Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch/Picchi Pichi Pichitto Live Start!
FAQ by Eab1990/EricAB690
Please note that while GameFAQs spells the third P word as Picchi, it's both
spelled Pitch in the game in English, but the third P word probably
translates to Picchi in Japanese. The pronounciation, however, sounds like
Picchi and not Pitch. And finally, the name of the series itself is Mermaid
Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch (Pure, for the 2nd anime series, but that's beside
the point).
Also note that I realize this game has a long game title name. I'll try to
abbreviate it, and other related names, as much as possible throughout the
FAQ. For reference:
MMPPP = Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch/Picchi (1st GBA DDR Game, 1st Anime
Series, or entire anime series in general)
MMPPPP (or MMPPP Pure) = Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch Pure (2nd Anime
Series)
MMPPPPPP = Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch/Picchi Pichi/Picchi Pichi/Picchi
(*sigh* This feels redundant...) Party (2nd GBA Game, Party/Board Game)
MMPPPPPPLS = Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch/Picchi Pichi Pichitto Live
Start! (3rd GBA Game, this game, of course. Sequel to 1st GBA DDR Game)
DDR = Dance Dance Revolution (and all its other countless spinoffs, including
this one)
One final note, you'll find this FAQ is very detailed and... thorough-ness...
Therefore, you'll see that this FAQ is rather, um, large. Yes, indeed...
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Table of Contents
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1. Introduction
2. Version History
3. Starting the Game
4. Playing the Game
5. Events/Tricks
6. Pitch Alone
a. Pitch to the End
b. Continuous Pitch
c. Pitch the Anime!
7. Pitch Together
a. Multiplayer Mode
b. Marathon Mode
c. 2-Player Mode
8. Your Room/Collect Pitch
a. Mini-Games/Kareoke
b. Collections/Index
c. Unlockables
9. Pitch with Hippo
10. Pitch Live!
11. Your Pitch
12. MMPPP Characters
13. MMPPP Songs
14. MMPPP Pitch the Anime! Episodes
15. Copyright & Contact Info
16. Closing & Credits
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1. Introduction
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(Please note that I like using ellipsis... That is, "..." I also use
parentheses frequently, and I am prone to typing useless info. Please
tolerate this notice. If my FAQ is too difficult to read, please inform me
via e-mail. Thank you.)
Hello. This is another one of my attempts to make a FAQ, one that will
probably be my first to be posted. This time, I'm making a FAQ for a Japanese
game on Game Boy Advance. And I don't even understand Japanese... >.< I mean,
I can read a little bit of hiragana (Japanese writing for native-Japanese
words/names) and katakana (Japanese writing for foreign words/names), but I'm
clueless with kanji (Japanese writing similar to Chinese) and I can't
translate Romaji (English writing/translation of Japanese, for example,
konnichiwa). BUT! Even if I don't understand much of anything that is read or
said in this game, and perhaps not you either, this is a game you can still
have fun with! Besides, with help from my sources, I've learned a good deal
about this series.
... That's not convincing enough for you, is it? Well, currently, my FAQ is
the only FAQ for this game on GameFAQs (Assuming it is accepted... I mean,
why not, though? It's got no other FAQs...), and it's likely you won't find
any other FAQ anywhere else, at least, as detailed as mine, so DEAL WITH IT!
... Just kidding! No, wait, come back, I didn't mean it! Are you still there?
Yes? Good. Okay...
This game, Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch/Picchi Pichi Pichitto Live Start,
which came out in 2004, in Japan, of course, is the third game of this
series. The first game of this series, Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi
Pitch/Picchi, is a lot like this one, only with improved gameplay. The second
game, Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch/Picchi Pichi Pichi Party, is not like
this game at all. Unlike the other two games, which are styled after DDR (see
section 4 for details), Pichi Pichi Party is kinda like Mario Party, minus
the mini-games. Oh, and btw, these first two games came out in 2003. Um,
anyway...
The Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch series follows the adventures of three
singing mermaids. (Couldn't you tell from the title "Mermaid Melody?") I
assume you know what a mermaid is, right? Right? Half-human girl, half-fish?
I mean, come on, you've seen the Disney movie "The Little Mermaid," haven't
you? Oh, you know what they are? Okay. I believe you. I'm rambling now... The
series came out in Japan as a manga in 2002, with 7 volumes, and 5 chapters
per volume, excluding the last, which is really an extra volume... The first
story arc included the first 4 volumes/20 chapters, while the second story
arc included the 5th and 6th volumes, chapters 21-30. The anime came out
afterwards, the first story arc as Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch, and the
second story arc as Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch Pure, both of which are
52 episodes each. I've not seen a single episode of the anime, only what this
game has to offer. At least I have the manga translations...
So, anyways... These mermaids are princesses from the sea, ruling each of
their own oceans. But, lately, the ocean is being invaded by a dark force,
and these three mermaid princesses must transform into humans and escape onto
land. In order to seal away the evil, they must find all seven mermaid
princesses and combine their song to summon a goddess to seal away the evil
and bring peace throughout the ocean... That's basically it, for the first
story arc, at least.
Before we move on, I have a few notes on mermaids. Firstly, it is a common
belief (at least, in Japan) that when a mermaid's tail becomes dry, they turn
into human legs and feet. Likewise, when her legs and feet become wet, they
become a fish's tail. A mermaid going on land is sometimes dangerous, because
if it rains, they could very well be left stranded on land. So, obviously,
mermaids are best suited for living in the sea.
In this series, mermaids are forbidden to love a human. Of course, our
Mermaid Princesses fall in love with humans anyway... But, there are reasons
for this forbidden love. The first reason is the fact that they are two
different species, separated by different environments. The second reason is
the fate that befalls a mermaid that conveys her true feelings to a human. If
a mermaid admits her love, or her identity, to a human, the mermaid will turn
into foam/bubbles and... die. The only way around this is for the human to
figure it out for himself...
Yeah, in case you haven't figured it out, this series is what is called a
"mahou shoujo," or "magical girl" series. Examples of series of this genre
that I've watched are:
Sailor Moon
Card Captor Sakura/CardCaptors
Tokyo Mew Mew/Mew Mew Power
Magical Girl/Mahou Shoujo Pretty Sammy/Magical Project S
Magical Girl/Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha (A's)
Sugar Sugar Rune
Pretty Cure/PreCure (Max Heart, )
Akazukin Chacha
Magical Play/Witchland/Mahou Yuugi (3D)
... among others... Anyway, these series focus on young girls who mature
physically and mentally over the course of the series. The reason they are
magic, though, is because they transform/henshin to show such a change in
character. These series are aimed at young girl audiences... Oh, and by the
way, I'm a guy, in case you're wondering. Why do I like these kinds of anime?
I guess it's 'cause... The girls are just TOO cute! ^_^ ... What? Yes, I'm
obsessed, I know that. So what?!! Oh, I'm sorry. Okay, then... Um, skip the
next section, if you please, and move on to the next sections, okay?
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2. Version History
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Version 1.0:
6/16/05 - Started FAQ
**8/21/05 - ... I don't remember what happened on this day... ?_?
*9/2/05 - Finished FAQ (1-11, 13, 15-16 completed, 12+14 coming soon!)
*9/2/05 - Submitted FAQ to GameFAQs
*Happy 16th Birthday, Touin Rina-sama!*
*cough*(Also; Late) Happy 21st Birthday to Coco-chan!*cough*
Version 1.25:
9/26/05 - *10/31/05*
-Added new info on Pitch with Everyone, compliments of MermaidMelody.de.
-Otherwise, the usual, typical minor update. Minor changes, alterations,
corrections, etc.
*Happy Halloween!*
Version 1.5:
12/11/05 - (*12/31/05 - 1/1/06*)
-Again, minor changes, alterations, corrections, etc., as usual.
-Finished completions on the mascot/doll/figure/whatever list.
-Added Jennifer Houston's song, for the heck of it.
*Happy New Year 2006!*
Version 2.0:
1/6/06 - *2/14/06*
-Finally added the Character Guide, almost doubling my FAQ's size! Episode
Guide will come in the next update or so, depending on how quickly the
fansubbies do their job and when I finish downloading/watching episodes 1-39.
-Changed the dominant preference of Yuri/Yuuri's name to Yuuri, instead of
Yuri, since two "u's" would be a more correct translation.
-Renamed a few sections.
-Added Song Info to section 13.
-Filled in any missing info that was neglected as a result of a rush of
updating my previous version.
-Did a full revision of the FAQ this time around. Yay~.
-As a result of my revision, and because of my viewing of episode 28, KIZUNA,
subbed, I noticed a typo (*le gasp*!) in the Japanese lyrics of KIZUNA!
Having fixed it, I revised lyrics for all the songs of any other errors.
*Happy V for Valentine's Day, and Happy 20th birthday to Karen and Noelle!*
If for some reason you don't like Valentines, V can stand for Victory or
Venus or something... >_>
... What? You mean to say that I'm timing the release of versions depending
on holidays and/or birthdays prior to the date of release? ... So? What's
your point? >.> (Expect the next update sometime around Hanon's 16th...)
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3. Starting the Game
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When you first play this game, you will be taken to the name entry screen,
where you input your name, in Japanese kana. The name entry screen opens in
hiragana, kana used to write native Japanese names. Press Select to change it
to katakana, kana used to write non-native Japanese names. Press Select again
to change it back. Press Start to finish. You can change your name at any
time in the Options menu.
Here are the translations for the kana, starting at the top left and going
vertically. (That's up to down, mind you.)
The kana, both hiragana and katakana, are as follows:
a, ka, sa, i, ki, shi, u, ku, su, e, ke, se, o, ko, so, (space), (space),
(space), ta, na, ha, chi, ni, hi, tsu, nu, fu, te, ne, he, to, no, ho,
(space), (space), (space), ma, ya, ra, mi, yu, ri, mu, yo, ru, me, -, re, mo,
(space), ro, (space), (space), (space), wa, small a, small tsu, wo, small i,
small ya, n, small u, small yu, tenten, small e, small yo, maru, small o,
(space)
The "(space)" is a blank, obviously.
The "-" is an extension bar. Used to extend letters, or connect two words.
The "small tsu" is a kana used to double consonants, such as the two p's in
Hippo (spelled Hi-(small tsu)-Po).
The "tenten" is a kana that changes the sounds in certain kana, such as shi
to ji, s-sounds to z-sounds, k-sounds to g-sounds, t-sounds to d-sounds, h-
sounds to b-sounds, and so on.
The "maru", like the tenten, also changes sounds in certain kana, such as h-
sounds to p-sounds, etc.
The "small" kana is not the same as their large counterparts. They alter
other syllables to either create new syllables or to indicate screams, yells,
cries, etc.
There really is no point in entering a name, though. It is shown periodically
throughout the game "somewhere," including the Rainbow Notes opening, and it
blocks your view of the video, so it's not very beneficial (to remedy this,
either don't put a name at all, or unlock the Rainbow Notes Opening Video in
Your Room). But anyways... It's your choice if you want to enter a name. You
don't "have" to, at least... You can change your name at anytime in Your
Pitch settings.
After inputting your name, the Rainbow Notes opening will play. Watch it if
you wish, or press Start to skip it. You'll be at the title screen next, and
you can watch and listen to what it has to offer for a bit if you like.
Firstly, you'll see Luchia, Hanon, and Rina as 2nd transformation Pink, Aqua,
and Green Pearl Voice respectively. Rina says "Mermaid Melody", Hanon says
"Pichi Pichi Picchi/(Pitch)", and Luchia says "Pichi Pichitto Live Start!"
while the Rainbow Notes beat plays. If you let it play for a while, it'll go
back to the previous Rainbow Notes opening. After that, the title screen will
change, and you'll see Luchia, Hanon, Rina as 1st transformation Pink Pearl
Voice, Aqua Pearl Voice, and Green Pearl Voice, correspondingly, as well as
Karen as Purple Pearl Voice, Hippo, and Kaito. This time, Karen and Rina, I
believe, alternate saying "Mermaid Melody," "Pichi Pichi Picchi/(Pitch)," and
"Pichi Pichitto," while all four mermaids say "LIVE START!", and the melody
of Yume no Sono Saki He plays. Repeat the process, and check the title screen
once more to see the villains Gaito, Izuuru, Eriru, Yuuri, Maria, and the
Black Beauty Sisters Sheshe and Mimi say the name of the game. Gaito starts
with "Mermaid Melody", but it's not really clear to me afterwards... I think
the Black Beauty Sisters Sheshe and Mimi say "Pichi Pichi Picchi/(Pitch)",
while everyone, or just the Dark Lovers Izuuru, Eriru, Yuuri, and Maria say
"Pichi Pichitto Live Start!", but like I said, I'm not sure. Meh. KIZUNA's
beat plays to this intro. The other two Mermaid Melody games have something
like this, that is, the title screen or opening changing if you leave it be.
It's really nothing special, just something to point out...
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4. Playing the Game
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As I mentioned earlier, this game plays like DDR. You know, Dance Dance
Revolution? Like the games you see in arcades, or also in homes, with the
pad, the arrows, and the music? Yeah, what gamer doesn't know what DDR is?
Anyway, this game looks like that. The prequel of this game, MMPPP, is also
like DDR, except this game, MMPPPPPLS, has improved gameplay. What's better
in this game is that it's easier to time the arrows, because the arrows get
absorbed into the panels, unlike in the first game. Also, the arrows and
screen are bigger, and the gameplay takes place in the middle, while the
scoring is on the sides, instead of the gameplay on the left, and the scoring
on the right. Finally, the voices sound better, so there's not a painful
sounding difference between lead singers. Btw, this game is made by Konami
(and Konami Computer Entertainment Japan/Tokyo), who also makes the DDR
games.
I know what you're thinking. DDR on GBA? Who would play something like that?
'Cause you know, playing DDR with the controller and not the pad isn't all
too fun. Well, for this game, it is perhaps fun. Why? I don't... really know.
But, there is one major difference between this game and DDR. The difference
is, Dance Dance Revolution is, obviously, dancing to a music's beat. Mermaid
Melody is singing Japanese lyrics. So, what I'm saying is, although this game
"looks" like DDR, the purpose is quite different. The point of this game is
to press the directional buttons and A + B buttons correctly and precisely so
as to let the girls sing, not dance, well enough to get a high score. Get it
now? Good.
When a song is played, the panels (arrows/buttons) scroll upwards from the
bottom, at a relatively quick pace (the tempo of each song is the same). When
the panel reaches its outline at the top, that is when you want to press that
button. If you notice, besides the arrows, there are two outlines for the A +
B buttons. The one on the farthest right is the A button. On the mermaids'
songs, the A button is depicted as Pura/Kura, a jellyfish. To the left of the
jellyfish is Hippo's outline, as a penguin. He indicates when the B button is
pressed.
