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= pop'n music 2 =
[[image:pop'n music 2 logo.png]]

== Release Information ==
* Release date: March 19th, 1999
* Soundtrack release dates:
** [[pop'n music 2 original soundtrack new songs collection|pop'n music 2 original soundtrack ★ new songs collection]]: October 22nd, 1999 (Original), November 18th, 1999 (Revised).

== General Information / Changes ==
* First arcade pop'n music game with HIDDEN, RANDOM, and MIRROR as play options.
* First pop'n music game with PARTY MODE.
* Successfully completing a song now gives you a "You are winner!" message. This message would continue to appear up to [[AC pnm 5|pop'n music 5]].
* This was the only pop'n music arcade game prior to [[AC pnm 20|pop'n music 20 fantasia]] where [[Sanae Shintani]] is not giving her own individual, new song to sing. She instead appears as a back-up singer in [[Smile The Night Away|one song]], and collaborates on [[Cherry&Raquel|another]].
* [[e-motion]] and [[Surechigau futari|すれちがう二人]] are now Second Stage songs. The returning songs from [[AC pnm|pop'n music]] are otherwise in the same stage numbers.
* Total songs: 33

== Staff Information ==
* [[pop'n music 2 Credits]]
* [[pop'n music 2 OST Booklet Credits]]

== Game Modes ==
* Beginner
* Normal
* Excite
* Party (New)

== Non-Rival Playable Characters ==
These characters don't belong to any specific song.
* [[Nyami]] [2]
* [[Mimi]] [2]
* [[Mary]] [2]
* [[the KING]] [2]

= Full Song List =
* [[pop'n music 2 Full Song List]]

= New Songs =
''Information of the complete stage select provided by [http://popnfever.s21.xrea.com/popn02/popn2.html this informative pop'n music site.]''

{{pnm popn1 Songlist Header|
{{pnm LT Songlist Category|First Stage|bg=#66FF66}}
{{pnm popn1 Song|MASARA|マサラ|[[Sutekina tabla|すてきなタブーラ]]|[[Yasuhiko Fukuda|TABAN KING]]|KARLI [2]|5}}
{{pnm popn1 Song|MELLOW|メロウ|[[Hikari no kisetsu|光の季節]]|[[Masakazu Takeda|ANNA]]|[[SANAE-chan|SANAE♥chan]] [2]|9}}
{{pnm popn1 Song|IDOL GIRL|アイドルガール|[[LOVE FIRE]]|[[Yurica Nagasawa|長沢ゆりか]]|[[JUDY]] [2]|12}}
{{pnm popn1 Song|NEO ACO|ネオアコ|[[(fly higher than)the stars]]|[[Kiyotaka Sugimoto|SUGI]] & [[Reo Nagumo|REO]]|[[Sugi-kun|Sugi★kun]] [2]|16}}
{{pnm LT Songlist Category|Second Stage|bg=#FF9933}}
{{pnm popn1 Song|VISUAL|ヴィジュアル|[[WHITE BIRDS]]|[[Tomonori Ikeda|violent age]]|[[Yuli]] [2]|13}}
{{pnm popn1 Song|AFRICA{{from|[[CS pnm|pop'n music CS]]}}|アフリカ|[[Con te sabi 2119]]|[[Junichiro_Kaneda|J-KANE]]|PRETTY [CS1-5P]|14}}
{{pnm popn1 Song|J-POP{{from|[[CS pnm|pop'n music CS]]}}|Ｊ−ポップ|[[Life]]|[[Yoichi_Hayashi|Haya-P]] & [[Ayako Masuda|Maru]]|PRETTY [CS1-1P]|14}}
{{pnm popn1 Song|EURO QUEEN|ユーロクィーン|[[what i want (EURO MIX)]]|[[Hiroshi Takeyasu|T.R.S]]|KoKo|15}}
{{pnm popn1 Song|FUSION{{from|[[CS pnm|pop'n music CS]]}}|フュージョン|[[CROSSOVER 12]]|[[Satoru_Nakata|319]]|PRETTY [CS1-4P]|16}}
{{pnm popn1 Song|DIGI ROCK|デジロック|[[ROSE~koibito yo, barairo ni somare|ROSE～恋人よ、薔薇色に染まれ]]|[[Tomonori Ikeda|BROKE]]|[[Timer]][2]|16}}
{{pnm popn1 Song|ENKA|エンカ|[[Oedo hanafubuki|お江戸花吹雪]]|[[Hiroshi Takeyasu|高田香里]]|S・8・TARO [2]|18}}
{{pnm LT Songlist Category|Final Stage|bg=#CC0000}}
{{pnm popn1 Song|ANIME HERO R|アニメヒーローＲ|[[Habatake, The Great Gambler|はばたけ、ザ・グレートギャンブラー]]|[[Yasuhiko Fukuda|さくし:RYO うた:水木一郎]]|HIROSHI JINGU|16}}
{{pnm popn1 Song|TECHNO'80{{from|[[CS pnm|pop'n music CS]]}}|テクノ'80|[[Water Melon Woman]]|[[Satoru_Nakata|319]]|PRETTY [CS1-3P]|19}}
{{pnm popn1 Song|POP RAP|ポップラップ|[[Smile The Night Away]]|[[Scott Dolph|Scotty D]]|KRAFT?|20}}
{{pnm popn1 Song|GIRLY|ガーリィ|[[Love Is Strong To The Sky]]|[[Masakazu Takeda|SAORI]]|[[RIE-chan|RIE♥chan]] [2]|22}}
{{pnm popn1 Song|CLASSIC{{from|[[CS pnm|pop'n music CS]]}}|クラシック|[[Chaos Age]]|[[Junichiro_Kaneda|J_KANE]]|PRETTY [CS1-6P]|22}}
{{pnm popn1 Song|HEAVY METAL|ヘビーメタル|[[I'm on Fire|I'm on fire]]|[[Tomonori Ikeda|AD/DA]]|Dami-yan|23}}
{{pnm LT Songlist Category|Hidden Final Stage|bg=#CC66FF}}
{{pnm popn1 Song|J-R&B|Ｊ−リズム＆ブルース|[[SAYONARA]]|[[Masakazu Takeda|ANNA]]|tourmaline [2]|13}}
{{pnm popn1 Song|LOUNGE|ラウンジ|[[Cherry&Raquel|Cherry & Raquel]]|[[Hiroshi Takeyasu|The]] [[Hiroyuki Togo|Ebisu]] [[Sanae Shintani|Singers]]|[[Reo-kun|Reo★kun]] [2]|14}}
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= Codes & Unlock Information =
== Modifiers ==
These codes must be applied on the title screen, upon inserting a credit.

