Pluto Relinquish

Pluto Relinquish

Song Information

Pluto Relinquish's jacket.

Artist: 2MB
Composition: NM SEQUENCE UNLIMITED
Arrangement: U1-2MB[k] PROJECT
BPM: 100-800
Length: 1:39
First Music Game Appearance: DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA2
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

• Pluto Relinquish is a remix of Pluto, also from DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA2.
• Pluto Relinquish is one of the songs featured in the medley Xmix5 (Overcrush), from DanceDanceRevolution X.

Trivia

Pluto Relinquish's banner.

• Pluto Relinquish was DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA2's ENCORE EXTRA STAGE from December 20th, 2007 to January 30th, 2008.
  • As of January 31st, 2008, it was moved down to EXTRA STAGE.
  • As of April 3rd, 2008, Pluto Relinquish has been unlocked for normal play.
• Pluto Relinquish's BEGINNER chart has the lowest stepcount of any boss song on BEGINNER.
  • Its Single DIFFICULT chart was the only chart in that difficulty to be rated a 10 on the old scale, making it the only song with three charts rated 10 on the old scale.
• Pluto Relinquish's Single EXPERT and CHALLENGE charts were slightly modified in DanceDanceRevolution X, fixing their minor quantization issues.
• Retroactively, Pluto Relinquish's Double EXPERT chart was the first Double EXPERT chart to be rated Level 18.
• Despite the displayed BPM of 100-800, Pluto Relinquish actually goes up to 805 BPM at the end.
• Pluto Relinquish marks the last use of Yuichi Asami's 2MB alias to date (however, he did use a slightly different alias, 2.1MB underground, in Tohoku EVOLVED).
• Pluto Relinquish appears as downloadable content for DanceDanceRevolution S+, in the DDR SuperNOVA 2 Pack 6.
• Pluto Relinquish is the final song in DDR SuperNOVA2's "GRAND CROSS" planet-themed song series. It represents Pluto's classification demotion to a dwarf planet.
  • Pluto was considered a planet since it's discovery in 1930. However, in 2006, the International Astronomical Union passed a resolution redefining the classification of the term "planet". As a result, Pluto is no longer considered a true planet.
    • The songs title alludes to this, as Pluto had to "relinquish" it's planetary prestige in astronomy and science texts.
  • The astronomical symbol for Pluto (♇) is used as the P in Pluto Relinquish's banner and jacket.
  • Pluto was the god of the underworld in Roman mythology. In Greek mythology, he is known as Hades.

Song Production Information

DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA2

2MB

Why do you need KONAMI original songs? It's as ever changing as the times...

The absolute darkness hangs perfectly still as I watch the expanding heavens. And it will still be hanging there even after it has faded from human memory. Outside the ring.

Pluto Relinquish

2MB

DanceDanceRevolution X

Standing on ground too distant to receive the Sun's

warming rays. In isolation, my reach extends yet still cannot be touched by the myriad of stars. Am I still your companion? Your equal?

Pluto Relinquish comes from the mind of

remix royale, 2MB.

Difficulty & Notecounts

DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 10 from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2, and 1 to 20 from X onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	47 / 0	342 / 36	397 / 10	546 / 13	557 / 17 / 0	325 / 23	398 / 19	531 / 3	562 / 12 / 0
DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA2 (early version)	1	3	5	8	10	3	5	8	10
DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA2	3	9	10	10	10	9	9	10	10
DanceDanceRevolution X→X2	5	12	13	17	18	12	15	18	18
DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX→Present	5	12	↑14	17	18	12	15	18	18
DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA2 CS JP	3	9	10	10	10	9	9	10	10
DanceDanceRevolution X CS US	5	12	13	17	18	12	15	18	18
DanceDanceRevolution S+	5	12	13	17	-	-	-	-	-