AC pnm 12

General Information

• Released: December 08, 2004.
• Hardware: BEMANI VIPER
• Theme: Feudal Japan
• NET対戦モードmakes its first appearance, in which you battle two CPU opponents for the highest score, using modifiers to throw each other off.
• First Pop'n Music game to show you your best score in a song right before playing it.
• DJ YOSHITAKA and Akira Yamaoka make their Pop'n Music debuts, as does GuitarFreaks & DrumMania music composer Yoshihiko Koezuka.
• Reiji Sakurai, a recent singer under Konami's music label back in 2004, makes his BEMANI debut in this game.
• All Atsushi Shindo songs have been removed from the arcade due to the expiration of Konami's contract with him.
• Total number of songs overall: 474

Staff Information

• Producer: ota-P
• Directory: tera
• Sound Director: Jun Wakita, Seiya Murai, Osamu Migitera
• Programmer: masaru, tama, kobaken
• CG Designer: shio, chihi, amamon.
• Graphic Designer: shige

New Songs

TV and Anime

• Bubble Bath Girl / BubbleBathGirl / three berry icecream [Mimi]
  
• Crayon Shin-chan / オラはにんきもの / のはらしんのすけ [Nyami]
  
• Creamy / デリケートに好きして / 秋葉レイ [Mimi]
  
• Dragon Ball Z / CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA / 影山ヒロノブ [Nyami]
  
• Eva / 残酷な天使のテーゼ / 高橋洋子 [Mimi]
  
• Kimyou / 世にも奇妙な物語メインタイトル [Mimi]
  
• Meitantei Conan / 「名探偵コナン」メイン・テーマ [Nyami]
  

Original

• A Capella / MAGICAL VOICE SHOWER / ウッチーズ (Mr. T and Hiro) [Domii&Soraa]
• Age Rock / カリスマ (ゲームサイズ) / F.size.free [Hajime]
• Asian Concerto / 鳳凰 / 菜楊 [TangTang]
• Biwa-gatari / 涙雨物語 / すわひでお/古川竜也 [Sasuga Mogami]
• Blues Rock / Just you wait！ / heap [Patty]
• Dynamite Soul / 1クールの男 / マキ [Sumiko'73]
• Flow Beat / CURUS / D-crew [Flow Flow]
• Healing Duo / home. / 秋桜 + WORLD SEQUENCE [Nazuna&Suzuna]
• Hip Rock 3 / 雪上断火 / Des-ROW・組 [Roku]
• Hyper Japanesque / 夢幻ノ光 / TЁЯRA (Naoki and Jun) [Kikyo]
• J-rock 0 / Looking for... / colors [Justice★]
• K-Dance / 夢見る少女 / dimitoricTiger from seoul [Yon]
• Kids March / space merry-go-round / dormil [Berry]
• Koto Fusion / 琴古都 / Jimmy Weckl [Chizuru]
• Message Song / MY / よしくんと荒牧陽子さん [Mell]
• Onsen Rap / ONSEN SONG remixed / NICE GUY 人 [Nice Guy]
• Posi Aco / New days / ko-saku [Makoto]
• Propose / ふたりのマニフェスト / 肥塚良彦 [Mamoru-kun]
• Rockbilly / ススメ! 少年!! / TAISHO [Muscle Masuda]
• Ryusei Rave / 流星☆ハニー / 新谷あきら (Akira Yamaoka and Sana) [Ryusei Honey]
• Symphonic Techno / 乱 / V.C.O. [Shishi Waka]
• Tokyo Roman / 恋する東京 / パーキッツ [Hanao]
• Vivid / For Dear～ / 桜井零士 [Eito]

