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* Before [[AC pnm 15|pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE]], Twin Bee ～Generation X～'s songwheel genre was '''Twin bee ～Generation X～''' (with the exception of [[CS pnm 13|pop'n music 13 カーニバル CS]]).
* Before [[AC pnm 15|pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE]], Twin Bee ～Generation X～'s songwheel genre was '''Twin bee ～Generation X～''' (with the exception of [[CS pnm 13|pop'n music 13 カーニバル CS]]).
* In pop'n music, Twin Bee ～Generation X～ is notorious for its strict timing window.
* In pop'n music, Twin Bee ～Generation X～ is notorious for its strict timing window.
* With 514 notes, Twin Bee ～Generation X～'s EX chart holds the record with the lowest notecount for a Level 39 chart in pop'n music.
* TwinBee ～Generation X～ is one of the 2nd PASS hidden songs of DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME.
* TwinBee ～Generation X～ is one of the 2nd PASS hidden songs of DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME.
* TwinBee (Generation X) received a unique video in DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME2. This video was carried over to the arcade releases in [[AC DDR SuperNOVA|DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA]] and is shown as a fullscreen video, eliminating any on-screen dancers.
* TwinBee (Generation X) received a unique video in DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME2. This video was carried over to the arcade releases in [[AC DDR SuperNOVA|DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA]] and is shown as a fullscreen video, eliminating any on-screen dancers.
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** It is also one of the two beatmania III original songs still on DanceDanceRevolution arcade games, along with [[Jam & Marmalade]].
** It is also one of the two beatmania III original songs still on DanceDanceRevolution arcade games, along with [[Jam & Marmalade]].
* Twin Bee ～Generation X～ also appears on ''KONAMI SHOOTING COLLECTION'', a 10-disc collection of tunes from various KONAMI shooters.
* Twin Bee ～Generation X～ also appears on ''KONAMI SHOOTING COLLECTION'', a 10-disc collection of tunes from various KONAMI shooters.
* With 514 notes, Twin Bee ～Generation X～'s EX chart holds the record with the lowest notecount for a Level 39 chart in pop'n music.


== Music Comment ==
== Music Comment ==
Untranslated.
This song is from beatmania III, let's cheerfully press to it with a TwinBee feeling Go!Go!!


== Song Production Information ==
== Song Production Information ==
=== [[Reo Nagumo|dj nagureo]] ===
=== beatmania IIDX and beatmania III ===
I set out to make a beatmania remix of music from Konami's flagship game, TwinBee.<br>
==== [[Reo Nagumo|dj nagureo]] ====
The ParaPara-style Eurobeat and nostalgic SCC sounds will be a big hit with gamers.
I tried to create a beatmania REMIX of TwinBee, which represents KONAMI's history.<br>
Isn't the ParaPara-styled Eurobeat and nostalgic SCC sounds a big hit with gamers?
 
=== Dance Maniax ===
The theme from a shooting game masterpiece "TwinBee" is included here, so those from the video game generation will probably cry! After the "1, 2, 3, 4" countdown, that nostalgic melody plays. This more up-tempo pop song welcomes you, as if the TwinBee received the Bell Power-Up. Perhaps the game's original sounds used in the opening and ending is fanservice from KONAMI?


== Video Production Information ==
== Video Production Information ==
This song is ported from beatmaniaIII.<br>
This song is a crossover from beatmaniaIII.<br>
When this song was released on beatmaniaIII, which is part of the same beatmania family lineage, [[Goli Matsumoto|GOLI]] and I raced to the cabinet, and I remember exclaiming "wow" after hearing it.<br>
When this song was released on beatmaniaIII, which is part of the same beatmania family lineage, [[Goli Matsumoto|GOLI]] and I raced to the cabinet, and I remember exclaiming "wow" after hearing it.<br>
Thanks to the support of the beatmaniaIII team, this time the song can be played on IIDX using the 7 keys.<br>
Thanks to the support of the beatmaniaIII team, this time the song can be played in IIDX using the seven keys.<br>
Eurobeat has become a popular genre even in IIDX, but it shows us an alternate horizon from the songs currently recorded from the game.
Eurobeat has become a popular genre even in the IIDX series, but it shows us an brand-new horizon from the songs currently included in the game.


== Character Information ==
== Character Information ==
None.
None.
== Staff Comments ==
=== moroEX ===
This game is too nostalgic for my generation. I was obsessed with playing it when I was an elementary school student. So, I drew the background while imagining the hot Famicom version of TwinBee. The words were written with rough pixels to give it a retro feeling.
For the movie, I added the motions while remembering the hot Famicom version of TwinBee. Did you find anything you missed, especially the bell appearing from the cloud?


