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= GENE =

== Song Information ==
Artist: VINCENT GANATCH<br>
Composition/Arrangement: [[Hommarju]]<br>
BPM: 163<br>
Length: 2:06 (NORMAL), 1:55 (HYPER), 2:20 (ANOTHER)<br>
Genre: TECHNO GRAFFITI<br>
Movie: BEMANI Designers "[[Nagisa Nakamoto|NAGI]]" (arcade), [[Hotaru Matsuzaki|F-FLY]] (INFINITAS)<br>
First Music Game Appearance: [[AC Rootage|beatmania IIDX 26 Rootage]]<br>
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

== Lyrics ==
None.

== Song Connections / Remixes ==
* GENE has three variations, each one corresponding to its NORMAL, HYPER and ANOTHER charts. 
** The NORMAL version of GENE samples [[Aurora]] and [[Get'em up to R.A.V.E]].
** The HYPER version of GENE samples [[Pollinosis]], [[in motion]], [[CaptivAte~jouka~|CaptivAte～浄化～]], and [[rage against usual]].
** The ANOTHER version of GENE samples [[INAZUMA]], [[Sakuretsu! Jaeger denkou chop!!(JAEGER FINAL ATTACK)|炸裂！イェーガー電光チョップ！！(JAEGER FINAL ATTACK)]], and [[Scripted Connection|Scripted Connection⇒ A mix]].
*** Although 炸裂！イェーガー電光チョップ！！(JAEGER FINAL ATTACK) does not appear in beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY, it was included on [[beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK|its corresponding soundtrack]].
* The full version of GENE, combining all three versions into one long song, appears on the [[beatmania IIDX 27 HEROIC VERSE Original Soundtrack]] album.
** The same long version appears in the MUSIC PLAYER of [[CS ULTIMATE MOBILE|beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE]], under ''beatmania IIDX 26 Rootage ON GAME''.

== Trivia ==
* GENE is the ARC SCORE.VIII song of beatmania IIDX 26 Rootage's ''ARC SCORE'' EXTRA STAGE system. It can be played from August 1st, 2019. Its theme is [[AC HAPPY SKY|HAPPY SKY]].
** When playing GENE in ARC SCORE, the frame switches to a design based on beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY's own frame.
** From February 6th, 2020, its charts can be purchased in [[AC HEROIC VERSE|beatmania IIDX 27 HEROIC VERSE]] with [[AC HEROIC VERSE/Tone discharger|Tone discharger]] (トーンディスチャージャー).
** As of [[AC BISTROVER|beatmania IIDX 28 BISTROVER]], it is available by default.
* GENE has a different video for each difficulty level, which contains parts of videos and overlays from songs that made their beatmania IIDX debut in 12 HAPPY SKY, including: [[Rakuen|ラクエン]], [[SigSig]], [[Tizona d'El Cid]], [[PLASMA]], [[SEXYSEXYCHEVY]], [[Under the Sky]], [[Twelfth Style]], [[Votum stellarum]], [[Little Little Princess]], [[Don't let it go]], [[100% minimoo-G]], [[Love Magic]], [[tant pis pour toi]], Pollinosis, [[POODLE]], [[MOON RACE]], [[TOE JAM]], [[Ore wa beatmania! Omae wa nanimania?|オレはビートマニア！お前は何マニア？]], [[mind the gap]], [[EDEN]], Aurora, Get'em up to R.A.V.E, [[Pink Rose]], [[Xepher]], [[Mei|冥]], [[HAPPY ANGEL|HAPPY☆ANGEL]], [[Catch Me]], in motion, [[We are Diskko yottsu uchi inochi|We are Disっ娘よっつ打ち命]], [[garden]], [[FUNKTION]], CaptivAte～浄化～, rage against usual, and INAZUMA.
* According to Hommarju, the VINCENT GANATCH alias originates from the 1997 movie ''GATTACA'' and the name of its protagonist, Vincent Freeman [https://systemarcadia.com/2020/10/17/interview-with-hommarju/].
** "GANATCH" is derived from the letters of the four base elements of DNA ('''G'''uanine, '''A'''denine, '''T'''hymine, and '''C'''ytosine) and of the initials of the '''N'''ORMAL, '''H'''YPER, and '''A'''NOTHER difficulty levels of beatmania IIDX.
* GENE was added to [[CS ULTIMATE MOBILE|beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE]] on December 23rd, 2021. It can be purchased from the SHOP for 20 MM.
* GENE is available in [[CS INFINITAS 2020|beatmania IIDX INFINITAS (2020)]] as part of '''beatmania IIDX INFINITAS Music Pack vol.18''' (beatmania IIDX INFINITAS 楽曲パック vol.18).
* GENE's video is replaced with a generic video in beatmania IIDX INFINITAS (2020), the 10th HOUSE generic video.
** The unique videos were restored on the October 5th, 2022 software update.

== Song Production Information ==
=== VINCENT GANATCH ===
Who can straighten what GENE hath made crooked?

I'm a "hoodoo" or a "de-gene-erate", whatever you want to call it.

But I am NOT a belong to you.

Where you were activity just how, creation has NO border.

There's no GENE for fate.

== Video Production Information ==
=== BEMANI Designers "NAGI" ===
I must use all the footage of the HAPPY SKY era (sense of mission)

== Difficulty & Notecounts ==
beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12. (Ratings obtained from [http://bemaniwiki.com BEMANIWiki 2nd] and [https://textage.cc TexTage].)

{{IIDX Chart Header|
{{IIDX Chart Notecounts|-|664 / 0|1009 / 18|2183 / 0|-|659 / 0|990 / 26|1986 / 0|-|CN=a}}
{{IIDX Chart|beatmania IIDX 26 Rootage&rarr;Present|-|7|10|12|-|7|9|12|-}}
{{IIDX Chart|beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE|-|7|10|12|-|-|-|-|-}}
{{IIDX Chart|beatmania IIDX INFINITAS (2020)|-|7|10|12|-|7|9|12|-}}
}}

{{ARC SCORE}}

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