Pop'n Music 5 is a rhythm game developed for the PlayStation, marking the fifth installment in the Pop'n Music series within Konami's BEMANI franchise. Players use a controller with nine colored buttons to interact with on-screen icons, pressing corresponding buttons in time with the music. This installment introduces Internet Ranking and the EX difficulty level, featuring 55 songs, including 25 returning from the previous entry.
Pop'n music 5 is a rhythm game. It is the 5th game in the Pop'n Music series and a part of Konami's BEMANI Franchise.
The game is played on a controller with 9 large coloured buttons, each button has a lane representation on the screen, along each lane similarly coloured icons (called pop-kun) move down the screen, when they reach the judgement line the player must press the corresponding button with correct timing.
pop'n music 5 is the first game in the series to have Internet Ranking, where a code is generated after play that can be submitted to Konamis leaderboards. It is also the first apperance of the difficulty level EX, which could only be played on EXtra stages.
All songs from before pop'n music 4 are not returning for this game. 25 songs returns from pop'n music 4 and are joined by 30 new songs for a total of 55 songs.