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)
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 J-PARADISE
- ee'MALL 2nd avenue
- pop'n music 10
- Toy's March 2
Lyrics
Some vocal samples can be heard.
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 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 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
- 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) received a unique video in DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME2. This video was carried to the arcade releases in DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA.
- In pop'n music 17 THE MOVIE, Twin Bee ~Generation X~ recieved a new banner, background, and rival character (TwinBee), replacing RUPA [9], who was Twin Bee ~Generation X~'s character since pop'n music 10. TwinBee has since then been available in the TV/ANIME character category.
- pop'n music 19 TUNE STREET placed TwinBee on the pop'n music 17 THE MOVIE character category.
- Since pop'n music ラピストリア, TwinBee is available in both the pop'n music 17 THE MOVIE and TV/ANIME character categories.
- 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 off of the original pop'n music MISS background.
- Before pop'n music 17 THE MOVIE, the background used by Twin Bee ~Generation X~ was from pop'n music 9's Tower of the Sun.
- pop'n music 19 TUNE STREET placed TwinBee on the pop'n music 17 THE MOVIE character category.
- 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
To tell KONAMI's history, we decided to remix the masterpiece of Twinbee in beatmania.
Isn't it great that we made a song with a ParaPara Eurobeat tone, with the SCC sound of times past for all gamers?
Video Production Information
Untranslated.
Character Information
None.
Difficulty & Notecounts
beatmania difficulty rated from 1 to 9.
beatmania IIDX to 10th style difficulty rated from 1 to 7+ (up to 9th style) or 8 (10th 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 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 | {{{8}}} | {{{9}}} |
beatmania IIDX 4th style→5th style | - | 4 | 5 | N/A | 4 | 5 | N/A | {{{9}}} | {{{10}}} |
beatmania IIDX 4th style CS | - | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | {{{9}}} | {{{10}}} |
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 |