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Composition/Arrangement/Piano/Other Instruments & Programming: [[Tomosuke Funaki|TOMOSUKE]]<br>
Composition/Arrangement/Piano/Other Instruments & Programming: [[Tomosuke Funaki|TOMOSUKE]]<br>
BPM: 148<br>
BPM: 148<br>
Length: 1:40 (jubeat), 1:50 (pop'n music)<br>
Length: 1:40 (jubeat), 1:50 (beatmania IIDX, pop'n music)<br>
Genre: PIANO CONTEMPORARY (ピアノコンテンポラリー)<br>
Genre: PIANO CONTEMPORARY (ピアノコンテンポラリー)<br>
pop'n music Character: SMOKE [19]<br>
pop'n music Character: SMOKE [19]<br>
pop'n CG design: [[eimy]] (new animations)<br>
pop'n CG designer: [[eimy]] (new animations)<br>
VJ: [[Hotaru Matsuzaki|F-FLY]]<br>
Movie: [[Hotaru Matsuzaki|F-FLY]]<br>
First Music Game Appearance: [[jubeat ripples]]<br>
Jacket design: [[Hitomi Isono|いそにん]]<br>
First Music Game Appearance: [[AC jb ripples|jubeat ripples]]<br>
Other Music Game Appearances:
Other Music Game Appearances:
* [[AC SINOBUZ|beatmania IIDX 24 SINOBUZ]]
* [[AC SINOBUZ|beatmania IIDX 24 SINOBUZ]]
* [[jubeat plus]] music pack 20
* [[CS jb plus|jubeat plus]] music pack 20
* [[jubeat plus (Android)]] KONAMI music pack 14
* [[CS jb plus Android|jubeat plus (Android)]] KONAMI music pack 14
* [[jukebeat]] KONAMI music pack 05
* [[CS jukebeat|jukebeat]] KONAMI music pack 05
* [[PnM AC 19|pop'n music 19 TUNE STREET]]
* [[AC pnm 19|pop'n music 19 TUNE STREET]]
* [[PnM CS rhythmin|ポップンリズミン]] jubeatパック3
* [[CS pnm rhythmin|ポップンリズミン]] jubeatパック3


== Lyrics ==
== Lyrics ==
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== Song Connections / Remixes ==
== Song Connections / Remixes ==
* A long version of Macuilxochitl appears on the ''jubeat ripples APPEND SOUNDTRACK'' album.
* According to TOMOSUKE, both [[Almagest]] and Macuilxochitl were derived from the same prototype song [https://twitter.com/_TOMOSUKE_/status/36072202822488065] [https://twitter.com/_TOMOSUKE_/status/36080229290082304] [https://mond.how/ja/topics/03a5bh35vc9fyd7/xn9hjjnbcv6kxgu].
** The pop'n music series use a short edit of this version.
* A long version of Macuilxochitl appears in the [[jubeat ripples APPEND SOUNDTRACK]] album.
** The beatmania IIDX and pop'n music series use a short edit of this version.
* A remix of Macuilxochitl by [[Shun Hasegawa|technoplanet]], titled [[Macuilxochitl (Latin Jazz Mix)]], can be found in [[AC SDVX EG|SOUND VOLTEX EXCEED GEAR]].


