Revisional Differences

pop'n music 9 (Arcade)/Revisional Differences

This is a sub-page of Pop'n music 9 (Arcade).

Two revisions of pop'n music 9 are known to exist, labeled ver.JAA and ver.JAB. Currently, only the latter is preserved, but differences between both versions have been documented:

Other#

• Hidden HYPER and EX charts are no longer viewable by default in ver.JAB.
• When playing with EX Gauge, having any amount of gauge still remaining after the song ends now counts as a clear in ver.JAB.
• Part of the unlock condition for Suichuukazoku no theme (LONG) was changed in ver.JAB; instead of requiring the player to choose Nyami as their character, they now must choose Poet.
• The Battle HYPER chart of the song Oedo hanafubuki was originally rated 13, lower than the Battle NORMAL chart (18). This was changed to 22 in ver.JAB. Curiously, the ratings for the Battle charts in the sequel were changed to 13 and 18 for NORMAL and HYPER, respectively, suggesting these new ratings were the intended ones, but were just swapped in ver.JAA.
• Both Battle charts for the song Free pass originally had their ratings listed as 0, and its BPM was also displayed as 0 in the song splash screen upon selecting these charts. The ratings were changed to 9 and 16 for Battle NORMAL and Battle HYPER, respectively, and the BPM corrected back to 140-186.

Charts#

Curiously, ver.JAB's HDD still has the chart data from ver.JAA, which renders these comparisons possible. Pnach patches are provided for all charts, even if differences are minimal.

pop'n music 2#

IDOL GIRL / LOVE FIRE#

Affected charts: HYPER

patchExtended=1,EE,1d75dc,word,00000000,00f63090

• Several 9 notes at measures 2, 5, 6, 32, 35, and 36 were moved around.

Measure	ver.JAA	ver.JAB
02, 32
05, 35
06
36

• Many notes at measure 28 were originally placed around 5/48 of a beat earlier.

ver.JAA	ver.JAB

pop'n music 4#

VISUAL 2 / Cry Out#

Affected charts: HYPER, EX

// hyper
patchExtended=1,EE,1d781c,word,00000000,00f6d090
// ex
patchExtended=1,EE,1d7840,word,00000000,00f6d130

• At measure 55, a 2 note was shifted half a beat later in the HYPER chart. The EX chart has a similar change with a 4 note, but it also gets moved to the 6 lane.

HYPER
ver.JAA	ver.JAB

• At measure 65, a 3 note was shifted half a beat later in the HYPER chart. The EX chart has a similar change with a 6 note, but it also gets moved to the 5 lane.

HYPER
ver.JAA	ver.JAB

• At measure 73, a 3 note was shifted half a beat later in the HYPER chart. The EX chart has a similar change with a 4 note, but it also gets moved to the 5 lane.

HYPER
ver.JAA	ver.JAB

• The final button press at measure 77, which was originally 1+3+7+9 in the HYPER chart and 3+5+7+9 in EX, was modified to 1+2+8+9 and 2+3+8+9, respectively.

HYPER
ver.JAA	ver.JAB

pop'n music 5#

LATIN POP / In a Grow#

Affected charts: HYPER, EX

// hyper
patchExtended=1,EE,1d766c,word,00000000,004d7090
// ex
patchExtended=1,EE,1d7690,word,00000000,004d7130

• A 2 note at measure 24 of the HYPER chart now loads the keysound 31 instead of 74. Furthermore, the keysounds in both this and the EX chart are loaded differently.

ver.JAA	ver.JAB

MONDO POP / BICYCLE#

Affected charts: NORMAL

patchExtended=1,EE,1d76fc,word,00000000,00441040

• A 1+5+9 press at the beginning of measure 31 was modified in ver.JAB to be a 1+5+8 press, as it was in the song's original appearance. Furthermore, some keysounds are loaded differently.

ver.JAA	ver.JAB

pop'n music 6#

DIGI POP / Hashirinukeru kimi he, Hurry up!#

Affected charts: HYPER, EX

// hyper
patchExtended=1,EE,1d7498,word,00000000,00603090
// ex
patchExtended=1,EE,1d74bc,word,00000000,00603130

• A 2 note at measure 4 of the HYPER chart now uses the keysound 24 instead of 23.

ver.JAA	ver.JAB

• A 7 note, a 8 note, and a later 7 note at measure 8 of the HYPER chart now use the keysounds 58, 59 and 58 instead of 5B, 5C and 5D, respectively. A similar change was done to the EX chart, but on a 2, 3, and a later 2 note, respectively.

