POSSESSION

POSSESSION

Song Information

POSSESSION's jacket.

Artist: TAG underground
Composition/Arrangement: TAG
BPM: 185-370 (DanceDanceRevolution, REFLEC BEAT), 23-185 (beatmania IIDX)
Length: 1:51
Genre: PSYCHIC FLASH
VJ: ?
First Music Game Appearance: DanceDanceRevolution X2
Other Music Game Appearances:

• beatmania IIDX 23 copula
• REFLEC BEAT 悠久のリフレシア

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

• POSSESSION is sampled in KHAMEN BREAK -SDVX Infinity MashUp-, from SOUND VOLTEX II -infinite infection-.
• A live version of POSSESSION was performed at the EXIT TUNES Dance Party -beatnation RHYZE music council- event. It was later added to DanceDanceRevolution (2014) as POSSESSION (EDP Live Mix).
• The beatmania IIDX version of POSSESSION has additional synths by the end of the song. It also features louder keysounds throughout the song, notably the breakbeats.

Trivia

POSSESSION's banner.

• During the DanceDanceRevolution X2 location tests, POSSESSION was one of the FINAL STAGE-only songs, along with KIMONO♥PRINCESS.
  • POSSESSION received brand-new EXPERT charts in the final release of DanceDanceRevolution X2. Slightly modified versions of the location test EXPERT charts were later put as POSSESSION's CHALLENGE charts.
  • It also received a slightly modified jacket in the final release of DanceDanceRevolution X2, now colored purple (instead of red) to represent its Replicant D-action color.
• POSSESSION is one of the Replicant D-action hidden songs in DanceDanceRevolution X2, representing the color purple. To play POSSESSION as a Replicant D-action song, you must get at least 100 difficulty ratings on CHALLENGE difficulty, then get AA/AAA on Pierce The Sky and Sakura Sunrise on the same difficulty.
  • As of February 23rd, 2011, POSSESSION has been unlocked for normal play.
  • Also, as of April 1st, 2011, POSSESSION's CHALLENGE charts have been unlocked for normal play.
• In the arcade DanceDanceRevolution titles, POSSESSION features a unique video. However, it plays in the background of a purple-colored version of the Replicant D-action background dance stage and is not full-screen.
  • In DanceDanceRevolution II/DanceDanceRevolution hottest party5, POSSESSION's video removes any on-screen dancers and is played in a tiny monitor on the opposite side of the player on Single and in the center on Double/Versus, due to Nintendo Wii memory limitations.
  • This video reuses five DDRMAX-EXTREME background movies.
• Retroactively, POSSESSION's Double CHALLENGE chart is the first Level 19 DanceDanceRevolution chart, along with Valkyrie dimension's Single and Double CHALLENGE charts.
  • POSSESSION is currently the only song with its Double CHALLENGE chart rated Level 19 that does not have its Single CHALLENGE chart rated Level 19.
• With 35 Freeze Arrows, POSSESSION's BEGINNER chart has the second highest amount of Freeze Arrows on any BEGINNER chart, beaten only by Over The “Period”'s 40.
• POSSESSION's BASIC charts held the record for the highest notecount of any BASIC chart, with 389 notes for Single and 379 notes for Double. These records were later broken by Elemental Creation's 438 notes for Single and 427 notes for Double.
• POSSESSION's EXPERT charts held the record for the highest jump count of any EXPERT chart, with 118 jumps for Single and 116 jumps for Double. These records were later broken by 灼熱Beach Side Bunny's 165 jumps for Single and 151 jumps for Double.
• POSSESSION is used as background music in a mission on the KONAMI arcade game ROAD FIGHTERS (ロードファイターズ).
• POSSESSION appears as downloadable content for DanceDanceRevolution S+, in the DDR X2 Special Pack 3.
  • Also in DanceDanceRevolution S+, POSSESSION's BPM is wrongly displayed as 185-371 BPM.
• POSSESSION was one of the qualifying round songs in the KONAMI Arcade Championship 2013 for DanceDanceRevolution (2013).
• At Level 17, POSSESSION's Single EXPERT chart is currently the highest rated DanceDanceRevolution chart that any player has achieved a Marvelous Full Combo for.
• POSSESSION is one of the songs featured on the BEMANI SONGS ～Best of DanceDanceRevolution～ video.
• POSSESSION is one of the Phase 2 unlockable songs of the Mystery Line event of beatmania IIDX 23 copula. It could be unlocked from May 26th, 2016.
  • It retains its DanceDanceRevolution video.
  • According to TAG at the KONAMI Arcade Championship 2013, he wanted to "keep POSSESSION as a DanceDanceRevolution exclusive song for a bit" [1], which might explain why it took several years for POSSESSION to cross over to another BEMANI game.
  • In beatmania IIDX 24 SINOBUZ, its charts can be purchased with Kinran no omamori (金襴のお守り) from December 14th, 2016.
• POSSESSION can be unlocked in REFLEC BEAT 悠久のリフレシア from December 1st, 2017, as part of the Arigatou 1 shuunen kinen campaign!! (ありがとう1周年記念キャンペーン!!).

Song Production Information

Untranslated.

Video Production Information

None.

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12.
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 20 from X onwards.
REFLEC BEAT difficulty rated from 1 to 15 from 悠久のリフレシア onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd and TexTage.)

beatmania IIDX

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts / Charge Notes	-	701 / 9	1105 / 9	1521 / 6	708 / 9	1167 / 9	1711 / 8	{{{8}}}	{{{9}}}
beatmania IIDX 23 copula→Present	-	7	10	12	7	10	12	{{{9}}}	{{{10}}}

DanceDanceRevolution

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	215 / 35	389 / 13	489 / 21	612 / 13	643 / 37 / 0	379 / 19	489 / 15	606 / 15	640 / 10 / 0
DanceDanceRevolution X2	7	10	14	17	18	10	14	17	18
DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX→Present	7	10	14	17	18	10	14	17	↑19
DanceDanceRevolution II / hottest party 5	7	10	14	17	18	10	14	17	19
DanceDanceRevolution S+	7	10	14	17	-	-	-	-	-

REFLEC BEAT

Game	Level
	Basic	Medium	Hard	White Hard
Notecounts	261	445	929	837
REFLEC BEAT 悠久のリフレシア→Present	7	10	15	14

Replicant D-action
Medal-unlockable Songs	Anti-Matter (Blue) - New Decade (Orange) - Pierce The Sky (Cyan) - POSSESSION (Purple) - Sakura Sunrise (Green) Shiny World (Yellow)
ENCORE EXTRA STAGE	Valkyrie dimension