Macuilxochitl

Macuilxochitl

Song Information

Macuilxochitl's jacket.

Macuilxochitl's pop'n music banner.

Artist: TOMOSUKE
Composition/Arrangement/Piano/Other Instruments & Programming: TOMOSUKE
BPM: 148
Length: 1:40 (jubeat), 1:50 (beatmania IIDX, pop'n music)
Genre: PIANO CONTEMPORARY (ピアノコンテンポラリー)
pop'n music Character: SMOKE [19]
pop'n CG designer: eimy (new animations)
Movie: F-FLY
Jacket design: いそにん
First Music Game Appearance: jubeat ripples
Other Music Game Appearances:

• beatmania IIDX 24 SINOBUZ
• jubeat plus music pack 20
• jubeat plus (Android) KONAMI music pack 14
• jukebeat KONAMI music pack 05
• pop'n music 19 TUNE STREET
• ポップンリズミン jubeatパック3

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

• According to TOMOSUKE, both Almagest and Macuilxochitl were derived from the same prototype song [1] [2] [3].
• A long version of Macuilxochitl appears in the jubeat ripples APPEND SOUNDTRACK album.
  • The beatmania IIDX and pop'n music series use a short edit of this version.
• A remix of Macuilxochitl by technoplanet, titled Macuilxochitl (Latin Jazz Mix), can be found in SOUND VOLTEX EXCEED GEAR.

Trivia

• Macuilxochitl is obtained in jubeat ripples and its APPEND version upon reaching the rank of Gold Lion.
  • In jubeat knit and its APPEND version, it is one of the Indigo Shirt unlocks.
  • In jubeat copious and its APPEND version, it is one of the UFO unlocks of the copious travel unlocking system.
  • In jubeat saucer, it can be unlocked via the bistro saucer unlocking event.
  • In jubeat saucer fulfill, it can be unlocked as part of saucer macchiato's Side Menu from April 23rd, 2014.
  • In jubeat prop, it can be unlocked by playing it as a BONUS TUNE from May 28th, 2015.
  • In jubeat Qubell, it is one of the Garnet unlocks of the dig dig Qubell unlocking system.
  • In jubeat clan, it can be unlocked in the jubeat SHOP.
  • In jubeat festo, it can be purchased at the emo MART.
    • It could also be unlocked in jubeat festo from May 6th to July 21st, 2021 (originally until June 15th, 2021), from February 9th to March 1st, 2022, and from June 22nd to July 5th, 2022 as the ウキウキスプリングメドレー！ PHASE LINE 1 unlock of the Mission Travel unlocking system.
  • In jubeat Ave. and beyond the Ave., it is one of the CONCIERGE unlocks of the LIGHT CHAT unlocking system from August 17th, 2022.
• Macuilxochitl (pronounced ma-cil-show-chit-tle) is the Aztec god of art, sports, music, dance, flowers, maize, and song. The word means "five flowers."
  • Macuilxochitl is also the name of the sword held by Nyoah, one of the characters of The Epic of Zektbach.
    • Musically, both Macuilxochitl and Nyoah's Sword Dance 華麗なるニョアの剣舞 (from Zektbach's The Epic of Zektbach -Ristaccia- album) share various similarities.
    • Furthermore, when all of Macuilxochitl's charts are cleared with and without a FULL COMBO, the jubeat title parts "聖剣の持ち主" (Holy sword owner) and "ニョアの一番弟子" (Nyoah's best apprentice) are obtained, respectively.
    • 華麗なるニョアの剣舞 also appears in the BEMANI category in the ノスタルジア series, likely referencing its connection to Macuilxochitl.
• Macuilxochitl marks Tomosuke Funaki's first original song in the jubeat series.
• Macuilxochitl's jubeat BASIC chart was the first BASIC chart rated Level 7.
• According to two tweets from Tomosuke's Twitter account in February 2011, Macuilxochitl was originally made for beatmania IIDX 17 SIRIUS. It was later remixed and became Almagest, while the original version of the song was used in jubeat ripples instead.
• Macuilxochitl is available in pop'n music 19 TUNE STREET as part of the APPEND FESTIVAL event, which started on March 7th, 2011. Playing the song in pop'n music will unlock キルト in jubeat knit APPEND.
• SMOKE's default animation is reused from Ergosphere, though most (if not all) of his other animations are brand-new.
• Macuilxochitl was the last KONAMI original from jubeat ripples to appear in jubeat plus, appearing in music pack 20.
• Macuilxochitl received an EASY chart on December 12th, 2012 in pop'n music Sunny Park, replacing its old 5-Buttons chart.
• Macuilxochitl was one of the songs part of jubeat saucer's Song Swap system. For further information on which dates it was removed or revived, please see this page.
• Macuilxochitl can be unlocked in beatmania IIDX 24 SINOBUZ from July 20th, 2017 as one of the Wind school (風巻流) songs of the Ninnin shichikenden (忍々七鍵伝) unlocking system.
  • In beatmania IIDX 25 CANNON BALLERS, its charts can be purchased via CBS License (CBSライセンス) from March 29th, 2018.
  • From beatmania IIDX 26 Rootage onwards, it is available by default.
• Macuilxochitl received a BEGINNER chart in beatmania IIDX 26 Rootage.
• Macuilxochitl is available in beatmania IIDX INFINITAS (2020) as part of beatmania IIDX INFINITAS Music Pack vol.13 (beatmania IIDX INFINITAS 楽曲パック vol.13).
• Macuilxochitl is available in pop'n music Lively as part of the pop'n music Lively Music Pack vol.3 (pop'n music Lively 楽曲パック vol.3).
• Macuilxochitl's jubeat (2021) ratings were adjusted to its jubeat festo ratings on March 7th, 2022.

