BDX Mega Pack Version 1.1
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[TABLE OF CONTENTS]
BDX01: Introduction
BDX02: Getting Started
BDX03: Pack Info
- BDX03A: Translated J-Pop
- BDX03B: Translated Game
- BDX03C: Translated Other
- BDX03D: Translated Anime Songs
- BDX03E: Nintendo Songs 
- BDX03F: ndsbbs 328
- BDX03G: ndsbbs 269
- BDX03H: Edited Versions
- BDX03I: English CAPS
- BDX03J: Original DBB
- BDX03K: DBB Expansion
- BDX03L: DBBDX
- BDX03M: JWTB
- BDX03N: Variety
- BDX03O: French 706 Songs
- BDX03P: 5673-5390
- BDX03Q: Beatmania Pack
- BDX03R: Random Songs
BDX04: Useful Links
BDX05: FAQ
BDX06: Credits and Thanks
BDX07: Version History

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BDX01: Introduction
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Thank you for downloading the BDX Mega Pack for Jam With the Band (E) and Daigasso! Band Brothers
DX (J). Within this huge pack of folders, you will find BDX files for use in these games. In the off chance
that you don't know what BDX files are, well, to put it simply, they're song files. That's right, each of
these 32KB files is a song for Jam With the Band/Daigasso! Band Brothers DX. Granted, they're midi, so
the small file size is to be expected. 

To utilize these files, you will need a Nintendo DS Flash Cart running a compatible firmware, as well as
one of two save file editors, BDX Tool or DX Degausser. It is likely that upon the initial release of Jam
With the Band (E), many flash carts will be incapable of saving or loading any data (as was the case
with the Japanese version, Daigasso! Band Brothers DX) due to the game's 8MB save file which
generally requires a firmware update. Let's hope that by the time you read this, any issues have been
solved and you can jump right into playing the game. 

This also means that people without flash carts - those who legitimately bought the game cannot use 
these BDX files, but they will be able to utilize the game's download service, which flash cart users will
not be able to use. Thus, the game is best experienced with both a legitimate and a pirated copy of the
game, so please support Nintendo's release of the game if it is available in your region, but don't be
afraid to make use of this extensive list of music, most of it unable to be accessed by players of an
actual copy of the game.

As for the pack itself, it was compiled by me (FFandMMfan) from various sources through hours and 
hours of searching and renaming. I take no credit for the creation of any of these BDX files (as of the
time this is being written, I haven't made a single one) nor do I take credit for the original distribution of
these files. The pack is far from perfect, and there are many, many BDX files available that I haven't
acquired, as well as many duplicates and quite possibly a few naming errors within the pack itself, but
I hope you enjoy the fruits of my labor. 

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BDX02: Getting Started
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The first and foremost thing you need in order to utilize these BDX files is a Nintendo DS Flash Cart.
I myself use a CycloDS Evolution, and can therefore only confirm that everything works perfectly on that
particular device, but I know that it works on a number of other cards as well. However, at the time of
writing this (May 13th 2010, aka before Jam With the Band is even out), I have no way to know if it will
work on your flash cart (or mine, for that matter...), but I know that Daigasso! Band Brothers DX (J) is
fully compatible on the CycloDS and other flash carts so if Jam With the Band doesn't work on your
flash cart, try updating the firmware, and if it still doesn't work, you may have to wait for a fix similar to
the one used for Daigasso! Band Brothers DX. In later versions of this pack I will attempt to include a 
list of flash carts that are and are not compatible with JWTB.

The next thing you'll need is either BDX Tool or DX Degausser. 

BDX Tool is created by Yasu, a Japanese user who requires BDX Tool to be downloaded from his
website and unlocked with a key that the website will provide. BDX Tool is much easier to use than
DX Degausser, and is more stable, but offers fewer details and only lets you fill custom song slots
(100 songs) with BDX files, as opposed to DX Degausser also letting you fill download song slots
(100 in DBBDX, 50 in JWTB) with songs.

