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'''''pop'n music''''' (ポップンミュージック), commonly shortened to '''''pop'n''''' or '''''PoMu'''''), is a music video game in KONAMI's [[BEMANI]] series. The game is notable for its bright colors, upbeat songs, and cute character graphics. Although pop'n music appears to be targeted for younger children, its difficulty at higher levels has attracted many players of [[beatmania Information|beatmania]] and other BEMANI games. Originally released in 1998, the game has had several home releases in Japan as well as many arcade versions. | '''''pop'n music''''' (ポップンミュージック), commonly shortened to '''''pop'n''''' or '''''PoMu'''''), is a music video game in KONAMI's [[BEMANI]] series. The game is notable for its bright colors, upbeat songs, and cute character graphics. Although pop'n music appears to be targeted for younger children, its difficulty at higher levels has attracted many players of [[beatmania Information|beatmania]] and other BEMANI games. Originally released in 1998, the game has had several home releases in Japan as well as many arcade versions. | ||
== Gameplay == | == Gameplay == | ||
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== Design == | == Design == | ||
Compared to the rest of the BEMANI series, pop'n music has a very happy and upbeat feel to it. The graphics are brightly colored and primarily solid shapes, rather than the metallic and textured interfaces of other BEMANI. As in earlier [[DanceDanceRevolution Information|DanceDanceRevolution]] versions, players may choose a character to play as | Compared to the rest of the BEMANI series, pop'n music has a very happy and upbeat feel to it. The graphics are brightly colored and primarily solid shapes, rather than the metallic and textured interfaces of other BEMANI. As in earlier [[DanceDanceRevolution Information|DanceDanceRevolution]] versions, players may choose a character to play as. | ||
Unlike other BEMANI games, pop'n music has no other visuals except the character you chose, the character for the song you are playing, and the notes coming down to the bar at the bottom. Where beatmania and [[What is beatmania IIDX|beatmania IIDX]] have videos of some kind, pop'n music has no video at all. | |||
Starting in [[AC pnm 8|pop'n music 8]], each game has had a seperate theme that ties to into the whole game's interface (as well as its official website). The themes are listed below as follows; | Starting in [[AC pnm 8|pop'n music 8]], each game has had a seperate theme that ties to into the whole game's interface (as well as its official website). The themes are listed below as follows; | ||
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* pop'n music うさぎと猫と少年の夢: steampunk | * pop'n music うさぎと猫と少年の夢: steampunk | ||
* pop'n music peace: 20th anniversary / "back to the roots" | * pop'n music peace: 20th anniversary / "back to the roots" | ||
The songs used to be sorted by genres up until [[AC pnm SP|pop'n music Sunny Park]], and while genres for older songs were not removed, the default sorting was changed to song titles since ラピストリア. | |||
Each song has a NORMAL difficulty, most songs have a HYPER difficulty (with harder notes), and some songs have an EX difficulty (with very hard notes). Since [[AC pnm 15|pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE]], all brand-new songs introduced into each pop'n music title have all difficulties mentioned above. | |||
== Console versions == | |||
''The following games have only been released in Japan and Asia.'' | |||
[[CS pnm|pop'n music]] and [[CS pnm 2|pop'n music 2]] were released on the PlayStation and the Dreamcast, and for both consoles two further [[APPEND DISC]]s were released: [[CS pnm 3|pop'n music 3]] and [[CS pnm 4|pop'n music 4]]. These latter two versions required a [[KEY DISC]], i.e. one had to already possess pop'n music 2. A special controller featuring the nine colored buttons of the arcade version of the game was released for both consoles. | |||
[[CS pnm 5|pop'n music 5]], [[CS pnm 6|pop'n music 6]], [[CS pnm Animelo|pop'n music アニメーションメロディ]] and [[CS pnm DISNEY|pop'n music DISNEY TUNES]] were then released for the PlayStation, but there were no further releases on the Dreamcast. pop'n music 5 and 6 could be used as KEY DISCs to play the APPEND DISCs mentioned above. | |||
[[CS pnm 7|pop'n music 7]] through [[CS pnm 14|14 FEVER!]] were released on the PlayStation 2, as well as an anthology version, [[CS pnm Best Hits|pop'n music Best Hits!]]. | |||
The Game Boy Color also had three pop'n music games: [[CS pnm GB|pop'n music GB]], [[CS pnm GB Animelo|GB アニメーションメロディ]], and [[CS pnm GB DISNEY|GB DISNEY TUNES]]. | |||
Continuing the arcade releases, PlayStation Portable had two releases: [[CS pnm portable|pop'n music portable]] and [[CS pnm portable 2|portable 2]], which were based on [[AC pnm 15|pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE]] and [[AC pnm 16|16 PARTY♪]] respectively. | |||
== [[pop'n stage Information|pop'n stage]] == | == [[pop'n stage Information|pop'n stage]] == | ||
''pop'n stage'' is a spin-off of the pop'n music series that mixes the pop'n music design and songs with DanceDanceRevolution-like gameplay. For more information, please see [[What is pop'n stage|this page]]. | '''''pop'n stage''''' is a spin-off of the pop'n music series that mixes the pop'n music design and songs with DanceDanceRevolution-like gameplay. For more information, please see [[What is pop'n stage|this page]]. | ||
= External links = | = External links = | ||