== Trivia ==
== Trivia ==
* Macuilxochitl is obtained in jubeat ripples and its [[AC jb ripples APPEND|APPEND version]] upon reaching the rank of Gold Lion.
** In [[AC jb knit|jubeat knit]] and its [[AC jb knit APPEND|APPEND version]], it is one of the Indigo Shirt unlocks.
** In [[AC jb copious|jubeat copious]] and its [[AC jb copious APPEND|APPEND version]], it is one of the UFO unlocks of the ''copious travel'' unlocking system.
** In [[AC jb saucer|jubeat saucer]], it can be unlocked via the ''bistro saucer'' unlocking event.
** In [[AC jb saucer fulfill|jubeat saucer fulfill]], it can be unlocked as part of ''saucer macchiato'''s Side Menu from April 23rd, 2014.
** In [[AC jb prop|jubeat prop]], it can be unlocked by playing it as a BONUS TUNE from May 28th, 2015.
** In [[AC jb Qubell|jubeat Qubell]], it is one of the Garnet unlocks of the ''dig dig Qubell'' unlocking system.
** In [[AC jb clan|jubeat clan]], it can be unlocked in the ''jubeat SHOP''.
** In [[AC jb festo|jubeat festo]], it can be purchased at the ''emo MART''.
*** It could also be unlocked in jubeat festo from May 6th to July 21st, 2021 (originally until June 15th, 2021), from February 9th to March 1st, 2022, and from June 22nd to July 5th, 2022 as the ''ウキウキスプリングメドレー! PHASE LINE 1'' unlock of the ''Mission Travel'' unlocking system.
** In [[AC jb Ave.|jubeat Ave.]] and [[AC jb beyond the Ave.|beyond the Ave.]], it is one of the CONCIERGE unlocks of the ''LIGHT CHAT'' unlocking system from August 17th, 2022.
* Macuilxochitl (pronounced ma-cil-show-chit-tle) is the Aztec god of art, sports, music, dance, flowers, maize, and song. The word means "five flowers."
** Macuilxochitl is also the name of the sword held by Nyoah, one of the characters of The Epic of Zektbach.
*** Musically, both Macuilxochitl and ''Nyoah's Sword Dance 華麗なるニョアの剣舞'' (from Zektbach's [[The Epic of Zektbach -Ristaccia-]] album) share various similarities.
*** Furthermore, when all of Macuilxochitl's charts are cleared with and without a FULL COMBO, the jubeat title parts "聖剣の持ち主" (Holy sword owner) and "ニョアの一番弟子" (Nyoah's best apprentice) are obtained, respectively.
*** [[Kareinaru Nyoah no kenbu|華麗なるニョアの剣舞]] also appears in the BEMANI category in the ノスタルジア series, likely referencing its connection to Macuilxochitl.
* Macuilxochitl marks Tomosuke Funaki's first original song in the jubeat series.
* Macuilxochitl marks Tomosuke Funaki's first original song in the jubeat series.
* Macuilxochitl (pronounced ma-cil-show-chit-tle) is the Aztec god of art, sports, music, dance, flowers, maize, and song. The word means "five flowers."
* Macuilxochitl's jubeat BASIC chart was the first BASIC chart rated Level 7.
* Macuilxochitl is obtained in jubeat ripples upon reaching the rank of Gold Lion.
* According to [https://twitter.com/_TOMOSUKE_/status/36072202822488065 two] [https://twitter.com/_TOMOSUKE_/status/36080229290082304 tweets] from Tomosuke's Twitter account in February 2011, Macuilxochitl was originally made for [[AC SIRIUS|beatmania IIDX 17 SIRIUS]]. It was later remixed and became [[Almagest]], while the original version of the song was used in jubeat ripples instead.
* Macuilxochitl's jubeat BASIC chart was the first BASIC chart rated level 7.
* Macuilxochitl is available in pop'n music 19 TUNE STREET as part of the [[APPEND FESTIVAL]] event, which started on March 7th, 2011. Playing the song in pop'n music will unlock [[Quilt|キルト]] in [[AC jb knit APPEND|jubeat knit APPEND]].
* According to Tomosuke in his [http://www.twitter.com/_TOMOSUKE_ twitter], Macuilxochitl was originally a song made for beatmania IIDX. However, the jubeat staff wanted to have a jazzy classic piano song in their installment. The prototype of Macuilxochitl has a faster tempo and used four pianos, and it became [[Almagest]] in [[AC SIRIUS|beatmania IIDX 17 SIRIUS]] after it was remixed by [[Yoshitaka Nishimura|Galdeira]].
* Macuilxochitl is available in pop'n music 19 TUNE STREET as part of the [[APPEND FESTIVAL]] event, which started on March 7th, 2011. Playing the song in pop'n music will unlock [[Quilt|キルト]] in [[jubeat knit APPEND]].
* SMOKE's default animation is reused from [[Ergosphere]], though most (if not all) of his other animations are brand-new.
* SMOKE's default animation is reused from [[Ergosphere]], though most (if not all) of his other animations are brand-new.
* Macuilxochitl was the last KONAMI original from jubeat ripples to appear in jubeat plus, appearing in music pack 20.
* Macuilxochitl was the last KONAMI original from jubeat ripples to appear in jubeat plus, appearing in music pack 20.
* Macuilxochitl received an EASY chart on December 12th, 2012 in [[PnM AC SP|pop'n music Sunny Park]], replacing its old 5-Buttons chart.  
* Macuilxochitl received an EASY chart on December 12th, 2012 in [[AC pnm Sunny Park|pop'n music Sunny Park]], replacing its old 5-Buttons chart.  
* Macuilxochitl was removed from [[jubeat saucer]] on May 1st, 2013. It was later revived on June 17th, 2013.
* Macuilxochitl was removed from jubeat saucer and later revived in the same game as part of saucer's song swap system. For further information on which dates was removed/revived, see [[AC jb saucer/Song Swap System|this page]].
** It was removed again on October 1st, 2013. It was revived again on December 1st, 2013.
* Macuilxochitl can be unlocked in beatmania IIDX 24 SINOBUZ from July 20th, 2017 as one of the ''Wind school'' (風巻流) songs of the ''Ninnin shichikenden'' (忍々七鍵伝) unlocking system.
* Macuilxochitl can be unlocked in beatmania IIDX 24 SINOBUZ from July 20th, 2017 as one of the Wind school (風巻流) songs of the ''Ninnin shichikenden'' (忍々七鍵伝) unlocking system.
** In [[AC CANNON BALLERS|beatmania IIDX 25 CANNON BALLERS]], its charts can be purchased via [[AC CANNON BALLERS/CBS License|CBS License]] (CBSライセンス) from March 29th, 2018.
** From [[AC Rootage|beatmania IIDX 26 Rootage]] onwards, it is available by default.
* Macuilxochitl received a BEGINNER chart in beatmania IIDX 26 Rootage.
* Macuilxochitl is available in [[CS INFINITAS 2020|beatmania IIDX INFINITAS (2020)]] as part of '''beatmania IIDX INFINITAS Music Pack vol.13''' (beatmania IIDX INFINITAS 楽曲パック vol.13).
* Macuilxochitl is available in [[CS pnm Lively|pop'n music Lively]] as part of the '''pop'n music Lively Music Pack vol.3''' (pop'n music Lively 楽曲パック vol.3).
* Macuilxochitl's [[CS jb 2021|jubeat (2021)]] ratings were adjusted to its jubeat festo ratings on March 7th, 2022.


