Beatmania IIDX 6th Style
Version 1.2 3/10/04
Written by Thunderbird
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Version History
3. How to Play
4. Arcade Mode
5. Beginner Mode
6. Music Clip Mode
7. Song List and Information
8. Expert Courses
9. Drill Mode
10. Unlocks
11. Scoring System
12. Cleaning Your Controller
13. Additional Frequently Asked Questions
14. Contact Me
15. Conclusion
1. Introduction
Welcome to my FAQ for Beatmania IIDX 6th Style. I will attempt to cover
most of the game in here. If you'd like to contact me about this FAQ,
please follow the instructions in the Contact Me section. Failure to do
so will probably lead to deletion of the email (or me not getting it).
2. Version History
Version 1.0 Written 9/1/03
Most information covered, some gaps are still present
Version 1.1 Written 9/5/03
Added in Gallery unlock 35.
Added some more songs to the Song Info section.
Added the Expert Courses section, though still incomplete.
Version 1.2 Written 3/10/04
Added more songs and Expert Courses.
Added the Drill Mode information. Still incomplete, however.
Changed the format of the Expert Course section slightly.
Added a FAQ section.
3. How to Play
IIDX is said to have the steepest learning curve in the Bemani series.
The basic gameplay involves hitting keys on the IIDX controller and
turning a turntable. However, as the songs get harder, the note
sequences get varied quite well.
4. Arcade Mode
This is probably where you'll spend most of your time while playing
IIDX 6th Style. This is the basic 3 stage arcade system. The number of
stages cannot be changed. When you select Arcade Mode, you have 5 or 6
options to choose from (depending on your unlock status):
7 Key: This is the normal mode. If you start in this mode, you can
freely change between Light7, 7Key and Another. 7 Key is the
intermediate mode of IIDX. This is also the default selection.
Light7: This is the novice mode in IIDX. All key patterns have been
simplified somewhat. If you select this, you will be locked in it until
your game ends.
Expert: Like the name says, this is an expert mode. You will play a
course consisting of 5 songs (you can choose the course, and the key
mode). Press Start once to see the play options (and change them if you
like), then press it again to see the stage list. The difficulty meter
here represents the total difficulty of the 5 songs.
Ranking: Play a ranking course. There are 4 courses, whose songs are
determined by their order on the Player's Best lineup (how often
they've been played). Reset the list by pressing Start and choosing the
Yes option when prompted.
Original Expert: This is the unlockable item. You can play a course
that you've created here.
5 Key: Same as 7 Key mode, except the right two keys aren't used.
However there is no Light 5 or Another here.
5. Beginner Mode
This is the mode where you should start at if you're just learning
IIDX. All of the songs have been simplified to 1-3 star ratings. All 69
songs are displayed, but if you've still got some song unlocking to do,
the locked songs are displayed as ?s and are on top of the difficulty
selection. The little bar on the side indicates how well you've done on
the song. The possible colors are:
Blank: Haven't played it yet.
Red: Failed the song.
Yellow: Passed the song.
Green: Full comboed (nothing worse than Good) the song.
Blue: Gotten all Greats or better on the song.
The color guide is displayed to the right, and the color bar for the
current song will be highlighted in it. It also shows how many songs
are in each category.
6. Music Clip Mode
This mode is essentially the same as Arcade Mode, except records are
not kept, and the movie is shown in the background. You can choose
Music Select, Expert Course Select or Original Expert Course Select (if
unlocked). Press Select while on the screen to toggle between Play and
Auto Play. If Auto Play is on, the scrolling note area will not appear,
thus letting you watch the video in fullscreen.
7. Song List and Information
Note that Anothers are not officially rated. Some Another songs are only
available in 1P mode.
This section is incomplete.
If Light 7 and/or 7 Key doesn't have a rating listed here, it means I can't
remember it at this writing. I will fill the blanks in for the next version.
