#eamusement

Ever seen your friends posting some neat BEMANI scores and wonder how they were doing it? Now you can too! This guide will help you share your scores to social media via the eAMUSEMENT app.

When you’ve signed into the app, an option will appear in most current BEMANI games other than MUSECA and Nostalgia. This option may be pressing a numpad key (IIDX/SDVX: “0”, DDR/popn: “1”) or tapping a Play Share “プレーシェア投稿” button on the REFLEC BEAT results screen. Doing this will save a screenshot to your account (in the App) for 24 hours only.

For jubeat (smartphone only, coming soon) and GITADORA, you will need to visit the game’s website, browse your play history, and choose which score you’d like to upload. jubeat stores 10 past scores, or 30 if you subscribe to the Basic Course, while GITADORA’s website seems to store an unlimited amount of song history!

But before all this, the first thing you’ll need to do is register your eAMUSEMENT Pass and linkit to a Japanese KONAMI ID. We help walk you through that here! If you’re not in Japan, creating a Japanese Google account or iTunes account is also needed to download the app itself. The latest version is only available on iOS 9 or higher and Android 4.2 or higher.

Unfortunately, there’s no way to save your screenshots to your device other than taking a screenshot of the screenshot, in the app, manually. Let’s dive right in:

  After signing into the eAMUSEMENT app, you’ll be greeted with the homepage

Tap the pink (Compose) button in the bottom-right to start writing a post

Tap the (Camera) button up top to choose an image from various sources

Next, touch the “プレーシェア” (Play Share) icon to choose your in-game screenshot Note: This option will be grayed out not allowing access if you do not have your KONAMI ID linked with the eAMUSEMENT app.

The other 3 options are “アルバム” (Phone’s Gallery) “写真撮影” (Camera) and “フォトフレーム” (Photo Frames)

Your saved images will be listed in order with the most recent on the left. Posted ones will be grayed-out. Tap on the image you want to share.

After choosing the image, tap the pink “決定” (Decide) button at the bottom to confirm. For now, you can only post one screenshot at a time.

  At the top of each post, you’ll see various icons. In order, they are: Screenshot, Game (auto-selected, but changeable), Poll, Play Location, Twitter, and Facebook

The social media options require you to authenticate using those accounts. On some devices, or if you’re not using the official apps for each, you might have trouble with this. Try to re-authenticate and make sure the icons are both blue. (White means not sharing)

Polls only show up in the eAMUSEMENT App, but they’re still fun to use! (The last option is to make votes anonymous)

You can also choose the arcade where you got the score, from your recent locations.

Type your status, throw in some hashtags, make sure your options are set, then tap the pink “投稿” (Post) button to finally post! You’ll be taken to the game’s feed.

Screenshot examples from each of the supported games can be found below!

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On 2016’s final BEMANI Namahousou, a.k.a. BEnama (BE生) plenty of guest composers were on hand, including (left to right)…

PON, DJ TOTTO, U1-ASAMi, Nekomata Master, (Tanaka-san), L.E.D., wac, Gekidan Record(!), and Sota Fujimori:

  Up first was the quick announcement of a new REFLEC BEAT Quest song, which will appear on Jan 1st:

MUSECA will also get 3 new songs and matching Graficas soon (no date revealed)

YATSUZAKI HARDCORE, friends of RoughSketch, got a jubeat and REFLEC BEAT plus pack as well this week:

In other jubeat plus news, Hold Notes have been added to the game, along with two charts featuring them. The 3 jukebeat free songs have also been ported to the Japanese version as a free download:

Finally, CHALLENGE SCRATCH 44 will debut on 12/30, with a new transplant song, PHQUASE’s RHYZING BEAT (from Qubell) :

The eAMUSEMENT App’s 3rd Anniversary has also brought a special present: Card Stickers! Available to download here:

  Finally, Sound Voltex’s qualifiers have started today, which means all BEMANI games have now started. Quiz Magic Academy has not, surprisingly…

As we already know, there are some bonuses available in IIDX, DDR, and GITADORA for participants:

A quick look back at the year’s past major events and releases:

Next up, everyone wrote their kanji-of-the-year:

L.E.D.: 忍 (shinobu) – ninja

Nekomata Master: 服 (fuku) – clothes

And, nyan…

wac: 鬱 (utsu) – depressed

DJ TOTTO: 初 (hatsu) – first

Gekidan Record: 水 (mizu) – water

U1-ASAMi: 挑 (idomu) – try/challenge

PON: 参 (san) – join/arrive

Sota: 失 (shitsu) – loss

  And up to the year’s main event, the BEMANI MUSIC AWARDS 2016!

First up: User ranking (from the eAMUSEMENT App)

3rd place was a tie – but congrats to ARM and Attack The Music vocalist Nicole Curry!!!

Triple Counter took the 1st place spot, but there was no one to receive the award!

Next up was Konami/BEMANI staff’s ranking:

Wait a sec, 1st place again?! Congrats!

Due to the surprise result, PON instead sang a karaoke version of Good bye, Summer!