== Music Comment ==
== Music Comment ==
Untranslated.
It's said that a knight-cat held a legendary sword. The flood of sounds that played each time the sword was swung certainly sounded brilliant.


== Song Production Information ==
== Song Production Information ==
=== jubeat ===
Untranslated.
Untranslated.
=== pop'n music ===
==== TOMOSUKE ====
Hello, it's me, TOMOSUKE.
I'm really sorry for the difficult-to-read title.<br>
I also almost didn't say Macuilxochitl out loud until the end (laughs).<br>
Instead of that, I'm curious about whether to pronounce it as Ma↑cu↓i↓l↓ or Ma↓cu↑i↓l↓.<br>
I wonder if the intonation is broken in the Chubu region, like how they pronounce a certain fast food chain.
This song is a crossover originally from jubeat, but it's slightly different to the original.<br>
I made the song's first-half more jazzy to match its character, SMOKE.<br>
Of course, the footprints in the notecharts is filled with soda from that cat "look at this brilliant paw stamp!".
It sounds like a jazzy piano when you first listen to it, but it constantly has a mechanical and square beat instead of emphasizing its swinging backbeat like jazz, so it actually doesn't feel like a jazz piano to me.<br>
Its image seems somewhat between inorganic and organic matter.
So, this song has a sibling.<br>
I previously wrote about that story on Twitter, so if you're curious, please try to check it out!


