Beatmania IIDX 17: Sirius
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Beatmania IIDX 17: Sirius is the 17th installment in Konami
's Beatmania IIDX
series of music video game
s. The main motif of Siriuss UI will be astronomy
, as the game is named after Sirius
, known to be the brightest star in the night sky. Public location tests began on May 27, 2009, and the game itself was released on October 21, 2009.
The location tests revealed new features contained in the game, such as "charge notes", and contained a sampling of songs slated to be included on the final release. Additional tests were held in late June to early July in Nagoya and at an arcade at the Norbesa in Sapporo.
A new "party mode" consists of a story mode where players earn "fans" based on their performances.
Another new mode, "League Mode" is a course whereas each song is selected based on the grade that they chose. From D grade to S grade. Songs chosen and the score that earns will convert to League points in the end. The selected songs number is ranged from 4 to 12. Score from this mode is also available to upgrade their own standards. .
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...
's Beatmania IIDX
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. The main motif of Siriuss UI will be astronomy
Astronomy
Astronomy is a natural science that deals with the study of celestial objects and phenomena that originate outside the atmosphere of Earth...
, as the game is named after Sirius
Sirius
Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky. With a visual apparent magnitude of −1.46, it is almost twice as bright as Canopus, the next brightest star. The name "Sirius" is derived from the Ancient Greek: Seirios . The star has the Bayer designation Alpha Canis Majoris...
, known to be the brightest star in the night sky. Public location tests began on May 27, 2009, and the game itself was released on October 21, 2009.
Development
The existence of a 17th version in the beatmania IIDX series was confirmed by Konami on May 25, 2009, alongside the announcement of the first public location tests at the Cat's Eye arcade in Japan, which had already been promoting the location tests set to begin on the 27th of May for several days before the official announcement.The location tests revealed new features contained in the game, such as "charge notes", and contained a sampling of songs slated to be included on the final release. Additional tests were held in late June to early July in Nagoya and at an arcade at the Norbesa in Sapporo.
Gameplay
Sirius adds two additional note types to the game, "charge notes", or Hold-me Notes which must be held for their duration, and the "back spin scratch", a type of scratching which must be spun on one direction continuously and spun again to the opposite side at the end of the note. Selected songs contained these features on the location test build.A new "party mode" consists of a story mode where players earn "fans" based on their performances.
Another new mode, "League Mode" is a course whereas each song is selected based on the grade that they chose. From D grade to S grade. Songs chosen and the score that earns will convert to League points in the end. The selected songs number is ranged from 4 to 12. Score from this mode is also available to upgrade their own standards. .
Song list
There are 66 new songs and 512 songs carried over from previous releases for a total of 578 songs in this game. The entire song list contains songs by Konami original artists and others.| Genre | Song | Artist | Tier |
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| E-Dance Pop | "beatchic☆仮面～好き、でいさせて～" | 上野圭市 (transforming into Masao♥Lovely) feat.星野奏子 | |
| Electro Pop | "being torn the sky" | 猫叉Master+ feat. JUNE | |
| Happy Hardcore Happy hardcore Happy hardcore, also known as happycore, is a genre of music typified by a very fast tempo , often coupled with solo vocals and sentimental lyrics. Its characteristically 4/4 beat "happy" sound distinguishes it from most other forms of hardcore techno, which tend to be "darker". It is typically in... |
"bloomin' feeling" | Ryu☆ Ryutaro Nakahara , known by his stage name Ryu, is a musician and DJ working for Konami. In 2000, Ryu, along with kors k won a contest started by Konami, in which composers are to make music such that the winners would get their songs in the next beatmania IIDX installment... |
