History Trivia / Bemani

** Akira Complex draws inspiration from several ''BEMANI'' musicians as well, most notably kors k, L.E.D., and Sota Fujimori, and would later contribute songs to the series.

** Inverted with "Brain Power" being removed from ''VideoGame/SoundVoltex'' and ''VideoGame/{{MUSECA}}'': [[https://twitter.com/noma113/status/844211648566984705 it was NOMA and not Konami who chose to not have the song's contract renewed]]. Played straight in the reasoning though: [[https://twitter.com/noma113/status/844211994198650880 The contract gave Konami the rights to "Brain Power"]], and as such it could not be used in non-Konami media or gigs, not even NOMA's own, without having to ask Konami, and NOMA wanted to be able to have control over his own song. That said, NOMA has stated that it's not the ''permanent'' end to "Brain Power" as a music game track; [[https://twitter.com/noma113/status/844213993719832576 there's the option to modify and renew the contract at a future date]]. In fact, right after it vanished from ''Sound Voltex'', it re-appeared on the non-Bemani music game ''Neon FM'' (which also [[AscendedMeme ascended]] the meme associated with the song) and then spread to a wide variety of other rhythm games such as ''VideoGame/GrooveCoaster'', the ''VideoGame/{{Performai}}'' trilogy, ''VideoGame/MuseDash'', and ''VideoGame/CytusII''.

** One game had two location tests, initially as ''Rizminance'', and then as ''Saikyo DJ Anikurage'', and then mysteriously went missing. Player feedback wasn't exactly positive. In an exaggerated example, this game seems to have been so Vaporware that it caused the game that it was meant to be transplanted over -- VideoGame/ReflecBeat - to be somewhat alive again, receiving its first completely new content in over a year.
* TheWikiRule:
** [[http://bemaniwiki.com/ BEMANIWiki]], for Japanese speakers.
** [[http://remywiki.com RemyWiki]], which originally started as an English-language ''beatmania IIDX'' wiki (it is a sister to the forum and score tracking site Solid State Squad, formerly VJ Army), but has since expanded into a general English-language Bemani resource covering most active franchises. The name comes from its founder, Dan "Remy" Dickinson.

** A game called variously ''Rizminance'' or ''Saikyo DJ Anikurage'' had two location tests, and then mysteriously went missing. Player feedback wasn't exactly positive. In an exaggerated example, this game seems to have been so Vaporware that it caused the game that it was meant to be transplanted over - VideoGame/ReflecBeat - to be somewhat alive again, receiving its first completely new content in over a year.

* NamesTheSame: There's two artists in ''BEMANI'' named Hiroshi Watanabe. One goes by DJ FX, nite system, QUADRA, and a few other aliases, and is best known for his compositions for early ''beatmania'' games. The other goes by the name cranky and is known for a variety of tracks produced for ''beatmania'' simulators, including the constantly-crossed-over "conflict".

* CashCowFranchise: ''BEMANI'' games routinely top "highest-grossing arcade game" charts in Japan, solidifying them as Konami Amusement's FlagshipFranchise.

* FlagshipFranchise: For Konami Amusement, the arcade branch of the Konami conglomorate. It has has 20 unique games and a few ''hundred'' releases across all of them since 1997.

