Konami had a build of Pop ‘n Music for me to check out. I played it and fans should know it’s North American debut is very different from the arcade game.

Konami will release Beatmania IIDX 16 Empress + Premium Best on October 15. The latest Beatmania game contains tracks from Empress, a small selection of songs from IIDX 17 Sirius, and a ton of classics.

Before Guitar Hero was a hit and Rock Band was a billion dollar franchise Working Designs attempted to bring Konami’s Bemani music game Guitar Freaks overseas.

Konami sort of brought Pop ‘n Music outside of Japan. Beat ‘n Groovy was a localized version of the arcade music game that perplexed newcomers and alienated fans with its art style. Perhaps, Konami is seriously thinking about bringing the original series overseas.

Jubeat, better known in the States as UBeat, is Konami’s latest music game evolution. The arcade game replaces plastic instruments with 16 versatile buttons. Audio cues and flashing icons let players know which button to hit. While not widespread in…

Eddie over at Bemanistyle dropped us a line (thanks!!) since an informant came forward with a few screenshots from Konami’s Xbox Live Arcade music game. After seeing the gameplay screenshot Beat’n Groovy is really Pop’n Music USA sans the special controller.…

Voltex and Konami haven’t confirmed Beat ‘n Groovy exists even though it’s rated by multiple rating boards around the world. There isn’t any official information about what Beat ‘n Groovy may be, but Destructoid found a tantalizing rumor over at Bemanistyle.…

The existence of Beat'n Groovy leaked out of the OFLC back in April. Konami didn’t say a word about it at E3. However, Beat'n Groovy is rated almost every region as an Xbox 360 title. PEGI, the European rating board,…

Guitar Hero peripherals were used to showcase Rock Revolution (again) because there isn’t a custom Konami guitar. While Rock Revolution won’t come with a Guitar Freaks controller, Konami’s music game is compatible with the current guitars on the market. Rock…

All that trademark digging wasn’t a wasted effort. Konami is developing Rock Revolution and its hard not to compare it against Rock Band despite Konami’s history with Bemani. In Rock Revolution players get to bang on drums and strum plastic guitars,…