Song Information[]
IX's Album art
Artist: dj TAKA VS DJ TOTTO feat.藍
Composition/Arrangement/Other Instruments & Programming: dj TAKA, DJ TOTTO
Vocals: Ai
BPM: 198 (All BEMANI games except DanceDanceRevolution) 99-396 (DanceDanceRevolution)
Song Length: 2:00
First RB Appearance: REFLEC BEAT colette -All Seasons-
Lyrics[]
Various growls
Song Connections / Remixes[]
- A metal remix of IX with guitars by good-cool, titled IX -GITADOROCK ver- appears in GITADORA.
Trivia[]
- IX is the only unlockable song of the BEMANI Stadium (熱闘！BEMANIスタジアム) event. This song was available for unlock on February 6th, 2014.
- IX marks the first collaboration between dj TAKA and DJ TOTTO in BEMANI.
- Both dj TAKA and DJ TOTTO appear in IX's jacket.
- IX is the Roman numeral for 9.
- When IX is played on beatmania IIDX, the arcade LED ticker displays "NINE".
- IX's title may be a reference to the nine players of a baseball team.
- Also, not counting Engraved Mark, IX is the ninth original song of the 熱闘！BEMANIスタジアム event.
- There are also nine BEMANI games involved in the 熱闘！BEMANIスタジアム event.
- When the songlist is organized alphabetically, IX is shown amongst the song titles which start with numbers.
- IX's vocalist Ai (藍) is the leader of the Japanese metal band DEATHGAZE.
- In REFLEC BEAT, IX's HARD chart is tied with Elemental Creation's and Zirkfied's HARD charts for the highest number of objects for a REFLEC BEAT HARD chart, with 942 objects.
- Coincidentally, all three songs are collaborations that involve dj TAKA in some way.
- Also, Elemental Creation, IX and Zirkfied have the second highest number of objects for any REFLEC BEAT chart, only beaten by Bad Maniacs' SPECIAL chart, with 1009 objects.
- To unlock IX in REFLEC BEAT plus, you must have purchased both BEMANIスタジアム packs Then, you can download the song by tapping the Gift button at the Store.
- While IX runs at a just 198 BPM in REFLEC BEAT & other BEMANI games, IX in DanceDanceRevolution changes it's BPM between 198, 99 (half) & 396 (double).
- IX -GITADOROCK ver- also runs at just 198 BPM.
Difficulty & Notecounts[]
REFLEC BEAT difficulty rated from 1 to 10+.
| Game | Level | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | Medium | Hard | |
| Notecounts | 262 | 459 | 942 |
| REFLEC BEAT colette -All Seasons-→Present | 5 | 8 | 10+ |