The four directional arrows, when pressed, causes the mermaids to sing. The
singing counts as one portion of your score, the other half being the rhythm
or beat. Timing is key, if the button(s) is/are pressed at the wrong time or
in the wrong order, the girls sing off-key, or the wrong words/syllables. If
you miss the button completely, they won't sing at all. On the Difficult
difficulty, there are also a series of circles that follow arrows. This
represents an extended note, for example, instead of just "la," it would be
"laaaa~." (Okay, that was a poor example, but whatever.) When arrows are
followed by circles, that direction must be pressed once for the word(s) to
be sung, and repeatedly pressed for the number of circles that follow. It's
kinda like the freeze panels in DDR games, except instead of holding the
direction, you press it multiple times... If these circles are missed, the
girls' pitch goes way off-key, to the point it may almost be painful for the
player. Also note that this "does" count against your score, even though it
does not clear your blue song meter on the left, it has quite a few times
caused me to miss getting a perfect 100 because I failed to hit the
circles... The blue song meter is completedly filled after 30 correctly-timed
consecutive directional arrows. Keep this filled as much as possible.
The A & B buttons are pressed in tune with the beat of the song. They count
as a separate portion of the score; at the end of the song, this is averaged
with the singing portion to make up your final score. Sometimes, in songs,
you may need to press A and/or B along with the arrows, or just by itself.
Kinda like air time in DDR, when you use both feet to press two different
direction arrows, only in this game, you can't press two different directions
on a Control Pad, so this is what you do instead. The A & B buttons don't
seem to have any role in songs by themselves...
Next, I'll explain Pitch Coins. Pitch (P) Coins are used for playing mini-
games, which in turn lets you win more coins or collect stuff to display in
your room. You obtain Pitch Coins every time you correctly time the
Pura/Hippo or A/B buttons in songs, one coin per correctly timed button. When
the blue meter on the left becomes partially filled, you can also multiply
the amount of Pitch Coins you get per button by a certain amount, but only if
you perfectly time the buttons, otherwise, you get only one coin, or none at
all if timed improperly. You can tell if the button is correctly timed if it
is absorbed into the panel, instead of just passing by it, despite whether or
not the button is pressed. The amount in which the coins are multiplied
depends on how full the blue bar is. If it is 1/3 of the way full (10-19),
you get two coins per correctly timed button. If it is 2/3 of the way full
(20-29), you get three coins, and if it is completely full (30+), you get 4 P
coins per beat. Less than 10 arrows on the blue bar means 1 P coin per beat,
regardless of timing, only if it is counted. Also, if you notice the red
meter on the right, if you correctly time 30+ (actually, 31, but whatever)
beats, the meter will reset, and the number on the bottom right corner
increases. At the beginning of the song, it starts at x1, then after enough
consecutive beats, x2, x3, and possibly even x4, depending on the song. This
number, I'm guessing, is a multiplier of the number of coins received. On the
very right side, it counts the coins. A small yellow coin is worth 1 P Coin,
a large yellow coin with a P on it is worth 10, and 2 large yellow P coins
are worth 20. There doesn't seem to be a max number of coins you can hit,
even though you may run out of room for coin counting...
Now, the scoring system. Your score is judged almost like in a kareoke song.
Your score is made up of two parts. One is the singing part of the song
(arrows), and the other is the beat or rhythm of the song (Hippo/Pura). They
are scored out of 100, if you make no mistakes, you get 100 out of 100, or
100%. If you score 100% on both parts of the song, you get a 100 for the
whole song. If you make mistakes, the game will score you on your percentage
correct. With the two scores together, they are averaged out, rounded up if
need be. So, a 99 in singing (the first score) and a 96 in rhythm (the second
score) is a 98. (Did I get that right? 99 + 96 = 195 / 2 = 97.5 ---> 98,
rounded up... Yeah, that's right. Um... Where was I? Oh, yeah.) There are
some exceptions to the rounding-up rule, for example, if you get a 100 and a
99 or a 99 and a 100, you will get a 99. Even if the average is 99.5, you
can't say you got a perfect score, now, can you? There are a few other
exceptions I can't really decipher... To pass a song, you need a 60 or
higher. A 59 or lower will cause you to fail a song.
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5. Events/Tricks
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Okay, now, I want to explain an interesting feature in MMPPP. In songs, there
are events called tricks. Tricks are random occurrences that take place
throughout the song, usually making it harder, or at the very least confusing
for the player. Most of these only appear in the Continuous Pitch mode.
Sometimes, there may be multiple tricks in a song, and sometimes even at the
same time! Watch out for these "confuzzling" tricks! I'll list each one,
along with what they do, and how they affect gameplay.
Fast Panels - Panels move at a faster pace than the normal speed. It may move
2x as fast, or perhaps even 3x faster. Also, the measures enlarge, so there
is more space between panels. Fast Panels make the game difficult because it
is easy to miss panels and mess up.
Slow Panels - Panels move at a slower pace than the normal speed. Usually 1/2
the regular speed, but can possibly move even slower? Likewise, the measures
shrink, so there is less to no space between panels. Slow Panels make the
game difficult by causing the player to press the buttons sooner than usual.
Alternate Speed Panels - Different panels move at different speeds (i.e. some
move slow, others move fast). The speeds are consistent to each column. So,
certain panels will always move at the same speed. For example, the Pura
Panel for the A button may always move fast for the duration of the trick,
while the Hippo Panel for the B button may always move slow. Which panels
move faster or slower is random. Some panels may move 2x as fast, some panels
move 3x as fast, some panels move 1/2 the normal speed, some perhaps slower?
And of course, some move at the regular pace. One of the most difficult
tricks in the game, probably the most difficult.
Inverted Panel Outlines - The panel outlines, which are generally on top,
switch to the bottom, left, or right side of the screen. The panels also then
flow in that direction. Basically, the inside of your game screen is
inverted, but the background and outer boundaries remain intact. Playing this
way is generally confusing, especially when the outlines flip without
warning. Timing is a little harder and the speed sometimes seems off... When
outlines switch to the bottom of the screen, the panels are exactly in the
same order as before, just in a different place on the screen. However, with
the outlines on the left and right side, things get confusing. On the left
side, the panel outlines are ordered from up to down like this: Pura (A),
Hippo (B), Up, Left, Right, Down. On the right side, it is ordered Up, Left,
Right, Down, Hippo (B), Pura (A), from up to down. Try to memorize the order
of these, as it'll prove to be helpful when this is combined with a Scrambled
Panels trick.
*Switching Panel Outlines - Panel outlines switch with each other, and with
them the columns. Panel outlines switch two at a time (i.e. left panel
outline switches with right panel outline), then switch back after a while.
Then the process repeats for the duration of the song. The panels can switch
between both directional arrows and Hippo/Pura.
Microphone - A microphone appears under one of the directional panels, and
any incoming flowing arrows for that panel will be switched to another
directional panel when it hits the microphone. For the duration in which the
microphone is active, the panel it blocks is unusable. The panel it blocks is
random, but it will only block a directional panel, not the Hippo/Pura
Panels. Note that unlike Fake Panels, the Microphone will always be in the
same spot under a column, regardless of speed. So, that's good news for slow
speeds, as you can easily tell where the Microphone pushes the directional
arrows to. But, it's bad news for fast speeds, because... Well, you get the
point. Watch out for this combination of tricks!
Scrambled Panels - Panels appear as a roulette, preventing you from telling
which panel is which, unless you observe which column/row it is in. This goes
for all panels.
Fake Panels - For every directional panel that appears, there will be a fake
panel that appears with it at the same time. Since you cannot press two
buttons at once... But, the fake directional arrow will disappear at a
certain point, upon nearing the panel outline. There are no Fake Panels for
Hippo/Pura. Also, a tip. If you are playing the Difficult Difficulty, if you
come across an arrow that is followed by a series a circles (the extended
note panel), the Fake Panel will NOT have those circles, so you can easily
tell which is the real one. One other thing... The faster the speed of the
panels, the sooner the fake panels disappear. On very fast speeds, you
probably won't notice the fake panels at all. Of course, you'll also have a
tough time keeping up with the real one. The time of disappearance for fake
panels probably works likewise vice-versa, meaning the slower the speed, the
later it vanishes... Perhaps.
Consistent Panels - This last event is a rare occurence. This "trick"
involves ALL of the directional panels in a song to point in the same
direction (i.e. right), though the direction is chosen at random, the song
thus becomes invariable, at least, for the arrows. So, for the duration of
this trick, all you would have to do is press that one direction, as well as
the A & B buttons, of course. Yes, this is kinda opposite to that of the
Microphone trick, instead of avoiding a direction, you're pressing the same
one throughout. This panel does not affect the Hippo/Pura Panels, of course.
Based on my experiences, this trick appears on the 96th, or 5th to last, song
in Continuous Pitch. It may appear randomly elsewhere, though, but I'm not
sure. Anyway, you should notice it easily in a song after a while.
*This event/trick occurs only in the Pitch to the End mode, when you choose
the option "Changing" after the difficulty.
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6. Pitch Alone
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*Go for a perfect score!*
The light green button in the shape of a crab, with the picture of Luchia as
Pink Pearl Voice, 2nd transformation, is the main one-player game. There are
three different modes to play.
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|a. Pitch to the End|
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The first mode, with the picture of Luchia as 2nd transformation Pink Pearl
Voice, in a pink heart outline, is the regular game. You can freely choose
the song you want to play, as well as the singer (if the song is a group
song, and not a solo song), the difficulty (green = easy, blue = normal, red
= difficult), and if you want tricks in the song (purple/pink = usual, green
= feeling, blue = changing). As the difficulty increases, there will be more
panels will in the song. On the Difficult difficulty, some directional panels
will have circles after them which must be pressed continuously after the
panel to stress syllables... For tricks, "usual" is the normal version of a
song, the directional panels will always be the same for a certain character.
"Feeling" has different directional panels each time you play the song, and
"changing" has the panel outlines inverted periodically throughout the song.
You need a 60 or higher to pass a song. The game records your highest score
for each difficulty, but not setting. Only if you save a song will it record
both the difficulty and setting, as well as the score. To save a song, you
need to pass the song and tie/beat the high score. Up to 3 songs can be
saved. See Pitch Live! for more details.
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|b. Continuous Pitch|
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The second mode, with the picture of Kaito in a starry outline, is Continuous
Pitch. This mode is an insane challenge of 100 consecutive songs, which must
be completed under a certain condition, basically, the game requires you to
get a certain score to pass. The game starts after selecting a difficulty,
then goes to a screen where it lists the clear conditions for the current
song, how many songs left out of 100, and how many "points" you have. If you
fail to meet the requirements of a song, the number of points you lack is
subtracted from your "points." After clearing a song, if you get a bad score,
however, you can retry the song if you want. If you lose only a few points
though, you could continue ahead with the lost points, but in time, it may
hurt your chances of clearing all songs as you progress... The game saves
after each cleared song, however, so don't be discouraged. Don't think this
is a consecutive play, or anything... If you lose all 100 points of your
"score," however, you start over. So be careful.
For each song, the game chooses one of the 14 songs randomly, along with a
random lead singer, if the song is a group song. After a few songs, the game
starts inputting tricks in your songs, usually around the middle-end or
beginning-middle of the song. In later levels, there may even be two tricks a
song, one in the beginning-middle, one in the middle-end. Even later on,
tricks will last for the whole song, or even worse, combine with other
tricks! Watch out!
The clear conditions for each song also get a little stricter as you go
along, although there's a semi-predictable pattern going on... Here are the
clear conditions.
Note: The game counts the songs backwards, like a countdown. In parentheses
is what the game would show for that song. Also note that ~ means -, hyphen,
or between. A number by itself means "at least," thus, I've added (+) after
the score. You probably know what I mean... But, although for the first 20
songs I knew that it was "at least," I got confused later when those clear
conditions reappeared and thought you had to have EXACTLY the right score...
You can imagine how it took a while for me to figure it out and to clear
it... Don't laugh... I SAID DON'T LAUGH! Anyway...
Also note that, the tricks to each song are the same every time, it seems. I
am unsure of the Consistent Panel Trick, however, whether or not it is
random, though I do know it is on song #96 (5) and at the end of one other
song, though I'm not sure which one. So, I'll list what the trick of each
song is as well. The tricks, like the scores, follow a semi-predictable
pattern. After each score is the trick of each song, if any, as well as the
duration of the trick in each song. A song can only have one or two tricks,
or none at all, and they take place at either half of the song, or for the
whole song. However, AFAIK, two tricks cannot take effect for a whole song at
the same time. The description for each trick is in the About Tricks section.
A trick surrounded in parentheses is for the whole song; if a trick has only
a left parenthesis, it is for the beginning to middle half; if it has a right
parenthesis; it is for the middle to end half. For two tricks, I'll list both
in the order connected with a +. If a song has no tricks, it'll be listed as
N/A.
