Beatmania IIDX 20: Tricoro
beatmaniaIIDX 20 tricoro is a music video game and the 20th installment of the Beatmania IIDX series of video games. It was first announced on April 14, 2012.[1] Location tests began in Akihabara and Osaka on April 18 and 20, 2012 respectively. Both ended on April 24, 2012.[1] It was released on September 19, 2012 for new cabinets and September 25, 2012 for upgrade kits of old machines. This is the 1st game that requires an internet connection for startup.
| Beatmania IIDX 20: Tricoro | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Konami Corporation |
| Publisher(s) | Konami Corporation |
| Series | Beatmania IIDX, Bemani |
| Platform(s) | Arcade |
| Release | September 19, 2012 (Dedicated cabinet) September 25, 2012 (Upgrade kits) |
| Genre(s) | Music |
| Mode(s) | Single-player & Multiplayer |
| Cabinet | Custom |
| Arcade system | Konami Bemani PC (E4690) |
| CPU | Intel Celeron B810 @ 1.6GHz |
| Sound | Realtek HD Audio |
| Display | 37" LCD, (Raster) 1280x720 resolution |
Gameplay
For more information about the gameplay of Beatmania IIDX in general, please refer to Beatmania IIDX#Gameplay.
Beatmania IIDX tasks the player with performing songs through a controller consisting of seven key buttons and a scratchable turntable.[2] Hitting the notes with strong timing increases the score and groove gauge bar, allowing the player to finish the stage. Failing to do so depletes the gauge until it is empty, abruptly ending the song.[3]
Beatmania IIDX 20: Tricoro retains the basic gameplay since the start of the series, in which players hit notes that fall from the top of the screen using either keys or turntables that need to be scratched, which will fill up the Groove Meter. To pass on, the player must have at least 80% of the Groove Meter at the end of the stage. Both of the two new "innovations" introduced in Beatmania IIDX 17: Sirius (Charge Notes and Backspin Scratches) have been retained.
The game introduced various new features and overhauled the old ones. The modifier screen have been revamped, now consisting of four categories; Style, Gauge, Assist, and Range.[4] New options have also been introduced such as ghost type selection. The Hi-Speed option is also revamped, now separated from the modifier screen and can only be accessed during gameplay by holding the Start button. It can be set from 0.5 to 10.0 in 0.01 increments (or 0.25 increments with he Sudden+ option enabled).[5] With this being the first Beatmania IIDX game in high-definition, the interface during gameplay has been overhauled, with the players now able to change the position of the music video and score graph. Due to this however, some songs have their videos removed due to the change in interface. Expert Mode, the course-based gameplay in previous games had also been removed.
Also, Tricoro marks the first time IIDX has multiple original unlocking systems (not counting events involving other Bemani games). The multiple unlocking systems are also used by other recent Bemani games, such as jubeat saucer and REFLEC BEAT colette.
Unlocking system
Extra Stages
In this game, players can still access the normal Extra Stage with the same requirements from previous games; however, new boss songs added in the stage are organized in a new system called the "Limit Burst". In addition to fulfilling the normal Extra Stages, the player must play a specific set of songs to obtain new boss songs. These boss songs consist of an original song of beatmania IIDX, as well as songs taken from other Bemani games which are added periodically. With this change, One More Extra Stage is no longer available. The songs are:
- Sol Cosine Job 2 (play One More Extra Stage songs from previous games, not counting Plan 8)
- New Decade IIDX Edition (play songs from the Dance Dance Revolution series)
- neu (play songs from the pop'n music series)
- Hollywood Galaxy (play songs from the REFLEC BEAT series)
- JOMANDA (play songs from the jubeat series, not counting Café de Tran Songs)
- DAY DREAM (play songs from the GuitarFreaks/Drummania series)
- Timepiece phase II (play songs composed by Hirofumi Sasaki, a special CN Ver. (Charge Note version) can be unlocked by fulfilling an additional requirement in addition to the normal one)
Initially, the player can only access the Another chart of the song; the Normal and Hyper charts are added through the period of four weeks as the next Limit Burst song is added.
