History VideoGame / DJMAX

** Creator/{{Nexon}} Pack -- A DLC pack containing 21 songs representing a good number of Nexon's games.[[labelnote:List]]''[[https://bluearchive.nexon.com/?dr_url=-1 Blue Archive]]'', ''VideoGame/DungeonFighterOnline'', ''[[https://kartrider.nexon.net/en/announce KartRider]]'', ''VideoGame/{{Mabinogi}}'', ''[[VideoGame/{{Vindictus}} Mabinogi Heroes]]'', ''VideoGame/MapleStory'', ''VideoGame/MapleStory2'', ''[[http://www.nexustk.com/ NEXUS: The Kingdom of the Winds]]'', ''[[http://tales.nexon.com/ Talesweaver]]''[[/labelnote]] Also includes a Nexon-themed main menu skin and gear skin.

** ''Online'', ''Portable'', and ''Trilogy'' had Normal Style (NM), Hard Style (HD), Maximum Style (MX), Super Crazy Style (SC, Online and Trilogy only) and Redesign (RD, Portable only).

** ''Respect V'' has SC charts that are designed around keyboard play, and the missions that have XB charts are replaced with entirely different missions.

** Creator/{{Nexon}} Pack -- A DLC pack containing 21 songs representing a number of Nexon's games, including ''VideoGame/MapleStory'', ''VideoGame/{{Mabinogi}}'' and ''VideoGame/DungeonFighterOnline'', among others. Also includes a Nexon-themed main menu skin and gear skin.

** ''Respect V'' has a 7-player multiplayer mode in the works and exclusive SC charts that are designed specifically for keyboards (notice that SC charts have patterns that would not work on a conventional gamepad, such as chords on columns 1 and 3 in 6- and 8-Button modes).
* {{Vaporware}}: The ''[=ESTiMATE=]'' pack never came to furition. Instead [=ESTi=]'s remix of Yukiko's "Neon" was added for free and "Alice" and it's gear skin was bundled with the "Technika 3" pack.

** ''[=ESTiMATE=]'' Pack - The last of the second wave of collaboration DLC, announced on [[https://www.facebook.com/DJMAXglobalofficial/photos/a.220785858121261/947498188783354/ their Facebook page]] on November 2018.

** ''Respect''[='=]s initial song list has two (eventually three) songs that cross over from other games that [[RequiredSpinoffCrossover fall under Neowiz's publishing umbrella]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXSaYsP_vME "The Lost Story"]] is lifted straight from the now-defunct ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bless_Online Bless Online]]''[='=]s OST, complete with gameplay footage from said game as its music video, while Lena from ''Tap Sonic Top'' appears [[FreezeFrameBonus very briefly]] in [[https://youtu.be/FJiWn8TMP08?t=100 "Don't Die"]]. One of Lena's [[ImageSong image songs]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbYBwOsnoh4 "Tok! Tok! Tok!"]], is also in the game. There's also the ''V'' Extension Pack in ''Respect V'', which has ''TAP SONIC BOLD'' songs mixed in.

*** The Arcade mode song list was changed from a fix selection to [[RandomNumberGod random songs]] per stage in order to make "play 3 songs from the same game" Trophies not UnwinnableByMistake.

* UnwinnableByMistake: ''Respect'' has had a few day 1 DLC charts in the past that were impossible to [[FlawlessVictory Max Combo]] due to note placement. Namely, it was physically impossible to hit both left and right on the [=DualShock=] 4's d-pad at the same time, since they're not actually separate buttons. [[SubvertedTrope Some persistent players managed anyway]] by hitting one note, pausing and unpausing the game (which rewinds the song by 3 seconds), then hitting the other note. People with [[TakeAThirdOption a dedicated third-party controller or who remapped the buttons to accomodate the limitation]] had an even easier time working around this.

** ''Portable 3'' Pack -- Ports 22 songs from ''DJMAX Portable 3'', two ''Respect''-original songs, a "Hanz Up" themed skin, and a ''Portable 3'' main menu theme. The game's remix mode also makes a return as part of the pack's new missions. Lastly, two new songs were added to the base game for free - "glory day (Mintorment Remix)" and "glory day (JHS Remix)".