1 (100) - 50 (+) N/A
2 (99) - 60 (+) N/A
3 (98) - 70 (+) 2x fast)
4 (97) - 80 (+) scrambled)
5 (96) - 90 (+) 2x fast)
6 (95) - 55 (+) N/A
7 (94) - 65 (+) N/A
8 (93) - 75 (+) 2x fast)
9 (92) - 85 (+) fake)
10 (91) - 95 (+) 2x fast)
11 (90) - 50 ~ 95 N/A
12 (89) - 60 ~ 95 bottom)
13 (88) - 70 ~ 95 (microphone
14 (87) - 80 ~ 95 (scrambled
15 (86) - 90 ~ 95 (fake
16 (85) - 55 ~ 95 2x fast)
17 (84) - 65 ~ 95 alt-speed)
18 (83) - 75 ~ 95 (microphone + fast x2)
19 (82) - 85 ~ 95 (fake + fast x2)
20 (81) - 95 (+) (scrambled + fast x2)
21 (80) - 50 ~ 70 vertical left)
22 (79) - 60 ~ 80 microphone)
23 (78) - 70 ~ 90 (2x fast
24 (77) - 80 ~ 95 (2x fast + scrambled)
25 (76) - 90 (+) (alt-speed + fake)
26 (75) - 55 ~ 70 vertical right)
27 (74) - 65 ~ 80 microphone)
28 (73) - 75 ~ 90 (2x fast
29 (72) - 85 ~ 95 (2x fast + fake)
30 (71) - 95 (+) (alt-speed + scrambled)
31 (70) - 60 ~ 90 (microphone
32 (69) - 60 ~ 85 (bottom
33 (68) - 60 ~ 80 (scrambled
34 (67) - 60 ~ 75 alt-speed)
35 (66) - 60 ~ 70 (fake + fast x2)
36 (65) - 70 ~ 95 (vertical left
37 (64) - 70 ~ 90 (vertical right
38 (63) - 70 ~ 85 (fake
39 (62) - 70 ~ 80 alt-speed)
40 (61) - 70 ~ 75 (scrambled + fast x2)
41 (60) - 60 (+) (1/2x slow)
42 (59) - 60 (+) (1/2x slow) + bottom)
43 (58) - 60 (+) (1/2x slow + fast x2)
44 (57) - 65 (+) (1/2x slow)
45 (56) - 65 (+) (1/2x slow)
46 (55) - 65 (+) (1/2x slow) + microphone)
47 (54) - 70 (+) (1/2x slow)
48 (53) - 70 (+) (1/2x slow + fast x2)
49 (52) - 70 (+) (1/2x slow) + scrambled)
50 (51) - 70 (+) (1/2x slow) + fake x2)
51 (50) - 60 (+) (bottom)
52 (49) - 70 (+) (bottom) + scrambled)
53 (48) - 75 (+) (bottom + left)
54 (47) - 80 (+) (left)
55 (46) - 90 (+) (left + right)
56 (45) - 65 (+) (bottom)
57 (44) - 75 (+) (bottom) + fake)
58 (43) - 80 (+) (bottom + right)
59 (42) - 85 (+) (right)
60 (41) - 95 (+) (right + left)
61 (40) - 60 ~ 95 (2x fast)
62 (39) - 70 ~ 95 (2x fast) + bottom)
63 (38) - 75 ~ 95 (alt-speed)
64 (37) - 80 ~ 95 scrambled)
65 (36) - 90 ~ 95 fake)
66 (35) - 65 ~ 95 (2x fast)
67 (34) - 75 ~ 95 (2x fast) + left)
68 (33) - 80 ~ 95 (alt-speed) + right)
69 (32) - 85 ~ 95 fake)
70 (31) - 95 (+) scrambled)
71 (30) - 60 ~ 80 (2x fast)
72 (29) - 70 ~ 85 (alt-speed + fast x2)
73 (28) - 75 ~ 90 microphone)
74 (27) - 80 ~ 95 scrambled)
75 (26) - 90 (+) fake)
76 (25) - 65 ~ 80 (2x fast)
77 (24) - 75 ~ 85 (alt-speed + fast x2)
78 (23) - 80 ~ 90 (microphone)
79 (22) - 85 ~ 95 (scrambled)
80 (21) - 95 (+) (fake)
81 (20) - 80 (+) (2x fast) + bottom)
82 (19) - 80 (+) (2x fast) + left)
83 (18) - 80 (+) (2x fast) + right)
84 (17) - 80 (+) (2x fast) + scrambled)
85 (16) - 80 (+) (2x fast) + fake)
86 (15) - 85 (+) (3x fast) + bottom)
87 (14) - 85 (+) (3x fast) + left)
88 (13) - 85 (+) (3x fast) + right)
89 (12) - 85 (+) (3x fast) + scrambled)
90 (11) - 85 (+) (3x fast) + fake)
91 (10) - 90 (+) (bottom) + fast x2)
92 (9) - 90 (+) (left) + fast x2)
93 (8) - 90 (+) (right) + fast x2)
94 (7) - 90 (+) (alt-speed) + scrambled)
95 (6) - 90 (+) (alt-speed) + fake)
96 (5) - 95 (+) (consistent) + fast x3)
97 (4) - 95 (+) (scrambled) + fast x3)
98 (3) - 95 (+) (fake) + fast x3)
99 (2) - 95 (+) (microphone) + fast x3)
100 (1) - 100 (!) (alt speed + fast x3)
! On Song 100, the last song, yes, that's right, you must get a perfect score
to not lose points! With the tricks and difficulty weighing down at you at
this point, it's an outrageous thing to do, and yet, it was predictably going
to happen all the same. After you clear this song... You see a picture of
Aqua Regina (or Kaito if you did it with Easy Mode), with the Japanese
characters that apparently translate to "You went for it very well, didn't
you?", while you listen to some victory music. I'd think it to translate to
"Congratulations!" since that is how that was in the first game of Mermaid
Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch, that upon clearing Continuous Pitch, a picture of
Aqua Regina with "Congratulations!" in actual English letters. Depending on
which difficulty you clear Continous Pitch on changes the picture... Anyway,
that's about it. Yup. You did all 100 songs for no reason. No reward at all,
except self-satisfaction. I did all 100 of those songs, three times, in fact,
one for each difficulty, all for naught, except for that reason, and to give
you, the reader, this info. Hmph.
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|c. Pitch the Anime!|
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The third mode, with the picture of human Luchia, Hanon, and Rina in a bubbly
outline, is a Story Mode type of game, one that follows the anime of Mermaid
Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch. The game plays through 3/4 of the anime's first
story arc, or 39 episodes, out of the 52 episodes. Pitch the Anime!, from
what I've seen and read, seems to accurately follow the series. The point of
this Story Mode, is to progress through the story by completing a song with
one or more mermaids with a high enough score, to either defeat sea monsters
the mermaids battle against, or to impress an audience, or even just as a
passing thing. Getting a high enough score is pretty easy, you only need a 60
or higher to pass, and besides, you can tell if you are winning if the
villains cover their ears in pain (if there are any), so it's real easy. If
you happen to be losing for some reason (like say, you suck at DDR, or you're
just not doing anything) then the villains will attack back at the mermaids,
and won't cover their ears, while the mermaid(s) singing cover their ears
(but still singing, if that's what you're doing, that is >.<). And then, at
the end of the song, if you win, the mermaid(s) singing will say "LOVE SHOWER
PITCH!" and possibly "Would you like an encore?" in Japanese if their
opponents are still covering their ears. If you lose, the mermaids cover
their ears, and you'll be brought to a game over/retry screen with the
villain(s) in the background. Anyways, I'll go In-Depth into each episode
later...
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7. Pitch Together
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*Everyone can play using a link cable!*
The light blue button on the menu in the shape of an apple, and with the
picture of Luchia as Pink Pearl Voice, Hanon as Aqua Pearl Voice, and Rina as
Green Pearl Voice, all in their 2nd transformation, is the multiplayer game.
To play this, you need to link games with someone else. Since I don't really
know anyone else who owns this game, or has even played this game, I'm unable
to play this mode, so I can't offer much info on it. Although, I think I know
how this is played. For group songs, each player picks one character, and
during the song, the arrows are of different colors, pink for Luchia, blue
for Hanon, and green for Rina. Each player individually does their part in
singing the song, but the lead singer must also do the beat, that is, the A &
B Pura/Hippo buttons. This seems to be shown in the Story Mode, Pitch the
Anime!, whenever the computer takes over to play a group song, whether it be
the Black Beauty Sisters song, or the three mermaids' songs.
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|a. Multiplayer Mode|
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The blue heart symbol with Sheshe and Mimi is Multiplayer Pitch, designed for
up to four players. Seeing as how there's only up to three singers, though,
I'm wondering how this works... Maybe 3 of the 4 players are mermaid singers,
and 1 does the Hippo/Pura buttons... But what about with Sheshe and Mimi?
They split the Hippo/Pura buttons, too? And if there's a solo singer? ...
Forget it.
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|b. Marathon Mode|
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The double diamond symbol with Gakuto/Gaito (surrounded by rose petals, of
course)? That's Marathon Pitch. As the name implies, Marathon Pitch is
similar to a multiplayer Challenge Pitch. Each player challenges another by
choosing one of the 14 songs, until all the songs are completed. I don't
really understand just how it is played, but...
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|c. 2-Player Mode|
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The green double heart symbol with Rina and Hanon is 2-Player Mode.
Basically, if you don't have 3-4 players, you can play this mode instead of
the usual Multiplayer Mode. Not sure if that's exactly how it works, or if
there's any other significant differences, but that's the impression that I
get of the description on MermaidMelody.de (roughly translated from German to
English by Babelfish...).
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8. Your Room/Collect Pitch
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*Using coins, play games to collect things for your room!*
The orange button, in the shape of a purse, and with a picture of human
Luchia, Hanon, and Rina, is "your" room (Er, actually, it's Luchia's room,
but whatever.). This is an extra mode, where you can play mini-games or
kareoke to songs.
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|a. Mini-Games/Kareoke|
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To play mini-games, click on the star mirror. Playing a mini-game costs P
coins, which I assume P stands for Pitch. Each game costs 100 P coins to
play, and you start out with 1000 P coins. More coins can be won by playing
the A & B Hippo/Pura buttons correctly in songs and passing the song, or by
playing mini-games. By playing mini-games, you can also win dolls/figures,
posters, or cards of MMPPP characters and items.
There are four mini-games to play.
The first mini-game is called "Comparison Pitch." This is a card-guessing
luck game in which you can win more P coins. In this game, a card is shown to
you, and you must guess if the next card is higher or lower (Aces are the
lowest, Kings are the highest, dunno about Joker). You win 100 coins for the
first guess, and each consecutive guess doubles your winnings (i.e. 200, 400,
800, 1600, etc.). If you guess wrong, you lose all of the coins you earn, so
be careful. You can choose to stop at anytime.
The second mini-game is called "Arrange Pitch," a slot machine game, in which
you can win more P coins. Match the pictures to win coins. Going left to
right, each slot moves faster than the previous slot, however, you can pick
which slot to stop first. Press left and right to choose a slot, and press A
to stop it. On the right, it tells you how much coins you win when you match
up three of whatever character. The higher number of coins they're worth, the
less often they'll appear in the slots. Likewise, the lower number of coins
they're worth, the more often they'll appear in the slots. There's a pattern
going on, so after a few plays, you'll get the hang of it easily.
The third mini-game is a memory match game, called "Match Pitch." Match the
10 cards into pairs. You have 3 chances. If you match 4 pairs, the 5th pair
will automatically reveal itself. There's no real strategy to this, you just
need subpar memory and a little luck. If you match all 5 pairs, you win a
random card or poster. A roulette of cards and posters will appear; the cards
have a picture of a pink seashell and a pink pearl on it, the posters have a
picture of a yellow seashell with a green pearl in it. Press A at anytime to
stop the roulette. The posters can be displayed in your room, the cards
display information of the character on them. There are 29 posters, though
you start out with the mirror one, so you only need to get 28. There are 14
cards, from Ace to King, plus the Joker. You'll likely get doubles of cards
and posters, but you really can't help it, unlike with the dolls in the ne
doubles of cards and posters, but you really can't help it, unlike with the
dolls in the ne doubles of cards and posters, but you really can't help it,
unlike with the dolls in the next game.
The fourth mini-game is "Catch Pitch," a crane game. You can win what the
game calls mascots of MMPPP characters and items here. Pay 100 P coins to
operate the crane game once. Hold the A button to move the crane, then
release it over the item you want to pick up. If you're lucky, the crane will
carry it all the way to the left, where it can be dropped and collected. I'm
sure you've played this kind of game in arcades and wherever before, so you
probably know this can get frustrating. Btw, here's a tip. When you start the
game, pay attention to what characters fall from the top. That way, you can
pick out and focus on winning your favorite characters and items to display
in your room. ^_^ Also, another tip. Like the cards and posters, you can get
doubles of dolls/figures. Pay attention to which dolls you already have.
There are 63 dolls/figures/mascots in total, 6 of which can be displayed in
your room.
To kareoke, examine the music box near the star mirror. You'll come to a
screen with a "collage" of the seven mermaids,
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|b. Collection/Index|
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You have three different collections of mascots and posters to decorate your
room, and cards to learn some general info on the main MMPPP characters.
To check and display your mascots, examine the cabinet at the top of the
room. These are won by playing the crane game mini-game "Catch Pitch" in your
star mirror.
Here is the list of mascots that can be collected, listed in counterclockwise
order (going right):
1) Luchia, Pink Pearl Voice (2nd transformation)
2) Hanon, Aqua Pearl Voice (2nd transformation)
3) Rina, Green Pearl Voice (2nd transformation)
4) Izuuru
5) Eriru
6) Yuuri
7) Maria
8) Sheshe
9) Mimi
10) Gaito
11) Sara (hooded figure)
12) Luchia, Pink Pearl Voice (1st transformation)
13) Hanon, Aqua Pearl Voice (1st transformation)
14) Rina, Green Pearl Voice (1st transformation)
15) Karen, Purple Pearl Voice
16) Izuuru (w/ water dragon)
17) Eriru (w/ glowing red eyes)
18) Yuuri (w/ Luchia-like hair-style)
19) Maria (w/ ice shard)
20) Human Luchia
21) Human Hanon
22) Human Rina
23) Human Karen
24) Kaito
25) Hippo (penguin form)
26) Pura
27) Momo
28) Mitsuki
29) Nikora
30) Taki
31) Human Meru
32) Auri
33) Maki
34) Makoto
35) Jennifer Houston
36) Sakiya Kousuke
37) Richard
38) Mermaid Luchia
39) Mermaid Hanon
40) Mermaid Rina
41) Mermaid Karen
42) Mermaid Noelle
43) Mermaid Coco
44) Mermaid Sara
45) Mermaid Nikora
46) Mermaid Meru
47) Brown Seashell
48) Deep Blue Dolphin
49) Surfer Kaito
50) Sheshe (posing)
51) Mimi (posing)
52) Gaito (w/ wine)
53) Gaito (in pool w/ wine)
54) Mermaid Sara (black, evil)
55) Brown Fish (Sea Monster, Panthalassa/Pantharassa)
56) Blue Fish (Sea Monster)
57) Human Hippo
58) Kaito (King)
59) Mermaid Luchia (shinier tail)
60) Aqua Regina (w/ scepter)
61) Computer
62) Bubble Maker
63) Pink Seashell
To see and read your cards, examine the deck of cards near the star mirror
and music box. These are received by playing the memory match mini-game
"Match Pitch" in your star mirror.
Here is the list of cards that can be received, as well as who's on 'em:
A (Ace) - Hippo (penguin)
2 - Hanon
3 - Rina
4 - Karen
5 - Izuuru
6 - Eriru
7 - Yuuri
8 - Maria
9 - Sheshe
10 - Mimi
J (Jack) - Gaito
Q (Queen) - Luchia
K (King) - Kaito
JOKER - Sara
*Remember that examining the cards brings up their profile, although in
Japanese. The translations of each profile is in the character section.
To see and display a poster, examine the mirror frame on the left side of the
room, surrounded by flowers. The default is the mirror itself. These can also
be won by playing the memory match mini-game "Match Pitch" in your star
mirror.
And finally, here's the list of posters that can be gotten:
1) Mirror (blank, default)
2) Human Luchia
3) Human Hanon
4) Human Rina
5) Human Karen
6) Kaito
7) Luchia, Pink Pearl Voice (2nd transformation)
8) Hanon, Aqua Pearl Voice (2nd transformation?)
