ELFERIA]]'s boss overlays data contained unused sprites for a second form; they looked identical to the last form of [[Rengoku no Elferia|煉獄のエルフェリア]]'s boss, except colored differently. | |||
* [[Kyoumei yuugi no hana|共鳴遊戯の華]]'s LIMIT BREAK boss attack sequence was going to feature every joker villain, as images showing their names were found in the overlays data. Strangely, the data also contained an unfinished sketch image of ''Lopica'' (共鳴遊戯の華's main boss character). | |||
== [[AC copula|beatmania IIDX 23 copula]] == | |||
=== Mystery Line === | |||
Even though there were no clear evidences of Mystery Line being unfinished, it was the only IIDX regular event where you couldn't achieve a Platinum Tran Medal since their introduction but it also didn't have a Gold one either. The event's medal list in the files contained additional, unobtainable medal entries that had the same unlock requirements (unlock three Mystery Line charts) up to nine more songs; the entries felt more like placeholders, as the devteam just added songs to the event until the end. | |||
Compared to any other regular IIDX event in recent styles, Mystery Line also did not have any sort of ending or congratulation message. L.E.D. announced a collaboration song with [[Tomosuke Funaki|黒猫ダンジョン]] before copula's release but it did never see the light of the day - Tomosuke himself had no song on the style while L.E.D. did not appear in Mystery Line. | |||
= DanceDanceRevolution = | = DanceDanceRevolution = | ||