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It\u2019s now February, which means that we\u2019re a month and a half away from the next major arcade industry tradeshow, Amusement Expo International. It\u2019s often been called \u201cthe Spring show\u201d, \u201cthe AMOA show,\u201d or depending on your context, just \u201cExpo\u201d \u2013 depends on how long you\u2019ve been in the industry. That said, we don\u2019t often hear about games coming to the show until things are much closer, but that has apparently been broken due to a surprise advance announcement from Velocity eSports. Let\u2019s get into what we know about Maimai DX possibly coming to Amusement Expo 2025\u2026<\/p>\n
As a refresher, Maimai is the legendary rhythm game by Sega in Japan that \u201clooks like a washing machine\u201d. It\u2019s built up a powerful pop-cult following all around the world, even in the West where there is no console or mobile version to bolster that, and finding an arcade example is extremely rare. That\u2019s because Sega has not launched the game to the West, officially, so it\u2019s been the rare import, or interested players finding one while living or travelling overseas.<\/p>\n
This is why it was unexpected to see the game appearing on location test here in the States last year \u2013 first at Round1USA<\/a>, then Dave & Busters<\/a>, and finally at Velocity eSports<\/a> since last December. While out East the game relied on internet connected features, the online portion was notably deactivated for the last test.<\/p>\n \n