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| ''This page is under HEAVY construction.''
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| {{BEMANI Timeline}} | | {{BEMANI Timeline}} |
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| Unfortunately, 2017 also marked the end of the [[BeatStream Information|BeatStream]] series. Unlike the [[DanceEvolution Information|DanceEvolution]] and ''ミライダガッキ FutureTomTom'' series, no offline patch was released for [[AC BST AnimTribe|BeatStream アニムトライヴ]], and the series went offline permanently on September 1st. Instead, KONAMI offered arcade operators a conversion kit to change their BeatStream machines to ノスタルジア ones. | | Unfortunately, 2017 also marked the end of the [[BeatStream Information|BeatStream]] series. Unlike the [[DanceEvolution Information|DanceEvolution]] and ''ミライダガッキ FutureTomTom'' series, no offline patch was released for [[AC BST AnimTribe|BeatStream アニムトライヴ]], and the series went offline permanently on September 1st. Instead, KONAMI offered arcade operators a conversion kit to change their BeatStream machines to ノスタルジア ones. |
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| To add more sad news, in spring 2017, KONAMI removed ''all'' of the artist pages from the BEMANI Fan Page website, and also dropped the long-standing [[beatnation Records]] name that had been in use since 2006. In fall 2017, KONAMI also started listing its in-house BEMANI staff as '''BEMANI Sound Team''', and for a few weeks in pop'n music even went so far as to uncredit in-house songs completely. Nearly all BEMANI songs done in-house since fall 2017 feature the BEMANI Sound Team name in front of the artist name.
| | In spring 2017, KONAMI removed ''all'' of the artist pages from the BEMANI Fan Page website, and also dropped the long-standing [[beatnation Records]] name that had been in use since 2006. In fall 2017, KONAMI also started listing its in-house BEMANI staff as '''BEMANI Sound Team''', and for a few weeks in pop'n music even went so far as to uncredit in-house songs completely. Nearly all BEMANI songs done in-house since fall 2017 feature the BEMANI Sound Team name in front of the artist name. |
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| However, it also left far more lasting effects in the series than just an added moniker in front of in-house artist names, including: | | However, it also left far more lasting effects in the series than just an added moniker in front of in-house artist names, which can be viewed on the [[BEMANI Sound Team]] page. |
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| * BEMANI Namahousou (kari) (BEMANI生放送(仮)), the live show that showcased various BEMANI activities, had its host fired and replaced with [[Yuki Nakashima]]. No in-house BEMANI staff have since been appeared on the show following the June 28th, 2017 episode.
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| * Otoca♥d'or (オトカ♥ドール), an arcade card game that was regularly updated since its debut in March 2015 and featured BEMANI artist [[Seiya Murai]] doing its soundtrack, ceased music updates completely after July 2017.
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| * BEMANI artist [[Akhuta]]'s interview page was taken off of the [https://www.konami.com/jobs/ja/interview/ KONAMI employee interview page]. His was the only one on the page that was from an in-house BEMANI musician; all other pages are still currently up.
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| * In-house artists are no longer credited in live shows, only referred to as '''BEMANI Sound Team''' in scheduled listings.
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| * BEMANI artist albums published by KONAMI have ceased completely; the only albums published by KONAMI since the change that are vaguely BEMANI related either involve [[HinaBitter|HinaBitter♪]] or Tokimeki Idol (ときめきアイドル), as both are Konami Digital Entertainment franchises (BEMANI games are by Konami Amusement instead).
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| ** BEMANI game OST production has also slowed down significantly.
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| * Most in-house BEMANI songs since October 2017 don't have their artist name on the song jacket (though this has occasionally been zigzagged).
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| * Song comments on new songs in [[AC DDR A|DanceDanceRevolution A]] and [[PnM AC Usagi to neko to shounen no yume|pop'n music うさぎと猫と少年の夢]] stopped after early fall 2017.
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| ** In the case of pop'n music うさぎと猫と少年の夢, virtually no new characters were illustrated for the game after summer 2017.
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| * In-house artists on the [[AC CANNON BALLERS|beatmania IIDX 25 CANNON BALLERS]] website are exclusively credited to '''BEMANI Designers'''. Unlike the BEMANI Sound Team incident, where the artists were eventually credited, this has not yet been reverted.
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| ** In-house jacket artists for [[AC SDVX IV|SOUND VOLTEX IV HEAVENLY HAVEN]] were somewhat unaffected by this change until mid-2018, where less and less artists have been credited.
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| ** [[Be a Hero!]] and all of the [[BEMANI SUMMER GREETINGS]] songs don't credit their respective jacket artists.
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| * The 10th anniversary event of jubeat in [[AC jb clan|jubeat clan]], clan kakumichi original characters & songs (clan各街オリジナルキャラクター&楽曲), exclusively involved commission artists, and all of the jackets for the event were commissioned as well.
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| ** The commissioned jacket trend has continued into [[AC jb festo|jubeat festo]].
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| * The ENCORE/PREMIUM ENCORE STAGE songs in [[AC GD EXCHAIN|GITADORA EXCHAIN]] don't have unique videos, the first ones that don't since the first two ENCORE STAGE songs in [[AC GD|GITADORA]].
