Diamond Dust

Diamond Dust

Song Information

 
Diamond Dust's jacket.
 
Diamond Dust's pop'n music banner.

Artist: TAG
Composition/Arrangement: TAG
BPM: 148
Length: 1:43
pop'n music Genre: REFLECTIVE TRANCE (リフレクティヴトランス)
pop'n music Character: HAPPPY [17-1P]
Jacket design: AUK-YAM
First Music Game Appearance: REFLEC BEAT
Other Music Game Appearances:

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

  • An extended version of Diamond Dust, titled Diamond Dust-Extended Ver.-, can be found on the REFLEC BEAT ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK album.
  • A re-arranged version of Diamond Dust with vocals by DJ YOSHITAKA, titled Diamond Dust -Try to Sing Ver.-, can also be found in REFLEC BEAT.
  • The TAG BGM in REFLEC BEAT is partially based on Diamond Dust.

Trivia

  • Diamond Dust is TAG's first original contribution to the REFLEC BEAT series.
  • Diamond Dust is unlocked in REFLEC BEAT by reaching Level 14.
    • In REFLEC BEAT limelight, Diamond Dust is unlocked by reaching the second part of Glass Stage 1-1. It is the 4th old REFLEC BEAT song in limelight unlocked via Glass Stage.
    • In REFLEC BEAT colette, Diamond Dust is unlocked by reaching Stage 2 of Pastel Adventure (パステルアドベンチャー) in Reflecting Mountain (初代リフレク山).
    • From REFLEC BEAT groovin'!! to REFLEC BEAT VOLZZA 2, Diamond Dust was available by default.
  • TAG himself appears on Diamond Dust's jacket.
  • Diamond Dust is one of the unlockable songs of Phase 2 of pop'n music 20 fantasia's Soreyuke! pop'n quest (それゆけ!ポップンクエスト) event. It could be unlocked from April 25th, 2012.
  • Diamond Dust's genre, REFLECTIVE TRANCE, references the game from where it originated, REFLEC BEAT.
  • According to PON, he wanted to put in Diamond Dust -Try to Sing Ver.- for the EX chart in pop'n music. Mameshiba, the note chart designer of the song, apologized in his comments for those expecting the EX chart to be that song.
  • In DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX, Diamond Dust's CHALLENGE charts can be unlocked by reaching ENJOY LEVEL 100.
    • From DanceDanceRevolution (2013) onwards, these charts are playable by default.
    • Diamond Dust is the first REFLEC BEAT song to cross over to DanceDanceRevolution.
  • Diamond Dust received an EASY chart in pop'n music Sunny Park, replacing its old 5-Buttons chart.
  • After being removed from the initial release of REFLEC BEAT 悠久のリフレシア, Diamond Dust was revived on May 18th, 2017.

Music Comment

Untranslated.

Song Production Information

Untranslated.

Character Information

None.

Difficulty & Notecounts

DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 20 from X onwards.
pop'n music difficulty rated from 1 to 43 through pop'n music 20 fantasia, and 1 to 50 from Sunny Park onwards.
REFLEC BEAT to groovin'!! Upper difficulty rated from 1 to 10+, 1 to 13 in VOLZZA/VOLZZA 2, and 1 to 15 in 悠久のリフレシア. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

DanceDanceRevolution

Game Single Double
Beginner Basic Difficult Expert Challenge Basic Difficult Expert Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows 70 / 0 148 / 13 181 / 18 251 / 25 274 / 18 / 39 138 / 13 189 / 28 255 / 26 277 / 16 / 41
DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX→Present 1 5 7 10 13 5 8 11 13

pop'n music

Game Standard Battle
5 Button Normal Hyper EX Normal Hyper
Notecounts 198 311 532 754 198 307
pop'n music 20 fantasia 14 19 28 34 13 18
pop'n music Sunny Park→Present 5 ↓23 ↓33 40 13 18

※ The notecount of this chart is different from the old 5-Buttons chart (total notes: 133).

REFLEC BEAT

Old Charts

Game Level
Basic Medium Hard Special
Notecounts 129 188 280 -
REFLEC BEAT→VOLZZA 2 3 5 7 -
REFLEC BEAT plus 3 5 7 -
REFLEC BEAT + 3 5 7 -


New Charts

Game Level
Basic Medium Hard White
Hard
Notecounts 181 247 408 -
REFLEC BEAT 悠久のリフレシア 4 7 9 -


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