9) Rina, Green Pearl Voice (2nd transformation)
10) Karen, Purple Pearl Voice
11) Izuuru
12) Eriru (cute/evil personalities)
13) Maria
14) Yuuri
15) Black Beauty Sisters (Sheshe and Mimi)
16) Gaito
17) Sara
18) Momo
19) SaraxMitsuki
20) KaitoxGaito
21) KarenxNoelle
22) HanonxMitsuki
23) YuurixHippo (Luchia-like hair-style/penguin)
24) KaitoxLuchia
25) Hippo (human/penguin identities)
26) NikoraxTaki (human)
27) Luchia (Formal Mermaid)
28) Kaito (Formal King)
29) Aqua Regina
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|c. Unlockables|
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Lastly, we have unlockables. You can receive the mermaids' seashell necklaces
if you complete each of your collections in your room. These, when examined,
open a music video. Although, you've probably already seen these music videos
in the game elsewhere... So, really, unlocking these aren't much of a big
deal. Although, the seashell necklaces are nice for displaying in your room.
And, there is one music video that isn't in this game, but in another game...
Here are the music videos, and how to unlock them.
If you collect all 63 dolls/figures/mascots, you get Hanon's aqua seashell
locket in the middle of your room. Examine it to see the Daiji na Takarabako
Credits Ending Video. These credits are also seen at the end of episode 1-28
of the Pitch the Anime! Story Mode. This video, however, does not have the
credits. Also, note that this video is also from Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi
Pitch, which could be seen after clearing Continous Pitch, although in this
game, it is remade and a little different. For example, the credits will
include the 6 new songs in this game... Another thing, some of the scenes are
different...
Collect all 29 posters, and you get Rina's green seashell locket in the
middle of your room. Examine it to see the Rainbow Notes Opening Video. It's
exactly the same as in the opening of this game, except, if you entered a
name, it won't show on there. Yay. Btw, the Rainbow Notes Opening Video is
also the opening video of the second anime series, Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi
Pitch Pure.
You can get Karen's purple seashell locket in the middle of your room if you
collect all 14 cards. Examine it to see the Sekai de Ichiban Hayaku Asa ga
Kuro Basho Credits Ending Video, also without the credits. This credits also
plays in Pitch the Anime!, at the end of episodes 29-39.
Finally, complete all three collections, unlocking the above, to get Luchia's
pink seashell locket, and examine it to see a Taiyou no Rakuen ~Promised
Land~ Opening Video, as seen in the first game, Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi
Pitch's opening, as well as the opening of the first half of the episodes
from the anime series of Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch. In this game,
compared to the last one, this has slight alterations, smoother graphics, and
the song is sung by Hippo, and not the mermaids...
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9. Pitch with Hippo
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*Make a song that's all your own!*
The light-purple button in the shape of a pear with the picture of Hippo,
both as human and penguin, is a one-player mini-mode which involves singing
with Hippo. What you can do in this mode is, with either the default songs or
your own creation of lyrics, have Hippo sing (badly, and even annoyingly) to
it, or for you to play (as in, with the DDR stuff). He has four default
songs. Here are the default lyrics for each of them...
#1) (To the Tune of Yankee Doodle Dandy)
Romanized:
Minna de utao
Hippo ga odoru
Ruchia to Hanon to
Rina no uta da yo
Ahahahahahahaha
Ufufufufufufu
Ehehehehehehehe
Ohohohoho
Translated:
Everybody, sing!
Hippo is dancing
This is Luchia, Hanon, and Rina's song!
A ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
U fu fu fu fu fu
E he he he he he he he
O ho ho ho ho
#2)
Romanized:
Pichi pichi no picchi
Tanoshiku utao-yo
Hippo mo utau
Pichi pichi raibu da yo
Minna de asobo-yo
Kirei na utagoe
Suteki na minna no utagoe
Hippo mo yorokobu yo
Translated:
Lively pitch
This is fun singing!
Hippo's singing, too
This is a lively live!
Everyone is playing!
Pretty singing voices
Everyone's cool singing voices
Hippo's delighted, too!
#3)
Romanized:
Suki na uta ni shite
Tanoshimimasu
Hippo de picchi wo
Kiitemimashou
Tohohohohotohohohoho
Hohhohhohhohhohho!
Norinori desu
Translated:
Doing a likeable song
Equals having fun
Pitching with Hippo
Is something we should all hear
Tohohohohotohohohoho
Hohhohhohhohhohho!
We're in high spirits!
#4)
Romanized:
Hippo no koe ga
Waratteiru yo
Ehehehe
Nahanahanahanaha
Ihihi
Translated:
Hippo's voice
Makes me smile!
Ehehehe
Nahanahanahanaha
Ihihi
Press Start to bring up the menu. The first button, the blue one, labeled
"Back", exits and takes you back to the previous menu. The second button, the
yellow one... It's labeled "Save", but... All it seemingly does is that it
bounces... *sweatdrops* Okay... The third button, colored mint and labeled
"Play," plays the song (DDR-style, choose difficulty, no tricks setting, get
score out of 100), while the fourth button, colored pink and labeled "Preview
Song," plays the song (without you doing anything). Finally, the fifth, red
button labeled "Change Song" lets you switch between the four songs.
Remember that you can always change the four songs as your own creations as
well. So, you can save up to four of your own created songs for Hippo to
sing. Why you would want Hippo to sing to it, I don't know. *shrugs* Unless
you're somewhat of a naughty perv who would want him to sing, oh, I don't
know, Chichi o Moge from Konjiki no Gashbell (Japanese version of Zatch
Bell).
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10. Pitch Live!
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*Live Start with the data you've saved!*
The dark-purple button that looks like an open book with the picture of Kaito
and Gaito is Live Pitch. In the Pitch to the End mode, if you pass a song and
tie or beat the high score, you are able to save it for viewing at the end of
the song. Here, you watch the videos you've saved (up to 3). Until you save a
song though, there's nothing here and "this section's empty!" ... And that's
about it. The videos are shown on a TV with the backgrounds, kareoke lyrics
(on the middle of the screen, however, not the bottom), and without the
arrows or Hippo/Pura, of course, or the meters on the outlines.
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11. Your Pitch
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*You can change various settings!*
The purple-pink heart with the picture of Nikora and Taki-san is Your Pitch,
basically, your options. Here, you can change your, erm, theme. What I mean
is, you can change the look of your background, pointer, and color theme when
in the menu. It's a little hard to explain, but looking at it, it's easy
enough to understand. I'll break each section down...
The second option on the list, labeled "Background," changes the background
theme. You can change the style of the appearance to:
Luchia (default)
Hanon
Rina
Karen
Kaito
Hippo
Izuuru
Eriru
Yuuri
Maria
Sheshe
Mimi
Gaito
Music Sheet (Mitsuki)
Ocean
Sweets/Desserts
Stars
Fish (sharks/manta rays)
Crab
Flowers
The third option, labeled "Cursor," changes the menu pointer, on the left and
right of menu choices when highlighted. There is a larger variety of choices
to decide on, anyways I'll list them too.
Blue Arrow
Pink Heart
Broken Heart (Mimi)
Music Notes (Tarou Mitsuki)
Oyster/Seashell w/Pearl (Pink)
Luchia's hand (as Pink Pearl Voice)
Microphone
Crab
(Shooting) Stars (I'd guess Alala from Pure for some reason, but I doubt it.)
Fish (Ocean)
Yellow Fish
Sea Monster (Sheshe)
Red Fish
Black Wavy Arrows (Eriru)
Green Fish (Yuuri?)
Chick (in egg)
Sweets/Desserts
(Human) Luchia
(Human) Hanon
(Human) Rina
The fourth option, labeled "Mermaid," lets you choose one of the seven
mermaids, which in turn sets the color of the background. The default is
Luchia's pink background, but it can be changed to Hanon's aqua background,
Rina's green background, Karen's purple background, Noelle's deep blue
background, Coco's yellow background, or Sara's orange background. This also
sets the color of the seashell locket in the Pitch to the End mode.
The first option is labeled "Headphones," its purpose is obvious. The first
option is without the Headphones, so your GBA should be at full volume (or at
whatever volume it is). Set it to the second option, and your GBA's volume
will be dulled unless you put in Headphones.
The last option is labeled "Name," which obviously changes your name, which
you inputted when you first started playing this game.
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12. MMPPP Characters
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Hmm... Seeing as how there's a Story Mode in this game for the series' anime,
I thought you might want to know who the characters are... Here's how I'll
introduce the characters. If something isn't listed for a character, whether
it just plain isn't under that character, or it is blank, then it either
isn't known, or it is N/A.
Oh, btw, my notes on each of the characters coincide with others', so it may
seem a little repetitive at some points. Please bear with this.
*Name: Name of character, first name, then surname/last name, if available
Name Notes: Translations of the kanji characters of the name, name
pronounciation, etc.
Official Profile: The official profile of the character, taken from the
manga. Includes statistics like height, age, birth dates, constellations,
favorites, least favorites, etc. Only Luchia, Hanon, Rina, and Kaito have
official profiles. Those without profiles may or may not have age, birthday,
and constellation listed.
Gender: Male or Female
Appearance: Description of character's likeness (note that I really suck at
descriptions, so bear with me on this)
Occupation: Mermaid, Human, Villain, etc. (yes, I know occupation means job,
but still... you get the idea)
Personality: *insert random personality* Adjectives to describe the person,
basically. (another part I will suck at describing...)
Songs: What songs the character sings, if any. Solo songs and group songs
will be listed, but note that solo songs in the game are not necessarily solo
in the anime.
Card Profile: The character's profile on their card, if any, translated.
Gives their name, last name before first name, as is how Japanese give their
names, as well as a brief description of their story and personality.
Bio: Their story, and their role in the series.
Spoilers Bio: A more in-depth bio with spoilers of the plot.
Comments: Anything I have to add onto my description of the character goes
here, including anything the manga changes I can offer my take on, or a few
statements on my appreciation of the character, or just random tidbits.
*Some names have alternate spellings. Whether it is a translation issue, or a
manga to anime change, I'll list their names, in order of preference. An
example of changes between the names made would be like Gakuto ---> Gaito,
and so on... I'll call someone only one way though, whichever one is more
preferably on my part. Just because I prefer one way over another, doesn't
necessarily make it the correct translation. Meh. Just make sure you know
that. Don't blame me if you've been spelling someone's name wrong because of
me.
So, here they are!
Name: Luchia/Lucia Nanami
Name Notes: Kanji characters translate to "seven oceans."
Official Profile: Luchia's name is pronounced like Engrish. Meaning, the L is
pronounced like R, and vice-versa, if necessary. Therefore, her name would be
pronounced "roo-chee-ah," and not "loo-chee-ah."
Nanami Lucia - Profile Translation #1
[from Volume 2, page 49]
NANAMI LUCIA
Height: 156 cm
Birthday: July 3rd
Constellation: Cancer
Blood Type: 0
Hobby: Singing
Special Talent: Making things from bead kits
Favorite Subject: Home economics
Least Favorite Subject: Math
Favorite Color: Pink
Favorite Flower: Cosmos
Favorite Food: Shrimp
Least Favorite Food: Raisins
Favorite Type of Boy: Someone who will protect her.
Nanami Lucia - Profile Translation #2
[from the official Nakayoshi homepage, http://www.nakayosi-net.com/]
NANAMI LUCIA
Height: 156 cm
Weight: Can't say!
Birthday: July 3rd
Zodiac: Cancer
Bloodtype: O
Favorite Subject: Music (but she's a terrible singer), Home Ec
Least Favorite Subject: Arithmetic (Math?), any subject
that you have to use your head.
Club Membership: None
Favorite Color: Pink
Favorite Flower: Cosmos
Favorite Food: Shrimp
Least Favorite Food: Celery, Raisins
Best at Cooking: Cookies, Poundcake
Desired Thing: ?
Hobby: Singing
Dislikes: Monsters, Being lectured at by Hippo and Nikora.
Anguish: Not being able to tell Kaito that she's a mermaid.
Special Skill: Love Shower Pitch! And the encore, of course.
Gender: Female
Appearance:
Human - Short blonde hair; blue eyes
Mermaid - Long blonde pigtail hair; blue eyes; pink bra; pink tail
Pearl Voice - Same as mermaid form, with pink beaded dress, and short
gloves and shoes.
Pearl Voice 2 - Same as above, add a pink ribbon in back of waist, and a
pink gem circlet-like wreath on brow.
Age: 13 (in beginning of manga), 14 (Episode 11)
Birthday: Monday, July 3, 1989
Occupation: Pink Pearl Mermaid Princess of the North Pacific Ocean
Personality: Childish, clumsy, airheaded. A little slow, hates thinking, and
a terrible singer unless transformed (only manga, in anime, once she obtains
pearl, she can sing).
Songs: Solo -
Legend of Mermaid
Daiji na Takarabako
Koi wa Nandarou
Splash Dream
Group (with Hanon and/or Rina) -
Legend of Mermaid
Super Love Songs!
Koi wa Nandarou
KIZUNA
Yume No Sono Saki He
Sekai de Ichiban Hayaku Asa ga Kuro Basho
Taiyou no Rakuen ~Promised Land~ (only in 1st MMPPP game)
Card Profile (Q, Queen): [Nanami Lucia] Pink Pearl Mermaid Princess of the
North Pacific. Looking for a boy she saved 7 years ago and gave her pearl to,
she arrives in the human world. That boy, her first love, Kaito, is there. A
little clumsy, but she goes on fighting for love!
Bio: The main character of the series. When she was young, at the age of 6,
she saved a drowning boy named Kaito by using her pearl, the item used by
mermaids for singing (though, she is perhaps too young to use it right now).
While she saves the boy, she also gives her pearl to him. Seven years later,
at the age of 13, considered adult by mermaid-kind, in order for Luchia to
become a true adult, she goes to land disguised as a human to search for her
pearl. The boy from seven years ago apparently still had it, and after
obtaining it back, she is able to transform into a mermaid singer, capable of
fighting back dangerous and evil sea monsters. Throughout all this, Luchia
finds herself falling in love with Kaito; however, a love between a human and
a mermaid is a forbidden love. Nevertheless, she struggles to see it through.
Spoilers Bio: ... What is there to spoil about Luchia? Not much actually, in
the boundaries of the first series... If you really want to know more, I
suggest you research yourself...
Comments: As the main character, she certainly has to be appealing to the
audience. Granted, she is one of my favorite characters, and she is cute, of
course! She is quite entertaining throughout the series, but she's also got a
kind heart. Her hair, for some odd reason, isn't pink, which makes her the
only Mermaid Princess whose color hair doesn't reflect her color pearl and
mermaid (tail)... Luchia also has to be a character with one of the most
bizarre hairstyles I've ever seen... Though it's also similar to that of
Usagi Tsukino/Sailor Moon's.
Hanon Houshou/Hossho/Hoshou/Hosho
Name Notes: Kanji translates to "(ocean) wave" and "sound." Hanon's name is
pronounced "hah-non." The "ah" is pronounced like the sound made when opening
your mouth. The "non" syllable is pronounced like the French "non," except
the "n" is pronounced, not silent. I think... It's difficult to explain...
And it's an peculiar name to begin with!
