beatmania IIDX 2nd style

beatmania IIDX 2nd style

Release Information

• Release dates:
  • Japan: September 30th, 1999
  • Korea: December 1999 (as beatstage II 2nd style)
• Soundtrack release date:
  • beatmania maniac-tracks from IIDX 2ndstyle , Yebisu MIX , Dancing Stage featuring TRUE KiSS DESTiNATiON: March 16th, 2000
    • Includes original songs from beatmania IIDX substream, beatmania APPEND YebisuMIX and Dancing Stage featuring TRUE KiSS DESTiNATiON.

General Information / Changes

• First style with BATTLE mode.
• First style with HI-SPEED, though only one setting is available.
• Maximum difficulty level raised from 5 to 7.
• Interface changed drastically from previous two games. Instead of records displaying one song name at a time in the center a la beatmania, a song wheel is on the right side of the screen, with the records on the left. The far right songlisting style is still used in the series to this day.
  • New songs on the song wheel are displayed with a blue colored text. This became the "traditional" new song text color used in the majority of future IIDX releases.
• Not counting beatmania IIDX substream (which is more of an expansion game), beatmania IIDX 2nd style is the only arcade beatmania IIDX game not to have its own standalone soundtrack. Instead, the three new substream songs and most of the 2nd style songs appeared on the beatmania maniac-tracks album. This album contained 2nd style songs, along with the new CS songs from beatmania APPEND YebisuMIX and the two new KONAMI originals in Dancing Stage featuring TRUE KiSS DESTiNATiON.
  • However, four songs from 2nd style were not included on the OST: Bad boy, Junglist King, Panorama, and Shine On. These were all later included on the beatmania IIDX 3rd style Original Soundtracks album 7 months later.
• First BEMANI appearances of TaQ and good-cool.
• Final beatmania IIDX game that uses generic videos from the original beatmania IIDX. The next game replaced these videos with different generic videos.
  • Almost all songs from the original beatmania IIDX title with unique videos had their videos replaced with generic ones.
• Final beatmania IIDX game that can link with DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX, due to some songs being removed in the next game.
• First beatmania IIDX game released in Korea, and the only one to be released under the "beatstage" name.
  • The Korean release is notable for being the only game to use the "standard" beatmania II cabinets, whose release was cancelled in Japan for unknown reasons.
  • HARD gauge is enabled in all modes, much like beatstage 5thMIX.
  • Six licenses and three KONAMI originals are missing from the Korean release, them being been so long, ちょっときいてな (ZANSHIN-NA MIX), Mirrorball Satellite 2012, morning prayer, Shake, The Rhyme Brokers, NaHaNaHa vs.Gattchoon Battle, Panorama and Second Style(Hip Hop Paradise).
  • Additionally, dong-tepo no.1 and 踊る！福神漬 (CALCUTTA) were renamed "rocket factory" and "CALCUTTA" respectively. Oddly, the overlays for rocket factory still retain its original name.
• Slogan: "The escaping of the music beat." (譜面（ビート）の向こうへ駆け抜けろ。, BEAT no mukou e kakenukeru)
• Total songs: 71

Staff Information

• Game credits: beatmania IIDX 2nd style credits
• Soundtrack credits: beatmania maniac-tracks OST Booklet Credits

Full Song List

• beatmania IIDX 2nd style Full Song List

Initial Songlist

Since ANOTHER charts do not have separate ratings, they will be denoted with a check mark (✓).

