The "Official" Pop'n Music Thread

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

yay. after 3 months of playing pnm, have finally passed special cooking hyper (a la ASC of course). that is a fun song.

YoshiFan · Trick Member Joined: 28 Jul 2002

UPS just delivered my Pop N Music controller with Disney Tunes

I ended up ordering it from Toys N Joys.com since they had the controller for $59.99 and Disney Tunes for $54.99. Shipping was $11 so the controller ended up being about $30 cheaper than ordering it from Himeya with EMS shipping.

I was kind of surprised that the controller was so small but I guess it's good enough since I'm not spending $400+ on an Arcade Style one.

iidx-Nick · Trick Member Joined: 24 Jan 2002

You paid $55 for Disney Tunes? O___o;

YoshiFan · Trick Member Joined: 28 Jul 2002

I couldn't find anywhere else that had it and the last time I saw it on Ebay, it went for $92 (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3046457173&category=11054). And I wanted to start off with a game that had songs I was familiar with. Once I get a JPS2, I'm planning to get Best Hits.

CatchyPhraseOwen · Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2003 1:37 pm Post subject:

*Pumps new life into thread*

So what's the release date for Pop'n 9? I'm really excited! Any new info on the game? And what about those game cards? I want some

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

Well, to pump even more life into this thread...Ive actually received word of what is probably the first Pop'n Music induced seizure. Now THATS weird.
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Chibi Nappa · Trick Member Joined: 23 Jun 2003 Location: Delaware

A question for anybody who owns an ACS controller: How big are the buttons (diameter measurement) and how far appart are the buttons spaced (both horrizontally and vertically)? I'm thinking of building one of these myself.

Hey...... another guy from Wilmington. Not much Bemani around here outside of that one DDR machine in the Concord Pike movie theater, is there?

CatchyPhraseOwen · Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2003 3:24 pm Post subject:

http://www.ddrfreak.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=68664&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

Please post in it too, and I'd check out Alpha's guide, on P4. His is dope! I'm gettin' him to build me one

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Request Lock · Trick Member Joined: 12 Feb 2003

how much roughly would it be to build one/ship one? i don't wanna pay $400 for anything, let alone a controller. Also, does anyone know anything about the actual arcade system? Cuz the pop'n five that my arcade has just got is broken and i'd like some help
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Chibi Nappa · Trick Member Joined: 23 Jun 2003 Location: Delaware

Cool! Thanks for the link.

CatchyPhraseOwen · Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2003 8:11 pm Post subject:

I'm paying him about $180, which is about $70 more than materials and shipping... Good for both parties!
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Smbu |LÂ©| · Trick Member Joined: 26 Jan 2002 Location: California

Well for anybody who wants to see it, here is my Popn10 network card. pic taken with my cellphone so its small.

i know there are several more, but i'm not sure how many exactly. 2 other cards i am going to send to my friend are different from this one. I`m not quite sure what the popn cards do except for keep track of how many songs on regular, hyper and ex you pass. I know the IIDX 9th style cards keep track of what grade you got on a song, but since popn doesnt have grades, they cant do that, hehe. At pretty much all places i've seen each card costs 200 yen(just under $2).

oh and if you do come over here be prepared to see Popn 10 machines everywhere. Pretty much every arcade i've been to has at least 1 machine and some have several machines. It is by far the most popular bemani game over here.
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dooo ooo ug · Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2003 11:27 pm Post subject:

YoshiFan: Is that PnM controller on toysnjoys.com an official Konami brand or third party? If it's official Konami I'm considering buying it.
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Smbu |LÂ©| · Trick Member Joined: 26 Jan 2002 Location: California

whoa yesterday i saw one of the normal(small) konami popn controllers in a used game store for 980yen(just under $9). I was gonna buy it, but then i don't have any popn games right now, so i didnt get it. oh well. i was just surprised to see it for so cheap, hehe.

oh and i found out there are 10 cards in total for popn. I saw a picture at an arcade yesterday that showed all 10 cards for popn 10. i took a pic, but i only had my cellphone, so the pic isnt too good.
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EMAGDNIM · Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2003 7:07 pm Post subject:

Whoa...$9...thats dirt cheap...And I can't wait till PNM 9 is released for J-PS2. I love playing PNM 7 and 8

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

Yeah, sorry Nappa. Apparently the only music games in this area are Max2 at Regal, Max 2 at People's Plaza, Extreme at the Dover Mall, and Pump:Prex at Kahunaville.

All of my bemani gaming is self induced. I have Guitar Freaks, DrumMania, and Pop'n w/ ASC. Definitely worth it and I wish an arcade in the area would score the game so that others could see that as well.
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CatchyPhraseOwen · Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2003 3:11 pm Post subject:

I just wanted to say that, I'm happy! I passed a few new Hypers, and I can tell I'm getting better at the game every day! Stuff I passed:

Classic Hyper
J-R&B Hyper
Darkness Hyper
Classic 5 Hyper (!, but I only passed because the ending's easy. I would have gotten owned if the ending was like the bulk of the song. My score was less than 60,000, or whatever about 6/10ths of the max score is)

And probably a few others. What are some good Hypers to attempt next, on either Best Hits, 7, or 8?
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Frosted Flakes · Trick Member Joined: 24 Aug 2003 Location: Wapp

Ok, I read a couple posts and its a long thread.

. I was wondering if there was an arcade version of pnm anywhere in NY. If anyone knows, could you post it?
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Request Lock · Trick Member Joined: 12 Feb 2003

i dunno about new york, but my arcade has one, only about four hours away in Fall River, MA. Right now it's broken, but when it's fixed it'll be around a 6th to 8th mix
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