G2

G2

Song Information

G2's banner.

Artist: Aya
Composition/Arrangement: Aya Sakuma
BPM: 170
Length: 2:03
Genre: DRUM'N'BASS
Movie: VJ GYO
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 6th style
Other Music Game Appearances:

• DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX2

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

None.

Trivia

• G2 received a Single Black ANOTHER chart on beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS + PREMIUM BEST.
• G2's DanceDanceRevolution graphics were created by Takahiro Nakajima.
• G2 and Real being crossed over mark Aya Sakuma's only appearance outside of the beatmania IIDX series.
• G2 can be unlocked in DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX2 and Dancing Stage Unleashed2 either by playing any 200 songs, or by clearing EXTRA 1 in Challenge Mode (which requires getting a full combo on G2 HEAVY with at least 90% PERFECTs).
• G2 received a proper Single BEGINNER chart and a unique video, which is recycled from Quickening's DanceDanceRevolution video, in DanceDanceRevolution STR!KE.
• G2 was one of the qualifying round songs in the KONAMI Arcade Championship 2013 for beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA.
• G2 was added to beatmania IIDX INFINITAS on July 3rd, 2019 as part of the July 2019 Basic Subscription Monthly Songs.
  • From June 2nd, 2021 in beatmania IIDX INFINITAS (2020), it can be purchased with BITs.

Song Production Information

Aya

For me, the letter "G" has a Dark image. If I were to relate it to a color, it'd be dark blue mixed with black....

When you write it with a pen, doesn't it look like a nail inserted to block progress, as if it's trying to fit in a circle?

Wha-t...

Since I made an aggressive song, please play it aggressively!

Video Production Information

VJ GYO

The two impressive characters for "horror" (怪奇), which decided this song's personality, are suitable phrases repeated 4 times overall, twice in the first and second half.
This movie was conceived and created based on these phrases.
This horror-like video is prepared by phrase length, and has 4 repeating patterns matching its timing, such as being out of focus, radio interference, and progressively deteriorating video tapes.

Also, I tried to replace the high-speed rhythms unique to drum'n'bass with visual information by adding flickering light movements, noise, and light and dark graphics.

For this horror-like video, I initially wanted to take the challenge of using special effects, but it became practically difficult to be able to receive assistance from the other staff members as the location test was approaching, so I used CG for the live-action textures and camera work.
And I used an orthodox method for "changes in familiar beings" to appear "scary", and although it slightly felt violating, I tried to make a monster appear by basing it on IIDX's familiar TRAN.

In order to roughly explain that it's not TRAN, I remember thinking about very generic bio-horror settings like "TRAN was cloned to extract her many supernatural abilities as a base to develop a biological weapon, but the clone escaped while incomplete...".
However, as a movie concept, since I wanted to avoid a direction which feels like it has a specific background or clear intention, even the typography resulted in an unrelated and distinct video.

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 7+ in 6th through 9th style, 1 to 8 in 10th style, 1 to 8+ in 11 IIDX RED, and 1 to 12 in 12 HAPPY SKY onward.
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 10 from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2.

beatmania IIDX

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	黒ANOTHER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	黒ANOTHER
Notecounts	371	752	942	1188	1291	665	830	1377	-
beatmania IIDX 6th style→10th style	-	6	7+	N/A	-	6	7	N/A	-
beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED	-	↑7	8	N/A	-	6	7	N/A	-
beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY→Present	-	↑8	↑9	11	-	6	7	12	-
beatmania IIDX 6th style CS	3	6	7+	7+	-	6	7	7	-
beatmania IIDX 8th style CS	-	6	7+	7+	-	6	7	7	-
beatmania IIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS CS	※3	8	9	11	-	6	7	12	-
beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS + PREMIUM BEST	※3	8	9	11	12	6	7	12	-
beatmania IIDX INFINITAS	-	8	9	11	-	6	7	12	-
beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE	-	8	9	11	-	-	-	-	-

※ Denotes chart has been revised from the older BEGINNER chart (total notes: 341).

DanceDanceRevolution

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	180 / 7	328 / 28	402 / 64	536 / 48	- / - / -	306 / 6	339 / 10	512 / 11	- / - / -
DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX2 / Dancing Stage Unleashed2	⁂N/A	6	8	10	-	6	8	10	-
DanceDanceRevolution STR!KE	1	6	8	10	-	6	8	10	-

⁂ Denotes that no proper chart data actually exists.