** In October 2017, it was increasingly speculated that the Bemani division -- specifically, the staff musicians -- was facing internal issues [[HistoryRepeats not unlike]] what had happened to Creator/HideoKojima prior to the release of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidV''. A telltale sign that something was amiss was the sudden [[UnPerson removal]] of references to artists from promotional material and artwork in certain locations. Then, the song information page for "GERBERA" on the ''Sound Voltex'' website removed the reference to TAG and credited it to "BEMANI Sound Team" instead. Several new songs added to various Bemani games (including the aforementioned "GERBERA") in early-November were similarly credited to "BEMANI Sound Team" rather than an individual artist. However, one of them -- "Mychronicle" on ''Pop'n music'' -- has an EasterEgg keysound at the end with various voices saying "[=Des-ROW!=]"; it's not known if this was in the song from the beginning or was snuck in as a subtle acknowledgement that something was wrong. As of 12/20/2017, it seems that both parties have come to a compromise. While the Bemani Sound Team labeling is still in effect, this is now followed by the actual in-house artist. [[https://twitter.com/pmdream/status/943101876911751168 Example]] This unfortunately has the side effect of breaking the WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief when it comes to KayfabeMusic by BEMANI Sound Team; for example, the artist of "[[https://remywiki.com/Piano_dokusou_mugonka_%22Kaijin%22 ピアノ独奏無言歌 "灰燼"]]" is credited as ''BEMANI Sound Team "Virkato Wakhmaninov"'' (Virkato being an alias of Jun Wakita), despite the fact that the fictional Virkato died in 1974, 23 years before the very first ''BEMANI'' game.

** In October 2017, it was increasingly speculated that the Bemani division -- specifically, the staff musicians -- was facing internal issues [[HistoryRepeats not unlike]] what had happened to Creator/HideoKojima prior to the release of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidV''. A telltale sign that something was amiss was the sudden [[UnPerson removal]] of references to artists from promotional material and artwork in certain locations. Then, the song information page for "GERBERA" on the ''Sound Voltex'' website removed the reference to TAG and credited it to "BEMANI Sound Team" instead. Several new songs added to various Bemani games (including the aforementioned "GERBERA") in early-November were similarly credited to "BEMANI Sound Team" rather than an individual artist. However, one of them -- "Mychronicle" on ''Pop'n music'' -- has an EasterEgg keysound at the end with various voices saying "[=Des-ROW!=]"; it's not known if this was in the song from the beginning or was snuck in as a subtle acknowledgement that something was wrong. As of 12/20/2017, it seems that both parties have come to a compromise. While the Bemani Sound Team labeling is still in effect, this is now followed by the actual in-house artist. [[https://twitter.com/pmdream/status/943101876911751168 Example]] This unfortunately has the side effect of breaking the WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief when it comes to KayfabeMusic by BEMANI Sound Team; for example, the artist of "[[https://remywiki.com/Piano_dokusou_mugonka_%22Kaijin%22 ピアノ独奏無言歌 "灰燼"]]" is credited as ''BEMANI Sound Team "Virkato Wakhmaninov"'' (with the actual artist being Jun Wakita), despite the fact that the fictional Virkato died in 1974, 23 years before the very first ''BEMANI'' game.

** In October 2017, it was increasingly speculated that the Bemani division -- specifically, the staff musicians -- was facing internal issues [[HistoryRepeats not unlike]] what had happened to Creator/HideoKojima prior to the release of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidV''. A telltale sign that something was amiss was the sudden [[UnPerson removal]] of references to artists from promotional material and artwork in certain locations. Then, the song information page for "GERBERA" on the ''Sound Voltex'' website removed the reference to TAG and credited it to "BEMANI Sound Team" instead. Several new songs added to various Bemani games (including the aforementioned "GERBERA") in early-November were similarly credited to "BEMANI Sound Team" rather than an individual artist. However, one of them -- "Mychronicle" on ''Pop'n music'' -- has an EasterEgg keysound at the end with various voices saying "[=Des-ROW!=]"; it's not known if this was in the song from the beginning or was snuck in as a subtle acknowledgement that something was wrong. As of 12/20/2017, it seems that both parties have come to a compromise. While the Bemani Sound Team labeling is still in effect, this is now followed by the actual in-house artist. [[https://twitter.com/pmdream/status/943101876911751168 Example]] This unfortunately has the side effect of breaking the WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief when it comes to KayfabeMusic by BEMANI Sound Team; for example, the artist of "[[https://remywiki.com/Piano_dokusou_mugonka_%22Kaijin%22 ピアノ独奏無言歌 "灰燼"]]" is credited as ''BEMANI Sound Team "Virkato Wakhmaninov"'', despite the fact that the fictional Virkato died in 1974, 23 years before the very first ''BEMANI'' game.

