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The Art Of DJ Max Fever
Posted by Mike Fahey at 10:20 AM on August 27, 2008
Have you ever looked at the artwork and graphics for a game and known right then and there that you had to have it, no matter what the game was about? I didn't know anything about the DJ Max series before publisher PM Studios passed on this collection of artwork for the game. Hell, I had even missed Luke's post announcing that DJ Max Fever, a combination of Korean bestselling music rhythm games DJ Max Portable and DJ Max 2 was coming to the states this November. I suppose I could just download these screens to my PSP and just use them as wallpaper, but what the hell, I'll give the game a chance too.
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Bomberkael
Posted 11:07 AM 27/8/08
Dj Max I and II are awesome games and the artwork is really good too.
Bomberkael
Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.
Posted 11:06 AM 27/8/08
@ZinkO: USA WE DA BEST: Quit Trolling.
Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.
half-beast
Posted 11:05 AM 27/8/08
Old art is old.
half-beast
Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.
Posted 11:04 AM 27/8/08
Right + Square are just -way- too hard to get down for some reason. I tried the demo 100+ times and every time it was a middle bar I had to hit, Deer stuck in Headlights =/
Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.
SpishackCola
Posted 10:55 AM 27/8/08
Korean pseudo-anime art is so delicious.
SpishackCola
ZinkO: USA WE DA BEST
Posted 10:49 AM 27/8/08
@Diesel_Power:
this
you guys do know that these girls don't really exist, right?
ZinkO: USA WE DA BEST
lostinseganet
Posted 10:45 AM 27/8/08
@Diesel_Power: NOOES >_>
lostinseganet
tk.
Posted 10:44 AM 27/8/08
First pic there looks like Range Murata's handiwork.
tk.
who8myrice
Posted 10:43 AM 27/8/08
Interesting. The game is hard as balls though. I don't know how people play it.
who8myrice
nekoRamen
Posted 10:43 AM 27/8/08
I got a lot more if you want. I'm pretty addicted to the game right now :p
nekoRamen
Diesel_Power
Posted 10:41 AM 27/8/08
Quit jackin off to cartoons, yah anime freaks!
Diesel_Power
cihx
Posted 10:37 AM 27/8/08
@pandafresh: blasphemy! :P
i love the artwork. probably won't get the game, but awesome nonetheless.
cihx
onidavin
Posted 10:35 AM 27/8/08
@raiseplease: How very true. Magna Carta something something for the PS2 is one of the worst RPGs I've ever played.
I played Beyond the Beyond.
onidavin
everybest
Posted 10:35 AM 27/8/08
@Erwin: It's basically Beatmania on the PSP. Lots of fun if you're into these kind of games. If you don't know what Beatmania is, Guitar Freaks/DDR/Guitar Hero on the PSP would be a somewhat valid description as well (in that order ^^).
everybest
raiseplease
Posted 10:33 AM 27/8/08
Obviously you never saw the promotional art for Magna Carta or you would have been cured of the idea that good art equals a good game.
raiseplease
pandafresh
Posted 10:32 AM 27/8/08
i can't be the only person thats growing tired of the Korean DeviantArt-esque anime works can I? its just so boring now, so over done!
anyways the games okay, basically a portable beatmania, you can download a demo somewhere on the interwebs, although i think it was in korean.
pandafresh
Laughin_Caulk
Posted 10:32 AM 27/8/08
I might get this, I've bought most rhythm games on the handhelds so far. Still gotta get the Japanese EBA games.
Laughin_Caulk
Torokun
Posted 10:31 AM 27/8/08
Those are all screenshots of the opening animation of DJ Max 2...
Torokun
BitKid
Posted 10:31 AM 27/8/08
There are a couple games I bought because of the art, knowing nothing about them before getting them:
Rez, Ikaruga, Every Extend Extra, Jet Set Radio Future.
BitKid
nikolaj
Posted 10:30 AM 27/8/08
They're definitly very good, but not that special, I think.
nikolaj
Sex_For_Pandas
Posted 10:25 AM 27/8/08
God that is some smexy art. II really wish those pics were wallpaper size because while I'll never play a rhythm game I do appreciate some good anime art.
Sex_For_Pandas
Destrokk
Posted 10:24 AM 27/8/08
that's how i ended up buying Magna Carta: ToB
i had known the artist's work for a while, so i figured his art in video game form would be kickass... unfortunately that wasn't the case
this is looking byootiful
but i don't want to make the same mistake again
Destrokk
drhojo
Posted 10:24 AM 27/8/08
@kilikafinal: At least they don't cover half her face like most anime :P
drhojo
Mercuttio
Posted 10:24 AM 27/8/08
Qualia headphones huh? Interesting. Haven't seen that picture in a few years.