19, November
Artist: good-cool
Light 7: 5 Stars, 560 notes
7 Key: 6 stars, 733 notes
Another: 910 notes
20, November
Artist: dj nagureo
Light 7: 4 stars, 410 notes
7 Key: 7 stars, 698 notes
Another: 629 notes
A New Morning
Artist: Yukihiro Fukutomi
License: Cutting Edge
Light 7: 4 stars, 307 notes
7 Key: 5 stars, 523 notes
Another: 681 notes (not available in Versus)
Absolute
Artist: dj TAKA
Light 7: 5 stars, 682 notes
7 Key: 7 stars, 935 notes
No Another.
B4U
Artist: Naoki
Light 7: 5 stars, 538 notes
7 Key: Flashing 7 stars, 801 notes
Another: 1014 notes (not available in Versus)
Ballad For You
Artist: NM feat. Thomas Howard
Light 7: 3 stars, 297 notes
7 Key: 5 stars, 387 notes
Another: 537 notes (not available in Versus)
Beautiful Days
Artist: Fantastic Plastic Machine
License: Cutting Edge
Light 7: 4 stars, 411 notes
7 Key: 5 stars, 560 notes
Another: 764 notes (not available in Versus)
Blueberry Stream
Artist: dj TAKA
Light 7: 4 stars, 429 notes
7 Key: 7 stars, 770 notes
Another: 846 notes
Buffalo
Artist: good-cool feat. Hideo Suwa
Light 7: 5 stars, 511 notes
7 Key: 7 stars, 744 notes
Another: 932 notes
Changes
Artist: Ryota Mitsunaga
Light 7: 2 stars, 226 notes
7 Key: 3 stars, 303 notes
No Another.
Colors (Radio Edit)
Artist: dj TAKA
Light 7: 6 stars, 751 notes
7 Key: Flashing 7 stars, 1011 notes
No Another. (Note: Another is available in Double Play)
Comment te dire adieu
Artist: Orange Lounge
Also known as: Retrospective Song
Light 7: 4 stars, 387 notes
7 Key: 5 stars, 477 notes
Another: 612 notes (not available in Versus)
dissolve
Artist: kobo
Light 7: 4 stars, 491 notes
7 Key: 6 stars, 658 notes
Another: 784 notes (not available in Versus)
Dive -Into Your Heart-
Artist: Naoki feat. Paula Terry
Light 7: 5 stars, 656 notes
7 Key: 7 stars, 945 notes
Another: 1066 notes
Doigts de Fatima
Artist: Osamu Kobuta featuring Sizzle Ohtaka
Light 7: 2 stars, 260 notes
7 Key: 3 stars, 280 notes
Another: 364 notes
DXY!
Artist: TaQ
Light 7: 6 stars, 651 notes
7 Key: Flashing 7 stars, 968 notes
Another: 1158 notes
Five Regrets
Artist: Osamu Kobuta
Light 7: 3 stars, 278 notes
7 Key: 7 stars, 573 notes
No Another.
Flowtation
Artist: Vincent de Moor
License: Avex Trance
Light 7: 627 notes
7 Key: 7 stars, 879 notes
Another: 1059 notes
Fly Away
Artist: Vincent de Moor
License: Avex Trance
Light 7: 416 notes
7 Key: 779 notes
Another: 854 notes
Fly through the night
Artist: Mr. T
Light 7: 4 stars, 452 notes
7 Key: 6 stars, 688 notes
Another: 863 notes
Free Style
Artist: Shapes
Light 7: 473 notes
7 Key: 571 notes
Another: 664 notes (Not available in Versus)
Frozen Ray
Artist: dj TAKA
Light 7: 6 stars, 669 notes
7 Key: 7 stars, 897 notes
Another: 909 notes
G2
Artist: Aya
Light 7: 6 stars, 752 notes
7 Key: Flashing 7 stars, 942 notes
Another: 1188 notes
Get on Beat (Wild Style)
Artist: Lion Musashi
Light 7: 5 stars, 730 notes
7 Key: Flashing 7 stars, 918 notes
Another: 1094 notes
Holic
Artist: TaQ
Light 7: 4 stars, 395 notes
7 Key: 7 stars, 624 notes
Another: 880 notes
Difficulty Note: This song is a 6 star on 3rd Style in 7 Key mode.
