321 STARS
321 STARS
Song Information
Artist: DJ SIMON
Composition/Arrangement: Kiyotaka Sugimoto
BPM: 192
Length: 1:24
Genre: TECHNO POP (テクノポップ)
pop'n music Character: KINOKO BOY [8]
pop'n CG designer: shio
Movie: yaku (beatmania), VJ GYO (CS DistorteD), ? (2006)
Jacket design: moroEX
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania completeMIX 2
Other Music Game Appearances:
- beatmania (2006)
- beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD CS
- beatmania III APPEND CORE REMIX
- DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME
- pop'n music 8
Lyrics
None.
Song Connections / Remixes
- The orangenoise shortcut song Like a surfing samples the melody of 321 STARS.
- 321 STARS shares the "hi" sample with OTENAMI Hurricane, from beatmania IIDX 24 SINOBUZ.
Trivia
- This song has different backgrounds, banners, jackets, or other related images. For more information, please see this page.
- 321 STARS marks Kiyotaka Sugimoto's first original composition in the beatmania series.
- It also marks his first instrumental song in BEMANI.
- 321 STARS, along with air and 魔法の扉(スペース🪐マコのテーマ) being crossed over also mark his first appearance in the arcade DanceDanceRevolution series.
- It also marks his first instrumental song in BEMANI.
- 321 STARS is a reference to Kiyotaka Sugimoto's birthday, March 21st (3/21).
- 321 STARS is the only returning original song in beatmania ClubMIX which did not receive new charts.
- 321STARS is the 19th song unlock of Sugoroku de 8 (すごろく de 8) in pop'n music 8. It can be unlocked from July 17th, 2002 through August 28th, 2002 by directly landing on the the city of Tokyo on your third trip around the board, which will take you to Hachiojima, and from there walk across it to unlock it.
- If you don't directly land on Tokyo on your third lap, you'll go to Hachiojima by simply passing it on your fourth trip.
- KINOKO BOY will also be unlocked as a new character when 321STARS is unlocked.
- KINOKO BOY does not have a 2P color.
- KINOKO BOY will also be unlocked as a new character when 321STARS is unlocked.
- If you don't directly land on Tokyo on your third lap, you'll go to Hachiojima by simply passing it on your fourth trip.
- Along with the other BEMANI songs crossed over to pop'n music 8, 321 STARS displays ♪♪♪♪♪ as the artist. This has never changed.
- 321 STARS received a brand-new Double NORMAL chart in beatmania THE FINAL, replacing its original chart.
- 321 STARS received a brand-new EX chart in pop'n music 9's Gambler de Z (ギャンブラーZ) unlock event. It could be unlocked from February 13th, 2003 through March 12th, 2003 after unlocking 翔べない天使 and clearing 321 STARS' EX chart, or failing it enough times until it's automatically unlocked.
- As of March 12th, 2003, this chart is playable by default.
- Counting jumps, 321 STARS' EXPERT charts have exactly 321 notes in them in DanceDanceRevolution, a reference to its name.
- Unfortunately, due to jumps counting as one note for combo purposes in all future DanceDanceRevolution titles after EXTREME, this little in-joke is lost.
- A similar joke occurred with 321 STARS in pop'n music with its NORMAL chart; if one achieved a full combo in pop'n music 8, it was 321 (MAX COMBO in earlier pop'n music games was the song's notecount total minus 1). Once the MAX COMBO got updated in later pop'n music games to include all of a song's notes, though, this joke was lost once more.
- Unfortunately, due to jumps counting as one note for combo purposes in all future DanceDanceRevolution titles after EXTREME, this little in-joke is lost.
- In the DanceDanceRevolution series, 321 STARS is titled as 321STARS.
- 321STARS received a Double BEGINNER chart in DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX2.
- 321 STARS is one of the six revived beatmania songs that can be found in beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD CS.
- 321 STARS is unlockable in pop'n music Lively from January 12th, 2022 as part of the pop'n quest (ポップンクエスト) unlocking system.
Music Comment
This popular beatmania song makes its appearance in pop'n!
Song Production Information
beatmania
DJ SIMON
The running gag of this techno pop song, is "1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 222222222, 3, 2, 1, Hiiiii~" with the feel of an adorable, fast-moving hyper amusement facility (?), like a clockwork mini theater.
Underneath the warm melody is some kind of surreal world, where vigorous drums pound out high-octane beats.
pop'n music
Original Simonman
I will now answer the question about how to read this song title.
It is read as "three-two-one-stars".
CS Information Data
DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME CS (North America)
You have unlocked the song "321STARS" by DJ SIMON. Combining a really unique mix of sounds and a variety of beats and tempos, "321STARS" is one of the most entertaining songs to choose when playing with friends. Get ready to 3,2,1 start dancing to this song!
Video Production Information
yaku
The main background is a boy on his keyboard, with the image of him clacking away with like he's hacking. It's personally my favorite animation.
Character Information
Untranslated.
Difficulty & Notecounts
beatmania difficulty rated from 1 to 9.
beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12. beatmania (2006) difficulty rated from 1 to 10.
