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== General Information ==
= pop'n music 2 =
[[image:pop'n music 2 logo.png]]


* Released: March 1999
== Release Information ==
* Like the original [[PnM_AC_1|Pop'n Music]], there's only one difficulty level for songs. The easiest is Masara, which is a 5. The hardest is Heavy Metal, which is a 23.
* Release date: March 19th, 1999
* This is the first game in the series to have speed modifiers. However, the only one is 2X.
* Soundtrack release dates:
* This is the first (and only) version of ''Pop'n Music'' to have Scotty D (Scott Dolph) in it.
** [[pop'n music 2 original soundtrack new songs collection|pop'n music 2 original soundtrack ★ new songs collection]]: October 22nd, 1999 (Original), November 18th, 1999 (Revised).
* Famous J-POP artist Ichiro Mizuki sings Anime Hero R. He's had a career in singing songs for various mecha series in Japan since the early 1970s. He also appeared in the first Nintendo 64 ''Ganbare Goemon'' game, where he sang the song ''Ore wa Impact'' (I Am Impact). Incidentally, Anime Hero R is the only song from this game that would get an EX chart in the future, which in did [[PnM_AC_9|Pop'n Music 9]].
 
* Total number of songs: 33
== General Information / Changes ==
* First arcade pop'n music game with HIDDEN, RANDOM, and MIRROR as play options.
* First pop'n music game with PARTY MODE.
* Successfully completing a song now gives you a "You are winner!" message. This message would continue to appear up to [[AC pnm 5|pop'n music 5]].
* This was the only pop'n music arcade game prior to [[AC pnm 20|pop'n music 20 fantasia]] where [[Sanae Shintani]] is not giving her own individual, new song to sing. She instead appears as a back-up singer in [[Smile The Night Away|one song]], and collaborates on [[Cherry&Raquel|another]].
* [[e-motion]] and [[Surechigau futari|すれちがう二人]] are now Second Stage songs. The returning songs from [[AC pnm|pop'n music]] are otherwise in the same stage numbers.
* Total songs: 33


== Staff Information ==
== Staff Information ==
* Sound Director: [[IIDX:Reo_Nagumo|Reo Nagumo (dj nagureo)]]
* [[pop'n music 2 Credits]]
* CG Designer: MiZKiNG
* [[pop'n music 2 OST Booklet Credits]]
* Cabinet (External Appearance) Designer: TORI
 
* Sound Programmer: Y.S
== Game Modes ==
* Mechanical Engineer: yamaken
 
* Hardware Engineer: SENA
* Beginner
* Video Editor: [[IIDX:VJ_GYO|VJ GYO]]
* Normal
* Excite
* Party (New)
 
== Non-Rival Playable Characters ==
These characters don't belong to any specific song.
* [[Nyami]] [2]
* [[Mimi]] [2]
* [[Mary]] [2]
* [[the KING]] [2]
 
= Full Song List =
* [[pop'n music 2 Full Song List]]
 
= New Songs =
''Information of the complete stage select provided by [http://popnfever.s21.xrea.com/popn02/popn2.html this informative pop'n music site.]''
 
