AC pnm 4

General Information

• Released: March 2000
• First game in the series to run on BEMANI FIREBEAT HARDWARE, which was also used for beatmania III, Keyboard Mania, and ee-mall. The colors and graphics were noticeably more colorful and more detailed than ever as a result of the more powerful hardware. Firebeat would be used through Pop'n Music 8.
• First game in the series to have a distinctive interface (1-3 were essentially the same interface with color differences).
• All the menus feature new music re-arranged by Seiya Murai.
• First AC Pop'n game in which new AC songs have Hyper notecharts.
• Tatsuya Furukawa (good-cool) and Seiya Murai (V.C.O., Kiyommy&Seiya, Natural Bear, etc.) make their Pop'n Music debuts.
• Hiroki Koga (Naya-n) starts writing his own music for the series.
• The soundtrack for this game is the first and only one that released the arcade songs and console-exclusive songs on seperate CDs.
• First game to tell you the BPM of a song on the music select screen.
• Total number of songs: 86

Staff Information

• Director: RYO KOMATSU
• Sound director, composition, arrangement, lyrics, and sound effects: Seiya Murai
• Assistant sound director, composer, and arrangement: Takeyasu Hiroshi
• Music director (occasional guitarist): Nazo^2 Suzuki
• Sound Data Analyzer: Jun Wakita
• Sound Programmer: Youhei Shimizu
• Software Program: Fukuda, HKSP
• Character design and CG design: p-cat, Chiyo
• Product design: shima-Q
• Graphic assistance: Piu:KOHA
• Background CG design: HIRO-PON
• Hardware engineer: nozaki
• Mechanism engineer and location test installation commander: Makoto

Song List

Pop'n Music 4 AC Full Song List

Game Modes

• Normal
• Excite
• Party

Non-Rival Playable Characters

These characters don't belong to any specific song and are all playable from the get-go.

• Nyami [4]
• Mimi [4]

New Songs

Genre (English)	Genre (Japanese)	Song Name	Artist	Character	9L Lv.	Hyper Lv.
First Stage
TEEN FOLK	ティーンフォーク	時代を変えてくTeenage	馬場一嘉	Jun&Shingo [4-NEW CHAR.]	7	-
DO UP	ドゥーアップ	Joy!	Reddy Yoko	Mary [4]	10	-
PASSION	パッション	今宵Lover's Day	ミッキー・マサシ	The KING [4]	11	22
NIGHT OUT	ナイトアウト	透明なマニキュア	Kiyommy + Seiya	Judy [4]	14	-
COQUETTISH	コケティッシュ	恋は天然	ナチュラルベア	RIE♥chan [4]	16	20
CARTOON	カートゥーン	TOON MANIAC	Theme from "TOON MANIA"	Henry [4-NEW CHAR.]	19	-
Second Stage
KAYOU HOUSE	カヨウハウス	Nanja-Nai	NAOwithK	NK2000	8	-
KARAOKE	カラオケ	愛言葉〜アイコトバ	課長とマミちゃん	8・Taro&Okon [4]	8	23
FRIENDLY	フレンドリー	Over The Rainbow	パーキッツ	Poet [4]	9	-
AMBIENT	アンビエント	Birds	Sana	Sanae♥chan [4]	12	-
ANALOG TECHNO	アナログテクノ	ELECTRONISM	V.C.O.	PAL [4-NEW CHAR.]	18	-
VISUAL 2	ヴィジュアル２	Cry Out	good-cool feat. KoHey from Medical Trance Peach	Yuli [4]	20	-
Final Stage
FUTURE	フューチャー	ostin-art	ostin-art	Ice [4]	18	-
OKINAWA	オキナワ	夢そうてい	Y.Morio & MINEHAHA	Mayumi	18	24
SUPER EURO	スーパーユーロ	WE TWO ARE ONE	LaLa Moore	Elle [4-NEW CHAR.]	20	-
DISCO GIRLS	ディスコガールズ	HONEまでートトゥナイト	good-cool feat. Mickin' & Tackin'	Yuki [4-NEW CHAR.]	21	-
POWER FOLK 2	パワーフォーク２	君を壊したい	新堂敦士	Ash [4]	24	-
Special Stage
GROOVE ROCK	グルーブロック	赤いリンゴ	Lollipop Tonic featuring K	AYA [4]	15	-
HORROR	ホラー	妖怪Zの唄	ナヤ～ン・ブラザーズ・バンド	Smile [4-NEW CHAR.]	15	-
SPECIAL ENDING	スペシャルエンディング	Tap'n! Slap'n! Pop'n Music!	Popper Head	Rave girl [4]	21	-
BRIT POP	ブリットポップ	Girls Riot	Political Trees	Donna [3-3P]	22	-
Hidden Remixes
DANCE REMIX	ダンスRemix	Hi-Tekno Millennium mix	Hi-Tekno/Millennium Project	Judy [1]	23	-
J-TEKNO REMIX	Ｊ−テクノRemix	Quick Master Millennium mix	act deft/Millennium Project	SHOLLKEE [1]	23	-
BONUS TRACK REMIX	ボーナストラックRemix	すれちがう２人 Millennium mix	apresmidi/Millennium Project	Sanae♥chan [1]	24	-
POPS REMIX	ポップスRemix	I REALLY WANT TO HURT YOU　～僕らは完璧さ Single edit	sugi & reo	RIE♥chan [1]	24	-

Revived Songs

The following songs from pop'n music 3 have been revived, all of them from pop'n music:

Song Title	Genre
"Baby, I'm yours"	REGGAE
Electronic Fill	TECHNO POP
e-motion	RAVE
El Pais del sol	LATIN
FUNKY TOWN '75	DISOC KING
monde des songe	FANTASY
what i want	DISCO QUEEN
YOUNG DREAM	RAP
すれちがう二人	BONUS TRACK

Removed Song

The following song from pop'n music 3 has been removed:

Song Title	Genre
ENDLESS SUMMER NUDE	SUMMER

Related Links

• Pop'n Music 4 Official Site
• Pop'n Music Original Soundtracks Information