Rare/Expensive Bemani/rhythm games.

crux · 02-21-2008, 11:10 PM

My wife and I are heading to Japan for a wedding in less than two months, so while I'm there I plan to take full advantage of the fact that imports here in America aren't imports there. In other words, I plan to save some money. Save money by spending money. See how that works?

I've noticed that some titles are a bit harder to find, like the Best Hits titles for Pop'n and Beatmania. What else in the Bemani and general rhythm category should I keep an eye out for? For that matter, what other games might I save a bit of money on by buying them so close to the original source (ie. Japan)?

Shigekix · 02-22-2008, 12:13 AM

If you happen to stumble upon a copy of TOMOSUKE's "Marble" album you should definitely pick it up.

*bansatalus* · 02-22-2008, 11:29 AM

any copies of DDR Disney mix are a good buy although i'm sure they're likely to be about as hard to find

a SN2 arcade kit, hahaha

Arkaaito · 02-23-2008, 07:10 PM

I'd say ParaParaParadise.

Almost anything used will be less expensive there than here (but hard to find). However, reselling Bemani is not a profitable enterprise. Stick to the ones you want to have for yourself.*

(*Though if you bring back a PPP game + controller, I wouldn't say no...)

hooky -i- vanisher · 02-23-2008, 10:04 PM

Keyboardmania.

☼Pepe☼ · 02-24-2008, 05:30 PM

A BEMANI Pocket, perhaps?

General_Norris · 02-28-2008, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by les3454

Keyboardmania.

seconded

RVN-G · 02-29-2008, 06:45 AM

I would say the WonderSwan version of Beatmania.

What's impressive on this game were the songs were exactly what you'll hear like in the arcades/console (yeah, it's not crap MIDI). However, this game only has an monochrome version.

Jeff Paine · 03-02-2008, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by RVN-G

I would say the WonderSwan version of Beatmania.

What's impressive on this game were the songs were exactly what you'll hear like in the arcades/console (yeah, it's not crap MIDI). However, this game only has an monochrome version.

You can find BMWS on eBay all the time

But if you do for whatever reason get BMWS, make sure you get an original Wonderswan because the turntable doesn't fit on the SwanCrystal (and I'm not sure about WSC but I wouldn't take any chances)

And also get the headphone adaptor because the Wonderswan's internal speaker is probably the shittiest speaker in the whole world. But with headphones the sound really is amazing

RVN-G · 03-05-2008, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by UseMyExciter

You can find BMWS on eBay all the time

That, and of course, emulators (in which I actually played through).

But still, I guess nothing beats the experience of having it played on an actual WS with its snap-on turntable.

DeadManWalking7243 · 03-14-2008, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by hooky -i- vanisher

Keyboardmania.

5char

Mus!kBox · 04-04-2008, 01:32 AM

I don't want to make unnecessary threads so I'm just going to put this here...
I was bored and was browsing system16, and saw some pretty weird konami games, such as Popn' stage and DDR Karaoke Mix(wtf?) I'm sure this is old news to everyone, but has anyone ever actually seen those? Is it possible its still somewhere in the corners of Japanese arcades?

System 16 - Bemani Karaoke Hardware (Konami)

BemaniAK · 05-05-2008, 08:08 AM

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Originally Posted by !DayBreaker!

I don't want to make unnecessary threads so I'm just going to put this here...
I was bored and was browsing system16, and saw some pretty weird konami games, such as Popn' stage and DDR Karaoke Mix(wtf?) I'm sure this is old news to everyone, but has anyone ever actually seen those? Is it possible its still somewhere in the corners of Japanese arcades?

System 16 - Bemani Karaoke Hardware (Konami)

yeah, I think I stumbled upon a pop'n stage machine one time, I wasn't into bemani then so I took one look and said "dude, I'm 12, WAY too old for that stuff"
shame I didn't try, I would have gotten violently told.