Starting from February 18, 2013, the player can buy the song's charts with Dellar Points for use in normal gameplay through Devil Cards (purchasable by playing the songs during Limit Burst) or Angel Cards (available normally). Those song's charts are added periodically every Monday, Wednesday and Friday with one difficulty chart for unlocking before a new song is added to the shop on the following week.
Legend Cross
The first special event of Tricoro, Legend Cross had started on October 10, 2012 and ended on December 5, 2012. Through this event, the player can unlock two songs from console versions and access a special Extra Stage system. The system is similar to the previous games' special Extra Stages, in which through fulfilling requirements, the player can access a special folder containing boss songs. These songs generally are mash-ups of songs from the previous two different games in the series. Those songs are: Sync-Anthem, EΛΠIΣ, rumrum triplets, S!ck, and Conceptual. Each song holds "Astran Lights". To obtain an Astran Light, the player must play each song twice for a total of ten plays (the second "version" of the songs are generally a randomized version of the note charts).
After obtaining all Astran Lights, the player can access the "Unknown" Extra Stage, Thor's Hammer. Getting an EX Hard Clear on the song will unlock the One More Extra Stage, Plan 8.
Similar to Limit Burst, the player can only access the song's Another chart initially; the Normal and Hyper charts are added through the period of four weeks. After the event ends, the player can also buy the song's charts with Dellar Points with either Devil Cards (purchasable by playing the songs in the event) or Angel Cards (boss songs are available normally while Time to Empress and Mnemoniq's Angel Cards are available after August 14, 2013). And as of December 19, 2013, all Legend Cross event songs were unlocked in IIDX SPADA for regular play.
Ω Attack
The second special event of Tricoro, Ω Atack had started on December 12, 2012 and ended on March 20, 2013. This event is significantly different from Legend Cross, with a more puzzle-style mini game than the Extra Stage system. The player must clear viruses with weapons purchased by CP, which are rewarded every time the player plays a credit of the game. New song charts are hidden through the viruses, as are weapons and code levels awarding more CP per play. The songs obtained are automatically added in normal gameplay, unlike in Legend Cross.
There are two sectors in the event; the "A" sector is available by default and contains four songs, while the "B" sector is available by clearing the portal tile in sector A and contains five songs. After June 20, 2013, the songs which were not unlocked after this event can be purchased in the shop using Angel Cards (Reflection Into the EDEN and たまゆら's Angel Cards are made available after August 14, 2013).
Café de Tran
The unlocking event along with Jubeat Saucer had started on February 27, 2013 and ended on March 3, 2014. For this unlocking event, player are to gather sweet ingredients for every credit of gameplay depending on what time the player played. Depending on the quality of ingredients which affects the satisfaction rate boost, players are required to get the satisfaction rate of 100% to unlock songs in this order (all are from Jubeat Saucer): Rainbow after snow, Beastie Starter, アストライアの双皿, †渚の小悪魔ラヴリィ～レイディオ†(IIDX Edit), Holy Snow and True Blue. Successfully unlocking all songs in both machines will automatically unlock the final song, Confiserie.
Bokura no Uchū Sensō
The third special event of Tricoro, Bokura no Uchū Sensō (ぼくらの宇宙戦争) had started on March 21, 2013 and ended on August 14, 2013. The event is an RPG-styled mini-game where all players in the same arcade are united into one "shop" and must work together to defeat bosses. Players can attack the bosses after each play of the game. All of the bosses (except the last boss) have HP and stats (such as defense) that depend on the number of players in one shop. In the case of the last boss, all shops are united to one; thus the HP is the combination of all shops' HP and must be drained together. As the bosses's HP is reduced, charts for new songs are unlocked sequentially (the HP is divided into three bars; Normal, Hyper, and Another). There is also an individual "Heroic Gauge" which can also unlock songs. The gauge is filled with each attack dealt by players and is also divided into three bars, though it is much shorter than the bosses's HP.
There are seven bosses that can be fought and two Heroic Gauges that can be filled. The final unlock would be made available providing the player had fulfilled the unlocking criteria.
