AKUMAJO DRACULA MEDLEY

This page is for the KEYBOARDMANIA 2ndMIX song named AKUMAJO DRACULA MEDLEY. For the pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE song, please see 悪魔城ドラキュラメドレー ~ハイブリッド・ヴァージョン~.

AKUMAJO DRACULA MEDLEY

Song Information

 
AKUMAJO DRACULA MEDLEY's pop'n music banner
 
AKUMAJO DRACULA MEDLEY's DanceDanceRevolution banner.
 
AKUMAJO DRACULA MEDLEY's jacket.

Artist: 矩形波倶楽部
Composition: KONAMI Kukeiha Club
Arrangement: Hiroki Koga
BPM: 102-142 (pop'n music, Toy's March), 124 (KEYBOARDMANIA), 112-248 (DanceDanceRevolution)
Length: 1:27
Genre: K-Classics (K-クラシック)
pop'n music Character: Simon Belmondo [15-2P]
pop'n music Background: Dynamics (pop'n music 3 CS)
Movie: shige
First Music Game Appearance: KEYBOARDMANIA 2ndMIX
Other Music Game Appearances:

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

  • AKUMAJO DRACULA MEDLEY is a medley of songs from the arcade game Akumajo Dracula (悪魔城ドラキュラ), known in the USA as Haunted Castle:
    • Wedding March of Tragedy (悲劇のWedding March), used as the start demo song.
    • Cross on the Breast (十字架を胸に), used as the Graveyard's background music.
    • Bloody Tears (血の涙), used as the Castle's first floor background music.
    • Collapse of the Devil's Castle (悪魔城の崩壊), used as the ending demo song.

Trivia

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  • Although its BPM is shown as 124 in the KEYBOARDMANIA series, AKUMAJO DRACULA MEDLEY' BPM actually ranges from 102 to 142.
  • In the KEYBOARDMANIA and DanceDanceRevolution games, AKUMAJO DRACULA MEDLEY's artist is shown as KUKEIHAKURABU.
    • A slightly different banner of AKUMAJO DRACULA MEDLEY, used in the DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX3 official website, displays the artist as Kukeihakurabu, with a different font as well.
  • AKUMAJO DRACULA MEDLEY ranked first on KEYBOARDMANIA 2ndMIX's music popularity pool at the time of the game's release.
  • In KEYBOARDMANIA Yamaha Edition, AKUMAJO DRACULA MEDLEY's title was changed to Castlevania Medley.
  • AKUMAJO DRACULA MEDLEY could be unlocked to pop'n music 9 and 10 from August 19th, 2003 to August 21st, 2003 via ee'MALL.
    • It was later added to pop'n music 9 and 10 on August 26th, 2003 via ee'MALL.
  • Before pop'n music 14 FEVER!, AKUMAJO DRACULA MEDLEY's songwheel genre was AKUMAJO DRACULA MEDLEY.
    • However, in pop'n music 10 CS, AKUMAJO DRACULA MEDLEY's songwheel genre was K-クラシックス.
  • Before pop'n music 17 THE MOVIE, AKUMAJO DRACULA MEDLEY's character was Yuli [4-2P].
  • In Toy's March 2, AKUMAJO DRACULA MEDLEY is titled 悪魔城ドラキュラメドレー.
  • Despite that Simon Belmondo's 2P palette is used in pop'n music, the 1P palette is shown in AKUMAJO DRACULA MEDLEY's jacket.
  • AKUMAJO DRACULA MEDLEY was removed from the BEMANI category in pop'n music Sunny Park.
  • AKUMAJO DRACULA MEDLEY appears in the mobile game Tokimeki Idol (ときめきアイドル).

Music Comment

Untranslated.

Song Production Information

I made a medley of "Wedding March of Tragedy", "Cross on the Breast", "Bloody Tears" and "Collapse of the Devil's Castle" from the arcade version of Akumajo Dracula.

Video Production Information

None.

Character Information

None.

Difficulty & Notecounts

DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 10 from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2.
KEYBOARDMANIA difficulty rated from 1 to 6.
pop'n music difficulty rated from 1 to 43 through pop'n music 20 fantasia, and 1 to 50 from Sunny Park onwards.
ポップンリズミン difficulty rated from 1 to 10. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from Pop'n Music Fever, BEMANIWiki 2nd, and KEYBOARDMANIA Wiki.)

DanceDanceRevolution

Game Single Double
Beginner Basic Difficult Expert Challenge Basic Difficult Expert Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows 76 / 2 117 / 28 208 / 23 314 / 4 - / - / - 117 / 28 208 / 23 311 / 3 - / - / -
DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX3 / Dancing Stage Unleashed3 N/A 3 6 8 - 3 6 8 -

KEYBOARDMANIA

Game SP Difficulty DP Difficulty
Light Light+ Real Light+ Real
Notecounts / Hold Notes 200 / 1 200 / 1 324 / 1 345 / 2 530 / 2
KEYBOARDMANIA 2ndMIX→3rdMIX 5 5 5 5 5
KEYBOARDMANIA II 2ndMIX & 3rdMIX 5 5 5 5 5

pop'n music

Game Normal Mode Battle Mode PSP Exclusive
5-Buttons NORMAL HYPER EX NORMAL HYPER 5B HYPER 7-Buttons 7B HYPER
Notecounts 187 220 467 683 187 206 287 212 410
pop'n music 9→13 カーニバル (via ee'MALL) 11 14 28 35 9 10 - - -
pop'n music 14 FEVER!→20 fantasia 11 14 28 35 9 10 - - -
pop'n music Sunny Park→Present - 20 34 41 9 10 - - -
pop'n music 10 CS 11 14 28 35 9 10 - - -
pop'n music 14 FEVER! CS 11 14 28 35 9 10 - - -
pop'n music portable 2 DLC 11 14 28 35 - - 17 12 25

ポップンリズミン

Game Difficulties
Normal Hyper EX
Notecounts 135 215 400
ポップンリズミン 3 6 9
Akumajo Dracula / Castlevania songs
AKUMAJO DRACULA MEDLEY - Bloody Tears(IIDX EDITION) - Castlevania Freestylin' Mix - Vampire Killer - Vampire Killer scar-ed Pf rmx
悪魔城ドラキュラメドレー~ハイブリッド・ヴァージョン~ - 悪魔城すぺしゃる ぼくドラキュラくん メドレー - ドラキュラII 呪いの封印 メドレー - 狂月の招き