PARANOiA ~HADES~

PARANOiA ～HADES～

Song Information

PARANOiA ～HADES～' jacket.

Artist: αTYPE-300
Composition: jun & NM SEQUENCE UNLIMITED
Arrangement: jun
BPM: 75-300
Length: 1:40
Genre: SUPERNOVA2 BEAT #1
VJ: DDR SuperNOVA2
First Music Game Appearance: DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA2
Other Music Game Appearances:

• beatmania IIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

• PARANOiA ～HADES～ is part of the long-running PARANOiA series.

Trivia

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• Before DanceDanceRevolution X2, PARANOiA ～HADES～' title was PARANOiA (HADES).
• PARANOiA (HADES) is the second ENCORE EXTRA STAGE of DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA2. It was added on September 27th, 2007.
  • As of November 29th, 2007, it was moved down to EXTRA STAGE.
  • As of March 13th, 2008, it has been unlocked for normal play.
• PARANOiA ～HADES～ marks the only time Junko Karashima has remixed a song in the PARANOiA series.
  • It is also is the fifth song in the PARANOiA series that isn't arranged by Naoki Maeda, after PARANOiA KCET ～clean mix～, PARANOiA MAX ～FUNKY BLEEP MIX～, PARANOiA ETERNAL, and PARANOiA-Respect-.
• PARANOiA ～HADES～' DIFFICULT charts were the first DIFFICULT charts to be rated Level 15 on the 1-20 scale.
• PARANOiA ～HADES～ has a unique video in DanceDanceRevolution, which is played full-screen and eliminates any on-screen dancers (except in DanceDanceRevolution S+).
  • The Mandelbrot set can be seen in the beginning of the video.
• PARANOiA ～HADES～ is also the regular ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE of beatmania IIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS. To access it, you must clear Time to Air as the EXTRA STAGE with a AAA rank.
  • As of March 26th, 2008 (end of beat#2), it has been unlocked for normal play.
• PARANOiA ～HADES～ appears as downloadable content for DanceDanceRevolution S+, in the PARANOIA Pack 2 pack.
• On the DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA2 Limited Edition Music Sampler CD, PARANOiA ～HADES～' genre is HARDCORE TECHNO, and the artist is credited to TYPE-300.
• PARANOiA ～HADES～ was added to beatmania IIDX INFINITAS on November 7th, 2018 as part of the November 2018 Basic Subscription Monthly Songs.
  • From January 6th, 2021 in beatmania IIDX INFINITAS (2020), it can be purchased with BITs.
• In Greek mythology, Hades is the god of the underworld. In Roman mythology, he is known as Pluto.
  • Because of this, PARANOiA ～HADES～ is part of DanceDanceRevolution X2's PLUTO STORY course, alongside Pluto, Pluto Relinquish, Pluto The First, and 冥.

Song Production Information

jun

If my memory is correct, it was over a year ago... the 8th of August in 2006.
On a cloudless, clear day, the location was a gaming center in Tennoji, Osaka.
There's an event going on there... yes, the "DanceDanceRevolution Revival Memorial Fes".
Under the watchful eyes of hundreds of DDR fans, what I promise is to "make a new track of the PARANOiA series".
At that moment, I was lured to the deepest depths of darkness by HADES, who told me "This is your mission"....

Since that day, I have been dreading HADES' gaze and immersed myself in the production.
The irregular rhythm that changes every four bars is the anxiety of being chased by Hades.
Desperately escape in the crimson-dyed underworld.
Disordered breathing, screaming, running around.
Even so, I couldn't break free. Fear, fear, fear was looming.
The heart beats all the way up to 300.

Then when it was completed, in the corner of my eye, I saw a shadow with a huge sickle and the crimson red of...

Video Production Information

None.

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12.
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	244	558	954	1395	-	600	989	1532	-
beatmania IIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS→Present	-	7	11	12	-	8	11	12	-
beatmania IIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS CS	3	7	11	12	-	8	11	12	-
beatmania IIDX INFINITAS	-	7	11	12	-	8	11	12	-
beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE	-	7	11	12	-	-	-	-	-

DanceDanceRevolution

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	201 / 0	341 / 1	457 / 1	522 / 1	662 / 1 / 0	341 / 1	458 / 1	518 / 1	653 / 1 / 0
DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA2	3	7	8	9	10	7	9	10	10
DanceDanceRevolution X→X2	7	11	14	15	18	12	14	17	18
DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX→Present	7	11	↑15	↑16	18	12	↑15	17	18
DanceDanceRevolution / Dancing Stage SuperNOVA2 CS	3	7	8	9	10	7	9	10	10
DanceDanceRevolution S+	7	11	14	15	-	-	-	-	-