Can someone explain the character system?

[AJmon13]

Just curious...it seems like the characters are based on the song you pick...is that true?

[Zerocide]

Each character in the game is kind of like a mascot for a song or genre. (Yuli for instance being used to represent the Visual series and Roku for Hip Rock) Each character has also been given a description and at times a mini biography.

[AJmon13]

Hmm makes sense, so another words you can't just pick whoever...

[Hortence:The Muleface Mod]

Originally Posted by AJmon13

Hmm makes sense, so another words you can't just pick whoever...

You get to pick your own character, and the one you're "playing against" is specific to the song. Once you play the game it's a lot easier to understand.

[AJmon13]

Oh thats cool...I always wondered why there were 2...

[kuniokun]

does it just show 2 of the same characters moving in sync when you play "against" your own char song?

[Koop]

Most songs have a recolor of their character.

For example
Roku turns dark skinned as 2p.

Most liscenced songs (in PS2 games anyhow) remain the same, so you see, well you against yourself XD

On some occassions though a completely different character is used for 2p of the same character.
RPG Battle has a female mage character as 2p
Lucifelle becomes Lucifer in Pianotronica

[saikio]

The characters are cool, I like Lotte from Carnival

[AJmon13]

As opposed to making a new topic, I have another question.
Can someone help me find a website to buy the Pop'n Music Controller 2?
Yes I know there not that great and blah blah blah. Eventually I'll probably invest in something better.
But for now...I just need that.

I know everything else im getting...the Flip Top mod and Pop'n 9 but...
Playasia is all out of the controllers apparently
I dont wanna get the game, mod, and no controller...that would suck.

TIA

[tomokosasaki]

The characters have different attacks in BATTLE mode.

[AJmon13]

Any help for finding a controller?

[Hortence:The Muleface Mod]

Play-Asia, himeyashop, or somewhere online, if you can't find it anywhere it means it's between printings, so try the trading and marketplace forum.

[DKW]

The one-shots always follow the song (many are, in fact, designed with the song in mind, e.g. Flow Flow). The ones that get used again...it gets tricky. A few of them have a number of songs in the same vein, like Sumire, Hugh, Murasaki, or Roku, but very often the second song is nothing like the first, and the character just "feels right". (Note how Space Maco went from happy hardcore to mushy girly-girl romance.)

The long-timers, you can usually count on their songs following into a general range...dance for Judy, remixes for MZD, Classic amalgams for Hamanov. This isn't always the case though. Mary's covered a lot of ground, Rie even more so.

The one character I can't peg at all is Ageha. Besides "pretty slow", what the heck kind of corollary is there between her songs?