Pump It Up NX Absolute

Pump It Up NX Absolute
Developer(s)	Nexcade
Publisher(s)	Andamiro
Platform(s)	Arcade
Release date(s)	December 26, 2008
Genre(s)	Music
Media/distribution	Hard drive

Pump it Up NX Absolute (or NXA for short) is the 21st arcade game release in the Pump It Up series. It was released worldwide between December 2008 and January 2009 at various times in different locations as the game received numerous patches in earlier builds. PumBi V2, the program designed to manage NX Absolute, was released on December 26, 2008.

NXA, like NX2 was for NX, is an expansion of the NX line with major differences. There are 26 "New Tunes" added for this mix, as well as 17 Remixes, 17 Full Versions, and four hidden songs, released several months later as part of a promotion. Three additional new songs to international releases can be found in Easy Station and WorldMax. A new song, "Trato De No Trabarme" appears exclusively as a hidden Full Song. "Tell Me" by the Wonder Girls makes its debut in international (non-Korean) versions for the first time, bringing the total of new songs to 34, not counting Remixes.

The differences in the song list between NX Absolute and NX2 are significant; many older songs, particularly from Pump It Up Zero and Pump It Up NX have been removed. However, in addition to the new songs in NX Absolute, a significant amount of older BanYa tracks from the last decade make returning cameo appearances in the WorldMax mission mode. Some non-BanYa songs, such as "So" and "Circus Magic", are now WorldMax exclusives.

NXA continues the WorldMax mission mode from NX2 by doubling the amount of available missions and lands. A fully completed 100% USB from NX2 is equivalent to 42.6% WorldMax. While this appears to be significantly more than double of the 333 missions in NX2, one must take note that the several dozen removed songs from NX2 were replaced with often similar missions with new songs. A new techno remix of Taiji Boys' "My Fantasy", whose original version was featured in Perfect Collection, is exclusive to this mode. Three other new remixes are also WorldMax exclusives.

The WorldMax map has expanded significantly. Other than the old worlds from NX2, NXA features several new land areas such as Pandonus and Arowahi, seven mini-islands called WestPalZ where the player must clear all the missions in the island in order after arriving via a portal, and a brand new map where the player travels to space and uses wormholes to travel between space areas. Players can use the PumBi program to do special things in WorldMax such as reveal "hidden line" paths to portals, add additional time to their clock when navigating in WorldMax, and alter the chances involved with collecting items. Players can also spend mileage to break barricades, allowing players who are stuck to continue navigating around the world without having to first clear difficult boss missions.

New to this version is "Brain Shower" mode, where the player must not only step in time with the arrows, but must also do mental exercises involving mathematics, observation, and memory. The questions asked by the game during songs must be answered correctly to achieve a high grade upon the completion of the song. Songs in this mode are rated on a level scale between 1 and 10 and are organized by the three types of mental exercises. This mode allows two players to play a full set of three songs with just one credit.

Returning to NX Absolute is "Easy Station", first featured in Pump It Up Zero. Unlike NX2's Training Station, this station supports two players. It has a significantly larger amount of songs than in Zero and features a level scale from 1 to 9. It features two exclusive songs (previously from the Chinese version of NX2). The steps in this mode become easier or harder depending on how well the player hits the steps, thus making the mode very beginner-friendly.

Pump it Up NXA Song List

Key:

• B - Brain Shower only
• C - by a K-Pop artist, but a Chinese version
• E - Easy Station only / formerly only on Chinese version of NX2
• H - Hidden/unreleased - only be made available later through usage of Andamiro's PumBi program
• I - New to international releases
• R - Revival
• U - Unlockable
• W - WorldMax only
• X - Beta version of NXA only (from income tests)

New Tunes

001) Eun Ji Won - Adios 002) Jang Na Ra - Bad Character [C] 003) Yahpp - Blaze Emotion 004) Yoo Seung Jun - Breakin' Love [C] 005) Yahpp - Cannon X.1 006) Wang Lee Hom - Change Myself 007) Banana Girl - Chocolate 008) Yahpp - Chopsticks Challenge 009) Lee Jeong Hyun - Come On! [C] 010) Gyfted - Crazy 011) Vassline - Dawn of the Apocalypse [H] 012) Nina Pilots - Digan Lo Que Digan 013) BanYa Production - DJ Otada 014) House Rulez - Do It! [H] 015) Yahpp - Final Audition Episode 2-X [H] 016) Luo Zi Xiang - Fist of Fury [E] 017) DJ Missill - Forward

