AC pnm 7

pop'n music 7

Release Information

• Release date: November 22nd, 2001.

General Information / Changes

• First pop'n music game to keep track of GREATs, GOODs, and BADs at the bottom of the screen in every mode.
• The BPM for a song is now listed once again on the music select screen.
  • First pop'n music game to list the BPM of a song during the song.
  • Also the last pop'n music game to list the BPM of a song at the music select screen.
• Character animations (MISS/FEVER/etc.) no longer begin until a character's neutral animation has finished, both for player and rival characters. This has since been consistent in the franchise.
  • In previous games, hitting notes on a certain grade (GREAT, GOOD, or BAD) would change the animations instantly.
  • According to staff member shio on the pop'n music 8 Q&A page, this was done due to the increased note density of more recent pop'n music games hurting the eyes of players due to the constant switching of animations.
  • She also notes it was done for a secondary reason; to show more animations for high-level players, as opposed to them only seeing FEVER animations for an entire song on the left, and nothing but the MISS banner/animations for their rival on the right.
• First pop'n music game that shows you your combo right above the pop-kun you hit, as opposed to the center of the screen.
• wac starts writing original music for the series.
• TOMOSUKE makes his pop'n music debut, as does Shoichiro Hirata.
• Only mainline pop'n music game to feature Hiroki Koga as a sound director.
• All licenses from pop'n music 6 received distinct MISS backgrounds.
• The official web site for pop'n music 7 is the first one since pop'n stage which shows a picture of the character in a song and their background in that song.
• The soundtrack is the first to include songs from console versions made two games prior to the current arcade version. In this case, the pop'n music 7 soundtrack contains songs from pop'n music 5 CS. This trend continued with the soundtracks for the next six games, when the pop'n music 14 FEVER! AC ♥ CS pop'n music 12 いろは & 13 カーニバル album ended the trend.
  • It's also the first pop'n music game soundtrack to consist of more than one CD on its soundtrack.
• The character designs from this game would later be used in the console-only puzzle game pop'n 対戦 ぱずるだま ONLINE.
• Total songs: 94

Staff Information

• pop'n music 7 Credits
• pop'n music 7 OST Booklet Credits

Game Modes

• NORMAL
• CHALLENGE
• BATTLE
• EXPERT

Non-Rival Playable Characters

These characters don't belong to any specific song.

• Nyami [7]
• Mimi [7]
• Mary [7]
• the KING [7]
• BAMBOO [7]

Full Song List

• pop'n music 7 Full Song List

New Songs

Default Songs

Difficulty levels for NORMAL/HYPER/EX/Battle obtained from Pop'n Music Fever. 5Line ratings based on the CS version, taken from Pop'n Music Fever also. Official difficulties might be a little different.

