History YMMV / DJMAX

* NightmareFuel -- The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xD2W49jPKF4 NB Girls]]. For those who are currently in relationships, engaged, or married: imagine them pulling their tricks on you and your significant other. ''Especially'' if you've been together for a long time.

* ComplacentGamingSyndrome: In ''SUPERBEAT [=XONiC=]'', higher-level players will use Shield and Fever Shield avatars, because losing Fever mode and/or the 10,000-point All Combo bonus due to one Break is ''[[ScrappyMechanic not fun]]''.

* ComplacentGamingSyndrome -- Inverted in ''Portable'' and ''Trilogy''; many players will use Fever (to the point of having to [[strike:deal with]] utilize the [[FakeDifficulty Fever-induced speedups]]), ''even if they're struggling to full combo, 100%, or even just pass the song.''

** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TREYblgy33Q music video for "We're All Gonna Die"]] evokes [[SkeletonMotif some]] [[EyeOpen ''pretty'']] [[DerangedAnimation unnerving]] [[OminousVisualGlitch imagery]].

* NightmareFuel -- ''DJMAX Portable 2'' and ''Black Square'' have missions where a single miss (or in the case of one mission in ''Portable 2'', a MAX 1%) [[OneHitPointWonder is an instant game over]]. It's very terrifying because you never know when you'll [[YetAnotherStupidDeath overlook a single note]].
** The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xD2W49jPKF4 NB Girls]]. For those who are currently in relationships, engaged, or married: imagine them pulling their tricks on you and your significant other. ''Especially'' if you've been together for a long time.
* ScrappyMechanic -- The "autocorrect" feature, featured in every ''DJMAX'' game from ''Black Square'' to ''Fever'', except for ''Technika''. Pressing the wrong button at the right time will still give you credit for the note. Not only does it confuse and annoy expert players, who believe that this feature dumbs down the game, even beginners and ''professional reviewers'' share the same opinion, as it makes the game more confusing to learn. ''Trilogy'' is the only game with the mechanic that allows you to turn it off in the control menu, while ''Hot Tunes'' ditch this mechanic.

** The green notes, also from ''Black Square'' to ''Fever''. They give you bonus points when hit, but when you miss them, ''the music mutes until you hit the next one!'' This is ''terrible'' in a Rhythm Game. Once again, ''Hot Tunes'' mercifully ditched the mechanic completely.

** ''Any'' mission that requires you to get a Max Combo, or worse, getting no Max 1%s. They can be annoying to achieve, especially since both missions typically have harder charts.

* ContestedSequel -- Every ''Portable'' game after ''DJMAX Portable 2''. ''Clazziquai Edition'' has framerate issues and [[ItsEasySoItSucks is a little easy for some players]], while ''Black Square'' has [[ScrappyMechanic autocorrect]] and unnecessarily NintendoHard unlocks, and newer players may be turned off by the abundance of difficult charts. Both also have the [[GameBreakingBug song skip glitch]].

* ScrappyMechanic -- The "autocorrect" feature, featured in every ''DJMAX'' game since ''Trilogy'' except for ''Technika''. Pressing the wrong button at the right time will still give you credit for the note. Not only does it confuse and annoy expert players, who believe that this feature dumbs down the game, even beginners and ''professional reviewers'' share the same opinion, as it makes the game more confusing to learn. ''Portable 3'' finally gets rid of this option.

* BrokenBase -- While VideoGame/BeatcraftCYCLON and VideoGame/SuperbeatXONIC are already pretty liked by DJMAX fans, there's still a small number of fans who dislike the drastically different BGAs, which are what seem to be generic graphics playing in the background and are different for each song.

* DeaderThanDisco -- After the termination of ''Technika 3''[='=]s online service, few people treat the series as anything other than something that never existed anymore.
** It's actually still well regarded, though it's still dead after Neowiz's shift to mobile games, as Technika Q hasn't been updated in a year. Thankfully the DJMAX team abandoned ship and formed Nurijoy.

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** Cypher Gate is Technika's original behemoth, with both its SP and TP patterns being among the hardest due to their confusing and cluttered note layout. Even to this day, it still remains as one of the most difficult songs in the series.

** Technika 2 brings us the extremely fast [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5U78WIz_x0 "D2" MX]]. [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!]]

** Technika 2. D2. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnYtuVcb73k On Maximum]]. [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!]]
** You thought "Thor" TP/HD was hard? Technika 3 brings us [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxlU0vW0JbA "Xeus" MX]], which basically takes "Thor" HD's note spam and turns it into a complex repeat note pattern.

* AccidentalInnuendo: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ty9BneMpISo#t=15s "Ready Now"]]

* EnsembleDarkhorse -- The NB Rangers, a ''SuperSentai''[=/=]''PowerRangers'' who first appear in the animation for the song "NB Ranger," which has since had two sequel songs to it. Part of what makes them popular is their [[WidgetSeries ridiculous]] premise: ''[[AntiLoveSong beating up couples in love]].''

* HoYay - The background animations for "On," "Jealousy," "In My Heart," and "Hamsin." In fact, in the latter's animation, one character is explicitly described as a lesbian.

** The animation for "Freedom" too. Doubles as FoeYay.

** D2. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnYtuVcb73k On Maximum. AAAAAAAAA [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel HHHHHHH!!]]

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* ScrappyMechanic -- The "autocorrect" feature, featured in every ''DJMAX'' game since ''Trilogy'' except for ''Technika''. Pressing the wrong button at the right time will still give you credit for the note. Not only does it confuse and annoy expert players, who believe that this feature dumbs down the game, even beginners and ''professional reviewers'' share the same opinion, as it makes the game more confusing to learn. ''Portable 3'' [[AndTheFandomRejoiced finally gets rid of this option]].

* AndTheFandomRejoiced: Not only was DJ Max Technika 3 announced, but so was a port of the DJ Max Technika games for the PS Vita, bonus points for the PS Vita being region free.

* AccidentalNightmareFuel: The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xD2W49jPKF4 NB Girls]]. For those who are currently in relationships, engaged, or married: imagine them pulling their tricks on you and your significant other. ''Especially'' if you've been together for a long time.

** D2. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnYtuVcb73k On Maximum.]] [[BeyondTheImpossible AAAAAAAAA]][[HighOctaneNightmareFuel HHHHHHH!!]]

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome -- [[{{CrowningMusic/DJMAX}} A lot.]]

* AccidentalNightmareFuel: The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xD2W49jPKF4 NB Girls]]. For those who are currently in relationships, engaged, or married: imagine them pulling their tricks on you and your significant other. ''Especially'' if you've been together for a long time.