018) S.E.S - I Am Your Girl 019) BanYa Production - K.O.A. ~Alice in Wonderworld~ 020) Big Bang - LaLaLa 021) Wang Lee Hom - Long Live the Chinese [E] 022) BanYa Production - My Dreams 023) Taiji Boys - My Fantasy (MV Ver.) [W] 024) Namola Family - Only You 025) Big Metra - Pañuelito Rojo 026) Pxndx - Procedimientos Para Llegar A Un Comun Acuerdo 027) Thaide & Lil V - Pump Breakers 028) 45RPM - Slightly 029) Wonder Girls - Tell Me [I] 030) BanYa Production - The People Didn't Know 031) BanYa Production - Toccata 032) Super Junior M - U [C] 033) Sam-I-Am - Uprock

034) Full Song: Eun Ji Won - Adios [U] 035) Full Song: HEaDTriP - Beat # No. 4 [U] 036) Full Song: Wang Lee Hom - Change Myself [U] 037) Full Song: Banana Girl - Chocolate 038) Full Song: Yahpp - Chopsticks Challenge [U] 039) Full Song: Lee Jeong Hyun - Come On! [U] 040) Full Song: Gyfted - Crazy [U] 041) Full Song: Nina Pilots - Digan Lo Que Digan [U] 042) Full Song: JTL - Enter the Dragon [U]

043) Full Song: DJ Missill - Forward [U] 044) Full Song: Big Bang - LaLaLa 045) Full Song: Big Metra - Pañuelito Rojo [U] 046) Full Song: Pxndx - Procedimientos Para Llegar A Un Comun Acuerdo [U] 047) Full Song: 45rpm ft. msgoon - Slightly 048) Full Song: Wonder Girls - Tell Me [I] 049) Full Song: Big Metra - Trato De No Trabarme [H] 050) Full Song: Super Junior M - U [U]

051) Remix: 45RPM / Eun Ji Won - 45rpm & Eun Ji Won Mix [U] 052) Remix: Big Metra - Big Metra Remix [U] 053) Remix: BanYa Production - Caprice of DJ Otada [U] 054) Remix: BanYa Production - Dr. K.O.A [U] 055) Remix: BanYa Production - J Knows That Old Bong [U] 056) Remix: BanYa Production / HEaDTriP - Jam O Beat # No. 4 [U] 057) Remix: Spooky Banana / No Brain - Mr. Fire Fighter Falls in Love With Me [U] 058) Remix: msgoon - msgoon RMX pt. 1 [U] 059) Remix: msgoon - msgoon RMX pt. 2 [U] 060) Remix: msgoon - msgoon RMX pt. 3 [U]

061) Remix: msgoon - msgoon RMX pt. 4 [W] 062) Remix: Nina Pilots / Pxndx - Nina Pxndx Mix [U] 063) Remix: Novasonic - Novasonic Mix ver. 3 [U] 064) Remix: DJ Missill / Gyfted - NXA Hip-Hop Mix [U] 065) Remix: msgoon - Scream Song [W] 066) Remix: BanYa Production - The People Didn't Know "Pumping Up" [U] 067) Remix: BanYa Production - Turkey Virus [U] 068) Remix: BanYa Production - Ugly Duck Toccata [U] 069) Remix: BanYa Production - Yasangma 2 [W] 070) Remix: Big Bang / Perry - YG Remix [U]

071) Another: Yahpp - Arch of Darkness [U] 072) Another: Yahpp - Blaze Emotion [U] 073) Another: Yahpp - Cannon X.1 [U] 074) Another: BanYa - Canon-D [U] 075) Another: Banana Girl - Chocolate [U] 076) Another: Crash - Dignity [U] 077) Another: BanYa Production - DJ Otada [U] 078) Another: BanYa - Moonlight [U]

079) Another: BanYa Production - My Dreams [U] 080) Another: BanYa - Naissance [U] 081) Another: Yahpp - Pumptris 8bit ver. [U] 082) Another: Novasonic - Slam [U] 083) Another: Duke - Starian [U] 084) Another: BanYa Production - Toccata [U] 085) Another: BanYa - Will o' the Wisp [U]