** Two of the three ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' DLC songs had their BPM changed to half of the original (200+ BPM) so that players didn't have to deal with insane scroll speeds.

*** A future update will add song categories to the rather lengthy Freestyle list of songs.

** ''Clazziaquai Edition'' had 2 button mode.

** Clazziquai and company would appear again in ''Technika''.

* SequelSong: "Never Die" is a direct follow-up to "Don't Die", with the same composer, BGA artist, and genre.

*** [=HAYAKO=]'s "U.A.D" does the same for video games, referencing ''DanceDanceRevolution'', ''{{Qix}}'', ''{{Twinbee}}'', ''GalsPanic'', ''BubbleBobble'', ''AceCombat'', and ''SuperMarioBros''.

* SomeDexterityRequired: Obviously, since it's a music game, but ''Respect'' has a more straightforward example. [[spoiler:XB mode. Good luck having your pointer fingers on L1 and R1, your middle fingers on L2 and R2, your thumbs on the face buttons, and trying desperately not to have the [=DualShock=] 4 controller slip through the remaining ring and pinky fingers.]]

** The MV for "Ventilator" in Trilogy has a similar style to stick fighting animations. When the song was brought back in ''Respect's'' Trilogy DLC, the ''splash screen'' gets a makeover in a crudely hand-drawn style, as well!

* UnwinnableByMistake: ''Respect'' has had a few day 1 DLC charts in the past that were impossible to [[FlawlessVictory Max Combo]] due to note placement. Namely, it was physically impossible to hit both left and right on the [=DualShock=] 4's d-pad at the same time, since they're not actually separate buttons. [[SubvertedTrope Some persistent players managed anyway]] by hitting one note, pausing and unpausing the game (which rewinds the song by 3 seconds), then hitting the other note. People with [[TakeAThirdOption a dedicated third-party controller]] had an even easier time working around this.

** JC of the R&B unit 3rd Coast also raps pretty well for someone based in South Korea.

* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Black Cat's'' [=MV=] is exactly like ''Glory Day'', but El is a bit more sinister. The crown and ''Respect'' logo are more red in the video, as well.

** A few different [=MVs=] qualify, but ''Kensei'' is a beautiful, colorful mess of typography and vector graphics.
** ''BLACK GOLD'' isn't nearly as colorful (as the title implies), but focuses on an elaborate Art-Deco pattern that gets increasingly, ''incredibly'' complex as time goes on.

* DoubleUnlock: ''Portable 2'', ''Fever'', and ''Trilogy'' have you leveling up and completing missions to unlock new characters, interface styles, and notes... or rather, ''the right to unlock them''! You then have to use Gold to be able to use them.

** The original music video for ''Ray of Illuminati'' was filled to the brim with this.

* GreenEyedMonster: The NB Rangers ("NB" being a {{pun}} on "envy"). A group of men presumably unable to get themselves significant others, they spend their days putting on {{Sentai}} transformations and beating the loving hell out of couples. The NB Girls are similar in origin, but their methods involve trickery and causing couples to break up due to the resulting [[PoorCommunicationKills miscommunication]]; at least the Rangers make it obvious that it's them causing trouble.

* NoEnding: The [=MV=] of ''[[https://youtu.be/ifrUmkn8Oz0 My Jealousy]]'' ends with the image consists of title of the song itself with the silhouette image of Marin (the blue angel girl) right after the scene where [[spoiler:Marin [[DivingSave rushed in to rescue the man (whom she always follow) when the truck was moving fast towards him on the street and he helplessly stared at the truck]]]]. Leading many fans to guess the ending by their own interpretations if [[spoiler:the man survives, thanks to Marin or she fails to save him]].

* SequelSong: ''Never Die'' is a direct follow-up to ''Don't Die'', with the same composer, BGA artist, and genre.

