The "Official" Pop'n Music Thread

hardcore · Trick Member Joined: 24 Jan 2002

Is there any way to reset the song records on Pop'n Music 8? I just finished building my controller and I was hoping to keep track of what songs I've beaten on a full sized controller without losing all my unlocks...

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

is there any point to playing best hits mode in best hits?

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

does anyone know of a cheap place to order pop'n music soundtracks?

(wants to buy pop'n 10 soundtrack, which comes out in october, but does not want to get ripped off at places like cdjapan)

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

CD Japan is NOT a rip-off - they charge retail price and shipping. (CD Japan IS the English department of a major Japanese retailer.) To get prices much lower, you'd have to live either in Japan or California, or buy a bootleg, which is a fate worse than death.
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CatchyPhraseOwen · Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2003 2:48 pm Post subject:

WORD! I finally finished Sangoroku de 8 (or whatever!) and unlocked 321 Stars and all of those other goodies, but I had a few other questions...:

-Is there any way to permanantly unlock the Anubis song and Love Love Sugar, etc. instead of only being able to play them as your final stage?

-How do you unlock all of the movies and CG screens? I got a couple of them on the map, but I am clueless towards how I unlock the rest... I've done the Challange mode a few times and gotten points, but I'm not sure how to use those points...

-Are there any characters that you can unlock outside of Sangoroku de 8?

Thanks!

EMAGDNIM · Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2003 10:32 am Post subject:

I'd also like to know how to unlock the rest of the songs?!?!? It says that I'm at 100%, but in the pratice I'm still missing a few.
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SuPa |LÂ©| · Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2003 12:29 pm Post subject:

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

Specific amounts of points in Challenge Mode give you a movie, a CG or an EX song. There's a guide at www.gamefaqs.com

To get all the songs in Free Training you have to play them in Arcade mode.

EMAGDNIM · Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2003 6:40 pm Post subject:

Ahh...I see...thanks

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CatchyPhraseOwen · Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2003 7:53 pm Post subject:

Is there any way to unlock all of them for play during any stage in arcade mode (first, second and third songs?)

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

CatchyPhraseOwen · Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2003 9:31 pm Post subject:

Gah, and I can't even pass all of the nine-line stuff yet... I can do anything under a 24 (I think) on it though...

HighwayStarX · Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2003 4:35 am Post subject:

i just got a pop'n asc yesturday. now i can finally play pop'n best hits, pop'n 1-6, pop'n disney, and pop'n melody hehe. i gotta pick up 7 and 8 when i get more money.
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StarCreator · Trick Member Joined: 24 Jan 2002 Location: Maryland, USA

Got my pop'n ASC today. Would have gotten it yesterday but I slept through the delivery attempt. x_x

Played for a bit - it's fun, albeit noisy. Takes a little more getting used to, though ^^;

How are you guys storing this thing? I ended up putting it inside my RedOctane Ignition 2.0 carrying bag, for lack of any other place to put it - it's larger than all my shelves and drawers o.O
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StarCreator · Trick Member Joined: 24 Jan 2002 Location: Maryland, USA

For those that are actually konamistyle members, they are currently running a survey to see what people are interested in for pop'n 9 SP. Questions include how expensive one is willing to pay, what kind of extras one would like (a V-Rare seems to be included in all of them, so V-Rare 7 is pretty much assured!), what your favorite character or artist is, where you first played pop'n, etc...

Obviously, you need to be able to read and answer in Japanese, and you must use IE for some reason. But for those who can fill out the survey, this is pretty neat and is a good chance to give Konami some feedback on the excellent SP sets that have come out.

( By the way, when they suggested what kind of extra they should include, we said they should do an artbook... anyone with me? I like artbooks... ^^; )
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CatchyPhraseOwen · Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2003 10:36 pm Post subject:

Word, time for some boasting... I passed Hip-Rock and Special Cooking today, along with the Fresh Hyper and Mind EX. I was wondering what some good songs for me to try and tackle now would be. I still haven't passed Melo Punk, the ending theme from Pop'n 6, and I haven't tried Des-Reggae, but I'm sure it'd hand me my buttocks. Are there any good Hypers to try? I passed the Mind EX by pure luck, seeing as I randomly selected it when I earned the EX stage on Challange Mode, and I'm not good enough to pass any others. What are some good Hypers to build some skills on?

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

I'm partial to Touch and Artemis (sorry, I forget the genre name) Hypers. And Splash EX.
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CaptainYashiro · Trick Member Joined: 17 Jul 2002 Location: Rockford, IL

Hmm...Ragtime Hyper? Swedish 2 Hyper? Neo GS Hyper? Keep working on Des-Reggae 9-line, too.

It's hard to come up with specific songs to play for skill improvement in Pop'n Music. Seems like Pop'n is one of those games where suddenly things just click and you can do things you couldn't do the last time you played.

Just keep trying as many songs in the late 20's as possible.

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

'touch' hyper has lots of button pressing, but is nice and repetetive. also, 'flower pop' hyper is kinda like that. i found that those songs helped me... 'new age remix' hyper is also good. it helps with multiple button presses... playing 'tropical' normal or hyper will help with rhythm stuff... 'winter pop' hyper is hard, but is vital to learning some important hand techniques.. i ramble