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What the f*ck y0!

I object to your categorization of this news as Bemani. Rhythm game, ok. Bemani, no.

Ho wrote:I object to your categorization of this news as Bemani. Rhythm game, ok. Bemani, no.

Bettermani.

SoDeepPolaris wrote:

Ho wrote:I object to your categorization of this news as Bemani. Rhythm game, ok. Bemani, no.

Bettermani.

Stepmaniani.

SoDeepPolaris wrote:

Ho wrote:I object to your categorization of this news as Bemani. Rhythm game, ok. Bemani, no.

Bettermani.

I strongly object to that in its entirety!

ROTFLOL!

Ho, I know you won't agree with my logic, but since Konami considers Rock Revolution and Karaoke Revolution to be Bemani, the fact that they own the In The Groove series gives me enough reason to classify it as Bemani as well.

Rock Revolution and Karaoke Revolution are Konami published games. Karaoke Revolution at least actually does bear the name "BEMANI" and the Bemani logo. I'm not sure if Rock Revolution is officially marketed as "BEMANI" or not. The logo isn't on the front of the keepcase, and I can't find it on any pictures of boxes, but they do claim ownership of the trademark on the website for it.

ITG just happens to be owned by Konami at this point. Konami has never themselves published anything under that name, and it has NEVER been titled "BEMANI" or borne the Bemani logo.

PIU Pro is clearly not "BEMANI". It's a Roxor creation with stuff published under license from Andamiro. That's pretty much as "not BEMANI" as you can get while still being a music/rhythm game.

While it was never released by Konami directly, it can be considered to be Bemani as Konami has always grouped their music games under that umbrella.

Also did I ever mention PIU Pro? No. So I have to ask why that was even brought up?

SEMANTICS

I have to agree that just because Konami owns the rights to ITG, that doesn't make it bemani. It's like saying that while Ford owned stock in Mazda, the Mazdas sold on their lots were now magically Fords. They didn't make them. They nearly owned the right to sell them. Therefore, they were most definitely not Fords.

LikeableRodent wrote:SEMANTICS

Let's argue them some more!

Regardless of the status of In the Groove, Groovestats is not affiliated with Konami in any way other than its subject matter covering games that may or may not be classified as Bemani (and I would still argue are not). IndyDDR is (allegedly) about DDR, but I'm sure Konami would object to me flying the Bemani flag on the homepage.

Amp Divorax wrote:Also did I ever mention PIU Pro? No. So I have to ask why that was even brought up?

According to the link you provided, Groovestats also covers PIU Pro. I believe that's where the connection was drawn.

Amp Divorax wrote:While it was never released by Konami directly, it can be considered to be Bemani as Konami has always grouped their music games under that umbrella.

Martial Beat was not a Bemani game. It actually fell under the (now defunct? ... at least I haven't heard of it again--though I haven't been paying attention either) Konami Sports. (And thank goodness for that or it would be the one Bemani game that I didn't like and felt absolutely absurd while playing.)

Poking around on Konami's site, ParaParaParadise and Dance 86.4 don't seem to be categorized as Bemani either. I've never actually seen or played Dance 86.4, so I can't really comment. As for ParaPara, I do know that the Bemani logo at least appears on the PS2 game. I don't recall if it does on any of the arcade machines. So I'm not sure what is up with that game.

While I rarely care about polling rates, desynch, inclusion/exclusion of music, and other granular details about these games that you complain about, I'll be happy to discuss/argue the branding, marketing, trademarking and other mind-numbing trivial facts like these about these games.

(BTW, that's not intended as hostility. I'm just pointing out that the things you get really worked up over often don't matter much to me but this particular bit of minutiae is the kind of thing that I personally get into.)

http://www.konami.jp/am/mbeat/

Never heard of this... I just watched some videos on Youtube... but I still don't get it. How does one play?

I like the RnP hyper k mix though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXU6oZ8Y ... re=related

The arcade version was a DDR cabinet without the stage. In its place they had a sensor frame similar to the ones they used on Mocap Boxing and Police 911. With the sensors the game could detect the motion of your body as well as punches and kicks. I believe the home version had wrist and ankle bands that you put on that could detect your motion.

The gameplay, from my very brief experience, was basically doing Tae Bo-like moves in time with music. I guess if you can imagine playing the Chop Chop Master Onion level of Parappa the Rapper by actually performing the moves that he instructs...it would be kind of like that.

"Kick, Punch, it's all in the mind..."

I was good with it being in my mind. I didn't care for actually kicking and punching rhythms in a game.

Bubble Bobble is my favorite Bemani game.

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Do you guys bubbling bobbles?

Riot wrote:Bubble Bobble is my favorite Bemani game.

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Do you guys bubbling bobbles?