Twin Bee ~Generation X~

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.

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:

• beatmania IIDX 4th style
• beatmania THE FINAL
• DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME
• Dance Maniax 2ndMIX append JPARADISE
• pop'n music 10 (ee'MALL 2nd avenue)
• Toy'sMarch2

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

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• 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.
  • pop'n music 19 TUNE STREET moved TwinBee to the pop'n music 17 THE MOVIE character category.
  • In pop'n music ラピストリア, TwinBee was available in both the pop'n music 17 THE MOVIE and TV/ANIME character categories.
  • TwinBee was removed from the TV/ANIME character category in pop'n music éclale on March 22nd, 2016.
• 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 tap like a TwinBee Go! Go!!

Song Production Information

beatmania IIDX and beatmania III

dj nagureo

This is a beatmania REMIX of TwinBee, which is one of KONAMI's flagship titles.
Isn't the ParaPara-styled Eurobeat and nostalgic SCC sounds a big hit with gamers?

Dance Maniax

The theme from the 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. Then, a 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 KONAMI fanservice?

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 this song 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 with the image of the hot Famicom version of TwinBee. The words were drawn 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