Finally, the SUKI MUSIC Ranking TOP 30 for the entire year:

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Before the #1 spot was revealed, a quick PICK UP! was announced:

AND THEN AKHUTA DID A THING:

Congrats to him for his 2nd PICKUP! award:

Finally, the top spot went to the 5th KAC REFLEC BEAT Boss song, Rebellio!

DJ TOTTO proudly accepted the award…

…and then treated viewers to an interesting freestyle rap version of the song:

As a surprise, Tanaka-san got the “BEnama Staff Choice – Best MC” Award:

Of course, he had to sing, and there’s only one song that it could possibly be…

FLOWER:

Finally, the whole crew performed 恋歌疾風！かるたクイーンいろは from pop’n music:

  And that’s all for this year!

If you’ve read this far, thank you so much for following our news, BEMANI, and BEnama coverage this year. It’s been a pleasure! 2017 will be even better, so check back regularly! And of course, don’t forget to follow us on Twitter for the latest updates!

  See you!~

We teased and promised DDR A news today, so here it is! It’s a pleasure to reveal information regarding Dave & Buster’s North American and Canada location news with the community!

First off, all games should be delivered sometime this week or next week, depending mostly on how far from the Port of Los Angeles each location is. They did leave the port last Friday. The game is entirely localized into English and there are English language songs other than the high profile licensed songs from Konami. eAMUSEMENT cards will be available at each location for $5.00 at the front desk and the eAMUSEMENT service will have players play in events and tournaments with others throughout the world. When players clear the notable conditions for Extra Stage, players can also participate in Extra Savior and Extra Exclusive events. The new feature, “Folder Lamp” is newly added, making it easier to track completed song folders. The game will cost 6.8 chips to play (3.4 chips on Wednesdays!) and will require two swipes for Premium play. PASELI will be disabled. Also, since this game is not a redemption game, Dave & Buster’s Power Hour applies to DDR A!

Dave & Buster’s Locations receiving DDR A

ADDISON, IL

ALBANY, NY

ARCADIA (SANTA ANITA), CA

BRAINTREE, MA

DALLAS, TX

DULUTH (GWINNETT), GA

EULESS, TX

FRISCO, TX

GLENDALE, AZ

HONOLULU, HI

HOUSTON (GALLERIA), TX

IRVINE, CA

ISLANDIA, NY

LAWRENCEVILLE, GA

LA/HOLLYWOOD, CA

LA/WESTCHESTER, CA

MILPITAS (SAN JOSE), CA

NASHVILLE, TN

NY/TIMES SQUARE, NY

ONTARIO, CA

ORANGE, CA

ORLAND PARK, IL

ORLANDO, FL

PHILADELPHIA, PA

ROSEVILLE, CA

SAN DIEGO, CA

SPRINGFIELD, VA

VERNON HILLS, IL

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA

WESTBURY, NY

In addition, Dave & Buster’s will be rolling out DDR A to some of their new locations that are opening later this year, including a new location in Oakville, ON (Toronto)! If DDR A turns out to be successful, Dave & Buster’s will be adding it to more locations next Summer.

The game will feature over 650 songs including popular licensed North American Tracks that will be available globally:

Believe / Chaos Featuring CeCe Peniston

Break Free / Ariana Grande feat. Zedd

Happy / Pharrell Williams

Hillbilly Shoes / Montgomery Gentr

I Want You To Know / Zedd feat. Selena Gomez

Shut Up and Dance / Walk The Moon

Time Of Our Lives / Pitbull

Wake Me Up / Avicii

For more information regarding DDR A at Dave & Buster’s – please check the official page http://www.daveandbusters.com/dance-dance-revolution-a

Enjoy 🙂

With DanceDanceRevolution A being scheduled for July (sorry June!) for both North American Round 1 and Dave & Buster’s, it has been widely known for sometime now that all United States based Round 1 locations will be receiving DDR A this month, but just little info has been given on the Dave & Buster’s side of the fence – and many people still believe this to be a rumor still after our initial announcement.

Great news, ahoy! Dave & Buster’s informed us that the last container of DDR A was released from the Port of Los Angeles this morning headed to stores! Feeling uneasy and foaming at the mouth anxiously waiting if your location will be getting a crispy pearly white cabinet? On Tuesday, July 5th, we’ll be sharing with you the information you’re looking for on machine locations, eAMUSEMENT and localization specifics!

We’ll be bringing you Round 1 DDR A release information as soon as it’s ready.

So go ahead, enjoy your 4th of July weekend!

This English translation ‘how to’ is going to teach you how to add PASELI credit to your eAmusement pass to use in various Konami games. PASELI (Pay Smart Enjoy Life) is a digital currency used in Japan which can be used for payments on games as well as microtransactions, and more across select eAmusement enabled games. PASELI was branded in 2010 after the previous Konami currency, Konami COIN was discontinued. Konami COIN never transferred to PASELI credit unfortunately. beatmania IIDX 18 Resort Anthem was the first Bemani title to support PASELI, and since then, every game after was supported.

