This page is for the jubeat knit APPEND / REFLEC BEAT song titled FLOWER. For the song of the same title that appears on the jubeat plus EMI ROCKS SENDAI pack vol.1, please see FLOWER (Kazuya Yoshii).

Not to be confused with 華爛漫 -Flowers-, which is often called just Flowers.

FLOWER

Song Information

 
FLOWER's REFLEC BEAT album art.
 
FLOWER's jubeat album art.
 
FLOWER's pop'n music banner.

Artist: DJ YOSHITAKA
Composition/Arrangement: DJ YOSHITAKA
BPM: 173
Length: 2:05
Genre: TRANCE CORE (トランスコア)
VJ: Motion Combat
pop'n music Character: knit [19-3P]
First Music Game Appearance: jubeat knit APPEND / REFLEC BEAT
Other Music Game Appearances:

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

  • A speed remix of FLOWER by Ryu☆, FLOWER (Ryu☆Remix), appears on the cyber beatnation 2 - Hi Speed conclusion- CD.
  • A remix of FLOWER by REDALiCE, titled FLOWER REDALiCE Remix, can be found in SOUND VOLTEX BOOTH.
  • A rock remix of FLOWER by TLION69, titled FLOWER -TLION69 Remix-, can be found in GuitarFreaksXG3 & DrumManiaXG3.
  • Late into FLOWER, the music selection sound from beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD can be heard.
  • The beatmania IIDX version of FLOWER sounds slightly different from the original jubeat and REFLEC BEAT versions.
    • As of REFLEC BEAT colette, REFLEC BEAT has adopted IIDX's version of FLOWER for its notecharts.

Trivia

  • FLOWER is available in jubeat knit APPEND for those who played さよならトリップ on REFLEC BEAT. By then playing FLOWER on jubeat knit APPEND, the song will be available in REFLEC BEAT.
  • In pop'n music 20 fantasia's 6/18/2012 update, knit's 3P color shows in her background the cover art of FLOWER (http://twitpic.com/9xukdq). FLOWER was first made playable in the pop'n music Sunny Park Location Tests as a hidden song, and shortly after, in pop'n music 20 fantasia as part of the pop'n music Sunny Park & REFLEC BEAT collete Location Test Memorial Event.
  • The album arts for FLOWER in REFLEC BEAT and jubeat are slightly different. The flower is red in REFLEC BEAT while blue in jubeat. Also, on the top left corner of the REFLEC BEAT album art, the front of a piglet is shown, while the jubeat one shows the same piglet's rear. (needs clarification)
  • FLOWER is the second song to appear on every BEMANI game series after 凛として咲く花の如く.
  • Graphical data of FLOWER and of a song titled "gloom" can be found in beatmania IIDX 19 Lincle's data.
  • The BGA of FLOWER in beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro shows a live performance of DJ YOSHITAKA playing FLOWER at the Rainbow☆Rainbow Release Party held on 1/29/2012.
    • The intro of the BGA shows the jubeat version of the FLOWER album art, while at the end the REFLEC BEAT version is shown.
  • FLOWER is the first song in the beatmania IIDX series to have a chart with five simultaneous Charge Notes.
    • This is a reference to FLOWER's REFLEC BEAT HARD chart, which also has five hold notes that need to be held simultaneously.
    • pop'n music staff member まめしば mentions that since pop'n music doesn't have hold notes, they had to change that part to a scale note pattern.
  • Alongside connective and Shining World, FLOWER is one of the three beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro default songs with a Single BEGINNER chart.
  • FLOWER is one of the preliminary round songs in the KONAMI Arcade Championship 2012 for REFLEC BEAT limelight.
  • FLOWER's Double ANOTHER chart was locked until December 5th, 2012, when it became available to play.
  • FLOWER received an EASY chart in pop'n music Sunny Park, replacing its old 5-Buttons chart.

Music Comment

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Song Production Information

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Character Information

None.

Video Production Information

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Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12.
jubeat difficulty rated from 1 to 10.
pop'n music difficulty rated from 1 to 43 through pop'n music 20 fantasia, and 1 to 50 through Sunny Park.
REFLEC BEAT difficulty rated from 1 to 10+. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BemaniWIKI 2nd and jubeat@Wiki. Charge Note and Backspin Scratches amounts obtained from Textage.cc.)

beatmania IIDX

Game SP Difficulty DP Difficulty
Beginner Normal Hyper Another Normal Hyper Another
Notecounts / Charge Notes / Backspin Scratches 182 / ? / 0 575 / 12 / 0 915 / 18 / 4 1460 / 19 / 4 605 / 13 / 0 977 / 24 / 4 1493 / 22 / 5
beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro→Present 2 6 9 11 6 9 12

jubeat

Game Level
Basic Advanced Extreme
Notecounts 477 828 939
jubeat knit APPEND→Present 6 9 10
jubeat plus 6 9 10
jukebeat 6 9 10

pop'n music

Game Standard Battle
5 Button Normal Hyper EX Normal Hyper
Notecounts 237 522 940 1331 248 492
pop'n music 20 fantasia 13 22 36 41 11 22
pop'n music Sunny Park Location Test ↑19 ↑28 ↑42 ↑47 11 22
pop'n music Sunny Park→Present 14 28 42 47 11 22

※ The notecount of this chart is different from the old 5-Buttons chart (total notes: 272).

REFLEC BEAT

Game Level
Basic Medium Hard
Notecounts 303 374 713
REFLEC BEAT 5 7 10
REFLEC BEAT limelight→Present 5 7 ↑10+
REFLEC BEAT plus 5 7 10+