Twin Bee ~Generation X~
Twin Bee ~Generation X~
Song Information
Artist: FinalOffset
Composition: KONAMI Kukeiha Club
Arrangement: Final Offset
BPM: 168-177 (beatmania, beatmania IIDX, pop'n music), 169 (DanceDanceRevolution), 168 (Dance Maniax, ee'MALL)
Length: 1:12
Genre: EUROBEAT (ユーロビート)
pop'n music Character: TwinBee [17]
pop'n music Background: Original
VJ: MORO (beatmania), VJ GYO (beatmania IIDX)
Jacket design: moroEX
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania III
Other Music Game Appearances:
- beatmania IIDX 4th style
- beatmania THE FINAL
- DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME
- Dance Maniax 2ndMIX append JPARADISE
- pop'n music 10 (ee'MALL 2nd avenue)
- Toy's March 2
Lyrics
None.
Song Connections / Remixes
- The game version of Twin Bee ~Generation X~ sounds very different from the OST version of the song.
- beatmania, beatmania IIDX, beatmania III, and pop'n music all use the game version of the song.
- DanceDanceRevolution, Dance Maniax, and Toy's March use the OST version.
- Twin Bee ~Generation X~ is a remixed medley of two tunes from the original TwinBee game:
- Twinbee's Home Town Song, used as the main background music.
- Fantastic Power, used as the power-up background music.
- A portion of Fantastic Power appears in the re-arranged medley メモリー・オブ・シューティング, from the KONAMI arcade game 極上パロディウス ~過去の栄光を求めて~.
- A game size cut of メモリー・オブ・シューティング can be found in ミライダガッキ FutureTomTom Ver.2.
- A remix of Twinbee's Home Town Song by スーパースィープ, titled TWINBEE'S HOME TOWN SONG (「ツインビー」より), appears in the KONAMI Xbox 360 game オトメディウスG (ゴージャス!).
- A game size cut of TWINBEE'S HOME TOWN SONG (「ツインビー」より) can be found in ミライダガッキ FutureTomTom Ver.2.
- Another remix of Twinbee's Home Town Song and Fantastic Power by Sota Fujimori, simply titled Twinbee's Home Town Song, appears in BeatStream アニムトライヴ.
Trivia
- This song has different backgrounds, banners, jackets, or other related images. For more information, please see this page.
- Twin Bee ~Generation X~'s title has had different variations over the years:
- In beatmania IIDX and in the DanceDanceRevolution series from DanceDanceRevolution X2 onwards, the title is Twin Bee -Generation X-.
- In beatmania THE FINAL and in the pop'n music series before pop'n music 16 PARTY♪, the title was Twin bee ~Generation X~.
- In DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME, the title was TwinBee ~Generation X~.
- From DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME2 to DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA2, the title was TwinBee (Generation X).
- In Toy's March 2, the title was ツインビーユーロビートバージョン ("TwinBee Eurobeat Version").
- Twin bee ~Generation X~ received new Single NORMAL and Double HARD charts in beatmania THE FINAL. The old Double HARD chart was moved up to the ANOTHER difficulty.
- Twin Bee ~Generation X~ was added to pop'n music 10 on December 17th, 2003 via ee'MALL 2nd avenue.
- Before pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE, Twin Bee ~Generation X~'s songwheel genre was Twin bee ~Generation X~ (with the exception of pop'n music 13 カーニバル CS).
- In pop'n music, Twin Bee ~Generation X~ is notorious for its strict timing window.
- TwinBee ~Generation X~ is one of the 2nd PASS hidden songs of DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME.
- TwinBee (Generation X) received a unique video in DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME2. This video was carried to the arcade releases in DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA.
- Before pop'n music 17 THE MOVIE, Twin Bee ~Generation X~'s character was RUPA [9], and its background was recycled from pop'n music 9's Tower of the Sun.
- Twin Bee ~Generation X~ currently is the only ee'MALL song on pop'n music with a unique character.
