Beatmania IIDX 22: Pendual

beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL
Screenshot of the game's title screen.
Developer(s)	Konami
Publisher(s)	Konami
Distributor(s)	Konami, UNIANA
Series	Beatmania IIDX, Bemani
Platform(s)	Arcade
Release	September 17, 2014
Genre(s)	Music
Mode(s)	Single-player & Multiplayer
Cabinet	Custom
Arcade system	Konami Bemani PC Type 4
CPU	Athlon 64 X2 @ 2.3GHz
Sound	Realtek HD Audio
Display	37" LCD, (Raster) 1280x720 resolution

Beatmania IIDX 22: Pendual (stylized as beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL) is a music video game and the 22nd installment of Beatmania IIDX series of video game, a part of the long-running Bemani series. The theme of the game revolves around the concept of time with the theme split between the present and the future; Pendual itself is a portmanteau of "pendulum" and "dual". The UI mainly features white color to symbolize the present and purple color to symbolize the future. It was first announced during the BEMANI Namahōsō event on June 4, 2014, with location testing held from June 13 to 15, 2014. It was released on September 17, 2014.

For more information about the gameplay of Beatmania IIDX in general, please refer to Beatmania IIDX#Gameplay.

Beatmania IIDX 22: Pendual retains the core gameplay introduced in the first game. Players are required to hit notes that fall from the top of the screen at the hit zone using keys or turntables which are required to be scratched. Hitting the notes correctly will fill up the Groove Meter, while failure to do so drains it. Players must attain at least 80% of the meter at the end of the song to pass. Two gameplay variations introduced in Beatmania IIDX 17: Sirius: Charge Note (notes required to be held) and Backspin Scratch (spin the turntable at one direction and spin it at the opposite direction at the end) are retained. The player now has a choice to display their EX-Score instead of combo during gameplay. Two new options were introduced—An EXPAND-JUDGE option, which increases the timing of the "GREAT" judgment, but the player's score and rank are rendered invalid; and Rotational-RANDOM option, which shifts the hit notes to the left and right depending on the setting. Pendual features a new theme system which cycles the theme of the game throughout one to five days: the "Present Phase" features mainly white colors in the UI with the in-game clock displaying the year as 2014 (or 2015), while the "Future Phase" features purple colors with the in-game clock displaying the year as 2222. Each theme has their own unique features, including songs. Throughout December 22, 2014 to October 28, 2015, players can now freely change the Time-Phases by PASELI through a purchasable item, "Time Hourglass". Expert Mode, a mode that plays through a course consisting four (previously five) songs without stopping, has been revived on an update on February 14, 2015.