beatmania US version

Gosh, so much hate in this thread. I'm not a IIDX veteran (I've only gotten my hands on the PSX 5-Key mixes...), but I'm in love with this game! The controller feels much better than the official 5-key controller I've been using, and all of the songs sound and play well ('Toxic' garage mix?!?). Not to mention the great value in the bundle (even if the game sucked, I'm still paying only $65 for a controller that would have set me back $100 elsewhere).

In short, I'm happy with my purchase.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I'm sure part of the lack of reasoning behind leaving some better songs out had to do with licensing issues/testing the water with cheaper licenses. It makes sense for Konami to save some money by using a bunch of Konami originals and only licensing a few outside songs, instead of taking a larger risk and giving the experienced players their favorite songs all over again. Remember the songlist for DDR Konamix?

Beatmania US is a great deal for those of us who don't have 100s of dollars to spend on importing the Jap versions. I'd love to get my hands on the Jap IIDX mixes, but that's way out of my budget...

There's nowhere I can't reach.