While the first installment, DJMax Portable, never reached distribution outside of South Korea until the release of DMPi, DJMax Portable 2 was released in Japan[1] along with English packaging and manuals.

DJMax Portable 2 can be linked with songs from the DJMax Portable game using a new play system called Link Disk mode.

tracks from the game including Korean, Japanese and English versions of the songs which are played via the soundtrack mode.

Customizable control configurations are also included in DJMax Portable 2 allowing you change what the buttons do.

There are 61 playable songs[2] in DJMax Portable 2, 45 of which are available at the start.