13-AUG-07 Survive in Area 15

Last Wednesday the location test of BeatMania IIDX 15 Operation DJ Troopers has started. It will end next week and I wonder what all the Japanese players will be saying about this game.
After releasing Happy Sky CS we had Test Location of Gold in America. Everyone wondered what IIDX number 15 would look like or what the name would be.

I have to say that for me the name of the game made me say “This ain’t IIDX”. But after some time I had to admit that this will be the official name of the game. It really sounds like a name for a war game (or FPS game). I know the two letters D and J still stand in the name…but look at the poster. All the previous games had nice/cute people there. If I ever get a double A I will get a picture of an armed person in camouflage uniform? Or just a cute little girl with big guns?

The theme is dark and greenish. It is true that it is more “alive”. It has special effects added to the theme. The color of the effects is mostly light green and it flashes on the screen pretty brightly. Oh you know that the sudden “wall” is now camouflaged? Still it seem not to fit the game. I have to say it is original…but it brings on more questions. What the songlist will look like?