FLOWER

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This page is for the jubeat knit APPEND / REFLEC BEAT song titled FLOWER. For the song of the same title that appears on the jubeat plus EMI ROCKS SENDAI pack vol.1, please see FLOWER (Kazuya Yoshii).

Not to be confused with 華爛漫 -Flowers-, which is often called just Flowers.

FLOWER

Song Information

 
FLOWER's jubeat jacket.
 
FLOWER's REFLEC BEAT jacket.
 
FLOWER's pop'n music banner.

Artist: DJ YOSHITAKA
Composition/Arrangement: DJ YOSHITAKA
BPM: 173
Length: 2:05
Genre: TRANCE CORE (トランスコア)
pop'n music Character: knit [19-3P]
VJ: Motion Combat
Jacket design: T田
First Music Game Appearance: jubeat knit APPEND / REFLEC BEAT
Other Music Game Appearances:

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

Trivia

 
FLOWER's DanceEvolution ARCADE jacket.
 
FLOWER's BeatStream jacket.
 
FLOWER's jacket used for the 天下一音ゲ祭 全国一斉認定大会 event.
  • FLOWER is available in jubeat knit APPEND as part of the APPEND FESTIVAL event, by playing さよならトリップ in REFLEC BEAT. By then playing FLOWER in jubeat knit APPEND, the song will be available in REFLEC BEAT.
  • The jackets for FLOWER in jubeat and REFLEC BEAT are slightly different. The flower is red in REFLEC BEAT while it is blue in jubeat. Also, on the top left corner of the REFLEC BEAT jacket, the front of a piglet is shown, while the jubeat one shows the same piglet's rear.
    • The jubeat jacket is also used in DanceDanceRevolution, ポップンリズミン, and SOUND VOLTEX.
    • The REFLEC BEAT jacket is used in ミライダガッキ FutureTomTom Ver.2.
    • FLOWER's DanceEvolution ARCADE jacket features DanceEvolution ARCADE's character MASATO's face instead of the woman in the default jackets.
    • FLOWER's BeatStream jacket features a pink flower, and replaces the pig and the eye with a cat and a paw print, respectively.
  • In pop'n music 20 fantasia's 6/18/2012 update, knit's 3P color shows in her background the cover art of FLOWER (http://twitpic.com/9xukdq). FLOWER was later made playable in the pop'n music Sunny Park location tests as a hidden song, and shortly after, in pop'n music 20 fantasia as part of the pop'n music Sunny Park & REFLEC BEAT colette Location Test Memorial Event.
  • FLOWER is the first song to appear in some form in every active BEMANI series, and currently holds the record for the song which has officially appeared in the most music game series, having appeared in all of beatmania IIDX, BeatStream, CHUNITHM, DanceDanceRevolution, DanceEvolution, GROOVE COASTER, GuitarFreaks & DrumMania, jubeat, maimai, pop'n music, REFLEC BEAT, SOUND VOLTEX, Synchronica, ミライダガッキ FutureTomTom, and 太鼓の達人.
    • As a result, some players consider this an inside joke.
  • Graphical data of FLOWER and of a song titled "gloom" (presumably an early version of portal) can be found in beatmania IIDX 19 Lincle's data.
  • FLOWER's video in beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro shows a live performance of DJ YOSHITAKA playing FLOWER at the Rainbow☆Rainbow Release Party held on 1/29/2012.
    • The intro of the video shows the jubeat version of the FLOWER jacket, while at the end the REFLEC BEAT version is shown.
  • FLOWER is the first song in the beatmania IIDX series to have a chart with five simultaneous Charge Notes.
    • This is a reference to FLOWER's REFLEC BEAT HARD chart, which also has five LONG notes that need to be held simultaneously.
    • pop'n music staff member まめしば mentions that since pop'n music doesn't have hold notes, they had to change that part to a scale note pattern.
    • In SOUND VOLTEX, this section of the song contains a sequence of three screen rotations in a row, first ever time to happen in the series.
  • Alongside connective and Shining World, FLOWER is one of the three beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro default songs with a BEGINNER chart.
  • FLOWER was one of the preliminary round songs in the KONAMI Arcade Championship 2012 for REFLEC BEAT limelight.
  • FLOWER's Double ANOTHER chart was locked until December 5th, 2012, when it became available to play.
  • FLOWER received an EASY chart in pop'n music Sunny Park, replacing its old 5-Buttons chart.
  • In the U.S./EU iTunes version of the beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK Vol.1 album, FLOWER is spelled as Flower.
  • FLOWER is the track used in the BEMANI TV Commercial aired in May 2013 [1].
  • FLOWER's jubeat and REFLEC BEAT jackets appear in a question in the BEMANI Exam on KONAMI's arcade game QUIZ MAGIC ACADEMY Kenja no tobira (クイズマジックアカデミー 賢者の扉).
  • FLOWER received a SPECIAL chart in REFLEC BEAT groovin'!!. It can be purchased at the REFLEC Shop for 1500 Refle, after clearing the chart and subsequently completing the DJ YOSHITAKA Test (DJ YOSHITAKA検定) in REFLEC Dojo.
    • Since July 24th, 2014, it can be purchased from the REFLEC Shop without any prerequisites.
    • FLOWER is the first song to have two charts rated 10+ in REFLEC BEAT.
  • FLOWER was crossed over to GROOVE COASTER EX, maimai ORANGE and 太鼓の達人 キミドリVer. on October 29th, 2014 as part of the Tenkaichi otogesai Zenkoku issei nintei taikai (天下一音ゲ祭 全国一斉認定大会) event.
    • In the other music games, FLOWER uses a slightly modified version of its jubeat jacket, adding the jubeat saucer fulfill logo.
    • Also in the other music games (and the SOUND VOLTEX series as well), the artist was slightly changed to DJ YOSHITAKA「jubeat」より.
  • In the 太鼓の達人 series, FLOWER runs at 346 BPM, double its original speed.
    • This makes FLOWER the song with the highest constant BPM in the 太鼓の達人 series.
  • FLOWER [ 2 ] can be unlocked in jubeat prop's Step unlocking system, by reaching Step Level 55.
  • FLOWER and ちくわパフェだよ☆CKP were the two KONAMI original songs that appeared in SEGA's CHUNITHM music game.
  • FLOWER was added to SOUND VOLTEX III GRAVITY WARS on October 8th, 2015 as part of the 天下一音ゲ祭 全国一斉認定大会 2015 event.
    • It was also added to the BANDAI NAMCO rhythm game Synchronica on October 15th, 2015.
  • FLOWER [ 2 ] was added to jubeat plus on its 3.7.0 update.