Genre	Song	Artist	BPM	SP Difficulty		DP Difficulty
				7KEY	ANOTHER7	14KEY	ANOTHER14
Licenses
HOUSE	Brazilian Rhyme	Satoru Shionoya + Satoshi Tomiie	127	5	-	5	-
JAZZ DRUM'N BASS	lovin' you	MONDAY MICHIRU	154	4	-	4	-
HIPHOP & SOUL	Mirrorball Satellite 2012	m-flo	103	3	✓	3	-
DISCO/HOUSE	morning prayer	SILVA	124	1	✓	1	-
JAPANESE R&B	Shake	double	98	2	✓	2	✓
INDIE EURO	S.O.S.	DR.BOMBAY	138	6	-	6	-
INDIE EURO	踊る！福神漬 (CALCUTTA)	DR.BOMBAY	138	5	✓	5	-
KONAMI originals
CHILL OUT	.59	dj TAKA	134	6	✓	6	-
DANCE POP	Bad boy	Vivi	94	3	✓	3	✓
DISCO	Dancin' Into The Night	good-cool	139	2	-	2	-
MINIMAL	Digital MinD(A/T Libra mix)	TaQ	155	5	✓	5	-
BIG BEAT	Electro Tuned(the SubS mix)	TaQ	125	5	✓	5	-
HARD BAG	Get on Beat	ON	126	3	✓	3	✓
HARD HOUSE	Headache	good-cool	143	4	✓	4	-
WARP HOUSE	Hitch Hiker	good-cool	136	4	-	4	-
SPEED GARAGE	I'm In Love Again	dj TAKA	134	5	-	5	-
GOA TRANCE	Indigo Vision(full flavour hide around mix)	TaQ	154	5	✓	5	-
ITALO HOUSE	I Was The One	good-cool	124	3	✓	3	-
DRUM'N'BASS	Junglist King	Hirofumi Asamoto(ram jam world)	169	3	-	3	-
MIAMI BASS	LET THE BEAT HIT EM! BASS MIX	STONE BROS.	110	2	-	2	-
SOUL CLASSIC	Panorama	Hirofumi Asamoto(ram jam world)	112	2	-	2	-
HIPHOP	Second Style(Hip Hop Paradise)	dj TAKA & DAY BREAKERS	114	4	-	4	-
SOUL	Shine On	Shorai	111	5	✓	5	-
SPIRITUAL	SOFT LANDING ON THE BODY	DJ SIMON	160	5	-	5	-
JUNGLE	SP-TRIP MACHINE(for beatmania II)	dj TAKA feat. DE-SIRE	168	4	-	4	-

Hidden Songs

• To play dong-tepo no.1, obatain a score of 195,000 points with a PERFECT on the 2nd stage. The song will appear on the next stage.
• To play Junglist King (long), score 180,000 points or more on the 1st stage. The song will appear in the 2nd stage.
• PUT YOUR FAITH IN ME(for beatmania II) can only be unlocked by the arcade operator using a code.

Note that all three hidden songs are available on final stage when on beat#2.

Genre	Song	Artist	BPM	SP Difficulty		DP Difficulty
				7KEY	ANOTHER7	14KEY	ANOTHER14
Hidden Songs
TECHNO	dong-tepo no.1	dj nagureo	125	7	-	7	-
DRUM'N'BASS	Junglist King (long)	Hirofumi Asamoto(ram jam world)	169	4	-	4	-
JAZZ FUNK	PUT YOUR FAITH IN ME(for beatmania II)	dj TAKA feat. UZI-LAY	126	5	-	5	-

Codes & Secrets

EXTRA STAGE

For your final stage, achieve one of the requirements below. This method, with some changes to the difficulties, is used for every beatmania IIDX game from 2nd style onwards.

• Achieve a PERFECT COMBO (all GREATs or PERFECT GREATs) on a Level 3 chart or lower.
• Achieve a FULL COMBO on a Level 4 chart.
• Finish with 100% Groove Gauge on a Level 5 chart.
• Clear a Level 6 or higher chart.

Mirror Play

• Hold 2 and 4 when starting the game.

Random Play

• Push the VEFX, high EQ, and play volume sliders to the top, and the low EQ and track volume sliders to the bottom, then hold 2 and 6 and press start.

Frame color

• Press Start before selecting a song. The number of times you press it determines what color the frame is.
  • The colors, in order, are: red, blue, yellow, green, black, white, purple, dark blue, brown, olive, cyan, lime green, dark red, pink, and grey (the default).

beat#2

• Enter the test menu, select the GAME SETTINGS menu, and press 1-1-7-7-2-2-6-6 on the 2P side. This unlocks the three hidden songs for play in the final stage, as well as the dj TAKA and HEAVEN EXPERT courses.

