Beatmania IIDX 11 IIDXRED

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title=Beatmania IIDX 11 IIDXRED


caption = Titlescreen of the CS version
picture format=NTSC-J, horizontal
developer=Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo
publisher=KCET
distributor=KCET
designer=KCET
license=Proprietary
series=beatmania IIDX & Bemani
engine=
released=Arcade
vgrelease|JP=2004

PlayStation 2
vgrelease|JP=May 18, 2006
genre=Music
modes=Single-player & Multiplayer
ratings=vgratings|CERO=A
platforms=Arcade & Sony PlayStation 2
media=Hard drive (Arcade)
DVD-ROM (PlayStation 2)
input=
Turntable;
Keyboard (7 keys)
cabinet=Custom
arcade system=Windows XP Embedded based
display=Widescreen Television

Beatmania IIDX11: IIDXRED (with RED standing for "Revolutionary Energetic Diversification") is the 11th game in the beatmania IIDX series of music video games. It was released in arcades by Konami in 2004. The game features many new songs, some of which are unlocked over Konami's e-Amusement platform. As suggested by the title, IIDXRED's color scheme is red and black.

Gameplay

Core gameplay remains the same on IIDX RED. A new rating, a flashing 8 was added to the difficulty scale. The unused side of the screen during single player play is now used to house a score graph, containing a real-time comparison of the current player against the high scores. Of note, that Expert mode on the mode selection screen is misspelled as "GXPERT" on the arcade version.

e-Amusement

IIDX RED was the first version of IIDX to require the network for unlocking songs. Unfortunately, this move is seen as an issue for importers of IIDX machines as e-Amusement is not available outside of Japan. e-Amusement can also pull a score for a player on a song onto the score graph. Using a special e-Amusement card shipped with the home version of Beatmania IIDX 8th Style unlocks 3 extra songs.

Extra Stage

If the player AA's 3 songs on Another mode with Hard enabled, the player will access the Extra Stage, GENOCIDE" by dj Killer. If the extra stage is beaten, the player is sent to One More Extra Stage, ピアノ協奏曲第1番"蠍火" "' ("Piano Concertino No. 1 Scorpion Fire", although some translations including the LED marquee's translations reference the name of the song as "Anti-Ares", a reference to the star Antares, also known as Scorpii, and its red flame in the sky - the origin of the translation and more commonly used name "Scorpion Fire")

Music

Notable songs from this version include:
*Red Zone - a Speed Rave song featuring Tatsh and Naoki. The song was also featured on DDR Supernova
*KI-SE-KI (IIDX RED EDIT) - a new song by BeForU
*SPEEDY CAT - a Eurobeat song by Y&Co.
*Go Berzerk! - a hardcore song by Scott Brown, as featured on the CS version.

Home version

The PlayStation 2 version of IIDX RED was released in Japan on May 18, 2006. It contains all the new songs, plus a selection of new songs and revivals from other mixes. The game also features 2 songs from the US Beatmania game (Toxic and You Really Got Me) with new Another charts. One of the revivals, Gambol, received an Another chart, although it is rated an 8 - it is exactly the same as the Light7 and 7KEYS charts, with the only differences between the difficulty levels being increasingly strict timing windows, with Another containing very strict timing windows. It is considered to be a tribute to previous issues with the song's timing windows in previous versions (Gambol's problems were however fixed on ).

External links

* [http://www.konami.jp/am/bm2dx/bm2dx13/ Offical home page] Ja icon
* [http://www.konami.co.jp/am/bm2dx/ IIDX Gateway] Ja icon

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