BEMANI Sound Team: Difference between revisions

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* The '''DJ YOSHITAKA Song Remix Contest''', announced near the end of [[AC SDVX III|SOUND VOLTEX III GRAVITY WARS]] on October 19th, 2016, was cancelled. The only remix contest in [[AC SDVX IV|SOUND VOLTEX IV HEAVENLY HAVEN]] was for commission artist Ryu☆'s launch of his [[Ryu BEST -STARLiGHT-|Ryu☆BEST -STARLiGHT-]] album.
* The '''DJ YOSHITAKA Song Remix Contest''', announced near the end of [[AC SDVX III|SOUND VOLTEX III GRAVITY WARS]] on October 19th, 2016, was cancelled. The only remix contest in [[AC SDVX IV|SOUND VOLTEX IV HEAVENLY HAVEN]] was for commission artist Ryu☆'s launch of his [[Ryu BEST -STARLiGHT-|Ryu☆BEST -STARLiGHT-]] album.
* Song comments on new songs in [[AC DDR A|DanceDanceRevolution A]] and [[AC pnm Usaneko|pop'n music うさぎと猫と少年の夢]] stopped after early fall 2017.
* Song comments on new songs in [[AC DDR A|DanceDanceRevolution A]] and [[AC pnm Usaneko|pop'n music うさぎと猫と少年の夢]] stopped after early fall 2017.
** 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.
** In the case of pop'n music うさぎと猫と少年の夢, only ''one'' new character was illustrated for the game after summer 2017.
*** [[AC pnm peace|pop'n music peace]]'s official [https://p.eagate.573.jp/game/popn/peace/p/ website] doesn't have a page for music and characters ''at all'', the first one in the arcade series' history.
*** All future pop'n music games' websites from [[AC pnm peace|pop'n music peace]] onward don't have a page for music and characters ''at all''.
* In-house artists on the song pages on the [[AC CANNON BALLERS|beatmania IIDX 25 CANNON BALLERS]] website were exclusively credited to '''BEMANI Designers'''.
* In-house artists on the song pages on the [[AC CANNON BALLERS|beatmania IIDX 25 CANNON BALLERS]] website were exclusively credited to '''BEMANI Designers'''.
** [[Be a Hero!]], [[Catch Our Fire!]], and all of the [[BEMANI SUMMER GREETINGS]] songs don't list their jacket artists at all. In the latter's case, composer credits are also not listed.
** [[Be a Hero!]], [[Catch Our Fire!]], and all of the [[BEMANI SUMMER GREETINGS]] songs don't list their jacket artists at all. In the latter's case, composer credits are also not listed.
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** KONAMI later announced that the website removals were due to a restructure of their gaming portal websites, as noted on their twitter [https://twitter.com/konami_support/status/1047020477288452096 here]. However, since late 2018/early 2019, most old BEMANI games' links have been "fixed" by redirecting them to the newer, simpler pages, confirming that these old BEMANI game pages were indeed replaced with these new ones.
** KONAMI later announced that the website removals were due to a restructure of their gaming portal websites, as noted on their twitter [https://twitter.com/konami_support/status/1047020477288452096 here]. However, since late 2018/early 2019, most old BEMANI games' links have been "fixed" by redirecting them to the newer, simpler pages, confirming that these old BEMANI game pages were indeed replaced with these new ones.
* At The 8th [[KONAMI Arcade Championship]], all in-house BEMANI staff appearances in the event's live show on the final day were either blurred out by cameras, or covered over by gameplay footage from other BEMANI titles during their performances. Artists also addressed themselves as "BEMANI Sound Team" aloud and wore grey shirts with the words "BEMANI Sound Team" written on them.
* At The 8th [[KONAMI Arcade Championship]], all in-house BEMANI staff appearances in the event's live show on the final day were either blurred out by cameras, or covered over by gameplay footage from other BEMANI titles during their performances. Artists also addressed themselves as "BEMANI Sound Team" aloud and wore grey shirts with the words "BEMANI Sound Team" written on them.
** Furthermore, the BEMANI SPECIAL LIVE segment after The 9th KONAMI Arcade Championship in JAEPO 2020 was not broadcasted online. Taking photographs during the LIVE segment was prohibited as well.
** Furthermore, the BEMANI SPECIAL LIVE segment after The 9th KONAMI Arcade Championship in JAEPO 2020 was not broadcasted online. Taking photographs during the LIVE segment was prohibited.
* The track listing for [[Mayumi Morinaga]]'s compilation album [[All that is. Is that all?]] removes the artist listings for both [[In The Breeze]] and [[XANADU OF TWO]], due to their being composed by in-house BEMANI artists. They only credit Morinaga now.
* The track listing for [[Mayumi Morinaga]]'s compilation album [[All that is. Is that all?]] removes the artist listings for both [[In The Breeze]] and [[XANADU OF TWO]], due to their being composed by in-house BEMANI artists. They only credit Morinaga now.
* For the KONAMI 50th Anniversary Memorial Songs, all the remixed medleys of songs from other KONAMI games are done by in-house artists under the generic BEMANI Sound Team moniker, uncredited.
* For the KONAMI 50th Anniversary Memorial Songs, all the remixed medleys of songs from other KONAMI games are done by in-house artists under the generic BEMANI Sound Team moniker, uncredited.