Music Comment

It's said that a knight-cat held a legendary sword. The flood of sounds that played each time the sword was swung certainly sounded brilliant.

Song Production Information

jubeat

Untranslated.

pop'n music

TOMOSUKE

Hello, it's me, TOMOSUKE.

I'm really sorry for the difficult-to-read title.
I also almost didn't say Macuilxochitl out loud until the end (laughs).
Instead of that, I'm curious about whether to pronounce it as Ma↑cu↓i↓l↓ or Ma↓cu↑i↓l↓.
I wonder if the intonation is broken in the Chubu region, like how they pronounce a certain fast food chain.

This song is a crossover originally from jubeat, but it's slightly different to the original.
I made the song's first-half more jazzy to match its character, SMOKE.
Of course, the footprints in the notecharts is filled with soda from that cat "look at this brilliant paw stamp!".

It sounds like a jazzy piano when you first listen to it, but it constantly has a mechanical and square beat instead of emphasizing its swinging backbeat like jazz, so it actually doesn't feel like a jazz piano to me.
Its image seems somewhat between inorganic and organic matter.

So, this song has a sibling.
I previously wrote about that story on Twitter, so if you're curious, please try to check it out!

Video Production Information

None.

Jacket Design Information

isonin

"It's the boss~!", so I drew it with that motivation.

I enjoyed drawing many things I liked while listening to TOMOSUKE's speech.
It's a spinoff of a certain series, so I tried to indirectly make it understandable.
Everyone already know what I'm talking about, right?....
To those who say "?", please try to ask a nearby friend.

Although the jacket appears cute at a glance, the hell-like sequence seems difficult, MUSCLE!

Character Information

I recently had a mysterious dream about a gray knight-cat brilliantly dancing.
Now it seems I can't help but enjoy analyzing that song.

eimy

Similar to knit, I hesitated about adding a pink house or chest hair to his outfit... I couldn't do it.
SMOKE's personality is such that he doesn't button his shirt, and even if it's cold, he doesn't seem to wear knitted clothing over his shirt, and he seems warm wearing one fluffy piece of knitted clothing.
I thought of additional animations while creating the dressing animations, and it was perhaps interesting to see SMOKE use his fingers to play jubeat! When I thought about this, I received the marker animations and notecharts. Thank you to the jubeat team for your pleasurable & quick response♪ Ta-da! I enjoyed their assistance in making the animations.
When I performed bug checks in pop'n, TOMOSUKE saw a cat's footprint on the music sheet illustrations? His smile left an impression on me. I don't know if SMOKE's footprints are troubling with his usual facial expressions, but I think it has thrilling high points~, shio＾＾

Chart Production Information

MUSCLE

This is finally the last song!

"Macuilxochitl" is now available with Gold Lion rank!

You couldn't initially read it, right?...

So, as isonin wrote, this is a spinoff. Of that series.
That's why there's a "Z" press, right?! I included it.

Also, I actually prepared the EXTREME chart of this song a bit differently...

Somehow

There isn't a simultaneous two button press (left and right).

Did you get it?

In other words

If you can move your hands quickly, EXCELLENT is possible with only one hand!

If you're my top student, it's certainly possible!

That's what I was unreasonably preparing.
Well, if your hands move quickly, it's possible no matter how far away they are....
Maybe people with big hands can also clear it?

So, let's play jubeat using one hand! I'm not saying anything, but even if you don't feel you can get EXCELLENT with both hands, how about trying this once?
How about writing an article on the community blog commemorating the first notechart you tried using one hand? I'd be grinning as I read them!

Staff Comments

mayo

The piano sounds were so pleasant that I finished playing it before I knew it (laughs).
I want to listen to this song many times.

PON

This song, which was popularized in jubeat, is available here!
Playing the piano feels comfortable, pleasant, and vicious!? It's flowing.
In the latter half, the blue pop-kuns imitate that famous phrase, so please try your best and pay attention until the end.

tokky

Everyone around me called it "Macuil Macuil", so I just understood the Macuil part.
The difficult song title made me glad that its genre was PIANO CONTEMPORARY.

