DeltaMAX

ΔMAX

Song Information

ΔMAX's jacket.

Artist: DM Ashura
Composition: NM SEQUENCE UNLIMITED
Arrangement: DM Ashura
BPM: 100-600 (DanceDanceRevolution), 100-573 (REFLEC BEAT)
Length: 2:06
Movie: Digital Media Lab., Inc.
First Music Game Appearance: DanceDanceRevolution UNIVERSE3
Other Music Game Appearances:

• DanceDanceRevolution X2
• REFLEC BEAT groovin'!! Upper

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

• ΔMAX contains samples songs of the MAX series of boss songs, most notably from MAX 300 and The legend of MAX.
• An early version of ΔMAX was used in the DDR Forever cabinet at the Tokyo Game Action event. This early version has softer keyboards and it lacks the explosion sounds every 100 BPM milestones of the song.

Trivia

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• ΔMAX was originally the EXTRA STAGE of DDR Forever, a fan-made DanceDanceRevolution game that was run by the StepMania simulator.
  • The song was intended to be only playable in DDR Forever, but eventually the simfile was leaked online.
  • As such, ΔMAX is the first BEMANI song that was first originated on a BEMANI simulator.
• ΔMAX, along with aftershock!! and Your Angel being crossed over mark William Shillito's first appearance in the arcade DanceDanceRevolution series.
• Prior to DanceDanceRevolution WORLD, ΔMAX's music video, based on DanceDanceRevolution UNIVERSE3's generic videos, is shown full screen, eliminating any on-screen dancers.
  • In DanceDanceRevolution II / hottest party5, ΔMAX's video 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.
• ΔMAX's BPM starts at 100 and gradually builds up by 1 BPM per quarter beat until it hits 573 BPM. This is shown by its unique video.
  • The same sound effect is played every time the BPM hits a multiple of 100; this is accompanied in ΔMAX's video with a cut-in announcing a new "section".
  • A post by DM Ashura on reddit details ΔMAX's BPM changes.
  • With 473 BPM changes, ΔMAX holds the record of having highest number of BPM changes of any BEMANI song.
  • ΔMAX's final BPM, 573, is a reference to the KONAMI number.
    • Also, ΔMAX's EXPERT charts have 573 notes.
  • Prior to DanceDanceRevolution WORLD, ΔMAX's maximum BPM is shown as 573.
• Δ is the uppercase Greek letter "Delta", the fourth letter in the Greek alphabet. In mathematics and science, an uppercase Δ is a common abbreviation for "change" (e.g. Δx is shorthand for "change in x").
  • This might be a reference to ΔMAX's constant gradual BPM changes.
• In DanceDanceRevolution UNIVERSE3, ΔMAX can be unlocked in QUEST MODE by beating Simba on the final floor of the Universe Tower.
• As of December 24th, 2010, ΔMAX's CHALLENGE charts have been made available for play in DanceDanceRevolution X2. These charts were written by DM Ashura himself as the original EXPERT charts planned for ΔMAX.
  • ΔMAX's CHALLENGE charts were not playable in the North American/European arcade release of DanceDanceRevolution X2 due to the lack of e-AMUSEMENT in those regions.
• ΔMAX appears as downloadable content for DanceDanceRevolution S+, in the Mega Mix 6 pack.
• ΔMAX is used as background music in a mission on the KONAMI arcade game ROAD FIGHTERS (ロードファイターズ).
• In DanceDanceRevolution II / hottest party5, ΔMAX is one of the Replicant D-action hidden songs.
• ΔMAX can be unlocked in REFLEC BEAT groovin'!! Upper from July 26th, 2015 as part of the BEMANI SUMMER DIARY 2015 event.
  • In REFLEC BEAT VOLZZA, it could be purchased in the Garage from November 16th, 2015 after obtaining 20 VOLZZA KEYs.
    • In REFLEC BEAT VOLZZA 2, it was playable by default.
  • ΔMAX being crossed over marks William Shillito's only appearance in the REFLEC BEAT series.
  • Also ΔMAX, reaching up to 573 BPM, holds the record for the song with the highest BPM at any point in the REFLEC BEAT series, topping 音楽's 520.
• ΔMAX is the first DanceDanceRevolution crossover song in REFLEC BEAT with a HARD chart rated Level 10+ (11 in REFLEC BEAT VOLZZA/VOLZZA 2).
• When sorted alphabetically, ΔMAX was sorted under the "number & symbol" (数字 記号) folder in DanceDanceRevolution (2013) and DanceDanceRevolution (2014). The name of this folder changed to "NUMBER" in DanceDanceRevolution A, which resulted in ΔMAX being erroneously sorted under it. This was fixed on June 9th, 2016 by moving ΔMAX to the "D" folder.
• ΔMAX was one of the qualifying round songs in the The 6th KONAMI Arcade Championship for DanceDanceRevolution A.
• ΔMAX's difficulty level change from DanceDanceRevolution A20 was applied to DanceDanceRevolution A on March 27th, 2019.
• After being removed from the initial release of REFLEC BEAT 悠久のリフレシア, ΔMAX was revived on December 18th, 2019.
• ΔMAX is available in DanceDanceRevolution GRAND PRIX's GRAND PRIX mode from December 20th, 2021, by purchasing the GRAND PRIX music pack vol.1 (グランプリ楽曲パック vol.1).

Song Production Information

None.

Difficulty & Notecounts

DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 10 from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2, and 1 to 20 from X onwards.
REFLEC BEAT to groovin'!! Upper difficulty rated from 1 to 10+, 1 to 13 in VOLZZA/VOLZZA 2, and 1 to 15 in 悠久のリフレシア. (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	130 / 0	163 / 0	464 / 16	573 / 110	595 / 60 / 0	262 / 6	463 / 40	573 / 14	595 / 60 / 0
DanceDanceRevolution UNIVERSE3	N/A	3	8	10	-	6	8	10	-
DanceDanceRevolution S+	3	5	13	17	-	-	-	-	-
DanceDanceRevolution II / hottest party5	3	5	13	17	17	7	13	17	17
DanceDanceRevolution GRAND PRIX	3	5	13	17	17	8	14	17	18
DanceDanceRevolution X2	3	5	13	17	17	7	13	17	17
DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX→(2014)	3	5	13	17	17	7	13	17	↑18
DanceDanceRevolution A→A20	3	5	13	17	17	7	↑14	17	18
DanceDanceRevolution A20 PLUS→Present	3	5	13	17	17	↑8	14	17	18

REFLEC BEAT

Old Charts

Game	Level
	Basic	Medium	Hard	Special
Notecounts	133	285	533	-
REFLEC BEAT groovin'!! Upper	5	8	10+	-
REFLEC BEAT VOLZZA→VOLZZA 2	5	8	11	-

New Charts

Game	Level
	Basic	Medium	Hard	White Hard
Notecounts	246	479	854	-
REFLEC BEAT 悠久のリフレシア	7	10	14	-

MAX song series
Main Series	MAX 300 - MAXX UNLIMITED - The legend of MAX
Remixes / Related Songs	MAX.(period) - MAX 300 (Super-Max-Me Mix) - Fascination MAXX - Fascination ～eternal love mix～ - ΔMAX MAX 300 takamatt MIN REMIX - MAX 360