Pop'n Music Best Hits (Playstation 2) Secrets FAQ and Track List Written by: Ari Margo (Gamefaqs: Kythlyn) Version : 1.04 Copyright 2004 Ari Margo This is a free document that is not intended for commercial use. It is free to be distributed FREELY. It may NOT be used to make money in ANY FORM. I give my permission for this document to be modified and improved upon in a tasteful manner as long as my name remains on the document. Most of the information contained here was either discovered directly from the game or obtained via one of Konami's Japanese websites translated through Altavista's Babelfish. I created this to spare other Pop'n fans the trouble of deciphering poorly translated Engrish since no other FAQs were available for this game at the time of writing. This FAQ was NOT designed to be very in depth. It is merely to give importers enough information to get the most out of the game. If you need more in depth information about the Pop'n Music series in general, there are very detailed FAQs for other games in the series already available at GAMEFAQS. Enjoy. Table of Contents: Section 1: Track List Section 2: Secrets 1. How to unlock secret songs. 2. Special Options 3. Difficulty Toggle 4. Ojama 5. Instant Give-up 6. Expert Mode 7. Best Hits! Mode Section 3: Closing 1. Version Information 2. COntact Information --------------------- --------------------- SECTION 1: TRACK LIST --------------------- --------------------- Welcome. Pop'n Music Best Hits is a compilation of songs from all of the Playstation 1 Pop'n Music games. There are actually only 5 new songs in this whole game. If you haven't played those games, then this should be a lot of fun for you, though I feel that you'd be better off just playing those games. If you have played those games, then this game is one of nostalgia. Have fun. In Pop'n Music Best Hits, a song's difficulty is represented by a two digit number. The higher the number, the more difficult the song. If instead of a number you see ".." then that particular difficulty is not available for that song. The most difficult song according to the number is the EXTRA version of SCREEN with a rating of 42. The easiest is RAP with 06. The chart below contains all 54 of the songs in the game. Songs marked with an asterisk * are secret and must be unlocked (see SECRETS section). Songs marked (translated) had their titles written in Japanese characters so I could not decipher their names. I ended up using Babelfish, but the names will sound sort of strange. GENRE SONG TITLE CHALLENGE NORMAL HYPER EXTRA \ | / \ | / \ | / \ | / POPS I REALLY WANT TO HURT YOU 08|13|.. *POPs remix I REALLY WANT TO HURT YOU 22|..|.. RAP YOUNG DREAM 06|..|.. DISCO KING FUNKY TOWN'75 15|..|.. IDOL GIRL LOVE FIRE 10|24|.. NEO ACO (fly higher than) the stars 12|22|.. *NEO ACO remix fly higher (than the stars) 20|..|.. DIGI ROCK ROSE 14|..|.. VISUAL WHITE BIRDS 12|..|.. CANDY POP GIVE ME YOUR PAIN 11|27|.. J-GARAGE POP Miracle Moon 13|23|.. *J-GARAGE POP+ Miracle Moon - L.E.D. LIGHT STYLE MIX - 18|27|.. SEXY GIRLS Loneliness 18|23|.. KANGTONG Harmonyone happening running (translated) 11|29|.. DREAMY penguin 12|..|.. NIGHT OUT Transparent manicure (translated) 09|..|.. *NIGHT OUT rmx Transparent manicure (translated) moonlit mix 16|22|.. FRIENDLY Over The Rainbow 08|..|.. VISUAL 2 Cry Out 15|23|36 *VISUAL 2 rmx Cry Out (Superior Mix) 14|25|.. AMBIENT birds 10|22|.. POWER FOLK 2 We would like to break you (translated) 23|..|.. FUTURE ostim-art 14|25|31 HORROR Ghost Z (translated) 12|..|.. LATIN ROCK Yabaionna (translated) 13|..|.. CLASSIC 4 Concentare 16|41|.. PERCUSSIVE West Shinjuku cleaning tune (translated) 11|24|35 J-TEKNO 2 power plant 12|24|32 HEART Pink Rose (from KEYBOARDMANIA) 14|24|.. NEO GS Shock of Love 14|29|.. FRENCH POP une fille dans la pluie 15|..|.. *FRENCH POP J une fille dans la pluie remix 17|..|.. SKY Then (translated) 16|..|.. SOFT ROCK Homesick Pt.2&3 17|..|.. *SOFT ROCK LNG Homesick Pt.2&3 (Long Version) 19|28|.. ANIME HEROINE Door of magic (translated) 19|24|.. POWER FOKK 4 SLOW DOWN 27|..