Cancelled Games: Difference between revisions

This list is here to point out various BEMANI-related titles that were cancelled. In this case, this list can include international versions of already established games that never saw the light of day, or brand-new games that never took off at all.

= beatmania =

== beatmania 7thMIX + THE FINAL ==

Press releases around 2003/2004 mentioned the planned home release of the final titles of the original 5-Key series as one package on PS2 (probably alongside porting the beatmania III songs and using III THE FINAL's engine). However, despite the listing, nothing past the notice was publically found.

== beatmania USA sequel ==

While never officially confirmed, KONAMI indicated at the time of [[CS_USA|beatmania]]'s launch that if the game was successful enough, a sequel might have been planned. Despite rumors about poor sales numbers, it was actually negative feedback against the game that caused KONAMI to cancel any further US games in the series.

= beatmania IIDX =

== beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD US arcade version ==

In March 2007, KONAMI tried out an English version of [[AC GOLD|beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD]] across various Dave & Buster's locations in the U.S., in attempts to rally up enough interest in an U.S. arcade release. Nothing ever came out of it afterwards. The English assets for beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD later appeared as unused images in [[AC DJ TROOPERS|beatmania IIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS]] (along with English screens for the [[e-amusement|e-AMUSEMENT]] Login and Mode Select screens from DJ TROOPERS).

Unused graphics for an European release of [[AC DDR Solo BASS|DanceDanceRevolution Solo BASS MIX]] can be found on the [[AC DDR Solo 2000|DanceDanceRevolution Solo 2000]] data, including warning screens on English, Spanish, French, Italian, and German.

== Dancing Stage SuperNOVA2 (arcade) ==

The European arcade version of [[AC DDR SuperNOVA2|DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA2]] never made it to Europe, due to Sony's refusal of letting the original Japanese PlayStation 2 into European territories. While Europe ''did'' receive a PlayStation 2 Dancing Stage title under [[CS DS SuperNOVA2|that name]], it was nothing more than a stripped-down version of the [[CS DDR SuperNOVA2 NA|North American PlayStation 2 SuperNOVA2 CS game]], with only [[Cara Mia|one new license]] and most of the North American licenses removed.

According to [[William Shillito|DM Ashura]], a sequel to [[CS DDR UNIVERSE3|DanceDanceRevolution UNIVERSE3]] was planned [https://zenius-i-vanisher.com/v5.2/thread?threadid=4747&&page=6#p277821]. The project was ultimately cancelled in favor of an Xbox 360 version of DanceDanceRevolution (2010).

* That release was also ultimately re-worked into the 2010's DanceDanceRevolution release on PlayStation 3 (which was also ported to the Xbox 360).

* Work on the game's soundtrack started very early, with most of the songs already complete during early development. Once the release was cancelled, the songs wound up being ported into the soundtrack for Konami's walking-based Wii game, ''Walk it Out!''.

** Many of the Bemani artists involved had either previously created new songs, or had their songs from older Bemani games crossed over into the Ultramix & Universe series.

** A large portion of the ''Walk It Out!'' soundtrack was ported over to [[CS DDR Classroom Edition|DanceDanceRevolution Classroom Edition]].

== DanceDanceRevolution (2014) US version ==

''Karaoke Revolution BEMANI series selection'' (カラオケレボリューション BEMANIシリーズセレクション) is a cancelled Japan-only entry in the ''Karaoke Revolution'' series, focusing entirely on BEMANI songs. Most of the 70 songs planned were ones with Japanese vocals, though a few English and French songs were also planned. It was announced on November 11th, 2004 via KONAMI's Custom Factory page. Due to lack of interest, Karaoke Revolution BEMANI series selection was cancelled on February 8th, 2005.

= KEYBOARDMANIA =

== KEYBOARDMANIA 4thMIX ==

KONAMI announced back in 2002 the possibility of a 4th KEYBOARDMANIA game exclusively for the PlayStation 2. Nothing came out of it afterward.

A deluxe version of ParaParaParadise that had support for three players, a widescreen display and an upgraded sound system. The song list was identical to the regular version. Only a single cabinet was made, and was used by KONAMI at trade shows to promote the game.

Read as "Otoiroha", the game was similar to SOUND VOLTEX in terms of gameplay, with four transparent buttons over the screen, like jubeat, and two sliders on the side of the cabinet that needed to be slid into certain positions, much like the knobs of SOUND VOLTEX. The game was revealed at JAEPO 2016 alongside [[AC NST|ノスタルジア]], but no news about it was heard afterwards, and KONAMI quietly cancelled the game later that year. (ノスタルジア, despite being marketed as the minor release of the two - and initially not even part of the BEMANI family - ended up being fully developed, and was released on March 1st, 2017.)

As of January 31st, 2017, on the eAMUSEMENT app, Otoiroha's character image tag and the ability to select the game series as a favorite were removed without an announcement. While the website is still up for the game, it hasn't been updated since its reveal. Its few originals have since appeared in [[AC jb clan|jubeat clan]] and [[AC RB Reflesia|REFLEC BEAT 悠久のリフレシア]].

A game that was location tested twice in 2018. The gameplay was intended to be similar to SEGA's popular rhythm game, ''CHUNITHM'', with the addition of a crossfader. Continuing a recent KONAMI trend of making new games' cabinets from the skeleton of the cabinets of cancelled games, this game was partially based off a REFLEC BEAT cabinet. Its known soundtrack consists entirely of anime song remixes by [[BEMANI Sound Team]] artists and commissioned regulars.

After the second location test, this game was never heard from again, not even being mentioned at JAEPO 2019. Several of the anime remixes intended for it have appeared in [[AC jb festo|jubeat festo]], [[AC NST Op.2|ノスタルジア Op.2]], and [[AC SDVX VW|SOUND VOLTEX VIVID WAVE]].