GRADIUS 2012

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Not to be confused with GORGEOUS 2012.

GRADIUS 2012

Song Information

Artist: Sota Fujimori
Composition: KONAMI Kukeihakurabu
Arrangement: Sota Fujimori
BPM: 180
Length: 2:09
Genre: KONAMI REMIX
VJ: HES (beatmania IIDX), Qrispy Joybox (BeatStream)
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro
Other Music Game Appearances:

  • BeatStream アニムトライヴ

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

  • GRADIUS 2012 is a remixed medley based on various songs from the arcade version of GRADIUS.
    • The songs, in order of appearance: Beginning Of The History (ステージスタート・空中戦BGM)Challenger 1985 (第1ステージ・火山BGM)Free Flyer (第4ステージ・逆火山BGM)Final Attack (第7ステージ・最終のステージBGM)Historic Soldier (ランキングBGM).
  • The first, unreleased version of GRADIUS 2012, titled GRADIUS 2011, was played live by Sota Fujimori in various KONAMI-related events, such as KONAMI Arcade Championship 2011 and Lincle Soundtrack Release Party.
  • A long version of GRADIUS 2012, titled GRADIUS 2012 -Extended Mix-, appears on the beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK album, which includes Beat Bank (第2ステージ・ストーンヘンジBGM) and Blank Mask (第3ステージ・モアイBGM) in the medley.
  • Another medley of GRADIUS songs by Sota Fujimori, titled Gradius Medley, appears on the GRADIUS ARCADE SOUNDTRACK album.

Trivia

  • Video footage from the original arcade version of GRADIUS is seen in the video, similar to GRADIUS -FULL SPEED-.
  • GRADIUS 2012 marks the first appearance of DJ Robo in a video since ラクエン.
  • The KONAMI Code appears in the BGA of GRADIUS 2012.
  • According to Sota Fujimori, his favourite game is GRADIUS and its music is what impulsed him to compose songs.
  • GRADIUS 2012 was one of the preliminary round songs in the KONAMI Arcade Championship 2012 for beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro.
  • In the U.S./EU iTunes version of the beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK Vol.1 album, GRADIUS 2012 is spelled as Gradius 2012.
  • GRADIUS 2012 received an unique video, different from its beatmania IIDX video, in BeatStream アニムトライヴ.

Song Production Information

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Video Production Information

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Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd. Charge note amounts obtained from Textage.cc.)

Game SP Difficulty DP Difficulty
BEGINNER NORMAL HYPER ANOTHER LEGGENDARIA NORMAL HYPER ANOTHER LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts / Charge Notes - 465 / 25 869 / 36 1380 / 36 532 / 26 817 / 39 1459 / 41 {{{8}}} {{{9}}}
beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro - 5 8 10 5 8 10 {{{9}}} {{{10}}}
beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA→Present - 5 8 10 5 8 ↑11 {{{9}}} {{{10}}}
GRADIUS and Salamander songs
A SHOOTING STAR - BURNING HEAT!(3 Option MIX) - Burning Heat! (Full Option Mix) - GRADIUS -FULL SPEED- - GRADIUS REMIX(↑↑↓↓←→←→BA Ver.)
GRADIUS 2012 - GRADIUSIC CYBER - GRADIUSIC CYBER ~AMD G5 MIX~ - TABIDACHI - グラディウス メドレー - グラディウス2 メドレー
グラディウスII GOFERの野望 メドレー - GRADIUS Ⅱ ~ ビーストメドレー ~
Salamander Beat Crush mix - Salamander Beat Crush mix ~CRASH MIX~ - SENSATION -from SALAMANDER2 - 沙羅曼蛇 メドレー