History Trivia / Beatmania

* VideoGameLongRunners: Even the ''IIDX'' series alone qualifies, having had a steady schedule of new releases since 2000, with the most recent version being the 31st version, ''beatmania IIDX 31 EPOLIS''[[note]]with ''beatmania IIDX substream'' being a "1.5th Style" of sorts between the first game and ''beatmania IIDX 2nd Style''[[/note]], in 2022.

* VideoGameLongRunners: Even the ''IIDX'' series alone qualifies, having had a steady schedule of new releases since 2000, with the most recent version being the 31st version, ''beatmania IIDX 30 RESIDENT''[[note]]with ''beatmania IIDX substream'' being a "1.5th Style" of sorts between the first game and ''beatmania IIDX 2nd Style''[[/note]], in 2022.

** DJ Troopers has DummiedOut [[http://tcrf.net/Beatmania_IIDX_15_DJ_TROOPERS_(Arcade)#Unused_English_E-Amusement.2FMode_Select English textures]], plus some leftovers from the English GOLD beta build...
* TheWikiRule: For English speakers there's [[https://remywiki.com RemyWiki]], for Japanese speakers there's [[http://bemaniwiki.com/ BEMANIWiki]]. Both are general ''Bemani'' wikis that cover ''IIDX'' in addition to the rest of the ''Bemani'' games. [=RemyWiki=] in particular started out as a ''IIDX''-centric wiki before later expanding to other games.

* The concept for "A", a well-known boss song from ''beatmania IIDX 7th Style'', was conceived as early as ''3rd Style'', but Konami held off because they worried that it would be [[ThatOneBoss too challenging of a boss for players]] at the time.

** "R3" is also the name of a ''VideoGame/O2Jam'' song that is a remix of Music/FryderykChopin's "Revolutionary Etude".[[note]]Incidentally, this game has its own "Revolutionary Etude" remix, "Kakumei".[[/note]]

* NamesTheSame: Hiroshi Watanabe, known by various stage names such as as DJ FX, QUADRA, and DJ ODDBALL, is also the real name of cranky, another composer of music game tracks.

* VideoGameLongRunners: Even the ''IIDX'' series alone qualifies, having had a steady schedule of new releases since 2000, with the most recent version being the 30th version, ''beatmania IIDX 29 [=CastHour=]''[[note]]with ''beatmania IIDX substream'' being a "1.5th Style" of sorts between the first game and ''beatmania IIDX 2nd Style''[[/note]], in 2020.

* SimilarlyNamedWorks: "Holic" by [=TaQ=] shares the same name as a ''VideoGame/EZ2DJ'' song by SHK.

* MultiDiscWork: The [=PS2=] adaptation of ''EMPRESS'' comes on two discs: Disc 1 is the traditional port of the arcade game with songs introduced in ''EMPRESS'' along with some returning songs from older versions. Disc 2 is the ''PREMIUM BEST'' disc that basically serves as a "best hits" disc with mostly songs from older versions. Most ''IIDX'' [=PS2=] ports have 60-80 songs; ''EMPRESS'' features 99 songs on each disc for a total of 198 songs in one package. Both discs are standalone software and do not require inserting the other disc first to play.

* MultiDiscWork: The [=PS2=] adaptation of ''EMPRESS'' comes on two discs: Disc 1 is the traditional port of the arcade game with songs introduced in ''EMPRESS'' along with some returning songs from older versions. Disc 2 is the ''PREMIUM BEST'' disc that basically serves as a "best hits" disc with mostly songs from older versions. Most ''IIDX'' [=PS2=] ports have 60-80 songs; ''EMPRESS'' features 99 songs on each disc for a total of 198 songs in one package.

* Unlike most other active BEMANI series, which have ceased the practice of numbered installments, ''beatmania IIDX'' alongside ''VideoGame/SoundVoltex'' still uses numbers.

* FanNickname:
** Amongst Japanese-speaking players, the game is also known as "nidera" (弐寺). ''Ni'' is one pronunciation for the number 2, and ''dera'' is short for "deluxe" / "derakkusu" (デラックス).
** Amongst less-wholesome English-speaking players, the game is known as "Two Dicks".
** Players who can complete the single-play [[KyuAndDanRanks 8th Dan]] course [[NonIndicativeDifficulty but not 7th Dan]] are known as ''Safari nanmin'' (サファリ難民), or "[[ThatOneBoss Safari]] Refugees".
** Another difficulty is sometimes known simply as ''ana'' (穴). It happens to be a DoubleEntendre, as the character is sometimes used to mean "butt".
** Rche is known amogst Japanese fans as 傲慢ちゃん (''gouman-chan'', or "Pride-[[UsefulNotes/JapaneseHonorifics chan]]"), after his status as Lincle Kingdom's representative of {{Pride}}.
** ''Anmitsu'' (あんみつ) is used to refer to the technique of treating 1/16th-note rolls as 1/8th-note chords, sacrificing accuracy for lower likelihood to miss notes.