New Charts

The following songs have received new charts from their last arcade appearance:

Song	Game	SP Difficulty		DP Difficulty
		7KEY	ANOTHER7	14KEY	ANOTHER14
been so long	beatmania IIDX	-	-	3	N/A
celebrate	beatmania IIDX	-	N/A	-	N/A
jam jam reggae	beatmania IIDX	-	-	1	-
LUV TO ME (disco mix)	beatmania IIDX	-	-	-	N/A
ska a go go	beatmania IIDX	-	-	5	-
The Rhyme Brokers	beatmania IIDX	-	N/A	-	-
NaHaNaHa vs.Gattchoon Battle	beatmania IIDX substream	-	-	3	-

Difficulty Changes

The following songs have received difficulty changes from their last arcade appearance:

Song	Game	SP Difficulty	DP Difficulty
		7KEY	14KEY
e-motion	beatmania IIDX	2→3	2→3
GAMBOL	beatmania IIDX	2→1	2→1
GRADIUSIC CYBER	beatmania IIDX	5→6	5→6
LUV TO ME (disco mix)	beatmania IIDX	5→6	5→6
perfect free	beatmania IIDX	3→4	3→4
Queen's Jamaica (astria mix)	beatmania IIDX	5→4	5→4
Macho Gang	beatmania IIDX substream	5→6	5→6
THE EARTH LIGHT	beatmania IIDX substream	5→6	5→6

EXPERT Courses

The dj TAKA and HEAVEN courses can be only unlocked by the arcade operator using a code. Songs which use a fixed difficulty are highlighted.
substream's EXPERT courses return but are exclusive to Club Mode. They are the only courses available in EXPERT Club Play.

Course	STAGE
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	FINAL
DIVA	morning prayer	Panorama	Shake	lovin' you	I Was The One
HOUSE	Get on Beat	I Was The One	Hitch Hiker	I'm In Love Again	Brazilian Rhyme
DRUM'N	Junglist King	Gentle stress	SP-TRIP MACHINE(for beatmania II)	SOFT LANDING ON THE BODY	PARANOIA MAX (DIRTY MIX)
DISCO	Dancin' Into The Night	BRILLIANT 2U	Shine On	S.O.S.	踊る！福神漬 (CALCUTTA)
TECHNO	Headache	Indigo Vision(full flavour hide around mix)	Digital MinD(A/T Libra mix)	Electro Tuned(the SubS mix)	.59
dj TAKA	Get on Beat	Second Style(Hip Hop Paradise)	I'm In Love Again	GRADIUSIC CYBER	.59
HEAVEN	.59	ska a go go	Special energy	PARANOIA MAX (DIRTY MIX)	dong-tepo no.1
EASY	jam jam reggae	5.1.1.	Be in my paradise	e-motion	Dr.LOVE
ANOTHER VOCAL	Be in my paradise	lovin' you	I Was The One	celebrate	LUV TO ME (disco mix)
HI-SPEED	Junglist King	RUGGED ASH	Gentle stress	SP-TRIP MACHINE(for beatmania II)	PARANOIA MAX (DIRTY MIX)
DJ nagureo	jam jam reggae	20,November	deep in you	R3	LUV TO ME (disco mix)
SPECIAL	R3	Prince on a star	celebrate	GRADIUSIC CYBER	LUV TO ME (disco mix)
SDZ ANOTHER	Prince on a star	22DUNK	I'm In Love Again	SOFT LANDING ON THE BODY	dong-tepo no.1
AMD	KEEP ON MOVIN'	SP-TRIP MACHINE(for beatmania II)	BRILLIANT 2U	PUT YOUR FAITH IN ME(for beatmania II)	PARANOIA MAX (DIRTY MIX)

Related Link

• beatmania IIDX 2nd style official site (archived)