A SHOOTING STAR

Not to be confused with any of the songs titled Shooting Star.

A SHOOTING STAR

Song Information

A SHOOTING STAR's jacket.

A SHOOTING STAR's pop'n music banner.

Artist: 古川もとあき
Composition/Arrangement: Motoaki Furukawa
BPM: 140
Length: 1:37
pop'n music Genre: GRADIUS II (グラディウスII)
pop'n music Character: VIC VIPER [11]
pop'n music Background: Original
Movie: 亥 (generic video), F-FLY (unique video)
First Music Game Appearance: GUITARFREAKS 10thMIX & drummania 9thMIX (ee'MALL 2nd avenue)
Other Music Game Appearances:

• GuitarFreaks V3 & DrumMania V3 CS
• GuitarFreaksXG3 & DrumManiaXG3
• pop'n music 14 FEVER!

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

• A SHOOTING STAR is a remix of the original A Shooting Star, a track from GRADIUS II that plays on some of the pre-stage space sequences.
  • A portion of A Shooting Star appears in the re-arranged medley GRADIUS Ⅱ ～ ビーストメドレー ～, from BeatStream アニムトライヴ.

Trivia

File:A SHOOTING STAR banner old.gif

A SHOOTING STAR's GuitarFreaks & DrumMania old banner.

• A SHOOTING STAR was added to GUITARFREAKS 10thMIX & drummania 9thMIX on February 4th, 2004 via ee'MALL 2nd avenue.
• A SHOOTING STAR is one of the few ee'MALL songs that were only available for GuitarFreaks & DrumMania at first. It was later made available in pop'n music 14 FEVER! as part of Phase 5 of the Fever senshi pop'n 14 (フィーバー戦士 ポップン14) event, being one of the few ee'MALL 2nd avenue songs that made its pop'n music debut in pop'n music 14 FEVER!. It could be unlocked from August 2nd to 9th, 2006.
  • From August 23rd, 2006, A SHOOTING STAR is available by default.
• A SHOOTING STAR is Motoaki Furukawa's only song in pop'n music.
• A SHOOTING STAR received a unique video and a new banner in GuitarFreaks V3 & DrumMania V3 CS. Both the video and banner were carried to the arcade releases in GuitarFreaks V5 & DrumMania V5.
  • Also, A SHOOTING STAR was made available for session play in the same game.
• A SHOOTING STAR was moved from the pop'n music 14 FEVER! folder to the ee'MALL folder in pop'n music 16 PARTY♪.
• A SHOOTING STAR is available for play in GuitarFreaksXG3 & DrumManiaXG3 as an unlockable song in Pleasure Box 9 (9/12/2012).

Music Comment

Untranslated.

Song Production Information

Untranslated.

Video Production Information

Untranslated.

Character Information

None.

Difficulty & Notecounts

GF/DM difficulty rated from 1 to 99.
GF/DM XG and GITADORA difficulty rated from 0.00 to 9.99.
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 and BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

GuitarFreaks & DrumMania

Original Series

Game	Drum			Guitar			Bass			Open
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme
Notecounts	306	532	662	209	493	493	182	340	-	209	493	493
GF10/dm9→GF/DM V (via ee'MALL)	28	50	67	16	38	64	16	43	-	15	41	67
GF/DM V2	28	50	67	16	38	64	16	43	-	15	41	67
GF/DM V3→V8	28	50	67	16	38	↑76	16	43	-	15	41	↑80
GF/DM V3 CS	28	50	67	16	38	76	16	43	-	15	41	80

XG & GITADORA Series

Game	Drum				Guitar				Bass
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Master	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Master	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Master
Notecounts	224	404	662	-	197	492	492	-	151	340	340	-
GF/DM XG3	2.00	4.20	7.00	-	2.60	5.40	7.35	-	2.20	4.90	6.20	-
GITADORA→Tri-Boost	↑2.90	↑4.85	↑7.35	-	↑3.50	↑5.90	↑7.70	-	↑3.10	↑5.55	↑6.70	-
GITADORA Tri-Boost Re:EVOLVE	↑3.15	↓4.45	7.35	-	↓3.10	↑6.20	↓7.65	-	↓2.70	↓5.40	↑6.85	-
GITADORA Matixx→Present	↓3.00	↑4.65	↑7.55	-	↑3.30	↑6.85	↑7.95	-	↓2.65	↑6.20	↑7.40	-

pop'n music

Game	Normal Mode				Battle Mode
	5-Buttons	NORMAL	HYPER	EX	NORMAL	HYPER
Notecounts	235	291	524	853	324	524
pop'n music 14 FEVER!→17 THE MOVIE	8	18	29	38	10	16
pop'n music 18 せんごく列伝→20 fantasia	8	18	29	↓37	10	16
pop'n music Sunny Park→Present	-	24	35	43	10	16
pop'n music 14 FEVER! CS	8	18	29	38	10	16