Mercuttio
Erwin
Posted 10:24 AM 27/8/08
Damn, that looks good.
Now what's the game about? Haha
Erwin
kilikafinal
Posted 10:23 AM 27/8/08
the way her eyes look is weird. there like lazy eyes. i prefer the cover art of djmax portable 2
kilikafinal
drhojo
Posted 10:22 AM 27/8/08
I want! I really like the pseudo realistic anime style.
drhojo
Jason Chen
Posted 11:31 AM 27/8/08
@shimage: Yeah, it looks a whole lot like Hyung-Tae Kim to me.
Jason Chen
TMFAN
Posted 11:30 AM 27/8/08
If you haven't seen the opening fmv of DJ Max Portable 2, go watch it. It is one of the most beautiful mixing of 3-D and 2-D animation.
And yes, the game is amazing.
TMFAN
ZinkO: USA WE DA BEST
Posted 11:30 AM 27/8/08
@Wolfers:
that's actually Germanic. /not trolling, honest
ZinkO: USA WE DA BEST
Wolfers
Posted 11:27 AM 27/8/08
Pardon my french, but the demo was hard as fuck.
Wolfers
maraxusofk
Posted 11:22 AM 27/8/08
well i sorta did what fahey did for odin sphere. i just saw the game and knew i wanted it. same for okami actually too.
maraxusofk
NanatsuYoru
Posted 11:17 AM 27/8/08
This game's been out in Korea for ages already; I wonder what made them want to suddenly release it in the US.
I hope when they say they're combining both DJ Max Portable and DJ Max 2 they don't just mean 3 or 4 songs from the first game into the second like they did for the Korean release.
NanatsuYoru
AznSlackerType
Posted 11:13 AM 27/8/08
How the heck did I miss that article about DJ max fever coming to america!
Oh well good to know, hope they don't tone down the difficulty.
AznSlackerType
Narb
Posted 11:13 AM 27/8/08
I don't find art in games to be very important, it's nice if it's there but if it isn't not much loss.
Aquaria is the only game I can think of that the art really made the game.
Narb
shimage
Posted 11:10 AM 27/8/08
@tk.: I'm pretty sure it's Hyung-tae Kim, but hey, I've been wrong before.
shimage
shimage
Posted 11:08 AM 27/8/08
Are those Qualia 010s? I thought Sony got rid of that line ... I like that guy's art (from way back), but I've never bought any games because of it.
shimage
beeporama (brian.j.parker)
Posted 11:08 AM 27/8/08
I thought the same thing when PlayAsia was pushing the original release of the game. God, I wish I had the remotest interest in or talent with rhythm games...
(And like other posters, I also wish Magna Carta had been a bearable game. I think I could have slogged through it if the voice acting hadn't been so painful.)
beeporama (brian.j.parker)
Blazingluke
Posted 11:52 AM 27/8/08
It's one of the most gorgeous pieces of animation I've ever seen! I wonder how much better it'll look on PSP-3000's screen...
Blazingluke
PsycheE
Posted 11:50 AM 27/8/08
Just the O.S.T. alone is worth the game. You are committing a felony by not getting the game. The Korean releases have been filling my insatiable hunger.
PsycheE
djricekcn
Posted 11:44 AM 27/8/08
if you play 8 button mode, prepared to have your PSP controllers to be ruined, lol.
djricekcn
suya123
Posted 11:42 AM 27/8/08
This game = me buy PSP.
suya123
snakepliskin
Posted 11:39 AM 27/8/08
@TMFAN: You forgot to add ALOT OF FUCKING PRACTICE. Man that game makes my head hurt. Im awful at rhythm games and dj max just pretty much murders me.
snakepliskin
TMFAN
Posted 11:33 AM 27/8/08
And to the people who says the game is too hard, it just takes practice.
When I first got the game, even the easiest of songs were excruciatingly painful. Now I can full combo most songs on the harder difficulties.
TMFAN
AuraHACK
Posted 12:20 PM 27/8/08
DJMAX is pretty much the only PSP game I play routinely. By far and large the best the system has to offer. Like... so. Much. Fun. And the soundtrack is awesome.
AuraHACK
GwennBlackfeather
Posted 12:20 PM 27/8/08
Wow, you're right. I must have this game due to the art. And I'm not kidding/trolling/being sarcastic. I fell into that trap with Odin Sphere and GrimGrimoire...I'm a sucker for nice art.