= Song List =
{{pnm popn1 Songlist Header|
{{pnm LT Songlist Category|First Stage|bg=#66FF66}}
{{pnm popn1 Song|MASARA|マサラ|[[Sutekina tabla|すてきなタブーラ]]|[[Yasuhiko Fukuda|TABAN KING]]|KARLI [2]|5}}
{{pnm popn1 Song|MELLOW|メロウ|[[Hikari no kisetsu|光の季節]]|[[Masakazu Takeda|ANNA]]|[[SANAE-chan|SANAE♥chan]] [2]|9}}
{{pnm popn1 Song|IDOL GIRL|アイドルガール|[[LOVE FIRE]]|[[Yurica Nagasawa|長沢ゆりか]]|[[JUDY]] [2]|12}}
{{pnm popn1 Song|NEO ACO|ネオアコ|[[(fly higher than)the stars]]|[[Kiyotaka Sugimoto|SUGI]] & [[Reo Nagumo|REO]]|[[Sugi-kun|Sugi★kun]] [2]|16}}
{{pnm LT Songlist Category|Second Stage|bg=#FF9933}}
{{pnm popn1 Song|VISUAL|ヴィジュアル|[[WHITE BIRDS]]|[[Tomonori Ikeda|violent age]]|[[Yuli]] [2]|13}}
{{pnm popn1 Song|AFRICA{{from|[[CS pnm|pop'n music CS]]}}|アフリカ|[[Con te sabi 2119]]|[[Junichiro_Kaneda|J-KANE]]|PRETTY [CS1-5P]|14}}
{{pnm popn1 Song|J-POP{{from|[[CS pnm|pop'n music CS]]}}|J−ポップ|[[Life]]|[[Yoichi_Hayashi|Haya-P]] & [[Ayako Masuda|Maru]]|PRETTY [CS1-1P]|14}}
{{pnm popn1 Song|EURO QUEEN|ユーロクィーン|[[what i want (EURO MIX)]]|[[Hiroshi Takeyasu|T.R.S]]|KoKo|15}}
{{pnm popn1 Song|FUSION{{from|[[CS pnm|pop'n music CS]]}}|フュージョン|[[CROSSOVER 12]]|[[Satoru_Nakata|319]]|PRETTY [CS1-4P]|16}}
{{pnm popn1 Song|DIGI ROCK|デジロック|[[ROSE~koibito yo, barairo ni somare|ROSE~恋人よ、薔薇色に染まれ]]|[[Tomonori Ikeda|BROKE]]|[[Timer]][2]|16}}
{{pnm popn1 Song|ENKA|エンカ|[[Oedo hanafubuki|お江戸花吹雪]]|[[Hiroshi Takeyasu|高田香里]]|S・8・TARO [2]|18}}
{{pnm LT Songlist Category|Final Stage|bg=#CC0000}}
{{pnm popn1 Song|ANIME HERO R|アニメヒーローR|[[Habatake, The Great Gambler|はばたけ、ザ・グレートギャンブラー]]|[[Yasuhiko Fukuda|さくし:RYO うた:水木一郎]]|HIROSHI JINGU|16}}
{{pnm popn1 Song|TECHNO'80{{from|[[CS pnm|pop'n music CS]]}}|テクノ'80|[[Water Melon Woman]]|[[Satoru_Nakata|319]]|PRETTY [CS1-3P]|19}}
{{pnm popn1 Song|POP RAP|ポップラップ|[[Smile The Night Away]]|[[Scott Dolph|Scotty D]]|KRAFT?|20}}
{{pnm popn1 Song|GIRLY|ガーリィ|[[Love Is Strong To The Sky]]|[[Masakazu Takeda|SAORI]]|[[RIE-chan|RIE♥chan]] [2]|22}}
{{pnm popn1 Song|CLASSIC{{from|[[CS pnm|pop'n music CS]]}}|クラシック|[[Chaos Age]]|[[Junichiro_Kaneda|J_KANE]]|PRETTY [CS1-6P]|22}}
{{pnm popn1 Song|HEAVY METAL|ヘビーメタル|[[I'm on Fire|I'm on fire]]|[[Tomonori Ikeda|AD/DA]]|Dami-yan|23}}
{{pnm LT Songlist Category|Hidden Final Stage|bg=#CC66FF}}
{{pnm popn1 Song|J-R&B|J−リズム&ブルース|[[SAYONARA]]|[[Masakazu Takeda|ANNA]]|tourmaline [2]|13}}
{{pnm popn1 Song|LOUNGE|ラウンジ|[[Cherry&Raquel|Cherry & Raquel]]|[[Hiroshi Takeyasu|The]] [[Hiroyuki Togo|Ebisu]] [[Sanae Shintani|Singers]]|[[Reo-kun|Reo★kun]] [2]|14}}
}}
 
= Misc. =
 
Due to limited space in the early pop'n music games, none of the original backgrounds or sprites from [[AC pnm|pop'n music]] are re-used in this game, although all the songs from the original game are in this one. Characters returning from the previous installment have their new sprites replace their pop'n 1 character sprites, or are replaced by another pop'n music 2 character. Characters who don't have match-ups with pop'n music 2 characters (such as CHARLY from [[spicy piece]]) are replaced by MZD, who made his debut in this game. Additionally, all the [[CS pnm|pop'n music CS]] pop'n music songs are represented exclusively by pretty, who comes in five different colors - one for each CS song.
 
Also, none of the hidden HYPER charts for the CS songs are playable in the arcade version of pop'n music 2.
 
