2003: Difference between revisions

pop'n music had one new arcade game and two new CS games in 2003. [[AC pnm 10|pop'n music 10]] was the series's sole new arcade release that year, but it carried a lot of extras and surprises. With 64 new songs added to the main arcade series, 10's songlist consisted of KONAMI originals, new CS songs, and several crossovers from the [[AC pnm Animelo|ANI]][[AC pnm Animelo 2|MELO]] series. But what really set 10 apart from previous entries was the "Pray to the stars" event, where fans could leave feedback for speed mods, new charts for old songs, and even suggestions for songs and collaborations between BEMANI artists. [[CS pnm 8|pop'n music 8 CS]] was a straightforward port of the [[AC pnm 8|arcade game]] with lots of new CS songs, but two of its licenses were missing. pop'n music Best Hits! contained songs from the first six arcade/CS games, plus three new remixes, two new original songs, and a few missing licenses from [[AC pnm 6|pop'n music 6]]. With its small songlist of only 54 songs, it went under the radar of most pop'n music fans, and was the only game on PlayStation 2 prior to [[CS pnm 11|pop'n music 11 CS]] that was never re-released.

The Xbox also received its own DanceDanceRevolution title that year - [[CS DDR ULTRAMIX|DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX]]. It also marked with its several DDR firsts. It was the first DanceDanceRevolution game ''not'' made in Japan (it was made by KONAMI's Hawaii division), the first DDR game to support widescreen ration, the first in 480p, the first to have DLC song packs (and thus the first game in the series to go online), and lastly the first to allow free playing of songs without setting options. While it only contained 51 songs (4 new licenses, 4 new CS songs, and 7 new BEMANI crossovers), it also contained a few exclusives to the North American DDR series, such as the original [[AFTER THE GAME OF LOVE]] and [[HYPNOTIC CRISIS|HYPNΦTIC CRISIS]], neither of which have ever appeared in a North American PS2 DDR title.

Europe also received two of its own PlayStation 2 DDR titles, again under the Dancing Stage name. Unfortunately, both games together don't equal the 69 found in the U.S. DDRMAX2 game. [[CS DS MegaMiX|Dancing Stage MegaMiX]] and [[CS DS Fever|Dancing Stage Fever]] contain only 26 and 29 songs each, are missing the Groove Radar, and the former's licenses only go to a maximum difficulty of 4 unless playing on Double. (The PlayStation port of the latter only contains 16 songs.)

 

** It marks the first BEMANI game released with the current KONAMI logo.

** It is the first Japanese released console game to feature the current KONAMI logo.

* August 20th: [[SASEBO BROTHERS "1st BEST" ~pop'n music Artist Collection~]] album released.

 

* September 18th: ''beatmania IIDX 9th style Original Soundtrack'' album released. It is the final BEMANI game soundtrack album released under Konami Music Entertainment, Inc.

 

* October 24th: [[CS DS Fever|Dancing Stage Fever]] is released in Europe for both the Sony PlayStation and the Sony PlayStation 2.