First Time

First Time

Song Information

 
First Time's jacket.

Artist: BEMANI Sound Team "Metal Stepper"
Composition/Arrangement: Konami Amusement (96)
BPM: 70-140
Length: 1:40
Jacket design: Kaito
First Music Game Appearance: DanceDanceRevolution A
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

None.

Trivia

  • First Time is one of the qualifying round songs in the The 8th KONAMI Arcade Championship for DanceDanceRevolution A. It could be unlocked from November 29th, 2018 to January 7th, 2019 by having entered The 8th KONAMI Arcade Championship.
  • Despite that First Time's BPM is shown as 70-140, its maximum BPM reaches 560.
  • First Time is Daisuke Kurosawa's final original song in BEMANI, as well as his first song to appear in a BEMANI game since his departure from KONAMI.
    • According to Daisuke, First Time was made two years before its actual debut in DanceDanceRevolution A, back when he was still an in-house composer [1].
      • First Time's jacket does not contain the "BEMANI Sound Team" branding, as the jacket was likely made before October 2017, when songs started being credited to BEMANI Sound Team.
  • First Time marks Daisuke Kurosawa's first and only use of his Metal Stepper alias in BEMANI.
  • First Time's difficulty changes from DanceDanceRevolution A20 were applied to DanceDanceRevolution A on March 27th, 2019.
  • First Time is available in DanceDanceRevolution GRAND PRIX from May 8th, 2024, by purchasing the GRAND PRIX music pack vol.25 (グランプリ楽曲パック vol.25).

Song Production Information

Untranslated.

Difficulty & Notecounts

DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 20 from X onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

Game Single Double
Beginner Basic Difficult Expert Challenge Basic Difficult Expert Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows 86 / 3 173 / 10 303 / 8 440 / 8 554 / 11 / 0 171 / 10 296 / 7 438 / 8 552 / 10 / 0
DanceDanceRevolution A (original ratings) 4 7 11 15 17 7 11 15 17
DanceDanceRevolution A→Present 4 7 11 15 ↑18 7 11 15 ↑18
DanceDanceRevolution GRAND PRIX 4 7 11 15 18 7 11 15 18