History YMMV / Jubeat

** The rating scale over time has become less and less useful, due to the wide range of challenge present amongst level 10 charts.[[note]]For a comparison, here's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jtuXEACzfg ''anemone'' EXT]], the easiest level 10 chart since ''clan'' demoted some level 10 charts to level 9, and [[https://youtu.be/ghIVNpIpqOs ''Stand Alone Beat Masta'' EXT]], often agreed to be the game's hardest chart[[/note]] The fact that two songs have level 10 charts on ''Advanced'' and one song, "Megalara Garuda", has level 10 charts on Advanced and '''BASIC''', shows that the rating scale is effectively obsolete amongst top-end players.

** The rating scale over time has become less and less useful, due to the wide range of challenge present amongst level 10 charts.[[note]]For a comparison, here's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl9fMAcJPOg ''Kick It Out'' EXT]], the easiest level 10 chart (generally acknowledged to be so easy that it ought to be re-rated to level 9) and [[https://youtu.be/ghIVNpIpqOs ''Stand Alone Beat Masta'' EXT]], agreed to be one of the game's hardest's charts[[/note]] The fact that two songs have level 10 charts on ''Advanced'' and one song, "Megalara Garuda", has level 10 charts on Advanced and '''BASIC''', shows that the rating scale is effectively obsolete amongst top-end players.

** ''Night of Nights'', for people repeatedly playing Matching Select and seeking to unlock more level 9 and 10 songs via Song Conduction. Being one of the most famous Touhou Project remixes and a default song, beginners are likely to pick it, and you're very likely to match into their session and be forced to play the song. The problem is that ''Night of Nights'' is one of the most brutal default licenses, with a stamina-draining level 10 chart packing 928 notes, on the higher end for a level 10. Not only do you get no new song, you've burnt your stamina, and there's a high chance that you'll still encounter it the next time you choose Matching Select!

** ''Beat Square'', the spinoff with gambling elements, got quite a bit of heat from Western fans (Westerners in general have a seething ''hatred'' for anything gambling-related Konami does) for a few days.

** Does ''Beat Square'' mean [[FranchiseKiller bad news]] for the ''jubeat'' series, or is that just a case of SlipperySlopeFallacy considering mainline ''jubeat'' games are still in service? This argument seems to be dead, as the next version, ''jubeat clan'', was released without any major issue.

** Does ''Beat Square'' mean [[FranchiseKiller bad news]] for the ''jubeat'' series, or is that just a case of SlipperySlopeFallacy considering mainline ''jubeat'' games are still in service? With ''jubeat clan'' on the horizon, it seems like the latter argument has won out.

** ''Beat Square'', the spinoff with gambling elements, got quite a bit of heat from Western fans, even though its development and release has not impacted mainline ''jubeat'' in noticable ways and the latest version, ''Qubell'', still receives updates.

** Does ''Beat Square'' mean bad news for the ''jubeat'' series, or is that just a case of SlipperySlopeFallacy considering mainline ''jubeat'' games are still in service? With ''jubeat clan'' on the horizon, it seems like the latter argument has won out.

** Does ''Beat Square'' mean bad news for the ''jubeat'' series, or is that just a case of SlipperySlopeFallacy considering mainline ''jubeat'' games are still in service?

** As the service for ''[=BeatStream=]'', another Bemani music game, was about to be terminated, Konami started crossing two [=BeatStream=] songs to Jubeat every week, continuing to do so even after the ''[=BeatStream=]'' service was terminated. The problem: ''[=BeatStream=]'' was never released outside Japan. One of the songs every week requires you to have played BeatStream once. The other requires you to have ''unlocked'' that song in BeatStream. The only other way to unlock these songs is ''local matching or Matching Select'' - unlike songs from earlier versions, not even digging Garnet cubes will let you unlock these songs. Can't find someone with the songs to local match with? Have fun repeatedly choosing Matching Select... and having your hopes crushed when you get matched with some beginner playing another licensed song again and again!

** After selecting a song on an online-enabled machine, you must wait 30 seconds for other players to join in. If you just wanna play by yourself, this can be a hassle.

** ''Megalara Garuda'', simply because it's rated level 10. Not just on Extreme, not just also on Advanced, but also on '''Basic'''. Even the hardest of other Basic charts only top out at leve 7!

** ''Beat Square'', the spinoff with gambling elements, got quite a bit of heat from Western fans, even though this doesn't mean anything for mainline ''jubeat'' just yet.

** ''Megalara Garuda'', simply because it's rated level 10. Not just on Extreme, not just also on Advanced, but also on '''Basic'''.

** ''Megalara Garuda'', simply because it's rated level 10. Not just on Extreme, not just on Advanced, but also on '''Basic'''.

** The rating scale over time has become less and less useful, due to the wide range of challenge present amongst level 10 charts. The fact that two songs have level 10 charts on ''Advanced'' and one song, "Megalara Garuda", has level 10 charts on Advanced and '''BASIC''', shows that the rating scale is effectively obsolete amongst top-end players.

** In ''Qubell'', unlocking "Megalara Garuda", the final boss of the Dig Rush event, marked a return to levels of challenge not seen since earlier games. To clear the special Risky Unlock Challenge needed to unlock this song, one had to score at least ''980,000 points'' out of 1,000,000 on the EXT charts of "time granular" (a tricky level 9), "ススススペースハリネズミ" (a level 10 miniboss with a nasty "hand-lock" hold note sequence) and any chart of "Megalara Garuda"... except that ''all'' of its charts are level 10, boss-grade charts![[note]]Fortunately, Konami has allowed the song to be unlocked by [[SocializationBonus matching]] with someone playing the song...[[/note]]

** The rating scale over time has become less and less useful, due to the wide range of challenge present amongst level 10 charts. The fact that two songs have level 10 charts on ''Advanced'' and one song, "Megalara Garuda", has level 10 charts on Advanced and ''BASIC'', shows that the rating scale is effectively obsolete amongst top-end players.

** Does ''Beat Square'' mean bad news for the ''jubeat'' series, or is that just a case of SlipperySlopeFallacy?

* BrokenBase: ''jubeat saucer''. A major part of the appeal comes from the massive songlist and constant additions of new content. A major part of the criticism stems from its monthly deletion of songs.

* InternetBackdraft: The Miley Cyrus pack seems to get quite a bit of this.

* SurpriseDifficulty: Do '''not''' let your guard down when playing cutesy songs such as [[Manga/GochuumonWaUsagiDesuKa Daydream Cafe]] or [[Manga/EngagedToTheUnidentified Tomadoi Recipe]]. You can fail the song as a result.

** ''SigSig'' EXT seems pretty average in difficulty for a level 9 chart. Near the end, the chart seems like it's winding down for the ending... then the player is faced with ''10 seconds of continuous 16th notes''. At least the pattern loops.

* ThatOneAttack: "Riot of Color" ends with a brutal run of 24th notes that requires superhuman note-reading ability and hand speed to do. And because it comes at the end, it can be a real score killer, since it can take a good chunk out of your possible 100,000 bonus points with very few notes afterwards to get them back.

* TheyJustDidntCare: STELLAR WIND's Extreme chart is the just the Advanced chart rotated 90° counter-clockwise and with one note removed. It's still rated 1 level higher than Advanced. Well, it really deserves the higher rating. That turn made it a lot more awkward to play.