Himiko
卑弥呼
Song Information
Artist: 朱雀 VS 玄武
Composition/Arrangement: Suzaku, Genbu
BPM: 83-185
Length: 2:12
Genre: ESOTERIC SPEEDCORE
VJ: GOLI
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS
Other Music Game Appearances: None.
Lyrics
None.
Song Connections / Remixes
None.
Trivia
- 卑弥呼 is the ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE song of beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS' EMPRESS PLACE.
- 卑弥呼 marks the first collaboration between Yoshitaka Nishimura and Jun Wakita in BEMANI.
- Also, 卑弥呼 marks the first time when two CARDINAL GATE artists collaborate with each other.
- As it was the case with the ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE songs since beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY, the LED marquee displays a different message when 卑弥呼 is played as ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE: "WELCOME TO MY CONTRY 'YAMATAIKOKU'".
- With 2119 notes, 卑弥呼 has the fourth highest number of notes of any Single Player ANOTHER chart, behind Verflucht†LEGGENDARIA's, Sigmund†LEGGENDARIA's, and Elemental Creation's 2401, 2267, and 2130 notes, respectively.
- 卑弥呼's genre, ESOTERIC SPEEDCORE, is a play on Ganymede's genre, ESOTERIC SLOWCORE.
- Like every 朱雀 song, 卑弥呼 also has the characteristic 朱雀 loud guitar sound.
- 卑弥呼 is the first song under the 朱雀 alias that is not linked to the story of Vanessa de Verdet since CONTRACT.
- The comments of videos featuring 卑弥呼 was considered an inside joke.
- 卑弥呼 received Single and Doubles Black ANOTHER charts in beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS + PREMIUM BEST.
- According to the game files, the name of the golden creature appearing in 卑弥呼's overlays is Orochi. In Japanese mythology, Orochi is a 8-headed and 8-tailed dragon slain by the Shinto god Susanoo.
Song Production Information
Genbu
Because I am just a turtle...
Suzaku
PIGYAPIPIGYAPIPIGYAA?
PIGYAPIGYAPIGYA! GYAPPIGYAPIGYAPI!
(Hey, do you know?)
(Birds can take flight! I CAN FLY!)
Video Production Information
Untranslated.
Difficulty & Notecounts
beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd and Textage.cc.)
| Game | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beginner | Normal | Hyper | Another | 黒 (Black) | Normal | Hyper | Another | 黒 (Black) | |
| Notecounts | 361 | 643 | 1442 | 2119 | 2333 | 640 | 1396 | 2194 | 2333 |
| beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS→Present | — | 6 | 11 | 12 | — | 7 | 11 | 12 | — |
| beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS + PREMIUM BEST | 3 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 12 |