Shub Sothoth

Shub Sothoth arrived in Pump It Up PRIME 2 via the 2.05.0 update, stitching Shub Niggurath and Yog-Sothoth into a single remix. The unusual part is that the remix was assembled by EXC, the same person who designed the S25 chart, rather than a dedicated music producer. Reception of the arrangement is lukewarm as a result: keys shift with little context, and the jump from Yog-Sothoth's closing run straight into Shub Niggurath's finale feels abrupt, with no real sense of build-up or payoff. Many players rate the fan-made Lovecraft Remix more highly. Even so, Andamiro kept pushing the track as a boss song: when XX arrived, 1950 was toned down while this song's D27 was actually made harder.

The S25 is one of the simplest patterns at its level on paper, but it leans on an absurdly long 220 BPM run that turns it into a pure stamina test. PHOENIX trimmed the hold notes, making it slightly tougher and bringing it closer in line with other level-25 charts, though some criticized the change as artificially forced. The D27, charted by NIMGO, has a distinctive concept: its Yog mid-section runs at lower density, but the Shub finale is considerably harder. It rewards endurance over brackets or complex subdivisions and is treated as a low-to-mid 27. Only around 30 players worldwide have a recorded D27 clear.