** Besides the {{cameo}}s, {{shout out}}s to other things not [=DJMAX=] appear in a few [=MVs=]. ''Hanz Up'' is notable, however, for having a ShoutOut to the song [[Music/ElectricSix "Gay Bar"]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1uiu3yUYUI in the MV]]; [[FreezeFrameBonus blink and you'll miss it]] (1:30).
** The ''NB Ranger'' series music videos are an AffectionateParody of ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' and ''Franchise/PowerRangers''.
** "Trilogy"'s ''Ventilator'' has a monochrome pixel art-styled video that looks a lot like [[TurnOfTheMillennium mid-2000s]] animated [=GIFs=] made in Easytoon, [[https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/108934?tags=ren_%28multilockon%29 like this one]].
** One to [=EZ2DJ=], the announcer will tell you [[HaveANiceDeath "You need more practice!"]] when you get a game over, similar to the tagline that shows up on the Game Over screen of the arcade game should you fail a stage.

*** The line shows up again in the music video for ''Don't Die''[[ItMakesSenseInContext right as a mobile gamer bows in front of a grave]]. Speaking of which, the entire video itself is one huge TakeThat at NintendoHard mobile games that are designed to sap the player's money through revival-based microtransactions.

** When "Heartbeat/Flutter" was introduced in ''Portable 2'', the English translation simply left it as ''Seoleim''. ''Taekwonburi'' is a big example, since it has yet to get an English title since it first debuted.

* VocalDissonance: ''sO [=mUCH=] iN [=LUV=]'' features 2 girls hanging out in its animation, yet JC, one of the vocalists for the song is male.

* WrongfullyAttributed: In VideoGame/{{O2Jam}} [[https://www.facebook.com/854841154678889/posts/1050993638396972/?d=n collaboration song pack]] for [=TWC=], ''Please Give Me a Lover'' (“애인을 내려주세요“ in Korean) isn’t originated from [=O2Jam=] itself, but more like originated from one of [=O2Jam=] series game which has VideoGame/AuditionOnline style animations, called ''VideoGame/PopStage''. [[https://youtu.be/NNu2H4vVyas Watch this for the evidence, especially if you’re not Korean]].

* BrandX: In ''Respect V'', the UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable that was depicted on loading screens for ''Portable'' and ''Portable 2'' songs [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1vDHHA7tos had its design genericized.]]

** The ''Taekwonburi'' duck as a statue in the background of ''Son of Sun''.
** The ''Hard to Start'' apple on a book in "First Kiss".
*** The ''Hard To Start'' faces appear in Lite Mode for ''Technika''... even in the International version, in which [[CutSong the song was cut due to licensing issues.]]
** ''NB Power'' in ''Portable 2'' is chock full of cameos, from the ''Light House'' animals to ''Ladymade Star'' + ''[=STORM=]''.

** The current background for ''Cherokee'' borrows the background sky from ''Rain+'' a song exclusive to the Korean version of Online. It also includes several references to ''Electro Sensibilibity'', another Online exclusive.
*** And yet no one has mentioned Blythe, which is probably the ultimate version of this trope. The video references (amongst others) ''Ask the Wind'', ''Piano Concerto No.1'', ''Eternal Memory'', ''Luv Flow'', ''Enemy Storm'', ''Triple [=ZOE=]'' and ''[=OUT LAW=]''. We even have a supposed ''VideoGame/{{EZ2DJ}}'' reference popping up like [[https://youtu.be/8Uakbdb8vxw the black haired girl with a katana (Named Santa Fe)from Black Market]], [[https://youtu.be/uKnj37E1k-I Hayate (the pink haired girl agent) from Tokyo 9 P.M.]] and [[https://youtu.be/QnwDrawvKf0 Caroline (the girl with semi long black hair) from JMJ]]
** ''Hello Pinky'' has Pinky turning into characters from ''Ask to Wind'' and ''Luv Flow''.
** ''[=BEE-U-TIFUL=]'' from ''Technika 2'' follows suit, with references to the wolves from both parts of ''Proposed, Flower, Wolf'', the aforementioned ''[=BlythE=]'', ''Dark Envy'', ''Eternal Fantasy'' and even a few of the series' composers.
** ''Glory Day'' in ''Respect'', the game's opening song, as well as ''Black Cat'', has characters from several [=MVs=] rising from a "Game Graveyard". The most obvious one and the one with the most screentime is a zombified El, the girl who appears as the "lead singer" in ''Portable'''s opening movie. According to WordOfGod (and some unlockable ''Clazziquai Edition'' DLC gallery pictures), the ''Glory Day'' version of El is called El Clear, while the ''Black Cat'' version is called El Fail, and the girl with the witch hat is called Play.

