GRADIUS 2012

Not to be confused with GORGEOUS 2012.

GRADIUS 2012

Song Information

Artist: Sota Fujimori
Composition: KONAMI Kukeihakurabu
Arrangement: Sota Fujimori
BPM: 180
Length: 2:09
Genre: KONAMI REMIX
VJ: HES (beatmania IIDX), Qrispy Joybox (BeatStream)
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro
Other Music Game Appearances:

• BeatStream アニムトライヴ

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

• GRADIUS 2012 is a remixed medley based on various songs from the arcade version of GRADIUS.
  • The songs, in order of appearance: Beginning Of The History (ステージスタート・空中戦BGM)→Challenger 1985 (第1ステージ・火山BGM)→Free Flyer (第4ステージ・逆火山BGM)→Final Attack (第7ステージ・最終のステージBGM)→Historic Soldier (ランキングBGM).
• The first, unreleased version of GRADIUS 2012, titled GRADIUS 2011, was played live by Sota Fujimori in various KONAMI-related events, such as KONAMI Arcade Championship 2011 and Lincle Soundtrack Release Party.
• A long version of GRADIUS 2012, titled GRADIUS 2012 -Extended Mix-, appears on the beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK album, which includes Beat Bank (第2ステージ・ストーンヘンジBGM) and Blank Mask (第3ステージ・モアイBGM) in the medley.
• Another medley of GRADIUS songs by Sota Fujimori, titled Gradius Medley, appears on the GRADIUS ARCADE SOUNDTRACK album.

Trivia

• Video footage from the original arcade version of GRADIUS is seen in the video, similar to GRADIUS -FULL SPEED-.
• GRADIUS 2012 marks the first appearance of DJ Robo in a video since ラクエン.
• The KONAMI Code appears in the BGA of GRADIUS 2012.
• According to Sota Fujimori, his favourite game is GRADIUS and its music is what impulsed him to compose songs.
• GRADIUS 2012 was one of the preliminary round songs in the KONAMI Arcade Championship 2012 for beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro.
• In the U.S./EU iTunes version of the beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK Vol.1 album, GRADIUS 2012 is spelled as Gradius 2012.
• GRADIUS 2012 received an unique video, different from its beatmania IIDX video, in BeatStream アニムトライヴ [1].

Song Production Information

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Video Production Information

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Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd. Charge note amounts obtained from Textage.cc.)

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts / Charge Notes	-	465 / 25	869 / 36	1380 / 36	532 / 26	817 / 39	1459 / 41	{{{8}}}	{{{9}}}
beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro	-	5	8	10	5	8	10	{{{9}}}	{{{10}}}
beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA→Present	-	5	8	10	5	8	↑11	{{{9}}}	{{{10}}}