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Fixed for milkage

DJ Hero Tiesto was the same horrific vision I had.

 

[Flynn]

What it really needs to be is Wave Twisters.

Here's video.

 

[Burai]

I'm well up for DJ Hero: Hacienda Edition.

Activision better have Hooky on the phone right now making it happen.

 

[8bit]

I'm well up for DJ Hero: Hacienda Edition.

Activision better have Hooky on the phone right now making it happen.

DJ Hero - Graeme Park

 

[Stop It]

I'm holding out for Triangle Hero.

Baldrick on the front cover? if so Day 1 for me.

 

[pswii60]

I'm holding out for Triangle Hero.

Cowbell Hero

I'm well up for DJ Hero: Hacienda Edition.

Activision better have Hooky on the phone right now making it happen.

I'd buy it day one.

 

[Porridge]

Something sounds off about "DJ Hero"... I've never heard a skillful DJ be called a DJ Hero. But Hendrix, Paige, Slash... those guys are "guitar heroes."

DJ aficionados, am I mistaken?

 

[pswii60]

Something sounds off about "DJ Hero"... I've never heard a skillful DJ be called a DJ Hero. But Hendrix, Paige, Slash... those guys are "guitar heroes."

DJ aficionados, am I mistaken?

Well, as Indeep once sang.. "Last night, a DJ saved my life...". Pretty heroic if you ask me.

DJ Hero Tiesto was the same horrific vision I had.

Milking it with a milked DJ? Tiesto need to retire, he's gone to shit since 2003 (at least).

 

[itsgreen]

this could be cool.

 

[MadFuzzy]

I wonder if it'll be closer to IIDX or CrackinDJ.

I'd hope it'd be more like Crackin' DJ as it's closer to proper DJing than Beatmania. It's a shame it never got released outside Japan, but what I played of it at the time was quite fun.

Some clips:

Rumble Storm
In Chaos
A bit of Let's Go Away from Daytona

 

[Dina]

It could be good, depending on the soundtrack. Trance/techno over rap any day of the week.

 

[Matt_C]

I just hope someone picks up the Daft Punk license and create this amazing DJ/sequencing game using a near realistic sequencer controller with an inexpensive GBC esque LCD and a backlight interface mode if the player(s) does well during the gameplay.

If that game comes out in the arcades, I just hope the cabinet would look like something from the Alive 2007 tour.

 

[SaggyMonkey]

Hoping it's more similar to spinning/mixing than Bemani was. That was always more like a quasi-piano interface with way too many dashes to keep track of for a mainstream audience.

 

[TONX]

This franchise after a few years:

 

[SaggyMonkey]

This franchise after a few years:
(MILK PIC)

Right, and of course that's unique behavior:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatmania#Titles_list

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Dance_Dance_Revolution_games

 

[BishopLamont]

Right, and of course that's unique behavior:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatmania#Titles_list

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Dance_Dance_Revolution_games

That's what you call some good milking.

 

[SaggyMonkey]

That's what you call some good milking.

Mmmm...Hmmmm... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance_Dance_Revolution_Disney_MIX

"Macho macho duck
Oh he's a manly sensation
Macho macho duck
He's a macho macho duck"

 

[Remy]

I just hope someone picks up the Daft Punk license and create this amazing DJ/sequencing game using a near realistic sequencer controller with an inexpensive GBC esque LCD and a backlight interface mode if the player(s) does well during the gameplay.

Ableton Live: The Game?

I would throw up my hands and scream about how Activision is going to ruin a particular subset of the music game world I've been in love with for six years now, but - it was going to happen anyhow, wasn't it?

Konami really fucked up Beatmania US in every sense of the word. Here's a game with (at that point) eight years and probably twenty game release, that had achieved a noticeable progression and evolution over the years. It's ripe for US release. So what does Konami do?

- Bring back music from the original 1998 versions, stuff that no one in the US has any interest in.
- Bring back gameplay mechanics from 1998. Free Scratch mode died for a reason.
- Change a handful of notecharts for absolutely no reason.
- Following the tradition started by DDR, refuse to make any licensed songs difficult.
- Hide away the hardest difficulty setting, making it an unlock. Konami's not the only company to have ever done this, but that doesn't excuse it.
- Fuck up their grading mechanics. IIDX has always followed a very logical scoring algorithms, which is why IR sites have been so popular. But hmm. Americans. What to do about those Americans? I know - let's inflate every grade by one level for exactly no reason. I don't know if it was meant to be social commentary on the education system over here or what, but it was one of those things that dumbfounded the community.

So, whatever, let Activision and Neversoft come in and try. We won't ever see a proper IIDX over here (outside the arcades), and we won't ever see DJ Max get localized either.

 

[Nisa65]

I'd hope it'd be more like Crackin' DJ as it's closer to proper DJing than Beatmania. It's a shame it never got released outside Japan, but what I played of it at the time was quite fun.

Some clips:

Rumble Storm
In Chaos
A bit of Let's Go Away from Daytona

I'm a long time IIDX player but that's the first time I've actually seen Crackin' DJ, would love to get my hands on it.

 

[Doc Evils]

I await for Porn Hero.

 

[TheGreatDave]

I'd be all over this. I don't care if some other game already does it in arcades, the more music games the better.

 

[Spider_Jerusalem]

Why not just DJ for real? I've been DJing most of my life, but I also play piano and guitar and I know which is the easiest to learn.

Because people just wants a video game? I myself play guitar and bass, but i find Guitar Hero to be very enjoying in a different way from the real thing. And one of my best friends, a drummer, can't wait for Rock Band to come here in Europe for playing the drums controller.

