V2
V₂
Song Information
Artist: TAKA
Composition: Antonio Lucio Vivaldi
Arrangement: TAKA
Solo & 1st Violin: Tsuyoshi Watanabe
2nd Violin: Akihiro Iwamura
Viola: Tomoko Shimaoka
Cello: Masashi Abe
Strings Coordinator: Miki Watanabe
BPM: 150
Length: 2:13
Genre: PROGRESSIVE
Movie: VJ GYO
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS
Other Music Game Appearances:
Lyrics
None.
Song Connections / Remixes
- V₂ is a game-size edit of V -conclusion-, from dj TAKA's first album, milestone.
- In turn, V -conclusion- is a re-arranged long version of V, from beatmania IIDX 5th style.
- Like the original V, V₂ is based on Vivaldi's Concerto for Violin in F Minor, Op. 8, No. 4, RV297, "Winter", I. Allegro non molto. Other arrangements of the song have also been included in BEMANI games:
- TIEFSEE, a song produced by SOUND HOLIC and dj TAKA, also features a piano excerpt from Winter.
- A remix by Remo-con vs. dj TAKA, titled Konzert V, appears in beatmania IIDX 23 copula.
- A piano arrangement by Sacha, titled 協奏曲第4番ヘ短調 RV 297「冬」より第一楽章, appears in ノスタルジア Op.2.
Trivia
- Much like V, V₂'s video features beatmania IIDX mascot TRAN running down a spiral staircase.
- V₂ could be unlocked in REFLEC BEAT groovin'!! Upper as part of the 10th Set (dj TAKA's SELECTION) of the BEMANI MUSIC FOCUS unlock system. It could be unlocked after unlocking the other four songs of the 10th Set and their respective SPECIAL charts.
- Its SPECIAL chart can be unlocked by winning an online match after unlocking the lower difficulties. Note that the difficulty used for the online match does not matter, but neither local matching nor a CPU battle are allowed.
- V₂ is the only song unlockable via BEMANI MUSIC FOCUS with its HARD chart rated Level 10+ (Level 11 in REFLEC BEAT VOLZZA/VOLZZA 2).
- From September 17th, 2015 onwards, it could be purchased from the REFLEC Shop for 8000 Refle.
- In REFLEC BEAT VOLZZA, it could be purchased in the Garage for 20 VOLZZA KEYs.
- In REFLEC BEAT VOLZZA 2, it was playable by default.
- With 1620 notes, V₂'s Single HYPER chart holds the record for the highest number of notes of any non-long version Single HYPER chart in the arcade beatmania IIDX releases.
- With 1100 objects, V₂'s SPECIAL chart had the highest number of objects of any chart in the REFLEC BEAT series (pre-REFLEC BEAT 悠久のリフレシア).
- V₂ was added to beatmania IIDX INFINITAS on December 8th, 2016 as part of the December 2016 Basic Subscription Monthly Songs.
- From August 2017, it can be purchased with BITs.
- After being removed from the initial release of REFLEC BEAT 悠久のリフレシア, V₂ was revived on September 13th, 2018.
- V₂ also appears as one of the background music selectable to play during Accel Rave Time (アクセルレイブタイム) in SEVEN'S BEAT (セブンスビート), a KONAMI medal redemption game.
Song Production Information
Untranslated.
Video Production Information
Untranslated.
Difficulty & Notecounts
beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12.
REFLEC BEAT to groovin'!! Upper difficulty rated from 1 to 10+, 1 to 13 in VOLZZA/VOLZZA 2, and 1 to 15 in 悠久のリフレシア. (Ratings obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)
beatmania IIDX
| Game | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEGINNER | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | LEGGENDARIA | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | LEGGENDARIA | |
| Notecounts | 400 | 751 | 1620 | 1810 | - | 746 | 1408 | 1686 | - |
| beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS | - | 6 | 10 | 11 | - | 5 | 10 | 11 | - |
| beatmania IIDX 17 SIRIUS→Present | 3 | 6 | 10 | 11 | - | 5 | 10 | 11 | - |
| beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS + PREMIUM BEST | 3 | 6 | 10 | 11 | - | 5 | 10 | 11 | - |
| beatmania IIDX INFINITAS | - | 6 | 10 | 11 | - | 5 | 10 | 11 | - |
| beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE | 3 | 6 | 10 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - |
| beatmania IIDX INFINITAS (2020) | 3 | 6 | 10 | 11 | - | 5 | 10 | 11 | - |
REFLEC BEAT
Old Charts
| Game | Level | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | Medium | Hard | Special | |
| Notecounts | 316 | 477 | 1000 | 1100 |
| REFLEC BEAT groovin'!! Upper | 5 | 8 | 10+ | 10+ |
| REFLEC BEAT VOLZZA→VOLZZA 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | ↑12 |
New Charts
| Game | Level | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | Medium | Hard | White Hard | |
| Notecounts | 332 | 514 | 1043 | 1142 |
| REFLEC BEAT 悠久のリフレシア | 7 | 10 | 13 | 15 |
| BEMANI MUSIC FOCUS | |
|---|---|
| 1st Set (DJ TOTTO's SELECTION) | ABSOLUTE - CHOCOLATE PHILOSOPHY - LOGICAL DASH - era (nostalmix) |
| 2nd Set (TAG's SELECTION) | DROP THE BOMB - AXIS - fellows - MAD BLAST |
| 3rd Set (Des-ROW's SELECTION) | 大見解 - Funky sonic World - BE LOVIN - CURUS |
| 4th Set (Ryu☆'s SELECTION) | GENOM SCREAMS - Presto - JET WORLD - Go Beyond!! |
| 5th Set (TOMOSUKE's SELECTION) | I'M GONNA GET YOU! - the keel - LOVE IS ORANGE - Gamelan de Couple |
| 6th Set (kors k's SELECTION) | Flash Back 90's - White Eve - HELL SCAPER - starmine |
| 7th Set (Users' SELECTION) | 明鏡止水 - Pink Rose - sync - Beyond The Earth |
| 8th Set (PHQUASE's SELECTION) | COSMIC COWGIRL - BOBBY SUE AND SKINNY JIM - 男々道 - Spica |
| 9th Set (wac's SELECTION) | PULSE - GRADIUSIC CYBER - Nova emoção - 踊るフィーバーロボ |
| 10th Set (dj TAKA's SELECTION) | ♥Love²シュガ→♥ - Lucy - GUILTY - V - V₂ |
| CONTENTS SELECTION | ZERO-ONE - MAKE A JAM! - Ping×Pong×Dash - DAY DREAM |