2006
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2006
After a little over three years of sticking mostly to console releases, the DanceDanceRevolution series returned to the arcades in 2006 with DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA. In an interesting move, SuperNOVA was released in other countries before its Japanese release. Shortly after its launch, KONAMI terminated their contract with TOSHIBA-EMI, making it the last DDR game to advertise Dancemania albums.
beatmania IIDX also continued to move forward with beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD. DistorteD introduced a new EXTRA STAGE system in place of the old one, which now expanded the total number of extra stage songs from one to four. This system would eventually go on to become the standard for the years to come. DistorteD also added a new course to Dani'nintei Mode, known as Kaiden (皆伝). Kaiden consists of the some of the toughest songs the IIDX series has to offer. As such, it has become somewhat of a status symbol among the community and a peak that many players aim to overcome.
That same year, the formation of a new, beatmania IIDX-focused label called beatnation Records was also announced. Its members consisted of only in-house staff at the time; two long-running contributors to BEMANI and, to balance it out, two of its freshest newcomers. Most of the releases published under the label involve beatmania IIDX in some way shape or form, from soundtracks to full-fledged albums to even artbooks. The beatnation label would be active for a few years before going on temporary hiatus.
KONAMI continued to experiment with console releases on the side, introducing more unique titles like DanceDanceRevolution STR!KE and GuitarFreaks & DrumMania MASTERPIECE SILVER. 2006 also saw the release of beatmania (2006), the only CS release of beatmania in the United States.
January
- January 13th: Akira Yamaoka's album, iFUTURELIST, is released.
February
- February 1st: pop'n music 13 カーニバル AC ♥ CS pop'n music 11 original soundtrack released.
- February 15th: DDR FESTIVAL & Dance Dance Revolution STR!KE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK released.
- February 16th: DanceDanceRevolution STR!KE is released in Japan for the PlayStation 2.
March
- March 2nd: pop'n music 12 いろは CS is released in Japan for the PlayStation 2.
- March 15th: beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD is released to Japanese arcades. beatmania forefather Reo Nagumo makes his final appearance in the beatmania series.
- March 16th: GuitarFreaks V & DrumMania V CS is released in Japan for the PlayStation 2.
- March 17th: Dancing Stage Unleashed3 is released in Europe for the Xbox.
- March 28th: beatmania (2006) is released in North America for the PlayStation 2.
April
- April 19th: GuitarFreaksV2 & DrumManiaV2 SoundTracks released.
- April 28th: Dancing Stage SuperNOVA is released to European arcades.
May
- May 1st: KONAMI discontinues service for ee'MALL.
- May 15th: DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA is released to American arcades.
- May 17th: pop'n music 14 FEVER! is released to Japanese arcades. First and only title in the series sound directed by Tomosuke Funaki.
- May 18th:
- beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED CS is released in Japan for the PlayStation 2.
- beatmania IIDX VISUAL EMOTIONS 4 DVD released.
June
- June 30th: The establishment of beatnation Records. At the time, the only members of the label consisted of Takayuki Ishikawa, Yoshitaka Nishimura, Toshiyuki Kakuta, and Tatsuya Shimizu.
July
- July 12th: DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA is released to Japanese arcades.
- July 28th: Kanako Hoshino's first album, EIGHT ELEMENTS OF THE STAR, is released.
- July 31st: Hotaru Matsuzaki (VJ F-FLY) announces her departure from KONAMI.
August
- August 7th: KONAMI, who had sued Roxor Games Inc. the year before, is favored in the Supreme Court, and wins the trial.
- August 11th: beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK released.
- August 31st: GuitarFreaks & DrumMania MASTERPIECE SILVER is released in Japan for the PlayStation 2.
September
- September 13th: GuitarFreaks V3 & DrumMania V3 are released to Japanese arcades. Daisuke Kurosawa makes his series debut, though his first credited composition wasn't until GuitarFreaks V4 & DrumMania V4.
- September 15th: Takeo Miratsu (Twin AmadeuS) passes away due to liver cancer.
- September 16th: Dance Revolution, a live-action children's TV series very loosely based on the DanceDanceRevolution series, premieres in the United States on CBS' KOL Secret Slumber Party Saturday morning block. The show, co-produced by Brookwell McNamara Entertainment, DiC Entertainment, KOL/AOL for Kids, and KONAMI Digital Entertainment, Inc., ran for 26 episodes and one season.
- September 26th: DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA CS (America) is released in North America for the PlayStation 2.
- September 28th: pop'n music 13 カーニバル CS is released in Japan for the PlayStation 2.
October
- October 27th:
- ee'MALL & ee'MALL 2nd avenue SOUND TRACKS released.
- pop'n music 14 FEVER! AC ♡ CS pop'n music 12 いろは & 13 カーニバル original soundtrack released.
- October 23rd: KONAMI acquires the intellectual property rights to in the groove as part of the court settlement with Roxor Games Inc. A full detailing of this can be read here and here.
November
- November 14th: DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX4 is released in North America for the Xbox.
- November 22nd: GuitarFreaks V2 & DrumMania V2 CS is released in Japan for the PlayStation 2.
- November 24th: Parquets's third album, ぱきポプ全部入り！PARQUETS pop'n music best, is released.
December
- December 14th:
- beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY CS is released in Japan for the PlayStation 2.
- cyber beatnation 1st conclusion, the very first album under beatnation records, is released.
- beatmania IIDX VISUAL EMOTIONS 5 DVD released.
- December 22nd: Mutsuhiko Izumi's first album, Heaven Inside, is released.
Unknown date
- BeForU signs onto avex mode, permanently ending BeForU singers Riyu Kosaka, Noria Shiraishi, Nao Komatsu, Sayaka Minami, Miharu Arisawa, and Risa Sotohana's ties with KONAMI. The group would continue to appear as a licensed group for the next year.
- Hiroyuki Togo, the BEMANI series' first ever CS sound director, and a composer for KONAMI for nearly a decade, leaves the company.