Prime Time

Debuting in Pump It Up XX as a new Remix-category track, Prime Time serves as a sub-boss of that section and is the first remix of three or more songs since "What are you Doin?". Cashew pulled excerpts from eleven tunes across Pump It Up 2015 PRIME and PRIME 2 and threaded them into one non-stop medley: Anguished Unmaking, 1950, Achluoias, Red Snow, Gothique Resonance, Break It Down, A Site De La Rue, Video Out C, Annihilator Method, Further and Ragnarok. Unlike DDR's MEGAMIX, which preserves each section's original BPM when splicing tracks together, Prime Time unifies everything to 190 BPM, an approach closer to NX2's Red Remix. It also runs long, clearing three minutes where most remixes sit around two and a half. Players shorthand it as "ptime" or similar nicknames.

The S15 was the first sub-level-17 remix chart since the PRIME era, though it is judged stiff for its number. The S21 lands in the upper-mid to advanced band. The S23 is the mode's new boss: rather than the high-speed stamina that defines Dimente, it tops the level-23 pile through sheer technical density. Bracket and overlapping-foot figures are everywhere; the A Site De La Rue run looks simple in shape but is muddied by visibility-killing effects and stacked combos that demand precise hits, while the closing Achluoias section punishes with brutally awkward bracket patterns.

The D20 arrived in the XX 2.07 update, debuting as a level 21 in XX before being lowered to 20 in PHOENIX. The D23 is a watered-down take on the D26, with two danger zones (the Video Out C-A Site De La Rue stretch and Achluoias); against a half plus long-note pattern it is often smarter to mash through and save stamina. The D26 is loaded with half-double long-note patterns and ranks among the very top of level 26, even in PHOENIX; the Anguished Unmaking stretch wants you to hit two notes and clear the rest with a single foot. Separate from the arcade charts is the DP24, which revives the Division mode from Pump It Up THE REBIRTH: there are nine branch points, and stepping on the ice skin, the fire skin, or neither sends the chart down Easy, Hard or Normal paths, totaling 1000, 2000 or 3000 notes respectively.