HYPER
ver.JAA	ver.JAB

GIRLS POP / Picnic#

Affected charts: Battle HYPER

patchExtended=1,EE,1d80b0,word,00000000,00653180

• A duplicate 1 note at measure 24 was moved to 2. Natively, due to the way Battle charts are structured, the Battle HYPER-exclusive 1, 2, and 3 notes are positioned in the lanes of the 4, 5, and 6 notes, respectively.

ver.JAA	ver.JAB

MOODY / Midnight Yoghurt (onna SPY oiroke go-go dasshutsu daisakusen)#

Affected charts: HYPER, EX

// hyper
patchExtended=1,EE,1d7720,word,00000000,005f9090
// ex
patchExtended=1,EE,1d7744,word,00000000,005f9130

• Two 8 notes at the end of the HYPER and EX charts now use the keysound 62 instead of 61.

HYPER
ver.JAA	ver.JAB

ROCK'N'ROLL / I am Rock'n'roll King#

Affected charts: Battle HYPER patchExtended=1,EE,1d80d4,word,00000000,005d1180

• Several duplicate 2 notes at measures 39 and 40 were moved to alternating 3 and 1 notes.

pop'n music 7#

CIRCUS / Free pass#

Affected charts: Battle

Watch on YouTubepatchExtended=1,EE,1d7ac8,word,00000000,00699180

• The original release only had a single Battle (NORMAL) chart, with 305 notes. Curiously, it has no background keysounds.

J-ALTERNA / Kantan na koto dakedo taisetsuna mono#

Affected charts: HYPER

patchExtended=1,EE,1d7624,word,00000000,006fd090

• A keysound call was added to the position 116015 (roughly measure 61 beat 3.5), making the 9 note at measure 62 beat 0 play the keysound 16 instead of 31.

ver.JAA	ver.JAB

pop'n music 8#

A.I.TECHNO / 0/1 ANGEL#

Affected charts: All

// normal
patchExtended=1,EE,1d79f0,word,00000000,007d9040
// hyper
patchExtended=1,EE,1d7a14,word,00000000,007d9090
// 5 button
patchExtended=1,EE,1d7a38,word,00000000,007d90e0
// ex
patchExtended=1,EE,1d7a5c,word,00000000,007d9130
// battle
patchExtended=1,EE,1d7a80,word,00000000,007d9180

• Several keysounds across all charts are loaded differently.

CS (returning)#

CUTE / Torikaeshite yaru!~Again,My Lovely Day~#

Affected charts: HYPER

patchExtended=1,EE,1d7aa4,word,00000000,00a4f090

• The HYPER chart erroneously had no notes between measure 39 (the start of the final chorus section) beat 1 and measure 47 beat 0 (the end of the song). This was fixed in ver.JAB.

ver.JAA	ver.JAB

pop'n music 9#

BIO MIRACLE / Bokutte Upa?#

Affected charts: Battle HYPER

patchExtended=1,EE,1d79cc,word,00000000,00e37180

• Several 3 notes at measure 56 were moved to 2. Some of them were duplicates.

ver.JAA	ver.JAB

• A 3 note at measure 57 was moved to 1.

ver.JAA	ver.JAB

CELT LONG / Suichuukazoku no theme (LONG)#

Affected charts: HYPER

patchExtended=1,EE,1d7864,word,00000000,00e87090

• A 3 and a 5 note at measure 76 were moved to 4 and 6, respectively, while a 4, a 6, and a 8 note at measure 77 were moved to 3, 5, and 7.

ver.JAA	ver.JAB

COUNTRY BEATS / Kyou wa kyou de egatta nya#

Affected charts: Battle HYPER

patchExtended=1,EE,1d79a8,word,00000000,00e19180

• A duplicate 1 note at measure 34 was moved to 3.

ver.JAA	ver.JAB

CYBER ROCKABILLY / Dynamic! Atomic! Space cow boys & girls ~ver.1~#

Affected charts: Battle HYPER

patchExtended=1,EE,1d7edc,word,00000000,00f8b180

:* Six 2 notes at measures 25 and 26 were moved to 3, as some of them were duplicates.