|.. HIP ROCK Large opinion (translated) 27|34|.. TRANCE Foundation of our love 16|32|.. SYMPATHY Usual Days 08|16|.. MELO CORE H@ppy Choice 18|25|34 DIGI POP Hurry up! 16|26|31 SPIRITUAL lasting 08|14|.. OI PUNK Don't you think? it is sad (translated) 17|27|41 SHOTEN Theme of laughing point (translated) 07|16|25 LUPIN Theme of Lupin three world ' 78 (translated) 11|18|25 CANDY CANDY Candy & candy (translated) 09|23|.. YATTAMAN Song of Yattaman (translated) 09|22|26 FLANDERS Being full of opening (translated) 12|22|.. *J-POP remix Life 08|22|.. *CUTE remix Regaining - Again my lovely day - (translated) 09|21|.. *TECHNO 80s rx Water Melon Woman (remix) 10|29|39 *SCREEN GALAXY FOREST 11.6&12 14|37|42 ELECTRO Invisible Lover 12|25|33 ----------------- ----------------- SETION 2: SECRETS ----------------- ----------------- ----------------------------- 1. HOW TO UNLOCK SECRET SONGS ----------------------------- The secret codes must be performed on the Title Screen where you would choose a mode. If you are successful you will hear a sound effect. Then when you play in Arcade Mode, the song will be available one time only on its appropriate stage, and then permanently in FREE Mode once you play it. You can also unlock the songs using specific methods described below. Pop'n Controller Left White = Button A / Button 1 / L2 Left Yellow = Button B / Button 2 / L1 Left Green = Button C / Button 3 / D-pad Left Left Blue = Button D / Button 4 / D-pad Up Red Button = Button E / Button 5 / D-pad Right Right Blue = Button F / Button 6 / Triangle Right Green = Button G / Button 7 / Circle Right Yellow = Button H / Button 8 / R1 Right White = Button I / Button 9 / R2 GENRE : POPS remix Code : 12433376 Method : Clear POPS with 0 Bads. GENRE : NEO ACO remix Code : 432777234777 Method : Clear NEO ACO with 0 Bads. GENRE : J-GARAGE POP remix Code : 696414696418 Method : Clear J-GARAGE POP with 0 Bads. GENRE : NIGHT OUT remix Code : 786933 Method : Clear NIGHT OUT with 0 Bads. GENRE : VISUAL 2 remix Code : 3938363 Method : Clear VISUAL 2 with 0 Bads. GENRE : FRENCH POP J Code : 77877877887 Method : Clear FRENCH POP with 0 Bads. GENRE : SOFT ROCK LONG Code : 78987673234 Method : Clear SOFT ROCK with 0 Bads. GENRE : J-POP Remix Code : 9181716134 Method : Clear CANDY POP with 0 Bads. Can also be unlocked in BEST HITS mode RANK 9. GENRE : CUTE remix Code : 943219678 Method : Play normal mode and select UOWO as your player character. : Can also be unlocked in BEST HITS mode RANK 8. GENRE : TECHNO 80s remix Code : 1231987 Method : Clear DREAMY with 0 Bads. : Can also be unlocked in BEST HITS mode RANK 7. GENRE : SCREEN Code : 79796897934 Method : Play normal mode and select HARMANOV as your player character. Then clear CLASSIC 4. Can also be unlocked in BEST HITS mode RANK 2. ------------------ 2. Special Options ------------------ There are 4 gameplay special options that can be adjusted on the options menu. They can also be adjusted on the loading screen for a song. Press select before the song begins and then you can change the options. High Speed: The notes scroll faster. There are four levels to this setting. The choices are off (slowest), X2, X3 and X4 (fastest). Mirror: In this mode, the note patterns are completely reversed. The A row will be on the I row and the I row will be on the A row. B will swap with H. E will swap with G. D will swap with F. E will remain unchanged. Hidden: In this tricky mode, the notes will actually vanish before the reach the bottom the the screen, making the game much more challenging. Random: When this is on the note patterns are randomized. Songs that you thought you mastered can be much more challenging with this on. -------------------- 3. Difficulty Toggle -------------------- On the music select screen, press select or simultaniously press the two yellow keys (B and H) to toggle the Difficulty Style from Standard 9-Key to HYPER or EXTRA. Those settings are much more difficult. -------- 4. Ojama -------- If you enable OJAMA in the option menu (go to SKIP and turn it ON) then in NORMAL mode before a song begins you can choose some special effects for the song that will make it more challenging. Here is the list as it appears in the game. There are a large variety of challenges that can be selected with the blue buttons (D and F) and the green buttons (C and G). The left blue and green buttons control the left column and the right blue and green buttons control the right column. Highlight the two challenges you want and then press the red button (E). Hi-Speed X2 : This activates High Speed 2 during certain sections of the song. Be warned that if you already have High Speed on from your game options that this will stack and be that much faster! I recommend turning such options off before trying this. MINI POP : The notes will be much smaller than usual. SUDDEN : This activates SUDDEN mode at certain points in the song (the notes will appear towards the bottom of the screen). Skinny POP : The notes will be very thin. Dance : The rival character will dance on the main screen to blind you. Ninja Hi Spd : Hi Speed with blinking horizontal notes. HIDDEN : This activates HIDDEN mode at certain points in the song (the notes will vanish towards the bottom of the screen). Bara Bara : Changes the shape of the notes so that some are fat and others are skinny. Gura Gura : The whole playing screen moves around making you dizzy. HELL : When this is active in the game, you'll notice your groove meter flashing. During this time correctly played notes will barely fill the meter at all, but missed notes will be much more devastating. FAT POP : The notes will be much bigger than usual. CHARACTER POP: This turns all of the notes into your rival's head. It can be tough if you depend on the colors of the notes to guide your hands because instead of having blue, yellow, green, red and white, there will be only 2 colors depending on the character. Hi-Speed X4 : Just like Hi-Speed X2 but even faster. Ojama : With this enabled, whenever you start playing well your rival will activate its OJAMA, which is basically some sort of visual distractions. Some rivals have REALLY challenging OJAMAs. ROCKET AND : This will add High Speed 4 and a distracting vertical visual Hi-speed x4 effect at certain points in the song. wiggle POP 1 : The notes will wiggle back and forth and zoom in and out. SQUISH 1 : The screen is squished from the top and the bottom so that the playing area is smaller. SQUISH 2 : The screen is squished from the left and the right so that the playing area is smaller. White POP : The notes are drained of their color and all turn white. EXCITE : This can add a lot of challenging distractions as you play. OMG POP : The screen is FLOODED with notes. Blinding. Wiggle POP 2 : The notes will wiggle back and forth and zoom in and out a lot. ALWAYS ON : This one is tricky. Basically if you select this for one of your challenges then the other challenge will be activated throughout the entire song instead of fading in and out all the time. Hidden + : In this mode you barely get to see the notes before they Sudden vanish. Very tough. EXCITE + : Excite mode plus Ojama. Lots of distractions. Ojama Inverted : The screen inverts so that the notes fall from the bottom of the screen and up to the top. Wiggle POP 3 : The notes will wiggle back and forth and zoom in and out. High Speed will also be enabled. Hidden + : This is rediculous. Don't bother even trying this unless Sudden + you have practically memorized the song your are playing. Hi Speed ------------------ 5. Instant Give-up ------------------ If for whatever reason you decide that you want to quit playing a song before it is over, just press start and select. -------------- 6. Expert Mode -------------- In EXPERT mode you have to survive 4 songs without ever emptying your groove bar. Easier said than done, lots of the expert courses are very difficult. Your bar will only fill up a tiny bit after each song is cleared. Songs marked with a STAR are HYPER versions. EXTRA versions are marked by a strange looking EYE icon. If you want, you can also create up to four of your own expert courses by pressing select on Original Course 1, 2, 3 or 4. Choose your songs and press select to toggle the difficulty level. Here is a list of the Expert Courses: D=Difficulty N=NORMAL H=HYPER E=EXTRA D|Song 1 D|Song 2 D|Song 3 D|Song 4 CHALLENGE N|POPS N|IDOL GIRL N|DISCO KING N|CANDY POP * N|DREAMY N|KANGTONG N|LATIN ROCK H|AMBIENT * * H|SYMPATHY H|J-TEKNO 2 H|TRANCE E|OI PUNK * * * * H|FLANDERS H|YATTAMAN H|CANDY CANDY H|LUPIN * * * ------------------ 7. Best Hits! Mode ------------------ This is a different way of playing through the game. Pop'n Music on a track if you will. You start off on RANK 10 and work your way down by clearing songs. Each song you clear unlocks another song on the list. There are a few secret songs on this list, though they can also be unlocked by other means (see SECRETS section). The main difference in this mode is there are a couple insane POP-kuns talking to you in between songs. Of course, they're talking in Japanese so you probably won't know what they're talking about unless you are fluent in the language. Anyway, it's fun, so give it a shot. ------------------ ------------------ SECTION 3: Closing ------------------ ------------------ ---------------------- 1. Version Information ---------------------- 1.00 : First Version 1.01 : Fixed grammatical errors. 1.02 : Added list of Expert Courses. 1.03 : Fixed a couple minor issues. 1.04 : Fixed a typo. ...yes, just a single letter. ---------------------- 2. Contact Information ---------------------- If you want to contact me for any reason, I can be e-mailed at: gamefaqskythlyn AT gmail DOT com