Hyper Boundary Gate
Artist: LED
Light 7: 4 stars, 620 notes
7 Key: 6 stars, 977 notes
No Another.
Difficulty Note: This song is a 7 star on future versions of IIDX in 7 Key mode.
I Was The One
Artist: good-cool
Light 7: 272 notes
7 Key: 326 notes
Another: 348 notes (Not available in Versus)
Indigo Vision (full flavor hide around mix)
Artist: TaQ
Light 7: 442 notes
7 Key: 569 notes
Another: 617 notes (Not available in Versus)
Jelly kiss
Artist: Togo Project feat. Sana
Light 7: 4 stars, 373 notes
7 Key: 5 stars, 552 notes
No Another.
8. Expert Courses
Expert Mode starts you off with a full lifebar (similar to Hard Mode). However,
the lifebar's adjustments aren't as noticeable when you get good hits or bad
hits. Each course consists of 5 songs (original courses can have up to 10 songs
defined for them). There are 31 courses total, 25 selectable at any one time
once they're all unlocked. There's also a Random option. Course 13 is a special
course, in it are the 7 daily courses. The game determines which day it is in
Japan, based on your PS2's clock settings and timezone, and will give you the
appropriate course for that day. Otherwise it is as normal. Courses can be
played on Light 7, 7 Keys or Another. If you select Another on a course that
contains songs that lack Another sets, when those songs are reached you will
play their 7 Key versions. In some courses, one song will be set to a level
above what you set the course to. I will indicate those as I see them. Also, if
you clear a song in this mode that is not marked as clear in your records, it's
status will not change. If you full combo a song in this mode, this will be
recorded in your records (not sure if it will change a Play status to a Clear
status, however, because it IS possible to fail songs even when you FC them). EX
scores for each song are updated if you beat your original scores. Expert Mode
is a good source of Gallery screens, though I believe all of the ones you can
get here can also be obtained in Hard Mode (though it's a LOT more risky to get
them there, especially the low lifebar ones).
In Expert Mode, the Start button does two things. First it will bring up your
play options. Pressing it a second time shows the stage list. If you are in
Music Clip Mode on Autoplay, the play options will not show. If you have Random
selected, the Stage List will not show (and will disappear if you select Random
with it showing). The total number of stars displays the total difficulty of the
songs in the course.
For those of you who can understand Japanese, the manual has some information on
the first 9 Expert Courses (I can't read Japanese, so I cannot provide that
information).
Special note on the Random course: If you select it, you can choose between 5,
10 or 15 stages. There is no high score list maintained for this course
(obviously).
These courses are listed with their difficulties when 7 Key is the chosen
overall difficulty. Songs marked [a] will be boosted by one difficulty level,
unless you have already chosen Another. The difficulties of some courses are
unknown at this time (either fully or partially).
Course Listing (Incomplete):
1. Lounge
Comment te dire adieu
Silhoette of My Mind
Wow Wow 70's
Ballad For You
Kotti Wo Muiteyo
2. Vivid
Yesterday
Romeo&Juliet
Free Style
Love is Dreaminess
Linus
3. Rave
ParaPara Paradise
Night of Fire
Just Do It
Real Love
Flowtation (Original Mix)
4. Trance
Fly Through the Night
Fly Away (Instrumental)
Something Wonderful
L'amour et la liberte
Colors (Radio Edit)
5. Heavy
Buffalo
Y31
Rottel-Da-Sun
G2
Nemesis
6. All-Mix
M-02stp.ver1.01
Five Regrets
Dive
VJ Army
Summer Vacation
7. House
Beautiful Days
A New Morning
19, November
Blueberry Stream
20, November
8. Resident
Yesterday
Real Love
Comment te dire adieu [a]
Theme of Denjin J
Flowtation (Original Mix) [a]
9. Special
Y31
Dive
Frozen Ray
Nemesis
Summer Vacation
10. Bonus (Unlockable)
Changes
Dissolve
Stick Around
Something Wonderful [a]
Jelly Kiss
11. L.E.D.-G (Unlockable)
Outer Limits
The Big Voyager [a]
Hyper Boundary Gate
Theme of Denjin J
The Strong Jaeger
12. Speedy (Unlockable)
Doigts de Fatima [a]
Paranoia MAX [a]
R10K
Take It Easy
Rottel-da-sun
Course 13 is the daily course.