ver.JAA	ver.JAB

DARKNESS 2 / Kinjirareta chigiri#

Affected charts: Battle HYPER

patchExtended=1,EE,1d78ac,word,00000000,00d8d180

• A duplicate 3 note at measure 60 was moved to 2.

ver.JAA	ver.JAB

FRENCH BOSSA / COQUETTE#

Affected charts: Battle HYPER

patchExtended=1,EE,1d8020,word,00000000,00cd9180

• A background keysound at measure 6 beat 3.5 was moved to 1. Furthermore, a duplicate 3 at the start of measure 7 was relegated to a background keysound.

ver.JAA	ver.JAB

• A duplicate 2 at measure 11 beat 2 was moved to 1.

ver.JAA	ver.JAB

• A duplicate 3 at measure 72 beat 0 was moved to 1.

ver.JAA	ver.JAB

FRENCH POP J LONG / une fille dans la pluie (LONG)#

Affected charts: HYPER

patchExtended=1,EE,1d7888,word,00000000,00e91090

• Two 5 notes at measure 55 were moved to 6, as well as a 3 note to 5.

ver.JAA	ver.JAB

• Likewise, two 5 notes at measure 56 were moved to 3, as well as a 4 note to 2.

ver.JAA	ver.JAB

• A 4 note at measure 57 was moved to 5.

ver.JAA	ver.JAB

HIPUNK / cobalt#

Affected charts: Battle HYPER

patchExtended=1,EE,1d7ffc,word,00000000,00e0f180

• Two duplicate 3 notes at measure 11 were moved to 1.

ver.JAA	ver.JAB

• A duplicate 1 at measure 37 of the same chart was moved to 2.

ver.JAA	ver.JAB

HIP ROCK LONG / Daikenkai (LONG)#

Affected charts: HYPER, EX

// hyper
patchExtended=1,EE,1d7f00,word,00000000,00ea5090
// ex
patchExtended=1,EE,1d7f24,word,00000000,00ea5130

• Due to the changes listed below, the HYPER and EX charts have different notecounts, going from 1355 and 1405 notes, respectively, to 1337 and 1461 notes in ver.JAB.
• HYPER

:* A 5 note at measure 15 beat 3 was moved to 6.

ver.JAA	ver.JAB

:* A 1 note at measure 40 beat 3.5 was moved to 3.

ver.JAA	ver.JAB

:* A 4 note at measure 71 beat 0.5 was moved to 3.

ver.JAA	ver.JAB

:* A 3 and a 4 note at measure 72 were moved to 4 and 5, respectively.

ver.JAA	ver.JAB

:* A 1+5+9 press at measure 90 was changed into a 1+7+9.

ver.JAA	ver.JAB

:* The keysounds of the 1 and 3 buttons at measure 97 beat 3 were swapped.

ver.JAA	ver.JAB

:* Measures 98 to 107 originally did not have any background keysounds. They have been filled as follows, with the positions rounded into 16ths:

:* A 7 note and an 8 note at measure 118 were relegated to background keysounds.

ver.JAA	ver.JAB

:* A 4 note at measure 119 was relegated to a background keysound.

ver.JAA	ver.JAB

:* A 9 note and a 3 note at measure 121 were relegated to background keysounds.

ver.JAA	ver.JAB

:* Two 3 notes, as well as an 8, a 7, a 4, a 6 and a 5 at measure 123 were relegated to background keysounds. Furthermore, a 4 note was moved to 3.

ver.JAA	ver.JAB

:* Three 6 notes at measure 124 were relegated to background keysounds.

ver.JAA	ver.JAB

:* Two 6 notes at measure 125 were moved to 5.

ver.JAA	ver.JAB

:* A 1 note, a 3, and a later 1 at measure 127 were relegated to background keysounds. A 4 note, two 3s, and a 7 were also moved to 3, two 2s, and 3, respectively.

ver.JAA	ver.JAB

• EX

:* A 9 and a 6 note at measure 8 were both moved to 7.

ver.JAA	ver.JAB

:* A 5 note at the end of measure 11 was moved to 4.

ver.JAA	ver.JAB

:* A 6 note at measure 15 was moved to 5.

ver.JAA	ver.JAB

:* A 7 note at measure 16 was moved to 6.