How to download BDX Tool:
Step 1: http://home.usay.jp/pc/etc/nds/
Step 2: Ctrl+F bdxtool(08/07/31 24:00)
Step 3: Click the underlined bdxtool
Step 4: Save and extract the contents of the folder
Step 5: Open BDX Tool, then copy the text shown
Step 6: Paste the text into the empty box below where you clicked on the website and click GET
Step 7: Save the key file in the same folder as BDX Tool

How to use BDX Tool:
Step 1. Open a Daigasso! Band Brothers DX (J) or Jam With the Band (E) save file from the file menu.
Step 2: Click on an empty slot and click Import
Step 3: Select a BDX file
Step 4: Repeat untill you have imported all the BDX files you want (you can import more than 1 at a time)
Step 5: Save the save file and quit.
Step 6: Make sure your save has the same name as your NDS file, copy it to your card and play!
(Note: The preview function of BDX Tool uses your internal system midi player, so the songs will
sound much better in-game)

How to download DX Degausser:
Step 1: http://dbbdx.wikispaces.com/Degausser
Step 2: Click on the download link
Step 3: ????
Step 4: PROFIT!!

How to use DX Degausser:
Step 1: Read the included text file
Step 2: ????
Step 3: PROFIT!!

With these tools, as well as the BDX packs included, you're well on your way to enjoying Jam With
the Band/Daigasso! Band Brothers DX!

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BDX03: Pack Info
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In this section, you can read about just what is in each of these song packs. These packs were
compiled by me (FFandMMfan) and, as stated above, are not perfect, and as such, you should
read through this section to make finding the songs you want easier on yourself.

The "Translated" packs are packs which have their names displayed in-game in English/Romaji as
opposed to the Japanese many of them were originally created in. Some of these (mostly the ones in
the Translated Game pack) were already translated for me, but the rest have gone through my save file
and personally edited into English characters by me. It took a lot of time to do, but I hope that it makes
it easier for you to find the songs you like.

BDX03A: Translated J-Pop
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Contains J-Pop (which is not exclusively "Pop" but includes any genre of Japanese music) songs which
I have translated into English. Anime songs can be found in the Translated Anime pack. If you find a
song from an Anime in this pack, let me know and I'll move it in the next version.

BDX03B: Translated Game
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Contains Video Game songs which I have translated into English, or found in English in some cases
(many of them came from the Variety pack). You will also find songs from Visual Novels in this pack.

BDX03C: Translated Other
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Western music, Classical music, and various other things that don't fit into the J-Pop or Game folders.

BDX03D: Translated Anime Songs
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Contains songs from Anime which I have translated into English. I've added the names of the Anime that
they're from to the file names for convenience, but it will only display the actual song name once you
load it into the game. 

BDX03E: Nintendo Songs
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This contains romanized versions of 191 of the 200 songs that Nintendo released on Wi-Fi at the launch
of Daigasso! Band Brothers DX. These songs will appear in-game in Japanese (assuming the songs
were written in Japanese in the first place), so you will have to either change them to English characters 
yourself, or navigate through Japanese-named songs. I have however included many of them (but not all
of them) in the Translated J-Pop folder. It is also of note that the songs are romanized into Romaji, and
not ENGLISH, so for example, it displays "BOOIFURENDO" and not "Boyfriend", so it may be difficult
to find what you are looking for. As for the 9 other songs, they can be found in the Translated J-Pop 
pack.

BDX03F: ndsbbs 328
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Each of the two ndsbbs packs contain some different songs. While the pack with 328 has more songs, 
due to the way it was ripped, many titles with special characters (such as ~ and ?) were lost, and thus
the 269 pack has some songs that the 328 pack does not. Like the Nintendo Songs pack above, this
pack is also in romanized Japanese and all songs will display in Japanese in-game.

BDX03G: ndsbbs 269
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See above.

BDX03H: Edited Versions
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Contains a few songs that users edited for various reasons, usually to fix minor errors in the original rips.
The "Don't Say 'Lazy'" and "Venus to Jesus" edits were done by me, to eliminate parts in the melody
that were considerably more difficult than the rest of the song, to increase my own enjoyment of playing
the songs. The originals of these can be found in the J-Pop and Anime packs.

BDX03I: English CAPS
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Contains a small handful of songs that were displayed by default in ALL CAPS, with English titles. Most
(all?) of the songs in here can be found in other packs as well. 

