FLOWER

This page is for the jubeat knit APPEND / REFLEC BEAT song titled FLOWER. For the song of the same title that appears on the jubeat plus EMI ROCKS SENDAI pack vol.1, please see FLOWER (Kazuya Yoshii).

Not to be confused with 華爛漫 -Flowers-, which is often called just Flowers.

FLOWER

Song Information

FLOWER's REFLEC BEAT jacket.

FLOWER's jubeat jacket.

FLOWER's pop'n music banner.

Artist: DJ YOSHITAKA
Composition/Arrangement: DJ YOSHITAKA
BPM: 173
Length: 2:05
Genre: TRANCE CORE (トランスコア)
VJ: Motion Combat
pop'n music Character: knit [19-3P]
First Music Game Appearance: jubeat knit APPEND / REFLEC BEAT
Other Music Game Appearances:

• beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro
• DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX
• DanceEvolution ARCADE
• jubeat plus music pack 20
• jubeat plus (Android) KONAMI music pack 19
• jukebeat KONAMI music pack 01
• pop'n music 20 fantasia
• pop'n rhythmin jubeatパック2
• REFLEC BEAT plus jubeat PACK
• REFLEC BEAT + KONAMI MUSIC PACK 10
• ミライダガッキ FutureTomTom

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

• A speed remix of FLOWER by Ryu☆, titled FLOWER (Ryu☆Remix), appears on the cyber beatnation 2 -Hi Speed conclusion- album.
• A remix of FLOWER by REDALiCE, titled FLOWER REDALiCE Remix, can be found in SOUND VOLTEX BOOTH.
• A rock remix of FLOWER by TLION69, titled FLOWER -TLION69 Remix-, can be found in GuitarFreaksXG3 & DrumManiaXG3.
• Late into FLOWER, the music selection sound from beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD can be heard.
• The beatmania IIDX version of FLOWER sounds slightly different from the original jubeat and REFLEC BEAT versions.
  • As of REFLEC BEAT colette -Winter-, REFLEC BEAT has adopted beatmania IIDX's version of FLOWER for its notecharts.

Trivia

• FLOWER is available in jubeat knit APPEND by playing さよならトリップ in REFLEC BEAT. By then playing FLOWER in jubeat knit APPEND, the song will be available in REFLEC BEAT.
  • Since REFLEC BEAT limelight, it is available in REFLEC BEAT by default.
• In pop'n music 20 fantasia's 6/18/2012 update, knit's 3P color shows in her background the cover art of FLOWER (http://twitpic.com/9xukdq). FLOWER was first made playable in the pop'n music Sunny Park location tests as a hidden song, and shortly after, in pop'n music 20 fantasia as part of the pop'n music Sunny Park & REFLEC BEAT collete Location Test Memorial Event.
• The jackets for FLOWER in REFLEC BEAT and jubeat are slightly different. The flower is red in REFLEC BEAT while it is blue in jubeat. Also, on the top left corner of the REFLEC BEAT jacket, the front of a piglet is shown, while the jubeat one shows the same piglet's rear.
  • The jubeat jacket is used in the other BEMANI games.
  • FLOWER's DanceEvolution ARCADE jacket features DJ YOSHITAKA's face instead of the woman in the default jackets.
• FLOWER is the first song to appear in some form in every active BEMANI series except for BeatStream.
  • As a result, some players consider this an inside joke.
• Graphical data of FLOWER and of a song titled "gloom" can be found in beatmania IIDX 19 Lincle's data.
• FLOWER's video in beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro shows a live performance of DJ YOSHITAKA playing FLOWER at the Rainbow☆Rainbow Release Party held on 1/29/2012.
  • The intro of the video shows the jubeat version of the FLOWER jacket, while at the end the REFLEC BEAT version is shown.
• FLOWER is the first song in the beatmania IIDX series to have a chart with five simultaneous Charge Notes.
  • This is a reference to FLOWER's REFLEC BEAT HARD chart, which also has five LONG notes that need to be held simultaneously.
  • pop'n music staff member まめしば mentions that since pop'n music doesn't have hold notes, they had to change that part to a scale note pattern.
• Alongside connective and Shining World, FLOWER is one of the three beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro default songs with a BEGINNER chart.
• FLOWER was one of the preliminary round songs in the KONAMI Arcade Championship 2012 for REFLEC BEAT limelight.
• FLOWER's Double ANOTHER chart was locked until December 5th, 2012, when it became available to play.
• FLOWER received an EASY chart in pop'n music Sunny Park, replacing its old 5-Buttons chart.
• In the U.S./EU iTunes version of the beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK Vol.1 album, FLOWER is spelled as Flower.
• FLOWER is the track used in the BEMANI TV Commercial aired in May 2013 [1].
• FLOWER received a SPECIAL chart in REFLEC BEAT groovin'!!. It can be purchased at the REFLEC Shop for 1500 Refle, after clearing the chart and subsequently completing the DJ YOSHITAKA Test (DJ YOSHITAKA検定) in REFLEC Dojo.
  • Since July 24th, 2014, it can be purchased from the REFLEC Shop without any prerequisites.
  • FLOWER is the first song to have two charts rated 10+ in REFLEC BEAT.

