Prerelease:Beatmania GB: Gotcha Mix 2

This page details pre-release information and/or media for Beatmania GB: Gotcha Mix 2.

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Development Timeline

1999

• August - "beatmania GB 2" appears at Spaceworld, with a planned release date of November 25.
• Summer/Fall - the game's release is delayed into the new year.

2000

• Spring - the game appears in magazines around this time, now called "beatmania GB Net Jam" (ビートマニアＧＢ ネットジャム).
• August 24-26 - the game appears again at Spaceworld, now under its final name and with various features touted during the Net Jam period (see below) removed.
• September 28 - beatmania GB: Gotcha Mix 2 is released.

beatmania GB Net Jam Era

Unique to this iteration was compatibility for Nintendo/Mobile21's now-defunct Mobile System GB service. This was a service for downloading content, online multiplayer, mailing, and Nintendo news using a Japanese mobile phone with the Mobile GB Adapter peripheral for Game Boy Color.

The Mobile System GB features in Net Jam included downloadable songs and a "Beat Mail" messaging service, the latter of which would only be available after clearing a given song. For whatever reason, the mobile features were removed by the time of the game's appearance at Spaceworld 2000.

Unknown Publication

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Famitsu #593 (April 28, 2000)

(Source: Rikkyjp's Mobile System GB site, Archived Nintendo Space World 1999 page from Nintendo Japan website, Archived Nintendo Space World 2000 software listing from Nintendo Japan website, Tweet by @ItsFantasticAc (Twitter), geemuboi.web.fc.2.com)