NORTH
NORTH
Song Information
Artist: WALL5
Composition/Arrangement: HEIGO TANI
BPM: 138
Length: 1:43
Genre: CELTRANCE (ケルトランス)
VJ: ? (beatmania), VJ GYO (illustrations by GOLI) (beatmania IIDX)
pop'n music Character: fili [16]
pop'n CG design: shio (new colors and animations)
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania APPEND GOTTAMIX2 ~Going Global~
Other Music Game Appearances:
Lyrics
None.
Song Connections / Remixes
- A long version of NORTH, titled NORTH (Original), appears on the beatmania APPEND GOTTAMIX2 ~Going Global~ Original Soundtracks album.
- Another long version of NORTH can be found on the INTERSTATE ROCK album.
- A sequel to NORTH, titled south, appears in DanceDanceRevolution (2013).
Trivia
- NORTH's overlays were not retained when the song was revived in beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED.
- NORTH is one of the hidden songs pop'n music 16 PARTY♪, unlockable from April 9th, 2008. To unlock it, clear クラゲータ with the 上下さかさま (Jogesakasama) Ojama. NORTH will be available in the SECRET category for your next Stage.
- As of April 23rd, 2008, it is available by default.
- NORTH's EX chart in pop'n music is based on its beatmania IIDX Double HYPER chart.
- Most of fili's animations were recycled from Caring Dance. However, fili got new WIN and LOSE animations.
- These WIN and LOSE animations and NORTH's background are references to its beatmania APPEND GOTTAMIX2 ~Going Global~ animations.
- NORTH was one of the new songs from pop'n music 16 PARTY♪ that was cut on the next pop'n music title, along with 20,november and Mighty Guy.
- NORTH has never been on a CS release of pop'n music.
- According to TOMOSUKE on his staff comments, NORTH is his favorite beatmania APPEND GOTTAMIX2 ~Going Global~ song.
Music Comment
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Song Production Information
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Video Production Information
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Character Information
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Difficulty & Notecounts
beatmania difficulty rated from 1 to 9.
beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 7 in 4th style, 1 to 7+ from 5th through 9th style, 1 to 8 in 10th style, 1 to 8+ in 11 IIDX RED, and 1 to 12 from 12 HAPPY SKY onwards.
pop'n music difficulty rated from 1 to 43 through pop'n music 20 fantasia. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from KANI KANI CRAB and Pop'n Music Fever.)
beatmania
| Game | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | Hard | Another | Normal | Hard | Another | |
| Notecounts | 464 | - | - | 793 | - | - |
| beatmania APPEND GOTTAMIX2 | 5 | - | - | 5 | - | - |
beatmania IIDX
| Game | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEGINNER | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | LEGGENDARIA | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | LEGGENDARIA | |
| Notecounts | 230 | 305 | 466 | - | - | 402 | 791 | - | - |
| beatmania IIDX 4th style | - | 4 | 5 | - | - | 4 | 5 | - | - |
| beatmania IIDX 5th style | - | 4 | 5 | - | - | ↑5 | ↑7 | - | - |
| beatmania IIDX 9th style→11 IIDX RED | - | 4 | 5 | - | - | 5 | 7 | - | - |
| beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY→15 DJ TROOPERS | - | 4 | 5 | - | - | 5 | ↑8 | - | - |
| beatmania IIDX 4th style CS | - | 4 | 5 | - | - | 4 | 5 | - | - |
| beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED CS | 3 | 4 | 5 | - | - | 5 | 7 | - | - |
pop'n music
| Game | Normal Mode | Battle Mode | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5-Buttons | NORMAL | HYPER | EX | NORMAL | HYPER | |
| Notecounts | 313 | 335 | 490 | 791 | 337 | 490 |
| pop'n music 16 PARTY♪ | 14 | 17 | 26 | 33 | 15 | 21 |