Returning Music

086) Pia - A Maelstrom 087) Gil Gun - A.U Ready? 088) BanYa - All I Want For X-Mas [R/W] 089) BanYa - An Interesting View [R/X] 090) Novasonic - Another Truth 091) Yahpp - Arch of Darkness 092) Crying Nut - Astral Song 093) HEaDTriP - Beat # No. 4 094) BanYa - Beat of the War [W] 095) BanYa - Beat of the War 2 096) BanYa Production - Beat the Ghost [W] 097) BanYa - Bee 098) BanYa - Beethoven Virus 099) BanYa - Blazing [W] 100) BanYa Production - Bullfighter's Song [W] 101) BanYa - Canon-D 102) BanYa Production - Caprice of Otada 103) BanYa - Chicken Wing [R/W] 104) Yahpp - Chimera 105) Sonic Dimension - Chopstix 106) BanYa - Close Your Eyes [W/X] 107) Sechskies - Com'back 108) Taiji Boys - Come Back Home 109) Deux - Come Back to Me 110) BanYa - Come to Me 111) May - Compunction 112) BanYa - Csikos Post [B/E/W] 113) BanYa - D Gang [R/W] 114) Oscillator X - Dance All Night 115) Elpis - Dance Vibrations 116) BanYa - Dance With Me [R/W] 117) Som2 - Deja Vu 118) Crash - Dignity 119) BanYa Production - Do You Know That -Old School- [W] 120) Tashannie - Don't Bother Me 121) BanYa - Dr. M 122) Eun Ji Won - Drunken in Melody 123) ZiGZaG - Energizer 124) JTL - Enter the Dragon 125) BanYa - Extravaganza 126) Yahpp - Faster Z 127) Seo Taiji - Feel the Soul 128) BanYa - Final Audition 129) BanYa - Final Audition 2 130) BanYa - Final Audition 3 U.F 131) BanYa - Final Audition Episode 1 132) Yahpp - Final Audition Episode 2-1 133) Yahpp - Final Audition Episode 2-2 134) BanYa - First Love [R/W] 135) Fin.K.L - Forever Love 136) BanYa - Free Style [W] 137) Clon - Funky Tonight 138) Mina - Get My Phone Call 139) BanYa - Get Up! 140) U;nee - Go 141) Lexy - Greenhorn 142) Sonic Dimension - Groovin' Motion 143) BanYa Production - Guitar Man [W] 144) BanYa Production - Gun Rock [W] 145) Sam-I-Am - Haley 146) BanYa - Hate [R/W] 147) BanYa - Hello [R/W] 148) BanYa - Hi-Bi 149) BanYa Production - Higgledy Piggledy 150) 1TYM - Hot 151) DJ Dookie - Hybs

152) WAX - I'll Give You All My Love 153) Taiji Boys - It's My Business 154) BanYa - J Bong [W] 155) BanYa Production - Jam O Beat 156) BanYa - Jump [W] 157) N.Ex.T - Lazenca, Save Us 158) BanYa - Love is a Danger Zone 159) BanYa - Love is a Danger Zone 2 160) BanYa - Maria [R/W] 161) BanYa - Midnight Blue [X] 162) BanYa - Mission Possible [W] 163) BanYa - Miss's Story [W] 164) U'Two - Mistake 165) BanYa Production - Money [W] 166) BanYa - Monkey Fingers 167) BanYa Production - Monkey Fingers 2 [B] 168) BanYa - Moonlight 169) Spooky Banana - Mr. Fire Fighter 170) BanYa - Mr. Larpus 171) BanYa - My Way [R/W] 172) BanYa - N 173) BanYa - Naissance 174) BanYa - Naissance 2 175) Bae Chi Gi - Nice to Meet You 176) BanYa - Nightmare [R/W] 177) Hot Potato - No Despair 178) BanYa - Oh! Rosa [B/E/W] 179) DJ DOC - One Night 180) BanYa - Oy Oy Oy [R/W] 181) BanYa - Papa Gonzales [W] 182) BanYa - Phantom 183) BanYa - Point Break 184) BanYa - Pump Jump [R/W] 185) BanYa - Pump Me Amadeus [W] 186) BanYa - Pumping Up [B] 187) Yahpp - Pumptris Quattro 188) BanYa - Rolling Christmas [E/W] 189) Lee Hyun Do - Sajahu 190) BanYa - She Likes Pizza 191) Joanne - Shiny Day 192) Novasonic - Slam 193) Typhoon - So [W] 194) BanYa - Solitary 195) Yahpp - Solitary 1.5 196) BanYa - Solitary 2 197) Duke - Starian 198) Perry - Storm 199) BanYa - Street Show Down [W] 200) Andrew Kim - Throw 'em Up [X] 201) BanYa - Till The End of Time [R/W] 202) BanYa - Turkey March 203) Hyun Jin Young vs. Yahpp - U Inside My Dim Memory [X] 204) BanYa Production - Ugly Dee [E/W] 205) Bada - V.I.P 206) 015B - Very Old Couples 207) BanYa - Vook 208) Deux - We Are 209) Gyfted - We Goin' Fly Remix 210) BanYa - We Will Meet Again [R/W] 211) Crash - What Do You Really Want? 212) BanYa - Will o' the Wisp 213) BanYa - Winter 214) BanYa - Witch Doctor 215) Yahpp - Witch Doctor #1 216) BanYa - With My Lover [W] 217) BanYa - X-Treme

