Mikeneko rock

三毛猫ロック

Song Information

三毛猫ロック's GuitarFreaks & DrumMania jacket.

三毛猫ロック's pop'n music banner.

三毛猫ロック's DanceDanceRevolution jacket.

Artist: 亜熱帯マジ-SKA爆弾
Composition/Arrangement/Trumpet/Piano/Drum Programming: Hideyuki Ono
Guitars: Mutsuhiko Izumi
Bass: Yoshihiko Koezuka
Tenor Saxophones & Trombones: Jimmy Weckl
BPM: 246
Length: 1:38
pop'n music Genre: BRASS ROCK (ブラスロック)
pop'n music Character: hone nyami [TV&ANIME]
pop'n music Background: Bit of Love (pop'n music 3)
Movie: K-GO, shiro
Jacket design: K-GO, shiro (GF/DM), moroEX (DanceDanceRevolution)
First Music Game Appearance: GUITARFREAKS 8thMIX & drummania 7thMIX
Other Music Game Appearances:

• DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME
• GuitarFreaksXG & DrumManiaXG
• pop'n music 9 (ee'MALL)

Lyrics

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Song Connections / Remixes

• 三毛猫ロック is the first song of Hideyuki Ono's Mikeneko (三毛猫) series of songs.
• A long version of 三毛猫ロック, titled 三毛猫ロック (全開バージョン), can be found on the GUITARFREAKS & drummania INSTRUMENTAL COLLECTION album.
  • A rearranged long version can be found on 亜熱帯マジ-SKA爆弾's first album, 亜熱帯マジ-SKA爆弾 featuring MAKI.
• 三毛猫ロック was played live at THE GITADO LIVE concert in 2007. This arrangement of 三毛猫ロック, titled 三毛猫ロックオールスターズ, can also be found on Hideyuki Ono's first album, over there.

Trivia

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• 三毛猫ロック is the Standard Mode EXTRA STAGE for GUITARFREAKS 8thMIX & drummania 7thMIX. Earning an S on 三毛猫ロック allows the player to play MODEL DD3 on ENCORE STAGE.
• The girl and cat in 三毛猫ロック's GuitarFreaks & DrumMania video and graphics are named Torte and Parfait, respectively.
  • Torte previously first appeared on her own in the video for pot-pourri d'orange from GUITARFREAKS 7thMIX & drummania 6thMIX.
  • Torte and Parfait would later become playable characters in the pop'n music series, debuting in the songs 夢について TYPE A and 夢について TYPE C from pop'n music 19 TUNE STREET.
  • Parfait would later become a selectable character in GITADORA OverDrive's Battle System.
• Tart&Toffee appear in 三毛猫ロック's GuitarFreaks & DrumMania video.
• 三毛猫ロック was added to pop'n music 9 and 10 on August 26th, 2003 via ee'MALL.
• On the American and European releases of the DanceDanceRevolution games before DanceDanceRevolution A, 三毛猫ロック's title and artist were changed to CALICO CAT ROCK and ANETTAI MAJI-SKA BAKUDAN respectively.
  • In DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX4, 三毛猫ロック's English title was slightly changed to CALICOCAT ROCK.
• 三毛猫ロック received a Double BEGINNER chart and a new set of graphics in DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX4, which haven't been used on other DanceDanceRevolution games.
• Before pop'n music 14 FEVER!, 三毛猫ロック's songwheel genre was 三毛猫ロック.
• 三毛猫ロック is available for play in GuitarFreaksXG & DrumManiaXG as an unlockable song in Jukebox #1 (March 10th, 2010).
  • As of April 23rd, 2010, it has been automatically unlocked into Standard Mode.
• Due to a bug, in DanceDanceRevolution (2013), 三毛猫ロック's dancing stage was the WHITE MOVIE stage from DanceDanceRevolution X2, showing Valkyrie dimension's Replicant D-action ENCORE EXTRA STAGE introduction video in the background. This was corrected on October 8th, 2013.
• While 三毛猫ロック's BPM has always been displayed as 246, it actually contains several BPM changes:
  • GuitarFreaks & DrumMania, DanceDanceRevolution: 246→250→184→152.
  • pop'n music: 246→250.
• 三毛猫ロック can be unlocked in GITADORA (Mobile) by having beat gather installed in your device.
• 三毛猫ロック is featured as a BGM in KONAMI's THE★BishiBashi arcade game.
• 三毛猫ロック (CLASSIC) could be unlocked in GITADORA EXCHAIN as one of the GF&DM CHRONICLE 2002～2004 songs from April 3rd, 2019, by playing one credit.
  • In GITADORA NEX+AGE, it could be unlocked from March 4th to June 21st, 2020 and from October 28th to November 29th, 2020 as part of the Thank you! GITADORA 21st kanshasai (サンキュー! ギタドラ21st感謝祭) event.
    • It could also be unlocked from July 8th to August 2nd, 2020 and from December 2nd, 2020 to January 3rd, 2021 as part of the GITADORA wo tomodachi to issho ni play shiyou!! Campaign (GITADORAを友達と一緒にプレーしよう!!キャンペーン).
  • In GITADORA HIGH-VOLTAGE, it is one of the PHASE 1 unlocks of the MUSICIAN'S ROAD event. It could be unlocked from May 19th to September 5th, 2021 (originally until August 9th, 2021).

