CASSANDRA

CASSANDRA

Song Information

CASSANDRA's jacket.

Cassandra's pop'n music banner.

Artist: 亜熱帯マジ-SKA爆弾
Composition/Arrangement/Trumpets/Other Instruments/Drum Programming: Hideyuki Ono
Guitars: Toshio Sakurai
Bass: Yoshihiko Koezuka
Pianica: Mokky sasamoto
All Saxophones/Trombone: Jimmy Weckl
Kimochi: Kazuya Anderson
Recording Engineer: Yuei Uematsu
BPM: 68-192
Length: 1:23 (GF/DM, KEYBOARDMANIA), 1:43 (pop'n music)
Genre: SKA (スカ)
pop'n music Character: Mr.T.BONE [8]
pop'n CG design: tera
Movie: MOCHY
First Music Game Appearance: GUITARFREAKS 5thMIX & drummania 4thMIX
Other Music Game Appearances:

• GITADORA (Mobile)
• GuitarFreaks V3 & DrumMania V3 CS
• GuitarFreaksXG3 & DrumManiaXG3
• KEYBOARDMANIA 3rdMIX
• pop'n music 8

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

• According to Hideyuki Ono, CASSANDRA is actually Ska Ska No.2, part of his Ska Ska series of songs.
• A long version of CASSANDRA can be found on the GUITARFREAKS 5thMIX & drummania 4thMIX Soundtracks and GUITARFREAKS & drummania INSTRUMENTAL COLLECTION albums.
  • The pop'n music version of CASSANDRA is an extended cut taken from the album's long version.
  • A rearranged long version of CASSANDRA can be found on the 亜熱帯マジ-SKA爆弾 featuring MAKI album.
• Part of CASSANDRA is heard in the medley Jake in the Box in GuitarFreaks V4 & DrumMania V4 RockxRock.

Trivia

• CASSANDRA marks the first song credited to 亜熱帯マジ-SKA爆弾.
• CASSANDRA is one of the songs available for MultiSession GDK play.
• In the KEYBOARDMANIA series, CASSANDRA uses a generic video instead of its GuitarFreaks & DrumMania video.
• CASSANDRA's title is capitalized as Cassandra in pop'n music.
• Cassandra received a brand-new EX chart in pop'n music 9's Gambler de Z (ギャンブラーZ) unlock event. It could be unlocked from February 13th, 2003 through March 12th, 2003 after unlocking ABSOLUTE and clearing Cassandra's EX chart, or failing it enough times until it's automatically unlocked.
  • As of March 12th, 2003, this chart is playable by default.
• Along with the other BEMANI songs crossed over to pop'n music 8, Cassandra displays ♪♪♪♪♪ as the artist. This has never changed.
• Cassandra's rival character, Mr.T.BONE, is the former mascot of the drummania series.
• The pop'n music cut of Cassandra was not released on its corresponding game's original soundtrack. It was instead included on the pop'n music SUPER BEST BOX compilation set.
• CASSANDRA is available in GUITARFREAKS 11thMIX & drummania 10thMIX with an e-AMUSEMENT account. CASSANDRA has been made automatically available in Standard mode as of GuitarFreaks V & DrumMania V.
• CASSANDRA is one of the SET LIST Revival Songs in GuitarFreaksXG3 & DrumManiaXG3.
• Cassandra is one of the first songs from GUITARFREAKS & drummania that was crossed over to pop'n music, along with JET WORLD.
• To unlock Cassandra in pop'n music 12 いろは CS, you must have GuitarFreaks V & DrumMania V CS data on your PlayStation2 memory card.
  • If you don't have GuitarFreaks V & DrumMania V CS data, you must enter a code to temporarily unlock both Cassandra and JET WORLD.
• CASSANDRA is available in コナステ GITADORA as part of the コナステ GITADORA HISTORYパック vol.2.
• CASSANDRA also appears in some of KONAMI's franchises, including THE☆BishiBashi (ザ☆ビシバシ) and GRANDCROSS PREMIUM.

Music Comment

This popular drummania song makes its appearance in pop'n!

Song Production Information

Untranslated.

Video Production Information

None.

Character Information

Untranslated.

Difficulty & Notecounts

GF/DM difficulty rated from 1 to 99.
GF/DM XG and GITADORA difficulty rated from 0.00 to 9.99.
KEYBOARDMANIA difficulty rated from 1 to 6.
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 BEMANIWiki 2nd and Pop'n Music Fever.)

GuitarFreaks & DrumMania

Original Series

Game	Drum			Guitar			Bass			Open
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme
Notecounts	308	465	619	240	240	240	227	227	277	-	-	-
GF5/dm4→GF6/dm5	38	55	78	38	53	60	N/A	N/A	N/A	-	-	-
GF11/dm10→GF/DM V2	↓26	↓50	↓62	24	38	49	19	31	42	-	-	-
GF/DM V3→V8	26	50	↑64	24	↓36	49	19	31	42	-	-	-
GF/DM V3 CS	26	50	64	24	36	49	19	31	42	-	-	-

XG & GITADORA Series

Game	Drum				Guitar				Bass
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Master	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Master	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Master
Notecounts	243	424	619	-	229	240	240	-	199	227	227	-
GF/DM XG3	2.20	4.20	5.50	-	3.00	4.10	5.50	-	2.20	3.60	4.70	-
GITADORA→Tri-Boost	↑3.10	↑4.90	↑6.00	-	↑3.90	↑4.80	↑6.05	-	↑3.10	↑4.35	↑5.35	-
GITADORA Tri-Boost Re:EVOLVE	↓2.80	↓4.50	↑6.05	-	↓3.50	↓4.25	↓5.30	-	↓2.10	↓3.60	↓4.60	-
GITADORA Matixx	↑2.85	↑4.70	↑6.20	-	↑3.80	↑4.65	↑5.60	-	↑2.25	↑3.85	↑4.95	-
GITADORA EXCHAIN	↑2.90	↑5.15	↑6.60	-	↓3.75	↓4.55	↓5.45	-	↓1.90	↓3.70	↓4.75	-
GITADORA NEX+AGE→Present	2.90	↑5.20	↑6.65	-	↑3.80	↑4.60	5.45	-	↑1.95	↑3.75	4.75	-
GITADORA (Mobile)	3.10	4.90	6.00	-	3.90	4.80	6.05	-	3.10	4.35	5.35	-
コナステ GITADORA	2.90	5.20	6.65	-	3.80	4.60	5.45	-	1.95	3.75	4.75	-

KEYBOARDMANIA

Game	SP Difficulty			DP Difficulty
	Light	Light+	Real	Light+	Real
Notecounts / Hold Notes	171 / ?	265 / ?	393 / ?	? / ?	936 / 50
KEYBOARDMANIA 3rdMIX	3	3	3	3	3
KEYBOARDMANIA II 2ndMIX & 3rdMIX	3	3	3	3	3

pop'n music

Game	Normal Mode				Battle Mode
	5-Buttons	NORMAL	HYPER	EX	NORMAL	HYPER
Notecounts	183	394	693	928	183	402
pop'n music 8	9	18	33	-	9	20
pop'n music 9	↓7	18	↑34	40	9	20
pop'n music 10→20 fantasia	7	↑20	34	40	9	20
pop'n music Sunny Park→Present	-	26	40	46	9	20
pop'n music 8 CS	7	18	34	40	9	20
pop'n music 12 いろは CS	7	20	34	40	9	20

小野秀幸's Ska Ska series of songs
Ska Ska No.1 - CASSANDRA - Ska Ska No.3 - Ska Ska No.4

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