A SHOOTING STAR

Not to be confused with any of the songs titled Shooting Star.

A SHOOTING STAR

Song Information

A SHOOTING STAR's jacket.

A SHOOTING STAR's pop'n music banner.

Artist: 古川もとあき
Composition/Arrangement: Motoaki Furukawa
BPM: 140
Length: 1:37
pop'n music Genre: GRADIUS II (グラディウスII)
pop'n music Character: VIC VIPER [11]
pop'n music Background: Original
Movie: 亥 (generic video), F-FLY (unique video)
First Music Game Appearance: ee'MALL 2nd avenue
Other Music Game Appearances:

• GUITARFREAKS 10thMIX & drummania 9thMIX
• GuitarFreaks V3 & DrumMania V3 CS
• GuitarFreaksXG3 & DrumManiaXG3
• pop'n music 14 FEVER!

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

• A SHOOTING STAR is a remix of the original A Shooting Star, a track from GRADIUS II that plays on some of the pre-stage space sequences.
  • A portion of A Shooting Star appears in the re-arranged medley GRADIUS Ⅱ ～ ビーストメドレー ～, from BeatStream アニムトライヴ.

Trivia

File:A SHOOTING STAR banner old.gif

A SHOOTING STAR's GuitarFreaks & DrumMania old banner.

• A SHOOTING STAR was added to GUITARFREAKS 10thMIX & drummania 9thMIX on February 4th, 2004 via ee'MALL 2nd avenue.
• A SHOOTING STAR is one of the few ee'MALL songs that were only available for GuitarFreaks & DrumMania at first. It was made available to be played in pop'n music in pop'n music 14 FEVER!, months later after the ee'MALL service ended.
  • It is one of the few ee'MALL 2nd avenue songs that made its pop'n music debut in pop'n music 14 FEVER!.
• A SHOOTING STAR is Motoaki Furukawa's only song in pop'n music.
• A SHOOTING STAR received a unique video and a new banner in GuitarFreaks V3 & DrumMania V3 CS. Both the video and banner were carried to the arcade releases in GuitarFreaks V5 & DrumMania V5.
  • Also, A SHOOTING STAR was made available for session play in the same game.
• A SHOOTING STAR was moved from the pop'n music 14 FEVER! folder to the ee'MALL folder in pop'n music 16 PARTY♪.
• A SHOOTING STAR is available for play in GuitarFreaksXG3 & DrumManiaXG3 as an unlockable song in Pleasure Box 9 (9/12/2012).

Music Comment

Untranslated.

Song Production Information

Untranslated.

Video Production Information

Untranslated.

Character Information

None.

Difficulty & Notecounts

GF/DM difficulty rated from 1 to 99.
GF/DM XG and GITADORA difficulty rated from 0.00 to 9.99.
pop'n music difficulty rated from 1 to 43 through pop'n music 20 fantasia, and 1 to 50 from Sunny Park onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from Pop'n Music Fever and BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

GuitarFreaks & DrumMania

Original Series

Game	Drum			Guitar			Bass			Open
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme
Notecounts	306	532	662	209	493	493	182	340	-	209	493	493
GF10/dm9→GF/DM V (via ee'MALL)	28	50	67	16	38	64	16	43	-	15	41	67
GF/DM V2	28	50	67	16	38	64	16	43	-	15	41	67
GF/DM V3→V8	28	50	67	16	38	↑76	16	43	-	15	41	↑80
GF/DM V3 CS	28	50	67	16	38	76	16	43	-	15	41	80

XG & GITADORA Series

Game	Drum				Guitar				Bass
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Master	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Master	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Master
Notecounts	224	404	662	-	197	492	492	-	151	340	340	-
GF/DM XG3	2.00	4.20	7.00	-	2.60	5.40	7.35	-	2.20	4.90	6.20	-
GITADORA→Tri-Boost	↑2.90	↑4.85	↑7.35	-	↑3.50	↑5.90	↑7.70	-	↑3.10	↑5.55	↑6.70	-
GITADORA Tri-Boost Re:EVOLVE→Present	↑3.15	↓4.45	7.35	-	↓3.10	↑6.20	↓7.65	-	↓2.70	↓5.40	↑6.85	-

pop'n music

Game	Normal Mode				Battle Mode
	5-Buttons	NORMAL	HYPER	EX	NORMAL	HYPER
Notecounts	235	291	524	853	324	524
pop'n music 14 FEVER!→17 THE MOVIE	8	18	29	38	10	16
pop'n music 18 せんごく列伝→20 fantasia	8	18	29	↓37	10	16
pop'n music Sunny Park→Present	-	24	35	43	10	16
pop'n music 14 FEVER! CS	8	18	29	38	10	16