Genre	Song Title	Artist	BPM	Character	Normal Mode				Battle
					5 Button	Normal	Hyper	EX	Normal	Hyper
TV&ANIME
SEVEN	ウルトラセブンの歌	♪♪♪♪♪	100-112	Mimi [TV&ANIME-SEVEN]	?	7	22	27	14	-
KITERETSU 2	はじめてのチュウ	なぞなぞパパ	107	Mimi [TV&ANIME-KITERETSU 2]	4	8	19	28	8	-
RADIO	BITTER SWEET SAMBA	♪♪♪♪♪	100	DJ Mimi Nyami	7	9	28	38	15	-
PROJECT A	PROJECT A PROCEEDS	♪♪♪♪♪	121	Nyami [TV&ANIME-PROJECT A]	7	11	16	28	22	-
BARA	薔薇は美しく散る	中山マミ	59-127	Nyami [TV&ANIME-BARA]	7	11	26	30	24	-
URUSEI	ラムのラブソング	kaco	180	Nyami [TV&ANIME-URUSEI]	9	13	26	-	20	-
YAMATO	宇宙戦艦 ヤマト	ささきいさお	132-142	Mimi [TV&ANIME-YAMATO]	6	13	23	-	24	-
KONAMI originals
ANTHEM	GLORIA	St. Naya~n	57-82	PePe	6	7	22	-	15	-
RETRO FUTURE	Passacaglia	POST MODERN	128	WALKER	7	9	21	-	19	-
PRECIOUS	スウィーツ	natural bear	127	pretty [7]	8	9	20	-	13	-
LOUNGE POP	Dimanche	Orange Lounge	164	RIE♥chan [7]	12	11	20	-	10	-
Jr.R&B	S・S・L ～スーパー・スペシャル・ラブ～	Shoichiro Hirata feat. Yumi Kawamura	132	Cookie	15	11	25	-	16	-
DARKNESS	電気人形	フレディ波多江とエレハモニカ	107	Zizz [7]	6	11	27	38	27	-
SUNNY	HAPPY MUSIC	パーキッツ	135	Poet [7]	10	12	25	-	26	-
CHEER GIRL	GET THE CHANCE！	MEGU & SEVEN WINDS	134	NANCY	7	12	28	-	18	-
CLUB JAZZ	Betty Boo	SENAX	121	Nina [7]	8	13	25	-	20	-
BALI TRANCE	Denpasar	good-cool	135	shålåh	5	13	29	36	19	-
POP FUSION	Tropical Pallete	Mr.T	130	Mac	6	13	25	-	20	-
MISTY	platonic love	N.A.R.D	125	Kagome [7]	8	13	27	37	23	-
HARD ROCK	SA-DA-ME	good-cool feat. すわひでお	128	YOSHIO [7]	7	14	29	40	14	-
POWER FOLK 5	サムライ・シンドローム	新堂敦士	141-143	Ash [7]	15	14	29	-	20	-
VISUAL 2 REMIX	Cry Out (Superior Mix)	good-cool feat. KoHey	180	MZD [7-VISUAL 2]	9	14	26	-	21	-
CRAZY TECHNO	CHICKEN CHASER	V.C.O	170	Cyber [7]	9	15	28	34	22	-
J-ALTERNA	簡単な事だけど大切なもの	Rock'n'roll King	128	Teruo	6	16	26	-	28	-
CIRCUS	フリーパス	パンダバンダ	140-186	Peetan	9	17	22	-	15	-
GLAM ROCK	スペース★彡キッス	Kiddy & Sunshine Lovers	100	Prince M	7	17	30	35	19	-
DISCO HOUSE	ディスコξタイフーン	PRIORITY feat.Sana	129	Sanday [7]	8	19	26	-	26	-
SWEDISH	カモミール・バスルーム	常盤ゆう	168	risette [7]	12	19	27	-	21	-
BA-ROCK	EXCALIBUR	NL&P	140	Sebas★chan	6	21	26	-	17	-
KYOUGEKI	加油！元気猿！	成城猿楽団	60-180	Yang-Yang	8	22	30	35	18	-
SHOWA KAYO	林檎と蜂蜜	亜熱帯マジ-SKA爆弾 feat.MAKI	142-210	Murasaki [7]	14	23	32	-	14	-
SURF ROCK	純愛サレンダー	ザ☆チョップス	160	JUDY [7]	9	23	32	-	23	-
DES REGGAE	夜間行	Des-ROW feat.TSUBOI	102-205	Yunta	11	30	38	41	23	-

Hidden Songs

Genre	Song Title	Artist	BPM	Character	Normal Mode				Battle
					5 Button	Normal	Hyper	EX	Normal	Hyper
Hidden Songs
NEW AGE REMIX	龍舞 ～DRAGON DANCE Revision-2	WORLD SEQUENCE	130	MZD [7-NEW AGE]	5	8	27	-	12	-
WINTER POP	White Lovers	新谷さなえ	125	SANAE♥chan [7]	7	12	22	-	15	-
NIGHTOUT REMIX	透明なマニキュア moonlit mix	Kiyommy+Seiya	132	MZD [7-NIGHT OUT]	5	16	24	-	16	-
J-GARAGE POP REMIX	Miracle Moon～L.E.D.LIGHT STYLE MIX～‎	Togo Project feat. Sana	138	MZD [7-J-GARAGE POP]	8	18	28	-	20	-
SOFT ROCK LONG	Homesick Pt.2&3	ORANGENOISE SHORTCUT	178	RIE♥chan [5]	18	22	27	-	26	-
SPECIAL ENDING 2	Ending theme of pop'n music 6	Original Cedar	172	Rave girl [7]	20	30	37	-	24	-

Unlockable Songs

BINGO de 7!!

