The "Official" Pop'n Music Thread

SuPa |LÂ©| · Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2003 4:58 pm Post subject:

I don't know how hard you slam your buttons but I know that when I play I make a good amount of noise and it still works fine!
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theimperialorder · Trick Member Joined: 07 Jul 2003 Location: new york, ny

for anyone who cares.. i'd just like to know what kind of 'hi-speed' multipliers different people use, and with what kind of bpm ranges.

for example, i use hi-speedx4 up to like 170bpm, and hi-speedx3 up to around 200bpm. only freaky songs like 'tochou mae made onegaishimasu' (miracle) and 'theme of pop'n land' (pavilion) get no hi-speed and hi-speedx2 respectively. of course the

feel free to post your own hi-speed usages, and of course i'd like to know if there's anyone who doesn't use them at all.

Sexual Chocolate! · Trick Member Joined: 10 Jun 2002 Location: Wilmington, DE

Yeah, In my case I use High Speed x4 up until 180 bpm and its x3 for any songs higher than that. Seems to be the only way that I can play these days. But then again, I cant pass any songs higher than 34 (keep in mind that doesnt mean that I can pass all songs under 34, though there arent too many that I cant.)
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iidx-Nick · Trick Member Joined: 24 Jan 2002

I do every song on X4, except for Mircale. Everything else is gravvvy.

Smbu |LÂ©| · Trick Member Joined: 26 Jan 2002 Location: California

I usually play on HS4 except for some of the faster stuff where i switch down to HS3.

Oh has anybody tried Love Love Sugar on hyper? I tried that for the first time not too long ago and boy i wasn't expecting it to be that hard. Especially considering how "easy" the song sounds.
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StarCreator · Trick Member Joined: 24 Jan 2002 Location: Maryland, USA

http://www.konamistyle.com/customfactory/popnlive2_dvd/index.html

If Konamistyle receives 300 preorders by September 1st, they will reprint the Live 2 DVD. o.O
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ISH (Bemani Freak) · Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2003 12:47 am Post subject:

StarCreator · Trick Member Joined: 24 Jan 2002 Location: Maryland, USA

Regarding pop'n Live 2 DVD... September 1st passed. Looks like they got the amount of preorders they needed - there WILL be a reprint. If you still want one, you'll need to get an order in soon!
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djp -bemanistyle- · Trick Member Joined: 15 Aug 2002 Location: Anaheim, CA

theimperialorder · Trick Member Joined: 07 Jul 2003 Location: new york, ny

on some rare occasions, when i'm in the middle of playing a song, it will quit as if i pressed the start button. out of nowhere. it always happens right when i hit a regular button, and i'm like, wtf? my finger was nowhere near the start button... it happens very rarely, and i don't know if maybe i'm just jarring the controller so hard that it sets off the start button, or what. i wonder if anyone else has experienced this.

btw, this is happening on an ASC. don't know about pop'n controller - have never played on one.

theimperialorder · Trick Member Joined: 07 Jul 2003 Location: new york, ny

does anyone have any left and right norma reccomendations for challenge mode to get cheap points? i'm trying to unlock the last movie, which needs 149 points, but i'm too lazy to spend my own time coming up with a cheap way to do it, and well... i can't really beat any songs over lv. 35. so if anyone has any reccomendations, please offer them.

btw, please feel free to call me unskilled, a newbie, or any other such name. pm8 is my first pm game (unless you count a week of pm2 used to bridge the gap between june's asc shipment and the release of pm8), and i don't know if i'm still considered a newbie at this point... neway

p.s. aren't some of the movies totally worthless? some guy yells something, then it's over, w/ no music at all. i guess they want people to get the concert DVDs...

StarCreator · Trick Member Joined: 24 Jan 2002 Location: Maryland, USA

If you're only after movies, you don't need to get the points that high. I got all the movies out by hitting 63 (I think - it's been a while) over and over again.

There was a combination of mods we used to get high points - but I have no idea how to describe them as I memorized their positions only ^^; Try experimenting with each of them in free training (select "Ojama" in settings) to see what combination works best for you.
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YoshiFan · Trick Member Joined: 28 Jul 2002

I have never played Pop N Music before but am interested in the game. Before I go out and spend $70+ on a controller, I was thinking about just getting a cheap used Playstation version of the game and seing how I liked it. Is using a Dual Shock to play the game possible (I know you are able to but I mean, can you actually clear songs or is it too confusing?) and more importantly, is it any fun to use the controller or am I wasting my time unless I get the controller right away as well? I just am not sure about spending around $100 or more for a controller and game I have never played before.

CaptainYashiro · Trick Member Joined: 17 Jul 2002 Location: Rockford, IL

I would advise you to just bite the bullet and buy a controller. The good thing about trying Bemani is that if you don't like it, you can usually resell it for pretty much the same amount you paid for it. My other piece of advice is NOT to start with Pop'n Music 1. It's got a total of, oh, 12 songs on it?

YoshiFan · Trick Member Joined: 28 Jul 2002

Thanks for the advice, I guess I'll consider getting the controller then. I have to start with a PSX version since I only have an umodded US PS2 so thanks for letting me know not to bother with the first game.

SuPa |LÂ©| · Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2003 11:12 pm Post subject:

Don't bother with the first 5. If you can only get psx mixes then just get Pop'n Music 6, it's the best one for playstation IMO.
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Eckostyle · Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2003 3:23 pm Post subject:

Is Pop N' at home fun with the smaller sized controller, or should I just drop that and save up for a ASC? Pop N' looks like a great game, but I am unsure if I want to make a "career" over it, so I'm just asking. Last thing I want to do is pay over $250 for a controller for a game I probably wont play often.
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EMAGDNIM · Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2003 6:59 pm Post subject:

I just got mine and I love it...I'm using it to play PNM 8 and I can't stop playing. the controller is good. It's bigger then you think (well I was expecting smaller because that's all I had heard about it).

It does the job just fine...I'll be using it till I get a ASC...
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CaptainYashiro · Trick Member Joined: 17 Jul 2002 Location: Rockford, IL

Same here. I wouldn't say it's inferior, just different. It does throw off the difficulty scale a bit (I can pass a few 34's but I fail almost every song in the 30-33 range)

djp -bemanistyle- · Trick Member Joined: 15 Aug 2002 Location: Anaheim, CA

The small controller makes it more like playing IIDX than Pop'n but it's fun either way. I kind of actually wish I hadn't gotten rid of my small controller when I got my ASC.
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