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pop'n music ラピストリア

General Information

Release Information

• Location tests:
  • February 15th, 2014, at 10:00~17:00 (JAEPO 2014 event).
  • May 30th, 2014 - June 1st, 2014.
• Release date: to be announced.

Information / Changes

• First pop'n music game with an anime opening.
  • MZD, FUGA, HIUMI, RETSU, RINKA, and nia all appear in the opening.
  • FUGA, HIUMI, RETSU, RINKA are also featured on the title screen. The pop'n music ラピストリア marquee also show them along with Mimi and Nyami.
  • The portrait designs of most of the new and returning characters for the new ラピストリア songs have changed to the same art style as the anime opening (the animation sprites retain the same design style as older games, though).
• Scoring ratio was changed from 10:5:1:0 to 10:7:4:0 for COOL:GREAT:GOOD:BAD respectively.
• None of the banners for the new ラピストリア songs have genres on them.
  • Banners of the old pop'n music songs were kept intact, though.
• The song selection screen's layout was changed: the songwheel only have the song banners on them, with the song artist below the banners.
• None of the new songs have Music Comments. It's currently unknown if they'll be added on the final release.
• Song backgrounds were removed. Instead, generic animated backdrops are used.
• The Options screen was changed:
  • Eight options can be set now: HI-SPEED, POP-KUN, GAUGE TYPE, RANDOM, HIDDEN, SUDDEN, OJAMA 1 and OJAMA 2.
  • HI-SPEED can now be increased/decreased by 0.1 amounts, instead of 0.5 amounts like previous releases.
    • It also displays which will be the new BPM after applying the chosen HI-SPEED.
      • New HI-SPEED options can now go up to 10X.
  • GAUGE TYPE can be set as EASY (half damage), NORMAL, HARD (double damage) or DANGER (1 BAD drains your entire gauge).
  • HIDDEN/SUDDEN are now togglable in-game by pressing the 0/00 buttons of the numeric keypad, respectively.
  • Several OJAMAs have been removed, including the HI-SPEED/HID-SUD/HELL/DEATH OJAMAs (due to the changes to other options), every POP-KUN modifier, Chou/FuwaFuwa Judgment Line (超/ふわふわ判定ライン), Press OJAMAs (上下プレス, 左右プレス, 上下プレス＆プレス, 左右プレス＆プレス, スライド, 交互プレス, 上下さかさま), DARK and DANCE OJAMAs.
• Story Mode is introduced.
• Theme: Parallel world.

Staff Information

• Producer: Yoshitaka Nishimura
• Sound director: PON
• Sound designer: TAG
• Mascot: wac

New Songs

This song list is from a location test, and as such, it might change on the final release.

Licensed Songs

• 紅蓮の弓矢 / Linked Horizon (BLACK) - 20 / 29 / 39
• ロストワンの号哭 / Neru feat.松下 (松下) - 21 / 34 / 41
• メニメニマニマニ / 高宮なすの(鳴海杏子) (kaorin) - 19 / 29 / 40
• ローリング・サバイバー / ゆうゆ feat.ぐるたみん (ぐるたみんくん) - 19 / 29 / 39
• いーあるふぁんくらぶ / みきとP (SAN) - 18 / 27 / 38

KONAMI originals

• 空に抗い堕つるとも / Akhuta (Rars) - 25 / 38 / 44
• 春風ブローインウィンド / TAG (FUGA) - 19 / 37 / 45
• 徒然 My world / MY STRANGE LIFE (Ryuta) - 22 / 33 / 40
• ベルガモット組曲 / 常盤ゆう (risette) - 23 / 34 / 41
• ラピストリアの約束 / positive MAD-crew (nia) - 29 / 39 / 46
• illumina / DJ TOTTO feat. *spiLa* (HIUMI) - 18 / 33 / 43
• Realize Maze / movies (moimoi×Xceon×Dai.) (RINKA) - 24 / 37 / 44
• Shock Me / dj TAKA feat. Fuuu:ka (MILK) - 19 / 36 / 43
• Perverse Heart ～あまのじゃく～ / Egoistic Lemon Tea (SUMIRE) - 22 / 32 / 42
• 零と弌の鍵の唄 / red glasses feat.秋成 (TAKUTO) - 24 / 38 / 46

EXTRA STAGE-only

• 火風陸空 / Des-ROW・組 (六) - 29 / 42 / 48

Story Mode

On the Character Selection screen, selecting certain characters allow you to follow different stories:

• Follow RINKA's story, titled Welcome to the new world (ようこそ 新しい世界へ) (JAEPO 2014 only).
• Follow Alicia's story, titled Looking for doll collectors (人形コレクターを探して) (JAEPO 2014 only).
• Follow Mimi's story (second location test only).
• Select any character as usual.

By following any of the stories, you'll see some cutscenes before every stage. On the third stage, you'll be able to play a hidden song. Clear it to unlock it.

This song list is from a location test, and as such, it might change on the final release.

RINKA's Story (Welcome to the new world)

On the second location test, 煌 -灼熱の裁き- is available as a default song.

• 煌 -灼熱の裁き- / PON (RETSU) - 26 / 41 / 47

Alicia's Story (Looking for doll collectors)

On the second location test, 終末の序曲 ～オワリノハジマリ～ is available as a default song.

• 終末の序曲 ～オワリノハジマリ～ / フレディ波多江とエレハモニカ (Zizz) - 21 / 35 / 42

Mimi's Story

This story was added on the second location test.

• TWINKLING / 猫叉Master feat.ミミニャミ (Mimi/Nyami) - 23 / 32 / 38

Difficulty Changes

None.

Removed Songs

None.

Related Links

• pop'n music ラピストリア Official Site
• pop'n music ラピストリア JAEPO Special Site
• pop'n music ラピストリア Trailer (YouTube)

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