Official Profile:
Houshou Hanon - Profile Translation
[from Volume 2, page 55]
HOUSHOU HANON
Height: 152 cm
Birthday: May 24th
Constellation: Gemini
Blood Type: B
Hobby: Shopping
Special Talent: Makeup
Favorite Subject: Japanese
Least Favorite Subject: Gym
Favorite Color: Aqua
Favorite Flower: Sakura [cherry blossom]
Favorite Food: Cheesecake
Least Favorite Food: Natto [fermented soybeans]
Favorite Type of Boy: A grown-up person.
Gender: Female
Appearance:
Human: Long (not as long as Mermaid/Pearl Voice) blue hair, with an X-like
wooden hair clip/pin on brow. Blue eyes.
Mermaid: Long light blue hair, with two stars, one small, one big, on
brow. Blue eyes, blue bra, blue tail.
Pearl Voice: Same as mermaid form, with light blue dress, gloves, and
shoes similar to Luchia.
Pearl Voice 2: Same as above, add a blue ribbon on back of waist.
Height: 152 cm, or 4'11"
Age: 13 (in beginning of manga)
Birthday: Wednesday, May 24, 1989
Occupation: Aqua(marine)/Blue Pearl Mermaid Princess, of the South Atlantic
Ocean
Personality: Cheerful, girly (put simply, for lack of a better term), perky
Songs:
Solo -
Ever Blue
Group (with Luchia and/or Rina) -
Legend of Mermaid
Super Love Songs!
Ever Blue
KIZUNA
Yume No Sono Saki He
Sekai de Ichiban Hayaku Asa ga Kuro Basho
Taiyou no Rakuen ~Promised Land~ (only in 1st MMPPP game)
Card Profile (2): [Hosho Hanon] The Aquamarine Pearl Mermaid Princess of the
Southern Atlantic Ocean. Crying over cool guys, sometimes very broken-
hearted. Sometimes a bit calculating, but always a gentle girl around her
friends and allies.
Bio: Luchia's friend, who Luchia meets in her class as a human. But, she
really is the Aqua/Aquamarine Mermaid Princess of the South Atlantic Ocean
(not Blue). At first, Hanon doesn't reveal who she is when she first meets
Luchia, although Hanon immediately knows who Luchia is, which could be the
reason as to why she immediately wanted to become friends with Luchia.
Although they are friends, they sometimes fight. Their arguments are
childish, and pretty humorous, too. Hanon considers herself knowledgeable
about love, and her mermaid fortune in Chapter 8, besides the fact she's an
"aqua" mermaid, the chances of her finding true love are super good. She
knows that a mermaid loving a human is forbidden, and at first disapproves of
Luchia liking Kaito, but soon after a lecture, she stumbles upon Mitsuki-
sensei, who she soon falls for.
Spoilers Bio: There's not much to spoil about Hanon... Except her love life,
though this goes over my set boundaries of the first story arc... Oh well.
Just this once. Tarou Mitsuki, Hanon's crush, although he is friendly towards
her, he cannot love her, because of his betrayal to Sara. In the end, Hanon
must let him go, and they become good friends instead. In the second story
arc, a young boy, Shiroi Nagisa, gets a crush on Hanon, and dedicates himself
to her, much to her annoyance, as in her Official Profile, it clearly states
how she likes older guys. As such, Hanon rejects Nagisa, despite all his
efforts to try to impress her, which usually backfire, until one point in
Chapter 25 of the manga (dunno episode number as of now) where he clearly
shows his dedication and affection by even risking his life for her. Hanon
then acknowledges him as being kinda cool, then later they become friends, in
the boyfriend/girlfriend kinda way. Ironic, no?
Comments: My absolute favorite mermaid/magical girl/anime character-in-
general. ^_^ She's just that adorable... Her blue locks of hair is gorgeous,
especially during transformation. Hehe. I'd think she'd have more fans, but
everyone I know on GameFAQs who likes this series favor Luchia more...
Although Hanon is the Aqua or Aquamarine Mermaid Princess, she at first calls
herself the Blue Mermaid Princess in the manga, until Noelle comes, in which
her title changes to avoid confusion. Her title was always "Mizuiro,"
however, or "the color of water," which is "aqua."
Based on her official profile, Hanon seems to be your typical, average,
everyday teenage girl. Although Hanon is the shortest of the three mermaids,
she is also the oldest. Huh.
On another note, I got this game one day before Hanon's 16th birthday on the
23rd of May, 2005. I got Pichi Pichi Pitch the day before, the 22nd of May,
and Pichi Pichi Party on May 21st.
One other thing... On GameFAQs and a few other forums I go on, I have made
"claims" to her. I've had since only June 2005, though, so it's very possible
someone claimed her before me, seeing as how the manga came out in 2002. Then
again, since magical girl/mahou shoujo series are aimed at young girls, I
don't know any other guys who know this series as much as I do... Or have a
certain obsessive infatuation of fictional characters... So I kinda doubt it.
But, if someone would prove me otherwise, DON'T TELL ME. Do not crush what
little pride I have in me. ;( If you are a girl, fine, but not if you are a
boy. Okay?
Name: Rina/Lina Touin
Name Notes: Rina's name, like Luchia's, is also pronounced Engrish-like, so
it would be pronounced "lee-nuh." Although, if you spell her name as Lina, it
would sort of be pronounced as is.
Official Profile:
Touin Rina - Profile Translation
[from Volume 2, page 83]
TOUIN RINA
Height: 163 cm
Birthday: September 2nd
Constellation: Virgo
Blood Type: AB
Hobby: Reading
Special Talent: Cleaning and laundry
Favorite Subject: Math
Least Favorite Subject: None
Favorite Color: Green
Favorite Flower: Lily
Favorite Food: Vegetarian cuisine
Least Favorite Food: Fancy stuff
Favorite Type of Boy: A steady, brave person.
Gender: Female
Appearance: Green hair
Human: Wears "boy" clothes
Pearl Voice: Ankle-length dress with cut in right leg, with elbow-length
gloves and slipper shoes
Pearl Voice 2: Same as before, add a green ribbon on the back of the
waist, and a golden bead necklace on head
Age: 13 (in beginning of manga)
Birthday: Saturday, September 2, 1989
Occupation: Green Pearl Mermaid Princess of the North Atlantic Ocean
Personality: Calm, cool, mature, tomboyish
Songs:
Solo -
Star Jewel
Group (with Luchia and/or Hanon) -
Legend of Mermaid
Super Love Songs!
KIZUNA
Yume No Sono Saki He
Sekai de Ichiban Hayaku Asa ga Kuro Basho
Taiyou no Rakuen ~Promised Land~ (only in 1st MMPPP game)
Group -
KODOU ~Perfect Harmony~ (Heartbeat ~Perfect Harmony~, Anime)
Card Profile (3): [Touin Rina] The Green Pearl Mermaid Princess of the North
Atlantic. Very cool and unshakeable, a stable person, but sometimes has a bad
habit of worrying alone. But really, she surprisingly says she likes comedy
TV. More than love or fashion, she wants to be a big fancy star on TV.
Bio: At first a cool, practically cold girl, who keeps to herself and is
almost a bit of a loner. She comes to Luchia and Hanon's school as a
"transfer" student. When Luchia tries to become friends with her, Hanon
disapproves of her attitude. They do end up becoming friends though, and Rina
must comment on Luchia's airheadedness. Rina knows Kaito somehow, and is
suspicious of him, and while Luchia feels slightly jealous of Rina observing
Kaito, it's obvious that Rina isn't interested in love, especially with
Kaito.
Spoilers Bio: Rina's suspicions of Kaito are from Gaito, whom she knows as
Noelle's kidnapper. When Karen is introduced into the story, she blames Rina
for Noelle's capture. Rina suspects Karen as her younger twin sister.
Comments: I don't really like this girl's singing voice... It sounds too deep
for a girl, IMO... And yet, it definitely fits her solo song, Star Jewel,
quite well. I just don't use her in group songs... She doesn't seem to have
too many fans, I think...
Rina, although she is the tallest of the three mermaids, is also the
youngest.
Her birthday was on the same day version 1.0 of this FAQ was submitted to
GameFAQs, don't ya know. She's 16 now...
Name: Karen/Caren
Name Notes: You know how to pronounce her name, right? Actually, because of
how vowels are pronounced in Japanese, her name would be pronounced Kah-ren.
*shrugs*
Gender: Female
Appearance:
Human - Several long purple locks of hair, purple eyes. Has a small mole
under left eye.
Mermaid - Light purple hair, with purple bra and mermaid tail.
Pearl Voice - Similar to Hanon's dress, minus the frilly skirt.
Pearl Voice 2 - Really not much difference, actually...
Age: 16 (first appearances, Chapter 9)
Birthday: Friday, February 14, 1986
Star Sign: Aquarius
Occupation: Purple Pearl Mermaid Princess of the Antarctic Ocean
Personality: Impulsive, unless when friends are in danger, mainly opposite
her sister besides this trait.
Songs:
Solo -
Aurora no Kaze ni Notte (Riding the Winds of the Aurora)
Legend of Mermaid (Anime)
Group (with Noelle/Coco, and Luchia/Hanon/Rina) -
Legend of Mermaid (Anime)
KODOU ~Perfect Harmony~ (Anime)
Card Profile (4): [Karen] The Purple Mermaid Princess of the Antarctic Ocean.
As the Arctic Ocean Princess Noel's twin sister, she likes to think it was
Rina's fault Noel was captured. Right now, there's a misunderstanding, she
becomes very reliant on her allies. Over Lucia's group, she's a little bit
like a big sister.
Bio: The younger twin of the polar mermaid princess sisters. Before she was
born on the eve of in the South Pole, Noelle, her elder twin sister, was born
just before that midnight on the opposite pole of Earth, the North Pole.
Spoilers Bio: When word reaches Karen that her older sister was kidnapped,
Karen doesn't hear/understand the whole story. Karen originally thought that
Rina abandoned Noelle. Because of this, Karen vows to rescue her herself,
alone, with no help from Mermaid Princesses or even Aqua Regina. She develops
an extreme hatred of Rina, and blames her for allowing her sister to be
kidnapped. However, contrary to her vow, the Black Beauty Sisters capture and
use her to lure the other mermaids to be captured as well. When the three
mermaids are in danger, she uses the stored power of her Purple Pearl,
originally to be used to help her save Noelle, but instead bestows it to the
mermaids to help them escape. When she is rescued, she makes up with Rina and
realizes that she may have been mistakened with what happened between Rina
and Noelle, and that Rina may not be a traitor to Noelle after all. She feels
that Noelle would have done the same thing to help Rina and her friends...
She takes back her Purple Pearl and goes solo again afterwards, much to
Luchia and Hanon's dismay. But, she'll keep coming back to help the mermaids
when they are in trouble, and eventually soften up and join them.
Comments: ... Oh, wow. ._. Her singing voice is... Well, if you listen to her
song, you'll know what I mean. The echoing chorus makes it a bit catchy
though! Purple hair is okay, but Karen's is a little too flashy for me...
This is one rare instance, in which I like her human/mermaid hairstyle better
than her Pearl Voice hairstyle...
Her birthday... Ha! Good thing she wasn't born on Friday the 13th. Though,
February 14 is Valentine's Day, is it not? Interesting... Her birthday and
Valentine's Day is today, the release of the 2nd (2.0) version of this FAQ!
w00t!
Name: Noelle/Noel/Nuel
Name Notes: Noel? That's not a girl's name, is it? Erm, no, wait, it
seemingly "can" be, but Noelle sounds much more feminine, don't you agree?
Anyway, that's how her name is translated. Noelle's name should be easy to
pronounce too. Just, pronounce it how it looks. If you spell it "Noel,"
though, no, it wouldn't be pronounced as "nole."
Gender: Female
Appearance:
Human - Picture Karen with Hanon's colors, except color the blue darker.
Also, her mole is below her right eye, not her left.
Mermaid - Same as above, with a mermaid tail, of course.
Pearl Voice - Like Karen's dress, which is like Hanon's one-piece dress,
without the frilly skirt again.
Pearl Voice 2 - No noticeable differences...
Age: 16 (same as Karen, one day older)
Birthday: Thursday, February 13, 1986
Star Sign: Aquarius
Occupation: (Deep) Blue/Indigo Pearl Mermaid Princess of the Arctic Ocean
Personality: Compulsive, unless when friends are in danger, mainly opposite
her sister besides this trait.
Songs:
Solo - N/A
Group (with Karen/Coco, and Luchia/Hanon/Rina) -
Legend of Mermaid (Anime)
KODOU ~Perfect Harmony~ (Heartbeat ~Perfect Harmony~, Anime)
Bio: The older twin of the polar mermaid princess sisters. Born in the North
Pole before the midnight of the day her younger sister, Karen, was born in
the South Pole.
Spoilers Bio: At some point at or before the beginning of the manga, Noelle's
kingdom is attacked and she flees to Rina's neighboring kingdom.
Unfortunately, her attackers, Gaito and Yuuri, follow her, destroying Rina's
kingdom. Noelle sacrifices herself to them in order for Rina to escape.
Noelle is then captured. In Chapter/Episode 3, Gaito and Yuuri converse with
each other of their latest, recent capture of the Arctic Ocean Mermaid
Princess.
Comments: Deep Blue? Yes, that's right. In the manga, Hanon, although she
once referred to herself as the Blue Mermaid, was unaware of the existance of
another Blue Mermaid (Mermaid Princesses seem to only know each other by
titles, not colors. Exceptions to this are close friends/siblings, like Karen
and Noelle, or Coco and Sara). Once Noelle was fully introduced, however, her
title was, is, and will always be the Aquamarine Mermaid Princess. Some
people, however, tend to shorten their titles, and refer to Hanon as the Blue
Mermaid Princess, while Noelle is the Indigo Mermaid Princess, both of which
are incorrect... to an extent. Noelle, IMO, isn't as cute as Hanon, but...
Then again, Noelle is older, so yeah. Noelle isn't involved with the manga
story much, and she doesn't appear in Story Mode either. She is, without a
doubt, an unappreciated character. It's a little sad, really...
Noelle was born on Thursday the 13th... It's close to Friday the 13th, but I
guess she's not considered unlucky. She is oddly unappreciated, from what
I've read... Her birthday just passed during the 2nd (2.0) version of this
FAQ!
Name: Coco
Name Notes: *sigh* You know how to pronounce Coco, right? Right?
Gender: Female
Appearance: Yellow hair, yellow eyes... Everything about her is sunshiny
yellow-ness! Although, she looks almost golden in her other forms.
Human - Hair shade is almost the same as Luchia's, though perhaps a
little lighter yellow.
Mermaid - Goldish yellow features with a yellow mermaid tail.
Pearl Voice - Golden yellow dress similar to Hanon's.
Pearl Voice 2 - Same as above, add the frills. An interesting
transformation scene.
