This article focuses on the Pop'n Music title, Pop'n Music 12 いろは. If you are looking for the Pop'n Music éclale character, see Iroha.
Pop'n Music 12 Iroha (ポップンミュージック１２いろは Poppun Myuujikku 12 Iroha?) is a Japanese music/rhythm video game developed by Konami and Bemani and released on December 8th, 2004 on Arcade and in 2006 on PlayStation 2. It is the 12th main installment in the Pop'n Music series.[1][2]
Song List[]
See Pop'n Music 12 Iroha/Music List. For the music list from the console version, see Pop'n Music 12 Iroha/CS Music List.
New Charts[]
See new charts here.
Deleted Songs[]
See removed songs here.
Difficulty Changes[]
See difficulty changes here.
Trivia[]
AC[]
- NET対戦モード (NET Taisen Mode) makes its first appearance, in which you battle two opponents online for the highest score, using modifiers to throw each other off.
- First Pop'n Music game to show you your best score in a song before playing it.
- Beatmania IIDX composers DJ Yoshitaka, Akira Yamaoka, and Ryu☆ make their Pop'n Music debuts, as does GuitarFreaks & DrumMania music composer Yoshihiko Koezuka.
- Reiji Sakurai, a recent singer under Konami's music label back in 2004, makes his BEMANI debut in this game.
- All Atsushi Shindo songs have been removed.
- One of the very few Pop'n Music arcade games to not have any difficulty changes for any of the arcade originals from the previous game.
- This is the first Pop'n Music title to have a word after a number.
- This is also the first one to have its caption after the number regularly written in Japanese.
- First AC Pop'n Music game that summons a pop'n mix in a song.
- The female announcer from Pop'n Music 10 and 11 is replaced by a new female announcer. The different announcers are used once until Pop'n Music 19 TUNE STREET's announcer is recycled to be used in Sunny Park and Lapistoria.
CS[]
- First home appearance of Taisen Mode.
- First appearance of pop'n Request Mode.
- Spin-off games notwithstanding, this is the first console Pop'n Music game without a new CLASSIC song.
- MEITANTEI CONAN is absent from the songlist.
- First CS Pop'n Music with preview music for songs.
- First CS Pop'n Music where speed mods and Anime/TV license characters don't need to be unlocked.
- Scott Dolph does the narration in the game's tutorial.
- First CS Pop'n Music game that summons "pop'n mix" for some songs.
- This is the first pop'n music CS game to not have Sanae♥chan as a playable character.
Etymology[]
- The word from the pop'n music 12 title, "iroha" (いろは?), has different definitions in Japanese etymology:
- The "iroha" term derives from the Japanese eponymous poem, "Iroha Uta" (いろは歌?) invented from the Heian period.
- To the present, "iroha" is the word used for the basic Japanese alphabet, which is compared to the common English alphabet.
- The iroha karuta, a traditional alphabet matching card game, do play a role in the pop'n music 12 いろは AC ♥ CS pop'n music 10 album booklet, as the cards are depicted with each character from their respective tunes with their initial letter from their names (sans Roku, whose name is written with just one kanji).
- The latter facts would then be part of the blueprint for a brand new character from pop'n music éclale.
- The iroha karuta, a traditional alphabet matching card game, do play a role in the pop'n music 12 いろは AC ♥ CS pop'n music 10 album booklet, as the cards are depicted with each character from their respective tunes with their initial letter from their names (sans Roku, whose name is written with just one kanji).
Gallery[]
Pop'n Music 12 Iroha PS2 cover
