A real-time DJ simulator that requires players to press
keys arranged similar to a piano and/or spin a turntable and/or pressing a pedal when instructed by falling dashes. Three versions currently exist: beatmania (having
5 keys and a record), beatmania IIDX (adding two keys, current
game being produced), and beatmania III (5 keys, a record, and a pedal).
People playing the
game seem
like they have no lives, as it takes awhile to play without looking at the controller and to spin the turntable efficiantly. There is one US release of beatmania to date and the release was not as accepted compared to Guitar Hero II, released around the same time, so the only way to get better songs is to import the games.
Rob: You wanna play beatmania?
Bob: No way, man. That
game is so rediculously
hard.
Rob: Ah, well, I'll be passing Mei on another if you need me.