DANCERUSH STARDOM (AC)

Well... it looks cool (probably in person, moreso), especially if that lightshow on the dance pad(?) is the exact same as we've seen in the videos, but looking at the cabinet itself, I can't help but feel like 1. it's gonna be cramped af if you decide to play with a friend, and 2. Konami had a bunch of leftover Kinect cameras laying around, since they don't make DanceEvo AC anymore, and they were like "How are we going to deal with this surplus we have?" and this was their solution.

I just have this bad feeling this is gonna be another Museca; once the initial coolness factor (in this case, the expensive nightlight/dance pad) wears off, no one's gonna care about this game, especially if this game is uber-simple a la Just Dance... if it ever get's a release, that is.

If Round1 exports this and not Nostalgia, I'm gonna be so mad. XD

The cabinet looks really sick. Is it just me or is that a BEMANI logo on the marquee?

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The game DOES have the BEMANI logo!

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... It's a BEMANI game. Why are we shocked at this.

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Because it wasn't being branded as one, at first.

Game is a rhythm game.
OP shows a flyer saying "Konami" on it.
OP shows a flyer with the eAmusement logo on it.

Let's just think about that for a moment.

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it didn't have a bemani logo before. that's new.

for a lot of people it was raising questions as to whether it meant the bemani brand was dying, but apparently not

The BEMANI brand won't die unless Konami says so. If everyone inside BEMANI leaves now? Konami will just find some new people to plug the gap and keep calling it "BEMANI". If every single member of staff left now, it wouldn't kill BEMANI.

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Well first, there was a lack of a Bemani logo in the original announcement, which puzzled people because people expected that if it was a Bemani game, it would have Bemani branding from the get-go. Second of all, I don't believe we've heard any news of Konami original songs- The polls at the beginning were just about licensed tracks, and so far they've only showed off licensed songs (I think at least, I'm not very well-versed in currently popular Japanese music). As for this talk about a Bemani logo, I can't find it in the earlier picture. I found a dark rectangle that seems like it would be the Bemani logo, but something about it seems... Off.

Oh well, this game looks pretty dank anyway. Why didn't Konami show us the machine from the get-go? I would have been sold from the start!

The game has 3 KO's so far. Don't you remember Wicked, Small Steps, and Don't Stop?
What's odd is how the songs don't have any artist names given save for the word "Original"...

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remember that nostalgia did the same thing with the bemani branding, so just because the lack of a bemani logo doesnt mean anything

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I did not know these. I stand corrected.

A better view of the cabinet itself (BEMANI logo confirmed), showing gameplay screen.

1. That gameplay screen looks a lot like CHUNITHM to me.
2. There's two players, but I can't see how that would work... It seems like one person takes up the width of the pad / screen.

People have been describing it as "Chunithm for your feet"...

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IIRC, one person stands in front of the other? Still a questionable design choice either way. Gotta say though, I'm digging that UI.

If the game really is "Chunithm for your feet", I'd probably give this a shot if it ever comes to Round1 (though I would absolutely love to try Chunithm, too, but I don't know if we'll ever get that. ^^; )

1. You need to be at least 3 panels wide to have any depth whatsoever.
2. If you're doing lateral gameplay, you MUST have some equivalent of mines, or other kinds of targets to keep the game interesting.
3. PUTTING P1 DIRECTLY BETWEEN P2 AND THE SCREEN IS VERY BAD DESIGN.

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https://twitter.com/deR_o10_fu/status/927075279826182146

New song list update, featuring some originals plus one that actually has an artist!
BUTTERFLY / kors k feat. ???

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