Music Comment

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Song Production Information

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Video Production Information

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Character Information

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Difficulty & Notecounts

DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 10 from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2, and 1 to 20 from X onwards.
GF/DM difficulty rated from 1 to 99.
GF/DM XG and GITADORA difficulty rated from 0.00 to 9.99.
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, BEMANIWiki 2nd, and GITADORA NEX+AGE→HIGH-VOLTAGE Difficulty Changes Spreadsheet.)

DanceDanceRevolution

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	111 / 0	128 / 20	224 / 4	314 / 9	- / - / -	141 / 11	247 / 6	313 / 15	- / - / -
DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME→SuperNOVA2	2	3	5	8	-	2	5	8	-
DanceDanceRevolution X→A20	4	5	8	11	-	5	9	13	-
DanceDanceRevolution A20 PLUS→Present	4	5	8	↑12	-	5	9	13	-
DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME CS JP	2	3	5	8	-	2	5	8	-
DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX4	N/A	3	5	8	-	2	5	8	-
DanceDanceRevolution / Dancing Stage SuperNOVA2 CS US/EU	2	3	5	8	-	2	5	8	-
DanceDanceRevolution ULTIMATE MOBILE	4	5	8	11	-	-	-	-	-

GuitarFreaks & DrumMania

Original Series

Game	Drum			Guitar			Bass			Open
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme
Notecounts	567	720	898	410	410	410	323	323	323	410	410	410
GF8/dm7	33	49	65	41	50	79	30	46	49	48	65	77
GF8/dm7 power-up ver.→GF/DM V2	33	49	65	41	↓49	79	↓28	46	↓48	↓47	65	77
GF/DM V3→V5	33	49	↑67	41	49	79	28	46	48	47	65	77
GF/DM V6→V8	33	49	67	↑49	↑61	↓77	↑34	46	48	↑52	65	↑79
GITADORA EXCHAIN	5.50	6.60	7.10	5.50	6.70	7.90	4.20	5.70	6.40	-	-	7.95
GITADORA NEX+AGE→Present	5.50	↑6.65	↑7.15	↑5.55	↑6.75	↑7.95	↑4.30	↑5.75	6.40	-	-	↑8.00
GF/DM MASTERPIECE SILVER	33	49	65	41	49	79	28	46	48	47	65	77
コナステ GITADORA	5.50	6.65	7.15	5.55	6.75	7.95	4.30	5.75	6.40	-	-	8.00

XG & GITADORA Series

Game	Drum				Guitar				Bass
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Master	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Master	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Master
Notecounts	567	720	898	-	287	410	410	-	316	323	323	-
GF/DM XG→XG3	3.70	5.80	6.30	-	3.30	4.60	6.20	-	4.10	4.65	5.70	-
GITADORA→Tri-Boost	↑4.45	↑6.35	↑6.80	-	↑4.05	↑5.30	↑6.70	-	↑4.80	↑5.30	↑6.20	-
GITADORA Tri-Boost Re:EVOLVE	↑4.55	↓6.10	↓6.75	-	↓4.00	↓5.15	↓6.40	-	↓4.50	↓5.10	↓6.10	-
GITADORA Matixx	↑5.45	↑6.45	↑7.00	-	↑4.70	↑5.90	↑6.95	-	↑5.05	↑5.85	↑6.55	-
GITADORA EXCHAIN	↑5.70	↑6.80	↑7.30	-	↑4.80	↑6.10	↑7.20	-	↓5.00	↑5.95	↑6.75	-
GITADORA NEX+AGE	↑5.75	↑6.85	7.30	-	↑4.85	↑6.15	↑7.25	-	↑5.05	↑6.00	↑6.80	-
GITADORA HIGH-VOLTAGE→Present	↓5.70	↓6.80	↑7.40	-	↑5.20	↑6.60	↑7.45	-	↑5.50	↑6.30	↑7.00	-
GITADORA (Mobile)	4.45	6.35	6.80	-	4.05	5.30	6.70	-	4.80	5.30	6.20	-
コナステ GITADORA	5.75	6.85	7.30	-	4.85	6.15	7.25	-	5.05	6.00	6.80	-

pop'n music

Game	Normal Mode				Battle Mode
	5-Buttons	NORMAL	HYPER	EX	NORMAL	HYPER
Notecounts	280	300	520	838	277	300
pop'n music 9→13 カーニバル (via ee'MALL)	13	18	24	36	13	15
pop'n music 14 FEVER!→20 fantasia	13	18	↑27	↑37	13	15
pop'n music Sunny Park→Present	-	24	33	43	13	15
pop'n music 14 FEVER! CS	13	18	27	37	13	15

Hideyuki Ono's 三毛猫 song series
三毛猫ロック - 三毛猫JIVE＆ジャイブ - 三毛猫ロックンロール - 三毛猫DANCE