218) Full Song: Pia - A Maelstrom [W] 219) Full Song: Gil Gun - A.U Ready? [W] 220) Full Song: Yahpp - Beat of the War 2 221) Full Song: Yahpp - Canon-D 222) Full Song: Taiji Boys - Come Back Home 223) Full Song: Som2 - Deja Vu [W] 224) Full Song: Crash - Dignity 225) Full Song: Seo Taiji - Feel the Soul [W] 226) Full Song: BanYa Production - Guitar Man [W]

227) Full Song: WAX - I'll Give You All My Love [W] 228) Full Song: Taiji Boys - It's My Business [W] 229) Full Song: Yahpp - Love is a Danger Zone 2 230) Full Song: Spooky Banana - Mr. Fire Fighter [W] 231) Full Song: Lee Hyun Do - Typhoon [W] 232) Full Song: 015B - Very Old Couples [W] 233) Full Song: Bada - V.I.P 234) Full Song: No Brain - You Fall in Me [W]

235) Remix: BanYa - BanYa Classic Remix [W] 236) Remix: BanYa - BanYa Hip-Hop Remix 237) Remix: BanYa Production - BanYa-P Guitar Remix 238) Remix: Yahpp - Bemera 239) Remix: BanYa - FA EP.1 + Chicken Wing Remix 240) Remix: CLON / Tashannie - Groove Party 241) Remix: Lexy / 1TYM - Lexy/1TYM Remix [W]

242) Remix: BanYa Production - Money Fingers 243) Remix: Joanne / Bada - NX2 Diva Remix 244) Remix: U;Nee / Duke /Lee Hyun Do - NX2 K-Pop Remix 1 245) Remix: Mina / Bae Chi Gi - NX2 K-Pop Remix 2 246) Remix: Yahpp - Treme-Vook of the War 247) Remix: Yahpp - Try to B.P.M - LIADZ 248) Remix: Yahpp - Wi-Ex Doc-Va

249) Another: Novasonic - Another Truth 250) Another: Gil Gun - A.U Ready? 251) Another: BanYa - Bee 252) Another: BanYa - Beethoven Virus 253) Another: BanYa Production - Caprice of Otada 254) Another: Yahpp - Chimera 255) Another: BanYa - Dr. M 256) Another: BanYa - Extravaganza 257) Another: Yahpp - Faster Z 258) Another: BanYa - Final Audition 259) Another: BanYa - Final Audition 2 260) Another: BanYa - Final Audition 3 U.F 261) Another: BanYa - Final Audition Episode 1 262) Another: Yahpp - Final Audition Episode 2-1 263) Another: Yahpp - Final Audition Episode 2-2

264) Another: BanYa - Hi-Bi 265) Another: BanYa Production - Higgledy Piggledy 266) Another: Taiji Boys - It's My Business 267) Another: BanYa - Love is a Danger Zone 268) Another: BanYa - Love is a Danger Zone 2 269) Another: BanYa - Mr. Larpus 270) Another: BanYa - Naissance 2 271) Another: BanYa - Phantom 272) Another: Yahpp - Pumptris Quattro 273) Another: BanYa - Solitary 274) Another: BanYa Production - Ugly Dee 275) Another: BanYa - Vook 276) Another: BanYa - Witch Doctor 277) Another: Yahpp - Witch Doctor #1 278) Another: No Brain - You Fall in Me

279) Special: Yahpp - Beat of the War (D&G ver.) [W] 280) Special: Yahpp - Final Audition 3 (Unfinished ver.) [W] 281) Special: Yahpp - Love is a Danger Zone 2 (D&G ver.) [W] 282) Special: BanYa - Moonlight (Original Ver.) [W] 283) Special: Spooky Banana / Yahpp - Mr. Fire Fighter & Beat of the War 2 [W]

284) Special: BanYa Production - Phantom (Speedup Ver.) [W] 285) Special: 015B - Very Old Couples (Short Term Memory ver.) [W] 286) Special: Yahpp - Witch Docva [W] 287) Special: Yahpp - Yasangma [W]