** The MV for ''Rolling Girl'' has the seal penguin... thing from ''Raise Me Up''.
** ''Respect'' has gear and notes based on almost all of the previous entries, excluding ''Ray'', and ''Online''. Trilogy's skin requires the DLC. There's even UI skins for the title screen!
** Outside of the ''DJMAX'' series, ''Tap Sonic Top'' has a few ''DJMAX'' characters appear as Stars the player can use. Namely, Suee from ''I Want You'' ([[SpellMyNameWithAnS as Sui]]), the two girls in the music video for ''In My Heart'' (as Shirley and Lupine, [[ArtShift in their original art style, no less]]).

** A number of games in the series has gear skins that are lifted almost wholesale from older entries' default gear skins. ''Respect'' takes this to its logical conclusion, being a celebration of the entire series in game form - main menu themes, truckloads of gear and note skins, and an expanding song list that will eventually represent every game.

** ''Portable 3'' Pack -- Ports 22 songs from ''DJMAX Portable 3'', two ''Respect''-original songs, a "Hanz Up" themed skin, and a ''Portable 3'' main menu theme. The game's remix mode also makes a return as part of the pack's new missions.

*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mySRjt6BPR0 "ALiCE"]] is one huge homage to the MagicalGirl genre. The song itself wouldn't sound out of place in a show of its genre, and the music video features a [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Madoka]] {{expy}} (and parts of the video evoke said show's surrealist animation), a DarkMagicalGirl [[Franchise/LyricalNanoha that needs rescuing]], and the Madoka expy [[Anime/YukiYunaIsAHero getting hospitalized by the end of the video]].

* ''[=DJMAX=] Online'' -- The original game, released as a freeware game on PC with additional pay-to-play content. The game plays suspiciously like ''VideoGame/{{beatmania}}'', though this is due to be being a [[FollowTheLeader clone]] of ''[=Ez2DJ=]'', which was even more like ''beatmania'' (complete with turntable) to the point where Creator/{{Konami}} [[ScrewedByTheLawyers stepped in and sued]]. Suffers from a partial case of NoExportForYou; you couldn't play the Korean version since you need a Korean residence number (which is a ''crime'' to falsify); you could play the Japanese and Chinese versions, but the Japanese version... is... well... in Japanese, with mostly Japanese players (which means good luck communicating to other players if you don't speak nihongo), and the Chinese version ran on a rather slow server. The latter two versions shut down some time ago.

** Also specifically parodied in the background video for "Don't Die".

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The background animation for "Light House" features a [[https://imgur.com/a/CURfk2C cameo]] of Hitler. Averted in ''Technika Tune'' and later, in which the track gets a new animation.

** ''VideoGame/{{Cytus}}'' ''α'' released with an unlockable [=DJMAX=] [[https://cytus.fandom.com/wiki/Chapter_DJMAX chapter]] containing ten songs spanning the series from ''Portable 1'' to ''Respect''. It remains to be seen whether or not ''Respect'' will have ''Cytus'' songs as future DLC in return.

** Most likely due to memory space issues, 8b mode in ‘’Portable 1’’ and ‘’2’’ use generic backgrounds instead of the usual [=MV=]s

* CopyProtection: Trilogy comes with a USB drive, which contains data needed to run the installation and the game itself, as well as save data.

** ''Portable 2'' has a particularly memorable one - if the game detects that you're not playing on official PSP firmware (e.g. homebrew or on an emulator), the game becomes an increasingly glitchy mess until it just flat out freezes.
** ''Respect V'' in PC requires a persistent internet connection to play, even in single-player.

** ''VideoGame/{{Chunithm}}'' Pack - [[https://www.facebook.com/DJMAXglobalofficial/photos/a.220785858121261/1033474483519057/?type=3&theater Announced]] on April 2019 as a future project.