Diamond Dust

Diamond Dust

Song Information

Diamond Dust's jacket.

Diamond Dust's pop'n music banner.

Artist: TAG
Composition/Arrangement: TAG
BPM: 148
Length: 1:43
pop'n music Genre: REFLECTIVE TRANCE (リフレクティヴトランス)
pop'n music Character: HAPPPY [17-1P]
Jacket design: AUK-YAM
First Music Game Appearance: REFLEC BEAT
Other Music Game Appearances:

• DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX
• pop'n music 20 fantasia
• REFLEC BEAT plus MUSIC PACK 07
• REFLEC BEAT + KONAMI MUSIC PACK 2
• ミライダガッキ FutureTomTom Ver.2

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

• An extended version of Diamond Dust, titled Diamond Dust-Extended Ver.-, can be found on the REFLEC BEAT ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK album.
• A re-arranged version of Diamond Dust with vocals by DJ YOSHITAKA, titled Diamond Dust -Try to Sing Ver.-, can also be found in REFLEC BEAT.
• The TAG BGM in REFLEC BEAT is partially based off of Diamond Dust.

Trivia

• Diamond Dust is TAG's first original contribution to the REFLEC BEAT series.
• Diamond Dust is unlocked in REFLEC BEAT by reaching Level 14.
  • In REFLEC BEAT limelight, Diamond Dust is unlocked by reaching the second part of Glass Stage 1-1. It is the 4th old REFLEC BEAT song in limelight unlocked via Glass Stage.
    • In REFLEC BEAT colette, Diamond Dust is unlocked by reaching Stage 2 of Pastel Adventure (パステルアドベンチャー) in Reflecting Mountain (初代リフレク山).
      • From REFLEC BEAT groovin'!! to REFLEC BEAT VOLZZA 2, Diamond Dust was available by default.
• TAG himself appears on Diamond Dust's jacket.
• Diamond Dust is one of the unlockable songs of Phase 2 of pop'n music 20 fantasia's Soreyuke! pop'n quest (それゆけ！ポップンクエスト) event. It could be unlocked from April 25th, 2012.
• Diamond Dust's genre, REFLECTIVE TRANCE, references the game from where it originated, REFLEC BEAT.
• According to PON, he wanted to put in Diamond Dust -Try to Sing Ver.- for the EX chart in pop'n music. Mameshiba, the note chart designer of the song, apologized in his comments for those expecting the EX chart to be that song.
• In DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX, Diamond Dust's CHALLENGE charts can be unlocked by reaching ENJOY LEVEL 100.
  • From DanceDanceRevolution (2013) onwards, these charts are playable by default.
  • Diamond Dust is the first REFLEC BEAT song to cross over to DanceDanceRevolution.
• Diamond Dust received an EASY chart in pop'n music Sunny Park, replacing its old 5-Buttons chart.
• After being removed from the initial release of REFLEC BEAT 悠久のリフレシア, Diamond Dust was revived on May 18th, 2017.

Music Comment

Untranslated.

Song Production Information

Untranslated.

Character Information

None.

Difficulty & Notecounts

DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 20 from X onwards.
pop'n music difficulty rated from 1 to 43 through pop'n music 20 fantasia, and 1 to 50 from Sunny Park onwards.
REFLEC BEAT to groovin'!! Upper difficulty rated from 1 to 10+, and from 1 to 13 from VOLZZA onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

DanceDanceRevolution

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	70 / 0	148 / 13	181 / 18	251 / 25	274 / 18 / 39	138 / 13	189 / 28	255 / 26	277 / 16 / 41
DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX→Present	1	5	7	10	13	5	8	11	13

pop'n music

Game	Standard				Battle
	5 Button	Normal	Hyper	EX	Normal	Hyper
Notecounts	198	311	532	754	198	307
pop'n music 20 fantasia	14	19	28	34	13	18
pop'n music Sunny Park→Present	※5	↓23	↓33	40	13	18

※ The notecount of this chart is different from the old 5-Buttons chart (total notes: 133).

REFLEC BEAT

Old Charts

Game	Level
	Basic	Medium	Hard	Special
Notecounts	129	188	280	-
REFLEC BEAT→VOLZZA 2	3	5	7	-
REFLEC BEAT plus	3	5	7	-
REFLEC BEAT +	3	5	7	-

New Charts

Game	Level
	Basic	Medium	Hard	White Hard
Notecounts	181	247	408	-
REFLEC BEAT 悠久のリフレシア→Present	4	7	9	-