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{{BEMANI Timeline}} | {{BEMANI Timeline}} | ||
= 2020 = | |||
As in all other walks of life, 2020 in BEMANI was defined heavily by the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to the circumstances making public arcade gaming undesirable and even dangerous to vulnerable people, all updates were suspended during the peak of the pandemic. Instead, KONAMI began to focus on releases for the home market, with no fewer than four new PC releases for BEMANI games (the updated [[CS INFINITAS 2020|beatmania IIDX INFINITAS]], [[CS pnm Lively|pop'n music Lively]], [[CS GD Konasute|コナステ GITADORA]], and [[CS NST Konasute|コナステ ノスタルジア]]) announced this year. | |||
== January == | == January == | ||
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== February == | == February == | ||
* February 1st - 8th: [[KONAMI Arcade Championship|The 9th KONAMI Arcade Championship]] for BEMANI games was held in esports GINZA studio and at JAEPO 2020. Non-BEMANI games had their final rounds scheduled for February 22nd to 24th; however, they were postponed due to the COVID-19 outbreak [https://p.eagate.573.jp/game/kac/kac9th/news/info0217.html]. | * February 1st - 8th: [[KONAMI Arcade Championship|The 9th KONAMI Arcade Championship]] for BEMANI games was held in esports GINZA studio and at JAEPO 2020. Non-BEMANI games had their final rounds scheduled for February 22nd to 24th; however, they were postponed due to the COVID-19 outbreak [https://p.eagate.573.jp/game/kac/kac9th/news/info0217.html]. | ||
* February 7th - 8th: [[AC jb 2020|jubeat (2020)]] and [[AC NEW pnm|NEW pop'n music Welcome to Wonderland!]] are shown off at JAEPO 2020 for the first and only time. Both games would be quietly cancelled by the end of the year. | |||
* February 25th: Kazuhisa Hashimoto, a KONAMI employee who was the inventor of the KONAMI code (up up down down left right left right B A start) used in various KONAMI (and non-KONAMI) games - including BEMANI titles - dies at 61. | * February 25th: Kazuhisa Hashimoto, a KONAMI employee who was the inventor of the KONAMI code (up up down down left right left right B A start) used in various KONAMI (and non-KONAMI) games - including BEMANI titles - dies at 61. | ||
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== May == | == May == | ||
* May 7th: The franchise-wide [[Ichika no BEMANI chou janken taikai 2020|いちかのBEMANI超じゃんけん大会2020]] event is started, the event is held exclusively on the [[e-amusement]] website. | |||
* May 14th: [[CS DDR V|DanceDanceRevolution V]] started its open alpha test. | * May 14th: [[CS DDR V|DanceDanceRevolution V]] started its open alpha test. | ||
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* July 1st: [[AC DDR A20 PLUS|DanceDanceRevolution A20 PLUS]] is released for 20th anniversary cabinets. | * July 1st: [[AC DDR A20 PLUS|DanceDanceRevolution A20 PLUS]] is released for 20th anniversary cabinets. | ||
* July 6th: DanceDanceRevolution A20 PLUS is released for other cabinets. | * July 6th: DanceDanceRevolution A20 PLUS is released for other cabinets. | ||
* July 15th: ''GITADORA Matixx Original Soundtrack'' and ''GITADORA EXCHAIN Original Soundtrack'' albums are released. | * July 15th: | ||
** ''GITADORA Matixx Original Soundtrack'' and ''GITADORA EXCHAIN Original Soundtrack'' albums are released. | |||
** [[BEMANI 8bit collection]], an album of chiptune remixes of BEMANI tunes, appears exclusively on [[CS ULTIMATE MOBILE|beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE]]. | |||
* July 29th: ''jubeat festo Original Soundtrack'' album is released. | * July 29th: ''jubeat festo Original Soundtrack'' album is released. | ||
== August == | == August == | ||
* August 4th: [[CS GD | * August 4th: [[CS GD Konasute|コナステ GITADORA]] started its open alpha test. | ||
* August 19th: ''NOSTALGIA Music Collection ～Op. | * August 5th: a heavily upgraded version of [[CS INFINITAS|beatmania IIDX INFINITAS]] under the [[CS INFINITAS 2020|same name]] is released. | ||
* August 13th: [[BEMANI kyoku wo band de ensou shitemita|BEMANI曲をバンドで演奏してみた]], an album of band covers of BEMANI tunes, appears exclusively on [[CS ULTIMATE MOBILE|beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE]]. | |||
* August 19th: ''NOSTALGIA Music Collection ～Op.1～'' and ''NOSTALGIA Music Collection ～Op.2～'' albums are released. | |||
== | == September == | ||
* [[ | * September 7th: [[CS pnm Lively|pop'n music Lively]] started its open beta test. | ||
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* [[AC | == October == | ||
* [[CS | * October 19th: [[CS NST Konasute|コナステ ノスタルジア Op.3]] started its open alpha test. | ||
* October 28th: [[AC BISTROVER|beatmania IIDX 28 BISTROVER]] is released. | |||
== November == | |||
* November 5th: [[CS pnm Lively|pop'n music Lively]] is released. | |||
== December == | |||
* December 9th: [[AC pnm Kaimei riddles|pop'n music 解明リドルズ]] is released. | |||
* December 16th: [[CS GD Konasute|コナステ GITADORA]] is released. | |||
* Unknown date: [[Tatsuya Mizuno]] leaves KONAMI. | |||
[[Category:History]] | [[Category:History]] | ||