Age: 18 (at beginning of anime/manga)
Birthday: Tuesday, August 7, 1984
Star Sign: Leo
Occupation: Yellow Pearl Mermaid Princess of South Pacific Ocean
Personality: Brash in the anime, gentle in the manga
Songs:
Solo - N/A
Group (with Karen/Noelle, Sara, and/or Luchia/Hanon/Rina)-
Legend of Mermaid (Anime)
KODOU ~Perfect Harmony~ (Heartbeat ~Perfect Harmony~, Anime)
Bio: The second oldest of the mermaid princesses. Coco is the Yellow Pearl
Mermaid Princess of the South Pacific Ocean (As you can see under
Occupation...). Coco is best friends with Sara, the Orange Pearl Mermaid
Princess of the Indian Ocean. Coco is known to be a powerful singer in the
manga, more specifically, when out of Pearl Voice form, and as a human or
mermaid, she is the best singer (contrary to Luchia as a human/mermaid).
Spoilers Bio: Not much is mentioned of her at all in either the 1st story arc
of the manga/anime, but it is revealed in Chapter 6, Episode 13 by Gaito that
he has both the Princess of the Arctic Ocean (Noelle) and the Princess of the
South Pacific Ocean (Coco) captured and in his possession, only giving the
titles, and not the names. Much later on in the story arc, in the manga
Chapter 17, Sara reveals through a flashback how, because of a lost love
affair with a human, she abandoned her title of Orange Pearl Mermaid Princess
and everything about her, including love and hope, then sank into darkness.
She then used a key to release Aqua Regina's seal on Gaito, who afterwards
proceeded to destroy the Indian Ocean Kingdom, as well the South Pacific
Ocean Kingdom, and in doing so, kidnapping Coco.
Comments: Hehe. I guess Coco's a cutie too... Although, she is the second
oldest mermaid princess. Her shining yellow hair almost looks golden... But
enough of that. Coco, like Noelle, isn't much involved in either this game or
the first-story arc of the manga. Thus, not much of her personality is really
known.
;( About her birthday, I'm sorry I missed celebrating her 21st while working
on the first version of this FAQ...
Name: Sara
Name Notes: You know the pronounciation. Though, as in the case of Karen, her
name is seemingly pronounced as "Sah-rah" in Japan. The kanji characters
translate as such: sa = sand, ra = silk gauze/net.
Gender: Female
Appearance:
Human: Strangely enough, her hair is dark. Not at all bright orange.
Mermaid: Orange hair, orange tail... Do I really need to put this?
Pearl Voice: Same as above, add the legs. Note that Sara is the only
mermaid with a nude transformation... X_X
Pearl Voice 2: Same as above, add the frills on the dress.
Age: 21 (at beginning of manga/anime)
Birthday: Sunday, November 22, 1981
Star Sign: Scorpio
Occupation: Orange Pearl Mermaid Princess, ruler of Indian Ocean
Personality: Lovesick
Songs:
Solo - N/A
Group -
KODOU ~Perfect Harmony~ (Heartbeat ~Perfect Harmony, Anime)
Card Profile (JOKER): [Sara] Orange Pearl Mermaid Princess from the Indian
Ocean. 8 years ago, this mermaid fell in love with Mitsuki-sensei. First, the
world was wrecked by Gaito's allies, but she became an ally. Friendly with
Princess Coco of the South Pacific.
*Do the math, Sara met Mitsuki at the age of 13, in the year 1994.
Bio: The oldest of the mermaid princesses. She's practically "absent" in the
manga until the second half of the first story arc. As the Occupation/Card
Profile says, Sara is the Orange Pearl Mermaid Princess of the Indian Ocean,
and is best friends with the Yellow Pearl Mermaid Princess Coco of the South
Pacific Ocean (Card Profile).
Spoilers Bio: As the Card Profile spoils, Sara once fell in love with Tarou
Mitsuki, who Hanon also develops a crush since the beginning of the manga.
However, when Sara and Mitsuki were to elope, Mitsuki was forced by Sara's
"baaya," or grandma, to abandon her, and Sara fell into darkness, abandoning
her title of the Orange Pearl Mermaid Princess. Later, she uses a key to open
the seal of Aqua Regina over Gaito, and her Indian Ocean Kingdom is
destroyed. Her whereabouts become unknown for sometime, until when she
reveals herself to the mermaids and defeats the Black Beauty Sisters.
However, she has aligned herself with Gaito, as the mermaids soon find out,
because of the pain of betrayal she felt, she wants revenge on the world.
Gaito, pitying Sara, ends up falling in love with her. At the end of the
first story arc, Coco, Mitsuki, and Hanon are able to change her ways, and
Sara then becomes the Orange Pearl Mermaid Princess again. Sara then goes to
Gaito, and begs him to stop his destruction. In the end, Gaito submits, and
the mermaids summon Aqua Regina, who seals away both Sara and Gaito together
into a peaceful slumber. This isn't the last the mermaids see of Sara,
however; in the second story arc, Sara appears to Luchia in a dream, and...
well, maybe I won't spoil THAT much.
Comments: *tilts head* I honestly don't think this mermaid is very beautiful.
I mean, maybe in her mermaid form, the shine in her orange hair makes her a
little attractive, but her human form's... Well, maybe it's just me.
Although, she does get quite a few familiar fans throughout the story.
Sara's birthday is right after Kaito's... And 3 days after my brother's
birthday.
Name: Kaito Doumoto/Domoto
Name Notes: Kanji translates to "ocean" and "constellation." His name is
pronounced, NOT Kai-toe (the "ai" in "Kai" would be pronounced like a long
"I" in English), but Kah-ee-toe. If you say it fast though, it would sound
like the first example.
Official Profile:
Doumoto Kaito - Profile Translation
[from Volume 2, page 85]
DOUMOTO KAITO
Height: 172 cm
Birthday: November 21st
Constellation: Scorpio
Blood Type: B
Hobby: Surfing, snowboarding
Special Talent: Surfing, snowboarding
Favorite Subject: Gym, math
Least Favorite Subject: Social studies
Favorite Color: Blue
Favorite Flower: ?
Favorite Food: Stew
Least Favorite Food: Green pepper
Favorite Type of Girl: A gentle, docile person.
Gender: Male
Appearance: Light brown hair
Age: 13 (at beginning of manga)
Birthday: Tuesday, November 21, 1989
Occupation: Human, Surfer (Sometimes Snowboarder in Winter)
Personality:
Card Profile (K, King): [Doumoto Kaito] The boy Lucia saved 7 years ago. He
has always treasured the pearl she gave him that time. Very good at surfing,
girls consider him very sexy, mermaid Lucia has been thinking of him all
along. Has a certain mysterious energy since the water world has been
overthrown.
Bio: The male main character of the Mermaid Melody series. Kaito is the
drowning boy who Luchia meets as a young mermaid and who she falls in love
with since they were children. Kaito shares this same love for the mermaid,
but after Luchia goes to land and becomes a human, although it is obvious to
him that human Luchia is in love with him, and not her mermaid self, because
of the fact that if a mermaid conveys her true feelings to a human, she will
turn into foam, leaving the only options for Luchia to have Kaito fall in
love with the human as well as the mermaid, or for Kaito to figure it out
himself.
Spoilers Bio: Kaito... isn't even human. He is actually the younger brother
of Gaito (not a big surprise, actually, seeing as how they look alike, as
well as their names, except for the name Gakuto, but...), both of whom were
born in the ocean, descended from the Panthalassa clan. Apparently separated
from Gaito at birth, Kaito, after the episode where the Young Luchia saves
him from drowning during a storm out at sea with her Pink Pearl, he is found
by musicians who adopt him as his parents. His parents die before they tell
him of his identity of not being their son, and Kaito only finds out after
reading a letter addressed to him by his foster parents.
Comments: Kaito's birthday is a day before Sara's birthday, and 2 days after
my brother's birthday. He was born 4 years after, though.
Name: Tarou Mitsuki
Name Notes: Pronounced "tah-row," simple as that (or so says Pounce...).
Mitsuki should be easy...
Gender: Male
Appearance: To me, he looks rather plain. Mainly because he's brown-haired,
with brown eyes, and brown clothes. Meh.
Occupation: Music teacher
Personality: Friendly, kind
Bio: Mitsuki is Luchia, Hanon, Rina, and Kaito's music teacher, a talented
pianist, as well as Hanon's first crush. Hanon first meets Mitsuki at a
festival, and quickly falls in love after a brief conversation of Mitsuki
giving her a fish won in a kareoke contest, and a tip not to stay out too
late so as not to be late for school. Her love for "Tarou-chan" contradicts
an earlier discussion of Hanon lecturing Luchia not to reveal her feelings
for Kaito by her own volition, otherwise her mermaid body will turn into
foam.
Spoilers Bio: Mitsuki, although he is friendly towards his students,
especially Hanon, cannot return her love because he once fell in love with a
mermaid, but later betrayed their love, and he cannot forgive himself for
that. This mermaid is none other than Sara, the Orange Pearl Mermaid
Princess, who, because of his betrayal, gave up being a mermaid princess and
turned evil. In Chapter 15/Episode 35, Mitsuki creates a melody to enter in a
contest, with inspiration from Doumoto-sensei's (Kaito's father's) music, as
well as his memories of Sara in his travels on a journey. After the first
story arc, Hanon finally recognizes the fact that Mitsuki cannot love her,
and they become friends instead. Mitsuki leaves Japan for Germany, but before
leaving, gives Hanon a melody dedicated to her, the Aquamarine Mermaid,
"Goddess of Peace." This melody is later changed into the song Mizuiro no
Senritsu, or the Aquamarine Song.
Comments: ... I don't have much to comment about Mitsuki-sensei... Only that
I think Nagisa is a better match for Hanon than he is. *shrugs*
Name: Hippo
Name Notes: His name's not pronounced the way you might think. Even if the
name looks like the animal hippo, based on his appearance, a hippopotamus
shouldn't cross your mind... Anyway, his name is weirdly pronounced as...
"Heep-po". Okay...?
Gender: Male
Appearance:
Penguin Form - Blue penguin in sailor uniform
Human Form - Blonde, green-eyed boy with sailor uniform.
Occupation: Penguin guardian of Luchia
Personality: Stubborn, pompous, worrywort
Songs: Rainbow Notes (note), Taiyou no Rakuen ~Promised Land~ (3rd game
MMPPPPPLS! only)
Card Profile (A, Ace): [Hippo] Lucia knows him as the penguin that came with
her to the human world. His real form is that of a pretty boy! However, the
guarding defense against the problem of elegance "Hibokanbosu" is also an
issue. Lucia cannot completely confess to Kaito, she is always worried.
(Alcy's Note: ... The "Hibokanbosu" thing I left there I'm pretty sure is a
made up thing. I think it refers to an issue in the story where Lucia was
told that if she ever confessed her love to a human, she would turn into
bubbles(/foam).)
Bio: Hippo is a servant of Luchia, and works with Nikora at Pearl Waters. His
main form's a penguin, but he can talk, and transform. Hippo has a good deal
of knowledge of the seas. He has in his possession a Pearl Radar, which is
able to locate any nearby mermaid princess and/or her pearl. Other than this,
though, Hippo is seemingly useless. Hippo is pretty much out there for comic
relief, as he is apparently an unlucky... penguin. It's often he gets
splashed on for "accidentally" walking into the bathroom while the mermaids
bathe, or when he gets tackled by penguin girls (both cute and old, in
Episode 5/Chapter 4) or human girls (in episode 25).
Spoilers Bio: In Episode 25, Hippo's human form is finally revealed.
Apparently, because he's been stuck on land for so long, he can't maintain
his "handsome penguin body," and changes form whenever he takes a blow or
shock, or when he stays in one form for too long (at first). Hanon, Luchia,
and many other girls are swooned by his "pretty boy" form, and Hippo
eventually accepts his condition. In this same episode, Hippo meets Yuuri,
who takes a summer vacation, and a break from trying to capture the mermaids.
Because of her mistreatment from Gaito, and because she also steps on broken
glass on the beach barefoot (Ouch!), Hippo finds her crying in a beach house.
He comforts her while administering first aid. The two fall in love, but when
they find out that they are on opposing sides in the water world, they are
forced to stay apart. As a parting gift, Hippo gives Yuuri sandals that he
bought from working, so that she wouldn't injure her feet again. She is
overjoyed at the gift, and Hippo is glad to see her smile before she leaves.
She doesn't get to see Hippo's penguin form, though... They eventually
promise each other to meet again someday when the conflict was settled.
Comments: Penguins are awesome, and Hippo's no exception. Hippo and Yuuri are
one of the best canon couples in the series, ranking up there somewhere with
LuchiaxKaito, and HanonxNagisa. I wouldn't know about RinaxHamasaki, but
meh... In Chapter 11 of the manga, though, a misunderstanding causes Hippo
and Yuuri to fight. They still make up afterwards, though, just like in the
anime.
In the manga, Hippo's first transformation involves him bursting out of his
penguin clothes, leaving him completely naked in his human form. Hanon and
Rina dress him up into a cute sailor uniform, while Luchia distracts Kaito,
so as to avoid a misunderstanding. XD Afterwards, he keeps his clothes when
he transforms. His true form (at least, in the manga) is that of a
"Hippocampus," a mythical creature who wields the "Key Rod," and his attack
is the "Key Rod Release."
Name: Pura(-chan)/Kura(-chan)
Name Notes: Pura's/Kura's name should be easy enough to pronounce... The "u"
in Pura is pronounced the same way as in Kura, that is, an "ooh" sound.
Gender: Female
Appearance: A pink jellyfish. What more can I say?
Occupation: Hanon's pet jellyfish
Personality: N/A (She's mainly there just to look cute...)
Bio: First introduced in episode 3, when Hanon moves to Luchia's hotel, this
pink pet jellyfish doesn't serve much purpose whatsoever. She doesn't talk
like Hippo, nor exhibits any strange powers. She's just there, except when
she's not. She doesn't appear too often...
Comments: From what I've read in the manga, Pura-chan's a very minor
character. Although Pura's an important mascot in the anime, she only appears
on one panel in the manga, in Chapter 7, the same Chapter as Meru's first
appearance, and only says the words "I'm Kura-chan!" when introducing
herself. Hanon apparently asked her for help when using the Ariake-no-Tsuki
Orgel to search for Meru's mother, and that's it. She really serves no
purpose otherwise, and doesn't even appear in the Pitch the Anime! Story Mode
(except in songs, obviously, as the A button), although in Mermaid Melody
Pichi Pichi Pitch (and the anime opening), it appeared in a small animated
cutscene before doing Hippo's song, in which both Pura and Hippo would spin,
Hippo would say something, and Pura-chan would get dizzy, and bump into
Hippo. Besides that, it is cute, and Hanon's pet jellyfish. And that's it.
