Beatmania IIDX 13: Distorted
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Beatmania IIDX 13: Distorted (stylized as beatmania IIDX13: DistorteD) is the 13th game in the beatmania IIDX
series of music video game
s. It was released in arcades by Konami
on March 15, 2006. The game features a total of 55 new songs, some of which are unlocked over Konami's e-Amusement
platform. Distorted's interface is a refresh of Happy Sky's interface, but using a monotone color scheme with orange wireframe patterns in menu backgrounds.
Of note, Distorted was the first arcade version of IIDX to be officially exhibited in North America, making an appearance at E3 2006 alongside GuitarFreaks V2
in response to low sales of the US PS2 version
and the debut of a sequel to a game which overshadowed its release, Guitar Hero II
. An English build of the next version was ultimately beta tested but not officially released.
in Chinese mythology. The 4 main songs are identified by their artists in the menu, and are done under aliases of the main IIDX artists. The 4 songs are Contract by 朱雀 (Suzaku), Ganymede by 玄武 (Genbu), waxing and wanding by 青龍 (Seiryuu), and 華蝶風雪 (Kachoufuusetsu) by 白虎 (Byakko). The One More Extra Stage for Distorted is 嘆きの樹 (Nageki no Ki) by 金獅子 (Kinjishi). The OMES is accessed by A'ing all the other songs on Another with Hard Mode enabled.
To access it, one must get a B or higher on the first stage, and get another B or higher on the second stage (with the second song being of equal of higher difficulty than the first). On the last stage, the player must either full combo a 5 or 6 leveled song, finish a level 7 song with a full Groove Gauge, or pass any song with an 8 or higher.
The system is not used on machines in "beat#2" mode (which unlocks all songs). All of the Cardinal Gate song feature different frames for the gameplay interface. When a Cardinal Gate song was beaten, its corresponding frame would be unlocked to use in regular play using Konami's IIDX mobile site.
Notable songs from this version include:
version of Distorted was released in Japan on August 30, 2007. It contains all the new songs from Distorted (except one, SAMBA DE JANEIRO), 12 new songs, a selection of revived tracks, a preview song from Gold, and in honor of the 10th anniversary of Beatmania, 6 songs from the original 5-key beatmania
series. The training mode on Distorted CS also features the Regul-Speed modifier option.
Beatmania IIDX
is a series of rhythm video games and the sequel to Beatmania that was first introduced by Konami in Japan on February 26, 1999. IIDX has since spawned over 19 arcade releases and over 13 console releases on the Sony PlayStation 2...
series of music video game
Music video game
A music video game, also commonly known as a music game, is a video game where the gameplay is meaningfully and often almost entirely oriented around the player's interactions with a musical score or individual songs...
s. It was released in arcades by Konami
Konami
is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games...
on March 15, 2006. The game features a total of 55 new songs, some of which are unlocked over Konami's e-Amusement
E-AMUSEMENT
e-AMUSEMENT is an online service offered worldwide by Konami to enable exclusive online features in games, such as Internet Rankings and unlockable content. It is utilized by multiple Konami games as listed below, including the arcade and the PlayStation 2 platforms.- Magnetic Cards :Before 2006,...
platform. Distorted's interface is a refresh of Happy Sky's interface, but using a monotone color scheme with orange wireframe patterns in menu backgrounds.
Of note, Distorted was the first arcade version of IIDX to be officially exhibited in North America, making an appearance at E3 2006 alongside GuitarFreaks V2
GuitarFreaks
is a music video game series produced by Konami. The player uses a controller to simulate the playing of an electric guitar. The game consists of music predominantly from rock and roll and J-Pop genres, and is now in its 19th version, GuitarFreaks V8, which was released in March 28, 2011...
in response to low sales of the US PS2 version
Beatmania (North America)
beatmania, also known colloquially as beatmania or BMUS to distinguish it from the original arcade game beatmania, is the first version of the music video game beatmania IIDX to be released in the United States...
and the debut of a sequel to a game which overshadowed its release, Guitar Hero II
Guitar Hero II
Guitar Hero II is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems and published by RedOctane. It is the second installment in the Guitar Hero series and is the sequel to Guitar Hero...
. An English build of the next version was ultimately beta tested but not officially released.
