The theme of GAMBLER Z

The theme of GAMBLER Z

Song Information

The theme of GAMBLER Z's pop'n music banner.

Artist: words:RYO song:NARAMCHA
Composition: Hiroshi Takeyasu
Arrangement: Hiroki Koga
Lyrics: RYO
Vocals: NARAMCHA
BPM: 161
Length: 1:35
pop'n music Genre: ANIME HERO (アニメヒーロー)
pop'n music Character: TORU KAMIKAZE [1]
pop'n CG design: MUKAI
First Music Game Appearance: pop'n music
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

Japanese

胸を焦がす　正義の魂
ワルドック軍団　倒す為
山をも砕く　そのパワー
ギャンブラーＺで発進だ！

命を賭けた必殺の　ロイヤルストレートフラッシュ！
叩け！砕け！連チャンバズーカ

（セリフ）オレの目の黒いうちは
　　　　　イカサマなんて絶対にさせないぜ！？
　　　　　おっと、１１５番台ＳＴＡＲＴしました～。

ワルドックの野望　砕くまで
オヤジ見てくれ！俺はやる！！

世界中のエネルギー　この腕に集めて光る！！
唸れ！叫べ！！ギャンブラー　　Ｚ

Romaji

mune wo kogasu seigi no tamashii
WARUDOC gundan taosu tame
yama wo mo kudaku sono POWER
GAMBLER Z de hasshinda!

inochi wo kaketa hissatsu no ROYAL STRAIGHT FLUSH!
tatake! kudake! ren-chan BAZOOKA

(self)
ore no me no kuroi uchi wa
ikasama nante zettai ni sasenaize!?
otto, 115 bandai START shimashita~.

WARUDOC no yabou kudaku made
oyaji mitekure! ore wa yaru!!

sekaijuu no ENERGY kono ude ni atsumete hikaru!!
unare! sakebe!! GAMBLER Z

English

Soul of justice burning in its chest
To overthrow Warudoc's evil army
Harnessing power to crush mountains
GAMBLER Z takes off!

Wagering its life with its special move : Royal Straight Flush!
Strike! Smash! Renchan Bazooka

  (Spoken) Do you really expect any cheating to get past my black eyes!?
           Whoops, a 115 series train just started~

Warudoc's ambitions must be crushed
Watch me, Pops! This is for you!!

Bright energy from around the world is gathered in my arm!!
Growl! Shout!! GAMBLER Z

Song Connections / Remixes

• The HYPER chart version of The theme of GAMBLER Z has more sounds and vocal samples than the NORMAL/5-Buttons version of the song.
• A sequel to The theme of GAMBLER Z, titled はばたけ、ザ・グレートギャンブラー, can be found in pop'n music 2.
• An extended version of The theme of GAMBLER Z, titled TATAKAE! GAMBLER Z pop'n music-DA!! Special Version, can be found in pop'n music打!!. It was credited to RYO&NARAMCHA.

Trivia

File:ANIMEHERO-popn6banner.png

The theme of GAMBLER Z's pop'n music 6 banner.

• NARAMCHA is an alias of Hiroshi Naraoka, one of the pop'n music programmers.
• According to the original sketches for TORU KAMIKAZE, The theme of GAMBLER Z's original genre was アニメ (ANIME).
• In early pop'n music games, The theme of GAMBLER Z's title was TATAKAE! GAMBLER Z ("闘え!!ギャンブラーZ") and it was credited to うた：NARAMCHA さくし：RYO.
• In the Asian English release of pop'n music, The theme of GAMBLER Z's title and artist are the same as they are in more current releases of pop'n music. However, while playing the song, the title is instead shown as Go for it! GAMBLER Z. The genre was also changed to CARTOON HERO.
  • TORU KAMIKAZE's name was changed to simply TORU as well.
• The main enemy of Gambler Z, WARUDOC, appears in TORU KAMIKAZE's MISS and LOSE animations. He would get his own song later in pop'n music 6.
• In pop'n music 2 and its CS counterpart, The theme of GAMBLER Z's character was MZD [2-6P].
• In pop'n music 3 and its CS counterpart, The theme of GAMBLER Z's character was SHOLLKEE [3-4P].

Music Comment

The theme song of "Super Robot Gambler Z".

pop'n music (English) comment

Adventure cartoon style song.

Song Production Information

Untranslated.

Character Information

Untranslated.

Difficulty & Notecounts

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.)

Game	Normal Mode				Battle Mode
	5-Buttons	NORMAL	HYPER	EX	NORMAL	HYPER
Notecounts	167	177	325	-	176	325
pop'n music→2	-	16	-	-	-	-
pop'n music 3	-	-	H	-	-	-
pop'n music 4	-	16	23	-	-	-
pop'n music 6	-	-	H	-	-	-
pop'n music 9	6	↓12	↓16	-	8	16
pop'n music 10→20 fantasia	6	12	↑17	-	8	16
pop'n music Sunny Park→Present	-	18	23	-	8	16
pop'n music CS	-	16	-	-	-	-
pop'n music 2 CS	-	16	-	-	-	-
pop'n music 3 CS	-	-	23	-	-	-
pop'n music 6 CS	-	-	H	-	-	-
pop'n music 9 CS	6	12	17	-	8	16
pop'n music 10 CS	6	12	17	-	8	16