Name: Nikora Nanami
Name Notes: Her name's easy to pronounce. It's self-explanitory, and I really
shouldn't give, even mention the pronounciation.
Gender: Female
Appearance: Purple hair, can't really describe her otherwise...
Occupation: Luchia's "older sister," protective adult of Luchia, hotel clerk
and caretaker
Personality: Mature, motherly (sometimes bossy, sometimes kind, always loving
and caring, in a motherly sort of way)
Songs: N/A, despite being a mermaid (Okay, Legend of Mermaid in that one
music video, or a "Hey!" in Koi wa Nandarou, but that's it. Really.)
Bio: The "clerk" of Pearl Waters/Pearl Piery, the hotel that the mermaids run
and live in. She does chores around the place, along with Luchia, who poses
as her little sister. Nikora is a gifted chef, and takes a liking towards
Maki(-san). She's a mermaid from the North Pacific Ocean, Luchia's Pink Pearl
Mermaid Kingdom, but she doesn't have pink hair or tail either...
Comments: In the manga, Nikora's almost a minor character to the series,
although in the anime she appears often. Besides trying to maternally protect
Luchia (not physically, seeing as how she cannot fight or sing, even if she
herself is a mermaid), she doesn't serve a truly useful purpose... Meh.
Name: Taki(-san)
Name Notes: It's such a simple name, I shouldn't bother with pronounciation.
Gender: Female
Appearance: Old woman wearing dark hooded cloak... Closed eyes, long, grayish
green hair. Always carries a crystal ball.
Occupation: Fortune-teller, hotel owner of Pearl Piery
Bio: Her occupation says it all, but she doesn't do much, really. A somewhat
minor character, whose age is unknown. Although, despite being a minor
character, she plays an important part in the mermaids' lives (in the manga).
Taki(-san) is apparently NOT a mermaid. Her fortune-telling is always wrong,
and practically fake too (her crystal ball is hooked up to a security camera
in the first episode, for one thing). Hanon and Luchia's Mermaid Fortune-
Telling cards are more accurate than her fortune-telling. But, she does have
possession of some magical items (as demonstrated in episode 23), and her
past is rather mysterious, consisting of a lost love, perhaps? (See episode
20.)
Comments: What can I say about her? She's an old hag fortune-teller! But,
what with Mermaid Fortune-Telling and whatnot, I'd say she's a little cool,
and funny at times. But, that's about it.
Name: Maki(-san)
Name Notes: Rhymes with Taki-san. Heh.
Gender: Male
Appearance: Mature, somewhat plain-looking man.
Occupation: Owner of a fish cruiser and restaurant
Bio: *points to Occupation* That's it... >.> He makes appearances when they
are most suitable, but none that really stick out. Nikora is obviously in
love with Maki.
Comments: Adult couples as old as Nikora and Maki really don't interest me,
actually...
Name: Mami(-chan)
Name Notes: Remember back then when you used to call your mother "Mommy?"
Yeah, that's how you say her name, without too much emphasis on the first
syllable. Anyway...
Gender: Female
Appearance: Young, cute girl with two pigtails
Occupation: Girl next door
Bio: As the Occupation says, Mami-chan is the girl next door who makes a
completely random appearance in episode 20, Love Letter From The Ocean/Sea.
As the three mermaid friends try to find the sender and receiver of the
letter by way of making an advertisement, they eagerly await anyone to claim
it. At the same time, Hippo is getting all worked up over the mermaids
discussing things that shouldn't involve them, that it isn't their business
and whatnot... Nikora disagrees, and when Mami-chan comes to the door with a
gift for Hippo to express her love for him, Hippo is forced to retract his
former statements. XD
Spoilers Bio: As the trio sings Super Love Songs! during the Meteor Shower
later that episode, or rather, as they wait to sing the second verse, Hippo
and Mami make a promise to always be together and have fun. Yeah, good luck
with that, Hippo, when you meet Yuuri five episodes later and completely
forget about her! *rolls eyes*
Comment: There's really absolutely nothing I can say about her, except that
this girl is really random and pointless. Why add her in one single filler
episode when Hippo won't end up with her? She's way too young for love
anyhow...
Name: Jennifer Houston
Name Notes: An American name. Shouldn't have to be explained if this is an
English FAQ on an English website, despite being a Japanese/Japan-only
game/anime, etc.
Gender: Female
Appearance: Blonde hair
Occupation: American idol (no, not the reality show!) singer and a famous
celebrity
Bio: A minor character who appears in episode 3. Jennifer has troubles
involving her engagement with a man named Richard. She carries a green
pearled necklace around her neck...
Spoilers Bio: The green pearl in Jennifer's necklace is NOT that of the Green
Pearl Mermaid Princess' Green Pearl, as both sides, that is, Nikora, Hippo,
and Taki-san, initially thought and investigated, but found to be untrue, as
well as Gaito, Izuuru, and Eriru, suspected and eventually found false as
well. Her Richard, as she found out, was seen with another woman, but she was
only a fan of Jennifer, and nothing more. They make up afterwards, and give
Luchia a little reason behind her resolve to find out the truth between Kaito
and Rina.
Name: Momo(-chan)
Name Notes: Another simple name to pronounce, as easy as Coco's name. "Momo-
iro" translates to peach-colored, so I'm guessing Momo = peach. But, Momo is
pink-ish anyway, so I don't know why he's Momo.
Gender: Male
Appearance: Pink dolphin
Occupation: Baby dolphin, messenger for mermaids
Bio: A minor character, who appears in episode 5 of the anime, and Chapter 4
of the manga. A baby dolphin who strayed from his mother and left stranded in
the Momoha River, he was taken into the AquaPlace Aquarium where he would
regain his health. The mermaids visit him during Christmas, as well as look
at fish from their respective oceans. Kaito also shows up to help, as his
mother contacted him while surfing. Momo-chan is able to communicate through
telepathy, and tells the mermaids his story. Luchia resolves to reunite him
with his mother. After Momo-chan is set free, he becomes a messenger for the
mermaids, and randomly appears again throughout the series.
Spoilers Bio: Izuuru is the one who separates Momo-chan from his mother.
Izuuru intended to use Momo-chan to lure the mermaids into a trap, but her
plan is foiled.
Comments: Not much to say about this dolphin. Out of all the sea life in this
series, this dolphin is, IMO, not as cute as Pura/Kura or maybe even Hippo...
Nah... But he's definitely not as cute as the mermaids... But then again,
mermaids are just a myth. Meh.
Name: Sakiya Kousuke
Name Notes: First name is pronounced... like Sakura's, with the emphasis on
the first syllable as in the Japanese original version. Surname... You can
figure it out...
Gender: Male
Appearance: Brown-haired guy with a yellow shirt.
Occupation: East surfing champion
Personality: Arrogant, egotistical
Bio: The East surfing champion who competes against Kaito twice in the
series. His level of self-centered-ness is appalling... He forces Luchia both
times he meets her to do situations that tense her relationship with Kaito.
Spoilers Bio: The first surfing contest involving these two champions is a
joke, mainly because Maria's is literally handicapping the competition.
Sakiya, and all the other surfers, fail quickly and easily, while Kaito sees
the oncoming attack to avoid falling into the water, and the mermaids cover
him by singing away Maria. The second time, Sakiya has the advantage, as
Kaito injured his ankle by protecting Luchia from a suitcase about to fall on
them. They made a deal beforehand that the winner would receive Luchia's
kiss, and Kaito wouldn't back down, even to Luchia's pleas. As long as Luchia
believed in Kaito, though, Kaito would win for her. Because of Rina being
attacked by the Dark Lovers however, he never gets his kiss like in the
manga.
Comments: This guy replaces Johnny Kawamoto in the manga, who is, as you can
tell by the name, the American surfing champion. Sakiya is probably Japanese,
though.
Name: Meru
Name Notes: Her name's easy enough to pronounce as "Meh-roo." I'm sure you
wouldn't think it would be pronounce "Me-roo" or something, right? Meru is
written with characters "flower bud," and "wandering, roaming."
Gender: Female
Appearance: Light aqua blue hair, light aqua eyes
Occupation: Aqua Pearl Mermaid, fan and friend of Hanon
Personality: Playful, childish
Bio: An interesting, yet minor character. Meru's a young Aqua Pearl Mermaid
who wants to grow up to be just like Hanon, and is basically both a fan and
friend of her. Meru's part in the story takes place in Volume 2, Chapter 7 of
the manga, and Episode 18 of the anime, when she herself transforms into a
human and searches for Hanon to help her look for her mother, whom she was
separated with when the South Atlantic Kingdom was attacked. Before Meru was
separated from her mother, she receives the Ariake-no-tsuke (translates to
the visible moon in a brightening sky, usually right before the sun rises)
Orgel, a music box that can give the location to any Aqua Mermaid in the
world, which Meru gives to Hanon to help her search. Meru and Luchia don't
get along well at first, having childish fights and such. When Meru meets
Kaito, in the manga, she's quite audacious and flirtatious with him, and yet
they become instant perfect friends and strain Luchia's relationship with the
both of them. In the anime, she's more disgusted at Luchia for falling in
love with a human to realize that she is herself infatuated. She blushes when
Kaito calls her cute, yet refuses to admit she likes him until after she
finds out even Hanon has a boyfriend. At first, she also finds Hanon's
romance dirty, but after hearing her and the others sing, Rina tells Meru
that their beautiful singing stems from their love. At the end of the
chapter/episode, Meru softens up to Luchia and becomes friendly with the
three Mermaid Princesses. She's still seemingly unwilling to give up Kaito-
kun, though. >.< In episode 24, she's intent on marrying Kaito, though she
did actually ask him in the manga when she grew up if he would marry her. He
playfully responded, "Of course!" >.>
Spoilers Bio: When the South Atlantic Ocean kingdom is attacked and Hanon
escapes, Meru is left behind, lost, and without her mother. Yuuri meets her
and tricks her into believing that Hanon betrayed Meru and her mother. Yuuri
promises to help find Meru's mother if Meru helped capture Hanon. In the
Pitch the Anime! Story Mode, you can see all this happen, Hanon's capture and
Luchia and Rina to the rescue. Yuuri obviously lied to Meru, and Meru and the
three mermaids become friends again afterwards. It was later revealed by
Pura/Kura-chan, that Meru's mother fled to Luchia's kingdom in the North
Pacific Ocean. So, it's a happy ending for Meru-chan... Perhaps.
Comments: Meru's kinda a cute character. Not as cute as Hanon, but... Maybe
when she's a little older... Wait, why am I telling you this anyway? You
could care less... Well, her fights with Luchia are funny, especially when
Kaito flirts with Meru, which is a little... mean, but awfully cute. Also,
since she won't get Kaito, maybe she should hook up with Makoto... Nee?
Name: Makoto
Name Notes: Ma. Ko. To. Done.
Gender: Male
Appearance: Looks like a younger Kaito
Occupation: Kaito's cousin
Personality: Picture a younger-looking Kaito... Or Nagisa with brown hair.
Meh.
Bio: As the occupation states, Makoto is Kaito's young cousin. As Kaito's
younger cousin, he knows his stories of mermaids existing, and dreams of
meeting a mermaid himself that will fall in love him.
Spoilers Bio: Makoto meets Luchia in Episode 21. He reads that mermaids can
transform to look like humans, but if they get wet, they'll turn back.
Therefore, he tries to get the contestants wet at the Miss Mermaid contest in
hopes of revealing a mermaid's true form. When he almost drowns after getting
attacked by the Dark Lovers, Luchia saves him, although he learns Luchia's
true identity. However, he keeps it a secret, because he does further
research and finds out the consequences of a mermaid revealing her identity,
to the one she loves, that she will turn into foam/bubbles.
Comments: Wow! It took him a single episode to figure out that Luchia was a
mermaid? That just makes Kaito look bad. XD As I said under comments for
Meru, I think that these two would make a good couple. ^^
Name: Auri
Name Notes: I actually dunno how to really pronounce this girl's name... I
say "Aw-ree..." It's probably pronounced "our-ree" or something...
Gender: Female
Appearance: Young girl with brown-haired ponytail
Occupation: Fortune-teller in-training
Bio: A trainee of Taki-san.
Comments: I don't know much about her, since she's only in the anime, and not
in the manga. Apparently, though, she's annoying, and Hippo is mainly left
with her to suffer. ._.
Name: Aqua Regina
Name Notes: You should know Aqua. Regina? Meh.
Gender: Female
Appearance: Blonde hair, wears white gown, holds a scepter in one hand
Occupation: Goddess
Bio: Aqua Regina is a goddess that was once a mermaid. With her power, she
sealed away an evil that threatened to destroy the ocean world, at the cost
of her life. She is merely nothing but a ghost now... With the evil back to
threaten the ocean, however, Aqua Regina must be summoned again by gathering
the seven Mermaid Princesses and their melodies to sing a Mermaid Melody.
(Ring a bell? Hehe...)
Spoilers Bio: Aqua Regina appears to Luchia in Chapter 6, Episode 13, at her
kingdom and birthday ceremony to grant her the song Super Love Songs!. She
talks to Luchia, with words of encouragement to keep on fighting to summon
her, so as to protect the ocean and the one she loves. Aqua Regina also
promises to protect the North Pacific Ocean Pink Pearl Kingdom from Gaito
until he is defeated. Aqua Regina appears to the three mermaids again in
Episode 28 to grant them the song KIZUNA, as well as a 2nd transformation
(which in turn also helps them to sing the song Yume no Sono Saki He). At the
end of the series, when all 7 Mermaid Princesses are together and they sing
their Mermaid Melody, Aqua Regina seals Gaito (and Sara) away. She plays a
role in the second story arc similar to the first story arc, I won't spoil
that part, however.
Comments: For such a major character to the plot, she appears as often as a
minor character...
Name: Gaito/Gakuto
Name Notes: Gakuto, in kanji, "Gaku" translates to "music" and "to" to
"constellation." As for the name, Gakuto should be simple enough; as for
Gaito, it's just like Kaito, except replace the "K" with the "G."
Gender: Male
Appearance: Picture Kaito, but with white/gray/grey?/silver hair.
Occupation: Main Villain of 1st Story Arc
Personality: Gigolo
Card Profile (J, Jack): [Gaito] The big boss enemy, of a tribe known as
Pantarassa/Panthalassa. Elegantly mourning the loss of Sara, he wishes to put
an end to Aqua Regina. As he puts an end to the ocean world's leaders, he
attempts to collect the pearls of the mermaid princesses to end the ocean
world. He has a strange connection to Kaito...
Bio: As the Card Profile blatantly states, Gaito is the first story arc major
villain. He leads the Dark Lovers and the Black Beauty Sisters. Gaito plans
to kidnap all 7 Mermaid Princesses in order to summon Aqua Regina, and to, as
the Card Profile puts, "end the ocean world." Although Gaito is not a
mermaid, he can breathe underwater, as well as sing. He also has a rod which
can create a powerful song that can hurt mermaids, called the Dark Lovers
Requiem. Maria steals this rod in Chapter 16, Episode 38, for her own use
against the mermaids.
