Talk:Beatmania
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Second grammatical person is great for writing letters, but is unprofessional. Also, this work could easily be more concise. By "easily" I mean "if someone else does it." Sethimothy 11:45, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
- Second grammatical person gone soon. Jazzcello 22:47, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] beatmania title
I've edited this page so that "beatmania", lowercase, is used consistently throughout. This is consistent with other BM-related articles. I've also italicized the title throughout, which I believe is the proper styling (especially when dealing with lowercase titles at the beginning of a sentence). However, if I'm way off here, feel free to change it back and let me know. Typobox43 15:24, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] completeness
The article is called beatmania, and includes what appears at first glance to be a complete list, even including Gameboy, WonderSwan, and beatmania pocket versions, yet it doesn't mention IIDX beyond a note that beatmania US is based on it... There is a separate article for IIDX, but the way it's set up now, it denies that beatmania IIDX is even part of the series, despite having the same name and gameplay as beatmania, save for (literally) a couple of minor changes. This is like saying that Street Fighter Alpha and anything beyond it isn't part of the same series as Street Fighter II because it's an actual sequel and not just a level and character upgrade.
I added a couple sentences explaining that there were also eight IIDX games, but it was reverted within ten minutes, and I can't send a message to the resident guardian of the article, so I'm adding this note here.
- Beatmania IIDX is the successor to the original Beatmania, but it is not considered to be the same series, much like Beatmania III is not considered to be part of the Beatmania or Beatmania IIDX series. If this were the case, the Beatmania Gateway on Konami's official website would contain the Beatmania IIDX and Beatmania III games, which it does not. --Coredesat talk. ^_^ 00:38, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Importance
The DDR article is mid-importance. Considering how much influence this game had on the music game genre (if it weren't for BM, there would be no DDR, for instance), wouldn't this be deserving of mid-importance? --Coredesat talk. o_O 06:12, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
- I put low because Beatmania is certainly not a no. And besides, the fact that Beatmania inspired DDR and is pretty notable is why it reached low, but it's certainly not on the same level of importance as the DDR franchise. - A Link to the Past (talk) 06:30, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Playing the game.
I play one of those Beatmania games once in a while. Whenever I play, mostly I play the keyboard with one hand (my left) and the scratcher with the other (my right). Sometimes I see players play the keyboard part with BOTH hands. I wonder, is that appropriate? 61.9.126.41 12:10, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Added information of the two cabinet types
Information was provided and added about the two cabinet types, standard and mini- a picture of both (once open source shot can be taken) will be added.
Also added after "there are very few cabinets in the United States" the following phrase, many cabinets are now in the hands of arcade collectors or enthusiasts.