Ga~su~

No matter how many times I heard its name, I don't understand it and always called it "something like Michael".
No matter how many times I try it, my score is disastrous.

masaru

It's useless, even if it's written as a song title, I can't read it. wac explained it, but I still can't read it.
pop'n is also difficult since songs are called by its genre name.
I'm relieved that this song is of TOMOSUKE quality. The piano feels nice♪

Otsu

This song served as the vanguard in the APPEND FESTIVAL.
I usually remember most crossover songs by their genre names, but I perfectly remembered this song by its song title.
I thought it was abbreviated. Is it because no one can pronounce its full name!?

Chihi

This song title is like a symbol...
From the moment I first saw it, I gave up on reading it. And I didn't dare know it until now.
But I finally learned it. Your name is "xochitl"!
I like the direct way in pop'n which lets them wear knitted clothing here and there.

Mameshiba

It's very difficult to read this song title. I already gave up on "Macuil".
TOMOSUKE came to PON, who was creating the notecharts, to give him various instructions.
jubeat's initial marker seems to write GOOD in a soda color, and furthermore, this song has strict judgement and is easy to make the screen soda colored.
That's why he said to increase the blue pop-kuns at that time. It's soda-ish.
I think the ending of the song comment "soda" contains such thoughts.
It's not my pun. Don't get me wrong.

shio

I received my favorite TOMOSUKE piano meal. However, what does he eat to create these kinds of songs?... It's too cool and sneaky. I had trouble selecting all the delicious songs from jubeat, not just Macuil. In other words, please keep up the good work ^^.

Furthermore, I also received a smile from the academy leader TOMOSUKE. Yay! I wanted to see it!
The illustration is... actually... I had an image of the moment "the cat walks over the music sheet on the floor, where its footprints made a miraculous chord!".
By the way. I like the excuse where the cat walks over the keyboard and presses, in order, Command +A → delete → Command +S! That's right.

TAMA

I was the only person in team SMOKE with chest hair.
SMOKE probably has MAX glumness with his bare front and thick chest hair~!
And I passionately told them, but they rejected it with more force.

wac

A collaborative plan, heave-ho, APPEND, heave-ho, I received a kind proposal from jubeat requesting me to steal any of their songs.

I listened to the soundtrack on repeat and happily selected the song, but behind the scenes, there was stealing from rivals, no, bargaining, collusion, and competition everywhere with each BEMANI game series.
The deciding factor in choosing Macuil wasn't just that the song was extremely cool, but it was the missing component among this entire song lineup. TOMOSUKE's instrumental and piano is great. Please write more.

The song and pronunciation is difficult to understand, but so are the notecharts. Please brilliantly try PON's dedicated soda bar.
By the way, I don't know how to read it, but only difficult part is the "x" in the middle, isn't it?

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12.
jubeat to clan difficulty rated from 1 to 10, and 1 to 10.9 from festo onwards.
pop'n music difficulty rated from 1 to 43 through pop'n music 20 fantasia, and 1 to 50 through Sunny Park.
ポップンリズミン difficulty rated from 1 to 10. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd and jubeat@Wiki.)

beatmania IIDX

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts	267	752	1147	1677	-	768	1042	1546	-
beatmania IIDX 24 SINOBUZ→25 CANNON BALLERS	-	7	10	11	-	7	10	11	-
beatmania IIDX 26 Rootage→Present	3	7	10	11	-	7	10	11	-
beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE	3	7	10	11	-	-	-	-	-
beatmania IIDX INFINITAS (2020)	-	7	10	11	-	7	10	11	-

jubeat

Game	Level
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme
Notecounts	396	582	757
jubeat ripples→Qubell	7	8	10
jubeat clan	7	8	↓9
jubeat festo→Present	7	8	↑10.3
jubeat plus	7	8	10
jukebeat	7	8	10
jubeat plus (Android)	7	8	10
jubeat (2021)	7	8	10.3

pop'n music

Game	Normal Mode				Battle Mode
	EASY	NORMAL	HYPER	EX	NORMAL	HYPER
Notecounts	249	252	881	1434	365	508
pop'n music 19 TUNE STREET	18	19	35	42	17	20
pop'n music 20 fantasia	↓14	↓16	35	42	17	20
pop'n music Sunny Park→Present	※11	↓21	41	48	17	20
pop'n music Lively	※11	21	41	48	-	-

※ The notecount of this chart is different from the old 5-Buttons chart (total notes: 197).

ポップンリズミン

Game	Difficulties
	Normal	Hyper	EX
Notecounts	186	291	413
ポップンリズミン	3	6	9

APPEND FESTIVAL
jubeat Crossovers	さよならトリップ - AREA 51 - Love♥km - I'm so Happy - Macuilxochitl
New jubeat Songs	FLOWER - Jailbreak - STELLAR WIND - Theory of Eternity - キルト