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| Latin House Latin house Latin house is an electronic dance music subgenre that mixes together house and Latin American music, such as that of Brazilian, Puerto Rican, Mexican, Cuban, Dominican and Colombian origin.-Origins:... |
"Brazilian Fire" | Ben Franklin | |
| Trip-Pop | "Chocolate Dancing" | Yoche feat.Mayu | |
| Electro | "Do Back Burn" | PRASTIK DANCEFLOOR | |
| UK Hardcore UK hardcore UK Hardcore is a broad term to describe the evolved sound of Happy Hardcore Rave music which emerged around the end of the 1990s and grew in strength during the 21st century... |
"DESIRE" | M-Project fw. GUHROOVY | |
| Hardcore Hardcore techno Hardcore techno is a type of electronic music typified by the rhythmic use of distorted and atonal industrial-like beats and samples... |
"DOMINION" | L.E.D.-G | |
| White Sequence | "DROP" | dj TAKA feat. Kanako Hoshino | |
| Trance Core | "Elisha" | DJ YOSHITAKA Yoshitaka Nishimura Yoshitaka Nishimura , better known as DJ YOSHITAKA, is a composer for Konami's line of Bemani games. DJ YOSHITAKA has been making solo songs since the release of Beatmania IIDX 11: IIDX RED, though he has had previous BEMANI involvement as a member of Osamu Migitera's Des-ROW group... |
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| Cyberpunk | "Empire State Glory" | Dirty Androids | |
| Hardcore Techno Hardcore techno Hardcore techno is a type of electronic music typified by the rhythmic use of distorted and atonal industrial-like beats and samples... |
"GALGALIM" | L.E.D. | |
| Tech Dance | "Hydrogen Blueback" | MAD CHILD | |
| Eurobeat Eurobeat Eurobeat is a form of italo-disco/hi-NRG music that developed in the late 1980s.In the United States, Eurobeat was sometimes marketed as Hi-NRG and for a short while shared this term with the very early freestyle music hits.... |
"Keep it -秋葉工房Mix-" | DJ Command feat.NAGISA | |
| Electro | "Last Burning" | Dirty Androids | |
| Bubblegum Dance Bubblegum Dance Bubblegum dance is a subgenre of Eurodance music. The genre is characterized by cute lyrics and happy sounds. Bubblegum dance usually has a more pop sound than other Eurodance. The lyrics and style are often light-hearted and are not intended to be taken seriously. They are often amusing and... |
"Light Shine" | Ryu☆ Ryutaro Nakahara , known by his stage name Ryu, is a musician and DJ working for Konami. In 2000, Ryu, along with kors k won a contest started by Konami, in which composers are to make music such that the winners would get their songs in the next beatmania IIDX installment... |
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| Serious Step | "London Affairs Beckoned With Money Loved By Yellow Papers." | Paddington Private Detective | |
| Buchiage Trance Trance music Trance is a genre of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s.:251 It is generally characterized by a tempo of between 125 and 150 bpm,:252 repeating melodic synthesizer phrases, and a musical form that builds up and breaks down throughout a track... |
"MIRACLE MEETS" | Lucky Vacuum Yoshitaka Nishimura Yoshitaka Nishimura , better known as DJ YOSHITAKA, is a composer for Konami's line of Bemani games. DJ YOSHITAKA has been making solo songs since the release of Beatmania IIDX 11: IIDX RED, though he has had previous BEMANI involvement as a member of Osamu Migitera's Des-ROW group... |
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| Electro Pop | "MIRU key way" | Jacca PoP | License Song |
| Eurobeat Eurobeat Eurobeat is a form of italo-disco/hi-NRG music that developed in the late 1980s.In the United States, Eurobeat was sometimes marketed as Hi-NRG and for a short while shared this term with the very early freestyle music hits.... |
"Mysterious Time" | Y&Co. | |
| Only One Idol Song | "NEW SENSATION -もう、あなたしか見えない-" | SUPER HEROINE 彩香 -AYAKA- | |
| Techno Pop | "NoN-Fiction Story!" | Creative Life Yoshitaka Nishimura Yoshitaka Nishimura , better known as DJ YOSHITAKA, is a composer for Konami's line of Bemani games. DJ YOSHITAKA has been making solo songs since the release of Beatmania IIDX 11: IIDX RED, though he has had previous BEMANI involvement as a member of Osamu Migitera's Des-ROW group... |
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| Techno/Dance | "One of A Kind" | Crystal Begley | |
