Tenjou tenge
X↑X↓
Song Information
Artist: DJ TECHNORCH
Composition/Arrangement: DJ TECHNORCH
Vocals: Uchuu☆kurage
BPM: 172
Length: 2:04
Genre: 新世紀進歩的羽扇子音楽
VJ: XTC
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL
Other Music Game Appearances: None.
Lyrics
Game Size
Japanese
これより、召喚魔法を詠・唱するー！ 出たよ・・・テクノウチだよ・・・ Somebody Scream! それではちょっとコマーシャル♪ 出たよ・・・またテクノウチだ・・・
- Notice that this lyric is unofficial.
Long Version
Japanese
21世紀、彗星の如く舞い降りた、beatmania界の虎！ この汚れた世界を浄化するためにこの身を削っていざ呼ばん！ いでよ～！テクノウチ～！ これより、召喚魔法を詠・唱するー！ それではちょっとコマーシャル♪ 出たよ・・・テクノウチだよ・・・ Somebody Scream! それではちょっとコマーシャル♪ 出たよ・・・またテクノウチだ・・・ うわあ、廿先輩、フルコンですね！ Somebody Scream! また変なのが出てきたよ・・・ これより、召喚魔法を詠・唱するー！ いでよ～！テクノウ… 出たよ・・・またテクノウチだ・・・
Song Connections / Remixes
- X↑X↓ might be a sequel to DJ TECHNORCH's earlier beatmania IIDX song 廿. Both songs have the same music genre and similar samples (though X↑X↓'s are less distorted).
- A long version of X↑X↓, titled Ｘ↑Ｘ↓ (Titanium Sisters Long Version), can be found on the beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK album.
Trivia
- According to DJ TECHNORCH, X↑X↓'s genre, 新世紀進歩的羽扇子音楽, is read as "Newskool Hardcore Rave".
- When X↑X↓ is played on beatmania IIDX, the arcade LED ticker displays "X7XL".
- According to DJ TECHNORCH's Twitter, he requested to have the ticker display the title this way.
- It is currently speculated that X↑X↓ is read as "tenjou tenge" (天上天下, meaning "Heaven and Earth") in Japanese; X being the Roman number for ten and 上 and 下 being the Japanese characters for "up" and "down" respectively.
- As of November 20th, 2014, X↑X↓'s Double ANOTHER chart was unlocked for normal play in beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL.
- X↑X↓ was one of the last non-BEMANI crossovers on the default beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL songlist to recieve song comments on the official PENDUAL website, the others being もっと！モット！ときめき feat. 松下 and Sometimes feat. Kanae Asaba. It received song comments on May 20th, 2015.
Song Production Information
Untranslated.
Video Production Information
None.
Difficulty & Notecounts
beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)
| Game | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beginner | Normal | Hyper | Another | Normal | Hyper | Another | |
| Notecounts | — | 477 | 907 | 1485 | 559 | 1035 | 1658 |
| beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL→Present | — | 5 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 12 |