Pump it Up NX Absolute is the 21st arcade game

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 release in the Pump It Up

Pump It Up

Pump It Up, commonly abbreviated as PIU or shortened to just Pump, is a music video game series currently developed by Nexcade and published by Andamiro, a Korean arcade game producer. The game is typically played on a dance pad with five arrow panels: up-left, up-right, bottom-left, bottom-right,...

 series. It was released worldwide between December 2008 and January 2009 at various times in different locations as the game received numerous patches in earlier builds. PumBi V2, the program designed to manage NX Absolute, was released on December 26, 2008.

NXA, like NX2 was for NX, is an expansion of the NX

Pump It Up NX

Pump It Up New Xenesis is the 19th arcade game release in the Pump It Up series. It was released worldwide on December 15, 2006. NX introduced many new elements to the Pump series, such as a brand new interface, 29 new core songs, and the Special Station - a new dedicated area for all nonstop...

 line with major differences. There are 26 "New Tunes" added for this mix, as well as 17 Remixes, 17 Full Versions, and four hidden songs, released several months later as part of a promotion. Three additional new songs to international releases can be found in Easy Station and WorldMax. A new song, "Trato De No Trabarme" appears exclusively as a hidden Full Song. "Tell Me" by the Wonder Girls

Wonder Girls

Wonder Girls is a South Korean girl group. Its producer and manager is singer-songwriter Park Jin-Young and the Wonder Girls is signed to his talent agency, JYP Entertainment. Each of the five original members were selected through auditions...

 makes its debut in international (non-Korean) versions for the first time, bringing the total of new songs to 34, not counting Remixes.

The differences in the song list between NX Absolute and NX2 are significant; many older songs, particularly from Pump It Up Zero

Pump It Up Zero

Pump it Up Zero is the 18th arcade game release in the Pump It Up series. It was released worldwide on February 1, 2006.Zero contained a brand new interface, now featuring previews of background videos and the ability for two players to play on separate difficulties. Zero also contained the Easy...

 and Pump It Up NX

Pump It Up NX

Pump It Up New Xenesis is the 19th arcade game release in the Pump It Up series. It was released worldwide on December 15, 2006. NX introduced many new elements to the Pump series, such as a brand new interface, 29 new core songs, and the Special Station - a new dedicated area for all nonstop...

have been removed. However, in addition to the new songs in NX Absolute, a significant amount of older BanYa tracks from the last decade make returning cameo appearances in the WorldMax mission mode. Some non-BanYa songs, such as "So" and "Circus Magic", are now WorldMax exclusives.

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

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

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

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

Pump it Up NXA Song List

Key:

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

New Tunes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Returning Music

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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