LUCKY? STAFF

LUCKY? STAFF

Song Information

LUCKY? STAFF's jacket.

Artist: 泉 陸奥彦
Composition/Arrangement/Guitars/Bass/Keyboards & Midi Programing: Mutsuhiko Izumi
BPM: 237
Length: 1:24
Genre: PUNK
Movie: TOYZ
First Music Game Appearance: GUITARFREAKS
Other Music Game Appearances:

• GuitarFreaks V3 & DrumMania V3 CS
• GuitarFreaksXG2 & DrumManiaXG2 Groove to Live

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

• LUCKY? STAFF is included in the medley HAPPY LUCKY BOY from GUITARFREAKS 3rdMIX.
• One of the vocal samples used in LUCKY? STAFF is also used in BRING HER DOWN from beatmania IIDX 7th style.
• A portion of LUCKY? STAFF can be heard in the medley Riff Riff Paradise from GUITARFREAKS 6thMIX & drummania 5thMIX.

Trivia

• LUCKY? STAFF is GUITARFREAKS's EXTRA STAGE in Expert Mode. On the console version, clearing LUCKY? STAFF on EXTRA STAGE will allow J-STAFF to be played immediately afterwards as an ending song.
• LUCKY? STAFF's logo in the early GUITARFREAKS titles was based on the logo for RIFF & GIG, the working title of a GUITARFREAKS prototype.
  • The RIFF & GIG logo also appears on LUCKY? STAFF's video.
• In GUITARFREAKS and its console counterpart, LUCKY? STAFF's video was very different from the video on the later games. The original video mostly displayed the arcade staff roll, along with the staff members playing guitars on a super-deformed look. It also shows a KONAMI building.
• LUCKY? STAFF received brand-new EXPERT and EXTREME charts in GUITARFREAKS 2ndMIX.
  • Its old EXPERT chart was moved down to the NORMAL difficulty in GUITARFREAKS 2ndMIX.
• LUCKY? STAFF received brand new Drum charts in its revival in GuitarFreaks V & DrumMania V.
• In GuitarFreaks V4 & DrumMania V4 Яock×Rock, each of LUCKY? STAFF's Guitar charts were slightly changed.
• LUCKY? STAFF received new charts for all Open Pick levels in GuitarFreaks V4, starting at Extra Level 13 by clearing 鬼姫 as SPECIAL STAGE. These charts were automatically made available in GuitarFreaks V5 Rock to Infinity.
• LUCKY? STAFF is available in GuitarFreaksXG2 & DrumManiaXG2 by clearing the ギタド乱ダム～新曲～ (Gitado Random ~New Tune~) Cooperation Challenge.
• LUCKY? STAFF was one of 30 possible picks for songs for REFLEC BEAT groovin'!! Upper's 7th Set (Users' SELECTION) of the BEMANI MUSIC FOCUS unlocking system.

Song Production Information

None.

Video Production Information

None.

Difficulty & Notecounts

Early GF/DM games' difficulty rated from 1 to 10. GF/DM difficulty for GF5/dm4 and beyond rated from 1 to 99.
GF/DM XG and GITADORA difficulty rated from 0.00 to 9.99. (Ratings obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd. Notecounts obtained from Zygo the drummaniacs and the GF/DM XG2 official website.)

GuitarFreaks & DrumMania

Original Series

Game	Drum			Guitar			Bass			Open
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme
Notecounts	247	507	835	417	417	417	-	-	-	417	417	417
GF	-	-	-	-	※8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
GF2→GF3	-	-	-	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-
GF4	-	-	-	8	8	↑10	-	-	-	-	-	-
GF5→GF6	-	-	-	79	86	92	-	-	-	-	-	-
GF/DM V→V2	26	53	88	↓46	↓47	↓63	-	-	-	-	-	-
GF/DM V3	26	53	↓83	↑54	↑58	↑65	-	-	-	-	-	-
GF/DM V4→V8	26	53	83	54	58	65	-	-	-	55	60	67
GF CS	-	-	-	-	※8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
GF2 APPEND	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-
GF/DM V3 CS	26	53	83	54	58	65	-	-	-	-	-	-

※ Denotes chart is the later Guitar NORMAL/BASIC chart.

XG & GITADORA Series

Game	Drum				Guitar				Bass
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Master	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Master	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Master
Notecounts	247	507	840	-	265	417	417	-	-	-	-	-
GF/DM XG2→XG3	2.70	5.10	7.60	-	3.00	5.70	6.90	-	-	-	-	-
GITADORA→Tri-Boost	↑3.55	↑5.70	↑7.95	-	↑3.85	↑6.20	↑7.40	-	-	-	-	-
GITADORA Tri-Boost Re:EVOLVE	↓3.35	↓5.60	7.95	-	↓3.45	↓5.90	↓7.20	-	-	-	-	-
GITADORA Matixx	↑3.45	↑5.90	↑8.15	-	↑3.70	↑6.45	↑7.50	-	-	-	-	-
GITADORA EXCHAIN	↑3.65	↑6.25	↑8.35	-	3.70	↑6.65	↑7.80	-	-	-	-	-
GITADORA NEX+AGE→Present	↑3.70	↑6.30	↑8.40	-	↑3.75	↑6.70	↑7.85	-	-	-	-	-