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Beatmania IIDX 12 Happy Sky
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NCS Game Synopsis
«©NCSX»
Every new Beatmania game is something to be explored
and taken in like a book. Some players may digest it over
the course of several weeks, savoring the nuances
like a hunk of gourmet cheese. Beatmania IIDX 12
features a blue sky motif with a dazzling title
screen that opens up to show the heavens above.
Once the game starts, remnants of blue skies are
occasionally evident in the menus and in the game
itself.
The twelfth Beatmania IIDX starts off with 42 songs in Standard
Mode but as conditions are met, an additional 46
songs may be unlocked for a total of 88 tracks.
Songs that are selectable at the outset of the
game including "Endless Summer Story" from DJ
Yoshitaka feat. [Japanese Reggae - BPM 095], "EMPTY OF THE SKY"
by Akira Yamaoka [E-Rock - BPM 182], "Pink Rose" by Kiyommy + Seiya [Heart BPM 116/146],
"Holi"c courtesy
of TaQ [Hard Techno - BPM 155], and many more.
Songs
are categorized into All Music, Happy Sky, and Old
Music as primary categories but players may also
choose songs that are grouped by Level (1-12),
alphabetical order, DJ Level (from AAA to F), and
Clear status. Game modes include regulation
offerings such as Beginner, Expert, and Free but
there's also a Gallery Mode which features 66
pieces of artwork and a customizable Original
Course Setting where players pick and choose the
music.
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NCS Game Notes
» Before the title logo appears, the screen opens up
to view a bright blue sky with a smattering of clouds located in the upper left corner of the
screen. White arrows may be seen flowing upwards. On
the title screen, the logo portion of the screen
features meteorites that drop continually from the
blue sky and are shown as streaks in the background.
»
Press START and the player may set up the controller
for Dual Shock play, Original 7Keys or Original
5Keys with the DJ Deck. Next, select "ARCADE" or
"ORIGINAL" screen settings - ARCADE is 16:9 aspect
and ORIGINAL is 4:3. Your DJ name may then be
entered with Roman alphabet or numbers and some
symbols. Since the name field only covered 6
letters, we entered "PAPAVE"
Game Modes are:
BEGINNER
STANDARD
EXPERT
FREE
TRAINING [Practice your skills without fear of
penalty or getting the boot]
ORIGINAL COURSE SETTING [Customize courses and music
settings]
GALLERY COLLECTION [View 66 pieces of art - all must
be unlocked]
STATS & RECORDS [Check out the leaderboard, music
records, etc]
OPTIONS [Display settings, vibration, controller
set-up, game level, etc]
CUSTOMIZE [Change the look of the playboard, change
icons, sparks]
RIVAL DATA MANAGEMENT [Edit Arcade Rival List, Edit
Rival List, Rename]
SAVE & LOAD [Store and retrieve data to and from
memory card]
» As GREATs are tied together, the Groove Gauge on
the bottom of the screen slowly fills up and moves
to the right. A little Dove begins shaking back and
forth as the gauge ramps up and eventually reaches
100% and stays there if you're good enough. Your
score also ramps up and the Combo Meter will keep
track of your chains.
» The song animations are a mix of light shows,
quick cut CG animations, or full blown videos
featuring the singer in crisp video.
» The rankings are Just Great, Great, Good, Bad,
and Poor.
» After each play , a graph of your performance is
shown and a letter grade is assigned. If you started
out great and faltered as the game went on, your
graph will show a nice downward sloping chart that
looks like the right-side of a mountain. If you did
poorly, you'll hear boos and rancor from the crowd.
» Some samples of the animations featured in the
game:
Break Core | Scream Squad: Funky and discordant
beat with street images that appear in the center of
the screen mixed along with fast-paced effects and
text.
Trance Core | Aurora: A spider factors heavily in
this one where it races across a city and dislodges
cars as it rambles around with its ungodly long legs
and busts vehicles up. The camera pans around it and
the spider eventually climbs up a skyscraper and shoots
beams from its eyes into the distance. The beams
shatter
buildings entirely. A girl joins the action and
flies upwards like a bird and knocks the spider down to the
ground. Dead.
Trance | Frozen Ray: Blue salt cubes
converge in the center of the screen as light rays
flow around with nifty blue streaming effects. A blue tinged light show
commences with fast-paced
graphical wizardry that meshes beautifully with the synth that's pounding out from dj
Taka.
Trance | Hi School Dream | Pink Pong: Crushed geometric
imagery appears on the screen and looks disheveled
as if an earthquake earthquake just hit it. The camera pans
back to take in the destruction
as more and more wreckage is seen. An image of an egg
appears and it seemingly hatches with a craggy rock and flowers
inside. The camera returns to the scene of the wreckage from earlier again
and
eventually goes so far out that its moving away out
of the
solar system.
Trance | Tomorrow Perfume | DJ TAKA: Rainbow lines
and geometric shapes spin and rotate around to create
a hypnotic light show. In the middle of the show,
some text appears which reads, "every color plays
sounds."
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this document may be made without express written
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