And it's for the PSP? No WAI!! I needed something for that thing :D:D:D
GwennBlackfeather
Bernoulli
Posted 12:07 PM 27/8/08
looks just like any old anime to me
Bernoulli
Kia
Posted 12:03 PM 27/8/08
@shimage: That's SO not Hyung Tae-Kim's art.
Kia
Mik_el
Posted 12:00 PM 27/8/08
4 button mode is liek really hard. I got to combo difficulty 8 and 9 songs, but it needed hard work. The art is wallpaper size and can be ported from the game to the PICTURE folder on your MS; but you have to unlock this art and you get them by max combos... not easy... I'm alright with the 'Korean'-but-the-game-is-in-English deal". So I'll get the new port when it arrives :)
ps. The songs are awesome.
Mik_el
belo
Posted 12:47 PM 27/8/08
@ZinkO: USA WE DA BEST: Thank you Captain Obvious. I would've never realized it on my own.
belo
belo
Posted 12:44 PM 27/8/08
Looks like Hyung Tae-kim's stuff.
belo
Wolfers
Posted 12:37 PM 27/8/08
@ZinkO: USA WE DA BEST: Touché, Captain Planet.
Wolfers
wolfeditor
Posted 12:36 PM 27/8/08
I've been playing the Beatmania series since 3rd style and have always liked the art, same with some of pump it up.
DJ Max always looked interesting to me, glad they're bringin' it states side. I'm a sucker for a lot music games anyway, but importing hurts my wallet most of the time :(
wolfeditor
psycoking
Posted 12:36 PM 27/8/08
@Mik_el: As if the art alone hadn't already sold this game to me, now your telling me I can actually take it out of the PSP and put in on my PC?
"sold!" would be an understatement.
psycoking
Rctdaemon
Posted 12:25 PM 27/8/08
Looking in the back of the manual for DJMP2, the art and opening animation are credited to 'ache'. Now, keep in mind that Korean developers like to credit to their nicknames (For instance, the director of DJMP2, Bong Gun-Shin is credited in the manual as 'ponGlow'). Looking through the opening credits, one can see that there is only one person credited to both art and the opening animation and that is one Seok Ye-Jeong.
I'm not sure if I'll pick up Fever; since I already have 1 and 2. It would be interesting to see if Dreadnought made it onto Fever since it was pulled from 1 International because of its depiction of Dubya.
@pandafresh: Would you rather have traced versions of all of your favorite anime characters?
Rctdaemon
pandafresh
Posted 1:12 PM 27/8/08
@Rctdaemon: no, just a more unique approach to the artwork/direction would be fine ;) besides my favorite anime characters were crappily drawn to begin with, i mean have you seen the original Fist of the North Star haha.
pandafresh
psychobaka
Posted 1:06 PM 27/8/08
Shame there isn't a higher res version of these images. They'd make great wallpapers.
psychobaka
Rctdaemon
Posted 1:31 PM 27/8/08
@pandafresh: Oh, the old school stuff. FotNS is a classic. Right up there with L3.
Rctdaemon
Dexor
Posted 1:19 PM 27/8/08
I've been playing the imports for a while now, and the game is really fun. It might seem hard, but you catch on quick!
Dexor
Yumayah
Posted 2:02 PM 27/8/08
@belo:
lies !~ her chest is clearly too proportional to be hyung tae kim's work of exaggerated beauty.
... And the men look like men, so this can't be Hyung Tae Kim's work.
Yumayah
Erwin
Posted 2:00 PM 27/8/08
@ZinkO: USA WE DA BEST: That is up for debate, Planet. The popular theory on its origin is Germanic, but there are also Latin and acronym theories. German is the likely origin, but it's not fact sir.
Plus, who gives a shit?
Erwin
jonathan.
Posted 2:00 PM 27/8/08
Fuck yeah!
I just read a [great] interview about this today. Not changing the songs, that hideous placeholder box art is just a placeholder and this should be amazing.
Thanks for the pictures.
jonathan.
Szin
Posted 2:14 PM 27/8/08
Love these games. The first one is the reason I bought a PSP!
Szin
Hearts_Are_1
Posted 2:09 PM 27/8/08
I personally never played either game, but it art style really intrigues me...think maybe on down the line I'll pick it up.
Hearts_Are_1
Sqrfrk
Posted 2:08 PM 27/8/08
I bought the Orpheus Premium Set with that theme for $150. Gawd. I wonder if they're going to release a localized version of that?
Sqrfrk
Thassodar
Posted 3:16 PM 27/8/08
I ordered this Friday and they shipped it Monday. Here's hoping I get it by Friday!
