AC pnm 3: Difference between revisions

* Released: September 1999

* New announcer replaces the one from the first two games. This announcer would be used until [[PnM_AC_9|pop'n music 9]].

* First appearance of Hyper charts in the arcade. None of the new AC songs have them, though.

* First pop'n game to keep track of your note combo.

* First pop'n game with courses, which are only available to play in Hyper mode.

* Last arcade version to run on BEMANI DJ-MAIN HARDWARE arcade system.

* The soundtrack in this game is the last one to combine both the arcade and the later CS songs from its PlayStation / Dreamcast counterpart on the same CD.

* The songs [[Bit of Love]], [[Let me feel so high]], and [[ENDLESS SUMMER NUDE]] were not released on the pop'n music 3 OST due to licensing issues.

 

* Co-producer: Yoshihito Kato

* Sound Director: [[Hiroshi Takeyasu]]

* Music Director: Nazo^2 Suzuki

* Sound Data Analyzers: [[Jun Wakita]], [[Osamu Migitera]], [[Tomoyuki Uchida]]

 

[[Pop'n Music 3 AC Full Song List]]

These characters don't belong to any specific song and are all playable from the get-go.

* Nyami [3]

* Mimi [3]

* Mary [3]

* the KING [3]

* SHOLLKEE [3]  

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!style="background:#9999ee; text-align: center;"|Genre (English)

!style="background:#9999ee; text-align: center;"|Genre (Japanese)

!style="background:#9999ee; text-align: center;" width="240px"|Song Name

!style="background:#9999ee; text-align: center;" width="150px" |Artist

!style="background:#9999ee; text-align: center;"|Character

!style="background:#9999ee; text-align: center;"|9L Lv.

!style="background:#9999ee; text-align: center;"|Hyper?

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!style="background:#66FF66; text-align: center;" colspan="7"|First Stage

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| MAGICAL GIRL || マジカルガール || [[Koi no Charade|恋のシャレード]] || [[Parquets|パーキッツ]] || Megumi || 9 || -

| G-POP || ギターポップ || [[Take Me To...]] || [[Sanae Shintani|Sana]] || RIE♥chan [3] || 10 || -

| KANGONTG || カントン || [[KANGTONG|和称一起走]] || [[Yuki Kume|Cathy Lau]] || LingLing || 12 || -

| EURODANCE || ユーロダンス || [[Bit of Love]] || [[LITTLE CURE|Super Wink "fut" Ryo Arche Asakawa]] || Dia || 13 || -

!style="background:#FF9933; text-align: center;" colspan="11"|Second Stage

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| SUMMER || ? || [[ENDLESS SUMMER NUDE]] || 真心ブラザーズ || JUDY [3] || 9 || -

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| CELT || ケルト || [[Suichuukazoku no thema|水中家族のテーマ]] || [[Parquets|パーキッツ]] || Poet [3-NEW CHAR.] || 11 || -

| MONDO || モンド || [[Little Robin's Drawer]] || [[Honma Masashi|Uncle Motchee]] || Cyber [3-NEW CHAR.] || 13 || -

|-

| HEARTFUL || ハートフル || [[peppermint]] || [[Yuko Asai|ASAI PROJECT]] (Vo:[[Manami Fujino|M.Fujino]]) || Candy || 14 || -

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| PUNK || パンク || [[Let me feel so high]] || [[LITTLE CURE|Little Bitch.K2]] || Donna [3-NEW CHAR.] || 16 || -

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!style="background:#CC0000; text-align: center;" colspan="11"|Final Stage

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| J-R&B2 || Ｊ-リズム＆ブルース２ || [[Ai wo sagasou|愛を探そう]] || [[Ma-You]] || tourmaline [3] || 13 || -

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| DANCEPOP || ダンスポップ || [[Till the end of time]] || Jullianne & Edison || [[Rave girl]] [3] || 16 || -

| NEW-COMMER || ? || [[un-Balance]] || [[Pappara Kawai|佐藤千晶]] || Kate || 18 || -

| SOUNDTRACK || サウンドトラック || [[Uchuusen Q-Mex|宇宙船Q-Mex]] || [[Yuki Kume|Q-Mex]] || P-1&P-2 [3-NEW CHAR.] || 21 || -

| POWERFOLK || パワーフォーク || [[Nanka hen da!|なんか変だ]] || [[Atsushi Shindo|新堂敦士]] || Ash [3-NEW CHAR.] || 23 || -

|-

| LOVELY || ラブリー || [[8tsuki_no_sayonara|8月のサヨナラ]] || [[Sanae Shintani|Sana]] || SANAE♥chan [3] || 15 || -

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| JUNGLE || ジャングル || [[LA LA LA]] || edison || Bamboo? || 23 || -