Music Comment

An impressive refrain is beautiful, a flower that bloomed inside of chaos.

Song Production Information

Untranslated.

Character Information

None.

Video Production Information

Untranslated.

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12.
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 20 from X onwards.
jubeat difficulty rated from 1 to 10.
pop'n music difficulty rated from 1 to 43 through pop'n music 20 fantasia, and 1 to 50 from Sunny Park onwards.
REFLEC BEAT to groovin'!! Upper difficulty rated from 1 to 10+, and from 1 to 12 from VOLZZA onwards.
SOUND VOLTEX difficulty rated from 1 to 16.
ポップンリズミン difficulty rated from 1 to 10. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd and jubeat@Wiki. Charge Note and Backspin Scratches amounts obtained from Textage.cc.)

beatmania IIDX

Game SP Difficulty DP Difficulty
BEGINNER NORMAL HYPER ANOTHER LEGGENDARIA NORMAL HYPER ANOTHER LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts / Charge Notes / Backspin Scratches 182 / 5 / 0 575 / 13 / 0 915 / 19 / 4 1460 / 19 / 4 605 / 13 / 0 977 / 24 / 4 1493 / 25 / 5 {{{8}}} {{{9}}}
beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro→Present 2 6 9 11 6 9 12 {{{9}}} {{{10}}}
beatmania IIDX INFINITAS (alpha) 2 6 9 11 6 9 12 {{{9}}} {{{10}}}

DanceDanceRevolution

Game Single Double
Beginner Basic Difficult Expert Challenge Basic Difficult Expert Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows 101 / 19 218 / 39 363 / 13 442 / 11 595 / 20 / 0 238 / 14 357 / 15 418 / 13 549 / 20 / 0
DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX 3 7 10 13 17 6 9 13 17
DanceDanceRevolution (2013)→Present 3 7 10 13 ↓15 6 9 13 ↓15

jubeat

Regular Charts

Game Level
Basic Advanced Extreme
Notecounts 477 828 939
jubeat knit APPEND→Present 6 9 10
jubeat plus 6 9 10
jukebeat 6 9 10
jubeat plus (Android) 6 9 10

