Fire Noodle Challenge

Memme debuted "Fire Noodle Challenge" in Pump It Up XX as a fresh 2020 composition running at 185 BPM. Rather than standing alone, it works as a remix that fuses motifs from Tantanmen and Chinese Restaurant, tying both food-themed tracks together under the banner of an extremely spicy noodle. In XX the Remix charts (S23 and D25) arrive as unlockable content, purchasable from the PP shop. The detail most often cited by players is numeric: the S23 and D25 each pack exactly 2020 notes, a wink at the song's release year.

S15 leans on twists and, while not punishing, sits in the upper-middle of its level thanks to the length inherent to a remix; watch the scattered single steps near the end. S19 features the Tantanmen section built around gimmicks plus a closing burst of rapid tapping that can be dragged through, making it easier than it looks, and it dropped a level in PHOENIX. S23 opens calmly, but after the mid-chart rest it runs nonstop into a brutal finish stacked with double notes and wide-angle twists; that after-kill lasts only seven or eight seconds, so anyone who banks enough life beforehand can clear it, even by mashing the five-note clusters.

D20 is the gentlest pattern in the Tantanmen family and was demoted to level 20 in PHOENIX. D25 is the real test: it begins manageable for its level, but from the Chinese Restaurant section the note floods intensify before crashing into Tantanmen's vicious closing run. Patterns such as 351c and 57cs appear frequently, and their angles become genuinely awkward if you try to step every note instead of mashing. Surviving the ending demands serious reading, and the blue note that looks like a hold near the very end is actually a 16th-note "sewing machine" pattern.