ver.JAA	ver.JAB

:* A 6 note at measure 20 was moved to 5.

ver.JAA	ver.JAB

:* A 7 note at measure 33 was moved to 6.

ver.JAA	ver.JAB

:* A background keysound at measure 40 was moved to 3.

ver.JAA	ver.JAB

:* A 8 note at measure 51 was moved to 7.

ver.JAA	ver.JAB

:* A 6 note at measure 53 was moved to 7.

ver.JAA	ver.JAB

:* Two 6 notes at measure 55 were moved to 7 and 8, respectively.

ver.JAA	ver.JAB

:* A 3 note at measure 60 was moved to 1.

ver.JAA	ver.JAB

:* A 3 note at measure 72 was moved to 2, and a background keysound moved to 3.

ver.JAA	ver.JAB

:* Another background keysound at measure 73 was moved to 3.

ver.JAA	ver.JAB

:* Another background keysound at measure 74 was moved to 7.

ver.JAA	ver.JAB

:* A 9 note at measure 77 was moved to 5.

ver.JAA	ver.JAB

:* A 1+5+7 press at the beginning of measure 90 was moved to 4+6+9. An 8 note was also moved to 4.

ver.JAA	ver.JAB

:* A background keysound at measure 105 was moved to 4.

ver.JAA	ver.JAB

:* A 1 note at measure 106 was moved to 2.

ver.JAA	ver.JAB

:* At measure 107, a 4 note was moved to 6, a background keysound moved to 5, and a 6 relegated to a background keysound and moved slightly earlier.

ver.JAA	ver.JAB

:* Measures 110 to 119 were completely recharted.

	ver.JAA	ver.JAB

:* Two 2 notes at measures 124 and 125 were moved to 1.

HIP ROCK 2 / Dandandou#

Affected charts: All

// normal
patchExtended=1,EE,1d7528,word,00000000,00dfb040
// hyper
patchExtended=1,EE,1d754c,word,00000000,00dfb090
// 5 button
patchExtended=1,EE,1d7570,word,00000000,00dfb0e0
// ex
patchExtended=1,EE,1d7594,word,00000000,00dfb130
// battle
patchExtended=1,EE,1d75b8,word,00000000,00dfb180

• All charts have stricter timing windows in ver.JAB. 1 timing unit here appears to be equivalent to 32ms. For reference, a rough approximation of the COOL window is indicated in magenta.

HYPER J-POP 2 / North Wind#

Watch on YouTubeAffected charts: All

// normal
patchExtended=1,EE,1d7768,word,00000000,00e05040
// hyper
patchExtended=1,EE,1d778c,word,00000000,00e05090
// 5 button
patchExtended=1,EE,1d78f4,word,00000000,00e050e0
// ex
patchExtended=1,EE,1d7918,word,00000000,00e05130
// battle
patchExtended=1,EE,1d793c,word,00000000,00e05180

• The patterning of the HYPER chart was extensively modified; one noticeable change is that the newer chart does not have as many "stair" patterns.
• Measure 64 of the EX chart was completely redone.

ver.JAA	ver.JAB

• The NORMAL chart was originally a copy of, curiously, the revised EX chart as seen in ver.JAB.
• At the start of the 5-BUTTON and Battle charts, the play BGM command has the value 00 instead of 0A.
• A duplicate 2 note at measure 12 of the Battle HYPER chart was moved to 1.

ver.JAA	ver.JAB

OBA Q / Shin obake no Q-taro#

Affected charts: HYPER

patchExtended=1,EE,1d77f8,word,00000000,00db5090

• A 4 note at measure 35 of the HYPER chart uses the keysound 8E instead of 90.

ver.JAA	ver.JAB

OI punk 0 / Butapunch no theme#

Affected charts: All

// normal
patchExtended=1,EE,1d7f48,word,00000000,00d79040
// hyper
patchExtended=1,EE,1d7f6c,word,00000000,00d79090
// 5 button
patchExtended=1,EE,1d7f90,word,00000000,00d790e0
// ex
patchExtended=1,EE,1d7fb4,word,00000000,00d79130
// battle
patchExtended=1,EE,1d7fd8,word,00000000,00d79180

• A few keysounds near the end of the song are loaded earlier across all charts.

