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The first draft of this FAQ covers everything you'll need to play the 10 songs that come with the game, both in Campaign mode, and in Karaoke Mode. -------- 1.0 FAQ -------- Q. What is Utacchi? A. Utacchi is the first DS game in Konami's long-running BeMani series. It's a music game where the player has to tap or swipe notes, as they fall down the screen, in order to produce music. Q. Is This Pop'n Music? A. It's part of the Pop'n Music series, but it plays very differently. The game is played with the stylus, and has four different types of notes, which require 4 different stylus movements. It's a lot more than just tapping notes to play the music. Q. How many difficulty modes / charts are there per song? A. Each song has 5 charts. Two 1-button charts, two 3-button charts and one 5- button chart. Because each note requires you to tap or swipe it in a different way, the easier modes can actually be deceptively challenging. Q. Does this game have "keysounds"? A. Yes, all the vocals are keysounds. Q. Do you have to sing to unlock anything? A. No. The Karaoke Mode is seperate from the actual game. Q. Is this game aimed at children? A. It's aimed at the exact same audience as the rest of the BeMani series. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------ 2. Getting Started ------------------ When you first load up your cartridge, you'll be asked to select from one of 3 save slots. Select the slot you want, and then tap the big red button. The game will open a brief tutorial, which you can skip by tapping the blue button in the bottom-left of the screen. Utacchi is a music game. Notes will fall from the top of the screen, each holding a Japanese character. The player has to tap or swipe the style across each note, as it reaches the bottom of the screen. The tutorial introduces you to the 4 different types of "Tatsuchii" Red (Tacchi) Tap the note when it reaches the bottom of the screen. Yellow (Hanechi) Tap the note when it reaches the bottom of the screen, then swipe the stylus upwards, as if your drawing a small line up the screen. Blue (Nobichi) When the note reaches the bottom of the screen, press the style onto it. Lift the stylus up as the note is about to vanish. Green (Kosuchi) When the note reaches the bottom of the screen, press the style onto it, and drag it back and forth in long movements. As the note is about to leave the screen, swipe the stylus upwards. Once you've beaten the tutorial, you'll be taken to the main menu. --------- Main Menu --------- Single Player Wai Wai Mode (Multiplayer) Download Mode (Multiplayer) Omake The Multiplayer modes will be covered later in the FAQ. Omake Mode contains an autoplay feature (which allows you to hear all the songs being played perfectly), and a Character Museum mode, which allows you to view all the in- game sprite animations. Selecting "Single Player" will take you to the following menu ------------------ Single Player Menu ------------------ Campaign Free Play Tutorial Shop Campaign Mode is the game's main mode. Letting you play any song on any of the 5 difficulties. Beating each song earns you points to spend at the Shop, and also the chance to win scratchcards. This is the only mode used for unlocking new characters and songs. If you hate unlocking new things, and select Free Play mode, you'll first be offered to select a character. Timer has an awesome name, so you should definitely choose him. As you unlock new characters in Campaign mode, they'll be selectable here. -------------- Free Play Menu -------------- Normal Play Voice Play Karaoke Normal Play is the same as Campaign Mode, although your character (which is Timer, if you have any sense at all) replaces the character that usually appears on that song. Playing songs in Free Play doesn't allow you to unlock new characters or songs. Voice Play prompts you to record a short noise through the DS microphone. When you play songs in this mode, the keysounds in the song will all be replaced by a pitch-shifted playback of this recording. It's kind of fun, but ultimately pointless. Karaoke Mode is a terrifying incarnation of Pop'n Music, which makes 9-Button Ex Mode players tremble in fear. In this mode, the player sings along to the song themselves, using the console's built-in microphone. It doesn't detect pitch, but it does detect how long you hold the note. Good luck playing Cobalt. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------- 3.0 Campaign Mode ----------------- After selecting Campaign Mode, you'll be taken directly to the song select menu. You can use the stylus to move up or down through the songwheel, and tap the name of the song you want to play, to start immediately. Utacchi has 5 modes of difficulty, which change both the song's vocal complexity (and difficulty), and also the number of lanes in which notes will fall down the screen (the layout). The current difficulty is displayed at the top of the screen, and a flashing cloud icon in the bottom left of the screen allows you to enter the difficulty selection screen. Choosing to change the difficulty will take you to a separate screen, where you can choose the layout at the top, and then the difficulty at the bottom. Note that "5-button" mode can only be played on Hard difficulty. Once you've chosen your difficulty and layout, tap the red button to return to the song select screen. The 5 possible combinations are from hereon referred to as : 1-Button Easy 1-Button Hard 3-Button Easy 3-Button Hard 5-Button Mode The left side of the Song Select screen shows information about the song, including the banner graphic, the difficulty of the song (measured in stars), and the speed of the song (written in Japanese). It also tracks your all-time high score on the song, and the highest combo you've earned. To start off, you'll need to pass a song. The default song "Genesis Of Aquarion" is actually pretty challenging on any mode. The easiest song is "Cloudy Skies" (Donten), which is the 4th song down on the songlist. Once you select a song, the game will begin. On the right screen, notes will fall down the screen, and need to be tapped or swiped, in time to the music (there's an explanation of each note in the Getting Started section of the guide). As you hit each note, the game will grade you on your timing. Orange - "Great" Yellow - "Good" Green - "Bad" Blue - "Miss" On the left screen, you can see your current score, your current combo, and your "Groove Meter" Hitting any note will increase your combo and your Groove Meter. Missing a note completely will reset the combo to zero, and lower the Groove Meter. In order to pass a song, you have to fill up at least 2/3rds of the Groove Meter, and keep it filled until the end of the song. At the top of the left screen, the lyrics of the song are displayed in hiragana. This is fairly irrelevant, unless you're playing the game in Karaoke Mode, or have some strange desire to act like a Japanese preschooler, and sing along to the game. Please don't do this. At the end of the song, you'll either fail, and get taken back to the song selection screen, or you'll pass, and get to play The Awesome Scratch Card Minigame Thing. Before any cards are scratched, you'll be awarded a number of points based on your score (which you can spend to unlock new songs in Shop Mode), and shown a breakdown of how many notes you hit, and how well you hit them. The Awesome Scratch Card Minigame Thing will appear, showing a grid of 9 stars. When you scratch off a star, you'll reveal one of three symbols : O - Good! X - Bad! @ - Win! Collecting three "O" symbols, or the "@" symbol will win the game, and unlock a new character. Collecting "X" symbols will kick you out of the Minigame, and back to the song select screen. The card is completely random every time, so even if you get a card with the same graphic, the symbols will be randomly placed. Note that the songwheel is still showing the song you just played, but now displays "CLEAR!!" on the far right. This is called a "Pass Lamp". If you hit every note in the song, you'll also get a golden crown Pass Lamp next to it. On the left screen, your High Score (or only score) will be recorded, along with your highest combo. The game tracks separate scores for each song, on all 5 Difficulty Modes. Once you've beaten 4 or 5 songs, you can start unlocking more, by visiting the shop. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- 4.0 Shop Mode ------------- The Shop Mode allows you to unlock new songs, by spending points accumulated in Campaign Mode. At the beginning of the game, the following songs are available. Cha La Head Cha La [1500 Points] Kibun Joujou [1800 Points] A Perfect Sky [1500 Points] Zenryoku Shounen [1500 Points] One Night Carnival [1500 Points] Freckles [1800 Points] Nihon no Mikata [1800 Points] Strength [1800 Points] Asterisk [1800 Points] Haruko Kanata [1800 Points] Pray [1200 Points] Once you've purchased 4 songs from the shop, a second wave of songs opens up. A third wave opens up once you've purchased your 8th song. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------- 5.0 Songs --------- Utacchi features 40 songs, which span the entire Japanese musical spectrum (but mostly consist of songs from Pop'n Music and Jubeat games). The game starts off with 10 playable songs, and 10 more which you can unlock in Shop Mode. Each song is listed here, using the following format : Song Title Song #] [ Song Speed] Character [Easy Mode Difficulty | Easy Mode Notes] Genre [Hard Mode Difficulty | Hard Mode Notes] Japanese Title : The song's romanised Japanese title. Original Artist : The artist who originally recorded the song Origin : The anime or game from which the song is taken. If the song has appeared previously in any BeMani games, these are also noted. Lyrics : The lyrics to the song, exactly as they appear in the game -- Songlist #01 - Genesis Of Aquarion #02 - Dreamin' #03 - Anpanman #04 - Cloudy Skies #05 - My First Kiss #06 - Locolotion #07 - Cruel Angel's Thesis #08 - Dancing Pompokolin #09 - Bluebird #10 - Blue Sky Days -- Genesis Of Aquarion #01] [ Normal] White Merry [Easy ** | 158 Notes] Anime Theme [Hard **** | 238 Notes] Japanese Title : Sousei no Aquarion Original Artist : AKINO from bless4 Origin : Genesis Of Aquarion (Anime) Pop'n Music Party (BeMani) Dance Dance Revolution Music Fit (BeMani) Lyrics : sekai no hajimari no hi inochi no ki no shita de kujiratachi no koe no tooi zankyou futari de kiita nakushita mono subete aishita mono subete kono te ni dakishimete ima wa doko wo samayoi iku no kotae no hisomu kohaku no taiyou deawanakereba satsuriku no tenshi de irareta fushi naru matataki motsu tamashii kizutsukanaide boku no hane kono kimochi shiru tame umarete kita ichiman-nen to nisen-nen mae kara aishiteru hassen'nen sugita koro kara motto koishiku natta ichioku nisen-nen ato mo aishiteru kimi wo shitta sono hi kara boku no chigoku ni ongaku wa taenai oh - huh - - - - hmm - - --- Dreamin' [ #02] [ Normal] Risette [Easy ** | 158 Notes] Utacchi Television CM Song [Hard **** | 217 Notes] Original Artist : Stereopony Origin : Utacchi Lyrics : kaerimichi ishikoro kettobashite miru omou you ni toba nakute muchuu ni naru surechigau inukkoro chotto odoroku chippoke na kurikaeshi no mainichi da keredo ashita wa kitto kawaru yo negai wa kanau jibun shidai de yowasa ni sayonara me wo mukeru mado no soto ni sekai wa hirogaru sou sa dare mo ga itsumo yume wo mite fugainai toki wa kizutsuite futto ukaberu namida no naka de toki ni okubyou ni mo naru motto shinjite itai no ni motto warattetai no ni boku wa tabi wo tsudzuke nagara tada tokimeite itai'n da --- Anpanman March [ #03] [ Calm] B-Kun [Easy ** | 88 Notes] Anime Theme [Hard *** | 156 Notes] Japanese Title : Anpanman no March Original Artist : Dreaming Origin : Soreike! Anpanman (Anime) Pop'n Music 11 (BeMani) Lyrics : Sou da ureshiinda Ikiru yorokobi Tatoe mune no kizu ga itandemo nan no tame ni umarete nani wo shite ikiru no ka kotaerarenai nante sonna no wa iya da! ima wo ikiru koto de atsui kokoro moeru dakara kimi wa ikunda hohoende sou da ureshiinda ikiru yorokobi tatoe mune no kizu ga itan demo ah ah Anpanman yasashii kimi wa ike! minna no yume mamoru tame -- Cloudy Skies [ #04] [ Calm] Roku [Easy * | 102 Notes] Anime Theme [Hard *** | 135 Notes] Japanese Title : Donten Original Artist : DOES Origin : Gintama (Anime) Lyrics : namari no sora omoku tarekomi mashiro ni yodonda taiyou ga kudakete mimiari wo togaraseru hyururi hyururi hikui tsubame ga hachi no ji nasotte biru no tani wo kakeru moujiki ni yuudachi ga kuru donten no Michi wo kasa wo wasurete aruku kanojo wa ame ni obieteru node Boku mo yowamushi burasagete sora wo aogu -- My First Kiss [ #05] [ Calm] Rie-Chan [Easy ** | 96 Notes] Anime Theme [Hard *** | 137 Notes] Japanese Title : Hajimete no Chu Original Artist : Anshin Papa Origin : Kiteretsu Daihyakka (Anime) Pop'n Music 6 (BeMani) Lyrics : nemuranai yoru kimi no sei da yo saki wakareta wakaranai noni mimitabu ga for you moetairu for you yatta ohh hajimete no chuu kimi to chuu i will give you all my love naze ka yasashii kimochi ga ohh ippai hajimete no