History YMMV / PopNMusic

* FriendlyFandoms: With the ''VideoGame/CookieRun'' and ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'' franchises, due to their similar TastesLikeDiabetes artstyles.

* SequelDifficultySpike: ''fantasia'' forces the COOL judgement in all non-Easy modes. forcing players to use the more difficult scoring system.

* StopHavingFunGuys -- Some higher-end players will berate you if you don't use Cho-Challenge mode, or if you use [[VideoGame/{{Beatmania}} Beat-Pop]].

* UglyCute:
** Ash.
** Hoshi no Hito, In purest form.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks

** Navi-kun in "Usagi to Neko to Shounen no Yume" GAME Is a feminine-looking robot boy throughout this game.

** ''Pop'n Music Peace'' has the song ''[[https://youtu.be/eJ5wFsvL9PI Bad Apple]]'' from Franchise/{{Touhou}}. If you know anything about the song lyrics, you'll realize that it's a song about depression and having an existential crisis that the protagonist is facing.

** ''Pop'n Music Peace'' has the song ''[[https://youtu.be/eJ5wFsvL9PI Bad Apple]]'' from Franchise/{{Touhou}}. If you know anything about the song you'll realize that it's a about depression and having an existential crisis that the protagonist is facing.

** The unveiling of ''Welcome to Wonderland!'' in 2020 has been divisive (especially among international fans) due to its changes to the game itself, with its new cabinet using smaller buttons to fit in a ''[[VideoGame/HatsuneMikuProjectDiva Project Diva Arcade]]''-esque touch strip for slide notes. Some of gone as far as hoping the game is treated as a SpinOff alongside the "original" games rather than a replacement, assessing it as skewing towards a more casual audience due to there not being hard charts on the JAPEO preview version, and its addition of RevenueEnhancingDevices in the form of acrylic NFC charms of characters that can be used in-game. This divisive reaction led to its release being indefinitely postponed, leading some to speculate if it was cancelled.

** The unveiling of ''Welcome to Wonderland!'' in 2020 has been divisive (especially among international fans) due to its changes to the game itself, with its new cabinet using smaller buttons to fit in a ''[[VideoGame/HatsuneMikuProjectDiva Project Diva Arcade]]''-esque touch strip for slide notes. Some of gone as far as hoping the game is treated as a SpinOff alongside the "original" games rather than a replacement, assessing it as skewing towards a more casual audience due to there not being hard charts on the JAPEO preview version, and its addition of RevenueEnhancingDevices in the form of acrylic NFC charms of characters that can be used in-game.

* SoundtrackDissonance: The game's overall design is bright and cheery, but the amount of [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids provocative songs]] that have made their way into the game is astounding (see Tearjerker above for examples). On the flipside, playing as Zizz, the darkest character in the game and the only one that is clearly evil, and selecting over the top lighthearted songs like Dschengis Khan's ''Moskau'', or the extremely romantic ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6mbXUJWkC4 Hajimete no Chuu]]'' from Manga/KiteretsuDaihyakka、also invokes this trope.

* SoundtrackDissonance: The game's overall design is bright and cheery, but it is definitely not {{Kodomomuke}} fare. The game mechanics can be challenging even to the hardiest rhythm game fan. And that's not counting the amount of [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids provocative songs]] that have made their way into the game. On the other hand, playing as Zizz, the darkest character in the game and the only one that is clearly evil, and selecting over the top lighthearted songs. Have fun having him possess ALT to Dschengis Khan's ''Moskau'', or the extremely romantic ''Hajimete no Chuu'' from Manga/KiteretsuDaihyakka!

* SoundtrackDissonance: The game's overall design is bright and cheery, but it is definitely not {{Kodomomuke}} fare. The game mechanics can be challenging even to the hardiest rhythm game fan. And that's not counting the amount of [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids provocative songs]] that have made their way into the game. On the other hand, playing as Zizz, the darkest character in the game and the only one that is clearly evil, and selecting over the top lighthearted songs. Have fun having him possess ALT to Dschengis Khan's ''Moskau'', or the extremely romantic ''Hajimete no Chuu'' from Anime/KiteretsuDaihyakka!

