Ganymede
Ganymede
Song Information
Artist: 玄武
Composition/Arrangement: Genbu
BPM: 72-82
Length: 2:06
Genre: ESOTERIC SLOWCORE
Movie: ? (overlays by HES)
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD
Other Music Game Appearances: None.
Lyrics
None.
Song Connections / Remixes
- Ganymede is part of wac's Zodiac song series, representing Aquarius.
- A long version of Ganymede appears in the CARDINAL GATE conclusion album, included with beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD CS's special edition. This long version was arranged by Arata Iiyoshi.
- A remix of Ganymede by kamome sano, titled Ganymede kamome mix, appears in SOUND VOLTEX BOOTH.
Trivia
- This song has different backgrounds, banners, jackets, or other related images. For more information, please see this page.
- Ganymede is one of the four CARDINAL GATE EXTRA STAGE songs, featuring a green colored skin.
- In Greek mythology Ganymede was the most beautiful man who ever lived. Zeus kidnaps him with very large birds and he lives out his life in Olympus.
- Ganymede is also the name of one of Jupiter's Galileo moons, and the song may refer to its lonely and desolate nature.
- Ganymede is the slowest of the CARDINAL GATE songs, and has the lowest maximum BPM of any EXTRA STAGE song in beatmania IIDX.
- Genbu is a Chinese god that is a turtle.
- Ganymede's video features a green Armored Core-style robot-like character as the embodiment of Genbu.
- Ganymede was one of the qualifying round songs in the The 6th KONAMI Arcade Championship for beatmania IIDX 24 SINOBUZ.
- Ganymede is unlockable in beatmania IIDX INFINITAS from December 6th, 2017, after purchasing its charts with BITs.
- Ganymede received LEGGENDARIA charts in beatmania IIDX 28 BISTROVER. These charts could be unlocked via ARENA MODE from April 1st, 2021 through April 14th, 2021 by collecting 100 ARENA CUBES.
- From February 14th, 2022, these charts could be purchased in beatmania IIDX 29 CastHour with Archive Links (アーカイブリンク).
- As of beatmania IIDX 30 RESIDENT, they are available by default.
Song Production Information
Genbu
Hello. I'm Kametaro Kameda, who's portraying Genbu this time.
You can't defeat me. There isn't an opportunity to defeat me. After the match, I'll enthusiastically sing "FANTASY" in the ring. (Today's joke)
When I received the request, "you're a turtle. A clumsy and slow turtle", I became a turtle in my body and heart. I'm sorry, this body's useless.
Since somehow becoming one of the Four Heavenly Kings is difficult, I tried to express a turtle's strengths.
After all, it's a turtle.
It's slow. It's very slow. That's why it's late.
After all, it's a turtle.
It's sturdy. It has high defensive strength. It brushes off players' attacks.
After all, it's a turtle.
It's in the water. It sways. The notecharts express the flowing water.
After all, it's a turtle.
The second half is a decisive battle. The rabbit overtakes it. That's called "slowly becoming hostile". (Today's joke)
In other words.
It doesn't matter if it's a good song or not. Anyways, it's a turtle-ish song.
It doesn't matter if the charts are enjoyable or not. Anyways, they are charts which can decently prevent ONE MORE from appearing.
Since that was my task, I'm satisfied with my own sense of achievement.
I did it, Kametaro did it, he ended up doing it, I'm sorry.
I could've been a bit more lenient with the BPM and density, but with the appearance of SUDDEN+ and HI-SPEED 5.0, I finally dared to rage against children in this kind of world who "love fast songs and hate slow songs".
To those skilled enough, by all means, please try to play it without using modifiers.
No HI-SPEED and no modifiers are sometimes good.
I don't know if it's a good idea to do that in this song.
The song title came from
Turtle → green turtle → giant turtle → sea turtle → soup → scary → ghost → something damp → water turtle → water jug → the result of Ganymede and a lonely, magical banana.
He's a so-called idiot.
I'm looking forward to your support in the future.
Video Production Information
HES
The composer who created Ganymede gave me keywords for his song concept, and I created this video by adding mechanical parts.
A sacred beast who once protected the land...
Its image is like ancient ruins created with technology which hasn't been discovered yet.
There's a scene where the keyword shows something sinking to the seafloor, and a scene representing an infinite universe.
Difficulty & Notecounts
beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12 from 12 HAPPY SKY onward.
| Game | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEGINNER | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | LEGGENDARIA | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | LEGGENDARIA | |
| Notecounts | 147 | 571 | 884 | 1199 | 1356 | 612 | 951 | 1363 | 1391 |
| beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD→14 GOLD | - | 5 | 10 | 11 | - | 7 | 11 | 12 | - |
| beatmania IIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS→27 HEROIC VERSE | - | ↑6 | 10 | 11 | - | ↑8 | 11 | 12 | - |
| beatmania IIDX 28 BISTROVER→Present | - | 6 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 12 |
| beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD CS | 2 | 6 | 10 | 11 | - | 7 | 11 | 12 | - |
| beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS + PREMIUM BEST | 2 | 6 | 10 | 11 | - | 8 | 11 | 12 | - |
| beatmania IIDX INFINITAS | - | 6 | 10 | 11 | - | 8 | 11 | 12 | - |
| wac's Zodiac song series | |
|---|---|
| ストレイ・マーチ (Aries) - BEEF (Taurus) - murmur twins (Gemini) - moon_child (Cancer) - Regulus (Leo) - Spica (Virgo) - アストライアの双皿 (Libra) ピアノ協奏曲第１番”蠍火” (Scorpius) - 牧神笛吹きて (Capricornus) - Ganymede (Aquarius) - アルレシャ (Pisces) | |
| CARDINAL GATE | |
|---|---|
| EXTRA STAGEs | CONTRACT - Ganymede - waxing and wanding - 華蝶風雪 |
| ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE | 嘆きの樹 |