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Compared to the [[2000|previous year]], 2001 saw KONAMI step back a bit with their BEMANI titles. The aging PlayStation was already almost seeing the end of its run, as the PlayStation 2 became more and more the dominant BEMANI system. All three new BEMANI titles from the year before - '''Dance Maniax''', | Compared to the [[2000|previous year]], 2001 saw KONAMI step back a bit with their BEMANI titles. The aging PlayStation was already almost seeing the end of its run, as the PlayStation 2 became more and more the dominant BEMANI system. All three new BEMANI titles from the year before - '''Dance Maniax''', [[KBMicon|KEYBOARDMANIA]], and '''ParaParaParadise''' - ended their runs this year, and the older series that were still around at year's end went through large shake-ups. | ||
KONAMI only introduced one new BEMANI series in 2001; the short-lived '''MAMBO A GO GO'''. It used three bongos, each one with several sensors. It was made to capitalize on the Latin music craze of the early 2000's, and consisted of licensed Latin dance music and KONAMI originals, the latter from regulars in the GUITARFREAKS & drummania franchise like [[Tomosuke Funaki|TOMOSUKE]], [[Hirofumi Sasaki]], and [[Motoaki Furukawa]]. (Not too surprising, considering it ran on KONAMI BEMANI SYSTEM 573 DIGITAL, the same hardware as GUITARFREAKS & drummania.) MAMBO A GO GO's first game was also its last; most of the original songs eventually wound up in other BEMANI titles the following year. | KONAMI only introduced one new BEMANI series in 2001; the short-lived '''MAMBO A GO GO'''. It used three bongos, each one with several sensors. It was made to capitalize on the Latin music craze of the early 2000's, and consisted of licensed Latin dance music and KONAMI originals, the latter from regulars in the GUITARFREAKS & drummania franchise like [[Tomosuke Funaki|TOMOSUKE]], [[Hirofumi Sasaki]], and [[Motoaki Furukawa]]. (Not too surprising, considering it ran on KONAMI BEMANI SYSTEM 573 DIGITAL, the same hardware as GUITARFREAKS & drummania.) MAMBO A GO GO's first game was also its last; most of the original songs eventually wound up in other BEMANI titles the following year. | ||
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beatmania IIDX got by far the best upgrades of any series this user. Not only did it receive two [[AC 5th style|arcade]] [[AC 6th style|games]], but the interface was streamlined, added several new helpful options (more speed mods, song grades introduced, DVD video hardware replacing VCD), and the songlist and music variety only got better. Two new [[CS 4th style|home]] [[CS 5th style|versions]] came out relatively quickly as well, both having the subtitle "new songs collection", due to having new CS songs. | beatmania IIDX got by far the best upgrades of any series this user. Not only did it receive two [[AC 5th style|arcade]] [[AC 6th style|games]], but the interface was streamlined, added several new helpful options (more speed mods, song grades introduced, DVD video hardware replacing VCD), and the songlist and music variety only got better. Two new [[CS 4th style|home]] [[CS 5th style|versions]] came out relatively quickly as well, both having the subtitle "new songs collection", due to having new CS songs. | ||
KEYBOARDMANIA received one final game this year with [[KEYBOARDMANIA 3rdMIX]]. For the final game KONAMI added a very interesting feature - ''Multisession GDK''. This allows you to combine GUITARFREAKS, drummania, ''and'' KEYBOARDMANIA all at once to play songs on! While only a few songs were compatible, the result was the most complete band experience one could get in a music game an the time. Unfortunately, only the two new GF/DM releases this year - [[AC_GF5DM4|GF5th/dm4th]] and [[AC_GF6DM5|GF6th/dm4th]] - could be linked up to access this mode. There was talk of a 4th KEYBOARDMANIA title exclusive to PlayStation 2, but it never came to light. | |||
'''Dance Maniax''''s final "new" game was an upgrade to last year's 2ndMIX, titled '''Dance Maniax 2ndMIX append J-PARADISE''', using the same interface. It included 14 new songs, though except for the peculiar beatmania IIDX crossover [[sanctus]], most of the licenses/crossovers had earlier appeared in [[AC DDR 5th|DanceDanceRevolution 5thMIX]]. | '''Dance Maniax''''s final "new" game was an upgrade to last year's 2ndMIX, titled '''Dance Maniax 2ndMIX append J-PARADISE''', using the same interface. It included 14 new songs, though except for the peculiar beatmania IIDX crossover [[sanctus]], most of the licenses/crossovers had earlier appeared in [[AC DDR 5th|DanceDanceRevolution 5thMIX]]. | ||
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* March 15th: [[CS DDR 4th|DanceDanceRevolution 4thMIX CS]] is released in Japan for the Sony PlayStation. | * March 15th: [[CS DDR 4th|DanceDanceRevolution 4thMIX CS]] is released in Japan for the Sony PlayStation. | ||
* March 15th: [[CS DDR GB3|DanceDanceRevolution GB3]] is released in Japan for Nintendo's Game Boy Color. | * March 15th: [[CS DDR GB3|DanceDanceRevolution GB3]] is released in Japan for Nintendo's Game Boy Color. | ||
* March 15th: | * March 15th: [[KEYBOARDMANIA 3rdMIX]] is released to Japanese arcades. | ||
* March 15th: '''ParaParaParadise 2nd MIX''' is released to Japanese arcades. | * March 15th: '''ParaParaParadise 2nd MIX''' is released to Japanese arcades. | ||
* March 15th: '''ParaParaParadise''' is released in Japan for the Sony PlayStation 2. | * March 15th: '''ParaParaParadise''' is released in Japan for the Sony PlayStation 2. | ||