== Video Production Information ==
== Video Production Information ==
None.
None.
== Jacket Design Information ==
=== isonin ===
"It's the boss~!", so I drew it with that motivation.
I enjoyed drawing many things I liked while listening to TOMOSUKE's speech.<br>
It's a spinoff of a certain series, so I tried to indirectly make it understandable.<br>
Everyone already know what I'm talking about, right?....<br>
To those who say "?", please try to ask a nearby friend.
Although the jacket appears cute at a glance, the hell-like sequence seems difficult, [[Hiroyuki Masuda|MUSCLE]]!


== Character Information ==
== Character Information ==
Untranslated.
I recently had a mysterious dream about a gray knight-cat brilliantly dancing.<br>
Now it seems I can't help but enjoy analyzing that song.
 
=== eimy ===
Similar to knit, I hesitated about adding a pink house or chest hair to his outfit... I couldn't do it.<br>
SMOKE's personality is such that he doesn't button his shirt, and even if it's cold, he doesn't seem to wear knitted clothing over his shirt, and he seems warm wearing one fluffy piece of knitted clothing.<br>
I thought of additional animations while creating the dressing animations, and it was perhaps interesting to see SMOKE use his fingers to play jubeat! When I thought about this, I received the marker animations and notecharts. Thank you to the jubeat team for your pleasurable & quick response♪ Ta-da! I enjoyed their assistance in making the animations.<br>
When I performed bug checks in pop'n, TOMOSUKE saw a cat's footprint on the music sheet illustrations? His smile left an impression on me. I don't know if SMOKE's footprints are troubling with his usual facial expressions, but I think it has thrilling high points~, [[Tomoko Shiono|shio]]^^
 
== Chart Production Information ==
=== MUSCLE ===
This is finally the last song!
 
"Macuilxochitl" is now available with Gold Lion rank!
 
You couldn't initially read it, right?...
 
So, as isonin wrote, this is a spinoff. Of that series.<br>
That's why there's a "Z" press, right?! I included it.
 
Also, I actually prepared the EXTREME chart of this song a bit differently...
 
 
Somehow
 
 
There isn't a simultaneous two button press (left and right).
 
 
Did you get it?
 
 
In other words
 
 
If you can move your hands quickly, EXCELLENT is possible with only one hand!
 
 
If you're my top student, it's certainly possible!
 
 
That's what I was unreasonably preparing.<br>
Well, if your hands move quickly, it's possible no matter how far away they are....<br>
Maybe people with big hands can also clear it?
 
 
So, let's play jubeat using one hand! I'm not saying anything, but even if you don't feel you can get EXCELLENT with both hands, how about trying this once?<br>
How about writing an article on the community blog commemorating the first notechart you tried using one hand? I'd be grinning as I read them!
 
== Staff Comments ==
=== [[Mamiko Maeda|mayo]] ===
The piano sounds were so pleasant that I finished playing it before I knew it (laughs).<br>
I want to listen to this song many times.
 
=== [[Daichi Watanabe|PON]] ===
This song, which was popularized in jubeat, is available here!<br>
Playing the piano feels comfortable, pleasant, and vicious!? It's flowing.<br>
In the latter half, the blue pop-kuns imitate that famous phrase, so please try your best and pay attention until the end.
 
=== [[tokky]] ===
Everyone around me called it "Macuil Macuil", so I just understood the Macuil part.<br>
The difficult song title made me glad that its genre was PIANO CONTEMPORARY.
 
=== Ga~su~ ===
No matter how many times I heard its name, I don't understand it and always called it "something like Michael".<br>
No matter how many times I try it, my score is disastrous.
 
