maimai DX:KALEIDXSCOPE
KALEIDXSCOPE (stylized as KALEID×SCOPE) is a game mode serving as a mechanic to unlock exclusive songs added in maimai でらっくす PRiSM at launch, working similarly as maimai MiLK's Survival Course, and serves as a successor to maimai FiNALE's PANDORA BOXXX.
The mode was added on September 12th, 2024 for the Japan version and January 16th, 2025 for the Asian version.
General Information
Note that the following information is based on current observations, and may change once new information is known.
After reaching the end of an original Area, the player may encounter a locked "gate" that requires a matching "key" to unlock. After this happens for the first time, the KALEIDXSCOPE game mode will appear in the mode select screen starting from the next credit, though it will be grayed out and cannot be entered until at least one key is found.
Special conditions must be fulfilled to obtain keys. After said conditions are met, a notice will be displayed at the end of the credit, confirming that a key has been obtained. Keys can be obtained even if their gates have not yet been discovered.
After finding at least one key, the game mode becomes selectable. A warning will be displayed and the player will be asked to confirm before entering the mode.
Mechanics
Each of the 6 gates corresponds to an original Area within the in-game universe. Selecting a gate after unlocking it with its matching key will start its corresponding 3-track course.
- If only one of two players on the same cabinet has found both the gate and the key, the other player will still be able to play the course, but will not unlock the song, nor will the course be marked as cleared afterwards.
- If there are no playable courses upon entering the mode, the game will start on Normal mode instead.
The courses follow the following rules:
- A life system is used, where each non-Perfect judgment decreases life by 1. There are no life bonuses between tracks, and the game ends instantly upon running out of life.
- Unlike Grade Certification's "true grade" courses, a player who ran out of life in multiplayer mode will not be able to continue playing if the other player has not failed.
- Using TRACK SKIP fails the course instantly.
- Only difficulties at or above the current unlock threshold can be selected. The difficulty is selected before the first track, and all 3 tracks must be played on the same difficulty.
- Life amounts and difficulty thresholds are relaxed based on the number of players who have cleared a course in the Japan version, and based on the number of days since the course's release in the Asian version. Life and difficulty levels are listed below, along with their required number of clears/days since release.
- The current amount of life is displayed before entering a course.
- Conditions are updated every day at 4:00 AM JST.
| Life | Required difficulty | Clears |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Master | 0 |
| 10 | Master | 1 |
| 50 | Master | 10 |
| 100 | Expert | 100 |
| 999 | Basic | 1000 |
| Life | Required difficulty | Days since release |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Master | 1 |
| 10 | Master | 4 |
| 30 | Master | 7 |
| 50 | Master | 10 |
| 100 | Expert | 14 |
| 999 | Basic | 21 |
- After a course is cleared, its exclusive song will be unlocked, along with the gate's "fragment".
- Each course's leaderboard (up to 500 clears) and current conditions (including the number of clears needed for/days until next condition relaxation) can be viewed on maimai DX NET.
- All cleared courses are displayed on KALEIDXSCOPE's mode select graphic.
Courses
Phase 1: Blue Gate (青の扉)
- Starting date:
- September 12th, 2024 (Japan)
- January 16th, 2025 (Asia)
- Unlocked in: スカイストリートちほー6
- Song: 果ての空、僕らが見た光。
- Artist: TAKU1175 ft.駄々子
- Corresponding Area: Youth (青春エリア)
- Conditions:
| Life | Required difficulty | JP Date | Asia Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Master | 2024/9/12 | 2025/1/16 |
| 10 | Master | Skipped | 2025/1/19 |
| 30 | Master | N/A | 2025/1/22 |
| 50 | Master | 2024/9/13 | 2025/1/25 |
| 100 | Expert | 2024/9/14 | 2025/1/29 |
| 999 | Basic | 2024/9/27 | 2025/2/5 |
Play all 29 songs of the Youth Area (青春エリア) up until スカイストリートちほー6 at least once since the course's release:
- Track 1: Random song from areas in 青春エリア
- Track 2: Random Perfect Challenge song from areas in 青春エリア
- Track 3: 果ての空、僕らが見た光。
Phase 2: White Gate (白の扉)
- Starting date: October 25th, 2024
- Unlocked in: 天界ちほー8
- Song: 氷滅の135小節
- Artist: 大国奏音
- Corresponding Area: God (神様エリア)
- Conditions:
| Life | Required difficulty | JP Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Master | 2024/10/25 |
| 10 | Master | 2024/10/27 |
| 50 | Master | 2024/10/28 |
| 100 | Expert | 2024/10/29 |
| 999 | Basic | 2024/11/9 |
Equip the Latent Kingdom player frame (obtainable through the maimile shop in maimai でらっくす PRiSM, or through Stamp Cards in maimai でらっくす BUDDiES PLUS), then in one credit, play only the following songs (songs must not be repeated within the credit):
The solution was hinted to in this tweet by 大国奏音, listing the six songs above as his past work within the maimai series and alluding to a new seventh song.