Gameplay
Core gameplay remained the same on Distorted, but with several minor additions, such as the ability to change the High Speed setting used in-song by holding down the start button. Double and 2-player notecharts can now be flipped (so that the 1P side would be on the 2P side instead and vice-versa. In addition), High Speed 4.5 and 5.0 options have been added.e-Amusement
Distorted switched the e-Amusement system to the new standardized e-Amusement Pass system. e-Amusement was also required to save progress in the new extra stage system, the Cardinal Gate.Cardinal Gate
Unlike previous versions of IIDX, Distorted features 4 different extra stages in a setup known as the Cardinal Gate. The system is based on the Four SymbolsFour Symbols (Chinese constellation)
The Four Symbols are four mythological creatures in the Chinese constellations. They are:*Azure Dragon of the East *Vermilion Bird of the South *White Tiger of the West *Black Tortoise of the North...
in Chinese mythology. The 4 main songs are identified by their artists in the menu, and are done under aliases of the main IIDX artists. The 4 songs are Contract by 朱雀 (Suzaku), Ganymede by 玄武 (Genbu), waxing and wanding by 青龍 (Seiryuu), and 華蝶風雪 (Kachoufuusetsu) by 白虎 (Byakko). The One More Extra Stage for Distorted is 嘆きの樹 (Nageki no Ki) by 金獅子 (Kinjishi). The OMES is accessed by A'ing all the other songs on Another with Hard Mode enabled.
To access it, one must get a B or higher on the first stage, and get another B or higher on the second stage (with the second song being of equal of higher difficulty than the first). On the last stage, the player must either full combo a 5 or 6 leveled song, finish a level 7 song with a full Groove Gauge, or pass any song with an 8 or higher.
The system is not used on machines in "beat#2" mode (which unlocks all songs). All of the Cardinal Gate song feature different frames for the gameplay interface. When a Cardinal Gate song was beaten, its corresponding frame would be unlocked to use in regular play using Konami's IIDX mobile site.
Music
| Genre | Song | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| Regular songs | ||
| Hyper J-Pop Seven | "ALRFARSHEAR ~双神威に廻る夢~" | TЁЯRA |
| Oratorio | "Apocalypse ~dirge of swans~" | Zektbach |
| Celtic Reel | "BALLAD THE FEATHERS" | S.S.D. FANTASICA feat. Naomi Koizumi |
| Hard Renaissance | "Bloody Tears (IIDX EDITION)" | DJ YOSHITAKA |
| Latin Horns Groove | "bluemoon" | 小野秀幸 |
| Eurobeat | "BOOM BOOM DISCO NIGHT" | Y&Co. |
| Lounge House | "BREAK OUT" | Remixed by Orange Lounge |
| Trance | "Broadbanded" | SADA |
| Mixture | "CRAZY K.I.N.O." | Shoichiro Hirata |
| Super Rave Beat | "DEEP ROAR" | NAOKI & Tatsh |
| J-Pop | "Double♥♥Loving Heart" | Tatsh feat. Junko Hirata & Sayaka Minami |
| Techno | "D.C. fish" | DJ MURASAME |
| Electronica | "Enjoy your life" | Mr. T plus H |
| 80's Techno | "EURO-ROMANCE" | K-MASERA |
| Progressive House | "Harmony and Lovely" | Ryu☆ |
| Trance | "Heavenly Sun (IIDX VERSION)" | AKIRA YAMAOKA |
| Futurelist Type | "iFUTURELIST" | AKIRA YAMAOKA |
| Brazilian House | "INFERNO" | Caldeira feat. 星野奏子 |
| Symphonic Euro | "Leaving..." | SEIYA MURAI meets "eimy" |
| Trance | "Look To The Sky (cyber True Color)" | Sota Fujimori |
| New Acoustic | "Melody Life" | Noria |
| Electronica | "MINT" | SLAKE |
| Hyper J-Core | "Parasite World" | TЁЯRA underground |
| 2 Step | "Power of Love" | kors k feat. PSY |
| Dance Pop | "Pretty Punisher" | baby weapon feat. asuka.m |
| Samba | "SAMBA DE JANEIRO" | Remixed by Lion MUSASHI |