Unlockables

• BEACH / Into The Light / good-cool feat.CHICO [Aya]
• X'MAS PRESENT AC / Pop'n Xmas 2004 ~電子ノウタゴエ~ / strawberry barium "s"
• CLASSIC 9 / Hell? or Heaven? / Waldeus von Dovjak [Hamanov]
• CYBER GAGAKU / Vairocana / 五条式改 [Waka-san]
• GAMELAN / Klungkung 1655 / simon [Usao-kun]
• GOEMON / がんばれゴエモンメドレー / かまあげうどん [Goemon]
• HALLOWEEN / Trick or Treat! / Three Little Evils [Smile]
• HAPPY CUTECORE / starmine(pop'n mixxx) / Ryu☆ [Tran]
• HINA MATSURI / La Peche du Pierrot / Q-Mex [Mebae]
• J-JAZZ / Think of You / Mr.Valentine [Jean]
• J-SOUL / KOUYOU / youhei [Shollkee]
• KEI-ROW PUNK / 進め! 爺ちゃん! / ジュースアクターズ [Magojirou]
• LAMENTO / 雫 / あさき [Onnanoko]
• NINJA HEROINE / 忍びアン子は恋の呪文 / 新腹筋忍者台 feat.meli♥melo [Shinobi Anko]
• NURSERY / もりへいこうよ / もりのおんがくたい [Pretty]
• NYORO ROCK / こたつとみかん / ピンクカプセル [Milk]
• OH-MISOKA / さようならこんにちは / ひので155 [Mr. Sobacco]
• RAINY / rings on the water / PEACH TREES [Ruri]
• SET'S BEAN / お豆の哀歌 / 黒ムル & 淀川ジョルカエフ [Yodo:Dozen]
• SHOWTIME / Ska Ska No.4 / 亜熱帯マジ-SKA爆弾 [Hone]
• SOTSUGYOU / GRADUATION ~それぞれの明日~ / BeForU [Oshare-Zukin]
• TAKKYU BOOGIE / Ping Pong Boogie / School (good-cool and Hideo Suwa) [Hoshio]
• TANABATA / 白いとび羽根 / ミシュカ [Sarasa]
• TOYBOX / redraw lots / マロンちゃん [Toby-S]
• TWEET / うぐいす / パーキッツ [Poet]
• UFO TECHNO / Far e@st network / dj nagureo [PAL]
• USOTSUKI HYPER ROCK'N'ROLL / エイプリルフールの唄 / Akira Yamaoka [Hipopo & Tamayo]
• VIVACE / Citta' del sole / Q-mex [Cecil]

Unlocking System

Pop'n Music 12's unlocking systems involves Ninja Hero Shinobian, first seen in Pop'n Music 8 (the song Ninja Hero even plays in the background). The unlock system is very simple: play through any mode in the arcade, and you will rank up Ninja Points. Shinobian will try to throw his shriuken on one of several scrolls under a small time limit. All you have to do is simply press the Red button at the time one of the 4 scrolls passes by the screen, each representing a different season: spring, summer, fall, and winter. Once you hit a scroll, you'll see a picture slowly unroll from that scroll. Once it unrolls all the way, you unlock that song. Be careful not to hit a brown scroll: you get absolutely nothing if you do.

About halfway through Ninja Hero Shinobian will be replaced by Shinobian-ko, the female ninja from Ninja Heroine via a special scroll. The music will also change to that of her theme though the unlocking system doesn't change when you get her. Once you fully complete the spring, summer, fall, and winter scrolls, one final, black scroll will pop up: hit that and fully unravel it to unlock HELL 12. You'll also unlock all the EXs for the songs new to Iroha once you do.

Here are the songs listed on the scrolls, in the order in which they're unlocked. The CS version of Iroha features the same songs except for the addition of CS originals, ee'mall songs, the exclusion of the Pop'n 9 CS crossovers, and that 3 of the secret songs (Goemon, Cyber Gakagu, and Showtime) were now made part of the unlock system as well). The unlocking system event lasted from March 2nd, 2005 to April 13th, 2005 in Japan, both times at 3:00 P.M.

• Spring: Tweet, Toybox, Vivace, Hina Matsuri, Sotsugyou, Usotsuki Hyper Rock 'n Roll
• Summer: Rainy, UFO Techno, Tanabata, Takyuu Boogie, Beach, Happy Cutecore
• Fall: J-SOUL, Nursery, Gamelan, Halloween, Classic 9, Kei-Row Punk
• Winter: J-JAZZ, Nyoro Rock, Set's Bean, Lamento, Oh! Misoka, Christmas Presents AC

Related Links

• Pop'n Music 12 Iroha Official Site