Thassodar
fuchikoma
Posted 3:09 PM 27/8/08
The portable titles on PSP are probably my favorite games of all time. The exhilaration is unmatched when you're fighting for dear life on a lv10-12 track (well, wherever is challenging for you, but as you get better at these games they get a LOT more fun as you get more involved with playing each level.)
I have the imports but if it comes here I'll buy it too. I'm a big beatmania fan, but I really think they surpassed Konami in variety, production quality, and things like having a unique video for every song, pausing, on the fly speed adjustment, the skin/gear & experience system etc. And it's a handheld game, which beatmania last did on GBC and Wonderswan.
fuchikoma
avsky
Posted 11:28 AM 27/8/08
@NanatsuYoru: Apparently 100 songs for DJ Max Fever, which should be a good amount of DMP1 songs! It'd be nice if they had DLC, but... fat chance of that happening D:
avsky
Ansath
Posted 10:52 AM 27/8/08
its a rhythm game
GET IT if you play those sort of games
Ansath
robinhood_0
Posted 4:47 PM 27/8/08
The art looks AMAZING!!!! The game? Not interested.
robinhood_0
UbeWoll working on Eternally Retold: A Soul Calibur Tale
Posted 5:42 PM 27/8/08
My Orpheus collector's box is still sealed. I should open it when I get my bachelor's as a reward or something.
UbeWoll working on Eternally Retold: A Soul Calibur Tale
everybest
Posted 5:47 PM 27/8/08
Here's a few I uploaded from mine.
everybest
Ultrasinc
Posted 7:00 PM 27/8/08
too bad those pics don't really move T_T
Ultrasinc
trebors
Posted 7:38 PM 27/8/08
olready import
but anyways
niiiiiiiiice hope it will success
djmax is one of my favorite game in psp :P
ahh, right my avatar is from djmax :P
trebors
nekoRamen
Posted 8:02 PM 27/8/08
How do you put picture in a post?
nekoRamen
peteer02
Posted 8:31 PM 27/8/08
Um...what's up with her outfit? Between SoulCalibur IV (Ivy, and even worse, the extra art featuring Angol Fear and Sophita[?]) and this, I'm wondering if the guys drawing this know where nipples go.
peteer02
KotakuFreund
Posted 8:51 PM 27/8/08
nothing you = nothing NEW
sry :(
KotakuFreund
KotakuFreund
Posted 8:41 PM 27/8/08
Hmm.. there is nothing you. I was hoping that Fever would be a new game but it looks like to be only DjMax 2 :-/
KotakuFreund
Rene_18
Posted 9:26 PM 27/8/08
I've played this game, and all I have to say is that it's awesome. Really fun to play. The artwork is excellent, too.
Rene_18
Tsushi
Posted 10:04 PM 27/8/08
DJ max 2 came with a limited edition which contained a book full with artwork and the cd's with all the songs, I saw some of those picture's and damn, it was so good.
DJ max is my fav rhythm game. No stepmania or any other music game for that matter come's close (for me then)
Tsushi
DasKonstruct
Posted 10:53 PM 27/8/08
played the imports, it gets a resounding meh from me. Mainly because the music is pretty bland.
DasKonstruct
Human Bomb
Posted 12:57 AM 28/8/08
I imported DJMP2 a while back and guess what? Still playing it... Am I the only one who finds 6 button mode to be easier than 5?
Human Bomb
TraeGenius
Posted 1:42 AM 28/8/08
I love DJMP2, its one of my favorite PSP games. The music is awesome, and I really like all the unlockables. That all said I only am good at 4 button mode (5 button mode is too confusing for my thumbs and 6 button... @_@), the highest lvl song I can complete is lvl 10, even though I am lvl 80+. Great game and I have a lot of fun playing it even if Im not a master.
TraeGenius
UbeWoll working on Eternally Retold: A Soul Calibur Tale
Posted 2:34 AM 28/8/08
@Human Bomb: Nope. I think 6B is easier than 5B as well. Though 8B is hell.
UbeWoll working on Eternally Retold: A Soul Calibur Tale
Human Bomb
Posted 3:10 AM 28/8/08
@UbeWoll working on Eternally Retold: A Soul Calibur Tale: Oh thank God! I never know whether to use the right or left thumb to hit the fifth button.
Human Bomb
gokieks
Posted 7:56 AM 28/8/08
Anime girls with headphones are win: [www2.117.ne.jp]
gokieks
Reikoku
Posted 9:51 PM 28/8/08
@pandafresh: I'm sure you mean Deviant Art's Korean style manga imitations. Things have really gone to shit when the plagiarizer is mistaken for the original source.
Reikoku