AA

AA

Song Information

AA's jacket.

Artist: D.J.Amuro
Composition/Arrangement: D.J.Amuro
BPM: 154
Length: 1:58 (beatmania IIDX), 1:32 (DanceDanceRevolution)
Genre: RENAISSANCE
VJ: shiro (IIDX RED→HAPPY SKY); Ta-k(synesthesia) (CS IIDX RED, DistorteD→Present)
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED
Other Music Game Appearances:

• DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

• AA is part of D.J.Amuro's RENAISSANCE series of songs.
• A long version of AA can be found on dj TAKA's first album, milestone.
• A remix of AA by BlackY, titled AA BlackY mix, appears in SOUND VOLTEX BOOTH.
• Another remix of AA by OSTER project, titled AA (Renaissance Concertino Mix), appears on dj TAKA's second album, True Blue....
• A remake of AA, titled AA -rebuild-, appears in beatmania IIDX 25 CANNON BALLERS.
• The DanceDanceRevolution series use a shorter version of AA.

Trivia

AA's title card.

AA's banner.

• A common pronunciation of AA among players in Japan is "ダブルエース" (Double-Ace). KONAMI stresses that there is no "official" pronunciation, but notes that "Double-Ace" is a common one among players.
  • Notably, in the SOUND VOLTEX series, AA BlackY mix has "AA" rendered as "ダブルエース" for sorting purposes.
• In the arcade version of beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED, a generic video was used. However, in the CS version, a new video/animation was produced for AA from Visual Emotions 3, which also includes The Hope of Tomorrow, Raspberry♡Heart (English version), and D.A.N.C.E.!.
• At the time of its release, AA's Single ANOTHER chart had the most notes of any Single Play chart, at 1834 notes. This short-lived record would be toppled by 冥 one version later, with 2000 notes.
  • Its Double ANOTHER chart also had the most notes of any Double ANOTHER chart, at 1739 notes. This was also topped by 冥 in HAPPY SKY.
• AA was available in beatmania IIDX INFINITAS' championship Mode from August 10th to 21st, 2016.
  • On August 22nd, 2016, it was added to standard Mode for anyone who had played the PREMIUM∞CUP in championship Mode at least once.

Song Production Information

D.J.Amuro

The theme of this song is the betrayal of a certain character by his closest, trusted associates, and the moments of his heroic death. It is rather difficult, but I hope you can bring flowers through your spectacular performance.

Video Production Information

Untranslated.

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED difficulty rated from 1 to 8+, and 1 to 12 from HAPPY SKY onwards.
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty from 1 to 10 from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2, and 1 to 20 from X onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

beatmania IIDX

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts	269	642	1386	1834	-	659	997	1739	-
beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED	-	5	8+	N/A	-	5	8	N/A	-
beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY→Present	-	5	↑10	12	-	5	↑9	12	-
beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED CS	3	5	8+	8+	-	5	8	8+	-
beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD CS	3	5	10	12	-	5	9	12	-
beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS + PREMIUM BEST	3	5	10	12	-	5	9	12	-
beatmania IIDX INFINITAS	-	5	10	12	-	5	9	12	-

DanceDanceRevolution

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	108 / 0	186 / 2	274 / 2	386 / 2	- / - / -	186 / 2	273 / 2	366 / 2	- / - / -
DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA→SuperNOVA2	1	4	7	9	-	4	7	9	-
DanceDanceRevolution X→Present	3	5	9	13	-	5	10	13	-
DanceDanceRevolution / Dancing Stage SuperNOVA CS	1	4	7	9	-	4	7	9	-

D.J.Amuro's RENAISSANCE song series
Main Songs	A - AA - F - X
Remixes / Related Songs	A - Astral Inner Flame ver. - - AA -rebuild- - ∀ - 少年A