Music Comment

Untranslated.

Song Production Information

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Character Information

None.

Video Production Information

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Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12.
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 20 from X onwards.
jubeat difficulty rated from 1 to 10.
pop'n music difficulty rated from 1 to 43 through pop'n music 20 fantasia, and 1 to 50 from Sunny Park onwards.
pop'n rhythmin difficulty rated from 1 to 10.
REFLEC BEAT difficulty rated from 1 to 10+. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BemaniWIKI 2nd and jubeat@Wiki. Charge Note and Backspin Scratches amounts obtained from Textage.cc.)

beatmania IIDX

Game	SP Difficulty				DP Difficulty
	Beginner	Normal	Hyper	Another	Normal	Hyper	Another
Notecounts / Charge Notes / Backspin Scratches	182 / ? / 0	575 / 12 / 0	915 / 18 / 4	1460 / 19 / 4	605 / 13 / 0	977 / 24 / 4	1493 / 22 / 5
beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro→Present	2	6	9	11	6	9	12

DanceDanceRevolution

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	101 / 19	218 / 39	363 / 13	442 / 11	595 / 20 / 0	238 / 14	357 / 15	418 / 13	549 / 20 / 0
DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX	3	7	10	13	17	6	9	13	17
DanceDanceRevolution (2013)→Present	3	7	10	13	↓15	6	9	13	↓15

jubeat

Game	Level
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme
Notecounts	477	828	939
jubeat knit APPEND→Present	6	9	10
jubeat plus	6	9	10
jukebeat	6	9	10
jubeat plus (Android)	6	9	10

pop'n music

Game	Standard				Battle
	5 Button	Normal	Hyper	EX	Normal	Hyper
Notecounts	237	522	940	1331	248	492
pop'n music 20 fantasia	13	22	36	41	11	22
pop'n music Sunny Park Location Test	19	28	42	47	-	-
pop'n music Sunny Park→Present	※14	28	42	47	11	22

※ The notecount of this chart is different from the old 5-Buttons chart (total notes: 272).

pop'n rhythmin

Game	Difficulties
	Normal	Hyper	EX
Notecounts	209	323	504
pop'n rhythmin	3	6	10
pop'n rhythmin (07/13/2014)	↑4	6	10

REFLEC BEAT

Game	Level
	Basic	Medium	Hard	Special
Notecounts	303	374	713	845
REFLEC BEAT	5	7	10	—
REFLEC BEAT limelight→colette -All Seasons-	5	7	↑10+	—
REFLEC BEAT groovin'!!→Present	5	7	10+	10+
REFLEC BEAT plus	5	7	10+	—
REFLEC BEAT +	5	7	10+	—