After the event ended, players who did not unlock the songs during this event can purchase them in the shop using Angel Cards for Regular Play.
Private Bemani Academy
The unlocking event along with all Bemani Machines and Quiz Magic Academy, had started on April 24, 2013, and ended on December 19, 2013. For this unlocking event, player are to play songs made by the given authors to earn a percentage of the friendship rate (depending on which arcade the player played). To unlock each song, the player must attain a 100% friendship rate between the 2 authors to unlock the songs playable by all arcades. The last song, Elemental Creation (along with the song's Gitado Rock ver. in Gitadora), would be available for unlocking once the first 9 songs are unlocked. Gaia by Nekomata Master & L.E.D gives the highest friendship when playing this game.
After the event ended, players are required to play the songs a number of times to unlock the songs that have not been unlocked during the event. Different criteria are available for different Bemani machines as well.
Kupuro Mimi-Nyami Pastel-kun no Minnade Uchū Sensō
The Bemani Unlocking event along with Reflec Beat Colette and Pop'n Music Sunny Park had started on July 29, 2013 and ended on May 14, 2014. The gameplay system for this event was similar to Bokura no Uchū Sensō except that the representing mascots of each arcade game are then collaborated and songs are unlocked individually instead. To unlock songs made playable from the three games, players must reduce the enemy's HP (though the enemy can also be stunned, depending on which mascots they used) to a certain amount to unlock songs. Each of the enemy's HP has seven parts (one part for the new enemy, if the player has unlocked all the songs in the following chapter), depleting each part of the enemy's HP would unlock songs made available from either Pop'n Music Sunny Park, Reflec Beat Colette, IIDX Tricoro (or IIDX Spada), or all.
There are nine songs from the three games that can be unlocked in the IIDX machine. Prior to January 23, 2014 players could unlock them through the e-Amusement website and not from the game itself.
Music
Currently, there are 95 new songs in this game.[6] A total of 17 songs from previous games have been removed, while the rest returned. Five older songs are also revived, and all of them must be unlocked through requirements in-game.[7]
| Song | Artist | Genre | Tier | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Regular Songs | ||||
| 405 nm (Ryu☆mix) | Another Infinity | Hardcore | ||
| Ascalon | Qrispy Joybox | Electro Pop | ||
| BLUE STRAGGLER | L.E.D. | Hard Dance | ||
| Breaking Dawn feat. NO+CHIN, AYANO | GUHROOVY | J-Core | ||
| connective | 猫叉Master feat.*spiLa* | Lounge Pop | ||
| Deceive Your Insight | Project B- | Pieced Rock | ||
| Devilz Staircase | OSTER project | Symphonic Break Beats | ||
| Echo Of Forever | kors k | House | ||
| FLOWER | DJ YOSHITAKA | Trance Core | From jubeat knit APPEND / REFLEC BEAT. | |
| Fly you to the star | Another Infinity feat. Mayumi Morinaga | Handz Up | ||