| Psy Trance (Morning) Psychedelic trance Psychedelic trance, psytrance or just psy is a form of electronic music characterized by hypnotic arrangements of synthetic rhythms and complex layered melodies created by high tempo riffs. It appeared in the mainstream in 1995 as with reporting of the trend of Goa trance. The genre offers variety... |
"Programmed Sun" | kors k Kosuke Saito ' , is a DJ and music game composer. He is best known for his work in the Konami Bemani series. He has produced music under a number of different aliases, such as kors k, StripE, and teranoid.- Career :... |
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| Astral Choir | "Raison d'être～交差する宿命～" (Raison d'être -Intersection of Fates-) | Zektbach Tomosuke Funaki is a Japanese composer who has contributed to the Bemani series of music video games. He has produced songs for Beatmania, Beatmania IIDX, Pop'n Music, Dance Maniax, Guitar Freaks, DrumMania, Mambo a Gogo, and Dance Dance Revolution... |
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| Tech-Breakbeats | "Red, by Full Metal Jacket" | DJ Mass MAD Izm* | |
| Actress | "Roots of my way!" | ナイア (Voiced by Masumi Asano Masumi Asano is a Japanese voice actress from Noshiro, Akita who works for Aoni Production. She is also known by her nickname, Masumin.- Notable voice roles :Anime* Saga in A Little Snow Fairy Sugar... ) |
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| Only One Ballad | "She is my wife" | SUPER STAR 満-MITSURU- | Appeared on DDR X2 |
| Emo Emo Emo is a style of rock music and its associated subcultureEmo may also refer to:- Businesses :* Emo , an Irish oil company and filling station chain* Emo Speedway, a racetrack in Emo, Ontario... |
"Sorrows" | Asako Yoshihiro Tomosuke Funaki is a Japanese composer who has contributed to the Bemani series of music video games. He has produced songs for Beatmania, Beatmania IIDX, Pop'n Music, Dance Maniax, Guitar Freaks, DrumMania, Mambo a Gogo, and Dance Dance Revolution... |
from Pop'n Music Pop'n Music , commonly abbreviated as Pop'n, PM or PNM, is a music video game in the Bemani series made by the Konami Corporation. This game is known for its bright colors, upbeat songs, and cartoon character graphics... 16: Party |
| Drum'N'Metal | "Sunrise" | good-cool ft. KOЯO | |
| Club 80's | "To the Future" | seiya-murai | |
| Electro | "with me..." | Sōta Fujimori feat. Kemy | |
| Insanio | "かずあそび" (Kazuasobi) | CULTVOICE by S.S.D.PRODUCTS | |
| J-Pop J-pop , an abbreviation for Japanese pop, is a musical genre that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s. Modern J-pop has its roots in 1960s music, such as The Beatles, and replaced kayōkyoku in the Japanese music scene... |
"コスモス" (Cosmos) | TSU-NA | |
| Distorted New Age New Age music New Age music is music of various styles intended to create artistic inspiration, relaxation, and optimism. It is used by listeners for yoga, massage, meditation, and reading as a method of stress management or to create a peaceful atmosphere in their home or other environments, and is often... |
"バビロニア" (Babylonia) | 劇団レコード | |
| モッシュ (Moshing Moshing Moshing is a dance in which participants push or slam into each other. They also flail their limbs to breakdowns of hardcore punk and its sub-genres. It is most associated with aggressive music genres, such as hardcore punk and heavy metal... ) |
"フェティッシュペイパー ～脇の汗回転ガール～ (Fetish Paper) | ガキ大将ティーム Akira Yamaoka is 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... |
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| Star Pop | "未来のプリズム" (Mirai No Prism / Prism of Future) | 星野奏子 | |
| Pops | "たからもの" (Takaramono) | セリカ&エリカ (Voiced by Mai Nakahara Mai Nakahara is a voice actress. She is employed by I'm Enterprise. Some of her hobbies include cooking and watching movies, and she is skilled at kendo. She worked with voice actor Ai Shimizu in eight anime where most of the characters they voiced in together had close connections: DearS, Kage Kara Mamoru!,... & Rina Satō Rina Sato is a Japanese voice actress who works for Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society.-TV Anime:2004:* Divergence Eve * Maria-sama ga Miteru * Maria-sama ga Miteru ~Haru~ 2005:... ) |
Party Mode Secret Song |
| Electric Fusion | "Session 1 -Genesis-" | PRASTIK DANCEFLOOR | Extra Stage |
| Industrial Industrial music Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the... |
