Penta-mode

penta-mode

Song Information

penta-mode's pop'n music banner.

Artist: ASparagus
Composition/Arrangement: asparagus
BPM: 160
Length: 1:41
pop'n music Genre: PROGRE (プログレ)
pop'n music Character: SYLVESTER [CS1-2P]
First Music Game Appearance: pop'n music 4 APPEND DISC
Other Music Game Appearances:

• pop'n music 9

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

• A long version of penta-mode appears in the pop'n music 4 consumer originals and pop'n music★Inst Best albums.

Trivia

• penta-mode marks Yuichi Tsuchiya's first use of his ASparagus alias.
  • Before pop'n music Sunny Park, penta-mode's artist was shown as asparagus.
• penta-mode is written in a 5/4 time signature, hence the title.
• In pop'n music 4 APPEND DISC, SYLVESTER received a new recolored palette as the character for penta-mode. This palette has never been in an arcade release.
• penta-mode is one of the CS crossover unlocks in pop'n music 9's Gambler de Z (ギャンブラーZ) unlock event. It could be unlocked from February 13th, 2003 through March 13th, 2003.
  • It received 5-Buttons and Battle NORMAL charts.
    • As of March 12th, 2003, it is playable by default.

Music Comment

It has an odd time signature, so it's difficult to get into the rhythm! A novel fusion song with a mysterious atmosphere.

Song Production Information

Tsuchiya

Personally, for better or worse, I have the impression that progressive music is "generally complicated and difficult to understand", and wondered whether if it'd be a good idea to include it in pop'n without changes, like does odd time signature mean ambiguous atmosphere? I tried to make a fusion-like song while keeping these elements.

I tried to put a slightly twisted melody to the neat accompaniment, which is somehow perfect for listening tests in music schools, but what do you think?

Character Information

None.

Difficulty & Notecounts

pop'n music difficulty rated from 1 to 43 through pop'n music 20 fantasia, and 1 to 50 from Sunny Park onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from Pop'n Music Fever.)

Game	Normal Mode				Battle Mode
	5-Buttons	NORMAL	HYPER	EX	NORMAL	HYPER
Notecounts	172	315	-	-	315	-
pop'n music 4 CS	-	21	-	-	-	-
pop'n music 9 CS	6	22	-	-	15	-
pop'n music 9	6	21	-	-	15	-
pop'n music 10→20 fantasia	6	↑22	-	-	15	-
pop'n music Sunny Park→Present	-	28	-	-	15	-

Other charts not shown on the above table:

• pop'n music 4 CS's BEGINNER chart: Lv.: 16, total notes: 175.

ギャンブラーZ
PATH A	翔べない天使 - 321 STARS (EX)
PATH B	Inflation! - Manhattan Sports Club (EX)
PATH C	I REALLY WANT TO HURT YOU - 永遠という名の媚薬 (EX)
PATH D	ABSOLUTE - Cassandra (EX)
PATH E	Secret tale - ブタパンチのテーマ (EX)
END	はばたけ、ザ・グレートギャンブラー (HYPER/EX)
CS crossovers	Get on that train - Candy Blue - coastline - くちうるさいママ - penta-mode - 悲しいね - キミに届け - ATTITUDE - Twilight Gloom
Hidden charts	LOVE FIRE (HYPER) - 宇宙船Q-Mex (HYPER/EX) - Tap'n! Slap'n! Pop'n Music! (HYPER) - ostin-art (HYPER/EX) - HONEまで♡トゥナイト (HYPER) - TOON MANIAC (HYPER) - Cry Out (HYPER/EX) - 映画「SICILLIANA」のテーマ (HYPER) - クチビル (HYPER/EX) - In a Grow (HYPER/EX) - WITHOUT YOU AROUND (HYPER/EX) - power plant (HYPER/EX)
Expert course unlocks	ステテコ捨てて行こう (Suwa course STAGE 1) - 今夜、森をぬけて (Sana course STAGE 1) - お天気とチョコレート (Parquets course STAGE 1) - それから (Parquets course STAGE 2) - Streams (Classic course 2 STAGE 1) - The tyro's reverie (Classic course 2 FINAL STAGE)