BINGO de 7!! is the unlock system of pop'n music 7. It ran from January 16th, 2002 through February 13th, 2002. More information to be updated.

At the end of a round of ARCADE when the event was on, you would see a 5x5 grid. The goal is to fill in special requirements to fill up a line. Once you do, you'll unlock something, such as a new song, chart, or expert course. There are 100 different possible requirements in all, each one numbered on the bingo grid.

Only songs new to pop'n music 7 are listed below.

Genre	Song Title	Artist	BPM	Character	Normal Mode				Battle
					5 Button	Normal	Hyper	EX	Normal	Hyper
pop'n music 5 CS crossovers
CLASSIC 5	Step in Space	Waldeus vön Dovjak	150	HAMANOV [CS1-1P]	4	7	36	39	29	-
KG	Sweaty Guys	ナメカワ・キミヲとザ・ハイターズ	142	SUIT [CS5]	6	9	17	23	10	-
HEART	Pink Rose	Kiyommy+Seiya	146	JUDY [5-2P]	8	14	24	-	14	-
Expert course unlocks (new CS crossovers)
CLASSIC 3 from pop'n music 3 APPEND DISC	Dynamics	Waldeus vön Dovjak	80-145	HAMANOV [CS1-3P]	6	7	31	-	27	-
CLASSIC 4 from pop'n music 4 APPEND DISC	Concertare	Waldeus vön Dovjak	179	HAMANOV [CS1-4P]	9	16	41	-	41	-
DREAMY from pop'n music 3 APPEND DISC	penguin	NAKATEK	143	BOY [CS1-3P]	6	12	-	-	12	-
NEWS from pop'n music 5 CS	Landmark	NAKATEK	130	BOY [CS1-4P]	16	13	-	-	13	-
LIVERPOOL from pop'n music 4 APPEND DISC	Love me Love me Love me	the LOφSE BEAT	158	Johnny D [CS4-1P]	13	9	-	-	9	-
GROUP SOUNDS from pop'n music 4 APPEND DISC	太陽がみつめてる	ツグ＆ザ・ラジカルズ	148	Johnny D [CS4-2P]	9	10	-	-	10	-
CUBAN GROOVE from pop'n music 5 CS	サナ・モレッテ・ネ・エンテ	Togo Project feat. Sana	90	VANTAIN [CS5]	10	17	25	36	15	-

Hidden Expert Courses

• CLASSIC course
• NAKATEK course
• GS course
• EX course
• REMIX course
• Sana course
• HELL 7 course

Hidden charts

• BALI TRANCE [EX]
• HARD ROCK [EX]
• Des REGGAE [EX}

Hidden character

• Nana [7]

Expert Courses

Default

• Anime Course (アニメコース): ★
  • KITERETSU 2 / BARA / URUSEI / YAMATO

• Pops Course (ポップスコース): ★★★
  • LOUNGE POP [H] / J-ALTERNA [H] / SWEDISH [H] / CLUB JAZZ [H]

• Instrumental Course (インストコース): ★★★
  • POP FUSION [H] / CIRCUS [H] / BAROQUE [H] / RADIO [H]

• Selection Course (セレクションコース): ★★★★
  • ANTHEM [H] / Jr.R&B [H] / DARKNESS [H] / SHOWA KAYO [H]

• Techno Course (テクノコース): ★★★
  • RETRO FUTURE [H] / ANALOG TECHNO [H] / FUTURE / CRAZY TECHNO [H]

• Asia Course (アジアコース): ★★★★
  • KANGTONG [H] / NEW AGE REMIX [H] / KYOUGEKI [H] / BALI TRANCE [H]

• Otome Course (乙女コース): ★★★
  • CHEER GIRL [H] / PRECIOUS [H] / MISTY [H] / SUNNY [H]

• Otoko Course (男コース): ★★★★
  • GLAM ROCK [H] / HARD ROCK [H] / POWER FOLK 5 [H] / DES REGGAE [H]

• HISTORY 1 / 2 / 3
  • Four songs based on last songs played on the machine.

