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* According to composer [[Naoki Maeda]], [[birdman]] was supposed to be a [https://web.archive.org/web/20151115050942/http://www.konami.jp/am/bm/final/music/birdman.html collaboration] between him and [[Takehiko Fujii|SLAKE]], which would've marked the first and only time in BEMANI the two worked together on a song. The demo version, which Naoki composed by himself in preparation for the collab, ended up used in the final game instead.

* [[Shake]] was [https://web.archive.org/web/20150507031400fw_/http://www.konami.jp/am/bm2dx/bm2dx2/introshake.html nearly cut] from beatmania IIDX 2nd style, as sound director [[Takayuki Ishikawa|dj TAKA]] was upset by the death of double member Sachiko, who died months before 2nd style's release. He changed his mind when he thought the song matched too well with his vision of 2nd style to scrap it.

* Although tricoro was the first beatmania IIDX game to not have EXPERT MODE, graphical data for this mode on the MODE SELECT screen can be found unused in tricoro's HDD.

* Keysounds and preview audio for the pop'n music song [[Masquerade]] exist in tricoro, with its own ID number of 20026 and the [[AC SIRIUS|SIRIUS]] HOUSE generic video assigned to it. But it has no notecharts and was never made playable, being the only unused song with sound data that didn't appear in any of the following IIDX games. This might be attributed to its composers, [[Naoki Maeda|NAOKI]] and [[Junko Karashima|jun]], both leaving KONAMI in early 2013.

* The ''beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK Vol.2'' album was never released; the remaining tricoro originals were instead moved to the second disc of the ''beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK'' album.

* Placeholder overlays for [[POINT ZERO]] can be found in the tricoro HDD. As the dummy images used as placeholders only show numbers, it is currently unknown if POINT ZERO's jacket in [[AC jb saucer|jubeat saucer]] was based on the scrapped overlays for the song.

* The original sequel to [[Shakunetsu Beach Side Bunny|灼熱Beach Side Bunny]], titled 灼熱Lost Summer Dayz and made by both DJ Mass MAD Izm* and DJ Yoshitaka, was supposed to come out in [https://twitter.com/DJ_Mass_/status/373725385810120704 summer 2013 according to DJ Mass MAD Izm* himself]. However no song of that title was ever released. Data involving both artists could briefly be found in the [[AC pnm Sunny Park|pop'n music Sunny Park]] data before it was replaced by [[Zirkfied]], suggesting it was intended to the be the boss song of the [[Q-pro, Mimi, Nyami & Pastel-kun no minna de uchuu sensou!!]] event. A reworked sequel of 灼熱Beach Side Bunny involving only DJ Mass MAD Izm*, titled [[Shakunetsu Pt.2 Long Train Running|灼熱 Pt.2 Long Train Running]], would then appear two years later on [[AC copula|beatmania IIDX 23 copula]].

** However, unlike fellow beatmania IIDX song [[Make A Difference]] in the same game, which got an extension to its video for its original beatmania IIDX length, MARIA (I believe... )'s video was the same cut as its DanceDanceRevolution counterpart, suggesting that plans fell through to extend it.

''Spada†leggendaria'' was supposed to have an eighth song. A result banner showing the Spada†leggendaria chamber alongside all seven swords (including the usual "Spada†leggendaria - SECRET MUSIC UNLOCKED" text) was left unused in the data. It is assumed that the unused artist alias would refer to the legendary sword Excalibur, which is noticeably absent among the sword name theming of SPADA. It was likely to be the ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE, as unused image text for one can be found in the SPADA HDD.

''Chrono Chaser'' was going to have a more regular cycle, as [[Say YEEEAHH]] and [[Reflux]], made available late in June 2015, could be found in the HDD as early as November 2014. Negative reception of Chrono Chaser's extremely vague unlock system likely put the event on a long hiatus. After PENDUAL, beatmania IIDX went back to having secret extra stage events like ''LIMIT BURST'' and ''Spada†leggendaria''.  

* [[Despair of ELFERIA]]'s boss overlays data contained unused sprites for a second form; they look identical to the last form of [[Rengoku no Elferia|煉獄のエルフェリア]]'s boss, except colored differently.

* [[Kyoumei yuugi no hana|共鳴遊戯の華]]'s LIMIT BREAK boss attack sequence was going to feature every joker villain, as images showing their names were found in the overlays data. The data also contained an unfinished sketch image of ''Lopica'' (共鳴遊戯の華's main boss character).

Mystery Line's medal list in the files contains additional, unobtainable medal entries that had the same unlock requirements (unlock three Mystery Line charts) for up to nine more songs, suggesting the event was supposed to be longer.

* ''SHADOW REBELLION'' is the EXTRA STAGE system of beatmania IIDX 27 HEROIC VERSE. It was originally planned to have eight parts, but it was later modified to have seven instead. After resuming the event in June with [[STOIC HYPOTHESIS]], the next part was originally set to be [[Bad sweets, bad dreams|イリィガル・ベイス・メディスン]]. This song was mistakenly revealed on the game's official website for a short period of time in July 2020, which was when it was scrapped and replaced instead by the seventh SHADOW REBELLION song, [[Miwaku no YUMMY sweets|魅惑のYUMMYスイーツ]]. The reason for this change is unknown.