| Buchiage Trance | "So Fabulous!!" | HHH |
| Trance | "SPRING RAIN (LLUVIA DE PRIMAVERA)" | Remixed by DJ YOSHITAKA |
| Happy Pop | "Sun Field" | mh sequence |
| Sadistic Hardcore | "The Dirty of Loudness" | Tatsh Assault X |
| Core Pop | "This is Love" | D-Crew feat. MAKOTO |
| Noise Pop | "tiger yamato" | tiger YAMATO |
| Freeform | "tripping contact" | kors k vs teranoid |
| Electrock | "Tonight?" | dj REMO-CON |
| Psychedelic Trance | "TYPE MARS (G-Style Mix)" | L.E.D. |
| Electro Lounge | "Ubiquitous Fantastic Ride" | ELEKTEL |
| Lovers Eurobeat | "Why did you go away" | jun with TAHIRIH |
| Nu Bigbeat Breaks | "Winning Eleven9 Theme (IIDX EDITION)" | Sota Fujimori |
| Cute Pops | "wish" | DJ YOSHITAKA feat. 杉村ことみ |
| Cyber Opus | "Zenius -I- vanisher" | Tatsh |
| Drum'n'Rock | "罠" (Wana) |
good-cool |
| Hidden songs | ||
| Nustyle Gabba | "ay carumba!!!!" | teranoid & MC Natsack |
| Techno | "DUE TOMORROW" | Mr. T |
| Funk'n Jazz House | "with you..." | Sota Fujimori |
| beat#2 unlocks | ||
| Progressive | "Concertino in Blue" | 佐々木博史 |
| 哀愁ユーロ | "MOON" | dj TAKA feat. Erika Mochizuki |
| 和式電子音楽 | "カゴノトリ～弐式～ (Kagonotori ~IIDX version~) |
橙色特別室 |
| Lovely Trans Pop | "虹色" (Nijiiro) |
DJ YOSHITAKA feat. G.S.C. license |
| Hidden songs (beat#2) | ||
| Gabba | "tripping contact (teranoid & MC Natsack Remix)" | kors k vs teranoid |
| Eurobeat | "WISH (EUROBEAT MIX)" | DJ YOSHITAKA feat. 杉村ことみ |
| Poprock | "タシカナモノ" (Tashikanamono) |
星野奏子 with the BAND |
| Cardinal Gate (Extra Stage) | ||
| Sublime Techno | "CONTRACT" | 朱雀 |
| Dance Speed | "waxing and wanding" | 青龍 |
| Esoteric Slowcore | "Ganymede" | 玄武 |
| Asian Mixture | "華蝶風雪" (Kachofusetsu) |
白虎 |
| Cardinal Gate (One More Extra Stage) | ||
| Contemporary | "嘆きの樹" (Nageki no Ki) |
金獅子 |
Notable songs from this version include:
- Zenius -I- vanisher - a Cyber Opus song by Tatsh. The song's name is shared by a recently established Bemani fansite, and the end of the video hints about a possible sequel to the song on a later mix.
- iFUTURELIST - a song by Akira YamaokaAkira Yamaokais a video game composer, sound designer, sound director, and video game producer who worked for Konami since 1993 until his resignation in 2009. He is best known for creating the music in the Silent Hill series; he also worked as a sound director and producer on the series as well as serving as a...
, the lead single and title track of his newest album. - Go Beyond!! - one of the several exclusive songs found on the Console version of DistorteD, by Ryu☆ and Sōta Fujimori. The song is a Level 12 song on Another, which is known to have a complicated middle section.
- 嘆きの樹 (Nageki no ki) - The OMES of DistorteD, this song is the 2nd in IIDX history to have exactly 2000 notes, with the 1st being 冥 (Mei) in Happy Sky.
Home version
The PlayStation 2PlayStation 2
The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...
version of Distorted was released in Japan on August 30, 2007. It contains all the new songs from Distorted (except one, SAMBA DE JANEIRO), 12 new songs, a selection of revived tracks, a preview song from Gold, and in honor of the 10th anniversary of Beatmania, 6 songs from the original 5-key beatmania
Beatmania
is a rhythm video game developed and distributed by Japanese game developer Konami and first released in 1997. It contributed largely to the boom of music games in 1998, and the series expanded not only with arcade sequels, but also moved to home consoles and other portable devices, achieving a...
series. The training mode on Distorted CS also features the Regul-Speed modifier option.