14. good-cool
I Was The One
19, November
Skyscraper
Buffalo
VJ Army
15. Tiger
R3
R10K
Luv to Me (Disco Mix)
R5
Y31
16. LED
Something Wonderful
The Shining Polaris
Love is Dreaminess
Theme of Denjin J
The Big Voyager
17. Naoki (Unlockable)
Ballad For You
Dive
L'Amour et la Liberte
B4U
Paranoia MAX [a]
18. (Unlockable, information unknown)
19. Various (Unlockable)
R3
Indigo Vision
Presto
Starmine
Sync
20. sampling masters
Wow Wow 70's
Outer Wall
Tablets
Route 80s
Rottel-Da-Sun
21. TAKA (Unlockable)
Blueberry Stream
Kotti wo muiteyo
Absolute
Frozen Ray
Colors (Radio Edit)
22. (Unlockable, information unknown)
23. Farewell (Unlockable)
Silhoette of My Mind
A New Morning
Five Regrets
Jelly Kiss
Beautiful Days
Free Style
Route 80s
L'amour et la liberte
Fly Through the Night
Stick Around
24. Party (Unlockable)
Hyper Boundary Gate
Just Do It
Real Love
Get On Beat (Wild Style)
The Strong Jaeger
Nemesis
VJ Army
Fly Away
Flowtation
Frozen Ray
25. History (Unlockable)
20, November
Luv to Me (Disco Mix)
Presto
Holic
B4U
Absolute
V
Sync
Dive
Colors (Radio Edit)
Daily Courses
Monday
Silhoette of My Mind
Fly Through the Night
Linus
Comment te dire adieu
Wow Wow 70's
Tuesday
Paranoia MAX
R5
Indigo Vision
Presto
Luv to Me (Disco Mix)
Wednesday
Frozen Ray
Romeo&Juliet
Presto
Colors (Radio Edit)
Nemesis
Friday
G2
R5
DXY!
The Safari (ouch)
Holic
Saturday
Beautiful Days
Starmine
Night of Fire
Y31
Blueberry Stream
Sunday
Outer Wall
Tablets
The Shining Polaris
Sync
V
9. Drill Mode
What is Drill Mode you ask? It's a special mode designed to hone your skills at
various patterns and speeds in IIDX. There are 3 Courses, the first two are open
at the start. The third course is a special course, and thus has special
requirements for each step in it (similar to the Challenge Mode found in DDR 4th
Mix and Extra Mix). However, like it's DDR Challenge Mode partner, the
directions are in Japanese. For the first two courses, the goal for each pattern
is simple: Score 80% or above on your lifebar. Success marks this step as
completed, with the color varying on your performance (red for just passing,
orange for full combo, yellow for all Greats/Just Greats). Failure will mark
this step with a white hexagon. You are not required to pass all of the marks in
each step before you move onto the next one, as they are pretty loosely related.
The percentage indicator for each course is for how much of the course you've
cleared. Each step has a maximum EX score, which functions the same way as
normal scoring does (see Scoring section for details). The last step in the
course only has one sequence, in which you play the entire song they provide
you. Note that you cannot select ANY options here, as they will be set for you.