 

[Chris Michael]

Looks like Activision is going to milk their goldmine for all its worth.

 

[shintoki]

...Konami...Stop missing the boat already.:lol
Then again, Guitar Hero is a far better game then Guitar Freaks. So I should have hope...but...I mean It works with normally more Techno music and such. And they are probably gonna give us **** main stream rap:lol

 

[Segata Sanshiro]

Mmmm...Hmmmm... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance_Dance_Revolution_Disney_MIX

"Macho macho duck
Oh he's a manly sensation
Macho macho duck
He's a macho macho duck"

YOU SHUT YOUR FILTHY HOOKER MOUTH ABOUT MACHO DUCK

 

[SaggyMonkey]

YOU SHUT YOUR FILTHY HOOKER MOUTH ABOUT MACHO DUCK

You need a plaque or something. I think that's my favorite response, ever, to anything I've ever said on here.

 

[qirex]

I'd hope it'd be more like Crackin' DJ as it's closer to proper DJing than Beatmania. It's a shame it never got released outside Japan, but what I played of it at the time was quite fun.

Some clips:

Rumble Storm
In Chaos
A bit of Let's Go Away from Daytona

Damn that's pretty cool, I have no clue why people consider Beatmania and DJMAX as "DJ" games, they're just pres butan in pattern games with "dj" controllers.

 

[Stinkles]

This may be fun to play, but how can it be fun to watch?

 

[eudaemonic]

YOU SHUT YOUR FILTHY HOOKER MOUTH ABOUT MACHO DUCK

 

[Coin Return]

This has the potential to be great, great fun. I'll keep an eye out.

 

[2DMention]

At least it'll be a DJ game that won't be so fucking hard.

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

What it really needs to be is Wave Twisters.

Here's video.

If there was ever a more applicable "End Thread" I've never seen it.

 

[I AM JOHN!]

As Guitar Freaks >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Guitar Hero

No, that is an opinion, and a shitty one too.

Anyway, I have a feeling that this just Activision doing the same thing that they did with Drum Villain, Drum Hero, and Guitar Villain - they don't intend to actually make them, but want to make sure that no one else can.

 

[Struct09]

Still waiting for Band Hero, Drum Hero, and others they trademarked a while ago.

Did they actually trademark the name "Band Hero"? That would be a shitty name for a game.

 

[edwardslane]

ohh wow i feel bad for konami..

I assumed guitar freaks in japan was guitar hero over here.. just activision did the publishing and neversoft the translation/north americanization..

Konami lost out on billions by not bringing out guitar freaks to north america if that's the case.

I remember hearing about guitar freaks long before guitar hero.

Ohh well sucks to be a Konami shareholder..

 

[dog$]

I have no clue why people consider Beatmania and DJMAX as "DJ" games, they're just pres butan in pattern games with "dj" controllers.

The companies might, but I don't think a majority of people who actually play the games do. I know I don't.

At least it'll be a DJ game that won't be so fucking hard.

IIDX would be boring if it wasn't difficult.

I assumed guitar freaks in japan was guitar hero over here.. just activision did the publishing and neversoft the translation/north americanization..

Ohh well sucks to be a Konami shareholder..

Ah, Nintendo fans.

 

[SaggyMonkey]

IIDX is boring BECAUSE it's too difficult.

 

[Mason]

I always thought Hip-Hop Hero would be badass. It'd probably have to be mature rated because of some of the lyrics but I think it'd be fun. Accessories would be cheap too; all you need is one mic (lol).

 

[XHitoshuraX]

So Konami is a great company huh?

 

[dog$]

Yeah, they sure are. Finger on the pulse of the industry and all that.

IIDX is boring BECAUSE it's too difficult.

I don't understand how having less stuff to do makes something more interesting.

 

[AlexMogil]

Obligatory:

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/activision_reports_sluggish_sales

 

[TheChaos]

I loved the idea of all the Bemani games, but absolutely abhored the music. It was fun for five seconds until my red blood cells began to reject Boom Boom Dollar.

I take it you've never played any Bemani games past the first few DDR mixes.

 

[Ike]

LAAAAAMMMMMMEEEE

 

[Hcoregamer00]

Fuck this. Give me keyboard hero.

Fuck that, I want my Orchestra game.

60 instrument mutiplayer :lol

 

[Flynn]

I take it you've never played any Bemani games past the first few DDR mixes.

In L.A. we had several arcades with Guitar Freaks, Drum Mania, Para Para Paradise, Pop'N Music, etc. Played 'em all. Disliked nearly all of the music. I also have the semi-recent home version of Beatmania.

Admittedly, later on the DDR games had some decent contemporary music, but it was a case of too little to late.

 

[BeEatNU]

I luv how everyone is getting all bitchy about this :lol.

 

[TheChaos]

Admittedly, later on the DDR games had some decent contemporary music, but it was a case of too little to late.

Then what would make the Taiko and Parappa games have better music, hmm?

 

[bjork]

I await for Porn Hero.

North Pole Enterprises needs to make video games.

Can you imagine the combos in a Peter North game? :lol

 

[Flynn]

Then what would make the Taiko and Parappa games have better music, hmm?

Well, I'd say that along with Katamari Damacy, Parappa had the best pop music ever created specifically for a game. Taiko's music was tolerable, with highpoints.

 

[djtiesto]

I'll be interested in it depending on whether or not it's more like real DJing and less like Bemani, and whether or not the tracklist is to my taste (i.e. EDM not rap and reggae)

Milking it with a milked DJ? Tiesto need to retire, he's gone to shit since 2003 (at least).

ISOS6 is pretty much considered his best mix album since 3... now if you replaced this with Armin I would have to agree.