- Oni mode
Successfully complete twenty songs to unlock the Oni difficulty setting.

- Perfect mode
Successfully complete thirty songs. Then, go to the song selection screen, and press Down/Right to display the options. The Perfect mode icon resembles a yellow Don wearing a gold crown. In Perfect mode, one missed note will result in a failed song.

- Unlocking songs quickly
To unlock songs normally, you must use the Daily Training Dojo once a day. To do this quickly, change the system date to the next day after you are done and repeat until all six songs are unlocked.

- High-Speed 4
Successfully complete thirty songs. Then, go to the song selection screen, and press Down/Right to display the options. The High-Speed 4 mode icon resembles an animal with an open mouth with a red flag next to its name. In High-Speed 4 mode, notes will scroll four times as fast.