Elemental Creation

Elemental Creation

Song Information

Elemental Creation's jacket.

Elemental Creation's pop'n music banner.

Artist: dj TAKA meets DJ YOSHITAKA
Composition/Arrangement/All Instruments & Programming: dj TAKA, DJ YOSHITAKA
BPM: 212 (all games except DanceDanceRevolution), 106-424 (DanceDanceRevolution)
Length: 2:13
Genre: HARD RENAISSANCE (ハードルネッサンス)
pop'n music Character: MZD [SP-HARD RENAISSANCE]
pop'n CG design: ?
VJ: F-FLY
Jacket design: NAGI
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro / DanceDanceRevolution (2013) / jubeat saucer / pop'n music Sunny Park / REFLEC BEAT colette -Spring-
Other Music Game Appearances:

• jubeat plus / jubeat plus (Android) 私立BEMANI学園 pack Vol.1
• jukebeat KONAMI music pack 44
• REFLEC BEAT plus 私立BEMANI学園 PACK Vol.1
• ミライダガッキ FutureTomTom
• ポップンリズミン BEMANI学園2

Lyrics

A few faint vocal samples can be heard.

Song Connections / Remixes

• A rock arrangement of Elemental Creation featuring guitars by good-cool, titled Elemental Creation -GITADO ROCK ver.-, can be found in GITADORA.

Trivia

Elemental Creation's CHUNITHM jacket.

Elemental Creation's CHUNITHM old jacket.

• Elemental Creation is the final Shiritsu BEMANI gakuen (私立BEMANI学園) song. To unlock it, you must first have unlocked all the other 9 Shiritsu BEMANI gakuen songs, and then get 100% of Friendship on dj TAKA and DJ YOSHITAKA.
  • After the event ended, it can be unlocked in jubeat saucer via the bistro saucer unlocking system.
    • In jubeat saucer fulfill, it can be unlocked as part of saucer macchiato's Side Menu from April 23rd, 2014.
    • In jubeat prop, it can be unlocked by playing it as a BONUS TUNE from May 28th, 2015.
    • As of jubeat Qubell, it is available by default.
  • As of pop'n music うさぎと猫と少年の夢, it is available by default.
• Elemental Creation was first leaked in DanceDanceRevolution (2013) some days before the 私立BEMANI学園 event started due to a bug. It was later fixed by an update.
• Elemental Creation's DanceDanceRevolution CHALLENGE charts could be accessed as an EXTRA STAGE by clearing all 私立BEMANI学園 songs.
  • From December 19th, 2013, these charts can be unlocked after unlocking Elemental Creation.
• Elemental Creation is the second collaboration between Takayuki Ishikawa and Yoshitaka Nishimura in BEMANI, after quell～the seventh slave～ from beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD CS.
• Elemental Creation's DanceDanceRevolution charts switch between 106, 212, and 424 BPM, running at 424 BPM for the majority of the song. In all other BEMANI games that it appears in, Elemental Creation's charts run at a constant 212 BPM.
• Elemental Creation holds multiple notecount records in BEMANI games:
  • In beatmania IIDX, Elemental Creation has the second highest number of notes of any non-LEGGENDARIA Single Player ANOTHER chart, behind Chrono Diver -PENDULUMs-'s 2222 notes.
  • In DanceDanceRevolution, Elemental Creation's charts currently hold most of the records for the most number of steps on any non-long version song, with:
    • Single BEGINNER: 285 steps, beating Valkyrie dimension's 253 steps.
    • Single BASIC: 438 steps, beating POSSESSION's 389 steps. It was beaten by ENDYMION's Single BASIC chart with 473 steps.
    • Single DIFFICULT: 614 steps, beating PARANOiA Revolution's 510 steps.
    • Single EXPERT: 789 steps, beating PARANOiA Revolution's 679 steps.
    • Single CHALLENGE: 860 steps, beating 888 and PARANOiA Revolution's 753 steps. It was beaten by ENDYMION's Single CHALLENGE chart, although the exact count is currently unknown.
    • Double BASIC: 427 steps, beating POSSESSION's 379 steps. It was beaten by ENDYMION's Double BASIC chart with 468 steps.
    • Double DIFFICULT: 612 steps, beating POSSESSION's 489 steps.
    • Double EXPERT: 751 steps, beating PARANOiA (kskst mix)'s 661 steps.
    • Double CHALLENGE: 832 steps, beating PARANOiA Revolution's 735 steps.
  • In jubeat, Elemental Creation's EXTREME chart is tied with Lisa-RICCIA's EXTREME chart with the record for the fourth highest number of notes of an arcade jubeat chart, beaten by ドーパミン's, V's, and KHAMEN BREAK's 1077, 1044, and 1042 notes, respectively.
  • Elemental Creation's EX chart holds the record with the most number of notes of any ポップンリズミン chart, with 951 notes.
• At the time when Elemental Creation came out, jubeat's bonus score calculation formula couldn't handle a chart with more than 1024 notes (players would need to almost get an all PERFECT or GREAT to get a full bonus score). This makes Elemental Creation's EXTREME chart essentially having the max notecount at that time.
  • This bug could also be seen in Elemental Creation -GITADO ROCK ver.-'s EXTREME chart.
• The statue that can be seen on Elemental Creation's jacket is Tadao, the principal of the 私立BEMANI学園 (whose role is played by Takayuki Ishikawa himself).
  • In pop'n music, Elemental Creation's MZD has a moustache, referencing Tadao.
• Despite that MZD has a new design, none of the 私立BEMANI学園 songs have new comments on the pop'n music Sunny Park MUSIC&CHARACTERS page.
• Elemental Creation was one of the qualifying round songs in the KONAMI Arcade Championship 2013 for DanceDanceRevolution (2013).
• Elemental Creation received a BEGINNER chart in beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL.
• Elemental Creation appears in SEGA's CHUNITHM PLUS music game.
• Elemental Creation's EASY chart was re-rated in pop'n music éclale on March 22nd, 2016.
• Elemental Creation's timing was slightly fixed on the September 13th, 2016 update of DanceDanceRevolution A.
• After being removed from the initial release of REFLEC BEAT 悠久のリフレシア, Elemental Creation was revived on July 14th, 2017.

