I am still amazed with how many DDR games there are. And it's neat looking over all the covers of all the DDR games, and seeing how they started with that 90's look and ended with the 2000's look.
If you include regional versions of certain in arcade versions, which might not be significant in some cases, but are in other cases in terms of differences, I count at least 90 versions between system573 (arcade), PS1, and PS2 mixes, without counting PC, XBOX, WII, N64, and Game Boy versions.
The history of DRR home console editions in 15 minutes! GO! Seriously, holy crap girl. I was expecting you to do the "out of breathe" gag at one point. lol
Best part of being an adult is having the money to buy a Japanese ps2 and buying up all those Japanese releases that I always wanted as a young teen in the 2000s.
I grew up with Ultramix. I first played Dance Dance Revolution at the yankee candle factory in South Deerfield, MA. I ask my older brother who owns a ps2 if I can play ddr on his system. Peter says, "Nick this game is gay you can't play this." So my sister gives me her xbox and thus I play ultramix 1, 2, and 3. I skipped 4. I thank my sister a lot. Helped my get so much better at Cross country and become more in tune with my physical health.
We love supportive family. I also grew up on Ultramix and PS2 console releases. I'm revisiting DDR through Stepmania emulation because it was such a critical part of my physical activity.
don't forget if u still have tha OG XBOX and Ultramix 1-4, u can softmod ur OG XBOX just to get all DLC songs because it's tha only way u can get them now
Wow, Im hella late to this! I have every ps1 and ps2 American DDR game. Konamix was my first DDR release purchase on the small PS1 "Slim" after I was soo amazed when introduced to DDR generally around 2002, and not too long after my 16th birthday (in fact Konamix released in America a few days before that birthday) at a non-related party. I think "Look to the Sky" on Konamix was the very first song I played in my basement! Nowadays I shadow dance to the customizable PC Fan-version of DDR called "Step Mania" with a wireless Xbox 360 controller connected to the wireless PC adapter, since I have yet to attain another new dance pad/mat to dance on! My favorite fan-made song to dance to is "Hi High" by the K-Pop group "LOONA" on heavy difficulty! Like in the music vid built as the stage background, the arrows are mapped like you are literally running, its damn amazing!
Me too! I finished my PS2 set a few years back, and now I'm going after the more obscure releases. Also, your first song was a stellar choice! Mine was Boom Boom Dollar K.O.G.3 Mix.
I was a pretty big fan of Dance Dance Revolution when I was in my teens throughout my 20s. I'm 34 years old and I wouldn't mind getting back into it. I used to get pretty crazy with those games
DanceDanceRevolution II was probably the best release behind the Japanese versions of DDR Extreme and SuperNOVA. It was basically a reskinned version of the arcade version DDRX2 complete with its amazing songlist.
Pitiful my ass, in a lot of ways DDR II was literally THE dream release for a lot of people. As said before, it was literally the home version of DDRX2 and the preview for DDRX3 vs 2nd MIX. Hell X3 ended up getting this game’s interface! For someone who wanted the most recent arcade content at home, this was literally the holy grail.
@@Darknight0681 it deserved a X360/PS3 release. Komani could have rebranded it as DDRX3 (with X2s interface) so it received more recognition as a mainline release. I'm sure diehard fans would have happily paid for additional song packs as well.
Forgot to mention the fact that DDR Extreme US release was just basically a repackaged and renamed DDR Festival with a different tracklist that didn't work with the arcade releases at all because we didn't get the arcade Port we got some repackage of another game entirely but they titled it extreme them dirty bastards
"DSFever PS1 and DSFever PS2 are both totally different" >Does not mention any of the differences Come on fam we'd get more detail about DDR CS releases via Wikipedia. This whole video just feels like you saying the titles of the games and little else.
Cool, the arcade release video I made was 40-some-odd minutes and that got complaints. This is already over 16 minutes. I literally cannot possibly please both those that want every detail of every game, and those that want a brief rundown. By all means, go ahead and make a 40 minute video that goes into more depth than this one. I won't be hurt by it at all.
okay, sorry for responding 4 years late, but they're completely different games. DSFever(ps1): is based on extra mix(which is similar to 4thmix), and has a different songlist and uses the solo era announcer. DSFever(ps2): is based on max2. Both: are pal region, use 5th mix music for the how-to-play sections, and had sequels on both platforms a year later.
I had DDR Mobius on a Old SONY Ericsson Phone (Remember those?) Years Ago. From what I've heard The Wii DDR Games (The later 2 are under Hottest Party lable in Europe) aren't that bad. They still have a number of the tracks from older DDR Games from what I've seen. Also what was the last song playing the video (The one that went on to the credits)?
Wow, there are a hell of a lot more DDR games than I ever expected. I actually played pretty regularly starting with the US Max release on PS2, which then got me into importing a Japanese system and getting those releases (JP Extreme was my favorite), then getting those slightly-more-expensive-but-still-not-great foam pads, until I peaked with a Cobalt Flux pad. I started to fall out of it in '06 or so when I moved into an upper floor apartment and couldn't play anymore due to pounding on my neighbors' heads. Honestly, after a few of the mediocre late US PS2 releases, I didn't think they continued the series very long afterwards, but apparently I was quite wrong.
