AC pnm 12

General Information

• Released: December 08, 2004.
• Hardware: BEMANI VIPER
• Theme: Feudal Japan
• NET対戦モードmakes its first appearance, in which you battle two opponents online for the highest score, using modifiers to throw each other off.
• First pop'n to show you your best score in a song before playing it.
• DJ YOSHITAKA and Akira Yamaoka make their Pop'n Music debuts, as does GuitarFreaks & DrumMania music composer Yoshihiko Koezuka.
• Reiji Sakurai, a recent singer under Konami's music label back in 2004, makes his BEMANI debut in this game.
• All Atsushi Shindo songs have been removed.
• Total number of songs overall: 474

Staff Information

• Producer: ota-P
• Directory: tera
• Sound Director: Jun Wakita, Seiya Murai, Osamu Migitera
• Programmer: masaru, tama, kobaken
• CG Designer: shio, chihi, amamon.
• Graphic Designer: shige

Initial Songlist

TV and Anime

• クレヨンしんちゃん (CRAYON SHIN-CHAN) / オラはにんきもの / のはらしんのすけ (Nyami)
• CREAMY / デリケートに好きして / 秋葉レイ (Mimi)
• ドラゴンボールＺ (DRAGONBALL Z) / CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA / 影山ヒロノブ (cover by wac) (Nyami)
• キミョウ (KIMYOU) / 世にも奇妙な物語メインタイトル / ♪♪♪♪♪ (Mimi)
• EVA / 残酷な天使のテーゼ / 高橋洋子 (cover by wac) (Mimi)
• 名探偵コナン (MEITANTEI CONAN) / 「名探偵コナン」メイン・テーマ / ♪♪♪♪♪ (Nyami)
• BUBBLE BATH GIRL / バブルバスガール / three berry icecream (Mimi)

Konami Originals / Other Licenses

• アジアンコンチェルト (ASIAN CONCERTO) / 鳳凰 / 菜楊 (TangTang)
• KIDS MARCH / space merry-go-round / dormir (BERRY)
• KOTO FUSION / 琴古都 / Jimmy Weckl (CHIZURU)
• PROPOSE / ふたりのマニフェスト / 肥塚良彦 (Mamoru-kun)
• HYPER JAPANESQUE / 夢幻ノ光 / TЁЯRA (KIKYO)
• A CAPELLA / MAGICAL VOICE SHOWER / ウッチーズ (Mr. T and Hiro) (ドミー&ソラー, Domii&Soraa)
• TOKYO ROMAN / 恋する東京 / パーキッツ (HANAO)
• MESSAGE SONG / MY / よしくんと荒牧陽子さん (MELL)
• BLUES ROCK / Just you wait！ / heap (PATTY)
• HEALING DUO / home. / 秋桜 + WORLD SEQUENCE (Nazuna&Suzuna)
• ONSEN RAP / ONSEN SONG remixed / NICE GUY 人 (NICE GUY)
• POSI ACO / New days / ko-saku (MAKOTO)
• RYUSEI RAVE / 流星☆ハニー / 新谷あきら (Akira Yamaoka and Sana) (Ryusei Honey)
• DYNAMITE SOUL / 1クールの男 / マキ (SUMIKO'73)
• K-DANCE / 夢見る少女 / dimitoricTiger from seoul (YON)
• ROCKBILLY / ススメ! 少年!! / TAISHO (マッスル増田, Muscle Masuda)
• AGE ROCK / カリスマ (ゲームサイズ) / F.size.free (HAJIME)
• VIVID / For Dear～ / 桜井零士 (EITO)
• BIWA-GATARI / 涙雨物語 / すわひでお/古川竜也 (SASUGA MOGAMI)
• SYPMHONIC TECHNO / 乱 / V.C.O. (SHISHIWAKA)
• FLOW BEAT / CURUS / D-crew (flow flow)
• J-ROCK φ / Looking for... / colors (Justice★)
• HIP ROCK 3 / 雪上断火 / Des-ROW・組 (六, Roku)

Hidden Songs

• GOEMON / がんばれゴエモンメドレー / かまあげうどん (GOEMON)
• SHOWTIME / Ska Ska No.4 / 亜熱帯マジ-SKA爆弾 (Hone)
• CYBER GAGAKU / Vairocana / 五条式改 (WAKA-sna)

ポップン秘伝忍法帖 (Pop'n Secret Ninja Technique) feat. Ninja Hero Shinobian / Ninja Heroine Shinobian-ko

Note: There is no character credited to Xmas PRESENTS on the official site.