| GRADIUS 2012 | Sota Fujimori | Konami Remix | Remix of the theme song of Gradius. | |
| Howling | PON | Nu Rave | ||
| I know You know | Suke+Suke feat. Ribbon | New 80's | ||
| ILIAS | Masayoshi Minoshima feat. 坂上なち | Hyper Electro | ||
| Illegal Function Call | U1-ASAMi | Orbitalic Core | ||
| In Heaven | Sota Fujimori | Heavenly Trance | ||
| Liberation | dj TAKA | Trance | ||
| Light and Cyber･･･ | Tatsh | Happy Hardcore | ||
| Little Star | REDALiCE feat. Ayumi Nomiya | J-Core | ||
| LUV CAN SAVE U | HIDEKI NAGANUMA | Neo 80's Euro Electro | ||
| Neonlights | DJ Noriken | Tech Dance | ||
| POINT ZERO | 猫叉Master+ | Drum'n'Bass | ||
| portal | 猫叉Master+ | Electro | ||
| Präludium | Yuko Takahashi | Classical Piano | ||
| Re:GENERATION | TAG feat. ERi | Emotional Sentence | ||
| Shining World | DJ Genki feat. Yukacco | Electro Pop | ||
| Spinning Around | Dirty Androids | French House | ||
| Take My Life | Y&Co. | Eurobeat | ||
| To my star | 星野奏子 | Starpop | ||
| YELLOW FROG from Steel Chronicle | 劇団レコード | Desert Alternative Edge | ||
| ZED | USAO | Dub Step | ||
| 下弦の月 (Kagen no Tsuki) |
iNO | Neo Classical Dance | ||
| 狂イ咲ケ焔ノ華 (Kuruizake Homura no Hana) |
覚醒ノPrim | Hi-Goth | ||
| メイメツ、フラグメンツ (Meimetsu, Fragments) |
中山真斗(Elements Garden) feat. 桜川めぐ | Cyber Symphonic Pop | ||
| Revival Unlocks | ||||
| STAR DREAM | PINK PONG | Trance | from beatmaniaIIDX 8th Style. | |
| Ready To Rockit Blues | SLAKE | Nu Jazz | from beatmaniaIIDX 10th Style. | |
| More Move | T-Hirono feat.PAULINHO | Club Bossa | from beatmaniaIIDX 11 IIDXRED. | |
| Leaving... | SEIYA MURAI meets "eimy" | Symphonic Euro | from beatmaniaIIDX 13 DistorteD. | |
| GRID KNIGHT | SAW WAVE SQUAD | Electronica | from beatmaniaIIDX 14 GOLD. | |
| Limit Burst | ||||
| Sol Cosine Job 2 | DJ TECHNORCH | Freeform Hardcore | Limit Burst - beatmaniaIIDX. | |
| New Decade IIDX Edition | Sota F. | Speed Dance Core | Limit Burst - Dance Dance Revolution X2 Rearranged version from Sota Fujimori's album "SYNTHESIZED 3. | |
| neu | 少年ラジオ | Niente | Limit Burst - pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE. | |
| Hollywood Galaxy | dj TAKA | Drum'n'Bass | Limit Burst - REFLEC BEAT. | |
| JOMANDA | DJ YOSHITAKA | Hard Renaissance | Limit Burst - jubeat copious. | |
| DAY DREAM | Mutsuhiko Izumi | Dark Progressive | Limit Burst - GuitarFreaks 4thMix and Drummania 3rdMix. | |
| Timepiece phase II | 佐々木博史 | Progressive Rock | Limit Burst - GuitarFreaks 10thMix and Drummania 9thMix. | |
| Timepiece phase II (CN Ver.) | 佐々木博史 | Progressive Rock | Limit Burst - GuitarFreaks 10thMix and Drummania 9thMix (Alternative). | |
| LEGEND CROSS | ||||
| From Console Version | ||||
| Time to Empress | dj TAKA feat. wac & secret K | Trance | From beatmaniaIIDX 16 EMPRESS+PREMIUM BEST (JP PS2). | |
| Mnemoniq | youhei shimizu | Jazz House | from beatmaniaIIDX 14 GOLD (JP PS2) first appeared in Beatmania III. | |
| Boss | ||||
| SYNC-ANTHEM | Tatsh feat. 星野奏子 | Latin Euro | Legend Cross IIDX RED x Resort Anthem (Boss 1/6). | |
| ΕΛΠΙΣ (Elpis) |
