Pop'n music Glossary: Difference between revisions

:You and one other person play simplified charts of only three buttons each (the white, green, and yellow buttons on both sides of the controller), with the goal being to get the most points across three stages. Score enough points and you can unleash various ojamas at certain levels, with 4/MAX being the highest. Songs originally only had one set of Battle charts, but beginning with [[PnM_AC_8|pop'n music 8]], Hyper Battle charts were added. (Note that not all pop'n music songs, even in the latest games, have Hyper Battle charts.) This mode was not in [[PnM_CS_6|pop'n music 6 CS]], but it was present on all the PS2 installments save [[PnM_CS_Best_Hits|pop'n music Best Hits!]]. [[PnM_CS_7|pop'n music 7 CS]] and [[PnM CS Portable|pop'n music portable]] have only one set of Battle Mode charts available.

:[[PnM_AC_13|pop'n music 13 カーニバル]]

:A note that registers more accurate than a Great. First introduced in courses, but later spun off into its own mode in [[PnM_AC_13|pop'n music 13 カーニバル]] called "超CHALLENGEモード". Cools can also be played in Free Mode in [[PnM_CS_14|pop'n music 14 FEVER! CS]]; scores with/without Cools are stored separately. ([[PnM_CS_13|pop'n music 13 カーニバル CS]] lets you play with Cools on in Free Mode, but doesn't display the scores in Records.) In [[PnM CS Portable|pop'n music portable]] and [[PnM CS Portable_2|its sequel]], cools are ''always'' on.

:Courses are an arcade mode of play where you play four predetermined songs back to back on a single life bar. The bar barely increases during play, and barely fills up between songs. An empty bar results in your immediate disqualification, though you can still enter your name if you got a high enough score on the rankings. In the pop'n music CS games [[PnM_CS_6|6]] through [[PnM_CS_8|8]], certain songs can only be played in Game/Free Mode by playing them in courses. :[[PnM_AC_17|pop'n music 17 THE MOVIE]] marks the final appearance of courses to date in the arcade; Expert Courses were dropped in [[PnM_AC_18|pop'n music 18 せんごく列伝]].

:The name of a course in pop'n music (usually) containing the four hardest new songs in the game. It is often one of the final unlocks in any given pop'n music game. Since [[PnM_AC_8|pop'n music 8]], HELL courses have had exclusively EX charts in them. It is also the name of an ojama that punishes you severely for missing a note when activated. There are no hell courses after [[PnM_AC_17|pop'n music 17 THE MOVIE]], since there have been no Expert Courses in the series since then.