AC pnm 2

General Information

• Released: March 19th, 1999
• First pop'n game in the series to have speed modifiers. However, the only one is 2X.
• Total number of songs: 33

Staff Information

• Sound Director: Hiroshi Takeyasu
• Other information currently unknown

Game Modes

• Beginner
• Normal
• Excite
• Party

Non-Rival Playable Characters

These characters don't belong to any specific song and are all playable from the get-go.

• Nyami [2]
• Mimi [2]
• Mary [2]
• the KING [2]
• NAKAJIMA san [2-NEW CHARACTER]

New Songs

See the pop'n music 2 complete songlist for a complete list of songs by stage number. Information of the complete stage select provided by: this informative pop'n music site.

Genre (English)	Genre (Japanese)	Song Name	Artist	Character	Diff. Lv.
First Stage
MASARA	マサラ	すてきなタブーラ	TABAN KING	KARLI [2-NEW CHAR.]	5
MELLOW	メロウ	光の季節	ANNA	SANAE♥chan [2]	9
IDOL GIRL	アイドルガール	LOVE FIRE	長沢ゆりか	Judy [2]	12
NEO ACO	ネオアコ	(fly higher than) the stars	sugi&reo	Sugi★kun [2-NEW CHAR.]	16
Second Stage
VISUAL	ヴィジュアル	WHITE BIRDS	violent age	Yuli [2-NEW CHAR.]	13
EURO QUEEN	ユーロクィーン	what i want (Euro Mix)	T.R.S	KoKo	15
DIGI ROCK	デジロック	ROSE~恋人よ、薔薇色に染まれ	BROKE	Timer [2-NEW CHAR.]	16
ENKA	エンカ	お江戸花吹雪	高田香里	S.B.TARO [2-NEW CHAR.]	18
RAVE	レイヴ	e-motion	e.o.s	Rave girl [2]	20
Final Stage
ANIME HERO R	アニメヒーローＲ	はばたけ、ザ・グレートギャンブラー	さくし:RYO うた:水木一郎	Hiroshi Jingu	16
POP RAP	ポップラップ	Smile The Night Away	Scotty D	KRAFT?	20
GIRLY	ガーリィ	Love Is Strong To The Sky	SAORI	RIE♥chan [2]	22
HEAVY METAL	ヘビーメタル	I'm on fire	AD/DA	Dami-yan	23
Hidden Songs
J-R&B	Ｊ−リズム＆ブルース	Sayonara	ANNA	tourmaline [2-NEW CHAR.]	13
LOUNGE	ラウンジ	Cherry & Raquel	The Ebisu Singers	Reo★kun [2-NEW CHAR.]	14
pop'n music PS/DC transplants
AFRICA	アフリカ	Con te sabi 2119	Hamba un Aa	PRETTY [1-CS]	14
J-POP	Ｊ−ポップ	Life	Haya-P & Maru	PRETTY [1-CS]	14
FUSION	フュージョン	CROSSOVER 12	319	PRETTY [1-CS]	16
TECHNO'80	テクノ'80	Water Melon Woman	NAKATEK	PRETTY [1-CS]	19
CLASSIC	クラシック	Chaos Age	Waldeus von dovjak	PRETTY [1-CS]	22

Misc.

Due to limited space in the early pop'n music games, none of the original backgrounds or sprites from pop'n music are re-used in this game, although all the songs from the original game are in this one. Characters returning from the previous installment have their new sprites replace their pop'n 1 character sprites, or are replaced by another pop'n music 2 character. Characters who don't have match-ups with pop'n music 2 characters (such as CHARLY from spicy piece) are replaced by MZD, who made his debut in this game. Additionally, all the pop'n music PS/DC pop'n music songs are represented exclusively by PRETTY, who comes in 5 different colors - one for each CS song.

Rejected designs

The Pop'n Music series has a long history of rejected characters. Some never saw the light of day, and some would later be used many years or mixes later. For the second game, these include

• A girl wearing a hat with dog flaps, as well as a jacket, shorts, and big boots (later retooled as White-Merry in Pop'n Music 13 Carnival)
• Fat Boy, who later came into the series with Pop'n Stage
• Smoke, who was redesigned nine years later and put in Pop'n Music 16 Party
• An early-looking W.B. Rose, who later came into the series with Pop'n Music 6
• A girl in blue overalls, with a multi-colored, long sleeve shirt and red shoes with white stripes. Her hair consists of brown pigtails with a rainbow hat on top, and has a giant pink bear behind her
• A human, male samurai (possibly redesigned as S.B. Taro)
• Early-looking Yoshio, who was later put in Pop'n Music 7
• A see-through Mimi (possibly used as the concept of Hone Nyami in Pop'n Music 9)
• A panda bear with a microphone, wearing a yellow sweater with green stripes, brown pants, and light blue shoes (Nyami would later don this wardrobe in Pop'n Music 11)
• A happy man with purple hair in a yellow space suit, a red star on his knees, shoulder, and shirt, and wears purple shoes / skates (early Ryusei*Honey??)
• Stereotypical Chinese girl with brown, braided hair (possibly model of LingLing in Pop'n Music 3)
• A woman in a long, blue dress with butterflies on it, with long blue hair that covers up one of her eyes. A flower also dons her head (possibly retooled as Honey in Pop'n Music 8)
• A frog with yellow gloves and looks vaguely like Kermit the Frog
• A girl in a yellow bee costume (early Hina??)
• A nun in purple garb (possibly retooled as Jessica in Pop'n Music 6)
• A girl with blonde hair (with three flowers on top of it), star eyes, and wears a red dress and a blue t-shirt underneath it. She's also holding a wand in her hand and is accompanied by a little cat and rabbit (early Space Maco??)

Related Links

• Pop'n Music 1&2 Official Site
• Pop'n Music Original Soundtracks Information
• Rejected Pop'n Music 2 designs