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 10 from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2, and 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. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from KANI KANI CRAB and BEMANIWiki 2nd.)
beatmania
| Game | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | Hard | Another | Normal | Hard | Another | |
| Notecounts | 276 | 413 | 588 | 436 | 436 | 626 |
| beatmania completeMIX 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| beatmania ClubMIX | ↓4 | 6 | N/A | ↓4 | 6 | N/A |
| beatmania THE FINAL | 4 | ↑7 | ↑9 | ※4 | 9 | ↑9 |
| beatmania III APPEND CORE REMIX→III THE FINAL | 4 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 9 |
| beatmania APPEND ClubMIX | 4 | 6 | N/A | 4 | 6 | N/A |
| beatmania (2006) | - | 6 | - | - | 6 | - |
| beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD CS | N/A | N/A | N/A | ※N/A | N/A | N/A |
※ Denotes chart has been changed from from the older AC chart (total notes: 294).
beatmania IIDX
| Game | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEGINNER | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | LEGGENDARIA | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | LEGGENDARIA | |
| Notecounts | - | 276 | 413 | 588 | - | 294 | 436 | 626 | - |
| beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD CS | - | 5 | 8 | 10 | - | 4 | 6 | 9 | - |
DanceDanceRevolution
| Game | Single | Double | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beginner | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | |
| Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows | 95 / 0 | 146 / 5 | 239 / 15 | 308 / 7 | - / - / - | 147 / 5 | 241 / 7 | 307 / 7 | - / - / - |
| DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME→SuperNOVA2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | - | 4 | 7 | 8 | - |
| Dancing Stage Fusion | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | - | 4 | 7 | 8 | - |
| DanceDanceRevolution X→Present | 4 | 5 | 9 | 11 | - | 5 | 8 | 11 | - |
| DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME CS JP/NA | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | - | 4 | 7 | 8 | - |
| Dancing Stage Fusion CS | 2 | ※4 | ※6 | ※8 | - | ※4 | ※7 | ※8 | - |
| DanceDanceRevoluion ULTRAMIX2 / Dancing Stage Unleashed2 | N/A | 4 | 6 | 8 | - | 4 | 7 | 8 | - |
| DanceDanceRevolution GRAND PRIX | 4 | 5 | 9 | 11 | - | 5 | 8 | 11 | - |
※ These charts don't have Freeze Arrows in the PlayStation version of Dancing Stage Fusion CS.
pop'n music
| Game | Normal Mode | Battle Mode | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5-Buttons | NORMAL | HYPER | EX | NORMAL | HYPER | |
| Notecounts | 188 | 322 | 591 | 824 | 305 | 498 |
| pop'n music 8 | 9 | 21 | 29 | - | 15 | 24 |
| pop'n music 9 | ↓7 | ↑22 | ↑31 | 40 | 15 | 24 |
| pop'n music 10→17 THE MOVIE | 7 | 22 | 31 | ↓39 | 15 | 24 |
| pop'n music 18 せんごく列伝→20 fantasia | 7 | 22 | ↑32 | 39 | 15 | 24 |
| pop'n music Sunny Park→Present | - | 28 | 38 | 45 | 15 | 24 |
| pop'n music 8 CS | 7 | 22 | 31 | 40 | 15 | 24 |
| pop'n music Lively | - | 28 | 38 | 45 | - | - |
| すごろく de ８ | |
|---|---|
| Lap 1-2 | まっさら (Shizuoka) - Seal (Nagoya) - Lover's High (Osaka) - MOBO★MOGA (Kobe) - EL DIA FELIZ (Kochi) - Feux d'artifica (Hiroshima) beAchest beAch (Kagoshima) - 出会う時・・・下関。 (Shimonoseki) - A LOVE WE NEVER KNEW (Tottori) - Sci-Fi Girl (Kanazawa) cat's Scat (Niigata) - Wall Street Down-sizer (Aomori) - しりとり (Sapporo) - JET WORLD (Abashiri) - BoaBoaLady! (Hakodate) Cassandra (Sendai) - maritare! (Mito) - CANDY♥ (Tokyo) |
| Lap 3-4 | 321 STARS (Hachiojima) - Manhattan Sports Club (Okinawa) - Linus (Sado) |
| Expert course unlocks | INNOVATION (Des-ROW course STAGE 1) - 大見解 (Des-ROW course STAGE 2) - Shock of Love (kiddy course STAGE 1) Spell on me ～魅惑の呪文 (kiddy course STAGE 2) - BICYCLE (payapaya course STAGE 1) Cherry&Raquel (payapaya course STAGE 2) - Midnight Yoghurt（女SPY☆お色気ゴーゴー脱出大作戦） (Simon course STAGE 1) SLOW DOWN (Power course 2 STAGE 2) |
| ギャンブラーZ | |
|---|---|
| PATH A | 翔べない天使 - 321 STARS (EX) |
| PATH B | Inflation! - Manhattan Sports Club (EX) |
| PATH C | I REALLY WANT TO HURT YOU - 永遠という名の媚薬 (EX) |
| PATH D | ABSOLUTE - Cassandra (EX) |
| PATH E | Secret tale - ブタパンチのテーマ (EX) |
| END | はばたけ、ザ・グレートギャンブラー (HYPER/EX) |
| CS crossovers | Get on that train - Candy Blue - coastline - くちうるさいママ - penta-mode - 悲しいね - キミに届け - ATTITUDE - Twilight Gloom |
| Hidden charts | LOVE FIRE (HYPER) - 宇宙船Q-Mex (HYPER/EX) - Tap'n! Slap'n! Pop'n Music! (HYPER) - ostin-art (HYPER/EX) - HONEまで♡トゥナイト (HYPER) - TOON MANIAC (HYPER) - Cry Out (HYPER/EX) - 映画「SICILLIANA」のテーマ (HYPER) - クチビル (HYPER/EX) - In a Grow (HYPER/EX) - WITHOUT YOU AROUND (HYPER/EX) - power plant (HYPER/EX) |
| Expert course unlocks | ステテコ捨てて行こう (Suwa course STAGE 1) - 今夜、森をぬけて (Sana course STAGE 1) - お天気とチョコレート (Parquets course STAGE 1) - それから (Parquets course STAGE 2) - Streams (Classic course 2 STAGE 1) - The tyro's reverie (Classic course 2 FINAL STAGE) |