== Difficulty & Notecounts ==
== Difficulty & Notecounts ==

Revision as of 05:53, 19 October 2023

Twin Bee ～Generation X～

Song Information

Twin Bee ～Generation X～'s beatmania III banner.
Twin Bee ～Generation X～'s jacket.
Twin Bee ～Generation X～'s pop'n music banner, as of pop'n music 17 THE MOVIE.

Artist: FinalOffset
Composition: KONAMI Kukeiha Club
Arrangement: Final Offset
BPM: 168-177 (beatmania, beatmania IIDX, pop'n music), 169 (DanceDanceRevolution), 168 (Dance Maniax, ee'MALL)
Length: 1:12
Genre: EUROBEAT (ユーロビート)
pop'n music Character: TwinBee [17]
pop'n music Background: Original
Movie: MORO (beatmania), VJ GYO (beatmania IIDX)
Jacket design: moroEX
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania III
Other Music Game Appearances:

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

  • The game version of Twin Bee ～Generation X～ sounds very different from the OST version of the song.
    • beatmania, beatmania IIDX, beatmania III, pop'n music, and Toy'sMarch all use the game version of the song.
    • DanceDanceRevolution and Dance Maniax use the OST version.
  • Twin Bee ～Generation X～ is a remixed medley of two tunes from the original TwinBee game:
    • Twinbee's Home Town Song, used as the main background music.
    • Fantastic Power, used as the power-up background music.
  • A portion of Fantastic Power appears in the re-arranged medley メモリー・オブ・シューティング, from the KONAMI arcade game 極上パロディウス ～過去の栄光を求めて～.
    • A game size cut of メモリー・オブ・シューティング can be found in ミライダガッキ FutureTomTom Ver.2.
  • A remix of Twinbee's Home Town Song by スーパースィープ, titled TWINBEE'S HOME TOWN SONG （「ツインビー」より）, appears in the KONAMI Xbox 360 game オトメディウスG (ゴージャス!).
    • A game size cut of TWINBEE'S HOME TOWN SONG （「ツインビー」より） can be found in ミライダガッキ FutureTomTom Ver.2.
  • Another remix of Twinbee's Home Town Song and Fantastic Power by Sota Fujimori, simply titled Twinbee's Home Town Song, appears in BeatStream アニムトライヴ.

Trivia

This song has different backgrounds, banners, jackets, or other related images. For more information, please see this page.
  • Twin Bee ～Generation X～'s title has had different variations over the years:
    • In beatmania IIDX and in the DanceDanceRevolution series from DanceDanceRevolution X2 onwards, the title is Twin Bee -Generation X-.
    • In beatmania THE FINAL and in the pop'n music series before pop'n music 16 PARTY♪, the title was Twin bee ～Generation X～.
    • In DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME, the title was TwinBee ～Generation X～.
    • From DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME2 to DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA2, the title was TwinBee (Generation X).
    • In Toy'sMarch2, the title was shown as ツインビーユーロビートバージョン.
  • Twin bee ～Generation X～ received new Single NORMAL and Double HARD charts in beatmania THE FINAL. The old Double HARD chart was moved up to the ANOTHER difficulty.
  • Twin Bee ～Generation X～ was added to pop'n music 10 on December 17th, 2003 via ee'MALL 2nd avenue.
  • Before pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE, Twin Bee ～Generation X～'s songwheel genre was Twin bee ～Generation X～ (with the exception of pop'n music 13 カーニバル CS).
  • In pop'n music, Twin Bee ～Generation X～ is notorious for its strict timing window.
  • With 514 notes, Twin Bee ～Generation X～'s EX chart holds the record with the lowest notecount for a Level 39 chart in pop'n music.
  • TwinBee ～Generation X～ is one of the 2nd PASS hidden songs of DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME.
  • TwinBee (Generation X) received a unique video in DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME2. This video was carried over to the arcade releases in DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA and is shown as a fullscreen video, eliminating any on-screen dancers.
  • ツインビーユーロビートバージョン is one of the Phase 3 hidden songs of Toy'sMarch2.
  • Before pop'n music 17 THE MOVIE, Twin Bee ～Generation X～'s character was RUPA [9], and its background was recycled from pop'n music 9's Tower of the Sun.
    • Twin Bee ～Generation X～ currently is the only ee'MALL song on pop'n music with a unique character.
    • Twin Bee ～Generation X～'s MISS background was based on the original pop'n music MISS background.
  • In pop'n music 17 THE MOVIE and 18 せんごく列伝, TwinBee was available as a player character in the TV/ANIME character category.
  • Twin Bee ～Generation X～ is currently the only song from beatmania III in the pop'n music arcade games.
    • It is also one of the two beatmania III original songs still on DanceDanceRevolution arcade games, along with Jam & Marmalade.
  • Twin Bee ～Generation X～ also appears on KONAMI SHOOTING COLLECTION, a 10-disc collection of tunes from various KONAMI shooters.