== [[AC BISTROVER|beatmania IIDX 28 BISTROVER]] ==

* LEGGENDARIA charts for [[NO CRIME|NΦ CRIME]] can be found unused in the BISTROVER HDD. These charts were eventually added as day one hidden charts in [[AC RESIDENT|beatmania IIDX 30 RESIDENT]].

* Prerelease material for the game show that the cabinet had some minor differences, most notably that the hi-hat and cymbal were colored red instead of blue, while the right tom was blue instead of red [https://web.archive.org/web/20210721124051if_/https://twitter.com/oyakodon_oniku/status/1417825754948067335].

* [[Daikenkai|大見解]] / [[Osamu Migitera|Des-ROW]]・[[ALPHA|組]]

** Lepton, a song from [[AC GFDM XG2|GuitarFreaksXG2 & DrumManiaXG2 Groove to Live]], has complete charts that are made for the classic series of GuitarFreaks & DrumMania. This may have indicated a potential appearance in GuitarFreaks V8 & DrumMania V8 with all new songs with CLASSIC MODE charts being playable there. However, Lepton's classic series charts remain in the XG2 data yet are not found in the GuitarFreaks V8 & DrumMania V8 data.

* [[Chikuwa parfait da yo CKP|ちくわパフェだよ☆ＣＫＰ]] / [[Youhei Kimura|日向美ビタースイーツ♪]]

* Various scrapped cafe designs for characters can be found in one of the [https://web.archive.org/web/20150507105214/http://www.konami.jp/bemani/popn/music9/peace/cafe.html pop'n music 9 Peace Pages]. Most notable among them are [[BAMBOO]] and [[the KING]], neither character whom made it to the final version of the game.

* [[Atsushi Shindo]] songs [[Nanka hen da!|なんか変だ!]] and [[Nervous breakdown~type zero~|ナーバス ブレークダウン～タイプゼロ～]] were planned to be included in this game, as graphical data for both songs can be found in the data. However, they were likely removed due to the expiration of Atsushi Shindo's contract with KONAMI, as well as his accounts of plagiarism getting publicly known by then.

References to 3P palettes for [[SPICY PIECE|CHARLY]], [[Camomile bathroom|risette]], [[birds|SANAE♥chan]], and [[Oedo hanafubuki|S・8・TARO]] can be found in the pop'n music data, named with the same suffix for the 3P palettes used in URA charts. Of these characters, the latter two have, besides their respective portraits, proper colored sprites as well. Those can be seen in [http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm8789293 this video].

* [[Aqua]]'s song comments from [[Jun Wakita|wac]] note that it was nearly cut from the game, due to complications involving [[Toshihiro Mizuno]] and his wife [[Akino Mizuno]]: the former having a dying friend in the hospital, and the latter about to give birth to two daughters. The song was also originally written as a scat song before being reworked into a vocal song as well. [https://web.archive.org/web/20150507184148fw_/http://www.konami.jp/bemani/popn/music15/mc/13/13_02.html]

* [[crimm]] notes in the song comments for [[Mizuumi no kioku|みずうみの記憶]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20160613144319/http://www.konami.jp/bemani/popn/music16/mc/06/mizuumi.html here] that she was supposed to sing in a new song in pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE, but "bad news" came up and she couldn't appear. It's unknown if みずうみの記憶 was supposed to be in pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE, though.

* References to downloadable content can be found within the game's data, though the game never had any DLC.

* While the maximum difficulty for any of the game's charts is 3, there are unused graphics for difficulties from 4 to 8.

* A banner for [[Votum stellarum]] can be found within the game's files; complete data for the song can also be found within a prototype of the game dated May 13th, 2008.

 

** Complete data for these three songs, including music and charts, can be found unused within the game's files. The former song would later appear in [[CS pnm Wii EU|pop'n rhythm]], the game's European release.

** [[Colorful pastel|からふるぱすてる]] / [[kiki|ki☆ki]]

* According to [[Yasuhiro Taguchi|TAG]] on the [https://p.eagate.573.jp/game/2dx/mobile/top/info/2021/touhou_ultimate_weapon.html BEMANI presents 東方ULTIMATE WEAPON website], he wanted to remix a Touhou song for the ''BEMANI×東方Project Ultimate MasterPieces'' album back in 2015. However, he was far too busy at the time with [[AC DDR 2014|DanceDanceRevolution (2014)]] and [[AC DanEvo|DanceEvolution ARCADE]], among other BEMANI songs, to contribute. TAG would finally do a Touhou remix near six years later on [[BEMANI presents Touhou ULTIMATE WEAPON|BEMANI presents 東方 ULTIMATE WEAPON]] an album of Touhou remixes made for [[CS ULTIMATE MOBILE|beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE]], with the song [[Muishiki no philosophia|無意識のフィロソフィア]].