"Bad Maniacs" | kors k as teranoid Kosuke Saito ' , is a DJ and music game composer. He is best known for his work in the Konami Bemani series. He has produced music under a number of different aliases, such as kors k, StripE, and teranoid.- Career :... |
One More Extra Stage |
Parallel Rotation
The "Parallel Rotation" is an extra stage system contained within Sirius, containing various tiers based on previous releases of the Beatmania IIDX franchise, each containing various remixes of songs from their respective and songs previously exclusive to their respective home version.| Genre | Song | Artist | Tier |
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| Hardcore Hardcore techno Hardcore techno is a type of electronic music typified by the rhythmic use of distorted and atonal industrial-like beats and samples... |
"eRAseRmOToRpHAntOM" | L.E.D.-G VS GUHROOVY | P.R. RED |
| Psychedelic Trance Psychedelic trance Psychedelic trance, psytrance or just psy is a form of electronic music characterized by hypnotic arrangements of synthetic rhythms and complex layered melodies created by high tempo riffs. It appeared in the mainstream in 1995 as with reporting of the trend of Goa trance. The genre offers variety... |
"spiral galaxy -L.E.D. STYLE SPREADING PARTICLE BEAM MIX-" | Remixed by L.E.D. | P.R. RED |
| World/Electronica | "水上の提督 (Short mix from "幻想水滸伝V Suikoden V is a console role-playing game developed by Konami and Hudson Soft and published by Konami for the Sony PlayStation 2 video game console and the Suikoden video game series... ")" |
猫叉Master | P.R. RED |
| Valse | "ワルツ第17番 ト短調"大犬のワルツ" (Waltz No. 17 in G minor, "Valse du Grande Chien") | virkato | P.R. RED Extra |
| Drum & Bass Drum and bass Drum and bass is a type of electronic music which emerged in the late 1980s. The genre is characterized by fast breakbeats , with heavy bass and sub-bass lines... |
"DAWN -THE NEXT ENDEAVOUR-" | L.E.D. fw.堀澤麻衣子 | P.R. Happy Sky |
| Trance Trance music Trance is a genre of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s.:251 It is generally characterized by a tempo of between 125 and 150 bpm,:252 repeating melodic synthesizer phrases, and a musical form that builds up and breaks down throughout a track... |
"SPARK ! -essential RMX-" | Remixed by dj TAKA VS PINK PONG | P.R. Happy Sky |
| World/Electronica | "サヨナラ・ヘヴン" (Sayonara Heaven) | 猫叉Master | P.R. Happy Sky |
| Hardcore Hardcore techno Hardcore techno is a type of electronic music typified by the rhythmic use of distorted and atonal industrial-like beats and samples... |
"EXUSIA" | L.E.D.-G | P.R. Happy Sky Extra |
| Sublime Techno | "CaptivAte ～裁き～(SUBLIME TECHNO MIX)" | Remixed by DJ YOSHITAKA | P.R. DistorteD |
| Trance Trance music Trance is a genre of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s.:251 It is generally characterized by a tempo of between 125 and 150 bpm,:252 repeating melodic synthesizer phrases, and a musical form that builds up and breaks down throughout a track... |
"quell ～the seventh slave～" | dj TAKA Vs. DJ YOSHITAKA | P.R. DistorteD |
| Hardstyle Hardstyle Hardstyle is an electronic dance genre mixing influences from hardtechno, hard house, hard trance, hardcore and rave music. It is between 148 and 157 bpm in speed and is written in 4/4 time.... |
"SOLID STATE SQUAD" | kors k Vs. L.E.D. | P.R. DistorteD |
| Experimental Music Experimental music Experimental music refers, in the English-language literature, to a compositional tradition which arose in the mid-20th century, applied particularly in North America to music composed in such a way that its outcome is unforeseeable. Its most famous and influential exponent was John Cage... |
"G59" | 怒れる金の獅子 | P.R. DistorteD Extra |
| Psyche Trance | "DENJIN AKATSUKINI TAORERU -SF PureAnalogSynth Mix-" | Remixed by Sota Fujimori | P.R. Gold |
| Epic Trance Uplifting trance Uplifting trance, often synonymous with epic trance, anthem trance, emotional trance, or euphoric trance is a term used to describe a large sub-genre of trance music. The name, which emerged in the wake of progressive trance in 1997, is derived from the feeling which listeners claim to get... |
"The Story Begins" | SADA & Sota | P.R. Gold |
| Techno | "GOLDEN CROSS" | dj REMO-CON VS dj TAKA | P.R. Gold |
| Techno Pop Speed | "mosaic" | Auridy Ryutaro Nakahara , known by his stage name Ryu, is a musician and DJ working for Konami. In 2000, Ryu, along with kors k won a contest started by Konami, in which composers are to make music such that the winners would get their songs in the next beatmania IIDX installment... |
