Just Got Splash Beats!
at this time in IIDX's history, the themes oscillated between mechanical/heavily synthetic styles that played up the artists' love of hard techno, breakbeat, and gabber, and joyful/euphoric/glamour styles that favored those producing uplifting trance, happy hardcore, and house. on the heels of IIDX RED and its crimson arrays of looping architecture is Happy Sky, a celebration of the endless air above us and the cool water sustaining us. it know its enthusiasm is infectious; it dares you to deny it with that opening salvo of gorgeous skylines with a handscrawled "Happy?" superimposed on top.
with this entry the difficulty levels have been overhauled, with a new scale from 1-12 replacing the 1-8+ used in the series up to this point. the previously named Light7 and 7Keys charts have now been renamed to Normal and Hyper, which perhaps more accurately reflect the challenge of each given the overall difficulty creep since the early iterations. with these and a final few QoL updates to the menus, IIDX was now in effect as good as it would get for the remainder of its ps2 run. for trance-heads like myself, this package is one of the best in the series for that distinct flavor of uptempo kicks, punchy leads, and hypnotic arpeggios.
favorite tracks:
Ryu☆ - Aurora (TRANCE CORE)
A/I - CaptivAte～浄化～ (NOSTALISH REQUIEM)
SLAKE - GREEN EYES (BROKEN TEK)
Ryu☆ - in motion (CLICK HOUSE)
dj TAKA - INAZUMA (TRANCE)
D.J.SWAN - Love Magic (DRUM'N'BASS)
Sota Fujimori - PLASMA (SYNTHESIZED TECHNO)
dj REMO-CON - Pollinosis (HARD DANCE)
DJ MURASAME - Scripted Connection⇒ (TECHNO)
Tatsh&DAYBREAKERS NEXT - Twelfth Style (HAPPY EURO PARADISE)
Mr.T - vault of heaven (ELECTROSHOCK)
L.E.D. / Remixed by Ryu☆ - 合体せよ！ストロングイェーガー！！ (Ryu☆ remix) (HARD DANCE)
L.E.D. fw.堀澤麻衣子 - DAWN -THE NEXT ENDEAVOUR- (DRUM & BASS)
at this time in IIDX's history, the themes oscillated between mechanical/heavily synthetic styles that played up the artists' love of hard techno, breakbeat, and gabber, and joyful/euphoric/glamour styles that favored those producing uplifting trance, happy hardcore, and house. on the heels of IIDX RED and its crimson arrays of looping architecture is Happy Sky, a celebration of the endless air above us and the cool water sustaining us. it know its enthusiasm is infectious; it dares you to deny it with that opening salvo of gorgeous skylines with a handscrawled "Happy?" superimposed on top.
with this entry the difficulty levels have been overhauled, with a new scale from 1-12 replacing the 1-8+ used in the series up to this point. the previously named Light7 and 7Keys charts have now been renamed to Normal and Hyper, which perhaps more accurately reflect the challenge of each given the overall difficulty creep since the early iterations. with these and a final few QoL updates to the menus, IIDX was now in effect as good as it would get for the remainder of its ps2 run. for trance-heads like myself, this package is one of the best in the series for that distinct flavor of uptempo kicks, punchy leads, and hypnotic arpeggios.
favorite tracks:
Ryu☆ - Aurora (TRANCE CORE)
A/I - CaptivAte～浄化～ (NOSTALISH REQUIEM)
SLAKE - GREEN EYES (BROKEN TEK)
Ryu☆ - in motion (CLICK HOUSE)
dj TAKA - INAZUMA (TRANCE)
D.J.SWAN - Love Magic (DRUM'N'BASS)
Sota Fujimori - PLASMA (SYNTHESIZED TECHNO)
dj REMO-CON - Pollinosis (HARD DANCE)
DJ MURASAME - Scripted Connection⇒ (TECHNO)
Tatsh&DAYBREAKERS NEXT - Twelfth Style (HAPPY EURO PARADISE)
Mr.T - vault of heaven (ELECTROSHOCK)
L.E.D. / Remixed by Ryu☆ - 合体せよ！ストロングイェーガー！！ (Ryu☆ remix) (HARD DANCE)
L.E.D. fw.堀澤麻衣子 - DAWN -THE NEXT ENDEAVOUR- (DRUM & BASS)