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* First mainline arcade pop'n music game with 5LINE. The mode had earlier appeared in [[AC pnm Animelo|pop'n music アニメロ]] and in the CS games. | * First mainline arcade pop'n music game with 5LINE. The mode had earlier appeared in [[AC pnm Animelo|pop'n music アニメロ]] and in the CS games. | ||
* First pop'n music game to let you set mods before each song. | * First pop'n music game to let you set mods before each song. | ||
* First pop'n music arcade game since the [[AC pnm|the original]] with no new CS crossovers in the | * First pop'n music arcade game since the [[AC pnm|the original]] with no new CS crossovers in the song list. | ||
* First pop'n music game with EXtra STAGE, which introduced a new difficulty level: EX. | * First pop'n music game with EXtra STAGE, which introduced a new difficulty level: EX. | ||
** EX charts can only be played in EXtra STAGE in pop'n music 5, hence the difficulty's name. | ** EX charts can only be played in EXtra STAGE in pop'n music 5, hence the difficulty's name. | ||
* Characters can now have distinct LOSE animations. Previous games recycled a character's MISS animation for their LOSE animations. | * Characters can now have distinct LOSE animations. Previous games recycled a character's MISS animation for their LOSE animations. | ||
* First (and only) arcade pop'n music game with FREE MODE 2, which keeps track of the number of GREATs, GOODs, and BADs you have. ([[AC pnm 7|pop'n music 7]] onward, however, shows these stats in almost every mode.) You can only play two songs, but you can play the same song twice, a first in the series. | * First (and only) arcade pop'n music game with FREE MODE 2, which keeps track of the number of GREATs, GOODs, and BADs you have. ([[AC pnm 7|pop'n music 7]] onward, however, shows these stats in almost every mode.) You can only play two songs, but you can play the same song twice, a first in the series. | ||
* All songs prior to [[AC pnm 4|pop'n music 4]] have been removed due to memory limitations. Every pop'n music arcade game through [[AC pnm 8|pop'n music 8]] would continue to only have the current | * All songs prior to [[AC pnm 4|pop'n music 4]] have been removed due to memory limitations. Every pop'n music arcade game through [[AC pnm 8|pop'n music 8]] would continue to only have the current song list and the previous game's. (Except in the case of licenses and songs in courses.) When [[AC pnm 9|pop'n music 9]] came out and the series switched to Python 1 hardware, near all of the previously removed songs would be revived. | ||
* All pop'n music 4 songs received new song backgrounds (though a few songs used backdrops from 4 for their backgrounds), as well as their own MISS and FEVER! artwork. | * All pop'n music 4 songs received new song backgrounds (though a few songs used backdrops from 4 for their backgrounds), as well as their own MISS and FEVER! artwork. | ||
* [[Takayuki Ishikawa]] (dj TAKA) makes his pop'n music debut, as does [[Shunsuke Kida]]. | * [[Takayuki Ishikawa]] (dj TAKA) makes his pop'n music debut, as does [[Shunsuke Kida]]. |