dj TAKA | Romantic School Variations | Legend Cross 2nd style x 10th style (Boss 2/7). | |
| rumrum triplets | yu_tokiwa.djw | Loungecore | Legend Cross 6th style x 8th style (Boss 3/8). | |
| S!ck | Eagle | Drumstep | Legend Cross DistorteD x DJ TROOPERS (Boss 4/9). | |
| CONCEPTUAL | Sota Fujimori 2nd Season | Hard Revolution | Legend Cross GOLD x Lincle (Boss 5/10). | |
| Thor's Hammer | ユニバーサル度胸兄弟 | Transcendental Etudes | Legend Cross UNKNOWN (Boss 11) Based on Grandes études de Paganini, Étude No. 3 (La campanella). | |
| One More Extra Stage | ||||
| Plan 8 | Ryu☆ | Happy Gabba | Legend Cross One More Extra Stage (Boss 12). | |
| Ω-ATTACK | ||||
| SECTOR A | ||||
| 仮想空間の旅人たち (Kasōkūkan no Tabibitotachi) |
DJ MURASAME | Techno | Sector A-1 song. | |
| 8bit Princess | seiya-murai feat. ALT | Chiptune | Sector A-2 song. | |
| Reflection Into the EDEN | 猫叉Master | Bossa Electronica | Sector A-3 song from beatmaniaIIDX 12 HAPPY SKY (JP PS2). | |
| トリカゴノ鳳凰 (Torikago no Hōō) |
L.E.D. Vs. 幽閉サテライト | 歌謡 Drum & Bass (Kayō Drum & Bass) |
Sector A Boss. | |
| SECTOR B | ||||
| planarian | S-C-U | Electric Pop | Sector B-5 song. | |
| 龍と少女とデコヒーレンス (Ryū to Shōjo to Decoherence) |
黒猫ダンジョン | Epic Techno | Sector B-6 song. | |
| Tp-RZ | CAPACITY GATE | Breakbeats | Sector B-7 song. | |
| たまゆら (Tamayura) |
佐々木博史 | Progressive | Sector B-8 song from beatmaniaIIDX 16 EMPRESS+PREMIUM BEST (JP PS2) first appeared in GuitarFreaks 8thMix and Drummania 7thMix. | |
| Proof of the existence | 猫叉Master+ | Hard Electronica | Sector B Boss. | |
| Café de Tran | ||||
| Rainbow after snow | 猫叉Master Feat.林ももこ | Drum'n Bass | from 猫叉Master's album "Crevice". | |
| Beastie Starter | GUHROOVY | Speedcore | from jubeat saucer. | |
| アストライアの双皿 (Astraea no Sōbei) |
ZODIACSYNDICATE | Zodiac Oracle 7 | from jubeat saucer. | |
| †渚の小悪魔ラヴリィ～レイディオ† (IIDX EDIT) (†Nagisa no Kōakuma Lovely~Radio† (IIDX EDIT)) |
夏色ビキニのPrim | Hi-Core | Original song on jubeat saucer. | |
| Holy Snow | Mutsuhiko Izumi | Christmas Symphony | from jubeat saucer. | |
| True Blue | dj TAKA feat. AiMEE | Essentially | from jubeat saucer. | |
| Confiserie | L.E.D. vs S-C-U | Hard Electric Pop | jubeat saucer x Beatmania IIDX 20: Tricoro. | |
| Private Bemani Academy | ||||
| 創世ノート (Sōsei Note) |
PON+wac | Creator | pop'n music-aligned. | |
| ラキラキ (Lucky Lucky) |
Mutsuhiko Izumi & S-C-U | Lucky Techno | jubeat-aligned. | |
| 晴天Bon Voyage (Seiten Bon Voyage) |
TOMOSUKE × seiya-murai feat. ALT | スウィートロニカ (Sweetronica) |
beatmaniaIIDX / jubeat-aligned. | |
| Empathetic | Sota÷Des | Drum Step | pop'n music / Dance Dance Revolution-aligned. | |
| Synergy For Angels | TAG×U1-ASAMi | Orbitalic Revolution | Dance Dance Revolution-aligned. | |
| GAIA | 猫叉L.E.D.Master+ | Speed Dance | beatmaniaIIDX-aligned. | |
| 虹色の花 (Nijiiro no Hana) |
Akhuta y OJ | Light-Visual Pop | GuitarFreaks and Drummania-aligned. | |
| STULTI | MAX MAXIMIZER VS DJ TOTTO | Graviol | REFLEC BEAT-aligned. | |
| お米の美味しい炊き方、そしてお米を食べることによるその効果。 (Okome no Oishī Taki kata, Soshite Okome wo Taberu Koto ni Yoru Sono Kōka) |