=== [[Masaru Nakamura|masaru]] ===
It's useless, even if it's written as a song title, I can't read it. [[Jun Wakita|wac]] explained it, but I still can't read it.<br>
pop'n is also difficult since songs are called by its genre name.<br>
I'm relieved that this song is of TOMOSUKE quality. The piano feels nice♪
 
=== [[Shinjiro Otsu|Otsu]] ===
This song served as the vanguard in the APPEND FESTIVAL.<br>
I usually remember most crossover songs by their genre names, but I perfectly remembered this song by its song title.<br>
I thought it was abbreviated. Is it because no one can pronounce its full name!?
 
=== [[Chihiro Inoue|Chihi]] ===
This song title is like a symbol...<br>
From the moment I first saw it, I gave up on reading it. And I didn't dare know it until now.<br>
But I finally learned it. Your name is "xochitl"!<br>
I like the direct way in pop'n which lets them wear knitted clothing here and there.
 
=== [[Yuki Shibata|Mameshiba]] ===
It's very difficult to read this song title. I already gave up on "Macuil".<br>
TOMOSUKE came to PON, who was creating the notecharts, to give him various instructions.<br>
jubeat's initial marker seems to write GOOD in a soda color, and furthermore, this song has strict judgement and is easy to make the screen soda colored.<br>
That's why he said to increase the blue pop-kuns at that time. It's soda-ish.<br>
I think the ending of the song comment "soda" contains such thoughts.<br>
It's not my pun. Don't get me wrong.
 
=== shio ===
I received my favorite TOMOSUKE piano meal. However, what does he eat to create these kinds of songs?... It's too cool and sneaky. I had trouble selecting all the delicious songs from jubeat, not just Macuil. In other words, please keep up the good work ^^.
 
Furthermore, I also received a smile from the academy leader TOMOSUKE. Yay! I wanted to see it!<br>
The illustration is... actually... I had an image of the moment "the cat walks over the music sheet on the floor, where its footprints made a miraculous chord!".<br>
By the way. I like the excuse where the cat walks over the keyboard and presses, in order, Command +A → delete → Command +S! That's right.
 
=== [[Ryuta Tamura|TAMA]] ===
I was the only person in team SMOKE with chest hair.<br>
SMOKE probably has MAX glumness with his bare front and thick chest hair~!<br>
And I passionately told them, but they rejected it with more force.
 
=== wac ===
A collaborative plan, heave-ho, APPEND, heave-ho, I received a kind proposal from jubeat requesting me to steal any of their songs.
 
I listened to the soundtrack on repeat and happily selected the song, but behind the scenes, there was stealing from rivals, no, bargaining, collusion, and competition everywhere with each BEMANI game series.<br>
The deciding factor in choosing Macuil wasn't just that the song was extremely cool, but it was the missing component among this entire song lineup. TOMOSUKE's instrumental and piano is great. Please write more.
 
The song and pronunciation is difficult to understand, but so are the notecharts. Please brilliantly try PON's dedicated soda bar.<br>
By the way, I don't know how to read it, but only difficult part is the "x" in the middle, isn't it?


== Difficulty & Notecounts ==
== Difficulty & Notecounts ==
beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12.<br>
beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12.<br>
jubeat difficulty rated from 1 to 10.<br>
jubeat to clan difficulty rated from 1 to 10, and 1 to 10.9 from festo onwards.<br>
pop'n music difficulty rated from 1 to 43 through pop'n music 20 fantasia, and 1 to 50 through Sunny Park.<br>
pop'n music difficulty rated from 1 to 43 through pop'n music 20 fantasia, and 1 to 50 through Sunny Park.<br>
ポップンリズミン difficulty rated from 1 to 10. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from [http://www.bemaniwiki.com BEMANIWiki 2nd] and [http://www26.atwiki.jp/jubeat jubeat@Wiki].)
ポップンリズミン difficulty rated from 1 to 10. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from [http://www.bemaniwiki.com BEMANIWiki 2nd] and [http://www26.atwiki.jp/jubeat jubeat@Wiki].)
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{{APPEND FESTIVAL}}
{{Ninnin shichikenden}}
{{Ninnin shichikenden}}
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