SABER WING

SABER WING

Song Information

SABER WING's jacket.

Artist: TAG
Composition/Arrangement: TAG
BPM: 74-222 (DDR, REFLEC BEAT), 37-444 (beatmania IIDX)
Length: 1:47
Genre: SHOOTING WALTZ
VJ: F-FLY (18 Resort Anthem→19 Lincle), Unknown (20 tricoro→Present, DDR)
First Music Game Appearance: DanceDanceRevolution X
Other Music Game Appearances:

• beatmania IIDX 18 Resort Anthem
• REFLEC BEAT groovin'!!

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

• A remix of SABER WING by Akira Ishihara, titled SABER WING (Akira Ishihara Headshot mix), can also be found in DanceDanceRevolution X.
• Another remix of SABER WING, titled SABER WING (satellite silhouette remix), was included in a line of EMI USB drives as a special bonus MP3. It was later added to DanceDanceRevolution (2013).

Trivia

• SABER WING, along with the STARTER MODE exclusive song HOW TO PLAY, marks TAG's debut on the DanceDanceRevolution series.
  • It's also TAG's first EXTRA/ENCORE STAGE song on the DanceDanceRevolution series.
• On the DanceDanceRevolution X location tests, SABER WING was a FINAL STAGE exclusive song. On the final release of the game, SABER WING is the default EXTRA STAGE song.
  • On the console versions of DanceDanceRevolution X, SABER WING is a default song instead of an EXTRA STAGE song.
  • As of 5/21/2009, SABER WING was unlocked for normal play.
• Despite having its own video in DanceDanceRevolution, SABER WING did not use this video in beatmania IIDX until beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro.
• SABER WING is one of the Refle unlockable songs in REFLEC BEAT groovin'!!. It can be purchased from the Reflec Shop for 1200 Refle, after clearing the song in the BPM Change Test (BPM変化検定) in REFLEC Dojo, which was added on August 8th, 2014.
• SABER WING appears as downloadable content for DanceDanceRevolution S+, in the DDR X Mega Hit Pack.

Song Production Information

beatmania IIDX

Hello all beatmania IIDX fans! TAG here
I thank you all for the popularity of SABER WING and its inclusion into the game!!!

The song was originally made for DanceDanceRevolution X, and for this song, we incorporated some unique rhythms and a changing BPM gimmick.

I added the BPM gimmick because I felt that the song should coordinate with the moves a person made, and the DDR team also requested me to make a song with some tricks in it.

This is based of a story from Macross, in which the space fighter "Saber Wing" travels through space, encountering many scenarios. (?) It's a bit of a complicated story, and I tend to linger on about too much on it.

Video Production Information

None.

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12.
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 20 from X onwards.
REFLEC BEAT difficulty rated from 1 to 10+. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd and Textage.cc.)

DanceDanceRevolution

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	162 / 0	258 / 24	346 / 33	442 / 24	389 / 18 / 59	271 / 9	330 / 17	433 / 13	389 / 13 / 48
DanceDanceRevolution X	5	8	10	13	13	8	10	13	13
DanceDanceRevolution X2→Present	5	8	10	13	13	8	↑12	13	13
DanceDanceRevolution X CS US/JP	5	8	10	13	13	8	10	13	13
DanceDanceRevolution S	5	8	10	13	—	—	—	—	—
DanceDanceRevolution S+	5	8	10	13	—	—	—	—	—

REFLEC BEAT

Game	Level
	Basic	Medium	Hard	Special
Notecounts	?	342	648	—
REFLEC BEAT groovin'!!→Present	4	7	10	—

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