== Rejected designs ==
 
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. For the second game, these include


== New Songs ==
* A girl wearing a hat with dog flaps, as well as a jacket, shorts, and big boots (later retooled as White-Merry in [[AC pnm 13|pop'n music 13 カーニバル]])
* [[sutekina tabuura|すてきなタブーラ]] / [[TABAN KING]] / Masara ([[Karli]])
* FAT BOY, who later came into the series with [[AC pns|pop'n stage]]
* [[Hikari no kisetsu|光の季節]] / [[ANNA]] / Mellow ([[SANAE Chan]])
* SMOKE, who was redesigned nine years later and put in [[AC pnm 16|pop'n music 16 PARTY♪]]
* [[LOVE FIRE]] / [[長沢ゆりか]] / Idol Girl ([[Judy]])
* An early-looking W.B.ROSE, who later came into the series with [[AC pnm 6|pop'n music 6]]
* [[(fly higher than) the stars]] / [[sugi & reo]] / Neo Ago ([[Sugi Kun]])  
* A girl in blue overalls, with a multi-colored, long sleeve shirt and red shoes with white stripes. Her hair consists of brown pigtails with a rainbow hat on top, and has a giant pink bear behind her
* [[ROSE|ROSE~恋人よ、薔薇色に染まれ]] / [[BROKE]] / Digi Rock ([[Timer]])
* A human, male samurai (possibly redesigned as S.8.TARO)
* [[what i want (Euro Mix)]] / [[Hiroshi Takeyasu|T.R.S]] / Euro Queen ([[KoKo]])
* Early-looking YOSHIO, who was later put in [[AC pnm 7|pop'n music 7]]
* [[WHITE BIRDS]] / [[violent age]] / Visual ([[Yuli]])
* A see-through Mimi (possibly used as the concept of hone nyami in [[AC pnm 9|pop'n music 9]]), which was later used on the LOSE animation of [[Torte&Parfait]] from [[AC pnm 19|pop'n music 19 TUNE STREET]]
* [[Oedo hanafubuku|お江戸花吹雪]] / [[Hiroshi Takeyasu|高田香里]] / Enka ([[S.B. Taro]])
* A panda bear with a microphone, wearing a yellow sweater with green stripes, brown pants, and light blue shoes (Nyami would later don this wardrobe in [[AC pnm 11|pop'n music 11]] license [[Ore wa Gian-sama da!|おれはジャイアンさまだ!]])
* [[e-motion]] / [[Reo Nagumo|e.o.s]] / Rave ([[Rave Girl]])
* A happy man with purple hair in a yellow space suit, a red star on his knees, shoulder, and shirt, and wears purple shoes / skates (possibly redesigned as Cyber)
* [[Smile The Night Away]] / [[Scott Dolph|Scotty D]] / Pop Rap ([[Kraft|Kraft?]])
* Stereotypical Chinese girl with brown, braided hair (possibly model of LingLing in [[AC pnm 3|pop'n music 3]])
* [[Habatake, the Great Gambler|はばたけ、ザ・グレートギャンブラー]] / [[さくし:RYO うた:水木一郎]] / Anime Hero R ([[Hiroshi Jugu]])
* A woman in a long, blue dress with butterflies on it, with long blue hair that covers up one of her eyes. A flower also dons her head (possibly retooled as Honey in [[AC pnm 8|pop'n music 8]])
* [[Love Is Strong To The Sky]] / [[SAORI]] / Girly ([[Rie Chan]])
* A frog with yellow gloves and looks vaguely like Kermit the Frog
* [[I'm on fire]] / [[AD/DA]] / Heavy Metal ([[Dami~Yan]])
* A girl in a yellow bee costume (early hina?)
* [[Cherry & Raquel]] / [[Hiroshi Takeyasu|The Ebisu Singers]] / Lounge ([[Reo Kun]])
* A nun in purple garb (possibly retooled as Jessica in pop'n music 6)
* [[Sayonara]] / [[ANNA]] / J-R&B ([[Tourmaline]])
* A girl with blonde hair (with three flowers on top of it), star eyes, and wears a red dress and a blue t-shirt underneath it. She's also holding a wand in her hand and is accompanied by a little cat and rabbit (early [[SPACE MACO|SPACE🪐MACO]]?)


== Related Links ==
= Related Links =
* [http://www.konami.co.jp/am/popn/music1_4/html/2chara.html Pop'n Music 1&2 Official Site]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170225120401/http://www.konami.jp:80/bemani/popn/music1_4/html/2chara.html pop'n music 1&2 Official Site] (archived)
* [http://www.psn.ne.jp/~slayer/bemanicd/pm2.html Pop'n Music Original Soundtracks Information]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20171127080113/http://www.konami.jp:80/bemani/popn/music1_4/html/botu2.html Rejected pop'n music 2 designs] (archived)


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