
The needle is actually based on scroll speed, just one more little touch that makes the theme that much cooler: When playing with 2 players, the Speedometer shows 2 gauges, each displaying the currently-selected song’s level. Instead we got a nice blend of copula, DJ TROOPERS, and DistorteD, with lots of neat mechanical parts and car-related items mixed in:

The racing theme isn’t in-your-face at all. To be honest, I was skeptical about the theme at first, but it turned out MUCH better than expected. Confirmed with Staff, don’t get on us abut this.) So let’s check out the cabinet!Īs usual, STANDARD and FREE (FREE+ for 2 players) were available, with a standard credit costing double the normal rate: Interestingly enough, this time around, despite the “No Photos” icon on the cabinet, taking pictures was actually not forbidden (Really.
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Wed: TIME FREE & TIME FREE PLUS Modes available Pacemaker can be set to display shop ranking tiers/borderlines New Shop (Arcade) Ranking: Stars added, similar to weekly ranking stars.The game’s theme obviously has plenty of racing-inspired elements, as evidenced by the official poster, drawn by none other than GOLI:Īs usual, a signboard displayed the major new features and changes: As there’s only one cabinet to play on, it took almost 7 hours for our turn…but, we made it!
Last year, we had #82, and this year…ĥ1, not too bad. We’re also giving live updates on Twitter, so be sure to follow us there if you aren’t already!Īs with almost every other BEMANI location test, random-numbered tickets are given out to determine the day’s play order.

Just announced 2 days ago, beatmania IIDX 25 CANNON BALLERS is the latest entry in one of Konami’s most popular music simulation game, and of course, we’re here at the location test in Japan to bring you all the latest news as it happens.