Hidden

• NAKATEK course (ナカテクコース): ★★
  • TECHNO'80 [H] / FUNNY / DREAMY / NEWS

• Sana course (サナコース): ★★★
  • AMBIENT [H] / DISCO HOUSE [H] / CUBAN GROOVE [H] / WINTER POP [H]

• CLASSIC course (クラシックコース) - ★★★★★
  • CLASSIC [H] / CLASSIC 2 [H] / CLASSIC 3 [H] / CLASSIC 4 [H]

• HELL 7 course (ヘル7コース ): ★★★★
  • BALI TRANCE [EX] / HARD ROCK [EX] / DES REGGAE [EX] / SPECIAL ENDING 2 [H]

• GS course (GSコース): ★★
  • LIVERPOOL / GROUP SOUNDS / NEO GS / SURF ROCK

• REMIX course (REMIXコース): ★★★★
  • NIGHT OUT REMIX [H] / SOFT ROCK LONG [H] / J-GARAGE POP REMIX [H] / VISUAL 2 REMIX [H]

• EX course (EXコース): ★★★★★ - all songs are EX charts
  • 太陽にほえろ / MARCHING / PERCUSSIVE / ENKA REMIX

Let's make pop'n music 7 Together!

Prior to the release of pop'n music 7, a poll was held on Konami's web site as to what songs should get a remix in pop'n music 7. All songs from the very first pop'n music through 6 (plus the 4 CS games at the time) were eligible. Cry Out got the most votes out of all the songs listed, with a total of 845 votes, with 君を壊したい! second with 735 votes. (It never got a remix, though there was a Live version in pop'n music 8). Other strong songs included ROSE～恋人よ、薔薇色に染まれ (626), Homesick Pt.2&3 (601), 走りぬける君へ、Hurry up! (490), and 大見解 (465). At the end Cry Out, 龍舞～DRAGON DANCE, and 透明なマニキュア were remixed (despite 龍舞～DRAGON DANCE being in 69th place with only 44 votes), and Homesick Pt.2&3 got an extended version courtesy of pop'n music sound director Jun Wakita. (大見解 did eventually get a remix years later in pop'n music 16 PARTY♪, 大見解の新見解.)

PaPaMaMa*7

Shortly before the release of pop'n music 7, a contest in Japan was held to anyone to name three of the game's new characters. The contest was known as "PapaMama * 7". Shortly before the game was released, the winners were announced, as well as the names of the new characters:

• Teruo (a man with brown hair who wears a blue jacket, who appears in 簡単な事だけど大切なもの, as well as dandelion in pop'n music 10). He later received a new sprite in pop'n music Sunny Park with the song KARISOME.
• Peetan (a panda riding on a giant ball, seen in the song フリーパス).
• Kagome (a poet who wears a long black dress), who appears in platonic love, as well as its extended version in pop'n music 9. Kagome is the first one of these three to ever get a new sprite, which she got in Sorrows in pop'n music 16 PARTY♪.

Revived Songs

The following songs from previous pop'n music releases have been revived:

Song Title	Genre	Game
Chaos Age	CLASSIC	pop'n music 2
Water Melon Woman	TECHNO'80	pop'n music 2
PULSE	FUNNY	pop'n music 3
R.C.	CLASSIC 2	pop'n music 3
和你一起走	KANGTONG	pop'n music 3
birds	AMBIENT	pop'n music 4
ELECTRONISM	ANALOG TECHNO	pop'n music 4
ostin-art	FUTURE	pop'n music 4

Removed Songs

All 30 songs from pop'n music 5, with the three exceptions of Shock of Love, 西新宿清掃曲, and お江戸花吹雪 TEYAN-day MIX, have been removed.

Related Links

• pop'n music 7 Official Site (archived)
• PapaMama*7 info on the second, bright green page (archived)