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I got a chance to play PNM 15 finally and well I was amazed. The game finally looks quite “normal” but the announcer is terrible even worse….horrible.

It’s been a long time since I played PNM so I was surprised that I can still play it. Even though I did not get the results I was used to. Anyway I still could clear LVL 30 songs but I haven’t tried anything more difficult. I still need to get a hand on ASC^_^. But maybe one day it will come….

So well? Here’s a video of me playing Ninja Heroine. It didn’t go that well as I thought (as I could FC the song no prob.) but I finally cleared it (almost failed it^_~).

KONAMI couldn’t decide better, after releasing IIDX15 they announced a location test of their completely new music game called jubeat. This game is played with your fingers on a 4×4 grid. Your aim is to press the buttons at correct time.

The game’s name came from the word “yubi” meaning finger and “beat”. Thus the game is also pronounced with “y” not “j” as many people like to say.

There are two modes of play. Online play and Multiplayer. Online - you will be able to compete with players connected to the same network. Multiplayer - you can play against anyone standing right next to you (if there are two machines of Jubeat).

After selecting mode of play, you are prompted to choose a song. There 21 songs from which you can choose. Just press the button correspondin CD picture of a song you wish to play. If you are in Online play one player chooses a song and the other one matches the choice. In Multiplayer mode this is not necessary, the game starts right after one player chooses a song.

There are three difficulties in general Basic, Advance and Expert. Each song has its difficulty of its own (level 1 to 8). The boss song being a Snow Goose (200BPM LVL8 on Expert)
(You’ve got arrows and buttons on the arcade, one is effector button, one is for changing the difficulty and the arrows are for choosing a song)

When you finally get to the game your aim is quite simple. You are supposed to listen to the music for clues when to hit the panels (for example if the clue is lyrics - then you will be pressing the panels with at the same time you hear the vocals). These panels (starting position is all black) will start lighting up. Your goal is to press them^_~. The button variations can consist of all the buttons (1 at a time, 2, 3,4,…16).

The score is calculated from the evaluation of notes. If you get all perfects you should be rewarded with SS and 1000000 score. The worst “not fail” grade is D.

The game ends if you won’t get over 700000 points on one song.

Ok, well the official information is finally here. The Eurocup will be held at Silverstone as we hoped. The date is 14. – 16. March 2008. There will be tournaments in ITG2 (Dedicabs/Multiplayer).

If you come by you can also play DDR Extreme and PIU Prex3 if interested. Not to mention a nice pinball hall and many other things (lasergames, karting etc.)

The address is => Silverstone, Weerenweg 21-23, 1161 AE Zwanenburg, The Netherlands
You can find more information about Silverstone at http://www.silverstone.nl/

Today the grand festival (which didn’t go that well this year) is over.

Here are the results. For my part I’m glad that Amy won the female division but I’m little sad about Danielita coming up fourth and not in the winning three places.

Speed Male

1. Xuma - Chile
   
2. Kike - Ecuador
   
3. J Boy - USA
   

Speed Female

1. Amy - Taiwan (my fav #1)
   
2. Nayeli - Mexico
   
3. Celia - Chile
   
4. Danielita - Argentina (my fav #2)
   

Freestyle

1. Dae Cheon Kim, Go Seok - Korea
   
2. Kyeon Seok Seo, Kyong Ho Kim - Korea
   
3. Los Garotos - Ecuador
   
4. Sofi y Jam - Colombia
   

Everyone waits for the new IIDX15 game to be released soon. KONAMI announced that this game would be released someday in December 2007 and you know what? The game was ACTUALLY RELEASED. Today KONAMI opened the official Beatmania IIDX 15: DJ Troopers site too. There’s not much on the site yet - How To Play, some words from the staff and secret codes (Judge, window hold, expert view and demo skip). The Extra stage is Time to Air - 青龍 and OMES is PARANOiA ~HADES~ - αTYPE-300! The chart actually really looks scary…

New songs are:

