Recently Konami has actually alpha tested a home version for DDR on PC that is basically a ported version of the A20 Plus version, which really increases the accessibility of the series. Also rhythm games have been on a slight rise in popularity recently especially with games like osu!, Beat Saber and Clone Hero, and some people from these games sometimes transition into arcade rhythm games such as DDR, Sound Voltex and Beatmania IIDX. (I transitioned from osu! to Sound Voltex)
@@companyinsight Thanks for making a video about DDR and a bit about BEMANI aswell! I love seeing content circling around these arcade rhythm games, especially since they might introduce people into them!
7:02 This is false, for the most part. Konami and Betson *did* offer _Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA_ upgrade kits to convert _DDR Extreme_ (or older) to the _SuperNOVA_ game. I own a few of these kits. They were sold in USA, Canada and Asia. The _SuperNOVA_ dedicated cabinets were the best-selling _DDR_ arcade in North America. Around 250 units were sold there, not including _SuperNOVA 2_ games. It's also the first _DDR_ game with upgrade kits in North America, and I estimate they sold 100 or so kits there. Europe did not sell kits, but Europe did have new _DS SuperNOVA_ machines. However, a few problems did occur. For one, I believe _SuperNOVA 2_ had fewer machine and kit sales. Neither were sold in Europe. Plus, the _SN2_ upgrade kits only worked with a _SN_ kit or machine, and few arcades bothered with the expense. Also, it is believed that _SN_ and _SN2_ machines had problems with long arrow steps, but this wasn't too difficult to fix, and these new machines worldwide were almost on par with _Extreme_ and older machines. Almost every _DDR_ machine from 1998 to 2008 worked well. If arcades did not maintain them properly, though, then they would play poorly or be unplayable. The real disastrous arcade game was _DDR X_ in North America and Europe. It was launched in June 2009, more than five months later than Asia, although NA got the PS2 game first in Sept. 2008. Arcade pads were terrible and cheaply built with the Betson and Raw Thrills partnership. Long arrows would often miss, and worse, this broke step combos in _DDR X._ Pads also often failed to register regular arrows. The fake bass speakers were a decoration only, and the LCD monitor lagged compared to CRT. Dozens of songs from _SN2_ were removed, and the new ones added in _X_ were hit or miss. _DDR X_ did sell hundreds of arcade machines worldwide, but outside of Asia, most players strongly opposed these machines. _DDR X2_ made a few improvements, but machines still played more poorly than _SuperNOVA_, and while _X2_ had 449 songs, it also removed ≈30 _SN_ and _SN2_ songs. Konami then put _DDR_ arcade games on hiatus for over 5½ years outside of North America. _DDR A_ and newer are players' favourite _DDR_ games, but any individual game since _A_ so far didn't sell as well as _DDR SuperNOVA_ did. I hope this helps! If you have a dance game in your area, I hope you are able to enjoy it. Take care!
I feel sad that this has happened to this amazing game. This is the reason I am working on my project for stepmania to bring back alot that has been lost for DDR games
Demmmmmm.... this channel's last video is Nostalgia Insight XD bring back memories when i always go to arcade atleast once a month to play (Not DDR, never play that, too embarrasing for me lol. but) WMMT with my RX8 and AE86 before pandemic hits. DDR is big game next to WMMT. i remember WMMT when i see DDR. Thank you for bring DDR topic "Just Dance" from Ubisoft is good for DDR alternative
A lot of problems with this video, it feels like it is AI generated, from the perspective of someone who has never played dance dance revolution. You didn’t even MENTION In The Groove, which is a CRUCIAL piece of the “downfall” of DDR, while literally showing footage of ITG constantly throughout the video. You repeat yourself over and over, and give no sources to any of your quotes or claims. You go on a huge tangent about PC gaming, but don’t even mention how the community keeps DDR alive with FREE software, and that DDR is more accessible than it’s ever been. This is a super disappointing video that does zero service to knowledge or trivia about DDR.
