GRADIUS 2012
Not to be confused with GORGEOUS 2012.
GRADIUS 2012
Song Information
Artist: Sota Fujimori
Composition: KONAMI Kukeiha Club
Arrangement: Sota Fujimori
BPM: 180
Length: 2:09
Genre: KONAMI REMIX
Movie: HES (beatmania IIDX), 手段は選ばないQrispy Joybox (BeatStream)
Jacket design: もとこ
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro
Other Music Game Appearances:
Lyrics
None.
Song Connections / Remixes
- GRADIUS 2012 is a remixed medley based on various songs from the arcade version of GRADIUS.
- The songs, in order of appearance: Beginning Of The History (ステージスタート・空中戦BGM)→Challenger 1985 (第1ステージ・火山BGM)→Free Flyer (第4ステージ・逆火山BGM)→Final Attack (第7ステージ・最終のステージBGM)→Historic Soldier (ランキングBGM).
- The first, unreleased version of GRADIUS 2012, titled GRADIUS 2011, was played live by Sota Fujimori in various KONAMI-related events, such as KONAMI Arcade Championship 2011 and Lincle Soundtrack Release Party.
- A long version of GRADIUS 2012, titled GRADIUS 2012 -Extended Mix-, appears on the beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK album, which includes Beat Bank (第2ステージ・ストーンヘンジBGM) and Blank Mask (第3ステージ・モアイBGM) in the medley.
- Another medley of GRADIUS songs by Sota Fujimori, titled Gradius Medley, appears on the GRADIUS ARCADE SOUNDTRACK album.
Trivia
- The video footages in GRADIUS 2012's videos are taken from different versions of GRADIUS:
- The beatmania IIDX video uses the original arcade version of GRADIUS, similar to GRADIUS -FULL SPEED-.
- The BeatStream video uses the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) version of GRADIUS.
- GRADIUS 2012 marks the first appearance of DJ Robo in a video since ラクエン.
- The KONAMI Code (↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← →BA) appears in both videos of GRADIUS 2012.
- According to Sota Fujimori, his favourite game is GRADIUS and its music is what impulsed him to compose songs.
- GRADIUS 2012 was one of the preliminary round songs in the KONAMI Arcade Championship 2012 for beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro.
- In the U.S./EU iTunes version of the beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK Vol.1 album, GRADIUS 2012 is spelled as Gradius 2012.
- GRADIUS 2012 received a unique video, different from its beatmania IIDX video, in BeatStream アニムトライヴ.
- GRADIUS 2012 was moved from the Variety to the KONAMI original category in BeatStream アニムトライヴ on January 13th, 2016.
- GRADIUS 2012 is available in beatmania IIDX INFINITAS as part of the beatmania IIDX INFINITAS 楽曲パック vol.4.
Song Production Information
Untranslated.
Video Production Information
beatmania IIDX
Untranslated.
BeatStream
Untranslated.
Difficulty & Notecounts
beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12.
BeatStream difficulty rated from 1 to Kami (神) in アニムトライヴ. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd. Charge note amounts obtained from Textage.cc.)
beatmania IIDX
| Game | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEGINNER | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | LEGGENDARIA | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | LEGGENDARIA | |
| Notecounts / Charge Notes | - | 465 / 25 | 869 / 36 | 1380 / 36 | - | 532 / 26 | 817 / 39 | 1459 / 41 | - |
| beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro | - | 5 | 8 | 10 | - | 5 | 8 | 10 | - |
| beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA→Present | - | 5 | 8 | 10 | - | 5 | 8 | ↑11 | - |
| beatmania IIDX INFINITAS | - | 5 | 8 | 10 | - | 5 | 8 | 11 | - |
| beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE | - | 5 | 8 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
BeatStream
| Game | Level | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Light | Medium | Beast | Nightmare | |
| Notecounts | 173 | 360 | 572 | - |
| BeatStream アニムトライヴ | 5 | 9- | 10 | - |