AA
AA
Song Information
Artist: D.J.Amuro
Composition/Arrangement: D.J.Amuro
BPM: 154
Length: 1:58 (beatmania IIDX), 1:32 (DanceDanceRevolution)
Genre: RENAISSANCE
Movie: shiro (IIDX RED→HAPPY SKY); Ta-k(synesthesia) (CS IIDX RED, DistorteD→Present)
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED
Other Music Game Appearances:
Lyrics
None.
Song Connections / Remixes
- AA is part of D.J.Amuro's RENAISSANCE series of songs.
- A long version of AA can be found on dj TAKA's first album, milestone.
- A remix of AA by BlackY, titled AA BlackY mix, appears in SOUND VOLTEX BOOTH.
- Another remix of AA by OSTER project, titled AA (Renaissance Concertino Mix), appears on dj TAKA's second album, True Blue....
- A remake of AA, titled AA -rebuild-, appears in beatmania IIDX 25 CANNON BALLERS.
- The DanceDanceRevolution series uses a shorter version of AA.
- AA is sampled in ∀, from beatmania IIDX 28 BISTROVER.
Trivia
- This song has different backgrounds, banners, jackets, or other related images. For more information, please see this page.
- A common pronunciation of AA among players in Japan is "ダブルエース" (Double-Ace). KONAMI stresses that there is no "official" pronunciation, but notes that "Double-Ace" is a common one among players.
- Notably, in the SOUND VOLTEX series, AA BlackY mix has "AA" rendered as "ダブルエース" for sorting purposes.
- AA received a brand-new video in beatmania IIDX visual emotions 3. This video was later added to the arcade series in beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD, and was also carried over to beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED CS.
- AA held the record at the time of its release for the most notes of any ANOTHER chart in beatmania IIDX on both Single and Double, with 1834 and 1739 notes respectively.
- Both of these records would be toppled by 冥 one version later, which has 2000 notes on both of its ANOTHER charts.
- AA was available in beatmania IIDX INFINITAS' championship Mode from August 10th to 21st, 2016.
- On August 22nd, 2016, it was added to standard Mode for anyone who had played the PREMIUM∞CUP in championship Mode at least once.
- From December 2019, it could be purchased with BITs.
- From April 20th, 2022, it is available by default in beatmania IIDX INFINITAS (2020).
- AA also appears as one of the background music selectable to play during Accel Rave Time (アクセルレイブタイム) in SEVEN'S BEAT (セブンスビート), a KONAMI medal redemption game.
Song Production Information
D.J.Amuro
The theme of this song is the betrayal of a certain character by his closest, trusted associates, and the moments of his heroic death. It is rather difficult, but I hope you can bring flowers through your spectacular performance.
Video Production Information
Untranslated.
Difficulty & Notecounts
beatmania IIDX difficulty rated 1 to 8+ in IIDX RED, and from 1 to 12 from HAPPY SKY onwards.
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty from 1 to 10 from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2, and 1 to 20 from X onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)
beatmania IIDX
| Game | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEGINNER | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | LEGGENDARIA | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | LEGGENDARIA | |
| Notecounts | 269 | 642 | 1386 | 1834 | - | 659 | 997 | 1739 | - |
| beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED | - | 5 | 8+ | N/A | - | 5 | 8 | N/A | - |
| beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY→Present | - | 5 | ↑10 | 12 | - | 5 | ↑9 | 12 | - |
| beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED CS | 3 | 5 | 8+ | 8+ | - | 5 | 8 | 8+ | - |
| beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD CS | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | - | 5 | 9 | 12 | - |
| beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS + PREMIUM BEST | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | - | 5 | 9 | 12 | - |
| beatmania IIDX INFINITAS | - | 5 | 10 | 12 | - | 5 | 9 | 12 | - |
| beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE | - | 5 | 10 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - |
DanceDanceRevolution
| Game | Single | Double | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beginner | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | |
| Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows | 108 / 0 | 186 / 2 | 274 / 2 | 386 / 2 | - / - / - | 186 / 2 | 273 / 2 | 366 / 2 | - / - / - |
| DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA→SuperNOVA2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | - | 4 | 7 | 9 | - |
| DanceDanceRevolution X→Present | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | - | 5 | 10 | 13 | - |
| DanceDanceRevolution / Dancing Stage SuperNOVA CS | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | - | 4 | 7 | 9 | - |
| D.J.Amuro's RENAISSANCE series | |
|---|---|
| Main Songs | A - AA - F - X |
| Remixes / Related Songs | 少年A - AA -rebuild- - ∀ |