BRILLIANT 2U

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BRILLIANT 2U

Song Information

BRILLIANT 2U's jacket.

Artist: NAOKI
Composition/Arrangement: Naoki
BPM: 150
Length: 1:24
Genre: EURO GROOVE
Movie: MORO (beatmania), VJ GYO (beatmania IIDX)
First Music Game Appearance: DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX
Other Music Game Appearances:

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

Trivia

This song has different backgrounds, banners, jackets, or other related images. For more information, please see this page.

Song Production Information

beatmania

NAOKI

The very fact that this song is in beatmania THE FINAL made me feel some sort of closure.
Back when I was creating BRILLIANT 2U, beatmania 2ndMIX had taken arcades by storm.
How many years have passed since then?
Times have changed, and the things that changed have changed significantly.
As all of these things are starting to change, is there anything that stays the same?
And just like the ebbs and flows of time, everything that has a beginning has an ending.
Are the things we're doing now working to create a tomorrow after they've ended?
It's a sad thing to only be able to remember the past.
And that's why the future that continues beyond the end of beatmania... begins here.

DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX Official Website

NAOKI

I kind of like the sound of the word "brilliant", and the appearance of two people dancing is brilliant! I created this song with the concept of "let's go~ with a Euro royal road" in mind.

DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX Original Soundtrack

This is a KONAMI original song that appeared in 2nd MIX. It's a speedy dance number, reminiscent of works produced by production group Stock Aitken Waterman, who swept the world in the mid 1980s. Basic 4-bar bass drums, sharp brass sounds, increasing electric piano-like sound phrases, and hidden distortion guitars create a brilliant stereo space. Don't miss the groovy male rap as well. A special version is included in DISC-2.

DanceDanceRevolution 2ndReMIX APPEND CLUB VERSiON vol.2

This is a song that represents DanceDanceRevolusion, which made KONAMI artist Naoki Maeda famous. It's included here with the feeling of playing it in Beatmania.
Although the difficulty level is quite high when playing it in IIDX, if you're a DanceDanceRevolusion fan, you should try to play it in IIDX at least once.

DanceDanceRevolution Party Collection

Ever since its appearance in D.D.R. 2ndMIX, "BRILLIANT 2U" has created countless fans. Countless players should turn into repeat players from the completely danceable hyper Euro sound. You can't talk about D.D.R. without listening to this masterpiece!

CS Information Data

DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME2

Debuting on DanceDanceRevolution, "BRILLIANT 2U" is a classic from the series.
Not only is NAOKI responsible for composing most of the KONAMI original music in the DanceDanceRevolution series, but songs like "BRILLIANT 2U" are considered theme songs of the game.
Be sure to check out the new challenge level steps of the song as well as the new "K.O.G G3 MIX" in this game as well.

Video Production Information

Untranslated.

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania difficulty rated from 1 to 9.
beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 5 in substream, 1 to 7 from 2nd through 4th style, 1 to 7+ in 5th style, 1 to 8 in 10th style, 1 to 8+ in 11 IIDX RED, and 1 to 12 from 12 HAPPY SKY onward.
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty from the original game to 2ndMIX rated from 1 to 8, 2ndMIX CLUB through 5thMIX (and the Solo games) rated from 1 to 9, 1 to 10 from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2, and 1 to 20 from X onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from KANI KANI CRAB and BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

beatmania

Game SP Difficulty DP Difficulty
Normal Hard Another Normal Hard Another
Notecounts 270 329 361 288 363 369
beatmania THE FINAL 5 5 6 4 5 5
beatmania III THE FINAL 5 5 6 5 5 6

beatmania IIDX

Game SP Difficulty DP Difficulty
BEGINNER NORMAL HYPER ANOTHER LEGGENDARIA NORMAL HYPER ANOTHER LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts - 270 330 362 - 288 363 - -
beatmania IIDX substream→2nd style - - 4 N/A - - 4 - -
beatmania IIDX 3rd style→4th style - 3 4 N/A - 3 4 - -
beatmania IIDX 5th style - 3 4 N/A - 3 ↑6 - -
beatmania IIDX 10th style - 3 4 N/A - 3 6 - -
beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED - 3 4 N/A - 3 ↓5 - -
beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY→25 CANNON BALLERS - 3 4 4 - 3 5 - -
beatmania IIDX 3rd style CS - 3 4 4 - 3 4 - -
beatmania IIDX INFINITAS - 3 4 4 - 3 5 - -

