VEGA

VEGA

Song Information

VEGA's jacket.

Artist: REDALiCE
Composition/Arrangement: REDALiCE
BPM: 191
Length: 2:00
Genre: UNIVERSAL J-CORE
VJ: Fukutomi wave
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro
Other Music Game Appearances:

• DanceDanceRevolution (2013)
• ミライダガッキ FutureTomTom Ver.2

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

• A long version of VEGA, titled VEGA (Extended Mix), appears on the beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK album.
  • A remastered version of VEGA (Extended Mix) appears on REDALiCE's third solo album, AKA.
• A spiritual sequel to VEGA, titled ALTAiR, appears on Diverse System's RADIAL album.
  • Another spiritual sequel to VEGA, titled DENEB, appears on REDALiCE's second album, EMPEROR.
    • VEGA, DENEB and ALTAiR refer to the stars of the same name that are part of the Summer Triangle, an astronomical asterism.

Trivia

• VEGA is the ACT 2 song of the OUR SPACE WAR (ぼくらの宇宙戦争) event of beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro.
  • The name of the ACT 2 boss is Vega Rabbit.
    • The Vega Rabbit is the only ぼくらの宇宙戦争 character that isn't shown in the beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK booklet.
• VEGA is REDALiCE's first purely instrumental song in beatmania IIDX.
• According to REDALiCE, VEGA took him three days and nights to complete.
  • He also notes he was surprised by the video featuring a "gentleman" instead of something cute, or a girl. Fukutomi WAVE makes note of this in her song comments.
• Vega is the brightest star in the constellation Lyra, the fifth brightest star in the night sky and the second brightest star in the northern celestial hemisphere, after Arcturus. This star has been extensively studied by astronomers, leading it to be termed "arguably the next most important star in the sky after the Sun."
• The man in the video of VEGA is called Galactica Gentleman Vega (ギャラクティカ紳士ヴェガ). According to the beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK booklet, he was originally a soldier and became an alien after being infected by a chemical substance from space.
  • His appearance is possibly a parody of Ameto's appearance in Express Emotion and Little Star.
  • Although he appears to be a boss character, he is part of the song's unique video and not a boss overlay; this means he does not react to player performance, and appears in VERSUS play (whereas other bosses do not).
  • Galactica Gentleman Vega's name is included as the answer to a question in beatmania IIDX 26 Rootage's The Bibliotheca of Mirage (蜃気楼の図書館) event.
• VEGA was added to DanceDanceRevolution (2013) on January 28th, 2014, as part of the Nettou! BEMANI Stadium (熱闘！BEMANIスタジアム) event.
  • VEGA features its beatmania IIDX video (although slightly brighter in the last few seconds) in DanceDanceRevolution, which is full-screen and eliminates any on-screen dancers.
  • Since July 24th, 2014, VEGA can be unlocked via EXTRA ATTACK in DanceDanceRevolution (2014).
  • In DanceDanceRevolution A, it can be unlocked through EXTRA SAVIOR.
  • As of DanceDanceRevolution A20, it is available by default.
• VEGA was the only song in the entire 熱闘！BEMANIスタジアム event to cross either to or from beatmania IIDX.
• From DanceDanceRevolution (2014) onwards, VEGA appears in the DanceDanceRevolution (2014) folder instead of the (2013) folder.
• VEGA is available in beatmania IIDX INFINITAS as part of the beatmania IIDX INFINITAS 楽曲パック vol.3.

Song Production Information

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Video Production Information

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Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12.
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 20 from X onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

beatmania IIDX

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts / Backspin Scratches	-	581 / 0	1061 / 1	1584 / 1	583 / 0	1046 / 1	1670 / 1	{{{8}}}	{{{9}}}
beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro→Present	-	5	9	11	5	9	11	{{{9}}}	{{{10}}}
beatmania IIDX INFINITAS	-	5	9	11	5	9	11	{{{9}}}	{{{10}}}

DanceDanceRevolution

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	129 / 1	296 / 17	459 / 22	605 / 28	- / - / -	283 / 17	418 / 49	576 / 21	- / - / -
DanceDanceRevolution (2013)→Present	3	7	11	14	-	7	11	14	-

OUR SPACE WAR (ぼくらの宇宙戦争)
New Songs	BRAVE GLOW - VEGA - カジノファイヤーことみちゃん - New Lights - Fractal 即席! 脳直★ミュージックシステム - キャトられ♥恋はモ～モク
CS Crossovers	Saturn - Cookie Bouquets

熱闘！BEMANIスタジアム
Main Event Songs	IX (GITADOROCK ver.) - Engraved Mark - HYENA (Live Edit feat. 96) - PUNISHER - Stella Sinistra Squeeze (GITADORA Mix) - デッドボヲルdeホームラン - マインド・ゲーム 轟け！恋のビーンボール！！ (96バット砲炸裂！GITADORAシリーズMVP弾！) - 野球の遊び方　そしてその歴史　～決定版～
Crossover Songs	DanceDanceRevolution: True Blue - 恋はどう？モロ◎波動OK☆方程式！！ - VEGA - Daily Lunch Special GITADORA: いきもの失格 - 少年リップルズ - RAGNAROK - Never Look Back in Sorrow - 情操ディストピア - 愛は不死鳥の様に jubeat: December Breeze - 恋愛観測 - 8 -eight- - Condor pop'n music: 去る金合戦 - Sakura Sunrise - 7 Colors - 雷君 REFLEC BEAT: The Sealer ～ア・ミリアとミリアの民～ - フレッフレー♪熱血チアガール - Evans - sakura storm