7:02 This is false, for the most part. Konami and Betson *did* offer _Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA_ upgrade kits to convert _DDR Extreme_ (or older) to the _SuperNOVA_ game. I own a few of these kits. They were sold in USA, Canada and Asia. The _SuperNOVA_ dedicated cabinets were the best-selling _DDR_ arcade in North America. Around 250 units were sold there, not including _SuperNOVA 2_ games. It's also the first _DDR_ game with upgrade kits in North America, and I estimate they sold 100 or so kits there. Europe did not sell kits, but Europe did have new _DS SuperNOVA_ machines. However, a few problems did occur. For one, I believe _SuperNOVA 2_ had fewer machine and kit sales. Neither were sold in Europe. Plus, the _SN2_ upgrade kits only worked with a _SN_ kit or machine, and few arcades bothered with the expense. Also, it is believed that _SN_ and _SN2_ machines had problems with long arrow steps, but this wasn't too difficult to fix, and these new machines worldwide were almost on par with _Extreme_ and older machines. Almost every _DDR_ machine from 1998 to 2008 worked well. If arcades did not maintain them properly, though, then they would play poorly or be unplayable. The real disastrous arcade game was _DDR X_ in North America and Europe. It was launched in June 2009, more than five months later than Asia, although NA got the PS2 game first in Sept. 2008. Arcade pads were terrible and cheaply built with the Betson and Raw Thrills partnership. Long arrows would often miss, and worse, this broke step combos in _DDR X._ Pads also often failed to register regular arrows. The fake bass speakers were a decoration only, and the LCD monitor lagged compared to CRT. Dozens of songs from _SN2_ were removed, and the new ones added in _X_ were hit or miss. _DDR X_ did sell hundreds of arcade machines worldwide, but outside of Asia, most players strongly opposed these machines. _DDR X2_ made a few improvements, but machines still played more poorly than _SuperNOVA_, and while _X2_ had 449 songs, it also removed ≈30 _SN_ and _SN2_ songs. Konami then put _DDR_ arcade games on hiatus for over 5½ years outside of North America. _DDR A_ and newer are players' favourite _DDR_ games, but any individual game since _A_ so far didn't sell as well as _DDR SuperNOVA_ did. I hope this helps! If you have a dance game in your area, I hope you are able to enjoy it. Take care!
Recently Konami has actually alpha tested a home version for DDR on PC that is basically a ported version of the A20 Plus version, which really increases the accessibility of the series. Also rhythm games have been on a slight rise in popularity recently especially with games like osu!, Beat Saber and Clone Hero, and some people from these games sometimes transition into arcade rhythm games such as DDR, Sound Voltex and Beatmania IIDX. (I transitioned from osu! to Sound Voltex)
Thanks for sharing the insights with the community. I was thinking there wasn't much interest in the topic based on the views.
@@companyinsight Thanks for making a video about DDR and a bit about BEMANI aswell! I love seeing content circling around these arcade rhythm games, especially since they might introduce people into them!
My Godddddd.....I was in the elementary school back then
Good times and memories. Thanks for your support Bagja!
i really miss dance dance revolution... those were the days...
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7:02 This is false, for the most part. Konami and Betson *did* offer _Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA_ upgrade kits to convert _DDR Extreme_ (or older) to the _SuperNOVA_ game. I own a few of these kits. They were sold in USA, Canada and Asia.
The _SuperNOVA_ dedicated cabinets were the best-selling _DDR_ arcade in North America. Around 250 units were sold there, not including _SuperNOVA 2_ games. It's also the first _DDR_ game with upgrade kits in North America, and I estimate they sold 100 or so kits there. Europe did not sell kits, but Europe did have new _DS SuperNOVA_ machines.
However, a few problems did occur. For one, I believe _SuperNOVA 2_ had fewer machine and kit sales. Neither were sold in Europe. Plus, the _SN2_ upgrade kits only worked with a _SN_ kit or machine, and few arcades bothered with the expense. Also, it is believed that _SN_ and _SN2_ machines had problems with long arrow steps, but this wasn't too difficult to fix, and these new machines worldwide were almost on par with _Extreme_ and older machines.
Almost every _DDR_ machine from 1998 to 2008 worked well. If arcades did not maintain them properly, though, then they would play poorly or be unplayable.
The real disastrous arcade game was _DDR X_ in North America and Europe. It was launched in June 2009, more than five months later than Asia, although NA got the PS2 game first in Sept. 2008. Arcade pads were terrible and cheaply built with the Betson and Raw Thrills partnership. Long arrows would often miss, and worse, this broke step combos in _DDR X._ Pads also often failed to register regular arrows. The fake bass speakers were a decoration only, and the LCD monitor lagged compared to CRT. Dozens of songs from _SN2_ were removed, and the new ones added in _X_ were hit or miss.