10. Unlocks
Unlocking songs: Songs are unlocked gradually as you play. There are 6 song
unlockables. They are: Hyper Boundary Gate, Jelly Kiss, Outer Limits, The Strong
Jaeger, Stick Around, dissolve, and Changes. Unlocked songs are displayed in a
bright orange color.
Unlocking Expert Courses: Expert Courses are unlocked as you play
others in Expert Mode. The special daily course (#13) varies depending
on what day it currently is in Japan (the game will adjust to figure
this out).
Unlocking the Original Expert Course setting: Play all of the songs on
any mode (I recommend Beginner) to unlock this. It will appear on your
menu (to configure the courses) and in Arcade Mode and Music Clip Mode.
Unlocking Tatsujin Movies: Each movie appears after certain conditions
are met. The only ones I know for sure are:
14: Gain this by playing all of the songs in any mode. You get to watch
AGOP play G2 Another.
15: Gain this by completing all of the songs in any mode, except for
Beginner. You get to watch Lisu play V Another.
Unlocking Gallery Pictures: Each Gallery picture has a method to unlock
it. These all appear as results screens from time to time. Note that
some randomly show up. Beginner mode will not unlock any gallery
pictures. If the entry says Random picture, it's actually the same picture for
that slot, but you don't have a 100% chance of getting it even if you fulfill
the requirements of doing so. The complete unlock list for the Gallery is as
follows (thanks goes to Crystal for letting me use her information on this):
1. Playing in Normal mode, this one will randomly show up when you
clear a song. 1/24 odds
2. Clear a song with your groove gauge between 90% and 99%.
3. Clear a song with a full groove gauge.
4. Clear Theme of Denjin J.
5. Clear Take it Easy.
6. Obtain an AA.
7. Obtain an A.
8. Obtain an AAA.
9. Random picture: Clear and song on Normal mode with a full groove
gauge. 1/22 odds.
10-12. Same as 9.
13. Random picture: Clear a home version original song with at least an
A. 1/12 odds.
14. Clear Jelly Kiss with an AAA (easier said than done here).
15. Clear the Monday course with a full groove gauge.
16. Clear the Tuesday course with a full groove gauge.
17. Clear the Wednesday course with a full groove gauge.
18. Clear the Thursday course with a full groove gauge.
19. Clear the Friday course with a full groove gauge.
20. Clear the Saturday course with a full groove gauge.
21. Clear the Sunday course with a full groove gauge.
22. Playing on Expert or Hard mode, finish a song with your groove gauge between
0% and 19%.
23. Playing on Expert or Hard mode, finish a song with your groove gauge between
20% and 39%.
24. Playing on Expert or Hard mode, finish a song with your groove gauge between
40% and 59%.
25. Playing on Expert or Hard mode, finish a song with your groove gauge between
60% and 79%.
26. Playing on Expert or Hard mode, finish a song with your groove gauge between
80% and 99%.
27. Playing on Expert or Hard mode, finish a song with a full groove gauge.
28-30. Random pictures. Clear a home version original song in Expert
mode. 1/5 odds.
31. Random picture. Fail a home version original Expert course (10, 11,
12, 23, 24 or 25). 1/24 odds.
32. Same as 28-30.
33. Random picture. Same as 23, but 1/12 odds of a different picture.
34. Random picture. Same as 22, but 1/12 odds of a different picture.
35. Random picture. Fail any home version song (any of the unlocks) on normal
mode. 1/24 odds.
36. Random picture. Same as 24, but 1/12 odds of a different picture.
37. Random picture. Same as 25, but 1/12 odds of a different picture.
38. Random picture. Same as 26, but 1/12 odds of a different picture.
39. Random picture. Same as 27, but 1/12 odds of a different picture.
11. Scoring System
Flashing Greats are worth more than Greats. Each song is worth 200,000
points maximum. You can gain the following bonuses:
Border Bonus: Finish a song with your groove gauge at 80% in normal
mode for a bonus of 5730.
