Dragon Blade
Dragon Blade
Song Information
Artist: Kozo Nakamura
Composition/Arrangement/Guitar/Bass/All Instruments & Programming: Kozo Nakamura
BPM: 120 (GF/DM, jubeat), 240 (DanceDanceRevolution)
Length: 1:59 (GF/DM, jubeat), 1:34 (DanceDanceRevolution)
Movie: 帝国少年 and tQy
First Music Game Appearance: GUITARFREAKS 11thMIX & drummania 10thMIX
Other Music Game Appearances:
- DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA
- GITADORA (Mobile)
- GuitarFreaks & DrumMania MASTERPIECE GOLD
- GuitarFreaksXG & DrumManiaXG
- jubeat plus / jubeat plus (Android) saucer pack 19
- jubeat saucer
- jukebeat KONAMI music pack 43
Lyrics
None.
Song Connections / Remixes
- A long version of Dragon Blade, titled Dragon Blade (Version 2.4.1), appears on the GUITARFREAKS & drummania INSTRUMENTAL COLLECTION 2 album.
- The DanceDanceRevolution series use a short version of Dragon Blade, cutting most of the ending.
Trivia
- Dragon Blade is one of three EXTRA STAGE songs in GuitarFreaks & DrumMania MASTERPIECE GOLD, along with VITALIZE and この子の七つのお祝いに. Getting 95-97% Perfects will access MODEL DD4 for ENCORE STAGE, and getting 98% Perfects or more on that accesses Concertino in Blue for the PREMIUM ENCORE STAGE.
- Dragon Blade being crossed over to the DanceDanceRevolution series marks Kozo Nakamura's only appearance in that series.
- In the American iTunes page of the DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA2 Original Soundtrack, the uncut GuitarFreaks & DrumMania version of Dragon Blade is used instead of the DanceDanceRevolution cut on this soundtrack.
- Dragon Blade is available for play in GuitarFreaksXG & DrumManiaXG as an unlockable song in Jukebox #1 (March 10th, 2010).
- As of April 23rd, 2010, Dragon Blade has been automatically unlocked into Standard Mode.
- Dragon Blade was added to jubeat saucer on August 29th, 2013 as part of the jubeat・GITADORA・DDRのTriple Journey unlock event, which started on August 1st, 2013.
- To unlock Dragon Blade on jubeat saucer, while sorting all songs by name, you must press on the panels カ-タ-ナ (ka-ta-na).
- After the event ended, it can be unlocked in jubeat saucer via the bistro saucer unlocking event.
- In jubeat saucer fulfill, it can be unlocked as part of saucer macchiato's Side Menu from April 23rd, 2014.
- In jubeat prop, it can be unlocked by playing it as a BONUS TUNE from May 28th, 2015.
- In jubeat Qubell, it is one of the Garnet unlocks of the dig dig Qubell unlocking system.
- In jubeat clan, it can be unlocked in the jubeat SHOP.
- In jubeat festo, it can be purchased at the emo MART.
- Dragon Blade received a new jacket in the jubeat series.
- As of September 19th, 2013 in GITADORA, the GuitarFreaks & DrumMania series also use this jacket.
Song Production Information
Untranslated.
Video Production Information
Untranslated.
Difficulty & Notecounts
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 10 from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2, and 1 to 20 from X onwards.
GF/DM difficulty rated from 1 to 99.
GF/DM XG and GITADORA difficulty rated from 0.00 to 9.99.
jubeat to clan difficulty rated from 1 to 10, and 1 to 10.9 from festo onwards. (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 | 162 / 0 | 249 / 1 | 311 / 1 | 395 / 1 | - / - / - | 248 / 1 | 310 / 1 | 396 / 1 | - / - / - |
| DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA→SuperNOVA2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | - | 6 | 7 | 8 | - |
| DanceDanceRevolution X→Present | 5 | 9 | 10 | 11 | - | 9 | 11 | 11 | - |
| DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA CS JP | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | - | 6 | 7 | 8 | - |
| DanceDanceRevolution / Dancing Stage SuperNOVA2 CS US/EU | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | - | 6 | 7 | 8 | - |
GuitarFreaks & DrumMania
Original Version
| Game | Drum | Guitar | Bass | Open | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | Advanced | Extreme | Basic | Advanced | Extreme | Basic | Advanced | Extreme | Basic | Advanced | Extreme | |
| Notecounts | 496 | 789 | 955 | 417 | 566 | 646 | 484 | 730 | - | 417 | 566 | 646 |
| GF11/dm10→GF/DM V2 | 30 | 52 | 62 | 32 | 48 | 68 | 31 | 50 | - | 33 | 54 | 71 |
| GF/DM V3→V8 | 30 | 52 | 62 | 32 | 48 | ↑75 | 31 | 50 | - | 33 | 54 | ↑78 |
| GF/DM MASTERPIECE GOLD | 30 | 52 | 62 | 32 | 48 | 75 | 31 | 50 | - | 33 | 54 | 78 |
XG & GITADORA Series
| Game | Drum | Guitar | Bass | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | Advanced | Extreme | Master | Basic | Advanced | Extreme | Master | Basic | Advanced | Extreme | Master | |
| Notecounts | 496 | 789 | 955 | - | 417 | 566 | 646 | - | 467 | 730 | 730 | - |
| GF/DM XG→XG3 | 2.75 | 4.30 | 5.80 | - | 3.05 | 5.10 | 8.00 | - | 2.90 | 4.45 | 5.60 | - |
| GITADORA→Tri-Boost | ↑3.65 | ↑5.00 | ↑6.35 | - | ↑3.90 | ↑5.70 | ↑8.35 | - | ↑3.80 | ↑5.10 | ↑6.20 | - |
| GITADORA Tri-Boost Re:EVOLVE | ↓3.50 | ↓4.85 | ↓6.10 | - | ↑3.95 | ↑5.75 | 8.35 | - | ↓3.65 | ↑5.35 | ↑6.50 | - |
| GITADORA Matixx→Present | ↑4.05 | ↑5.35 | ↑6.35 | - | ↑4.30 | ↑6.30 | ↑8.60 | - | ↑4.15 | ↑6.30 | ↑7.25 | - |
| GITADORA (Mobile) | 3.65 | 5.00 | 6.35 | - | 3.90 | 5.70 | 8.35 | - | 3.80 | 5.10 | 6.20 | - |
jubeat
| Game | Level | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | Advanced | Extreme | |
| Notecounts | 407 | 688 | 914 |
| jubeat saucer→Qubell | 5 | 9 | 10 |
| jubeat clan | 5 | ↓8 | 10 |
| jubeat festo location test | 5 | 8 | 10.5 |
| jubeat festo→Present | 5 | 8 | ↓10.4 |
| jubeat plus | 5 | 9 | 10 |
| jubeat plus (Android) | 5 | 9 | 10 |
| jukebeat | 5 | 9 | 10 |