Music Comment

The bonds of dj TAKA and DJ YOSHITAKA! The intense synth lead is the pinnacle of the always-friends♪

Song Production Information

dj TAKA

The time has come.

DJ YOSHITAKA

Untranslated.

Character Information

None.

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 to groovin'!! Upper difficulty rated from 1 to 10+, 1 to 13 in VOLZZA/VOLZZA 2, and 1 to 15 from 悠久のリフレシア onwards.
ポップンリズミン difficulty rated from 1 to 10. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from Pop'n Music Fever and BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

beatmania IIDX

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts / Charge Notes	133 / 0	767 / 0	1248 / 0	2130 / 0	828 / 0	1268 / 0	2222 / 21	{{{8}}}	{{{9}}}
beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro→21 SPADA	-	7	10	12	8	10	12	{{{9}}}	{{{10}}}
beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL→Present	1	7	10	12	8	10	12	{{{9}}}	{{{10}}}

DanceDanceRevolution

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	285 / 27	438 / 24	614 / 24	789 / 22	860 / 22 / 0	427 / 24	612 / 24	751 / 22	832 / 22 / 0
DanceDanceRevolution (2013)→Present	8	11	14	17	18	11	14	17	18

jubeat

Game	Level
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme
Notecounts	498	715	1023
jubeat saucer→Present	5	9	10
jubeat plus	5	9	10
jubeat plus (Android)	5	9	10
jukebeat	5	9	10

pop'n music

Game	Normal Mode				Battle Mode
	EASY	NORMAL	HYPER	EX	NORMAL	HYPER
Notecounts	287	742	1232	1584	613	765
pop'n music Sunny Park→ラピストリア	18	35	44	49	32	38
pop'n music éclale→Present	↓15	35	44	49	32	38

REFLEC BEAT

Old Charts

Game	Level
	Basic	Medium	Hard	Special
Notecounts	217	447	942	-
REFLEC BEAT colette -Spring-→groovin'!! Upper	5	8	10+	-
REFLEC BEAT VOLZZA→VOLZZA 2	5	8	↑12	-
REFLEC BEAT plus	5	8	12	-

New Charts

Game	Level
	Basic	Medium	Hard	White Hard
Notecounts	327	547	1257	-
REFLEC BEAT 悠久のリフレシア→Present	7	10	15	-

ポップンリズミン

Game	Difficulties
	Normal	Hyper	EX
Notecounts	296	594	951
ポップンリズミン	4	8	10