The One Billion Survivor

**The One Billion Survivor** is an upcoming version of The One Billion Survivor. Just like the previous version, the game will be a combination of platform & dance rhythm games reminiscent of Pump It Up and most Nintendo games, but will be developed by RaidKiller24 Enterprises. It will be released on an unknown date, possibly in January 2024, after nearly four to five years since the release of the namesake old version. The levels will be released on YouTube at first, before moving on to finalizing the project. A teaser was released on December 11, 2023. An upcoming spin-off, called Journey With A Rainbow Adventurer, which has almost switched mechanics, has no set release date. It will be first released as a downloadable simfile that's suitable for most Pump It Up simulators, including PumpSanity.

An upcoming expansion called, "**The One Billion Survivor Deluxe**" is set to be released between June and July 2024.

## Differences

* The old version had the Power Gushers. The new version removed all of them.
* Most of the voice actors will be changed.
* The order of Stages will be different. The songs for Stages 1, 5, and 8 will remain unchanged (Stage 8's song is instead upgraded instead).
* Many of the Golden Challenges and the Fright Zone Challenges' difficulties are either toned down or balanced.
* Yurika (previously unplayable in the old version of The One Billion Survivor) will be added as a playable character, originating as the mascot of Otakuthon. She will serve as the deuteragonist of the main storyline.
* Victor (the mascot of Just for Laughs) will return as the secondary antagonist of the main storyline and will be the secondary boss of Stage 7.
* The game will be based on Pump It Up, and would have unique features to this game, instead of very few random arcade dance game inspirations.
* The game will be based on a combination of most Nintendo media and many other rhythm games such as Pump It Up by Andamiro, in a different way (not like the official Nintendo ones, but is going to be made by RaidKiller24)
* The level names will be different.
* The Golden Challenges and Fright Zone Challenges campaigns are unlocked after beating Stage 7 and Stage 8, respectively.
* The game will feature MMD videos with characters of different media such as Nintendo, Capcom, or Andamiro. The MMD video layouts for use of The One Billion Survivor will mostly be a crossover due to the Nintendo and other characters making their appearances on different MMD's that are not created by RaidKiller24 Enterprises himself.
* This will be the very first time where Nintendo characters (and Pump It Up characters based on Andamiro) appear on non-Nintendo platforms such as Steam, Xbox, PlayStation (aside from iOS and Android) since 1981.
* Both variations of this game do not include any arch-nemesis sound effects as to follow the Jewelsoft Productions/RaidKiller24 Enterprises guidelines.

## Adventure Mode Campaign

The game will feature the Adventure Mode campaign with its own Story Mode.

## Challenges

The Challenges game-mode will only feature the Golden Challenges and the Fright Zone Challenges (the only Special Challenges in the game), compared to the old version.

### Golden Challenges

The Golden Challenges are the overall extra "challenges". The Special Challenge Pack comprises of 20 challenges in 4 packs (Easy, Medium, Hard, and Expert). The Golden Challenges campaign can be unlocked by beating Stage 7 of the Main Story.

A unique gimmick occurs before the level starts, if the player starts between the first and nineteenth "challenge", the game would start off with a snippet of the final boss prelude cutscene from Stage 8-4-3 of Dan The Man, except for the final Challenge, where it is replaced with a snippet of the Fright Zone 2-2 pre-boss cutscene before the exact sample of the final boss prelude cutscene that appears in the previous 19 challenges appears before the same Golden Challenge snippet appears from the previous latter. This occurs before and after the song. Plus, every Golden Challenge ends with another snippet of the post-final boss cutscene from the latter game, ending with the explosion. Also, in the last Golden Challenge, after both are finished separately and respectively, the song will start.

### Fright Zone Challenges

The Fright Zone Challenges are much more difficult "challenges" found next to the Golden Challenges; the only difference is that the songs and style are different. As with the Golden Challenges, the Special Challenge Pack comprises of 20 challenges in 4 packs (Easy, Medium, Hard, and Expert). The Fright Zone Challenges campaign can be unlocked after beating Stage 8 in the Main Story.

In addition, a unique gimmick occurs before the level starts, if the player starts between the first and nineteenth "challenge", the game would start off with a snippet of the final boss prelude cutscene from the final level of the Fright Zone DLC campaign, except for the final Challenge, where it appears to be the same as for the last Golden Challenge, except that the bosses are fused up together for an even bigger challenge. Plus, every Fright Zone Challenge ends with the last cutscene of the Fright Zone campaign of the latter game. The last Fright Zone Challenge is basically the Fright Zone snippet from the previous challenges before being cut to the Golden Challenges snippet from the latter. As with the last Golden Challenge, in the last Fright Zone Challenge, after both cutscenes are finished separately and respectively, the song will start, and vice versa.

## Trivia

* Development of the game started on February 2023 by RaidKiller24 Enterprises. This would end at the start of 2024.
* During development, parts of the game-series is uploaded to YouTube via a channel named RaidKiller24 Enterprises. During the closure of 2023, a teaser based on The One Billion Survivor was released on December 11, 2023.
	+ This was done to commemorate Pump It Up's early 25th anniversary, similar to how Andamiro released a teaser of Pump It Up XX as a way to celebrate its 20th anniversary.
* There is no boss battle fought in Stage 0, while Stage 8 has two bosses encountered at the last two levels of the last Stage.
* The Golden Challenges are reminiscent of the final boss cutscene in the main story from Dan The Man.
	+ This could be the reason why the main story final boss in Dan The Man marks a large connection towards the Golden Challenges in The One Billion Survivor.
* The Fright Zone Challenges are named after the Fright Zone from Dan The Man and are reminiscent to the latter game.
	+ This could be the reason why the Fright Zone in Dan The Man marks a large connection towards the Fright Zone Challenges in The One Billion Survivor.
* The startup screen theme is almost based on the intro theme of Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment, except the latter melody's tempo is sped up to 174 BPM, the key in A major, and is slightly extended to signal that The One Billion Survivor is ready for release.

## Links

* The teaser of The One Billion Survivor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Cz9iDxUEKc
* The opening of the Golden Challenges: https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxOctkWN8OF87VhQNewYaFZSS9k48kucSm
* The beginning of every Golden Challenge: https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxmAl3n8LNk88E2g8k77h2zcgP2JopacfH
* The ending of every Golden Challenge: https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkxc6Ry0hyhW6gS7D6YSHFxv97yFqfeSTYZ
* The opening of the Fright Zone Challenges: https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxE8w0pekFJxHgjeO4WsMcZ46KpAVkxhZO
* The beginning of every Fright Zone Challenge: https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxsNGZHtodMx\_IVf3D4lMfJ-319MoEQWn9
* The ending of every Fright Zone Challenge: https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxXgJcs\_PZrEpQjkJLeGWVBr1tAJaXDTL3

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