Ganymede

Ganymede

Song Information

Artist: 玄武
Composition/Arrangement: Genbu
BPM: 72-82
Length: 2:06
Genre: ESOTERIC SLOWCORE
Movie: ? (overlays by HES)
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

• Ganymede is part of wac's Zodiac song series, representing Aquarius.
• A long version of Ganymede appears in the CARDINAL GATE conclusion album, included with beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD CS's special edition. This long version was arranged by Arata Iiyoshi.
• A remix of Ganymede by kamome sano, titled Ganymede kamome mix, appears in SOUND VOLTEX BOOTH.
• Another remix of Ganymede by 二代目朱雀, titled Ganymede -re:born-, appears in DanceDanceRevolution GRAND PRIX.

Trivia

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玄武's CARDINAL GATE title card.

• Ganymede is one of the four CARDINAL GATE EXTRA STAGE songs, featuring a green colored skin.
• In Greek mythology Ganymede was the most beautiful man who ever lived. Zeus kidnaps him with very large birds and he lives out his life in Olympus.
  • Ganymede is also the name of one of Jupiter's Galileo moons, and the song may refer to its lonely and desolate nature.
• Ganymede is the slowest of the CARDINAL GATE songs, and has the lowest maximum BPM of any EXTRA STAGE song in beatmania IIDX.
• Genbu is a Chinese god that is a turtle.
• Ganymede's video features a green Armored Core-style robot-like character as the embodiment of Genbu.
• Ganymede was one of the qualifying round songs in the The 6th KONAMI Arcade Championship for beatmania IIDX 24 SINOBUZ.
• Ganymede is unlockable in beatmania IIDX INFINITAS from December 6th, 2017, after purchasing its charts with BITs.
• Ganymede received LEGGENDARIA charts in beatmania IIDX 28 BISTROVER. These charts could be unlocked via ARENA MODE from April 1st, 2021 through April 14th, 2021 by collecting 100 ARENA CUBES.
  • From February 14th, 2022, these charts could be purchased in beatmania IIDX 29 CastHour with Archive Links (アーカイブリンク).
  • As of beatmania IIDX 30 RESIDENT, they are available by default.

Song Production Information

Genbu

Hello. I'm Kametaro Kameda, who's portraying Genbu this time.
You can't defeat me. There isn't an opportunity to defeat me. After the match, I'll enthusiastically sing "FANTASY" in the ring. (Today's joke)
When I received the "you're a turtle. A clumsy and slow turtle" request, I became a turtle in my body and heart. I'm sorry, this body's useless.

Since somehow becoming one of the Four Heavenly Kings is difficult, I tried to express a turtle's strengths.

After all, I'm a turtle.
I'm slow. Very slow. That's why it's slow.

After all, I'm a turtle.
I'm sturdy. I have high defensive strength. It brushes off players' attacks.

After all, I'm a turtle.
I'm in the water. Swaying. The notecharts express the flowing water.

After all, I'm a turtle.
The second half is a decisive battle. The rabbit overtakes it. That's called "slowly becoming hostile". (Today's joke)

In other words.
It doesn't matter if it's a good song or not. Anyways, it's a turtle-like song.
It doesn't matter if the charts are enjoyable or not. Anyways, they're charts which can decently prevent ONE MORE from appearing.
Since that was my task, I'm satisfied with my own sense of achievement.
I did it, Kametaro did it, he ended up doing it, I'm sorry.

I could've been a bit more lenient with the BPM and density, but with the appearance of SUDDEN+ and HI-SPEED 5.0, I finally dared to rage against kids in this kind of world who "love fast songs and hate slow songs".
To those skilled enough, by all means, please try to play it without using modifiers.
No HI-SPEED and no modifiers are sometimes good.
I don't know if it's a good idea to do that in this song.

The song title came from
Turtle → green turtle → giant turtle → sea turtle → soup → scary → ghost → something damp → water turtle → water jug → the result of Ganymede and a lonely, magical banana.
He's a so-called idiot.
I'm looking forward to your support in the future.

Video Production Information

HES

The composer of Ganymede gave me keywords for his song concept, and I created this video by adding mechanical parts.

A sacred beast who once protected the land...
Its image is like ancient ruins created with technology which hasn't been discovered yet.
There's a scene where the keyword shows something sinking to the seafloor, and a scene representing the infinite universe.

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12 from 12 HAPPY SKY onward.

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts	147	571	884	1199	1356	612	951	1363	1391
beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD→14 GOLD	-	5	10	11	-	7	11	12	-
beatmania IIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS→27 HEROIC VERSE	-	↑6	10	11	-	↑8	11	12	-
beatmania IIDX 28 BISTROVER→Present	-	6	10	11	12	8	11	12	12
beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD CS	2	6	10	11	-	7	11	12	-
beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS + PREMIUM BEST	2	6	10	11	-	8	11	12	-
beatmania IIDX INFINITAS	-	6	10	11	-	8	11	12	-

wac's Zodiac song series
ストレイ・マーチ (Aries) - BEEF (Taurus) - murmur twins (Gemini) - moon_child (Cancer) - Regulus (Leo) - Spica (Virgo) - アストライアの双皿 (Libra) ピアノ協奏曲第１番”蠍火” (Scorpius) - 牧神笛吹きて (Capricornus) - Ganymede (Aquarius) - アルレシャ (Pisces)

CARDINAL GATE
EXTRA STAGEs	CONTRACT - Ganymede - waxing and wanding - 華蝶風雪
ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE	嘆きの樹