S!ck

Song Information

S!ck's jacket.

Artist: Eagle
Composition/Arrangement: Eagle
BPM: 177 (beatmania IIDX), 88-177 (DanceDanceRevolution)
Length: 2:05
Genre: DRUMSTEP
VJ: XTC
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro
Other Music Game Appearances:

DanceDanceRevolution A

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

Many of S!ck's samples and melodies are taken from several of kors k's tracks, collaborations, and menu music from DistorteD and DJ TROOPERS and their respective home versions.
- The track samples are from (in order) Rising in the Sun (original mix), ICARUS, SOLID STATE SQUAD, feelin' me, Lurking Mission, tripping contact, BRAINSTORM, ay carumba!!!!, evergreen, Now and Forever, and Power of Love.
An extended version of S!ck, titled S!ck (VIP), can be found on kors k's sixth album, S2TB Files3:Subsonic Tribe.
A remix of S!ck by Nhato, titled S!ck (Nhato Remix), appears on the beatmania IIDX 20th Anniversary Tribute BEST album.

Trivia

S!ck is the DistorteD x DJ TROOPERS boss song of LEGEND CROSS in beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro.
- In beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA, it could be unlocked with Tran Medals.
- As of July 24th, 2014, it could be unlocked in beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA through the 発見！よみがえったBEMANI遺跡 event.
- As of beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL, it is available by default.
When S!ck is played as a boss stage in LEGEND CROSS, the arcade LED ticker displays "RED BOSS 4" or "RED BOSS 9", depending if you're playing on Old Style x Newer Style or viceversa.
Unlike Kosuke Saito's previous Eagle songs, ICARUS and D, S!ck does not have any BPM changes in beatmania IIDX.
S!ck marks XTC's first contribution to the beatmania IIDX series since beatmania IIDX 17 SIRIUS.
The boss in S!ck's overlays and jacket appears as a grotesque, purple alien; it resembles the creature seen in XTC's overlays of ay carumba!!!!. Its name is S!ck and its element is Soil.
- The appearance of the boss resembles kors k's pose that has been popularized in his Facebook and twitter pages.
- When you miss a note, it will send out a red energy blast that hurts the Qpro avatar.
According to kors k, S!ck's genre, DRUMSTEP, comes from the song genres drum'n'bass and dubstep put together.
S!ck is one of DanceDanceRevolution A's EXTRA SAVIOR Vol.2 songs. It can be unlocked from August 17th, 2016.
- S!ck being crossed over to the DanceDanceRevolution series marks the first appearance of Kosuke Saito's Eagle alias outside the beatmania IIDX series.
- As of DanceDanceRevolution A20, it is available by default.
S!ck is also used as a hidden BGM song in KONAMI's pachislot game, ROULETTE QUEEN.
S!ck is available in beatmania IIDX INFINITAS as part of the beatmania IIDX INFINITAS 楽曲パック vol.3.
S!ck's difficulty changes from DanceDanceRevolution A20 were applied to DanceDanceRevolution A on March 27th, 2019.

Song Production Information

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Video Production Information

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Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12.
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 20 from X onwards. (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 / Backspin Scratches	-	463 / 0 / 0	808 / 4 / 4	1373 / 5 / 4	-	465 / 0 / 0	961 / 3 / 4	1416 / 4 / 4	-
beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro→Present	-	5	8	11	-	5	9	11	-
beatmania IIDX INFINITAS	-	5	8	11	-	5	9	11	-
beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE	-	5	8	11	-	-	-	-	-

DanceDanceRevolution

Game	Single					Double
Game	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	138 / 5	231 / 38	372 / 33	648 / 58	- / - / -	220 / 37	352 / 31	618 / 66	- / - / -
DanceDanceRevolution A (original ratings)	5	8	13	16	-	8	13	16	-
DanceDanceRevolution A→Present	5	8	↓12	16	-	8	↓12	16	-

LEGEND CROSS
CS Crossovers	Time to Empress - mnemoniq
Boss Songs	SYNC-ANTHEM - ΕΛΠΙΣ - S!ck - rumrum triplets - CONCEPTUAL - Thor's Hammer
ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE	Plan 8