Twin Bee ~Generation X~
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Twin Bee ～Generation X～
Song Information
Twin Bee ～Generation X～'s pop'n music banner, as of pop'n music 17 THE MOVIE.
Artist: Final Offset
Composition: KONAMI Kukeihakurabu
Arrangement: Final Offset
BPM: 168-177 (beatmania, beatmania IIDX, pop'n music), 169 (DanceDanceRevolution)
Length: 1:12
Genre: EUROBEAT (ユーロビート)
pop'n music Character: TwinBee [17]
pop'n music Background: Original
VJ: MORO (beatmania), VJ GYO (beatmania IIDX)
Jacket design: moroEX
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania III
Other Music Game Appearances:
- beatmania IIDX 4th style
- beatmania THE FINAL
- DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME
- Dance Maniax 2ndMIX append J-PARADISE
- ee'MALL 2nd avenue
- pop'n music 10
- Toy's March 2
Lyrics
Some vocal samples can be heard.
Song Connections / Remixes
- The game version of Twin Bee ～Generation X～ sounds very different from the OST version of the song.
- beatmania, beatmania IIDX, beatmania III, and pop'n music all use the game version of the song.
- DanceDanceRevolution, Dance Maniax, and Toy's March use the OST version.
- Twin Bee ～Generation X～ is a remixed medley of two tunes from the original TwinBee game:
- Twinbee's Home Town Song, used as the main background music.
- Fantastic Power, used as the power-up background music.
- A portion of Fantastic Power appears in the re-arranged medley メモリー・オブ・シューティング, from ミライダガッキ FutureTomTom Ver.2.
- A remix of Twinbee's Home Town Song by スーパースィープ, titled TWINBEE'S HOME TOWN SONG （「ツインビー」より）, appears in オトメディウスG (ゴージャス!) and ミライダガッキ FutureTomTom Ver.2.
- Another remix of Twinbee's Home Town Song and Fantastic Power by Sota Fujimori, simply titled Twinbee's Home Town Song, appears in BeatStream アニムトライヴ.
Trivia
Twin Bee ～Generation X～'s pop'n music 16 banner.
- Twin Bee ～Generation X～'s title has had different variations over the years:
- In beatmania IIDX and in the DanceDanceRevolution series from DanceDanceRevolution X2 onwards, the title is Twin Bee -Generation X-.
- In beatmania THE FINAL and in the pop'n music series before pop'n music 16 PARTY♪, the title was Twin bee ～Generation X～.
- From DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME2 to DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA2, the title was TwinBee (Generation X).
- In Toy's March 2, the title was ツインビーユーロビートバージョン ("TwinBee Eurobeat Version").
- Twin Bee ～Generation X～ was added to pop'n music 10 on December 17th, 2003 via ee'MALL 2nd avenue.
- Before pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE, Twin Bee ～Generation X～'s songwheel genre was Twin bee ～Generation X～ (with the exception of pop'n music 13 カーニバル CS).
- In pop'n music, Twin Bee ～Generation X～ is notorious for its strict timing window.
- In pop'n music 17 THE MOVIE, Twin Bee ～Generation X～ recieved a new banner, background, and rival character (TwinBee), replacing RUPA [9], who was Twin Bee ～Generation X～'s character since pop'n music 10. TwinBee has since then been available in the TV/ANIME character category.
- pop'n music 19 TUNE STREET placed TwinBee on the pop'n music 17 THE MOVIE character category.
- Twin Bee ～Generation X～ currently is the only ee'MALL song on pop'n music with a unique character.
- Twin Bee ～Generation X～'s MISS background was based off of the original pop'n music MISS background.
- Before pop'n music 17 THE MOVIE, the background used by Twin Bee ～Generation X～ was from pop'n music 9's Tower of the Sun.
- Twin Bee ～Generation X～ is currently the only song from beatmania III in the pop'n music arcade games.
- It is also one of the two beatmania III original songs still on DanceDanceRevolution arcade games, along with Jam & Marmalade.
- Twin Bee ～Generation X～ also appears on KONAMI SHOOTING COLLECTION, a 10-disc collection of tunes from various KONAMI shooters.
Music Comment
Untranslated.
Song Production Information
Untranslated.
Character Information
None.
Difficulty & Notecounts
beatmania IIDX to 10th style difficulty rated from 1 to 7+ (up to 9th style) or 8 (10th style).
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 10 from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2, and 1 to 20 from X onwards.
pop'n music difficulty rated from 1 to 43 through pop'n music 20 fantasia, and 1 to 50 from Sunny Park onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from Pop'n Music Fever and BEMANIWiki 2nd.)
beatmania IIDX
| Game | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beginner | Normal | Hyper | Another | Normal | Hyper | Another | |
| Notecounts | — | 332 | 389 | 487 | 327 | 443 | 474 |
| beatmania IIDX 4th style→5th style | — | 4 | 5 | N/A | 4 | 5 | N/A |
| beatmania IIDX 4th style CS | — | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
DanceDanceRevolution
| Game | Single | Double | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beginner | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | |
| Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows | 75 / 0 | 112 / 3 | 173 / 9 | 242 / 15 | - / - / - | 111 / 3 | 164 / 13 | 233 / 11 | - / - / - |
| DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME→SuperNOVA2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | — | 4 | 6 | 8 | — |
| DanceDanceRevolution X→Present | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | — | 4 | 7 | 11 | — |
| DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME CS JP | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | — | 4 | 6 | 8 | — |
| DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | — | 4 | 6 | 8 | — |
| Dancing Stage Max | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | — | 5 | 6 | 8 | — |
pop'n music
| Game | Standard | Battle | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Button | Normal | Hyper | EX | Normal | Hyper | |
| Notecounts | 194 | 253 | 348 | 514 | 271 | 315 |
| pop'n music 10→13 カーニバル (via ee'MALL) | 11 | 16 | 25 | 35 | 13 | 15 |
| pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE | 11 | 16 | 25 | 35 | 13 | 15 |
| pop'n music 16 PARTY♪→20 fantasia | 11 | 16 | 25 | ↓33 | 13 | 15 |
| pop'n music Sunny Park→Present | - | 22 | 31 | 39 | 13 | 15 |
| pop'n music 13 カーニバル CS | 11 | 16 | 24 | 33 | 13 | 15 |
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