!style="background:#6699FF; text-align: center;" colspan="11"|[[PnM_CS_2|pop'n music 2 PS]]/[[PnM_CS_2_DC|DC]] transplants

| CUTE || キュート || [[Again My Lovely Day|取り返してやる！～Again,My Lovely Day～]] || [[Akiko Hashimoto|Akko's]] || AYA [3-NEW CHAR.] || 5 || H

|-

| NEW WAVE || ニューウェーブ || [[Don't Disturb]] || [[Yoichi Hayashi|Color Essence]] || AYA [3] || 7 || -

| URBAN POP || アーバンポップ || [[Prism Heart]] || [[Sanae Shintani|Sana]] || AYA [3] || 8 || H

|-

| LIVE || ライブ || [[Theme of staff roll ～special mix～]] || [[Yoichi Hayashi|きまぐれポッパーズ]] || AYA [3] || 11 || -

|-

| AKIBA || アキバ || [[E.C.M.]] || [[Eiichi Kitsukawa|PAPEHINA]] meets [[Yoichi Hayashi|Haya-P]] || SHOLLKEE [3] || 12 || -

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| CANDY POP || キャンディポップ || [[Give me your pain]] || [[Yoichi Hayashi|Haya-P & Maru]] || AYA [3] || 13 || -

|-

| FUNNY || ファニー || [[PULSE]] || [[Satoru Nakata|319]] || AYA [3] || 14 || -

|-

| NEW FOLK || ニューフォーク || [[Hashire bun! Bun!|走れブン！ブン！]] || [[Akiko Hashimoto|わがまま7]] || AYA [3] || 15 || -

|-

| CARIBBEAN || カリブ || [[Uruwashi no Cardigan|麗しのカーディガン]] || [[Akiko Hashimoto|Akko's]] || AYA [3] || 16 || -

|-

| CLASSIC 2 || クラシック２ || [[R.C.]] || [[Junichiro Kaneda|Waldeus von Dovjak]] || AYA [3] || 18 || H

|-

| J-GARAGE POP || Ｊ-ガラージポップ || [[Miracle Moon|Miracle Moon(お月様が中継局)]] || [[Hiroyuki_Togo|Togo Project]] feat. [[Sanae Shintani|Sana]] || AYA [3] || 21 || -

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| AVANTGARDE || アバンギャルド || [[Bee's Eye]] || [[Junichiro Kaneda|Waldeus von Dovjak]] || AYA [3] || 23 || H

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|}

==Removed Songs==

The following songs from [[PnM_AC_2|pop'n music 2]]have been removed, all of them from [[PnM_AC_1|pop'n music]]:

| [["Baby, I'm yours"]] || REGGAE

| [[El Pais del sol]] || LATIN

| [[FUNKY TOWN '75]] || DISOC KING

== Misc. ==

 

Due to limited space in the early pop'n music games, similar to [[PnM_AC_2|pop'n music 2]], none of the original backgrounds or sprites from the first two games are re-used in this game, although some of songs from 1 (and all from 2) are in this one. Characters from [[PnM_AC_1|pop'n music]] with no match-ups to pop'n 3 characters are replaced by SHOLLKEE, and [[PnM_AC_2|pop'n music 2]] characters who don't have match-ups with pop'n music 3 characters are replaced by ice, who made his debut in this game. Additionally, all [[PnM_CS_1|pop'n music 1 PS]]/[[PnM_CS_1_DC|DC]] ''and'' [[PnM_CS_2|pop'n music 2 PS]]/[[PnM_CS_2_DC|DC]] songs (except AKIBA) are represented exclusively by AYA, who comes in various colors for each song and made her debut in this game.

 

 

The Pop'n Music series has a long history of rejected characters. Some never saw the light of day, and some would later be used many years or mixes later. Character descriptions are taken from the official pop'n music 3 Botsu page. For the third game, these include

 

* Johne, a dog(?) wearing a purple jacket, green shorts, and grey shoes. Possibly the inspiration of Kobe for [[PnM_CS_4|pop'n music 4 CS]].

* Miki, a little, green-haired girl with two plushies to the left and right of her; the former looking like PRETTY, and the other a blue cat. Drawn up by [[p-cat]] for MAGICAL GIRL, but was replaced by Megumi. According to staff comments on the Botsu page, she's much more active than her.

* Yuka, who looks much like Megumi from pop'n music 3 but taller and has her hair in two long ponytails. She was created at roughly the same time as Megumi, but was dumped at the end for her.

* Jhony, a cowboy with a hat that covers his eyes and a clover in his teeth. Originally made for SOUNDTRACK oddly enough, but was replaced by P-1&P-2.

* Ariel, a nun in purple robes. Possibly an early model for Jessica in [[PnM_AC_6|pop'n music 6]]. Scrapped when they couldn't find a song to use her for.

* Kevin (spelled "Kebin"), who was later put in [[PnM_AC_5|pop'n music 5]]. Originally he was intended to be a girl; he was replaced by AYA.

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