Kakumei

This page is for the dj TAKA with NAOKI arrangement of 革命. For the ノスタルジア arrangement, please see Kakumei (Chopin).

革命

Song Information

革命's jacket.

革命(X-Special)'s jacket.

Artist: dj TAKA with NAOKI
Composition: Chopin
Arrangement: TAKAYUKI ISHIKAWA, NAOKI MAEDA
Piano: NAOKI MAEDA
BPM: 83-148
Length: 1:50
Genre: ORCHESTRAL
VJ: shiro (overlays by ?)
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 7th style / DDRMAX2 -DanceDanceRevolution 7thMIX-
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

• 革命 is an arrangement of Frédéric Chopin's Étude in C minor, (The Revolutionary Étude) op. 10 no. 12.
  • A piano arrangement of Étude in C minor, (The Revolutionary Étude) op. 10 no. 12, also titled 革命, appears in ノスタルジア.

Trivia

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• 革命 is the ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE song for both beatmania IIDX 7th style and DDRMAX2 -DanceDanceRevolution 7thMIX-.
  • To access 革命 as the ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE in DDRMAX2, you must clear MAXX UNLIMITED as the EXTRA STAGE with a AA or higher.
    • In DDRMAX2, 革命's BPM displays a random, changing number instead of 83-148 BPM, and also has a fluctuating GROOVE RADAR only as an ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE.
• In DDRMAX2 -DanceDanceRevolution 7thMIX-, 革命's artist was credited as dj. TAKA with NAOKI.
• 革命 is the only brand-new song in DDRMAX2 with a full set of charts that also had CHALLENGE charts.
• 革命 marks Takayuki Ishikawa's first non-crossover contribution to the DanceDanceRevolution series.
• Kakumei (革命) means "revolution". This is a reference to the original song of which 革命 is based on, The Revolutionary Étude.
• 革命's beatmania IIDX charts were made by ucchie.
• 革命's DanceDanceRevolution charts were made by G島.
• 革命 received unique overlays in beatmania IIDX 7th style CS. These overlays were carried to 8th style CS, but never appeared in an arcade beatmania IIDX title, nor in later CS releases.
• 革命 received a Single BEGINNER chart in DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME.
• 革命 received a Double BEGINNER chart in DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX2.
• In American and European releases of DanceDanceRevolution before DanceDanceRevolution A, 革命's title was romanized as KAKUMEI. It received new graphics to reflect the title change.
  • However, DDRMAX2 -DanceDanceRevolution- and Dancing Stage Fever use the original Japanese banner instead.
• 革命(X-Special) is one of the X-Special ENCORE EXTRA STAGEs in DanceDanceRevolution X, which can be played from July 30th, 2009 by obtaining at least a AA on MAXX UNLIMITED(X-Special) as the EXTRA STAGE.
  • As of October 1st, 2009, 革命(X-Special) has been unlocked for normal play.
• From DanceDanceRevolution X2 onwards, 革命(X-Special) appears in the DanceDanceRevolution X folder instead of the DDRMAX2 folder.
• 革命 appears as downloadable content for DanceDanceRevolution S+, in the Mega Mix 3 pack.
• Since June 1st, 2017 in DanceDanceRevolution A, 革命(X-Special) no longer appears in the song selection screen if the player does not use an e-amusement pass.
• 革命 is unlockable in beatmania IIDX INFINITAS from April 4th, 2018, after purchasing its NORMAL, HYPER, and ANOTHER charts with BITs.

Song Production Information

TAKA

So NAOKI said to me, "why not do a song with a revolutionary theme together"? However, I was nervous about being able to finish this song, as production was already late into 7th style when he asked me of this. I know that the song title translates into "Revolution", which I kept in mind while making this song and the state of the song. The DDR and IIDX teams decided to have the song as a hidden song in both games, which we managed to do near the end of the schedule's build. The following song produced under these conditions is this "revolution". NAOKI's piano music provides the basic track, where the orchestra arrangements I provide finished up the song process while in the lean progression of making the song.

The artist name is credited to "dj TAKA with NAOKI", but with ucchie writing the charts and Jiishima-kun in charge of the DDR charts, the directors of both DDR and IIDX, as well as both teams' crews, we really worked together as team players to coincide with everyone's schedules. And thus we made music together.

CS Information Data

DDRMAX2 -DanceDanceRevolution-

You have unlocked the song "KAKUMEI" by dj TAKA with NAOKI. "KAKUMEI" is a dance remake of Frederic Chopin's enchanting musical piece "Revolutionary" which was originally written by the famous Polish composer in 1831. Coincidentally, "KAKUMEI" is English means "Revolution".

Video Production Information

shiro

So for beat#1, we decided to enrol Kakumei as the first and last boss song of all time, right?

That is, until we heard someone on staff checked for bugs and noted that MAX 300 had been HARD cleared.

..on autoplay. (Weak.)

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated 1 to 7+ from 7th through 9th style, 1 to 8 in 10th style, 1 to 8+ in IIDX RED, and from 1 to 12 from HAPPY SKY onwards.
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated 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	230	392	1004	1183	-	702	1209	1401	-
beatmania IIDX 7th style→9th style	-	6	7+	N/A	-	6	7+	N/A	-
beatmania IIDX 10th style	-	6	8	N/A	-	6	8	N/A	-
beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED	-	6	↑8+	N/A	-	6	↑8+	N/A	-
beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY	-	6	↑10	10	-	6	↑11	12	-
beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD→14 GOLD	-	6	10	10	-	6	↑12	12	-
beatmania IIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS→Present	-	6	10	10	-	↑7	12	12	-
beatmania IIDX 7th style CS	※1	6	7+	7+	-	6	7+	7+	-
beatmania IIDX 8th style CS	※1	6	7+	7+	-	6	7+	7+	-
beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD CS	2	6	10	10	-	7	12	12	-
beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS + PREMIUM BEST	2	6	10	10	-	7	12	12	-
beatmania IIDX INFINITAS	-	6	10	10	-	7	12	12	-
beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE	-	6	10	10	-	-	-	-	-

※ These BEGINNER charts are different from their later console appearances (total notes: 235)

DanceDanceRevolution

Original Charts

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	103 / 0	128 / 32	237 / 15	371 / 7	317 / 7 / 0	109 / 34	193 / 26	365 / 2	305 / 2 / 0
DDRMAX2	-	4	6	9	8	3	5	9	8
DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME→SuperNOVA2	1	4	6	9	8	3	5	9	8
Dancing Stage Fusion	1	4	6	9	8	3	5	9	8
DanceDanceRevolution X→Present	3	5	9	12	11	4	8	11	11
DDRMAX2 JP/US CS	-	4	6	9	8	3	5	9	8
DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME JP CS	1	4	6	9	8	3	5	9	8
Dancing Stage Fever (PS2)	1	4	6	9	8	3	5	9	8
DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX / Dancing Stage Unleashed	1	4	6	9	-	3	5	9	-
Dancing Stage Fusion CS	1	※4	※6	※9	※8	※3	※5	※9	※8
DanceDanceRevolution S+	3	5	9	12	-	-	-	-	-
DanceDanceRevolution (PS3)	2	4	6	9	8	-	-	-	-

※ These charts don't have Freeze Arrows in the PlayStation version of Dancing Stage Fusion CS.

X-Special Charts

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	-	-	-	-	378 / 21 / 0	-	-	-	377 / 19 / 0
DanceDanceRevolution X	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	15
DanceDanceRevolution X2→Present	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	↓14