Critical Crystal

Song Information

Artist: 青龍
Composition/Arrangement: Seiryu
BPM: 191
Length: 1:54
Genre: DANCE SPEED
VJ: Taiyo Yamamoto
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA
Other Music Game Appearances:

ポップンリズミン青龍パック

Lyrics

Various soundbites are heard.

Song Connections / Remixes

The full version of Critical Crystal, titled Critical Crystal (BD MIX), appears on 青龍's first album, BLUE DRAGON.

Trivia

Critical Crystal is Ryutaro Nakahara's first beatmania IIDX original song under his 青龍 alias since VOX UP from beatmania IIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS CS.
Alongside Adularia, Atröpøs, DARK LEGACY and Overload Frontier, Critical Crystal is one of the beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA default songs to have a BEGINNER chart.
Critical Crystal is the only solo 青龍 song to have its own video.
Critical Crystal is the only 青龍 song featured in the beatmania IIDX series that does not have high-pitched vocal samples.
Critical Crystal is the only 青龍 song that is not a hidden song, but instead part of the game's default songlist.
Critical Crystal's charts were supervised by Ryutaro Nakahara himself.
- Interestingly, measures 73-78 of Critical Crystal's Single Player ANOTHER chart are exactly the same as waxing and wanding's measures 88-89 of the same difficulty repeated three times.
Critical Crystal, 3y3s and BLUE DRAGON mark Ryutaro Nakahara's first appearance as 青龍 in the pop'n music series.
In ポップンリズミン, Critical Crystal is titled Critical Crystal (BD Mix).
Critical Crystal is the first song from beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA to be transplanted to another BEMANI series.

Song Production Information

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Video Production Information

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Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12.
ポップンリズミン difficulty rated from 1 to 10. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

beatmania IIDX

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
Game	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts / Charge Notes	112 / 0	565 / 19	946 / 26	1495 / 31	574 / 23	975 / 26	1429 / 31	{{{8}}}	{{{9}}}
beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA→Present	1	6	8	11	6	9	11	{{{9}}}	{{{10}}}

ポップンリズミン

Game	Difficulties
Game	Normal	Hyper	EX
Notecounts	180	293	429
ポップンリズミン	2	5	8