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→General Information / Changes: Added clarifying information about beatstage 5thMIX's default groove gauge mechanics.
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* First beatmania game to distinguish between new songs and returning songs on the song select screen. | * First beatmania game to distinguish between new songs and returning songs on the song select screen. | ||
** Songs new to or debuting in 5thMIX have a red star next to the title, while returning songs have a blue star. | ** Songs new to or debuting in 5thMIX have a red star next to the title, while returning songs have a blue star. | ||
* | * Only beatmania arcade title with "Hard Version" songs. | ||
** [[DO IT ALL NIGHT]], [[OPERATOR]], [[THE ONLY WAY IS UP]], [[THE RACE]], and [[UP ON THE FLOOR]] each have a | ** [[DO IT ALL NIGHT]], [[OPERATOR]], [[THE ONLY WAY IS UP]], [[THE RACE]], and [[UP ON THE FLOOR]] each have a "Hard Version" song that can be played in later stages on HARD mode. | ||
* Two new modifiers were introduced: SUDDEN and HI-SPEED. | * Two new modifiers were introduced: SUDDEN and HI-SPEED. | ||
** SUDDEN | ** SUDDEN: Causes notes to appear in the middle of the screen, instead of from the top. | ||
*** Can be combined with HIDDEN to make HIDDEN+SUDDEN, which causes the notes to not appear at all. | *** Can be combined with HIDDEN to make HIDDEN+SUDDEN, which causes the notes to not appear at all. | ||
**** This behavior was changed in [[AC bm THE FINAL|THE FINAL]] so that notes briefly appear in the middle of the screen (the old no-note behavior was retained as a separate STEALTH modifier). | **** This behavior was changed in [[AC bm THE FINAL|THE FINAL]] so that notes briefly appear in the middle of the screen (the old no-note behavior was retained as a separate STEALTH modifier). | ||
** HI-SPEED | ** HI-SPEED: Multiplies the scroll speed by x2.0. | ||
* [[Isao Saito]] and [[Hiroaki Saito]] make their BEMANI debuts. | * [[Isao Saito]] and [[Hiroaki Saito]] make their BEMANI debuts. | ||
* The ''beatmania 5thMIX ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK'' contains not only the songs from beatmania 5thMIX, but also the songs from [[AC bm 4th|beatmania 4thMIX -the beat goes on-]] which had not been removed in 5thMIX. | * The ''beatmania 5thMIX ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK'' contains not only the songs from beatmania 5thMIX, but also the songs from [[AC bm 4th|beatmania 4thMIX -the beat goes on-]] which had not been removed in 5thMIX. | ||
* The Korean release was known as '''beatstage 5thMIX -Time to get down-''', and has a few differences compared to the Japanese release. | * The Korean release was known as '''beatstage 5thMIX -Time to get down-''', and has a few differences compared to the Japanese release. | ||
** By default, | ** By default, BASIC and HARD modes use groove gauge mechanics similar to those of [[DanceDanceRevolution_Information|DanceDanceRevolution]] (EXPERT mode still uses the normal EXPERT mode groove gauge). | ||
** A new feature, PERFECT PLAY, has been added to EXPERT mode | *** The groove gauge starts at a maximum of 100%, decreases with BADs/POORs, and increases with GREATs/GOODs. | ||
*** When the groove gauge is at the lowest level, it will say "!DANGER DANGER!"; after enough further BADs/POORs, the stage will be failed on the spot. | |||
*** As long as the song ends with any amount of groove gauge, the stage will be cleared. | |||
*** The normal groove gauge can be re-enabled for BASIC and HARD modes by setting DIP switch 3-5 to ON. | |||
** A new feature, PERFECT PLAY, has been added to EXPERT mode; when enabled (by holding EFFECT before selecting EXPERT), getting anything lower than a GOOD will result in an immediate game over. | |||
** HI-SPEED 2 and HI-SPEED 3, which debuted in Japan in [[AC_bm_complete_2|beatmania completeMIX 2]], are present in this version. | ** HI-SPEED 2 and HI-SPEED 3, which debuted in Japan in [[AC_bm_complete_2|beatmania completeMIX 2]], are present in this version. | ||
** Two songs were removed from the Korean release: [[KAKATTEKONKAI]] and [[TOTAL RECALL]]. | ** Two songs were removed from the Korean release: [[KAKATTEKONKAI]] and [[TOTAL RECALL]]. | ||