_DDR X_ did sell hundreds of arcade machines worldwide, but outside of Asia, most players strongly opposed these machines. _DDR X2_ made a few improvements, but machines still played more poorly than _SuperNOVA_, and while _X2_ had 449 songs, it also removed ≈30 _SN_ and _SN2_ songs. Konami then put _DDR_ arcade games on hiatus for over 5½ years outside of North America.
_DDR A_ and newer are players' favourite _DDR_ games, but any individual game since _A_ so far didn't sell as well as _DDR SuperNOVA_ did.
I hope this helps! If you have a dance game in your area, I hope you are able to enjoy it. Take care!
I feel sad that this has happened to this amazing game. This is the reason I am working on my project for stepmania to bring back alot that has been lost for DDR games
Demmmmmm.... this channel's last video is Nostalgia Insight XD
bring back memories when i always go to arcade atleast once a month to play (Not DDR, never play that, too embarrasing for me lol. but) WMMT with my RX8 and AE86 before pandemic hits.
DDR is big game next to WMMT. i remember WMMT when i see DDR. Thank you for bring DDR topic
"Just Dance" from Ubisoft is good for DDR alternative
True that! Thanks for your support Riski!
6:17 I think you mean yen! 😁
2001 was the start of the new millennium. It's because you start counting at 1.
A lot of problems with this video, it feels like it is AI generated, from the perspective of someone who has never played dance dance revolution. You didn’t even MENTION In The Groove, which is a CRUCIAL piece of the “downfall” of DDR, while literally showing footage of ITG constantly throughout the video. You repeat yourself over and over, and give no sources to any of your quotes or claims. You go on a huge tangent about PC gaming, but don’t even mention how the community keeps DDR alive with FREE software, and that DDR is more accessible than it’s ever been. This is a super disappointing video that does zero service to knowledge or trivia about DDR.
This does not explain the deeper issues with musical games. Musical games lack depth.
2 years later and there's still time to delete this nonsense... Have you actually played the game? Have you actually ever heard of Round 1?
Konami will no longer make anymore ddr game consoles and there final final home console is grand prix.
7:02 This is false, for the most part. Konami and Betson *did* offer _Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA_ upgrade kits to convert _DDR Extreme_ (or older) to the _SuperNOVA_ game. I own a few of these kits. They were sold in USA, Canada and Asia.
The _SuperNOVA_ dedicated cabinets were the best-selling _DDR_ arcade in North America. Around 250 units were sold there, not including _SuperNOVA 2_ games. It's also the first _DDR_ game with upgrade kits in North America, and I estimate they sold 100 or so kits there. Europe did not sell kits, but Europe did have new _DS SuperNOVA_ machines.
However, a few problems did occur. For one, I believe _SuperNOVA 2_ had fewer machine and kit sales. Neither were sold in Europe. Plus, the _SN2_ upgrade kits only worked with a _SN_ kit or machine, and few arcades bothered with the expense. Also, it is believed that _SN_ and _SN2_ machines had problems with long arrow steps, but this wasn't too difficult to fix, and these new machines worldwide were almost on par with _Extreme_ and older machines.
Almost every _DDR_ machine from 1998 to 2008 worked well. If arcades did not maintain them properly, though, then they would play poorly or be unplayable.
The real disastrous arcade game was _DDR X_ in North America and Europe. It was launched in June 2009, more than five months later than Asia, although NA got the PS2 game first in Sept. 2008. Arcade pads were terrible and cheaply built with the Betson and Raw Thrills partnership. Long arrows would often miss, and worse, this broke step combos in _DDR X._ Pads also often failed to register regular arrows. The fake bass speakers were a decoration only, and the LCD monitor lagged compared to CRT. Dozens of songs from _SN2_ were removed, and the new ones added in _X_ were hit or miss.
_DDR X_ did sell hundreds of arcade machines worldwide, but outside of Asia, most players strongly opposed these machines. _DDR X2_ made a few improvements, but machines still played more poorly than _SuperNOVA_, and while _X2_ had 449 songs, it also removed ≈30 _SN_ and _SN2_ songs. Konami then put _DDR_ arcade games on hiatus for over 5½ years outside of North America.
_DDR A_ and newer are players' favourite _DDR_ games, but any individual game since _A_ so far didn't sell as well as _DDR SuperNOVA_ did.
I hope this helps! If you have a dance game in your area, I hope you are able to enjoy it. Take care!