* SoundtrackDissonance: The game's overall design is bright and cheery, but it is definitely not {{Kodomomuke}} fare. The game mechanics can be challenging even to the hardiest rhythm game fan. And that's not counting the amount of [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids provocative songs]] that have made their way into the game. On the other hand, playing as Zizz, the darkest character in the game and the only one that is clearly evil, and selecting over the top lighthearted songs. Have fun having him possess ALT to Dschengis Khan's Moskau! or the romantic Hajimete no Chuu from Anime/KitretsuDhayakka!

* SoundtrackDissonance: The game's overall design is bright and cheery, but it is definitely not {{Kodomoduke}} fare. The game mechanics can be challenging even to the hardiest rhythm game fan. And that's not counting the amount of [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids provocative songs]] that have made their way into the game.

** New versions of the game has the song ''Bad Apple'' from Franchise/{{Touhou}}. If you know anything about the song you'll realize that it's a about depression and having an existential crisis that the protagonist is facing.

* DieForOurShip: Timer is canonically dating Nyami,

* DieForOurShip: Timer is canonically dating one of the LauncherOfAThousandShips, Nyami, and isn't necessarily that popular a character in his own right. Expect to see him get screwed over in fanfics, especially if they ship Nyami and Mimi.

** Zizz's hometown is in UsefulNotes/{{Venice}}, despite [[{{Expy}} his inspiration]], ''Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'', being set in UsefulNotes/{{Paris}}. Five years after his debut, the UsefulNotes/LasVegas production would be housed in ''The Venetian'' hotel.

** Zizz's hometown is in UsefulNotes/{{Venice}}, despite [[{{Expy}} his inspiration]], ''Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'', being set in UsefulNotes/{{Paris}}. Given his debut in 2001, this makes the latter's 2006 UsefulNote/LasVegas production being housed in ''The Venetian'' hotel quite the coincidence.

** Zizz's background in UsefulNotes/{{Venice}} becomes a lot funnier when considering the UsefulNotes/LasVegas production of the show he's inspired from, ''Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'', which was housed in ''The Vatican''.

** Zizz's background in UsefulNotes/VeniceItaly becomes a lot funnier when considering the UsefulNotes/LasVegas production of the show he's inspired from, ''Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'', which was housed in ''The Vatican''.

* HilariousInHindsight: The Pop'n shoutouts in [[{{Manga/HimoutoUmaruChan}} Himouto! Umaru-chan]]. Few months later, the anime OP shows up in éclale as an actual license featuring Umaru herself as the song's character.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Zizz gets this for his undermentioned MoralEventHorizon, either being LoveToHate for being one of the only villainous character [[ShowDontTell shown to do anything evil]], or just being hated for what he actually does to ALT. [[TakeAThirdOption While you could get away with]] [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs agreeing to both]], be prepared for a nasty FlameWar if you admit to ''shipping'' these two.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Zizz gets this for his undermentioned MoralEventHorizon, either being LoveToHate for being one of the only villainous character [[ShowDontTell shown to do anything evil]], or just being hated for what they actually do to ALT. [[TakeAThirdOption While you could get away with]] [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs agreeing to both]], be prepared for a nasty FlameWar if you admit to ''shipping'' these two.

* MoralEventHorizon: While Zizz isn't the only dark character in the series, the others are either [[DarkIsNotEvil not explicitly stated to be evil]] or [[DesignatedVillain have their capacity for evil merely implied]] (i.e. through lyrics). Zizz, on the other hand, is the one character ''[[ShowDontTell shown]]'' to KickTheDog; specifically, he [[DemonicPossession attempts to take control of ALT]] in ''pop'n music 20 fantasia'', and succeeds if the player fails to save her. This is exasperated in 2-player matches, [[SadisticChoice forcing the opponent to let Zizz take control of ALT]] [[CrueltyIsTheOnlyOption if they wish to win the match]]. This pushes Zizz from being just a CreepyAwesome MarionetteMaster to an [[VileVillainSaccharineShow outright menace in an otherwise lighthearted series]].

** The unveiling of ''Welcome to Wonderland!'' in 2020 has been divisive (especially among international fans) due to its changes to the game itself, with its new cabinet using smaller buttons to fit in a ''[[VideoGame/HatsuneMikuProjectDiva Project Diva Arcade]]''-esque touch strip for slide notes. Some of gone as far as hoping the game is treated as a SpinOff alongside the "original" games rather than a replacement, assessing it as skewing towards a younger audience due to there not being hard charts on the JAPEO preview version, and its addition of RevenueEnhancingDevices in the form of acrylic NFC charms of characters that can be used in-game.