Spoilers Bio: Gaito is the older brother of Kaito (their names rhyme, and
they look alike, so), who were separated at birth.
Comments: Panthalassa/Pantharassa, according to Kotetsu, is the super ocean
that once covered the surface of earth 200 to 300 million years ago, the same
time that the super continent Pangaea existed (when all lands were
connected).
Name: Izuuru/Azule
Gender: Female
Appearance: Red haired woman with purple scales, and purple dress
Occupation: Villain, Dark Lover/Water Demon
Personality: Adult; tries to act feminine, tends to swear a lot
Card Profile (5): [Izuuru] Gaito's minion, one of the "Dark Lovers." Sends
water current to attack. Because of her love for Gaito, she stands in service
with aim at Lucia's group, but superb tactics aren't her specialty, she has a
tendency to make many mistakes.
Bio: One of the four Dark Lovers of Gaito. She is basically a "beautiful"
woman, combined with a sea monster, to form a monstrous form of a mermaid.
She attacks with water, so she's obviously strongest in the ocean, but she
can also utilize her powers when water is nearby. She can create currents,
waves, or even transforming the water into sea dragons to attack. When Izuuru
hears a mermaid's song, the pain is directed towards her heart, and when the
song takes effect, she'll clutch her chest and tremble, as if she's afraid of
the song changing her heart. She doesn't often cover her ears like in the
game. Her power of the water is also halted, with water currents steadying
and water dragons dissipating during a song.
Spoilers Bio: When Gaito's spell is broken at the end of the first story arc,
in Chapter 20 of the manga, Izuuru's true form is revealed to be a shark.
Izuuru notices, throughout the manga, Gaito's interest in Sara, though she
doesn't know that Sara is a mermaid, let alone a Mermaid Princess, the Orange
Pearl Mermaid Princess of the Indian Ocean.
Comments: Not really my favorite Dark Lover, by any means. She's practically
an insult to mermaids, after all... Being in such a monstrous form like that.
Meh. Guess it's not really her fault...
Name: Eriru
Gender: Female
Appearance: Black strands of hair, cat-like ears, black wings, yellow rag
Occupation: Villain, Dark Lover
Personality: Split personality; "cute" phase, singing, dancing, spinning
side, and "evil" phase, voice changes, eyes glow red, becomes overall evil
and dangerous.
Card Profile (6): [Eriru] Gaito's minion, one of the "Dark Lovers." Her face
spins around, a strange character. Appearing to be insolent and thoughtless,
forbidding Lucia's group's singing, an enemy who is incapable of thinking up
superb tactics.
Bio: Another Dark Lover of Gaito. Her split personality makes her somewhat of
a moron; outside of battle, she enjoys dancing or spinning in place. When she
gets angry though, she spins around, and her eyes glow red, her voice changes
and becomes darker, and her hands are almost shaped like claws. In this form,
she attacks with black, wavy arrows... She could also manipulate objects with
her shadow-like powers. Also, she can create whirlwinds with her spinning.
The rag or bandana on her head protects her cat-like ears from hearing a
mermaid's song. It only works in Episode/Chapter 2, though, because only one
mermaid (Luchia) sang to her, and one mermaid's voice probably isn't loud
enough. When two or three or more gather though, her rag probably won't make
much of a difference, and she has to resort to using sound systems to block
out the music and/or hurt the mermaids. When she hears a mermaid's song like
Legend of Mermaid, she spins around constantly, holding her ears in pain, and
because she is spinning, her face emotion constantly changes, and so does the
scream of her voice. It gets annoying after a while... Super Love Songs! can
have an interesting effect on her. In episode 15, Eriru is caught in a moment
of ecstasy as she finds herself in a field of flowers, while the mermaids
sing. Ever Blue has a funny effect on her too. The last two stanzas of the
song are sung to her in episode 19, and Eriru is tossed out to sea. Despite
the lines reflecting images of a "kirei na umi," or "beautiful sea," the sea
tries to drown Eriru (how, I don't know, but she spat out water when she
tried to point this out).
Spoilers Bio: When Gaito's spell is broken in Chapter 20, Eriru's true form
is a manta ray.
Comments: She's scary when evil, but sometimes humorous when in her "cute"
phase. She's not very pretty either, though she is funny and unpredictable.
As you may notice in the game's script of the anime, Eriru usually ends her
sentences with a "~." In the manga, she sings what she says, so this may be
the reason why her sentences end like so.
Name: Yuuri/Yuri
Gender: Female
Appearance: Green hair, red dress
Occupation: Villain, Dark Lover
Personality: Childish, bratty; adult-like only in love
Card Profile (7): [Yuuri] Gaito's minion, one of the "Dark Lovers." Attacks
with ESP and her sleep-inducing piano. She is also the one who took Noel
captive. She teases Hippo in his pretty boy form, dreaming that someday she
will have victory.
Bio: The third Dark Lover, who is the youngest and smallest of all. Since she
is so childish, she often whines and cries to get what she wants. Her love
for Gaito, however, is apparently adult-like. Yuuri is a pianist, like
Mitsuki, strangely enough, and gets her powers from playing the piano, which
does adverse effects to her environment, such as hypnotizing humans who
listen to it, or summoning sea creatures. Her music doesn't seem to have a
painful effect to the mermaids, only that it is in bad taste to them, and
that the piano music's volume can block out the singing of only one or two
mermaids... It only works once, of course, during her first appearance, like
with Eriru, but with the appearance of another villain is another mermaid to
increase the volume of the mermaids' song. Besides, Yuuri doesn't "always"
have a piano handy, now does she? Yuuri can also create an energy ball made
of water, but she doesn't really physically fight all too much, especially in
Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch Pichi Pichi Party. >.> When Yuuri hears a
mermaid's song, she screams to stop. A lot. Her crybaby/bratty attitude makes
it sound like she gets tantrums listening to those songs... Her piano, if she
summoned one out of nowhere, like in episode 9, will disappear as well. In
Episode 25, however, it is a complete exception. Yuuri takes her "punishment"
willingly, as she accidentally attacked Hippo, and can only think about his
safety during the ordeal...
Spoilers Bio: Yuuri's quite an in-depth character actually. Moreso than the
other Dark Lovers definitely. For one thing, Yuuri seems to be present with
Gaito when he destroys the South Atlantic Ocean kingdom, in which she
persuades Meru of Hanon betraying them, as well as the Arctic Ocean kingdom
and North Atlantic Ocean kingdom, when Gaito and Yuuri chase after and
capture Noelle. Another in-depth story of Yuuri is her crush on Hippo's human
form. This takes place in Episode 25, Chapter 11, which is also the same
chapter of Hippo's first transformation as a human. When Yuuri questions her
loyalty to Gaito after she is mistreated and is sent off to find the mermaids
instead of taking a summer vacation break with the others, Yuuri meets Hippo
as a human. As the Card Profile hints, when Hippo treats her with kindness
("a 'gentleman' not neglecting a 'lady'"), Yuuri finds herself falling in
love with him. But when Hippo finds out who Yuuri is and makes the mistake of
calling her a child, Yuuri goes berserk and blows Hippo up (not killing him,
though). The mermaids resort to singing to her to calm her down, and to save
Hippo. Yuuri leaves, and remains loyal to Gaito afterwards. When Gaito's
spell is broken, though, at the end of the first story arc, Yuuri's true form
is a tropical fish of some sort, perhaps green? When Gaito is sealed away, he
pities Yuuri and spares her one night with Hippo in her semi-human form. This
part of their story takes place in the third story-arc, in the 7th volume. On
that night, Yuuri and Hippo make their vows, that they will find each other
again.
Comments: Sniff... Yuuri and Hippo's relationship is really touching... I
thought Yuuri was cute too, especially with her Luchia-like hair-style, as
I've frequently dubbed throughout the FAQ.
Name: Maria
Gender: Female
Appearance: Blonde hair, white dress, ice crystals for ears and around waist
Occupation: Villain, Dark Lover
Personality: Cold and heartless; sarcastic to mermaids, seducing and sexy to
Gaito
Card Profile (8): [Maria] Gaito's minion, one of the "Dark Lovers." Wanting
to freeze the ocean, attacks by throwing ice. To earn Gaito's approval, she
made up with the Black Beauty Sisters. She uses a mysterious power to aim to
capture Kaito.
Bio: The final Dark Lover, Maria is an ice mistress, which means she
obviously has powers of ice and wind. Her main attack is a barrage of ice,
her Lover's Ice Dance. In Gaito's castle, where she's stronger, she too, can
conjure a dragon like Izuuru, but of ice, her Ice Dragon attack. When Maria
hears a song, she's more or less scared of the light emitted from the Live
Start stage, rather than the song itself. Her ice and wind powers are halted
by it, and with Super Love Songs!, her power is even turned against her,
causing her to freeze and become immobile until "Love Shower Pitch!" shatters
the ice and leaves her dazed.
Spoilers Bio: In the manga, Maria's true form is an eel, revealed in Chapter
20. Maria in the manga is described to be the most beautiful yet heartless of
all of the Dark Lovers. Her love for Gaito isn't a faithful one either,
rather, she sees him as (quoting Kotetsu) a "boy-toy." Yet, for this reason,
Gaito may love her more than the other Dark Lovers, because her love isn't
good and true.
Comments: Periodically, throughout the manga, it's noted that Maria's old.
Like, an old lady, and an old hag, old. Is she really that old? She doesn't
look like it... Must be her "pichi pichi mud packs" she uses for her skin...
Name: Sheshe/SheShe
Gender: Female
Appearance: Red/Orange hair, blue eyes, wears red, has red fins and one horn,
microphone tail
Occupation: Villain, Black Beauty Sister (elder), Water Demon
Songs:
Solo - N/A
Group -
Kuro no Kyousoukyoku ~concerto~ (Dark Concert)
Yami no Baroque (Dark Baroque, Anime, 2nd Story Arc)
Card Profile (9): [Sister Sheshe] As the older sister of the "Black Beauty
Sisters," her tail becomes a microphone. The songs they sing together have
the power to inflict pain onto mermaids. Always with her sister Mimi, they
look after the "Dark Lovers." Never using regular songs, she is a terrible
enemy.
Bio: Sheshe is the elder sister of the Black Beauty Sisters. Sheshe is a
mercenary of Gaito, not in love with Gaito like the Dark Lovers, but only
willing to cooperate with Gaito for personal gain (more specifically, a piece
of the 7 oceans). The Black Beauty Sisters are the most powerful servants of
Gaito, with a singing voice so strong that the mermaids can barely stand to
listen to it.
Spoilers Bio: The reason the Black Beauty Sisters must align with Gaito is
because they, like the Dark Lovers, are also transformed by Gaito's spell.
Sheshe's true form, revealed in Chapter 18 of the manga, is that of a demon
anglerfish, colored red, I assume.
Name: Mimi/MiMi
Gender: Female
Appearance: Blue hair, red eyes, wears blue, has blue fins and two horns,
microphone tail
Occupation: Villain, Black Beauty Sister (younger), Water Demon
Songs:
Solo - N/A
Group (with Sheshe) -
Kuro no Kyousoukyoku ~concerto~ (Dark Concert)
Yami no Baroque (Dark Baroque, Anime, 2nd Story Arc)
Card Profile (10): [Sister Mimi] As the younger sister of the "Black Beauty
Sisters," always acts alongside Sheshe. When they sing "Kuro no Kyousoukyoku"
(Dark Concert) together, they are very powerful, often running down Lucia's
group. Often chimes in with "Isn't that the truth!" and "Isn't that so!".
Bio: Mimi is the younger sister of the Black Beauty Sisters. Mimi is a
mercenary of Gaito, and not in love with Gaito like the Dark Lovers. Mimi is
more of a follower of Sheshe, and in their song, she sings the chorus. Their
song causes pain to mermaids.
Spoilers Bio: Like her sister, Mimi is also transformed by Gaito's spell, and
her true form as a blue demon anglerfish is revealed as well in Chapter 18 of
the manga.
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13. MMPPP Songs
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There are 14 songs in this game, not counting Pitch with Hippo's 4
customizable songs. They are:
Rainbow Notes
Sekai de Ichiban Hayaku Asa ga Kuro Basho
Yume no Sono Saki He
KIZUNA
Kuro no Kyousoukyoku ~concerto~
Aurora no Kaze ni Notte
Taiyou no Rakuen ~Promised Land~
Legend of Mermaid
Super Love Songs!
Daiji na Takarabako
Koi wa Nandarou
Splash Dream
Ever Blue
Star Jewel
In the original MMPPP game, there were only the last 8 songs on that list.
Not a lot at all compared to other DDR and DDR-like games, but...
Really, though, in the series, there's quite a lot more, but then, they occur
at the end of the first story arc, and some are only in the 2nd anime series
Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch Pure, both of which this game doesn't
involve... In total, there are 33 mermaid songs.
Oh, there's also, not a mermaid's song, but a human's. Pop star Jennifer
Houston's song, that is. Since I don't know where else to type out the
lyrics, here they are: (Btw, since she's English, it's also in English. Not
in Japanese. When Luchia sings it, it's in English too.)
One time, two times, you'd kiss me.
How many times?
Since you've been gone, you don't kiss me.
I don't know why.
You say you love me
'cause we were the one.
Now I'm alone...
Though you aren't running anymore
In the waves and tide
My heart is tired of tears
Day by day.
'Cause I still love you
More and more each day.
Madness deep inside of me
Cannot stay...
In the beginning and end of the songs, the singers usually will say
something.
First, before they sing (in Story Mode), the girls will transform from
human/mermaid to Pearl Voice/singer (in MMPPP, they showed it in Free Pitch
before you started a song, and with the group songs, the lead singer had the
larger box; in MMPPPPPP, it didn't really have animation, just a frame by
frame slideshow, basically). Anyway, when they transform, they say "*insert
color* Pearl Voice!" It is clear that Rina says "Green Pearl Voice!" and
Luchia seems to say "Pink Pearl Voice!", although Hanon does not say
"Aqua/Blue Pearl Voice!" in English, but "Mizuiro Pearl Voice!" It's
difficult to hear though... She says it rather quickly.
Also, if you watch the individual transformations, you'll hear different
music. Meaning, if Hanon or Rina transforms by herself, their transformation
music will be different from Luchia's solo transformation music, or when they
transform in a group (also Luchia's music). When the three of them transform
a second time, btw, depending on what song they are going to sing, the
opening of that song will be their transformation music. So, if they are
going to sing KIZUNA, the transformation music will be KIZUNA's opening, and
if they are going to sing Yume no Sono Saki He, the music will be that song's
opening. Karen says nothing at all during her transformation (only Purple
Pearl Voice before it), and music is absent, only sound effects are he