Spring (春 Haru)

• HINAMATSURI / La Peche du Pierrot / Q-Mex (MEBAE)
• ソツギョウ (SOTSUGYOU) from DDR / GRADUATION ~それぞれの明日~ / BeForU [(おしゃれずきん, Oshare-Zukin)
• うそつき▽ハイパーロッケンローレ (USOTSUKI HYPER ROCK'N'ROLL) / エイプリルフールの唄 / AKIRA YAMAOKA (HIPOPO&TAMAYO)
• VIVACE from KEYBOARD MANIA / Citta' del sole / Q-mex (CECIL)
• TWEET / うぐいす / パーキッツ (Poet) - CS 9
• TOYBOX / redraw lots / マロンちゃん (TOBY-S) - CS 9

Summer (夏 Natsu)

• UFO TECHNO / Far e@st network / dj nagureo (PAL)
• TANABATA / 白いとび羽根 / ミシュカ (SARASA)
• BEACH / Into The Light / good-cool feat.CHICO (AYA)
• HAPPY CUTECORE / starmine(pop'n mixxx) / Ryu☆ Tran
• COOL CHINA / 梦想你 / Cathy Lau (BeiLei)
• TAKKYU BOOGIE / Ping Pong Boogie / School (good-cool and Hideo Suwa) [Hoshio] - CS 9

Fall (秋 Aki)

• J-SOUL from beatmania / KOUYOU / youhei (SHOLLKEE)
• GAMELAN from KEYBOARD MANIA / Klungkung 1655 / simon (USAO-Kun)
• KEI-ROW PUNK / 進め! 爺ちゃん! / ジュースアクターズ (MAGOJIROU)
• HALLOWEEN / Trick or Treat! / Three Little Evils (Smile)
• NURSERY / もりへいこうよ / もりのおんがくたい (pretty) - CS 9
• CLASSIC 9 / Hell? or Heaven? / Waldeus von Dovjak (HAMANOV) - CS 9

Winter (冬 Fuyu)

• NYORO ROCK from GFdm / こたつとみかん / ピンクカプセル (MILK)
• LAMENTO / 雫 / あさき (おんなのこ, Onnanoko)
• J-Jazz / Think of You / Mr.Valentine (Jean)
• SET'S BEAN / お豆の哀歌 / 黒ムル & 淀川ジョルカエフ (YODO:DOZEN)
• Xmas PRESENTS (AC) / Pop'n Xmas 2004 ~電子ノウタゴエ~ / strawberry barium "s"
• OH-MISOKA / さようならこんにちは / ひので155 (Mr.SOBACCO)

Nin? (?)

• ニンジャ卍ヒロイン (NINJA HEROINE) / 忍びアン子は恋の呪文 / 新腹筋忍者台 feat.meli♥melo (シノビアン子, Shinobi Anko)

Explanation

Pop'n Music 12's unlocking systems involves Ninja Hero Shinobian, first seen in Pop'n Music 8 (the song Ninja Hero even plays in the background). The unlock system is very simple: play through any mode in the arcade, and you will rank up Ninja Points. Shinobian will try to throw his shriuken on one of several scrolls under a small time limit. All you have to do is simply press the Red button at the time one of the 4 scrolls passes by the screen, each representing a different season: spring, summer, fall, and winter. Once you hit a scroll, you'll see a picture slowly unroll from that scroll. Once it unrolls all the way, you unlock that song. Be careful not to hit a brown scroll: you get absolutely nothing if you do.

About halfway through Ninja Hero Shinobian will be replaced by Shinobian-ko, the female ninja from Ninja Heroine via a special scroll. The music will also change to that of her theme though the unlocking system doesn't change when you get her. Once you fully complete the spring, summer, fall, and winter scrolls, one final, black scroll will pop up: hit that and fully unravel it to unlock HELL 12. You'll also unlock all the EXs for the songs new to Iroha once you do. The unlocking system event lasted from March 2nd, 2005 to April 13th, 2005 in Japan, both times at 3:00 P.M.

Related Links

• Pop'n Music 12 Iroha Official Site