Thunderbolt

Thunderbolt

Song Information

Thunderbolt's jacket.

Artist: 雷龍
Composition/Arrangement: Rairyu
BPM: 188
Length: 2:05
Genre: RAVERS DANCE SPEED
VJ: MatsuTK (overlays by GOLI)
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 19 Lincle
Other Music Game Appearances:

• beatmania IIDX 18 Resort Anthem
• REFLEC BEAT
• REFLEC BEAT plus MUSIC PACK 13
• REFLEC BEAT + KONAMI MUSIC PACK 15
• ポップンリズミン 青龍パック

Lyrics

Some vocal samples can be heard, including "like a thunderbolt" and "come on!".

Song Connections / Remixes

• A long version of Thunderbolt, titled Thunderbolt (Extended ver.), appears as the final track on the cyber beatnation 2 -Hi Speed conclusion- CD. Vocal samples from previous 青龍 songs, including waxing and wanding, Time to Air, and 3y3s, can be heard in the middle of the song.
  • A different long version of Thunderbolt, titled Thunderbolt (BD MIX), appears on 青龍's first album, BLUE DRAGON. This version has the vocal samples from previous 青龍 songs removed.

Trivia

• Thunderbolt is available as a beatmania IIDX 19 Lincle preview song in Resort Anthem via Lincle LINK 1 as of July 14th, 2011.
  • To play Thunderbolt in REFLEC BEAT or limelight, you must have a save game of beatmania IIDX in your e-AMUSEMENT PASS.
  • By then playing the song in REFLEC BEAT or limelight, it will be made available in beatmania IIDX.
    • As of June 27th, 2012, it can be unlocked in Lincle or tricoro by reaching Q-pro Level 2 (as part of Lincle LINK 5). It is the first Lincle LINK 1 song in beatmania IIDX to be unlocked this way.
      • From REFLEC BEAT groovin'!! to REFLEC BEAT VOLZZA 2, Thunderbolt was playable in the REFLEC BEAT series by default.
• According to Ryu☆'s twitter [1], 雷龍 is a combination of two people - his Seiryu alias (青龍), and composer Rai Option (雷オプション).
  • Ryutaro Nakahara later confirmed being Rai Option as well in a 4gamer interview.
• Thunderbolt marks Ryutaro Nakahara's first appearance under his 雷龍 alias in pop'n music.
• In ポップンリズミン, Thunderbolt is titled Thunderbolt (BD Mix).
• In REFLEC BEAT +, Thunderbolt's artist is romanized as RAIRYU.
• Thunderbolt was added to beatmania IIDX INFINITAS on September 6th, 2017 as part of the September 2017 Basic Subscription Monthly Songs.
• After being removed from the initial release of REFLEC BEAT 悠久のリフレシア, Thunderbolt was revived on November 2nd, 2017.

Song Production Information

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Video Production Information

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Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12.
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 BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

beatmania IIDX

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts	-	527	975	1911	534	1034	1677	{{{8}}}	{{{9}}}
beatmania IIDX 18 Resort Anthem→Present	-	5	9	12	5	9	11	{{{9}}}	{{{10}}}
beatmania IIDX INFINITAS	-	5	9	12	5	9	11	{{{9}}}	{{{10}}}

REFLEC BEAT

Old Charts

Game	Level
	Basic	Medium	Hard	Special
Notecounts	312	519	698	-
REFLEC BEAT→VOLZZA 2	4	8	10	-
REFLEC BEAT plus	4	8	10	-
REFLEC BEAT +	4	8	10	-

New Charts

Game	Level
	Basic	Medium	Hard	White Hard
Notecounts	318	525	704	976
REFLEC BEAT 悠久のリフレシア→Present	6	10	12	14

ポップンリズミン

Game	Difficulties
	Normal	Hyper	EX
Notecounts	176	278	490
ポップンリズミン	2	6	9