AA

AA

Song Information

AA's jacket.

Artist: D.J.Amuro
Composition/Arrangement: D.J.Amuro
BPM: 154
Length: 1:58 (beatmania IIDX), 1:32 (DanceDanceRevolution)
Genre: RENAISSANCE
VJ: shiro (IIDX RED→HAPPY SKY); Ta-k(synesthesia) (CS IIDX RED, DistorteD→Present)
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED
Other Music Game Appearances:

• DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

• AA is part of D.J.Amuro's RENAISSANCE series of songs.
• A long version of AA can be found on dj TAKA's first album, milestone.
• A remix of AA by BlackY, titled AA BlackY mix, appears in SOUND VOLTEX BOOTH.
• Another remix of AA by OSTER project, titled AA (Renaissance Concertino Mix), appears on dj TAKA's second album, True Blue....
• A remake of AA, titled AA -rebuild-, appears in beatmania IIDX 25 CANNON BALLERS.
• The DanceDanceRevolution series use a shorter version of AA.

Trivia

AA's title card.

AA's banner.

• A common pronunciation of AA among players in Japan is "ダブルエース" (Double-Ace). KONAMI stresses that there is no "official" pronunciation, but notes that "Double-Ace" is a common one among players.
  • Notably, in the SOUND VOLTEX series, AA BlackY mix has "AA" rendered as "ダブルエース" for sorting purposes.
• In the arcade version of beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED, a generic video was used. However, in the CS version, a new video/animation was produced for AA from Visual Emotions 3, which also includes The Hope of Tomorrow, Raspberry♡Heart (English version), and D.A.N.C.E.!.
• At the time of its release, AA's Single ANOTHER chart had the most notes of any Single Play chart, at 1834 notes. This short-lived record would be toppled by 冥 one version later, with 2000 notes.
  • Its Double ANOTHER chart also had the most notes of any Double ANOTHER chart, at 1739 notes. This was also topped by 冥 in HAPPY SKY.
• AA was available in beatmania IIDX INFINITAS' championship Mode from August 10th to 21st, 2016.
  • On August 22nd, 2016, it was added to standard Mode for anyone who had played the PREMIUM∞CUP in championship Mode at least once.

Song Production Information

D.J.Amuro

The theme of this song is the betrayal of a certain character by his closest, trusted associates, and the moments of his heroic death. It is rather difficult, but I hope you can bring flowers through your spectacular performance.

Video Production Information

Untranslated.

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED difficulty rated from 1 to 8+, and 1 to 12 from HAPPY SKY onwards.
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty from 1 to 10 from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2, and 1 to 20 from X onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

beatmania IIDX

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts	269	642	1386	1834	659	997	1739	{{{8}}}	{{{9}}}
beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED	-	5	8+	N/A	5	8	N/A	{{{9}}}	{{{10}}}
beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY→Present	-	5	↑10	12	5	↑9	12	{{{9}}}	{{{10}}}
beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED CS	3	5	8+	8+	5	8	8+	{{{9}}}	{{{10}}}
beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD CS	3	5	10	12	5	9	12	{{{9}}}	{{{10}}}
beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS + PREMIUM BEST	3	5	10	12	5	9	12	{{{9}}}	{{{10}}}
beatmania IIDX INFINITAS	-	5	10	12	5	9	12	{{{9}}}	{{{10}}}

DanceDanceRevolution

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	108 / 0	186 / 2	274 / 2	386 / 2	- / - / -	186 / 2	273 / 2	366 / 2	- / - / -
DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA→SuperNOVA2	1	4	7	9	-	4	7	9	-
DanceDanceRevolution X→Present	3	5	9	13	-	5	10	13	-
DanceDanceRevolution / Dancing Stage SuperNOVA CS	1	4	7	9	-	4	7	9	-

D.J.Amuro's RENAISSANCE song series
Main Songs	A - AA - F - X
Remixes / Related Songs	A - Astral Inner Flame ver. - - AA -rebuild- - ∀ - 少年A