Pop'n arcade style controller?

[videoCWK!]

Sometime I want to get a JP PS2, and for it I will get many games. One of them will be Pop'n Music, and I wanted to know, where can I get a Pop'n Arcade Style controller and how much would it cost?

[Kalek]

http://ransai.com/

You'd have to put in the things that you want to get the price. It depends on how customized you want it to be and if you want lights and such. It looks like for the basic controller, it would be $250.

[videoCWK!]

Thanks. You've been very helpful.

[Da Bar]

Desktop Arcade makes some pretty good Pop'n controllers as well.
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[Da Bar]

http://www.desktoparcade.com/

their Pop'N ASC's start at $200 plus $25 shipping.
their smaller Pop'N controllers are $125 plus shipping.
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[Kalek]

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[jpoppyz]

sounds like we're almost in the exact same situation, except im cheaper .

Well, i have the US beatmania bundle, and the controller is fine(dont bother with an ASC until you get really good at beatmania, the US one is fine), but the game isnt that great. I was thinking of getting the upcoming IIDX red which looks like the best songlist in a beatmania game, but also 10th mix looks very good.

Also, why would you go get a japanese PS2? unless you don't already own a PS2 and have no plans on playing any of the hundreds of PS2 games here in old USA, just get a fliptop slide magic deal. Its only about $40 for all the stuff you need, and is supposed to be easy to install. But buying a japanese PS2 for like $200 just seems silly unless you have that much money.

Also, i really dont see why you want to get import DDR games. You could use stepmania which is easier and cheaper(although illegal, but so is playing anything imported). When they say "for sale and use in japan only," i think they mean it. Like i said, no one really cares, but im just saying why spend hundreds of dollars on importing when you could do the same for free?

i can't help you much on anything else, i just thought that you might want to save a few hundred dollars on my cost saving plan for music game addicts. and that desktop mini controller looks like it might be the way to go for a cost effective and decent pop n' music controller.

[videoCWK!]

[jpoppyz]

it is slightly closer(or a appears to be) but im on a tight budget(i get $8 a week dammit!) and that doesnt look nearly as bad as the mini konami controllers. I'll probably get it for my birthday, which is WAYYY out in december. Never said it would be soon.

And i wasnt aware you were a collecter of some sorts. i really dont care, i just wanna play the game. but thats cool if you are. i guess its better than being a cheap bastard.

Blah, i wish eb games carried import games! Who else thinks there should be an import game stors with a big section of the latest and greatest japanese music games? Life is hard when you cant storebuy anything you want....
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[Kalek]

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[jpoppyz]

jeez, i didnt even know there were 25 game systems. and my parents say having 5 systems is too much....

yeah they should so have a gamestore called like....games from the rising sun(due to lack of thinking power). Stores should also carry metal dance pads. But hey, i guess we cant have it all.
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[diabloslayer469]

Heh, actual game stores carrying IIDX ASCs? I doubt it.

If you're looking for a IIDX controller, you'd probably be better off with a DASC or a DJ Dao controller. The Ransai has been delayed for all eternity and seems like there's hardly any progress ever made on it. No finished Ransai has ever been shown. Random even made a thread called "The wait IS OVER!" that announced the opening of the order page (And several people placed orders, nearly 40 by now). That was over 8 months ago. Since then, NO ASCs have shipped, no new pictures showing progress on the controllers have been shown, and now Random is mainly posting about Pop'n controllers that he has shipped in that thread (Don't know why, the thread is about IIDX controllers). The good thing about the Ransaiidx is that there's a lot for you to customize for your ASC on the ordering page.

Steve (Desktop Arcade) has already shipped out a few early IIDX controllers and I believe has begun to start shipping out his finished IIDX controllers this week. Steve HAS been in the IIDX ASC market longer than Ransai (And thus you could say that he has had longer delays), but I don't believe he has accepting $ for the controllers anywhere near the scale that Random has. Steve also offers the trade-up program where you can trade in your US/JP KOC for a discounted ASC. Obviously this means that Steve uses the KOC circuitry in his ASCs. Whether that's a good thing or not is up to you. I personally perceive it as slightly negative -- he's had frequent turntable issues with his ASCs at conventions. It seems like this was just a fail safe to make up for the problems with his own circuitry, though he put a twist on it by suggesting that the KOC circuitry is the best way to go for its professional design and perfection. I beg to differ as I have a KOC and have encountered several problems with it in the past (Outside of sticky keys and stiff turntables, which are irrelevant in terms of an ASC).

The most exepensive option (Due to the cost of shipping the controller from China) is the DJ Dao (Platinum Edition -- PE) controller. It can easily hold the title of most arcade perfect (Well, we haven't even SEEN what a Ransaiidx will look like yet...). Unlike Steve's controller, the PE utilizes a more arcade-oriented style with lots of shiny metal and plexiglass panels. Unlike Steve's controller, the PE's lights in the keys are actually like the arcade and illuminate the WHOLE key (And not just the middle area, like Steve's keys; this is most evident in a lit up smoke key. On the actual arcade machine, a lit up smoke key actual lights up completely and is not hindered by the smoke screen. On Steve's controller, the light is dim and cannot seem to penetrate through the smoke insert as powerfully). The PE also uses authentic Sanwa keys (Though this option is available for the other two controllers as well, if you pay extra). The downside is that the turntable uses a simple arrangement of LEDs to replicate the AC glow (Similar to Pingu's controllica ASCs -- remember those, people?). Though it probably looks good in person, it most likely won't look as brilliant as the glowing mechanism (Just like the arcade) that will be used in Steve's and Random's ASCs. The plus side of the DJ Dao controller is that it is incredibly cheap before shipping (Something like $220). However, shipping brings the cost up to ~$340.

[ライス]

http://www.play-asia.com

It's expensive they only sell the Konami ASC and the Konami Official Mini Controller
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