Pop'n Music 5 (Playstation) 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 and Modes 1. How to unlock secret songs via time release. 2. How to unlock secret songs via secrets codes. 3. Special Options 4. Hyper Songs 5. Challenge Mode and Extra Stage 6. Instant Give-up 7. Omake 8. Party Mode Section 3: Closing 1. Version Information 2. COntact Information --------------------- --------------------- SECTION 1: TRACK LIST --------------------- --------------------- The list below contains all the songs in the game. It does NOT provide the real names of the songs, but the name that you will see when selecting stages, which represents the genre of the music. Before you begin play, go into the options menu and change SELECT to SHORT CUT. This will replace the normal Pop'n Music 5 menu screens with a much more simplified version. It is unfortunate that we won't be able to enjoy those graphics, but it is important because in this mode the stage selection screen is in English instead of Japanese. Songs with marked with an * are not available by default and must be unlocked (see secrets section). In addition, there are specific requirements to play the more challenging HYPER and EXTRA versions of the songs (once again, see the secrets section). Because Pop'n 5 does not clearly divide the challenge rating of each song into 24 bars like it used to in the previous games in the series, in this list the number of asterisks represents the difficulty on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the most difficult. If a difficulty is not filled in, then that challenge level does not exist for that song. POWER FOLK 3 is the only song without a Normal version. GENRE RIVAL CHALLENGE Normal|Hyper|Extra *STAGE 1* NEWAGE Karen * | | ALLEGRIA Jose ** | | PERCUSSIVE Mr. KK ** |*****|***** J-TEKNO 2 Shollkee ** | | POWER ACO Makoto ** |*** | MONDO POP Sugi-kun *** | | JODLER Clara *** |**** |**** CIRCUIT Hayata ** | | IDOL POP Moe * |**** | CLASSIC 5 Harmanov * |*****|***** BALLADE Rachel ** |**** | *ONDO Pop'n All ! Stars ** |*** | *TECHNO KAYO Pino ** |**** | *EVER POP Higurashi ** |*** | *STAGE 2* CINEMA Kevin ** | | US-DANCE POP Judy ** | | LATIN POP Olivia ** | | COMIC SONG Pierre & Jill *** |*** | SAMBA Nawomi *** | | ROCK OPERA Grappa *** | | NEO GS Wacky *** |*** | FRENCH POP Belle *** | |*** SENTAI Akagi Takayuki *** |**** | AOR Paul *** |**** | D.I.Y. Toby-5 ** |**** | CRYSTAL Ageka *** | | SKY Poet *** | | *NEWS Boy *** | | *LIGHT FUSION Kika *** |*** |***** *MODERNISM Mebae ** |**** | *TAIYO Nyami *** |**** |***** *HEART Judy *** | | *STAGE 3* J-RAP Nyami ** |**** | PARA PARA Tamako *** |**** |***** SOFT ROCK Rie-chan *** | | ANIME HEROINE Space @ Maco **** |**** | MUSICAL Hotaru **** | | HI-TENSION Lisa **** |**** | HEAVY ROCK Fat Boy *****| | KG Suit *** |**** |**** PURE Nanako & Soramame *** |*****| POWER FOLK 4 Ash *****| | BONUS TRACK remix MZD *****| | POPS remix MZD **** | | DANCE remix MZD *** | | J-TEKNO remix MZD *** | | BRITPOP Donna **** | | HORROR Smile ** | | SPECIAL ENDING Rave Girl **** | | CLASSIC 4 Harmanov **** |*****| *LESSON Mimi *****| | *POSITIVE remix MZD *** | | *NEO ACO remix Reo-kun **** | | *GIRLY remix MZD **** | | *ENKA remix MZD **** |*****|***** *SOUL Jessica **** |**** | *HIP ROCK Roku (Kanji) **** |*****| *TRANCE Tran *** |*****| *GUNDAM Nyami ** |**** | *CUBAN GROOVE Vantain **** |**** |***** *Funk Rock Shark **** | | *POWER FOLK 3 Ash | |**** ------- ------- SECRETS ------- ------- ---------------------------------------------- 1. HOW TO UNLOCK SECRET SONGS VIA TIME RELEASE ---------------------------------------------- There are 20 Secret Songs in Pop'n Music 5. 19 of them can be unlocked by methods in this section (see the EXTRA STAGE part of the Secrets section for the 20th secret song). In order to unlock them permanently in Arcade Mode, they must be time released. There is no other way to permanently unlock them in Arcade Mode. In order to time release the songs, you must play Arcade Mode. FREE MODE WILL NOT ADVANCE THE TIMER! The only time the timer advances is when you are actually playing a song. Navigating the menus does not count. Watching the staff roll does not count. Only actual gameplay counts. Once enough time has elapsed, the secret songs will start becoming available in their appropriate stages. Time Release List: NEWS : 2 Hours HEART : 2 Hours CUBAN GROOVE : 2 Hours FUNK ROCK : 2 Hours EVER POP : 2 Hours 30 Minutes TECHNO KAYO : 2 Hours 30 Minutes GUNDAM : 3 Hours LIGHT FUSION : 3 Hours ONDO : 3 Hours 30 Minutes MODERNISM : 3 Hours 30 Minutes TAIYO : 4 Hours TRANCE : 4 Hours POSITIVE remix : 4 Hours 30 Minutes NEO ACO remix : 4 Hours 30 Minutes SOUL : 5 Hours HIP ROCK : 5 Hours GIRLY remix : 5 Hours 30 Minutes ENKA remix : 5 Hours 30 Minutes LESSON : 5 Hours 30 Minutes ---------------------------------------------- 2. HOW TO UNLOCK SECRET SONGS VIA SECRET CODES ---------------------------------------------- There are also 2 methods of temporarily unlocking all of the songs. One is through secret codes, and the other is by meeting specific requirements. When you unlock the songs in this manner, they will only be available for 1 game in arcade mode, and then they will once again be locked. However, if you do chose to play the song when it is unlocked, it will be permanently available in FREE MODE, whether or not you pass or fail the song. Please remember though that free mode will not progress the time release timer to unlock the songs in Arcade Mode. Because I have not been able to find an accurate translation of the challenge requirements, I will not attempt to include them here because there's no point in publishing potentially bad info. If you don't feel like doing them (as some of them are VERY difficult), don't feel bad about doing the secret codes instead. They serve the exact same purpose and are there to spare you from the challenges. The secret codes must be performed on the Title Screen where you would choose a mode. Hold down SELECT and then enter the code. 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. Pop'n Controller Left White = Button A / Button 1 Left Yellow = Button B / Button 2 Left Green = Button C / Button 3 Left Blue = Button D / Button 4 Right Blue = Button F / Button 6 Right Green = Button G / Button 7 Right Yellow = Button H / Button 8 Right White = Button I / Button 9 LESSON : 94781362 POSITIVE remix : 4466373721 NEO ACO reimx : 222122222222213 GIRLY remix : 133131313122132 ENKA remix : 98968989687 ONDO : 28333 TECHNO KAYO : 1191191119 EVER POP : 999911112819 MODERNISM : 444422229999 LIGHT FUSION : 1977714 TAIYO : 129889211199 SOUL : 446673286 HIP ROCK : 6666661 TRANCE : 12344329 GUNDAM : 3992 NEWS : 778866692233441 HEART : 2347646221288 CUBAN GROOVE : 43212468 FUNK ROCK : 3473479 ------------------ 3. Special Options ------------------ There are 4 gameplay special options that can be adjusted on the options menu. They can also be adjusted after entering arcade mode. To change the options in arcade mode, hold down the select button on the mode select screen, and press the appropriate keys. High Speed: The notes scroll faster. There are four levels to this setting. Press the left or right blue buttons (D and F) to adjust the 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. This can be toggled on and off with the left yellow button (B). Hidden: In this tricky mode, the notes will actually vanish before the reach the bottom the the screen, making the game much more challenging. This can be toggled on and off with the right yellow button (H). Random: When this is on the note patterns are randomized. Songs that you thought you mastered can be much more challenging with this on. It can be toggled on and off the the right white button (I). -------------- 4. Hyper Songs -------------- To play Hyper Songs either select Hyper mode, or if in Normal mode, hold down the select button when choosing the song you are going to play. If a HYPER version is available, the text will change color. Check the song list to see which songs have HYPER versions. --------------------------------- 5. Challenge Mode and Extra Stage --------------------------------- In Challenge Mode you have to choose a challenge for each round of play in order to earn bonus points and hopefully unlock an Extra Stage. There are a large variety of challenges in various catagories. To switch between catagories, press the blue buttons (D and F). Then scroll through your choices with the green buttons (C and G). The number of points you will earn for the challenge appears on the right side of the screen. You will only get these points if you both complete the challenge and the stage. You will get additional points depending on the difficulty of the song you select. If you earn enough points after 3 stages, an EXTRA STAGE will be playable. When playing the EXTRA STAGE you're groove bar will be different than usual. Instead of trying to fill the bar by the end of the level, you will instead have to prevent the bar from emptying. If at any point your groove bar is empty, the stage will end in failure. Not