BDX03J: Original DBB
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Contains all of the songs from the original Daigasso! Band Brothers (NOT DBBDX, which is the one
that JWTB is based on).

BDX03K: DBB Expansion
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Contains nearly all of the songs from the Daigasso! Band Brothers Request Selection Cartridge, a GBA
pack that added 31 more songs to DBB. The rest of the songs will be added when I have acquired them.

BDX03L: DBBDX
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Contains the 5 J-Pop songs packed in with DBBDX, as well as a classical Japanese song that was
also cut from JWTB.

BDX03M: JWTB
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Contains the songs packed in with Jam With the Band, not including the classical remixes that are
found in both DBBDX and JWTB. While many of you will be playing JWTB and thus not need these, 
there will probably be someone out there who continues to play DBBDX and wants to have the JWTB
songs in their game. That's what this pack is for.

BDX03N: Variety
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A large pack with many Japanese titled songs, as well as a handful of English titled ones. Largely
comprised of video game songs (this being where I got most of the songs in the Game pack), but also
containing several J-Pop and World songs as well. 

BDX03O: French 706 Songs
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I like to call this one the "disaster" pack. A French GBAtemp user had posted this (along with several
smaller versions of this same pack) in the DBBDX thread. Somehow, someway, their method of
ripping BDX files had produced a mess of garbled song titles, with junk characters at the beginning of
some titles, characters cut off from the end of the titles, random Japanese characters remaining in
the titles, and some titles somehow bypassing the character limit! However, this is the largest single
pack we have, and even though it's a complete disaster to go through, there are several songs in here
not found in any other pack. You can try to find some songs in here... if you dare...

BDX03P: 5673-5390
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A collection of BDX files ripped from the BanBro Uploader by some GBAtemp user. The titles are all
just numbers, corresponding to the numbers on the BanBro Uploader, and not all of the songs within
this range are included (and some of them I translated and put in other packs), but this is just another
pack that you can go through and try to find songs.

BDX03Q: Beatmania Pack
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I don't remember where I got this, but it's a collection of songs from the Beatmania games. Several of
the titles are in Japanese though. These are also NOT in the Translated Game pack.

BDX03R: Random Songs
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Anything I don't know what to do with, I throw in here. Any subfolders inside of here are likely small
packs that I also didn't know what to do with. 

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BDX04: Useful Links
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Section title speaks for itself.

http://filetrip.net/file.php?id=11394
BDX Mega Pack downloads. Check back often for updates!

http://dbbdx.wikispaces.com/
Daigasso! Band Brothers DX & Jam With the Band Wiki
My Wiki originally created for Daigasso! Band Brothers DX, which I'll also be using for Jam With the
Band. I'll upload updates to the BDX Mega Pack here, as well as other files and tools that you can use
with JWTB/DBBDX.

http://banbro.moero.info/up/index.php?page=all
BanBro Uploader
A large archive of BDX files used by Japanese users. As such, this website is in Japanese and will be
difficult for non-Japanese speakers to navigate. All of the files are password protected, and while some
of them will list their passwords in their titles, others will only be listed in the description of the video
(if it has one) on Nico Nico Douga, and some don't list their passwords at all.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/945811-jam-with-the-band
GameFAQs - Daigasso! Band Brothers DX Message Board
The game board for Jam With the Band/Daigasso! Band Brothers DX on GameFAQs, which may or
may not be able to answer any questions you may have regarding the game. Keep in mind that
discussion of BDX files likely falls under the Illegal Activities section of the ToU and will get you
moderated, and it would be much more wise to attempt to contact me on my Wiki or on GBAtemp
via PM under the name Rubedo if you need to ask me any questions regarding this pack or BDX files
in general.

http://gbatemp.net/t227871-ds-4900-jam-with-the-band-europe
GBAtemp thread for the European version of Jam With the Band

http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=92218&hl=
GBAtemp thread for Daigasso! Band Brothers DX

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BDX05: FAQ
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Q: Can you help me with this part of the game?
A: No, this is not a guide for playing the game.

