History VideoGame / PopnMusic

Like most other Bemani series, ''pop'n music'' suffers from serious NoExportForYou-itis. The only games in the series that were released outside of Japan are ''Beat'n Groovy'', an XBLA release that many players regarded as being completely awful, and a Wii release [[InNameOnly that did not involve the series' iconic nine-button controller.]] A simplified four-button-per-player redemption version was location tested in America, but it was quietly shelved and repackaged for Japan as ''Hello! Pop'n Music''.

* ''pop'n music Lapistoria'' (TBA)
** Theme: School.

** Above the "Hyper" chart difficulty is the "EX(tra)" difficulty.

** Lsat ''pop'n music'' game to have a SegaDreamcast port.

* OneHitPointWonter: The DEATH ojama (up to ''Sunny Park'') and DANGER gauge (''Lapistoria'') deplete your entire gauge upon getting a single Bad. Subverted, in that a wipeout of the gauge doesn't result in a GameOver, though you still must reach the end of the song with at least 80% of your gauge intact.

* NoExportForYou: Only a completely horrendous XBLA adaptation and a InNameOnly Wii version have been released outside Japan.

** First version in which the COOL judgement is mandatory in the game's "main" mode.

** [[SequelDifficultySpike First version to have COOL judgement enabled at all times.]]

** First version to have the 1-50 difficulty rating system.

'''Note:''' ''pop'n music'' recently underwent a difficulty scale overhaul with the release of ''Sunny Park'' in December 2012, changing the scale from 1-43 to 1-50[[labelnote:*]]Preexisting charts are inflated by 6 levels, though some other charts were rerated differently.[[/labelnote]]. Unless otherwise stated, all difficulty levels on this page use the 1-50 scale.

** ''Lapistoria''[='=]s gauge options include HARD (double damage) followed by DANGER ([[OneHitPointWonter one Bad depletes your entire gauge]]).

%% Game list to come later or when someone else decides to add it, whichever comes first. --LucaEarlgrey

Currently, the series is up to 21 main arcade installments, along with consoles releases and spin-off releases such as ''pop'n music Animelo'', ''pop'n music Best Hits'' and ''Hello! Pop'n Music''.

** The first is the song score system. On each song, you can earn a maximum of 100,000 points, and each note has a fixed number of points that is inversely proportional to the number of notes in the chart. A "COOL" will get you 100% of the note's value, a "GREAT" will get you 70%[[note]]50%, but changed to 70% in ''Lapistoria''[[/note]], a "GOOD" will get you 40%[[note]]previously 10%[[/note]], and no points are awarded for a "BAD". In games and modes where the "COOL" judgement does not appear, "GREAT" is worth 100% and "GOOD" 20%.

** The first is the song score system. On each song, you can earn a maximum of 100,000 points. A "GREAT" is equal to 100,000 points divided by the number of notes. A "GOOD is worth 20% as much as a GREAT, and a BAD will yield no points.
*** If you're playing with the "COOL" judgement enabled, the formula is tweaked. COOL is now worth as many points as a GREAT if COOL judgement was turned off, and all other judgements have their point values halved.

** If a song is a remix of something from another Konami game, it'll most likely have one of the characters from that game as its song character. Examples include [[{{Gradius}} Vic Viper]] ("Gradius -Full Speed-" (Gradius) and "A Shooting Star" (Gradius II)), Afro ([[VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution DDR Megamix]]), [[VideoGame/{{Castlevania}} Simon]] [[strike:Belmont]] [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Belmondo]] ("Akumajou Dracula Medley Hybrid" (Castlevania)), and [[GanbareGoemon Goemon]] ("Ganbare Goemon Medley"). ''Pop'n Music 15 ADVENTURE'' even has a song from ''VideoGame/MitsumeteKnight'', "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_DAiSbdTfU#t=3m44s The Man From]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_QctmDrK6s#t=3m02s Far East]]".

* {{Crossover}}: If a song is a remix of something from another Konami game, it'll most likely have one of the characters from that game as its song character. Examples include [[{{Gradius}} Vic Viper]] ("Gradius -Full Speed-" (Gradius) and "A Shooting Star" (Gradius II)), Afro ([[VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution DDR Megamix]]), [[VideoGame/{{Castlevania}} Simon]] [[strike:Belmont]] [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Belmondo]] ("Akumajou Dracula Medley Hybrid" (Castlevania)), and [[GanbareGoemon Goemon]] ("Ganbare Goemon Medley"). ''Pop'n Music 15 ADVENTURE'' even has a song from ''VideoGame/MitsumeteKnight'', "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_DAiSbdTfU#t=3m44s The Man From]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_QctmDrK6s#t=3m02s Far East]]".