Great Bonus: Finish a song with all Greats or better (Poors resulting
from extra note hits don't count) for a bonus of 3110.
Flashing Great Bonus: Finish a song with all flashing Greats or better
(Poors resulting from extra note hits are excluded) for a bonus of
4620.
Great+Border Bonus: Achieve both the Great and Border bonus for 11900
points. Note that this isn't a straight addition of the two above bonuses.
Flashing Great+Border Bonus: Achieve both the Flashing Great and Border
bonuses (very difficult) for 19900 points.
EX Score: This is used to determine your DJ level, and for records.
Flashing Greats are worth two points, Greats are worth 1, all other
judgements are worth 0.
Grading System: The IIDX grading system is standard to the series, for the
styles that give you grades. While 6th Style will display your grade
automatically, you can use this information to figure out how many more EX
points you need to get a higher grade, or the grade you would have gotten on an
older style that doesn't use grades (such as 3rd Style).
12. Cleaning Your Controller
This section only applies to the official Konami IIDX controller.
The official IIDX controller is designed to be taken apart. Separate
the main key unit from the controller by pressing the eject button
underneath the controller and pulling the key unit away. Turn the unit
upside down and remove the 6 screws. They are all the same, so don't
worry about mixing them up. Remove the underside of the controller,
then take out the two screws connecting the PCB to the buttons. They
are differently colored from the 6 you removed earlier. Take the PCB
out carefully (note that it only goes on in one direction). Make sure
the unit is still upside down or the main keys will go flying. Remove
the rubber from each of the keys (the rubber attached to the Start and
Select buttons is a little different, and cannot be put on the main
keys). Remove the keys themselves, and clean around the sides.
Afterwards, put the keys back in, attach the rubber (make sure the keys
all sink into their slots). Attach the PCB (if you're putting it on
incorrectly, you won't be able to see all 6 screw attachment holes. If
this is the case, reverse it), then use the two silver colored screws
to screw it down. Place the black bottom onto the unit (make sure you
can see the 6 screw holes, reverse it if you can't) and then reattach
it. Slide it back into the main unit.
13. Additional Frequently Asked Questions
This section is for information that doesn't really fit in any other section.
Q: The game won't let me select 7 Keys, or play any of the extra modes!
A: The game thinks you have a 5 Key controller. This option is set when you
start the game without system data available. If you initially set your
controller to Original 5 Keys, you will need to go into the options and set it
to Original 7 Keys (only if you have a 7 Key IIDX controller). If you do not
have a 7 Key IIDX controller, you can set the option to DualShock 2, and use
your PS2 controller to play the extra modes. Note that Player 1 and Player 2
have this option set individually (Player 1 can be set to Original 7 Keys, and
Player 2 can be set to DualShock 2, for example).
Q: I'm left handed. Is there any way to switch the controller around so I can
hit the keys with my left hand and use the scratch with my right?
A: Sure, at least with a Konami IIDX controller. The key unit is separable from
the main unit. Underneath the controller, find a button, and push it to be able
to remove the key unit. Take the unit out, remove the protective cover that's on
the right side of the unit, and move it to the connector on the left side. Flip
the key unit around so that the newly opened connector will slide into the main
unit's connector. After you've done this, you will be able to play with the
controller switched around from the normal configuration (it will be aligned to
Player 2's side, so you might want to use the Player 2 slot).
14. Contact Me
If you have a question that's not answered by this FAQ, feel free to
email me at
[email protected]. Please include "IIDX 6th Style
FAQ" in your subject. Failure to follow these directions will result in
the email either not reaching me (for an invalid email address) or the
email being deleted (wrong subject, or asking a question that's already
in the FAQ). At this time I am not looking for extra information. I
will delete emails that attempt to provide this to me. Continuous
sending of email regarding something (especially when it's breaking the
rules I've laid out here) will result in your email address being
blocked.
15. Conclusion
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