ya, dont put a reply box on topics you can not reply to, because I wrote some stuff out on the Konami Answeres forum in reply to the only topic, and I lost my 5 minutes of typing.

WTF?

Also completly off topic but...

where is beatmania/guitar freaks/drummania? Start talking Konami!

well they announced v5's not too long ago, and troopers is already out too. what news are you expecting?

^ the u.s. release of course.

I mean e-amuse and **** is great, but I would love to see the rest of the games come out too, or else there is no point of  even having e-amuse.

well, they aren't coming out, and that's why there's no eamuse ^^

i'd prefer pop'n myself tho.

Thanks for your suggestion about the reply boxes, xOMEGAx.  I've made a note of it.

As for other Bemani news as it relates to the states, there is nothing to report.  If/when news of this nature arises we will be sure to post about it. 

oh man. best quote ever.

Yes because I'm sure that anything Konami is considering or that may happen in the future, the very first thing they do is tell everyone and tell them NOW GO POST ON EVERY BOARD YOU CAN AND TELL EVERYONE

Guitar Freaks and Drummania V4 might come out in Europe, though there's no real confirmation on when or whether or not it's going to come here.

When it comes to arcades, Betsonami just loves to keep us in the dark until something suddenly happens.

I can understand this, though. Konami likely doesn't want to announce what they are considering doing because they'll be held do it. Let's say, for example, that Konami was considering releasing IIDX Gold in the US once they took care of licensing. This would imply that the US version would be the same as the JP version. A few months later, Konami releases a songlist and let's say that about 30 songs are missing and have been replaced with localized licenses. Everyone is furious now because they wanted info on what Konami was considering doing and took it as a promise.

Then, they decide to push it back and just release Troopers instead. They get bombarded with comments of "WTF You promised us Gold! When is it coming out??"

Plans for companies are never set in stone until they are actually happening. Betson caused a lot of problems when they released information on what was "definitely" going to happen (anyone remember that 300 song update we were supposed to get last summer?) and then, when it didn't, everyone felt lied to.

I know I fell really left in the dark. But as you can see they must have plans because they are not denying the game will not come out, it really just a matter of when. Ryan (form BZN) also commented that the games may still come out, Konami has never said no yet. But its been a LONG time. I kind of want a answer, ya know?