POSSESSION

Song Information

 
POSSESSION's jacket.

Artist: TAG underground
Composition/Arrangement: TAG
BPM: 185-370 (DanceDanceRevolution, REFLEC BEAT), 23-185 (beatmania IIDX), 185 (jubeat)
Length: 1:51
Genre: PSYCHIC FLASH
Movie: ?
First Music Game Appearance: DanceDanceRevolution X2
Other Music Game Appearances:

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

Trivia

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  • During the DanceDanceRevolution X2 location tests, POSSESSION was one of the FINAL STAGE-only songs, along with KIMONO♥PRINCESS.
    • POSSESSION received brand-new EXPERT charts in the final release of DanceDanceRevolution X2. Slightly modified versions of the location test EXPERT charts were later put as POSSESSION's CHALLENGE charts.
    • It also received a slightly modified jacket in the final release of DanceDanceRevolution X2, now colored purple (instead of red) to represent its Replicant D-action color.
  • POSSESSION is one of the Replicant D-action hidden songs in DanceDanceRevolution X2, representing the color purple. To play POSSESSION as a Replicant D-action song, you must get at least 100 difficulty ratings on CHALLENGE difficulty, then get AA or AAA on Pierce The Sky and Sakura Sunrise on the same difficulty.
    • As of February 23rd, 2011, POSSESSION has been unlocked for normal play.
    • Also, as of April 1st, 2011, POSSESSION's CHALLENGE charts have been unlocked for normal play.
  • Prior to DanceDanceRevolution WORLD, POSSESSION's music video is shown in the background of a purple-colored version of the REPLICANT background dance stage and is not full-screen.
    • In DanceDanceRevolution II / hottest party5, POSSESSION's video removes any on-screen dancers and is played in a tiny monitor on the opposite side of the player on Single and in the center on Double/Versus, due to Nintendo Wii memory limitations.
    • This video reuses five DDRMAX-EXTREME background movies.
  • POSSESSION's DanceDanceRevolution charts were created by TAG himself [1].
  • Retroactively, POSSESSION's Double CHALLENGE chart is the first Level 19 DanceDanceRevolution chart, along with Valkyrie dimension's Single and Double CHALLENGE charts.
    • POSSESSION is currently the only song with its Double CHALLENGE chart rated Level 19 that does not have its Single CHALLENGE chart rated Level 19.
  • With 35 Freeze Arrows, POSSESSION's BEGINNER chart has the second highest amount of Freeze Arrows on any BEGINNER chart, beaten only by Over The “Period”'s 40.
  • POSSESSION's BASIC charts held the record for the highest notecount of any BASIC chart, with 389 notes for Single and 379 notes for Double. These records were later broken by Elemental Creation's 438 notes for Single and 427 notes for Double.
  • POSSESSION's EXPERT charts held the record for the highest jump count of any EXPERT chart, with 118 jumps for Single and 116 jumps for Double. These records were later broken by 灼熱Beach Side Bunny's 165 jumps for Single and 151 jumps for Double.
  • POSSESSION is used as background music in a mission on the KONAMI arcade game ROAD FIGHTERS (ロードファイターズ).
  • POSSESSION appears as downloadable content for DanceDanceRevolution S+, in the DDR X2 Special Pack 3.
    • In DanceDanceRevolution S+, POSSESSION's BPM is displayed as 185-371.
  • POSSESSION was one of the qualifying round songs in the KONAMI Arcade Championship 2013 for DanceDanceRevolution (2013).
  • POSSESSION is one of the songs featured on the BEMANI SONGS ~Best of DanceDanceRevolution~ video.
  • POSSESSION is one of the Phase 2 unlockable songs of the Mystery Line event of beatmania IIDX 23 copula. It could be unlocked from May 26th, 2016.
  • POSSESSION retains its DanceDanceRevolution video in the beatmania IIDX series.
  • According to TAG at the KONAMI Arcade Championship 2013, he wanted to keep POSSESSION as "a DanceDanceRevolution exclusive song for a bit" [2], which might explain why it took almost six years for POSSESSION to cross over to another BEMANI game.
  • POSSESSION can be unlocked in REFLEC BEAT 悠久のリフレシア from December 1st, 2017, as part of the Arigatou 1 shuunen kinen campaign!! (ありがとう1周年記念キャンペーン!!).
    • Since March 28th, 2018, it is available by default.
  • POSSESSION is one of the pick up unlocks of jubeat festo's TARGET MUSIC unlocking system.
  • POSSESSION received a BEGINNER chart in beatmania IIDX 26 Rootage.
  • POSSESSION's difficulty level change from DanceDanceRevolution A20 was applied to DanceDanceRevolution A on March 27th, 2019.
  • POSSESSION was added to beatmania IIDX INFINITAS (2020) on May 6th, 2021 as part of the May 2021 Basic Subscription Monthly Songs.
    • From May 6th, 2022, its charts can be purchased with BITs.
  • POSSESSION is available in DanceDanceRevolution GRAND PRIX's GRAND PRIX mode from July 20th, 2022, by purchasing the GRAND PRIX music pack vol.8 (グランプリ楽曲パック vol.8).

Song Production Information

Untranslated.

Video Production Information

None.

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 10.9 from festo onwards.
REFLEC BEAT difficulty rated from 1 to 15 in 悠久のリフレシア. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd and TexTage.)

beatmania IIDX

Game SP Difficulty DP Difficulty
BEGINNER NORMAL HYPER ANOTHER LEGGENDARIA NORMAL HYPER ANOTHER LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts / Charge Notes 272 / 0 701 / 9 1105 / 9 1521 / 6 - 708 / 9 1167 / 9 1711 / 8 -
beatmania IIDX 23 copula→25 CANNON BALLERS - 7 10 12 - 7 10 12 -
beatmania IIDX 26 Rootage→Present 3 7 10 12 - 7 10 12 -
beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE 3 7 10 12 - - - - -
beatmania IIDX INFINITAS (2020) 3 7 10 12 - 7 10 12 -

DanceDanceRevolution

Game Single Double
Beginner Basic Difficult Expert Challenge Basic Difficult Expert Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows 215 / 35 389 / 13 489 / 21 612 / 13 643 / 37 / 0 379 / 19 489 / 15 606 / 15 640 / 10 / 0
DanceDanceRevolution X2 7 10 14 17 18 10 14 17 18
DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX→(2014) 7 10 14 17 18 10 14 17 ↑19
DanceDanceRevolution A→Present 7 10 14 17 18 ↑11 14 17 19
DanceDanceRevolution S+ 7 10 14 17 - - - - -
DanceDanceRevolution II (E3 2011) 5 7 9 10 - ? ? ? -
DanceDanceRevolution II / hottest party5 7 10 14 17 18 10 14 17 19
DanceDanceRevolution DANCE WARS 7 10 14 17 - - - - -
DanceDanceRevolution GRAND PRIX 7 10 14 17 18 11 14 17 19

jubeat

Game Level
Basic Advanced Extreme
Notecounts 488 790 904
jubeat festo→Present 5 9.7 10.6
jubeat (2021) 5 9.7 10.6

REFLEC BEAT

Game Level
Basic Medium Hard White
Hard
Notecounts 261 445 929 837
REFLEC BEAT 悠久のリフレシア 7 10 15 14


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