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== [[AC pnm 18|pop'n music 18 せんごく列伝]] ==
== [[AC pnm 18|pop'n music 18 せんごく列伝]] ==
* Graphical data for EXPERT can be found on the HDD, revealing that the original theme for pop'n music 18 was city/town based, not unlike [[AC pnm 19|TUNE STREET]]. This suggests that EXPERT was dropped early on the game's development, making pop'n music 18 the first game since the debut of courses in [[AC pnm 6|pop'n music 6]] to not have the mode.  
* Graphical data for EXPERT can be found on the HDD, revealing that the original theme for pop'n music 18 was city/town based, not unlike [[AC pnm 19|TUNE STREET]]. This suggests that EXPERT was dropped early on the game's development, making pop'n music 18 the first game since the debut of courses in [[AC pnm 6|pop'n music 6]] to not have the mode.  
** There is placeholder data for EXPERT MODE courses, which uses [[AC pnm 17|THE MOVIE]]'s courses, further suggesting that the mode was dropped before the final theme was decided.
** There is placeholder data for EXPERT MODE courses, which uses [[AC pnm 17|THE MOVIE]]'s courses, further suggesting that the mode was dropped before the final theme was decided.
* [[smooooch|smooooch・∀・]] was supposed to appear [https://web.archive.org/web/20170812202527/http://www.konami.jp/bemani/popn/music19/mc/11/candy.html in the game]. Sound director [[Jun Wakita|wac]] scrapped the idea because he felt the song clashed too much with the game's sengoku period theme. It eventually found its way into the next pop'n music game, TUNE STREET.
* [[smooooch|smooooch・∀・]] was supposed to appear [https://web.archive.org/web/20170812202527/http://www.konami.jp/bemani/popn/music19/mc/11/candy.html in the game]. Sound director [[Jun Wakita|wac]] scrapped the idea because he felt the song clashed too much with the game's sengoku period theme. It eventually found its way into the next pop'n music game, TUNE STREET.
== [[AC pnm 19|pop'n music 19 TUNE STREET]] ==
* [[AC jb ripples APPEND|jubeat ripples APPEND]] transplant [[Shounen ripples|少年リップルズ]]'s original genre was going to be '''J-POP NOW!''' according to [https://web.archive.org/web/20180104152658/http://www.konami.jp/bemani/popn/music19/mc/15/ripples.html wac]. He decided against it and went with its final genre '''EMOCTRO''' instead.


== [[AC pnm Sunny Park|pop'n music Sunny Park]] ==
== [[AC pnm Sunny Park|pop'n music Sunny Park]] ==