chuu kimi to chuu i will give you all my love nami daka de child otoko no guuzen be in love with you loving you loving you loving you --- Locolotion [ #06] [ Normal] Nickey [Easy *** | 151 Notes] J-Pop [Hard **** | 221 Notes] Japanese Title : Locolotion Original Artist : Orange Range Origin : Utacchi Lyrics : ah oh nanka ii kanji aozora umi dou kono location ah ah maji de nice body come on baby do the locolotion ah ah locolotion ah ah locolotion ah ah locolotion ah ah kanari no tenki tropical bungee jump hi sweet ahatteke yo! tokoton hora hot sashikomu taiyou high tention please chira rizumu girigiri dou misetai show time shoutai natsu no dai samaaseeru kimi wa hibi tell me fukuramasu mousou manatsu ni hajimaru serenade oh oh oh ah oh nanka ii kanji aozora umi dou kono location ah ah maji de nice body come on baby do the locolotion shigeki tappuri no kimi he escort shitee ah ah locolotion ah ah locolotion ah ah locolotion ah ah locolotion locolotion --- Cruel Angel's Thesis [ #07] [ Normal] Kagome [Easy *** | 118 Notes] Anime Theme [Hard **** | 210 Notes] Japanese Title : Zanokou na Tenshi no Thesis Original Artist : Takahashi Youko Origin : Neon Genesis Evanlegion (Anime) Pop'n Music Iroha (BeMani) Lyrics : zankoku na tenshi no youni zhonen yo shinwa ni nare aoi kaze ga ima mune no door wo tataitemo watashi dake wo tada mitsumete hohoenderu anata sotto fureru mono motomeru koto ni muchu de unmei sae mada shiranai itaikena hitomi dakedo itsuka kizuku deshou sono senaka ni wa haruka mirai mezasu tame no hane ga aru koto zankoku na tenshi no teze madobe kara yagate tobitatsu hotobashiru atsui patosu de omoide wo uragiru nara Konoto wo daite kagayaku shonen yo shinwa ni nare --- Dancing Pompokolin [ #08] [ Calm] Pierre & Jill [Easy *** | 94 Notes] Anime Theme [Hard **** | 179 Notes] Japanese Title : Odoru Ponpokorin Original Artist : B.B Queens Origin : Chibi Maruko-chan (Anime) Pop'n Music Fever (BeMani) Dance Dance Revolution Music Fit (BeMani) Lyrics : nan demo kan demo minna odori wo odotte iru yo onabe no naka kara inchiki oji-san toujou itsu datte wasurenai ejison wa erai hito sonna no joushiki ta-ta ta-ra-ri-ra piihyara piihyara pa-pa-pa-ra-pa piihyara piihyara pa-pa-pa-ra-pa piihyara piihyara o heso ga chirari piihyara piihyara pa-pa-pa-ra-pa piihyara piihyara odoru ponpokorin piihyara pii onaka ga hetta yo piihyara piihyara pa-pa-pa-ra-pa piihyara piihyara odoru ponpokorin piihyara pii onaka ga hetta yo --- Bluebird [ #09] [ Calm] Kagome [Easy ** | 151 Notes] Anime Theme [Hard **** | 189 Notes] Original Artist : Ikimono-gakari Origin : Naruto Shippuden (Anime) Pop'n Music The Movie (BeMani) Pop'n Music Portable (BeMani) Dance Dance Revolution Musicfit (BeMani) Lyrics : habata itara modoranai to itte mezashita no wa aoi aoi ano sora kanashimi wa mada oboerarezu setsunasa wa ima tsukami hajimeta anata e to idaku kono kanjou mo ima kotoba ni kawatte iku michi naru sekai no yume kara mezamete kono hane wo hiroge tobitatsu habata itara modoranai to itte mezashita no wa shiroi shiroi ano kumo tsukinuketara mitsukaru to shitte furikiru hodo aoi aoi ano sora aoi aoi ano sora aoi aoi ano sora --- Sky Blue Days [ #10] [ Normal] Lotte [Easy ** | 92 Notes] Anime Theme [Hard **** | 164 Notes] Japanese Title : Sorairo Days Original Artist : Shoko Nakagawa Origin : Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (Anime) Pop'n Music Wii (BeMani) Dance Dance Revolution Music Fit (BeMani) Lyrics : kimi wa kikoeru boku no kono koe ga yami ni munashiku ysuikomareta moshimo sekai ga imi wo motsu no nara konna kimochi wo muda de wa nai akogare ni osu tsubusarete akirametetan da hateshinai sora no iro mo shiranai de hashiridashita omoi ga ima demo kono mune wo tashika ni tatauterukara kyou no boku ga sono saki ni tsuzuku bokura nari no asu wo kizuiteiku kotae wa sou itsumo koko ni aru ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------- 6.0 Special Thanks ------------------- Unknown Gamer - Thank you so much for your work with translations, research, romanisation, and keeping me company while I had to stay up until 4am, playing Anpanman March 12 times in a row. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0.1 Version History v 0.1 - February 25, 2010 - Basic structure established, and default songlist completed! NEXT - First batch of song unlocks ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright 2010 Tyma Hughes