Q: How do I know if the game is compatible with my flash cart?
A: Start the game and play through the tutorial and get to the title screen. Reset the game. If you can
skip the intro of the game, it works. You can now load this save into BDX Tool or DX Degausser. If you
can't skip the intro after reaching the title screen, try using a pre-existing save. Make sure you name the
save the same thing as your NDS file. If you can skip the intro, then use that save (meaning your card
can read/write to the save, but cannot create it's own save file of the game), if you can't, then sorry, but
your card is most likely not compatible with JWTB/DBBDX. Make sure your firmware is updated, and
if it still doesn't work, alert the support team of your flash cart that the game isn't working and wait
for a fix.

Q: Why can't I download any songs from Wi-Fi?
A: Because you're a dirty little pirate and Nintendo is wise to you! Seriously, this game has so much
copy protection both within the game and on Nintendo's side that it's unlikely that the Anti-Piracy
preventing pirated cards from downloading songs will ever be cracked. But hey, that's what the BDX
files are for!

Q: Why is the volume on this BDX so low?
A: Songs converted from BBS files (songs used in the original DBB) have the tendency to have volume
issues. Unfortunately, the only way to fix it is to change the volume yourself.

Q: Why is this song title shortened?
A: Because of character limits. All of the songs in the 1.0 pack were edited in DBBDX and it has a rather
strict character limit, so many songs just drop off and have a ... at the end. Additionally, I've left out
spaces in some titles to make them fit. Sorry, but it had to be done.

Q: Why doesn't this song have the ? or other special character that's in the title?
A: Because BDX Tool fails to export songs with certain special characters in the title. Additionally, 
Windows Explorer won't allow you to put certain characters in file names.

Q: Why did you write a Translation FAQ for the game on GameFAQs?
A: Because at one time, it seemed likely that it would never, ever come out in English.

Q: Can you speak Japanese?
A: No. None of the "Translations" in the FAQ are actual translations of the text, but rather explain what
that particular button does.

Q: Are there any songs that you did not include with the pack?
A: I have several packs of Japanese titled songs which are identical to (or smaller versions of) the 
ndsbbs packs. Since those are in romaji, there was no reason to include them. Additionally, one song
in particular, Link (Fullmetal Alchemist Movie OP) was cut because it is somehow corrupted and will
occasionally continue to play infinitely even after the song is over. Additionally, the translated version of
Mega Man 7 Boss Theme was cut because it, like KH Dearly Beloved is corrupted somehow and will not
save if you try and edit the song, and unlike KH Dearly Beloved, which has Japanese still in the title, but
not at the beginning of the title, the Mega Man 7 Boss Theme is almost entirely Japanese. It can still be
found in the Variety Pack, though.

Q: Why didn't you translate EVERY song?
A: I AM ONLY HUMAN, WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?!

Q: How much time did it take to translate all of those song titles?
A: Too long.

Q: Are you that guy that posted about this game on (insert forum here) like, every day for a month?
A: Yes.

Q: Why?
A: Because Nintendo didn't advertise this game at all.

Q: I have a question/comment, how can I contact you?
A: The easiest way would be to message me through the DBBDX Wiki, or on GBAtemp. My username
on both is Rubedo.

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BDX06: Credits and Thanks
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Myself - For spending so much time on this. Seriously, the hell was I thinking doing all this crap?
Impossible - For providing me with most of these songs in the first place.
Lookie401 - For ripping the files found in the Orginal DBB, DBB Expansion, DBBDX and JWTB folders.
Everybody Else That Sent Me BDX Files - I don't know who you all are, but thanks.
Everybody Else That Made These BDX Files - This wouldn't be the same game without you... literally...

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BDX07: Version History
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Version 1.1 - 5/24/10
Total BDX Count: 2,938 (80 new songs with many duplicates removed)
Added many more BDX files, as well as the Changelog. Please check that for more info on what was 
added in this, and future versions of the pack. Additionally, I deleted all of the duplicate Anime songs
that were in the Translated J-Pop pack, and removed all of the Original DBB songs (unless they were
completely different versions of the song) from the Translated J-Pop pack, all of which can now be
found in the Original DBB pack or the Translated Anime pack if it was from an Anime. Finally, I corrected
a few minor title typos, and moved a few songs around to proper places.

Version 1.0 - 5/13/10
Total BDX Count: 3,070 (including duplicates)
Initial version. JWTB isn't even out yet! I hope these files even work with JWTB...