only that, but you're high score will NOT be recorded! So try your best to clear this stage! There are 11 EXTRA MODE exclusive challenges that only appear if you get enough points (see the song list to find out which songs are there). These songs are even harder than the songs in HYPER mode!! With around 70 points, 3 or 4 of them will be available at the beginning of the list. You'll need over 100 points to unlock all of them however. Once you've played an EXTRA STAGE once, whether or not you clear it you will be able to play it in EXTRA MODE (which was formally a ???? on the FREE MODE list). There is one song (the 20th secret song) that is exclusive to this mode: POWER FOLK 3. Here are a few brief descriptions to help you navigate the menus. ----- COMBO ----- MAXCOMBO ### CLEAR : Try to get a combo that is larger than the number shown before the song is over. The choices are 10, 20, 30, 50, 100, 125, 150, 175, 200 and 250. --- BAD --- BAD ## CLEAR : Try to get less than the number of bads shows. The choices are 100, 75, 50, 20, 15, 10 and 5. NO BAD : Do not get any bads or you will not get any bonus points. ALL GREAT : Do not get any goods or bads or you will not get any bonus points. ALL GOOD : Do not get any greats or bads or you not get any bonus points. In my opinion this is IMPOSSIBLE. --------- TECHNICAL --------- QUICK SPEED : 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. LATE APPEAR : This activates SUDDEN mode at certain points in the song (the notes will appear towards the bottom of the screen). TURBO SPEED : Just like QUICK SPEED but instead of High Speed 2, it's High Speed 4. FISSION AND : This will add High Speed 2 and a distracting horizontal visual QUICK SPEED effect at certain points in the song. INSIDE : This activates HIDDEN mode at certain points in the song (the notes will vanish towards the bottom of the screen). EXCITE : There are 3 levels of this. The higher the levels the more ways the game finds to confuse you as you play. This can add a lot of challenge, especially at higher levels. ----- PARTY ----- FAT POP : The notes will be much bigger than usual. MINI POP : The notes will be much smaller than usual. 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. DANCE FLOOR : When this is active, your rival will start dancing on the game screen, effectively blinding parts of your view. ROCKET AND : This will add High Speed 4 and a distracting vertical visual TURBO SPEED effect at certain points in the song. 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. JAMMING** : 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. **I believe JAMMING to be the best choice if you're trying to unlock an EXTRA STAGE. It is worth 10 points. If you choose it all three times while playing stages worth 24 or more points each, you should have enough points to play any of the 11 secret challenges in the EXTRA STAGE. Wiggle POP : There are 3 settings for this. When this is on the notes will wiggle around as they fall down the screen. You must depend on the color of the notes to recognize which button to press. That is no easy task, especially on the harder settings when the notes also change size as they fall down the screen. The hardest setting adds High Speed as well. ----- SCORE ----- ##### CLEAR : Get more points than the number shown. The choices are 40,000, 50,000, 60,000, 70,000, 80,000, 85,000, 90,000, 95,000 and 100,000. For 25,000, you need to get LESS than that many points and STILL CLEAR THE STAGE. ------------------ 6. 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. -------- 7. Omake -------- To unlock the various images in the Omake section, play through Challenge mode over and over again, each time choosing a different player character. You can select your character after choosing ARCADE MODE by pressing the yellow buttons (B and H). ------------- 8. PARTY MODE ------------- In this mode there will be a bunch of other objects falling down the screen in addition to the note patterns. You do not have to press the keys for these objects, but if you do, something will happen. Check the descriptions in the CHALLENGE MODE section to see some examples of what could happen. ------------------ ------------------ SECTION 3: Closing ------------------ ------------------ ---------------------- 1. Version Information ---------------------- 1.00 : First Version 1.01 : Fixed some formatting issues. 1.02 : Minor update. 1.03 : Konami changed the address of the Pop'n site, so I updated the URL. 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