P.R. Gold Extra |
| Drum'N'Bass Drum and bass Drum and bass is a type of electronic music which emerged in the late 1980s. The genre is characterized by fast breakbeats , with heavy bass and sub-bass lines... |
"BEAUTIFUL ANGEL" | DJ SWAN (Toshiaki Komiya & Keiichi Ueno) | P.R. DJ Troopers |
| Eurobeat Eurobeat Eurobeat is a form of italo-disco/hi-NRG music that developed in the late 1980s.In the United States, Eurobeat was sometimes marketed as Hi-NRG and for a short while shared this term with the very early freestyle music hits.... |
"Dazzlin' Darlin -秋葉工房Mix-" | Remixed by DJ Command | P.R. DJ Troopers |
| Drum & Bass Drum and bass Drum and bass is a type of electronic music which emerged in the late 1980s. The genre is characterized by fast breakbeats , with heavy bass and sub-bass lines... |
"THE LAST STRIKER" | L.E.D. | P.R. DJ Troopers |
| Next Skool Breakbeats Hardcore | "D" | Eagle Kosuke Saito ' , is a DJ and music game composer. He is best known for his work in the Konami Bemani series. He has produced music under a number of different aliases, such as kors k, StripE, and teranoid.- Career :... |
P.R. DJ Troopers Extra |
| Akashic Records | "Almagest" | Galdeira Yoshitaka Nishimura Yoshitaka Nishimura , better known as DJ YOSHITAKA, is a composer for Konami's line of Bemani games. DJ YOSHITAKA has been making solo songs since the release of Beatmania IIDX 11: IIDX RED, though he has had previous BEMANI involvement as a member of Osamu Migitera's Des-ROW group... |
P.R. One More Extra Stage |
Jubeat ripples x Beatmania IIDX 17 SIRIUS Append Style
Beatmania IIDX 17 Sirius can be linked with jubeat ripples which can unlock new songs for both games. Starting from March 8, 2010, the player can unlock "bass 2 bass", "IN THE NAME OF LOVE", and "Special One" using a saved data of jubeat ripples on e-AMUSEMENT. Then, starting from March 18, 2010. If the player have played those three unlocks on Beatmania IIDX 17 Sirius, the player may unlock "AIR RAID FROM THA UNDAGROUND" in the newly-released jubeat ripples APPEND. After playing that song, it will also unlocked in Beatmania IIDX 17 Sirius. Finally, after playing all four songs above on Beatmania IIDX 17 Sirius, "Evans" will be unlocked on that game.| Genre | Song | Artist | Tier |
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| Bubblegum Dance | "bass 2 bass" | Ryu☆ Ryutaro Nakahara , known by his stage name Ryu, is a musician and DJ working for Konami. In 2000, Ryu, along with kors k won a contest started by Konami, in which composers are to make music such that the winners would get their songs in the next beatmania IIDX installment... |
Jubeat ripples x Beatmania IIDX 17 Sirius from Jubeat Jubeat is a series of arcade music video games developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Japan, and is a part of Konami's Bemani line of music video games... |
| Eurobeat | "IN THE NAME OF LOVE" | Y&Co. feat. Erica | Jubeat ripples x Beatmania IIDX 17 Sirius from Jubeat Jubeat is a series of arcade music video games developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Japan, and is a part of Konami's Bemani line of music video games... |
| J-House | "Special One" | kors k Kosuke Saito ' , is a DJ and music game composer. He is best known for his work in the Konami Bemani series. He has produced music under a number of different aliases, such as kors k, StripE, and teranoid.- Career :... feat. Suzuyo Miyamoto |
Jubeat ripples x Beatmania IIDX 17 Sirius from Jubeat Jubeat is a series of arcade music video games developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Japan, and is a part of Konami's Bemani line of music video games... |
| Speedcore | "AIR RAID FROM THA UNDAGROUND" | GUHROOVY | Jubeat ripples APPEND x Beatmania IIDX 17 Sirius |
| Hard Renaissance | "Evans" | DJ YOSHITAKA Yoshitaka Nishimura Yoshitaka Nishimura , better known as DJ YOSHITAKA, is a composer for Konami's line of Bemani games. DJ YOSHITAKA has been making solo songs since the release of Beatmania IIDX 11: IIDX RED, though he has had previous BEMANI involvement as a member of Osamu Migitera's Des-ROW group... |
Jubeat ripples APPEND x Beatmania IIDX 17 Sirius from Jubeat Jubeat is a series of arcade music video games developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Japan, and is a part of Konami's Bemani line of music video games... |