Featuring a new visual theme and song selection influenced by electronic music and rave music, 3rd Style was released as an arcade title on February 25, 2000.

In late 1999, the publisher hired artist Goli to design graphics and characters for Beatmania IIDX 2nd Style. Konami decided to link Beatmania IIDX Club Version (later Substream) cabinets with Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMix machines for simultaneous play, leading to increased success. Development and releaseīemani developed several updates to Beatmania IIDX after its release. The game also introduced Free Mode and Extra Stage, and featured a new rave-themed aesthetic. 3rd Style removed the 4-keys mode from previous installments and replaced it with the Light7 difficulty, giving most songs a fully separate, easier notechart. Failing to do so depletes the gauge until it is empty, abruptly ending the song. Hitting the notes with strong timing increases the score and groove gauge bar, allowing the player to finish the stage. There are also a large number of unlockable songs and courses, and numerous modifiers that affect the note charts and displays.Beatmania IIDX tasks the player with performing songs through a controller consisting of seven key buttons and a scratchable turntable. Practice mode is exactly what it sounds like: a practice mode where songs or sections of songs can be practiced without any risk of failure. Free mode allows any track played in Arcade mode to be freely replayed. Arcade mode is presents a selection of so-called 'courses' which consist of five songs each, which must be cleared in order. Good timing will increase the player's Groove Level, while poor timing or missed notes will decrease it, and the goal is to have the Groove Level above a certain level at the end of the song. In each song, color-coded notes scroll from the top of the screen in time with the music, and the corresponding keys must be pressed at the correct time to play along with the music. This version contains a selection of tracks from the first four arcade IIDX games - beatmania IIDX, IIDX Substream, IIDX 2nd style, and IIDX 3rd style - for a total of more than 80 songs, though it does not feature a complete selection of songs from any specific arcade version.īeatmania IIDX is very similar to the previous beatmania games, with the distinct difference of the controller having seven keys - four white and three black - compared to the original series' five. Beatmania IIDX 3rd style is the first PS2 release in Konami's long-running beatmania rhythm game franchise, and the first home release from the IIDX series.

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