[TECH-TRONICA] beatonic nation - Sota Fujimori 5/8/? 5/7/?
[TRANCE] Blue Rain - dj TAKA Vs. Ryu☆ 6/8/? 6/8/?
[HANDZ UP] Dazzlin’ Darlin - HHH 4/7/10 4/7/11
[TECH-BREAKBEATS] Digitank System - DJ Mass MAD* Izm 6/9/? 5/10/?
[FRENZY HOUSE] end of world - 猫又Master+ 6/9/? 5/10/?
[PROG] evergreen - kors k 5/7/? 5/8/11
[TRANCE] I’m In Love Again -DJ YOSHITAKA REMIX- - Remixed by DJ YOSHITAKA 6/8/? 6/9/?
[WORLDGROOVE] JOURNEY TO “FANTASICA” (IIDX LIMITED) - S.S.D.FANTASICA feat.EMI with ARATA 4/8/? 5/9/?
[PROGRESSIVE HOUSE] madrugada - PINK PONG 4/7/9 5/9/10
[UK HARDCORE] Rising in the Sun -original mix- - kors k feat. Rie 5/9/? 4/8/?
[OVERTÜRE] Ristaccia - Zektbach 6/10/? 5/11/?
[RAGGA ROCK] ROCK ME NOW - GUHROOVY fw. NO+CHIN 6/9/? 5/9/?
[TECHNO] SHIFT - AKIRA YAMAOKA 5/8/? 5/9/?
[WALTZ BEAT] soldier’s waltz - DAJI 5/9/? 4/9/?
[NU STYLE GABBA] THE DEEP STRIKER - L.E.D.-G 6/11/? 8/12/?
[ETHNOTRONICA] the trigger of innocence - Seiya Murai 5/7/? 4/5/7
[POST RENAISSANCE] 少年A - 少年A 6/12/? 7/12/?

Starting 19th December the big and awaited event called World Pump Festival will begin. It is a annual world championship in Pump it up. There are two disciplines - Speed and Freestyle. Speed is for technical players and freestyle is for those who want to show us a new dance routine danced to the tunes of mostly k-pop. Last year a female speed tournament was held for the first time and Andamiro will continue in it. There are also categories for junior players.

In each country (having PIU clubs) one player (or two in case of freestyle) can be chosen to represent the country in WPF tournaments (1 player = 1 tournament). The requirements for a country are as follows: 10 clubs, more than 150 active club members (silver members), events, tournaments, national tournament.

This year 16 countries were supposed to take part in. But most countries need visa to go to Mexico and thus 8 countries can’t participate (because there is 6 month waiting time for the visa and AM did not give that). Also note, that if you are a European player then your chances are little as there are only two active countries on PIU scene - Spain and Italy.

The chosen players will meet in Mexico this year to compete on the newest PIU machines - Pump it up Next Genesis.

For more info you can check the official site at http://www.wpf2007.com/

Today we went to play PIU Zero once again. I played some double songs and then some songs on crazy. NX decided that I should try more difficult songs so I tried Beethoven Virus on Crazy. I have to say that this song has a really nice stepchart and the end is the same as on hard.

After that I also tried Love is a danger zone on HD 15. I found out that this song is really nice, but I don’t like the stepchart much but anyway it seemed easier than Dignity on Hard which is supposedly a level 9 song. I cleared the song somehow and I have to say that it drained my stamina quite a lot^_^. But after this I was rewarded with a Mission Unlock!

I also accidentally choose Dignity on Crazy and I was fine till the first triplet. (playing barefoot and having small feet is quite a disadvantage for fast triplets, ehm ehm).

New Dance Pad
Positive Gaming has been developing their new hard pads (mostly for their multiplayer systems) for about two years. I’ve seen the previous versions, they are quite light (10kg), durable and easily handled (it has handles on the top of the pad).

Eurocup?

Many of us hoped that it would have been held in Silverstone this November. But November is gone and no information was known about the upcoming Eurocup until now. Positive Gaming has announced that next year there would be another Eurocup for sure. But we have no more information about it yet.

New 4-panel dance game?

It’s been a while that many of know that a new 4 panel games is being in production by Positive Gaming but it also seemed that was nothing happening. Today Positive Gaming announced that they are looking for professional musicians and step chart artists.

Today I went with my boyfriend to Galeria Mokotow where is the famous PowerStation arcades hosting several music game machines. The first machine viewable from the entrance is PIU Exceed and the second one is the “new” machine of EZ2Dancer.

This Korean game from Amuseworld is played on 5 (Hard style) or 7 (Real style) sensors in single play. 3 are for the feet and 2 or 4 are for the arms. Of course there is the possibility to play on double.

As I played the game for the first time I just tried playing it on Hard (that means 5 sensors). I had no real difficulties with the game and I found out that it would be actually good for freestyling. My problem was that difficulty I need for freestyling is somewhere between 5-6 which is quite high. Anyway I had some fun and I will go try it again tomorrow. I will maybe even try Real style or Club style (Double mode)

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Video showing EZ2Dancer Double
For some basic information about the game go to => EZ2Dancer

This day I also played PIU NX. At first I didn’t believe that this “new” PIU game could made me surprise by it’s quality. But to say the truth I was truly surprised.

The New Xenesis has the best graphics I’ve ever seen. It’s not my favorite but I still have to admit that the graphics is perfect. All the small details, animations - everything is smooth and always in motion. There aren’t any static moments which would be striking your eyes. Also the result screen is now clear and well readable.

I haven’t played much of the new tunes songs but I guess I would find some songs I’d like. I played mostly freestyle and some nightmare.

Here’s a video of me playing Winter [FS] 9, just click on the picture…