Music Comment

This song is from beatmania III, let's cheerfully press to it with a TwinBee feeling Go!Go!!

Song Production Information

beatmania IIDX and beatmania III

dj nagureo

I tried to create a beatmania REMIX of TwinBee, which represents KONAMI's history.
Isn't the ParaPara-styled Eurobeat and nostalgic SCC sounds a big hit with gamers?

Dance Maniax

The theme from a shooting game masterpiece "TwinBee" is included here, so those from the video game generation will probably cry! After the "1, 2, 3, 4" countdown, that nostalgic melody plays. This more up-tempo pop song welcomes you, as if the TwinBee received the Bell Power-Up. Perhaps the game's original sounds used in the opening and ending is fanservice from KONAMI?

Video Production Information

This song is a crossover from beatmaniaIII.
When this song was released on beatmaniaIII, which is part of the same beatmania family lineage, GOLI and I raced to the cabinet, and I remember exclaiming "wow" after hearing it.
Thanks to the support of the beatmaniaIII team, this time the song can be played in IIDX using the seven keys.
Eurobeat has become a popular genre even in the IIDX series, but it shows us an brand-new horizon from the songs currently included in the game.

Character Information

None.

Staff Comments

moroEX

This game is too nostalgic for my generation. I was obsessed with playing it when I was an elementary school student. So, I drew the background while imagining the hot Famicom version of TwinBee. The words were written with rough pixels to give it a retro feeling.

For the movie, I added the motions while remembering the hot Famicom version of TwinBee. Did you find anything you missed, especially the bell appearing from the cloud?

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania difficulty rated from 1 to 9.
beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 7 in 4th style, and 1 to 7+ in 5th style.
beatmania III difficulty rated from 1 to 6 in beatmania III, and 1 to 9 from APPEND CORE REMIX onwards.
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 10 from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2, and 1 to 20 from X onwards.
Dance Maniax difficulty rated from 1 to 9 in 2ndMIX onwards.
pop'n music difficulty rated from 1 to 43 through pop'n music 20 fantasia, and 1 to 50 from Sunny Park onwards.
Toy'sMarch difficulty rated from 1 to 5. Renda notes are counted as 1 note. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from KANI KANI CRAB, Pop'n Music Fever, BEMANIWiki 2nd, and tminfo.)

beatmania

Game SP Difficulty DP Difficulty
Normal Hard Another Normal Hard Another
Notecounts 235 380 485 438 520 538
beatmania THE FINAL 5 6 7 ↑6 7 ↑9

beatmania IIDX

Game SP Difficulty DP Difficulty
BEGINNER NORMAL HYPER ANOTHER LEGGENDARIA NORMAL HYPER ANOTHER LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts - 332 389 487 - 327 443 474 -
beatmania IIDX 4th style→5th style - 4 5 N/A - 4 5 N/A -
beatmania IIDX 4th style CS - 4 5 5 - 4 5 5 -

beatmania III

Game SP Difficulty DP Difficulty
Normal Hard Another Normal Hard Another
Notecounts 233 380 485 438 538 -
beatmania III 5 5 5 5 5 -
beatmania III APPEND CORE REMIX→III THE FINAL 5 ↑6 ↑7 5 ↑6 -

DanceDanceRevolution

Game Single Double
Beginner Basic Difficult Expert Challenge Basic Difficult Expert Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows 75 / 0 112 / 3 173 / 9 242 / 15 - / - / - 111 / 3 164 / 13 233 / 11 - / - / -
DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME→SuperNOVA2 1 4 6 8 - 4 6 8 -
DanceDanceRevolution X→Present 3 5 8 11 - 4 7 11 -
DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME CS JP 1 4 6 8 - 4 6 8 -
DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME2 / Dancing Stage Max 1 4 6 8 - 4 6 8 -

Dance Maniax

Game Single Double
Mild Wild Mild Wild
Notecounts 160 230 162 277
Dance Maniax 2ndMIX append JPARADISE 4 7 5 7

pop'n music

Game Normal Mode Battle Mode
5-Buttons NORMAL HYPER EX NORMAL HYPER
Notecounts 194 253 348 514 271 315
pop'n music 10→13 カーニバル (via ee'MALL) 11 16 25 35 13 15
pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE 11 16 25 35 13 15
pop'n music 16 PARTY♪→20 fantasia 11 16 25 ↓33 13 15
pop'n music Sunny Park→Present - 22 31 39 13 15
pop'n music 13 カーニバル CS 11 16 24 33 13 15

Toy'sMarch

Game Level
Easy
(かんたん) 		Hard
(むずかしい)
Notecounts 129 240
Toy'sMarch2 3 4
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