First Time
First Time
Song Information
Artist: BEMANI Sound Team "Metal Stepper"
Composition/Arrangement: Konami Amusement (96)
BPM: 70-563
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.
- As of DanceDanceRevolution A20, it is available by default.
- 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.
- 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 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's GRAND PRIX mode 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).
- Prior to DanceDanceRevolution WORLD, First Time's BPM was displayed as 70-140.
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 |