World 1-6 PNM Spotlight #2

Now before we head off into today's spotlight, I've decided to give you a tutorial on how selecting a song works.

If you play the video above, you'll notice that you'll go through three screens before playing the song. I'll focus only on navigating the first screen you see, that is the Music Selection screen. 

The Blue buttons scroll along the songs up and down.
The Green buttons scroll through the main categories.
The White buttons scroll through the subcategories.
Press both yellow buttons together to change difficulty from Normal to Hyper to EX to Normal again. 
And finally, the Red buttons confirms your selection.

The Categories you're likely to see are:

• The songs from the current Pop'n Music entry
• The songs from the past Pop'n Music entries (subcategories are the different pop'n music numbers)
• TV/Anime songs
• Songs sorted by name or artist (subcategories are the initials in Japanese Katakana)
• Random 

Here's an example for looking for a specific song:

Let's say you're looking for French Cine Jazz on EX difficulty.

• Use the green buttons to go the 'Pop'n 1-X' category. 
• Use the white buttons to scroll to 17 (THE MOVIE).
• Use the blue buttons to scroll to find the song.

If you don't understand Japanese like I do, then it really helps to know what Pop'n Music game it's from, what the banner looks like, and the Normal difficulty number. The songs are listed by Normal difficulty number by default.

An example of a banner

• When you find it, press both the yellow buttons at the same time twice. You'll easily know if you're at EX from the red colour theme.
• Then press the red button to confirm.

Check out 'http://vjarmy.com/wiki/index.php/Pop%27nnomicon' to find detailed info about the songs. It's where I get the data for my spotlight. 

Today's Spotlight: 

Artist: ELEKTEL featuring Mayu-chan

Composition/Arrangement: polymog

From pop'n music 17 THE MOVIE
Featured Character: Belle

Difficulty: Normal (23), Hyper (33), EX (40)

Comment: So it's no surprise that my example is today's spotlight, right? The reason why I love this song is that it's really different from all the pop and rock songs. It gives me the imagery and vibe of being at a French Cinema Festival (if it ever exists). I love the different vibes that songs like this put you in, whether you're travelling through the Andes or even the airport.

I've passed all the difficulties of this song, and for the most part, it's really quite tame. The dangerous part is where there are long staircases (see 0:49 and 1:57 in the video below) that can easily mess you up.

Now that's it's time to close the spotlight, here's that picture that I wanted to share:

And with that, see you in the next stage!