english games?

ITGmaster18 · 10-09-2007, 07:16 AM

yea im gonna buy a japanese ps2 soon so i can enjoy some IIDX and pop'n and i was wondering how much of the games are in english, would i be able to play both series and be able to find my way through the game easily or is it heavily loaded with japanese text? im assuming its english but i just wanna make sure :P thanks

tornupsock · 10-09-2007, 07:44 AM

You will be fine for IIDX. Pop'n might be a bit harder for some of the extras, but a little trial and error never hurts.

Edit: Oh wait. Almost all of the songs are in Japanese on the scroll if I remember. Either way, no need to fret about this: unlike IIDX (and very like DDR), Pop'n has banners and song demos during song selection.

ITGmaster18 · 10-09-2007, 07:51 AM

ok thanks for the info

Empathy · 10-09-2007, 08:30 AM

Popn is a little more difficult at first, as stated, but there are previews and such. I don't find either of these games as difficult to navigate/operate as GF/DM, but hey they're music games, they shouldn't be too hard once you get used to them.

ITGmaster18 · 10-09-2007, 08:43 AM

yea i wanted a little change from playing just stepmania and ddr/itg and o2jam/djmax so i figured i would go straight to the real deal iidx :3

Dreamcube017 · 10-09-2007, 09:05 AM

I haven't played much Pop'n, but yeah, IIDX is probably 60+% in English,.

Hey.... real deal.... What do you mean by that? DJ Max and O2 (and Burst a fever) are just as real.... and harder in some cases.

ITGmaster18 · 10-09-2007, 09:46 AM

cause i might be wrong but im pretty sure beatmania was the first music game of its kind, so its not in any way a rip off so it is the "real deal" as i put it :P

PolarisIIDX · 10-10-2007, 02:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Dreamcube017

Hey.... real deal.... What do you mean by that? DJ Max and O2 (and Burst a fever) are just as real.... and harder in some cases.

By real deal he I think he means "not bullshit imposters." And there are BMS files that are much harder than any official song in IIDX, but what does that have to do with anything?

And to the OP: you will have no problem navigating the IIDX menus even without knowing any Japanese.

ITGmaster18 · 10-10-2007, 03:45 AM

so which version should i buy first? after i buy a japanese ps2 im probably gonna but 2 iidx games, everyone seems to like happy sky so i guess thats one, idk about the other though

oh and does anyone else think it would be funny if someone went up to lisu and was like "check this out!!!" and they played donkey konga, and then lisu is like "CHECK THIS OUT!!!!" and he does he thing, the other person then dies at that moment

PolarisIIDX · 10-10-2007, 04:11 AM

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Originally Posted by ihearttehshecks

so which version should i buy first? after i buy a japanese ps2 im probably gonna but 2 iidx games, everyone seems to like happy sky so i guess thats one, idk about the other though

oh and does anyone else think it would be funny if someone went up to lisu and was like "check this out!!!" and they played donkey konga, and then lisu is like "CHECK THIS OUT!!!!" and he does he thing, the other person then dies at that moment

I don't know your experience with the game, but I would go with DistorteD for one because it's new and has the song bluemoon. For the other style, I'd either suggest Happy Sky or 10th for the song Garden.

Oh, and no, I don't think that would be funny.

ITGmaster18 · 10-10-2007, 04:22 AM

me=lame

Bert2DX · 10-10-2007, 06:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Dreamcube017

DJ Max and O2 Jam are just as real.... and harder in some cases.

You mean all those 10000 note charts that not even the autoplay can do? Hell, anyone can make something like that and say its harder than IIDX.

Dreamcube017 · 10-11-2007, 08:25 AM

Well ok, I suppose that's true.

And yeah I do think IIDX did come out before them. But O2 and DJ max still have good things. IIDX does look better though as it's been around longer.

ITGmaster18 · 10-11-2007, 08:35 AM

yea o2jam looks nice and djmax has some fun charts, but iidx has the most songs :P

Dreamcube017 · 10-11-2007, 09:47 AM

I know. There is a new one that came out around last year that I JUST figured out how to play. Burst A Fever looks VERY nice and has some pretty good songs on it. It has promise...

On topic:

I have 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, and 13th and out of those, 10th and 13th are the best. 12th is ok, but not too many songs I like on there. 11th is ok but not all that many songs I like, more than 12th. 13th Style seems to have songs that sound a bit stranger or have a bit more interesting and odd melodies and beats than the others do... I guess that's because it's... well... DistorteD. xD
10th has a lot of good songs. I like Back Into the Light, that Coded Arms song, and tons of other songs there too.