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| * Around late September/early October 2018, KONAMI removed virtually ''all'' arcade BEMANI pages from their website. They now link to their [https://www.konami.com/games/jp/ja/ Japanese game page] instead. The following game sites were removed (not including old BEMANI pages previously removed):
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| ** '''All''' beatmania pages.
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| ** All beatmania IIDX arcade pages prior to [[AC Lincle|beatmania IIDX 19 Lincle]].
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| *** '''All''' CS beatmania IIDX pages.
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| ** All DanceDanceRevoution arcade pages prior to [[AC DDR X3|DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX]].
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| *** '''All''' CS DanceDanceRevolution pages.
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| ** All GuitarFreaks & DrumMania pages prior to [[AC GD Tri-Boost|GITADORA Tri-Boost]].
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| *** '''All''' CS GuitarFreaks & DrumMania pages.
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| ** All jubeat arcade pages prior to [[AC jb saucer fulfill|jubeat saucer fulfill]].
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| ** All pop'n music arcade pages prior to [[PnM AC Lapistoria|pop'n music ラピストリア]].
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| *** '''All''' CS pop'n music pages.
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| *** The pop'n stage page was also removed.
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| ** All REFLEC BEAT arcade pages prior to [[AC RB colette|REFLEC BEAT colette]].
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| * In the place of the above removed pages, KONAMI has instead placed little one-page websites for their older BEMANI games instead with very basic information and a few screenshots, which can be viewed [https://www.konami.com/amusement/products/search/?cat=am&series=BEMANI here]. All references to any in-house BEMANI staff have been removed from these little pages.
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| ** This has also affected the grand majority of KONAMI's non-BEMANI games as well. For example, ''all'' Metal Gear websites (''except'' the infamous ''METAL GEAR SURVIVE'') have been removed, even as recent as 2014/2015's ''Metal Gear Solid V'' games.
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| == January == | | == January == |
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| == February == | | == February == |
| * February 11th: The 6th [[KONAMI Arcade Championship]] and [[Tenkaichi otogesai Zenkoku issei nintei taikai|天下一音ゲ祭 全国一斉認定大会]] 2016 are held at JAEPO 2017. | | * February 11th: The 6th [[KONAMI Arcade Championship]] and [[Tenkaichi otogesai|第3回天下一音ゲ祭]] finals were held at JAEPO 2017. |
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| == March == | | == March == |
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| * July 26th: [[AC jb clan|jubeat clan]] is released to Japanese arcades. | | * July 26th: [[AC jb clan|jubeat clan]] is released to Japanese arcades. |
| * July 31st: [[AC jb clan|jubeat clan]] is released to Korean arcades. | | * July 31st: [[AC jb clan|jubeat clan]] is released to Korean arcades. |
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| | == August == |
| | * August 5th: Location tests of [[AC CANNON BALLERS|beatmania IIDX 25 CANNON BALLERS]] were [https://twitter.com/bemanistyle/status/893762095895920640 cancelled due to threatening messages on twitter]; this marks it as the first beatmania IIDX location test to be prematurely stopped. Future location tests for this game were cancelled. |
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| == September == | | == September == |
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| == October == | | == October == |
| * October 4th: [[CS SDVX III|SOUND VOLTEX III GRAVITY WARS e-AMUSEMENT CLOUD]] is released in Japan for PC. | | * October 4th: [[CS SDVX III|SOUND VOLTEX III GRAVITY WARS コナステ]] is released in Japan for PC (as SOUND VOLTEX III GRAVITY WARS e-AMUSEMENT CLOUD). |
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| == November == | | == November == |
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| == December == | | == December == |
| * December 13th: The change of "BEMANI Sound Team" was partially reverted, with the in-house artists now being credited as '''BEMANI Sound Team artist'''. | | * December 13th: The change of "BEMANI Sound Team" was partially reverted, with the in-house artists now being credited as '''BEMANI Sound Team "artist"'''. |
| ** OST booklets from 2018 forward also list in-house BEMANI artists as '''Konami Amusement (artist name)'''. | | ** OST booklets from 2018 forward also list in-house BEMANI artists as '''Konami Amusement (artist name)'''. |
| | * December 15th: [[AC DDR A|DanceDanceRevolution A]] is released to European arcades. |
| * December 21st: [[AC CANNON BALLERS|beatmania IIDX 25 CANNON BALLERS]] is released to Japanese arcades. | | * December 21st: [[AC CANNON BALLERS|beatmania IIDX 25 CANNON BALLERS]] is released to Japanese arcades. |
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| * [[Daisuke Kurosawa]], [[Yuichi Tsuchiya]], and [[Masanori Akita]] leave KONAMI after 10, 17, and 18 years respectively at the company. They all go to work at a newly formed music company named ''INSPION'' | | * [[Daisuke Kurosawa]], [[Yuichi Tsuchiya]], and [[Masanori Akita]] leave KONAMI after 10, 17, and 18 years respectively at the company. They all go to work at a newly formed music company named ''INSPION'' |
| * After years of commissioned work in BEMANI, [[Takahiro Fukase]] officially joins KONAMI sometime late in the year. | | * After years of commissioned work in BEMANI, [[Takahiro Fukase]] officially joins KONAMI sometime late in the year. |
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