, stylized as ''jubeat'', is a series of

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s developed by

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, and is a part of Konami's

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line of music video games. The series uses an arrangement of 16 transparent buttons in a 4x4 grid for gameplay, and each of the 16 buttons overlays a screen. The game went on several location tests in Asia since December 2007, and was released on July 24, 2008, in Japan, and December in Hong Kong and Macau. The game was not available in mainland China until early 2010. Two attempts to localize the game for the United States market have been made since August 2008, including ''UBeat'', a variant of the first version, and ''Jukebeat'' in 2009, a variant based on ''Jubeat Ripples''. A port of the game for the

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, ''Jubeat Plus'', was released on Apple's Japanese

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in 2010. The game was released in the US App Store under the name ''Jukebeat'' in 2011. On April 1, 2021, Konami announced a major overhaul to ''Jubeat Plus'' via the official ''Jubeat'' Twitter account, rebranding it as ''Jubeat''. On May 7, 2021, the rebranded title was launched as a successor to both ''Jukebeat'' and ''Jubeat Plus'' on both Android and iOS. The series' current arcade release is ''Jubeat Beyond the Ave'', released on September 20, 2023.

Gameplay

The basic gameplay of the series can be roughly compared to

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. The play area is divided into 16 squares, each of which is a touch-sensitive panel with a screen underneath used to navigate and play the game. Animated explosions or other animations, called "markers", that can be chosen at the song select screen are shown within the panels synced to a track of the player's choosing; when they reach a "hot point", which is dependent on the marker chosen, the player must tap the corresponding screen along with the rhythm of the song to score points. Taps can be judged as either Perfect, いい感じ (Good), 早い (Fast), or 遅い (Slow). 3 difficulties (Basic, Advanced, and Extreme) are offered for each song. As with other Konami games, an e-Amusement card can be used to save statistics and a player ranking, and can also be used to access unlockable songs. Single player and linked multiplayer modes with multiple cabinets are also offered. In the app version of ''Jubeat'', players can choose from three different levels of difficulty, just like in the arcade version: basic, advanced and extreme.

Games in the series

*''jubeat'' (July 24, 2008) *''jubeat ripples'' (August 5, 2009) *''jubeat ripples APPEND'' (March 18, 2010) *''jubeat Plus'' (November 8, 2010) *''jubeat knit'' (July 29, 2010) *''jubeat knit APPEND'' (March 23, 2011) *''jubeat copious'' (September 15, 2011) *''jubeat copious APPEND'' (March 14, 2012) *''jubeat saucer'' (September 25, 2012) *''jubeat saucer fulfill'' (March 3, 2014) *''jubeat prop'' (February 20, 2015) *''jubeat Qubell'' (March 30, 2016) *''jubeat clan'' (July 26, 2017) *''jubeat festo'' (September 5, 2018) *''jubeat Ave.'' (August 3, 2022) *''jubeat beyond the Ave.'' (September 20, 2023)

Gameplay

Games in the series

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