** The old difficulty scale goes from 1-43, but as of ''Sunny Park'', difficulties go from 1-50. Preexisting songs have their chart ratings increased by 6, with some exceptions, which means the maximum difficulty should be 49...but a few songs, including "Schrodinger's Cat" (Toy Contemporary), "Ongaku" (Silent), and "Shounen wa Sora o Tadoru" (Murakamo), were raised by ''seven'' levels instead, to 50, to reflect how much they stand out compared to other top-tier boss songs.

* VariableMix: "neu" (Niente) sounds significantly different on each difficulty level (and a ''lot'' scarier on EX difficulty than it does on any other level, [[ThatOneBoss fittingly]]) Much like "Scripted Connection" from IIDX, the album version strings together each difficulty's variation as one song.

* {{Crossover}}: If a song is a remix of something from another Konami game, it'll most likely have one of the characters from that game as its song character. Examples include [[{{Gradius}} Vic Viper]] ("Gradius -Full Speed-" (Gradius) and "A Shooting Star" (Gradius II)), Afro ([[VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution DDR Megamix]]), [[VideoGame/{{Castlevania}} Simon]] [[strike:Belmont]] [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Belmondo]] ("Akumajou Dracula Medley Hybrid" (Castlevania)), and [[GanbareGoemon Goemon]] ("Ganbare Goemon Medley"). ''Pop'n Music 15 ADVENTURE'' even has a song from ''VideoGame/MitsumeteKnight'' ([[OvershadowedByAwesome a pretty]] [[NoExportForYou obscure]] DatingSim co-made by {{Konami}} and [[SakuraTaisen Red Entertainment]]), "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_DAiSbdTfU#t=3m44s The Man From]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_QctmDrK6s#t=3m02s Far East]]".

* VariableMix: "neu" sounds significantly different on each difficulty level (and a ''lot'' scarier on EX difficulty than it does on any other level, [[ThatOneBoss fittingly]]) Much like "Scripted Connection" from IIDX, the album version strings together each difficulty's variation as one song.

** "Rin to shite saku hana no gotoku" (aka "Nadeshiko Rock") ended up being so popular that Konami ended up milking it for all its worth ... by putting it on pretty much ''every'' other Bemani series.
** "FLOWER" does the same, going as far as to also appear on ''[[DanceMasters DanceEvolution Arcade]]'' and ''Future Tomtom'' as well.

%% Note to fellow editors: To avoid confusion, please try to include both title and "genre" when referring to songs.

* {{Crossover}}: If a song is a remix of something from another Konami game, it'll most likely have one of the characters from that game as its song character. Examples include [[{{Gradius}} Vic Viper]] ("Gradius -Full Speed-" and "A Shooting Star"), Afro ([[VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution DDR Megamix]]), [[VideoGame/{{Castlevania}} Simon]] [[strike:Belmont]] [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Belmondo]] ("Akumajou Dracula Medley Hybrid"), and [[GanbareGoemon Goemon]] ("Ganbare Goemon Medley"). ''Pop'n Music 15 ADVENTURE'' even has a song from ''VideoGame/MitsumeteKnight'' ([[OvershadowedByAwesome a pretty]] [[NoExportForYou obscure]] DatingSim co-made by {{Konami}} and [[SakuraTaisen Red Entertainment]]), "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_DAiSbdTfU#t=3m44s The Man From]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_QctmDrK6s#t=3m02s Far East]]".

** "Panic" (パニック) will cause incorrect note judgements and combo counters to show up. Amusingly, the counter will show up even if the judgement above it displays "BAD".

'''Note:''' ''pop'n music'' recently underwent a difficulty scale overhaul with the release of ''Sunny Park'' in December 2012, changing the scale from 1-43 to 1-50. Unless otherwise stated, all difficulty levels on this page use the 1-50 scale.

* EasierThanEasy: As of ''Sunny Park'', some Easy charts use less than five buttons.

** The current version has Murakumo EX ("少年は空を辿る") as its de facto boss. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kg9S_DdGDcQ It deserves the 50]]

* NintendoHard: You really think something this cute and fluffy would be ''that'' hard? Preposterous! ''Any 42'' or 43 on EX mode deserves such a title. One such song, "Ongaku", actually needed its difficulty rating bumped up from 42 to 43 between versions because it was ''that'' bad.
** The current version has Murakumo EX ("少年は空を辿る") as its de facto boss. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kg9S_DdGDcQ It deserves the 43]]