[ 2 ] Charts

Game Level
Basic Advanced Extreme
Notecounts / Holds 402 / ? 683 / ? 950 / 40
jubeat prop→Present 6 8 10
jubeat plus 6 8 10
jubeat plus (Android) 6 8 10

pop'n music

Game Normal Mode Battle Mode
5-Buttons NORMAL HYPER EX NORMAL HYPER
Notecounts 237 522 940 1331 248 492
pop'n music Sunny Park location test 19 28 42 47 - -
pop'n music 20 fantasia 13 22 36 41 11 22
pop'n music Sunny Park→Present 14 28 42 47 11 22

※ The notecount of this chart is different from the old 5-Buttons chart (total notes: 272).

REFLEC BEAT

Game Level
Basic Medium Hard Special
Notecounts 303 374 713 845
REFLEC BEAT 5 7 10 -
REFLEC BEAT limelight→colette -All Seasons- 5 7 ↑10+ -
REFLEC BEAT groovin'!!→groovin'!! Upper 5 7 10+ 10+
REFLEC BEAT VOLZZA→Present 5 7 11 11
REFLEC BEAT plus 5 7 10+ -
REFLEC BEAT + 5 7 10+ -


SOUND VOLTEX

Game Level
NOVICE ADVANCED EXHAUST MAXIMUM EXCEED
Max Chain 701 1127 2427 - -
Effected By SCライオット SCライオット SCライオット - -
Jacket Artists T田 T田 T田 - -
SOUND VOLTEX III→Present 5 11 15 - -

ポップンリズミン

Game Difficulties
Normal Hyper EX
Notecounts 209 323 504
ポップンリズミン 3 6 10
ポップンリズミン (as of 07/13/2014) ↑4 6 10
APPEND FESTIVAL
jubeat Crossovers さよならトリップ - AREA 51 - Love♥km - I'm so Happy - Macuilxochitl
New jubeat Songs FLOWER - Jailbreak - STELLAR WIND - Theory of Eternity - キルト
怪盗BisCo!!
beatmania IIDX Unlocks パ→ピ→プ→Yeah! - EBONY & IVORY - それは花火のような恋
BeatStream Unlocks Element of SPADA - ジュピターガンズノベル - Ha・lle・lu・jah - FLOWER - ヤマトなでなで♡かぐや姫
魔法のたまご ~心菜 ELECTRO POP edition~ - さよならトリップ ~夏陽 EDM edition~ - 蛇神 - 海神
怪盗BisCoの予告状!!
DanceDanceRevolution Unlocks ビビットストリーム - 爆なな☆てすとロイヤー - 突撃!ガラスのニーソ姫! - ドーパミン
GuitarFreaks & DrumMania Unlocks 水面静かに大地の烈日わたらせて -Remaster- - 炎のDiargos - Sand Blow - 狂鬼村正
jubeat Unlocks ビビットストリーム - パ→ピ→プ→Yeah! - EBONY & IVORY - ミライプリズム(collaboration ver.)
pop'n music Unlocks EBONY & IVORY - 打打打打打打打打打打 - DIAVOLO - ミライプリズム(collaboration ver.)
REFLEC BEAT Unlocks パ→ピ→プ→Yeah! - 爆なな☆てすとロイヤー - 童話回廊 - 音楽 - ミライプリズム(collaboration ver.)
SOUND VOLTEX Unlocks EBONY & IVORY - パ→ピ→プ→Yeah!
天下一音ゲ祭
天下一音ゲ祭 全国一斉認定大会 Qualifying Round songs: FLOWER - Garakuta Doll Play - Got more raves? - きたさいたま2000
Block Tournament songs: FUJIN Rumble - Ignis Danse - Scars of FAUNA - VERTeX
第二回天下一音ゲ祭 Qualifying Round song: マサカリブレイド
Block Tournament song: 月光乱舞
第3回天下一音ゲ祭 Qualifying Round song: 極圏
Block Tournament song: Solar Storm
第四回天下一音ゲ祭 Qualifying Round songs: Scarlet Lance - 怒槌 - セイクリッド ルイン
Block Tournament song: GERBERA
National Finals song: GERBERA-For Finalists-
第五回 天下一音ゲ祭 Qualifying Round songs: ouroboros -twin stroke of the end- - Taiko Drum Monster - Xevel
Block Tournament song: 逆月
National Finals song: TENKAICHI ULTIMATE BOSSRUSH MEDLEY