SOUND VOLTEX EXCEED GEAR Location Test Summary (Part 1)
A summary of information we know about the first SOUND VOLTEX EXCEED GEAR location test from 2020-09-04 to 2020-09-06.

Note: There is no part 2 to this post. Other location tests happened for EXCEED GEAR but summaries were not made for them.
The first location test for the sixth installment of SOUND VOLTEX occurred during 2020-09-04 to 2020-09-06 at GAMEシルクハット川崎ダイス (GAME SILK HAT Kawasaki DICE).
ε=△<超特大スクープだゼッ!9月4日~9月6日までの期間ボルテ最新作『SOUND VOLTEX EXCEED GEAR』がGAMEシルクハット川崎ダイス店でロケテスト開催ダッ!
— SOUNDVOLTEX STAFF (@SOUNDVOLTEX573) September 2, 2020
ハッシュタグをつけて盛り上げてくれヨナッ!https://t.co/TwlKLsSy6U #SDVX #ボルテロケテスト #ボルテ新作 pic.twitter.com/NMhCcAOzyB
Below is a collection of tweets that summarise the location test experience.
Firstly we have a new cabinet type: Valkyrie model.
- Similar to IIDX's LIGHTNING MODEL, there's a touch-screen interface and the monitor is 120Hz. The touch screen lets you configure options and search for songs.
- There's a new S-CRITICAL judgement which is tighter, similar to DDR's Marvelous. This makes it harder to get theoretical maximum scores, likely as a response to Konami's shift to focusing on e-sports.
- The cabinet uses a quad speaker system.
ロケテ
— pas (@pas_edit) September 4, 2020
ボルテ新筐体
次のBPLはボルテだなこれは… pic.twitter.com/P9BHtuM7gd
More detailed feature list:
- EXCEED START: allows the use of the S-CRITICAL judgement. Other than that, it appears to be like STANDARD START (no level restriction, ARS allowed, guaranteed three songs).
- When S-CRITICAL is present, an EX score will be displayed, similar to IIDX.
- MEGAMIX START: lets you use the MEGAMIX BATTLE system between two players. If matching fails it falls back to EXCEED START. See the MEGAMIX BATTLE page for additional details.
- Song search uses a Japanese kana keyboard and searches for both title and artist.
新要素 #ボルテロケテスト pic.twitter.com/9GKcaKZ2D6
— さくの (@sakno3592) September 4, 2020
Here is the touch screen in action. Note that SOUND VOLTEX has some rather unusual official song name pronunciations, which can make search for these songs somewhat tricky...
ボルテ ロケテ レポ③
— pas (@pas_edit) September 4, 2020
・サブモニターでオプションと楽曲検索ができる
・オプションはプレー中もこの一画面で全部管理できる(超便利)
・楽曲検索は曲の読み仮名だけでなく作曲者なども出てくるっぽい(超便利)
これに慣れたらサブモニターないと無理な身体になりそう#ボルテロケテスト pic.twitter.com/PJx8qx8HZR
OTAQUEST notes the amount of Valkyrie theming around the cab.
The new SOUND VOLTEX cabinet goes hard with the whole Valkyrie theme. pic.twitter.com/PeOPP7jyvQ
— OTAQUEST (@otaquest) September 4, 2020
A comparison of the top-down view between the new and old SDVX models:
FXの囲いが消えて離れたように見えるだけでは pic.twitter.com/rEceNdVqNm
— か (@gotou_step) September 4, 2020
Here is a list of new songs and (tentative) difficulties:
Song | Artist | Difficulties |
---|---|---|
Air | SHIKI | 6 / 13 / 16 / 18 |
*ハロー、プラネット。 | sasakure.UK | 3 / 9 / 14 / 16 |
Bad Elixir | xi | 6 / 13 / 16 / 18 |
Destr0yer | 削除 feat. Nikki Simmons | 5 / 12 / 14 / 17 |
門門しましょ | ビートまりお(COOL&CREATE) | 4 / 10 / 14 / 17 |
緋色月下、狂咲ノ絶 | EastNewSound | 4 / 11 / 15 / 17 |
キラメキ居残り大戦争 | 森羅万象 | 5 / 12 / 15 / 17 |
#ボルテロケテスト 新曲難易度&譜面作成者 pic.twitter.com/ChNcSCVrxL
— さくの (@sakno3592) September 4, 2020
You can see the new song select screen above, which is reminiscent of SDVX BOOTH.
Everyone likes to joke about Joyeuse VVD, but its fate is still unclear since reratings happen at launch:
Joyeuseは18です!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/dcbOIRZbry
— レッド (@Red9n) September 4, 2020
The results display screen is relatively minimal. Here you can see where S-CRITICAL and EX score fit in.
・判定は今までと同じ
— レッド (@Red9n) September 4, 2020
・120だからかノーツ少しゆっくり目に見える
・Sクリは全FXチップ、ノーツに適用?
・手元パネルで判定や乱などのオプションほぼ弄れる
・ロケテだからかレベル変更特になし? pic.twitter.com/yVyR4YYNdp
Below is an animation of EXCEED GEAR RASIS (official name unclear):
ヌルヌル動くレイシスちゃん pic.twitter.com/tk4CXpOENf
— EmptyDoll Ver.5V (@EmpyDoll) September 4, 2020
Here are some play videos. The knobs and left/right warning indicators look a bit different, and FX chips are noticeably red.
"S-CRITICAL"'s seem to have a white glow when being hit, whereas regular criticals have a yellow glow, and purple for nears in SOUND VOLTEX VI EXCEED GEAR #sdvx pic.twitter.com/8wjMaYJEAQ
— Kitten (@sv_kitten) September 4, 2020
キラメキ居残り大戦争(MXM17)#ボルテロケテスト pic.twitter.com/23RcKw38OK
— さくの (@sakno3592) September 4, 2020
There were also some cards available for printing from Card Connect to celebrate the location test:
∞(σ∀σ)∞ふふん!装いを新たにカードコネクトで私たちのカードが登場よ!
— SOUNDVOLTEX STAFF (@SOUNDVOLTEX573) September 4, 2020
カードコネクトのオリジナルプリントを選択して印刷したい対象の二次元コードをかざすと印刷できるわ!印刷についての詳細はカードコネクト公式をチェックよ!https://t.co/TwlKLsSy6U#SDVX #ボルテロケテスト #ボルテ新作 pic.twitter.com/iDOOhmDFrS
そしてロケテ記念カード pic.twitter.com/JkkXv4JVUp
— 翅(つばさ)RtS (@Memory72315) September 4, 2020