- Twin Bee ~Generation X~'s MISS background was based on the original pop'n music MISS background.
- In pop'n music 17 THE MOVIE and 18 せんごく列伝, TwinBee was available as a player character in the TV/ANIME character category.
- pop'n music 19 TUNE STREET moved TwinBee to the pop'n music 17 THE MOVIE character category.
- In pop'n music ラピストリア, TwinBee was available in both the pop'n music 17 THE MOVIE and TV/ANIME character categories.
- TwinBee was removed from the TV/ANIME character category in pop'n music éclale on March 22nd, 2016.
- Twin Bee ~Generation X~ is currently the only song from beatmania III in the pop'n music arcade games.
- It is also one of the two beatmania III original songs still on DanceDanceRevolution arcade games, along with Jam & Marmalade.
- Twin Bee ~Generation X~ also appears on KONAMI SHOOTING COLLECTION, a 10-disc collection of tunes from various KONAMI shooters.
Music Comment
Untranslated.
Song Production Information
beatmania III
I set out to make a beatmania remix of music from Konami's flagship game TwinBee.
The ParaPara-style Eurobeat and nostalgic SCC sounds will be a big hit with gamers.
Video Production Information
Untranslated.
Character Information
None.
Difficulty & Notecounts
beatmania difficulty rated from 1 to 9.
beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 7 in 4th style, and 1 to 7+ in 5th style.
beatmania III difficulty rated from 1 to 6 in beatmania III, and 1 to 9 from APPEND CORE REMIX onwards.
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 10 from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2, and 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. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from KANI KANI CRAB, Pop'n Music Fever and BEMANIWiki 2nd.)
beatmania
Game | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Normal | Hard | Another | Normal | Hard | Another | |
Notecounts | 235 | 380 | 485 | 438 | 520 | 538 |
beatmania THE FINAL | 5 | 6 | 7 | ↑6 | 7 | ↑9 |
beatmania IIDX
Game | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BEGINNER | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | LEGGENDARIA | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | LEGGENDARIA | |
Notecounts | - | 332 | 389 | 487 | - | 327 | 443 | 474 | - |
beatmania IIDX 4th style→5th style | - | 4 | 5 | N/A | - | 4 | 5 | N/A | - |
beatmania IIDX 4th style CS | - | 4 | 5 | 5 | - | 4 | 5 | 5 | - |
beatmania III
Game | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Normal | Hard | Another | Normal | Hard | Another | |
Notecounts | 233 | 380 | 485 | 438 | 538 | - |
beatmania III | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | - |
beatmania III APPEND CORE REMIX→THE FINAL | 5 | ↑6 | ↑7 | 5 | ↑6 | - |
DanceDanceRevolution
Game | Single | Double | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Beginner | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | |
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows | 75 / 0 | 112 / 3 | 173 / 9 | 242 / 15 | - / - / - | 111 / 3 | 164 / 13 | 233 / 11 | - / - / - |
DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME→SuperNOVA2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | - | 4 | 6 | 8 | - |
DanceDanceRevolution X→Present | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | - | 4 | 7 | 11 | - |
DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME CS JP | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | - | 4 | 6 | 8 | - |
DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME2 / Dancing Stage Max | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | - | 4 | 6 | 8 | - |
pop'n music
Game | Normal Mode | Battle Mode | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5-Buttons | NORMAL | HYPER | EX | NORMAL | HYPER | |
Notecounts | 194 | 253 | 348 | 514 | 271 | 315 |
pop'n music 10→13 カーニバル (via ee'MALL) | 11 | 16 | 25 | 35 | 13 | 15 |
pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE | 11 | 16 | 25 | 35 | 13 | 15 |
pop'n music 16 PARTY♪→20 fantasia | 11 | 16 | 25 | ↓33 | 13 | 15 |
pop'n music Sunny Park→Present | - | 22 | 31 | 39 | 13 | 15 |
pop'n music 13 カーニバル CS | 11 | 16 | 24 | 33 | 13 | 15 |