ORE POP / Massugu OK!#

Affected charts: NORMAL, HYPER

// normal
patchExtended=1,EE,1d76b4,word,00000000,00ccf040
// hyper
patchExtended=1,EE,1d76d8,word,00000000,00ccf090

• NORMAL

:* Many notes at measures 50 and 51 were shifted one lane to the left. Furthermore, the final 5 at the latter measure was moved to 1.

• HYPER

:* A background keysound at the start of measures 11 and 13 was moved to 1.

:* A background keysound at the start of measure 14 was moved to 3.

ver.JAA	ver.JAB

:* A background keysound at measure 15 was moved to 4.

ver.JAA	ver.JAB

:* A background keysound at the start of measure 27 was moved to 6. A 6 note at the same measure was also moved to 5.

ver.JAA	ver.JAB

:* Background keysounds at the start and very end of measure 28 were moved to 5.

ver.JAA	ver.JAB

:* A background keysound at the start of measure 30 was moved to 7.

ver.JAA	ver.JAB

:* A background keysound at the start of measure 31 was moved to 5.

ver.JAA	ver.JAB

:* A background keysound at the start of measure 32 was moved to 6.

ver.JAA	ver.JAB

:* A background keysound at the start of measure 34 was moved to 9.

ver.JAA	ver.JAB

:* Measures 50 and 51 were completely redone.

PEACH IDOL / Dokidoki mousou karamawari syndrome(doki-kara)#

Affected charts: Battle HYPER

patchExtended=1,EE,1d78d0,word,00000000,00ddd180

• A duplicate 3 note at measure 34 was moved to 2.

ver.JAA	ver.JAB

PHILLY SOUL / Yokoshima color baby#

Watch on YouTubeAffected charts: HYPER, EX

// hyper
patchExtended=1,EE,1d77b0,word,00000000,00dd3090
// ex
patchExtended=1,EE,1d77d4,word,00000000,00dd3130

• The HYPER chart was originally different, having 646 notes. It received a new chart in ver.JAB, which has 518.
• Furthermore, the EX chart was originally a duplicate of NORMAL, which was also corrected.

POPS ENCHOLE / I REALLY WANT TO HURT YOU#

Affected charts: Battle HYPER

patchExtended=1,EE,1d7960,word,00000000,00dab180

• A duplicate 1 note at measure 32 was moved to 3.

ver.JAA	ver.JAB

SOFT ROCK from IIDX / Secret tale#

Affected charts: Battle HYPER

patchExtended=1,EE,1d7984,word,00000000,00df1180

• Two duplicate 2 notes at measure 27 were moved to 3.

ver.JAA	ver.JAB

Cabinet Lights Files#

Furthermore, the following songs are listed to have changes in their _pwm files, which are related to the cabinet lights, but these changes are not fully understood at this time.

• pop'n music 4
  • DISCO GIRLS / HONE made tonight [HYPER]
• pop'n music 5
  • LATIN POP / In a Grow [HYPER, EX]
• pop'n music 6
  • DIGI POP / Hashirinukeru kimi he, Hurry up!
  • MELO CORE / H@ppy Choice
  • SEIBU KEISATSU / Seibu keisatsu main theme
• pop'n music 7
  • DISCO HOUSE / Disco typhoon
  • WINTER POP / White Lovers
• pop'n music 8
  • FLOWER POP / Marigold
  • GROOVE ROCK LIVE / Akai ringo
  • HERO / Hero~HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO~
  • LOUNGE POP / Linus
  • MIAMI SALSA / EL DIA FELIZ
  • PIANO ROCK / Marine drive
  • POWER FOLK 2 LIVE / Kimi wo kowashitai
  • RAGTIME / RADICAL RAGTIME TOUR
  • SHOWA WALTZ / HONEY-BEE
  • SUBURBIA / une lettle de mon copain
  • TECHNO POP / 321 STARS
  • TRAUMA PUNK / Shaka
  • UCHU-KG / Uchuu keiji Gavan
  • WORLD TOUR / Miracle 4
  • YAKYU ROCK / Koi no catchball
• CS
  • LIVE / Theme of staff roll~special mix~
• pop'n music 9
  • CELT LONG / Suichuukazoku no theme LONG
  • CHOCO POP / GOODBYE CHOCOLATE KISS
  • SHOWA BOOGIE WOOGIE / Love lovegie woogie
  • SWEDISH LONG / Camomile bathroom LONG