大日本鉄倶楽部【あさき&96】 | お米タル (Okometal) |
GuitarFreaks and Drummania / REFLEC BEAT-aligned. | |
| Elemental Creation | dj TAKA meets DJ YOSHITAKA | Hard Renaissance | Extra unlock. | |
| Bokura no Uchū Sensō | ||||
| Heroic Gauge songs | ||||
| Saturn | Mr.Saturn | Progressive Trival [note 1] | Heroic Gauge#1 from beatmaniaIIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS (JP PS2). first appeared in Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova 2. | |
| Cookie Bouquets | L.E.D. vs TOMOSUKE fw.crimm | Break Core | Heroic Gauge#2 from beatmaniaIIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS (JP PS2). | |
| Bosses's Rewards | ||||
| BRAVE GLOW | SOUND HOLIC feat. Nana Takahashi | Spacy Trance | Boss#1. | |
| VEGA | REDALiCE | Universal J-Core | Boss#2. | |
| カジノファイヤーことみちゃん (Casino Fire Kotomi-chan) |
ARM feat. 山本椛+Brasscapsule | 電波 (Denpa) |
Boss#3. | |
| New Lights | kors k | Hardcore | Boss#4. | |
| Fractal | Sota Fujimori | Cyber Progressive | Boss#5. | |
| 即席！脳直★ミュージックシステム (Sokuseki! Nōchoku★Music System) |
MOSAIC.WAV | Akiba Pop | Boss#6. | |
| キャトられ❤恋はモ～モク (Kyato rare❤Koi wa Mo~moku) |
ギュ～っとしたい❤Prim | Hi-ν Bleep | Final Boss. | |
| Kupuro Mimi-Nyami Pastel-kun no Minnade Uchū Sensō | ||||
| SHION | DJ YOSHITAKA | Hi-Speed Fantasy Tune | from pop'n music 19 TUNE STREET. | |
| 梅雪夜 (Umeyukiyo) |
Qrispy Joybox feat. mao | 想歌 梅 (Sōka Ume) |
from REFLEC BEAT colette. | |
| 音楽 (Ongaku) |
弁士カンタビレオ | Silent | from pop'n music 17 THE MOVIE. | |
| examination leave | dj razzle dazzle | Vacation Dance | from REFLEC BEAT colette. | |
| 朧 (Oboro) |
HHH×MM×ST | Fascination | from pop'n music 20 fantasia. | |
| VALLIS-NERIA | DJ YOSHITAKA | Trance Core | from REFLEC BEAT limelight. | |
| シュレーディンガーの猫 (Schrödinger no Neko) |
Cait Sith | Toy Contemporary | from pop'n music 16 PARTY♪. | |
| Valanga | DJ TOTTO | Artcore | from REFLEC BEAT colette. | |
| Zirkfied | iconoclasm | Space Requiem | beatmaniaIIDX 20 tricoro x pop'n music Sunny Park x REFLEC BEAT colette. | |
Notes
- As of April 2nd, 2013, the genre was changed to Progressive Tribal.
References
- "Beatmania IIDX 20 Tricoro Location Test Date". Konami. April 14, 2012. Retrieved December 30, 2012.
- Foster, Neil (April 1, 2013). "Beatmania (page 8)". Hardcore Gaming 101. Kontek. Archived from the original on July 23, 2019. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
- "overall on beatmania IIDX". Konami. Konami. 1999. Archived from the original on February 6, 2007. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
- "Changes in Beatmania IIDX 20 Tricoro (Modifier)". Bemaniwiki. September 19, 2012. Retrieved December 30, 2012.
- "Changes in Beatmania IIDX 20 Tricoro (Speed)". Bemaniwiki. September 19, 2012. Retrieved December 30, 2012.
- "New Songs List". Bemaniwiki. September 19, 2012. Retrieved December 30, 2012.
- "Removed and Revived Songlist". Bemaniwiki. September 19, 2012. Retrieved December 30, 2012.
External links
- Official location test site (in Japanese)
- Official site (in Japanese)
- beatmaniaIIDX 20 tricoro on Bemaniwiki (in Japanese)