Getting Started:

If you have yet registered for a Japanese eAmusement account/Konami ID, you need to start there. Follow our English translation here to get started!

What you should have on hand is either a PASELI prepaid card, Japanese supported credit card (Visa, MasterCard, JCB), or BitCash electronic currency to add to your balance.

After logging in with your Konami ID on the PASELI homepage, you’ll want to scroll down until you’re given a few options and pricing in yen.

First section: If you have a PASELI card (Japan only) you can enter your characters on the back of the card to redeem. PASELI vending machines can be found around Japanese arcades.

Second section: Payments with a Japanese credit card (クレジットカード) or BitCash is most likely what you’re looking for. BitCash will need to be purchased elsewhere for different amounts up to 5,000￥. 500￥ equals 500 P (PASELI credit).

For players who want to add credit with BitCash, check the amount of BitCash you recently purchased next to the specific yen amount and click on the green button to accept the agreement, select BitCash, and click on the green button once more.

  Enter in the 16 hiragana BitCash code and click on the green button to approve. Click once more to confirm the purchase.

Your account now has been loaded with PASELI currency.

Your PASELI history addition and deduction for each month and game can be seen here.

Supported titles:

beatmania IIDX 18 Resort Anthem through beatmania IIDX 23 copula

beatmania IIDX INFINITAS

BeatStream

DanceDanceRevolution X2 through DanceDanceRevolution A

DanceEvolution ARCADE

GuitarFreaksXG2 & DrumManiaXG2 through GITADORA Tri-Boost

jubeat knit through jubeat prop

MÚSECA

pop’n music 19 TUNE STREET through pop’n music éclale

REFLEC BEAT throughREFLEC BEAT VOLZZA

SOUND VOLTEX BOOTH through SOUND VOLTEX III GRAVITY WARS

ミライダガッキ FutureTomTom and ミライダガッキ FutureTomTom Ver.2

Other:

Other benefits of PASELI is a monthly charge of 321 P to use a premium version of the eAmusement site and specific game titles. With the subscription, you’ll have the ability to add rivals across supported games, check your play data and other game info available for each game.

Benefits for each PASELI enabled game can be seen here: http://paseli.konami.jp/play.html

With Round 1 locations popping up in the United States and more to come, as well as select Dave & Buster’s locations that will soon have access thanks to DanceDanceRevolution A, The United States has been able to take part in Konami’s eAMUSEMENT service. The online service operated by Konami, is used primarily for online functionality on their arcade games. The system is used to save progress and unlockable content between games, participate in internet high score lists, access other exclusive features depending on the game and so much more. The system uses a user account and a card along with a unique PIN to access the network per game. This how-to will get you through registering an account and eAMUSEMENT pass so you can get started.

Getting started:

Start by visiting the eAMUSEMENT registration page

Note: If you want to take full advantage of your eAMUSEMENT account and gain access to PASELI features, keep the Japan country/region from the drop down box and proceed

  Fill out your information as needed in order:

KONAMI ID (must be all lowercase, include an underscore as well as a number)

“メールアドレス” Email address

“パスワード” Password

“秘密の質問” Security question – Options: *Mothers maiden name, *Father’s birthplace, *Name of your middle school, *Food you dislike, *Your elementary school teachers name

Note: You might need to enter some data for the security and Q&A section in Japanese.

“当社からのお知らせ” Want updates from the company? Option: *Yes, *No

  “ニックネーム” Nickname

“性別” Gender – Option: *Male, *Female

“生年月日” Birthday

“血液型” Bloodtype

“住んでいる地域” Area in your region

Image authentication

Click the red button at the bottom of the page to accept

You’ll be sent a confirmation Email to the address you provided, check your Email, click the link to activate and you’ll now be able to login to the eAmusement homepage.

  eAMUSEMENT tab:

      Adding a card:

Add your card here on the eAMUSEMENT pass page

Enter your 16 digit number on the back of your eAMUSEMENT pass

Choose a 4 digit PIN number

If you want the option to enable PASELI support, select “PASELIを利用する” (top option) if you do not wish to enable it, select “PASELIを利用しない” (last option).

Click the red button to complete

  Removing an eAMUSEMENT pass:

Remove your card here on the eAMUSEMENT pass page

With your eAMUSEMENT pass attached to your card, you should see your card number in the field next to the pink “参照中” text meaning it is currently set as your primary card.

Select the red button “切り離し選択” on the right to detach the card from your account.

  Switching to a new primary card:

Switch your card here on the eAMUSEMENT pass page

Note: You’ll need two cards already attached to your account in order for the second to appear

The top card will show your primary card currently and the bottom is your secondary.

Click the red button “切り替え選択” to change your primary pass on file.

  Transfer data to a new eAMUSEMENT pass:

Transfer card data here on the eAMUSEMENT pass page

Your primary card will be displayed at the top, so enter the 16 digit card number on your new pass below that

Click the red button “確認する” to accept the transfer

  Change your PIN:

Change your PIN here on the eAMUSEMENT pass page

Enter your new PIN in both boxes

Click the red button “内容を変更する” to confirm the change