DanceDanceRevolution

Original Charts

Game Single Double
Beginner Basic Difficult Expert Challenge Basic Difficult Expert Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows 95 / 0 162 / 0 176 / 0 225 / 0 264 / 0 / 0 165 / 0 180 / 0 227 / 0 229 / 8 / 0
DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX→3rdMIX PLUS - 4 5 6 - 4 5 - -
Dancing Stage→1.5 - 4 5 6 - 4 5 - -
DanceDanceRevolution 4thMIX - 4 5 6 - 4 5 7 -
DanceDanceRevolution USA ※1 4 5 6 - 4 5 7 -
DanceDanceRevolution 4thMIX PLUS→5thMIX - 4 5 ※7 - 4 5 7 -
DDRMAX2 location test - ↓3 ↑6 ※7 - 4 ↑7 7 -
DDRMAX2 - ↑4 ↓5 6 - 4 ↓5 7 -
DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME→SuperNOVA2 1 4 5 6 7 4 5 7 8
DanceDanceRevolution X→Present 3 6 6 10 10 6 7 9 10
DanceDanceRevolution 2ndReMIX - 4 5 6 - 4 5 - -
DanceDanceRevolution GB - 4 5 6 - - - - -
DanceDanceRevolution 3rdMIX CS - 4 5 6 - 4 5 - -
おはスタ DanceDanceRevolution - 5 7 8 - 6 - - -
DanceDanceRevolution BEST HITS ※1 4 5 6 - 4 5 7 -
Dancing Stage EuroMIX CS ※1 4 5 6 - 4 5 7 -
DanceDanceRevolution CS NA ※1 4 5 6 - 4 5 7 -
DanceDanceRevolution KONAMIX / Dancing Stage PARTY EDiTiON - 4 5 6 - 4 5 7 -
DanceDanceRevolution (PC) - 4 5 6 - 4 5 7 -
DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME CS JP 1 4 5 6 7 4 5 7 8
DanceDanceRevolution Party Collection 1 4 5 6 7 4 5 7 8
DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME2 / Dancing Stage Max 1 4 5 6 7 4 5 7 8
DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA2 CS JP 1 4 5 6 7 4 5 7 8
DanceDanceRevolution (PS3) / New Moves DLC 2 4 5 7 7 - - - -

※ Denotes chart is different from earlier/later appearances:

  • DanceDanceRevolution USA Single BEGINNER chart: total notes: 108.
  • DanceDanceRevolution BEST HITS Single BEGINNER chart: total notes: 81.
  • DanceDanceRevolution 4thMIX PLUS Single MANIAC chart: corresponds to later CHALLENGE chart.

CLUB VERSION

Game Single Double
Beginner Basic Difficult Expert Challenge Basic Difficult Expert Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows - / - 154 / 0 183 / 0 218 / 0 - / - / - 154 / 0 215 / 0 - / - - / - / -
DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX CLUB VERSiON 2 - 5 6 8 - 6 7 - -
DanceDanceRevolution 2ndReMIX APPEND CLUB VERSiON vol.2 - 5 6 8 - 6 7 - -
DanceDanceRevolution CLUB VERSiON (DC) - 5 6 8 - 6 7 - -

Easy Mode

Game Single Double
Beginner Basic Difficult Expert Challenge Basic Difficult Expert Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows - / - 133 / 0 133 / 0 132 / 0 - / - / - 130 / 0 - / - - / - - / - / -
おはスタ DanceDanceRevolution - 3 4 5 - 4 - - -

"STREAM" Special

Game Single Double
Beginner Basic Difficult Expert Challenge Basic Difficult Expert Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows - / - - / - - / - - / - 340 / 6 / 0 - / - - / - - / - 325 / 0 / 0
DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA2 - - - - 9 - - - 9
DanceDanceRevolution X→Present - - - - 13 - - - 13
DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA2 CS JP - - - - 9 - - - 9
DanceDanceRevolution X2 CS - - - - 13 - - - 13

DanceDanceRevolution Solo

Game 6 Panels
Basic Trick Maniac
Notecounts 158 176 225
DanceDanceRevolution 4thMIX Solo→4thMIX PLUS Solo 4 5 7
DanceDanceRevolution KONAMIX / Dancing Stage PARTY EDiTiON 4 5 7
DanceDanceRevolution (PC) 4 5 7


NAOKI's B-U series
BRILLIANT 2U - B4U - Be Rock U (1998 burst style)