- Track 1: Random song from areas from areas in 神様エリア
- Track 2: Random Perfect Challenge song from areas in 神様エリア, TEmPTaTiON, and 封焔の135秒
- Track 3: 氷滅の135小節
Phase 3: Purple Gate (紫の扉)
- Starting date: December 20th, 2024
- Unlocked in: BLACK ROSEちほー10
- Song: 有明/Ariake
- Artist: SIINCA
- Corresponding Area: Black Rose (黒薔薇エリア)
- Conditions:
| Life | Required difficulty | JP Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Master | 2024/12/20 |
| 10 | Master | 2024/12/21 |
| 50 | Master | Skipped |
| 100 | Expert | 2024/12/22 |
| 999 | Basic | 2024/12/24 |
Upon the release of BLACK ROSEちほー10, the instrumentals section of maimai.sega.jp/kotonoha/special/ was updated to include an audio file consisting of a telegraph key transmitting Morse code. This code snippet translated to "CHANGE SPEC TO FACTOR", suggesting that the word "special" is to be replaced with "factorial".
The link maimai.sega.jp/kotonoha/factorial/ led to a site with a short message, as well as a graphic containing a card with the Roman numeral XXI (21), thus giving the final solution of 21 factorial, a 20-digit number.
Enter 51090942171709440000 (21 factorial) as a serial code on maimai DX NET.
- Track 1: Random song from Kotonoha Project Season 1
- Track 2: Random song from Kotonoha Project Season 2 (BLACK ROSE)
- Track 3: 有明/Ariake
Phase 4: Black Gate (黒の扉)
- Starting date: February 27th, 2025 (Japan/Asia)
- Unlocked in: メトロポリスちほー9
- Song: 宙天
- Artist: t+pazolite vs. かねこちはる
- Corresponding Area: End (終末エリア)
- Conditions:
| Life | Required difficulty | JP Date | Asia Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Master | 2025/2/27 | 2025/2/27 |
| 10 | Master | 2025/2/28 | 2025/3/2 |
| 30 | Master | N/A | 2025/3/5 |
| 50 | Master | 2025/3/1 | 2025/3/8 |
| 100 | Expert | 2025/3/2 | 2025/3/12 |
| 999 | Basic | TBA | TBA |
Play all qualifier and final songs of past KING of Performai tournaments (International division final songs not included) at least once since the course's release:
- Track 1: Random song from areas in 終末エリア
- Track 2: Random Perfect Challenge song from areas in 終末エリア, and STEEL TRANSONIC
- Track 3: 宙天
Phase 5: Yellow Gate (黄の扉)
- Starting date: March 13th, 2025 (Japan)
- Unlocked in: なないろちほー
- Song: Åntinomiε
- Artist: ああ…翡翠茶漬け…
- Corresponding Area: Starting (はじまりエリア)
- Conditions:
| Life | Required difficulty | JP Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Master | 2025/3/13 |
| 10 | Master | TBA |
| 50 | Master | TBA |
| 100 | Expert | TBA |
| 999 | Basic | TBA |
For all tracks in one credit, play a song selected by the random song selection feature. At least one of the songs played must be a version theme song:
- でらっくmaimai♪てんてこまい!
- 絡めトリック利己ライザー
- ぼくたちいつでも しゅわっしゅわ！
- Paradisoda
- とびだせ！TO THE COSMIC!!
- ミルキースター・シューティングスター
- ホシシズク
- ツムギボシ
- NOIZY BOUNCE
- エスオーエス
- プリズム△▽リズム
- Fraq
This solution was hinted to in the announcement for the official maimai LINE channel; Happy can be seen holding the yellow key, with the dialogue "わかるわぁ...まよったらまかせとき!!!!!", the same dialogue shown on the icon for the random song selection feature.