'''MIRROR'''
* Press and hold 3+7, then press 5 to start the game. If the entry is correct, a rocket elephant will appear on the screen
'''HIDDEN'''
* Press and hold 2+8, then press 5 to start the game. If the entry is correct, a rocket fox will appear on the screen.
'''RANDOM'''
* Press and hold 1+9, then press 5 to start the game. If the entry is correct, a girl with rocket shoes will appear on the screen.

= Misc. =
Due to limited space in the early pop'n music games, none of the original backgrounds or sprites from [[AC pnm|pop'n music]] are re-used in this game, although all the songs from the original game are in this one. Characters returning from the previous installment have their new sprites replace their pop'n 1 character sprites, or are replaced by another pop'n music 2 character. Characters who don't have match-ups with pop'n music 2 characters (such as CHARLY from [[spicy piece]]) are replaced by MZD, who made his debut in this game. Additionally, all the [[CS pnm|pop'n music CS]] pop'n music songs are represented exclusively by pretty, who comes in five different colors - one for each CS song.

Also, none of the hidden HYPER charts for the CS songs are playable in the arcade version of pop'n music 2.

== Rejected designs ==
The pop'n music series has a long history of rejected characters. Some never saw the light of day, and some would later be used many years or mixes later. For the second game, these include

* A girl wearing a hat with dog flaps, as well as a jacket, shorts, and big boots (later retooled as White-Merry in [[AC pnm 13|pop'n music 13 カーニバル]])
* FAT BOY, who later came into the series with [[AC pns|pop'n stage]]
* SMOKE, who was redesigned nine years later and put in [[AC pnm 16|pop'n music 16 PARTY♪]]
* An early-looking W.B.ROSE, who later came into the series with [[AC pnm 6|pop'n music 6]]
* A girl in blue overalls, with a multi-colored, long sleeve shirt and red shoes with white stripes. Her hair consists of brown pigtails with a rainbow hat on top, and has a giant pink bear behind her
* A human, male samurai (possibly redesigned as S.8.TARO)
* Early-looking YOSHIO, who was later put in [[AC pnm 7|pop'n music 7]]
* A see-through Mimi (possibly used as the concept of hone nyami in [[AC pnm 9|pop'n music 9]]), which was later used on the LOSE animation of [[Torte&Parfait]] from [[AC pnm 19|pop'n music 19 TUNE STREET]]
* A panda bear with a microphone, wearing a yellow sweater with green stripes, brown pants, and light blue shoes (Nyami would later don this wardrobe in [[AC pnm 11|pop'n music 11]] license [[Ore wa Gian-sama da!|おれはジャイアンさまだ！]])
* A happy man with purple hair in a yellow space suit, a red star on his knees, shoulder, and shirt, and wears purple shoes / skates (possibly redesigned as Cyber)
* Stereotypical Chinese girl with brown, braided hair (possibly model of LingLing in [[AC pnm 3|pop'n music 3]])
* A woman in a long, blue dress with butterflies on it, with long blue hair that covers up one of her eyes. A flower also dons her head (possibly retooled as Honey in [[AC pnm 8|pop'n music 8]])
* A frog with yellow gloves and looks vaguely like Kermit the Frog
* A girl in a yellow bee costume (early hina?)
* A nun in purple garb (possibly retooled as Jessica in pop'n music 6)
* A girl with blonde hair (with three flowers on top of it), star eyes, and wears a red dress and a blue t-shirt underneath it. She's also holding a wand in her hand and is accompanied by a little cat and rabbit (early [[SPACE MACO|SPACE🪐MACO]]?)

= Related Links =
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170225120401/http://www.konami.jp:80/bemani/popn/music1_4/html/2chara.html pop'n music 1&2 Official Site] (archived)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20171127080113/http://www.konami.jp:80/bemani/popn/music1_4/html/botu2.html Rejected pop'n music 2 designs] (archived)

[[Category:pop'n music]]