If you didn't see this already on Bemanistyle, the Jubeat DLC packs 1-24 are on sale this weekend for 85 Yen, instead of the normal 450 yen.

I think I ended up buying 6 more packs due to the sale.

Jukebeat now has 8 song packs, with the latest two being:

They're free if you ignore the $2 app.

If you're comfortable with navigating a Japanese Interface (most all of us have experience with that) and a Japanese iTunes accout (the worst part) the Japanese version of Jubeat has a much better song selection.

As for "which one is better" that will always be highly influenced by personal opinion.

In any case, Pulse looks interesting... I haven't heard anything about it until now.

On a completely random topic, I just played Pulse and liked it better than both ReRave and Juke Beat.

The iPad version was better, but still not great.  A lot of the UI is broken (like being able to change the skin) and the Engrish is pretty bad.  When you finish a song, the only available button is "Quit Game", but it actually just brings you back to the main menu.

Personally, I like Re-Rave a lot better for these reasons:

1) Song choice
    - Jukebeat: 3 shitty songs for free, 2 of them being kind of rough for a beginner.
    - Re-Rave:  9 awesome songs for free.

2) Pricing
    - Jukebeat: $1.00 per song, only song packs available are $3.99 each (for 4 songs)
    - Re-Rave:  $0.50 per song, song packs range from $0.99 to $2.99 (for 6 songs)

3) Difficulty
    - Jukebeat: Really hard.  Like playing DDR on Sudden; I imagine you have to just
                    memorize some things in order to do them.
    - Re-Rave: A really nice range of difficulty.  From 1-12, there are charts for everyone.

4) UI
    - Jukebeat: Broken in many places.  Engrish can make it a bit hard to navigate.  Not
                    very pretty.  Huge combo numbers.
    - Re-Rave: Gorgeous and well-polished.  Apart from a password glitch, I'd say it's
                    pretty much perfect.

5) Scoring
    - Jukebeat: I haven't figured it out yet.  It's hard to tell how I can improve.  Just hit
                    more of them?  Does accuracy matter?  How can I tell how accurate I've
                    been?  Do I get hurt if I hit a box that's not supposed to be hit?
    - Re-Rave:  Crystal clear.  Shows very easily whether you are late/early with the
                    clock system and tells you how well you did on placement.  Nice easy
                    percentages for scoring.

I feel like I could go on and on.  Both of them suck pretty hard to play on the iPhone, but when you move to the iPad2, there really is no competition.  As much as I always feel that the Japanese do music games better, Re-Rave really is superior when matched up against Jukebeat.  I like the idea of Jubeat, but it's hard to get into with the high difficulty level at the start and no clear idea of how to get better.

Playing Jubeat on an iPhone is comparable to playing DDR with your feet, but trying to stomp on the arrow keys on a keyboard.

The 3 songs that come free on the US version aren't the best (kinda boring Konami video game music) and their hard charts are fairly difficult, even for Jubeat standards.

that's three more than rerave!!

no but really it's very fun on an ipad. playing on an iphone is more of a novelty than anything. i'm not really sure why they bothered...i guess it's just easy to make apps universal. i think if you try it on ipad you'll find it much more playable and probably get addicted.

So far, I don't find Jukebeat very encouraging on the iPhone4.  1's and 2's are fairly difficult.  My fingers are tiny, but they still get in the way of me seeing which squares are popping up next, which is frustrating.  I find myself quickly tapping a box and then quickly moving my fingers out of the way so I can see the next one, which I've probably already missed.

It's like DDR, but you can only play on Sudden and you have to start on 7s. =/

I'll be checking it out on the iPad2 when Tom gets home, and hopefully that'll be a much more satisfying experience.  Also, it only comes with 3 free songs, which is kind of disappointing.

Konami just released a US version today, with the name they gave the location tests: Jukebeat! 

Link to the US App store page is in the first post.

The one I used is down at the moment (http://www.itunescardjapan.com/) but when it worked I ordered the code only option and the guy emailed the code within 30 minutes of ordering, so if it comes back online it's a pretty good choice.

http://www.jbox.com/product/ITUNESCARD is a much higher profile site but the price is a lot worse.

Has anyone bought a Japanese iTunes card online? If so, which site is the best to use?

I still find Jubeat to be highly enjoyable, and my wife usually plays this more than I do now.

A couple new song packs were released about a month ago, and my Japanese iTunes card is slowly dwindling.

haha, couple issues with that.
1) I'm on T-Mobile
2) I don't want to switch providers
3) I don't want a 2-year contract
4) I was given this phone, and I'd prefer to buy as few Apple Products as possible.

I'll upgrade eventually when I can get someone to give me their (less)old iPhone.

holy shit get a new phone man. 3GS is only fifty bucks!

And of course, 3.2 iOS or higher.

I suppose the original iPhone wouldn't handle it very well anyway. Still want to try the iPhone version though.

It'd almost impossible to play on an iPhone anyway. It's still 4x4 buttons with the same patterns as arcade so any 3+ (or 2 depending on the buttons) hits are pretty much impossible. I had thought they would redo it in a 3x3 layout.

Yeah, I had to make due with the default set of songs, which was still more than enough really. Got back to Seattle ridiculously late last night, after playing this game all night

Here is my cell phone snapshot of this beauty:



For what it's worth, Knit is in great condition and played wonderfully!

I don't own any Apple products - every time I use an iPhone I am reminded of how fat my fingers are

There no eamuse in north America anyway.

App updated to version 2.0 with iPhone and iPod touch support.

I don't know you skill level, but if you don't have an e-amuse card, purchase one before playing.  A good 50% of the tracks in the game are e-amuse unlockables.

I will be driving up this weekend. Will definitely check out Knit.

Knit is so good <3

Though it's funny that one of the last unlocks in Knit *Sweet Rain* is one of the free songs for jubeat plus.

They've got Jubeat Knit now.

CHQ in Vancouver, Canada had at least Jubeat Ripples

Which is why I compared it to home version DDR :3.  The novelty is off after extensive time on the real thing.

...I've never played/seen jubeat in this hemisphere though.  Any idea what mix they had up there?

Well there you go.

I've only got to play it for about 7 sessions in Canada on one day. The iPad version is pretty darn great when you don't have daily access to a real cabinet.