Beatmania/IIDX/III thread (baby you're solid GOLD)

-LoC- iLLbiE®(pimp style) · Trick Member Joined: 07 Sep 2002 Location: At the piano.

Wow, don't you just love it when everything just clicks?

Passed, all in one hour (and all on Light7):

V, Hyper Boundary Gate, Frozen Ray, VJ Army, DXY (on my first try!!), and SUMMER VACATION

omfg it was beautiful

I screamed in joy when I passed SummerVaca

VJ Army is an AWESOME song, too

Got 4 new gallery pix too

I LIKE IIDX

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iidx-Nick · Trick Member Joined: 24 Jan 2002

Okay... I don't know if it is just me, but when I pass a song, I have a little thing about me.

You see: if I can pass a song, but there is a certain part in the song that I can't do with a passing grade, I feel as if I didn't really pass the song.

Does anyone else do this?

Xiayu · Trick Member Joined: 10 Apr 2002 Location: Clinton, MD

gs68 · Trick Member Joined: 06 Apr 2002 Location: on a plane

Once you get their end parts down, V and Summer Vacation [L7] really aren't that hard.

-LoC- iLLbiE®(pimp style) · Trick Member Joined: 07 Sep 2002 Location: At the piano.

Hey they're not too hard but I've been playing IIDX for 2 weeks and one-handed only, so pffft.

I totally faked the middle of frozen ray though, i guess that doesnt really count as a pass yet.

What's the deal with the days of the week courses? I don't get them, or the 'ranking' option on the arcade menu - can anyone explain?
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kami · Trick Member Joined: 24 Jan 2002

Flux. · Trick Member Joined: 12 Jul 2002 Location: PA

SamplingMasters PongAtari · Trick Member Joined: 31 Oct 2002 Location: Kakogawa, Japan

Daily courses - different course every day. If it's Monday... you can play the Monday course.

Ranking - Based on the most-played songs. A friend got a nice surprise at the arcade once when he picked a ranking course on HS3 and Sakura came up as the first song

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Ravage · Trick Member Joined: 16 Jan 2003

this is going to sound like a REALLY stupid n00b question, but I was having problems last night and couldn't figure it out (plus, i am an iidx n00b)... where are you supposed to hit the bars? when they're in the red zone, correct? It seemed like I was only sometimes getting Just Greats, but mostly getting Greats and I was playing some really easy songs last night to try and figure out what was going on, but maybe I'm just wrong in thinking that? Not reading japanese, the book isn't any help

again, sorry for asking such a dumb question but my JG percentage is always in the toilet so i wanted to confirm where exactly im supposed to be aiming for.

Xiayu · Trick Member Joined: 10 Apr 2002 Location: Clinton, MD

I want to say hit the notes just as the notes hit the red bar at the bottom, but I don't really follow that as much as I sync myself with the beat of the song. I have been averaging 55%~75% JGs on songs now that I have started going with the beat, but I know that hitting it when it gets to the bar is the most accurate time. I have been playing on Normal play a lot more recently, and it's hard to just go by the bar because you think that the notes are going to hit sooner than they actually do.
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SamplingMasters PongAtari · Trick Member Joined: 31 Oct 2002 Location: Kakogawa, Japan

Technically yes, you should hit the notes when they line up with the bar at the bottom, but if you approach it that way it probably won't work too well. It's better if you can see the notes and just be able to hear where they should be.. kind of hard (for me) to explain, but I usually don't pay much attention to the bar at the bottom.
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CStarFlare · Maniac Member Joined: 24 Jan 2002

Thanks to everyone who gave me suggestions for getting rid of stickey keys. My controller is now like new, and I'm doing better than ever.

Clay0K · Staff Member Joined: 16 Jan 2002 Location: Out.

I was just wondering if anyone saw this screenshot from the GBA game Wario Ware: MEGA Microgame$.

Familiar, eh? Legally distinct I'm sure, but you can't deny the layout is spot on 5-Key Beatmania.

MagnetiX · Trick Member Joined: 07 Mar 2003 Location: Las Vegas

How many songs total are their in IIDX 6th Style?
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gs68 · Trick Member Joined: 06 Apr 2002 Location: on a plane

I've played VJ Army several times a few minutes ago, and in one go, my score was 158,000-something. Looking at this, I thought I'd go for an A. But as I attempt it more, my score worsens, I go from 158K to 154K -> 152K -> 148K -> 147K. And my hands don't feel 1/4 tired. My main problems are:

- Drumrolls (a la V [L7])
- Weird-timing notes (a la Blueberry Stream [L7])
- The 1-2-1 1-2-1 1-2-1-type 1/16ths (see: Colors [L7])

So why did my performace degrade with each new play?

MisoStupid · Trick Member Joined: 11 May 2002

Flux. · Trick Member Joined: 12 Jul 2002 Location: PA

MagnetiX · Trick Member Joined: 07 Mar 2003 Location: Las Vegas

Thanks Guy!!

Hey...I just started playing 3rd Style, And how many songs are in their? And thanks for the info on the 6th Style... Im such a noob...
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Clay0K · Staff Member Joined: 16 Jan 2002 Location: Out.

Doesn't 3rd have somewhere around 80 songs? As of now, 3rd is my favorite. Song-wise of course. I'm all about the old-school IIDX songs (m-flo, Monday Micharu, Dr. Bombay...etc.)

But I like 6th and on for their more eye-pleasing interface. 3rd's is just ass-nasty.

-LoC- iLLbiE®(pimp style) · Trick Member Joined: 07 Sep 2002 Location: At the piano.

I only have 4 songs left on L7:

G2, The Safari, Strong Jaeger, and Take it Easy

Which one is easiest? Because they all seem impossible right now.

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