CHAOS AGAIN

This is NAOKI's first contribution to Pump It Up and a long-delayed sequel to CHAOS. It is often described as PIU's own PARANOiA Revolution: a sweeping homage to Pump It Up The 2nd Dance Floor. The visual (handled by FuseBox) is packed with nods to that era - remastered BGAs, the old DX cabinet, original game screens - and revives a famous trick: a fake STAGE CLEARED screen that quiets the music to lull the player just before a brutal closing burst, a device borrowed from PARANOiA Revolution.

Following KUGUTSU (the Ver. 1.1 boss), CHAOS AGAIN took over as the Ver. 1.2 boss song, with an enormous difficulty spread running from S15 / D17 up to S24 / D26. The D26 chart was treated as the outright final boss: with its long run at 210 BPM, chained hold notes and extreme acceleration, it had fewer clears than the classic D26 bosses and even some D27s. The 2.00.0 update applied a major nerf (better readability and more reasonable movement) that settled it into a high but fair rating.

The Single S21 chart, made by FEFEMZ*, was added in version 2.00.0. It blends Pump It Up's own acceleration and deceleration gimmicks with DDR-style stops and speed changes, offering a taste of the notorious note-freeze gimmick that made the original CHAOS infamous.