** In October 2017, it was increasingly speculated that the Bemani division -- specifically, the staff musicians -- was facing internal issues [[HistoryRepeats not unlike]] what had happened to Creator/HideoKojima prior to the release of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidV''. A telltale sign that something was amiss was the sudden [[UnPerson removal]] of references to artists from promotional material and artwork in certain locations. Then, the song information page for "GERBERA" on the ''Sound Voltex'' website removed the reference to TAG and credited it to "BEMANI Sound Team" instead. Several new songs added to various Bemani games (including the aforementioned "GERBERA") in early-November were similarly credited to "BEMANI Sound Team" rather than an individual artist. However, one of them -- "Mychronicle" on ''Pop'n music'' -- has an EasterEgg keysound at the end with various voices saying "[=Des-ROW!=]"; it's not known if this was in the song from the beginning or was snuck in as a subtle acknowledgement that something was wrong. As of 12/20/2017, it seems that both parties have come to a compromise. While the Bemani Sound Team labeling is still in effect, this is now followed by the actual in-house artist. [[https://twitter.com/pmdream/status/943101876911751168 Example]]

* NoPortForYou: Many of the games do not have consumer ports. This is largely justified, as nearly all of these games use specialized controls that would not translate well to a gamepad, touchscreen, or keyboard at all (for what it's worth, ''[=DanceEvolution=]'' uses a Kinect, which ''is'' available on the consumer market), and it would be too AwesomeButImpractical to produce arcade-spec controllers for consumers (300+ USD is ''standard'' for an arcade-scale ''IIDX'' controller, for example) and making smaller, budget- and space-friendly controllers would result in [[PortingDisaster an experience that just doesn't hold up to the arcade version]].

* FanNickname
** 185 BPM is known by some as the "Yoshitaka constant" or variants thereof, due to DJ YOSHITAKA's strong tendency to use this speed in a large number of his songs.
*** In fact, it's such a prominent constant in his songs that [[spoiler: people initially thought that Rche was DJ YOSHITAKA's alias simply because of the use of repetitive chords and its bpm.]]
** "Soflan", a term used for sudden and dramatic BPM changes. The term originates from "SOFT LANDING ON THE BODY" from ''VideoGame/BeatmaniaIIDX 2nd Style'', which shuffles between 79, 159, and 318 BPM. Bonus points if [[FakeDifficulty the song itself does not actually change BPM but the scroll BPM does]]. This later became AscendedFanon, with some games officially using the term; [[https://remywiki.com/Do_you_love_me%3F_~SOFT_LANDING_MIX~ two]] [[https://remywiki.com/Konran_shoujo_Soflan-chan!! tracks]]' titles reference the term, and one of the axes on ''beatmania IIDX 27 HEROIC VERSE''[='=]s chart graph is "SOF-LAN", used to indicate how inconsistent the chart BPM is.

** If you were to make a pie chart of the number of BEMANI games released in Eastern and Southeast Asia and the number of BEMANI games released overseas, the result would be Pac-Man with a nearly-closed mouth. It got worse in 2012 when Konami started requiring BEMANI games to be connected to the [=eAMUSEMENT=] network, as well as making their games lease-only as part of the [=eAMUSEMENT=] Participation program rather than outright purchasable. . There are efforts to run a third-party clone of the [=eAMUSEMENT=] network, but see FanworkBan above for what this can lead to.

