IX

IX

Song Information

IX's jacket.

IX's pop'n music banner.

Artist: dj TAKA VS DJ TOTTO feat.藍
Composition/Arrangement/Other Instruments & Programming: dj TAKA, DJ TOTTO
Voice: Ai
BPM: 99-396 (DDR), 198 (other BEMANI games)
Length: 2:00
Genre: BLOOD METAL (ブラッドメタル)
pop'n music Character: MZD [SP-BLOOD METAL]
pop'n CG design: shio
VJ: 板垣聖一(IMAGICA)
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA / DanceDanceRevolution (2013) / jubeat saucer / pop'n music Sunny Park / REFLEC BEAT colette -All Seasons- / SOUND VOLTEX II -infinite infection- / ミライダガッキ FutureTomTom Ver.2
Other Music Game Appearances:

• pop'n rhythmin

Lyrics

Currently not available.

Song Connections / Remixes

• A metal remix of IX featuring guitars by good-cool, titled IX -GITADOROCK ver.-, appears in GITADORA.

Trivia

• IX and IX -GITADOROCK ver.- are the only unlockable songs of The strongest tournament in history (史上最強の大会) of the Nettou! BEMANI Stadium (熱闘！BEMANIスタジアム) event. This tournament was added on February 6th, 2014.
• IX marks the first collaboration between dj TAKA and DJ TOTTO in BEMANI.
  • Both dj TAKA and DJ TOTTO appear in IX's jacket.
• IX marks the first appearance of DJ TOTTO in the SOUND VOLTEX series.
• IX is the Roman numeral for 9.
  • When IX is played on beatmania IIDX, the arcade LED ticker displays "NINE".
  • IX's title might be a reference to the nine players of a baseball team.
  • Also, not counting Engraved Mark, IX is the ninth original song of the 熱闘！BEMANIスタジアム event.
  • There are also nine BEMANI games involved in the 熱闘！BEMANIスタジアム event.
  • When the songlist is organized alphabetically, IX is shown amongst the song titles which start with numbers.
  • IX is the ninth unlockable song in pop'n rhythmin's TREASURE MODE.
• IX's vocalist Ai (藍) is the leader of the Japanese metal band DEATHGAZE.
• In pop'n music, instead of displaying its character's portrait, IX displays its jacket (with the 熱闘！BEMANIスタジアム logo) when selected.
• IX's pop'n music character MZD was made available from February 4th, 2014 as a player character, before IX could be unlocked.
• In pop'n music, IX's artist was wrongly displayed as dj TAKA VS DJ TOTTO. This was fixed on February 25th, 2014.
  • This error also appears in IX's pop'n rhythmin jacket.
• In REFLEC BEAT, IX's HARD chart is tied with Elemental Creation's and Zirkfied's HARD charts for the highest number of objects for a REFLEC BEAT HARD chart, with 942 objects.
  • Coincidentally, all three songs are collaborations that involve dj TAKA in some way.
  • Also, Elemental Creation, IX and Zirkfied have the second highest number of objects for any REFLEC BEAT chart, only beaten by Bad Maniacs' SPECIAL chart, with 1009 objects.
• IX is the only song from the 熱闘！BEMANIスタジアム event to receive song comments in the pop'n music Sunny Park website.
• IX's CHALLENGE charts can be played in DanceDanceRevolution (2013) from February 26th, 2014 on the EXTRA STAGE.
  • To play IX's CHALLENGE charts, you must have played all the songs from the 熱闘！BEMANIスタジアム event in DanceDanceRevolution (2013), and then meet the normal EXTRA STAGE requirements. IX's CHALLENGE charts will be available on the EXTRA STAGE.
• IX was added to pop'n rhythmin as a TREASURE MODE unlockable song on July 16th, 2014. However, the map used to unlock the song has yet to be released.

Music Comment

Untranslated.

Song Production Information

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Character Information

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Video Production Information

None.

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12.
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 20 from X onwards.
jubeat difficulty rated from 1 to 10.
pop'n music difficulty rated from 1 to 50 from Sunny Park onwards.
REFLEC BEAT difficulty rated from 1 to 10+.
SOUND VOLTEX difficulty rated from 1 to 16. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd, SOUND VOLTEX @ wiki and Pop'n Music Fever.)

beatmania IIDX

Game	SP Difficulty				DP Difficulty
	Beginner	Normal	Hyper	Another	Normal	Hyper	Another
Notecounts / Charge Notes / Backspin Scratches	-	658 / 18 / 1	1247 / 17 / 1	2007 / 22 / 1	694 / 20 / 1	1382 / 19 / 1	2097 / 32 / 1
beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA→Present	-	6	11	12	6	11	12

DanceDanceRevolution

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	217 / 16	355 / 29	521 / 33	753 / 25	753 / 66 / 0	342 / 23	510 / 26	700 / 22	700 / 52 / 0
DanceDanceRevolution (2013)→Present	5	11	14	17	18	10	14	17	18

jubeat

Game	Level
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme
Notecounts	430	802	984
jubeat saucer→Present	5	9	10

pop'n music

Game	Standard				Battle
	Easy	Normal	Hyper	EX	Normal	Hyper
Notecounts	249	618	1071	1503	488	919
pop'n music Sunny Park→Present	14	32	43	49	26	37

REFLEC BEAT

Game	Level
	Basic	Medium	Hard	Special
Notecounts	262	459	942	—
REFLEC BEAT colette -All Seasons-→Present	5	8	10+	—

SOUND VOLTEX

Game	Level
	Novice	Advanced	Exhaust	Infinite	Gravity
Max Chain	688	1249	2249	—	—
Effected By	月刊ミズタッチ	月刊ミズタッチ	月刊ミズタッチ	—	—
Jacket Artists	B.moth	B.moth	B.moth	—	—
SOUND VOLTEX II→Present	6	12	15	—	—

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