SABER WING
SABER WING
Song Information
Artist: TAG
Composition/Arrangement: TAG
BPM: 74-222 (DanceDanceRevolution, REFLEC BEAT), 37-444 (beatmania IIDX)
Length: 1:47
Genre: SHOOTING WALTZ
VJ: F-FLY (18 Resort Anthem→19 Lincle), Unknown (20 tricoro→Present, DanceDanceRevolution)
First Music Game Appearance: DanceDanceRevolution X
Other Music Game Appearances:
Lyrics
None.
Song Connections / Remixes
- A remix of SABER WING by Akira Ishihara, titled SABER WING (Akira Ishihara Headshot mix), can also be found in DanceDanceRevolution X.
- Another remix of SABER WING, titled SABER WING (satellite silhouette remix), was included in a line of EMI USB drives as a special bonus MP3.
- A short version of SABER WING (satellite silhouette remix) was later added to DanceDanceRevolution (2013).
Trivia
- Both SABER WING and HOW TO PLAY mark TAG's first original songs in the DanceDanceRevolution series.
- SABER WING is also TAG's first EXTRA/ENCORE STAGE song on the DanceDanceRevolution series.
- It's also the only new EXTRA/ENCORE STAGE in DanceDanceRevolution X to be composed and arranged by an in-house KONAMI artist.
- On the DanceDanceRevolution X location tests, SABER WING was a FINAL STAGE exclusive song. On the final release of the game, SABER WING is the default EXTRA STAGE song instead.
- However, on the console versions of DanceDanceRevolution X, SABER WING is a default song instead of an EXTRA STAGE song.
- As of May 21st, 2009, SABER WING has been unlocked for normal play.
- SABER WING has a unique video, which is played full-screen and eliminates any on-screen dancers (except in mobile versions).
- Despite having its own video in DanceDanceRevolution, SABER WING did not use this video in beatmania IIDX until beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro.
- SABER WING appears as downloadable content for DanceDanceRevolution S+, in the DDR X Mega Hit Pack.
- SABER WING is used as background music in a mission on the KONAMI arcade game ROAD FIGHTERS (ロードファイターズ).
- SABER WING is one of the Refle unlockable songs in REFLEC BEAT groovin'!!. It can be purchased from the Reflec Shop for 1200 Refle, after clearing the song in the BPM Change Test (BPM変化検定) in REFLEC Dojo, which was added on August 8th, 2014.
- From REFLEC BEAT VOLZZA onwards, SABER WING is playable by default.
- In REFLEC BEAT plus, SABER WING is subject to a bug wherein the large BPM changes are more pronounced than in the arcade, causing some Objects to travel to the bottom of the screen within a few frames. This will be fixed as of version 4.3.0 of REFLEC BEAT plus.
- The update notes for version 4.3.0 specifically mention SABER WING as being part of the reason for this fix.
Song Production Information
beatmania IIDX
TAG
Hello all beatmania IIDX fans! TAG here
I thank you all for the popularity of SABER WING and its inclusion into the game!!!
The song was originally made for DanceDanceRevolution X, and for this song, we incorporated some unique rhythms and a changing BPM gimmick.
I added the BPM gimmick because I felt that the song should coordinate with the moves a person made, and the DDR team also requested me to make a song with some tricks in it.
This is based of a story from Macross, in which the space fighter "Saber Wing" travels through space, encountering many scenarios. (?) It's a bit of a complicated story, and I tend to linger on about too much on it.
DanceDanceRevolution
This is TAG's debut release on DDR. Its unique and catchy rhythm stay on everyone's mind once they hear it. Its peculiar sound is formed by interweaving 3-beat and 5-beat patterns, and creates an illusion of floating in the air for the listener. You won't find such a feeling in other songs! Can you follow its roller coaster BPM and tricky rhythm?
Video Production Information
None.
Difficulty & Notecounts
beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12.
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 20 from X onwards.
REFLEC BEAT to groovin'!! Upper difficulty rated from 1 to 10+, and from 1 to 12 from VOLZZA onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd and Textage.cc.)
beatmania IIDX
| Game | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEGINNER | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | LEGGENDARIA | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | LEGGENDARIA | |
| Notecounts | - | 282 | 952 | 1438 | 372 | 928 | 1549 | {{{8}}} | {{{9}}} |
| beatmania IIDX 18 Resort Anthem→Present | - | 5 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 12 | {{{9}}} | {{{10}}} |
DanceDanceRevolution
| Game | Single | Double | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beginner | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | |
| Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows | 162 / 0 | 258 / 24 | 346 / 33 | 442 / 24 | 389 / 18 / 59 | 271 / 9 | 330 / 17 | 433 / 13 | 389 / 13 / 48 |
| DanceDanceRevolution X | 5 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 13 |
| DanceDanceRevolution X2→Present | 5 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 8 | ↑12 | 13 | 13 |
| DanceDanceRevolution X CS US/JP | 5 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 13 |
| DanceDanceRevolution S | 5 | 8 | 10 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - |
| DanceDanceRevolution S+ | 5 | 8 | 10 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - |
REFLEC BEAT
| Game | Level | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | Medium | Hard | Special | |
| Notecounts | 186 | 342 | 648 | - |
| REFLEC BEAT groovin'!!→Present | 4 | 7 | 10 | - |
| REFLEC BEAT plus | 4 | 7 | 10 | - |