* ExecutiveMeddling: Though not hit as badly during the Konami scandals that began in 2015 compared to Konami Digital Entertainment's (the branch in charge of console, PC, and mobile Konami games) propreties, ''BEMANI'' still suffers from shades of this:

* ExecutiveMeddling: Inverted with "Brain Power" being removed from ''VideoGame/SoundVoltex'' and ''VideoGame/{{MUSECA}}'': [[https://twitter.com/noma113/status/844211648566984705 it was NOMA and not Konami who chose to not have the song's contract renewed]]. Played straight in the reasoning though: [[https://twitter.com/noma113/status/844211994198650880 The contract gave Konami the rights to "Brain Power"]], and as such it could not be used in non-Konami media or gigs, not even NOMA's own, without having to ask Konami, and NOMA wanted to be able to have control over his own song. That said, NOMA has stated that it's not the ''permanent'' end to "Brain Power" as a music game track; [[https://twitter.com/noma113/status/844213993719832576 there's the option to modify and renew the contract at a future date]]. In fact, right after it vanished from ''Sound Voltex'', it re-appeared on the non-Bemani music game ''Neon FM'' (which also [[AscendedMeme ascended]] the meme associated with the song) and then spread to a wide variety of other rhythm games such as ''VideoGame/GrooveCoaster'', the ''VideoGame/{{Performai}}'' trilogy, ''VideoGame/MuseDash'', and ''VideoGame/CytusII''.
** In October 2017, it was increasingly speculated that the Bemani division -- specifically, the staff musicians -- was facing internal issues [[HistoryRepeats not unlike]] what had happened to Creator/HideoKojima prior to the release of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidV''. A telltale sign that something was amiss was the sudden [[UnPerson removal]] of references to artists from promotional material and artwork in certain locations. Then, the song information page for "GERBERA" on the ''Sound Voltex'' website removed the reference to TAG and credited it to "BEMANI Sound Team" instead. Several new songs added to various Bemani games (including the aforementioned "GERBERA") in early-November were similarly credited to "BEMANI Sound Team" rather than an individual artist. However, one of them -- "Mychronicle" on ''Pop'n music'' -- has an EasterEgg keysound at the end with various voices saying "[=Des-ROW!=]"; it's not known if this was in the song from the beginning or was snuck in as a subtle acknowledgement that something was wrong.
*** As of 12/20/2017, it seems that both parties have come to a compromise. While the Bemani Sound Team labeling is still in effect, this is now followed by the actual in-house artist. [[https://twitter.com/pmdream/status/943101876911751168 Example]]

*** ...is the producer of the ''VideoGame/CrossBeats'' series.

* PromotedFanboy: Music/PorterRobinson is a fan of the series and drew some of his inspirations from ''BEMANI'' musicians. A few of his tracks would later make it into the series, most notably "Particle Arts".

* PromotedFanboy: Music/PorterRobinson is a fan of the series and drew some of his inspirations from ''BEMANI'' musicians. A few of his tracks would later make it into the seriers, most notably "Particle Arts".

* PromotedFanboy:
** Music/PorterRobinson is a fan of the series and drew some of his inspirations from ''BEMANI'' musicians. A few of his tracks would later make it into the seriers, most notably "Particle Arts".
** Sota Fujimori cites ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}}'', another Konami game, as his inspiration for becoming a composer.

* ExecutiveMeddling: Inverted with "Brain Power" being removed from ''VideoGame/SoundVoltex'' and ''VideoGame/{{MUSECA}}'': [[https://twitter.com/noma113/status/844211648566984705 it was NOMA and not Konami who chose to not have the song's contract renewed]]. Played straight in the reasoning though: [[https://twitter.com/noma113/status/844211994198650880 The contract gave Konami the rights to "Brain Power"]], and as such it could not be used in non-Konami media or gigs, not even NOMA's own, without having to ask Konami, and NOMA wanted to be able to have control over his own song. That said, NOMA has stated that it's not the ''permanent'' end to "Brain Power" as a music game track; [[https://twitter.com/noma113/status/844213993719832576 there's the option to modify and renew the contract at a future date]]. In fact, right after it vanished from ''Sound Voltex'', it re-appeared on the non-Bemani music game ''Neon FM'' (which also [[AscendedMeme ascended]] the meme associated with the song).

* DuelingGames: With ''VideoGame/{{Performai}}'', another set of rhythm games for arcades that has gained a foothold in the market. Other game developers have tried their hand at arcade rhythm games but so far only Sega has been able to really approach Konami in terms of commercial success.