We wouldn't have gotten a release of Winx Club DDR on this side of the pond because the vast music library from the Italian series was not used for the 4KIds' English version and that was the North America dub ( despite the Cinelume version being from Canada) at the time. Nick was taking over around 2009 but Winx's popularity would never increase dramatically, anyway. (Hmm, Nickelodeon, maybe that should tell you something about your handling of a property which was/is wildly popular in the rest of the world.)
Great video. If anyone wants to play dance games for nostalgia. You can buy USB dance pads and download stepmania, the game is free and you can put any song on it.
She barely touches on any of those games which I think is a bit careless. That series eventually ended up being married into the arcade releases starting with DDRX AC and it’s inclusion of those 5 songs, and the stages from HP1 and 2. Not to mention the HP dance routines that EVERY new song in DDRX got which is owed entirely to Konami’s presentation efforts on HP1 and 2.
So, I wanna know, I have the original DDR for the Japanese PlayStation1 is that home version a straight up arcade perfect port ? Like is the title screen and how to play screen the exact same as the arcade version?
The songs and gameplay should be the same. You get additional stuff like Edit Mode, Training Mode and Swap disc mode for the first 3 PSX games (play that game's songs on a different engine). Oh, and the graphics for controls are different (asking you to press the Start button as opposed to a green button).
i've never gotten into tha Wii series of DDR! but DDR Extreme 2 is my very 1st DDR game! i have 17 DDR games and i do plan on gettin Japan releases of DDR! however i did loved tha Ultramix and Universe series, i wished they woulda featured more Dancemania renewals then what they had in those XBOX series
hey man if you can't get your hands on a japanese PS2 you can get a modded PS2 memory card with FreeMcBoot and run burned discs of the japanese games, it might be easier. they've got way better songlists, especially japanese DDR extreme PS2.
What about the major CS-only DDR games (including DDR Best Hits, DDR Extra Mix, DDR Konamix, DDR Party Collection, DDR Ultramix (1-4), DDR Festvial/DDR Extreme (US), DDR Extreme 2/DDR Strike, DDR Universe 1-3, DDR Hottest Party 1-3 (and its Japanese sequel counterparts, DDR Full Full Party and DDR Music Fit), DDR X2 (CS), DDR 2010, DDR II, and DDR Grand Prix)?
Bro, I talked about what I easily had information on at the time, and this video is several years old. Feel free to make a video about those if you like.
I love DDR it's my all time favorite Japanese Arcade to home console Dancing rhythm game , now she's correct in the beginning for those of you who don't know the first ever DDR original arcade release saw an arcade perfect port onto Sonys PlayStation system in Japan, everything including the graphics down to the last pixel, sound, songs and animation were ported straight from the arcade machine version to the PlayStation 1 home counsel version, after that all the DDR arcade games up until the PS2 era were ported Arcade perfectly onto the PS1 in Japan, and then after that on the PS2 home console all the DDR games that were yet again all Arcade perfect ports of there exact arcade machine versions
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention in my previous comment, as far as I can recall with the seventh gen consolized DDR games, especially the one I played on the PS3, the music selection was marred with having less of the Euro-beat and Techno-Heavy DDR Leitmotifs and progressed into incorporating a lot of Crappy American mid-2010 era general Pop crap. I hope that was only the American version, and at least I only pirated the PS3 one off some website and played it on my home-brewed Ps3, since I figured it would not have been of my liking, considering I didn't like the way things were going on the PS2 "X" and "X2" versions!
jesus and I thought final fantasy releases were confusing XD I just found Ultramix 4 and a pad in the closet which still works fine even after being stuffed in a box for a decade.
Wonder why almost all of the Europe releases were called "Dancing Stage" instead of "Dance Dance Revolution"? That's just so weird to me! Curious if people even call it DDR in Europe due to the strange rebranding choice!
Allegedly, it was so Konami could make DDR games using licensed tracks outside of the Dancemania label they had a deal with. It's why Dancing Stage True Kiss Destination, and such, happened in Japan.
That all changed once Konami's licensing deal with Toshiba-EMI expired. In an odd twist of fate, Universal now hold all rights to the dance mania back catalogue
I don't personally remember seeing it until DDR Extreme, and only then during specific modes such as Oni and Nonstop. SuperNOVA 2 might have been the first time the introduced Marvelous in normal mode gameplay.
the only reason Der supernova came out was to compete with roxors In the groove series which a few years later because konami sued roxor games for the ity conversion kits for Ddr cabinets
Well, if you're unable to find a reasonably priced PS2 and dancepad, there is a PC version known as StepMania. Though I do agree with Prince David, the arcade experience is really how it should be played.
It didn't help that DDR 2010 PS3 came out the year after Activision thought it was a bright idea to release SIX hero games in a 12 month span...that's being a bit generous, as the last 4 months of 2009 saw 1 new Hero game for each month.
Looking back on my game shelf, I have 8 of the NA games, the stopping point for me was Supernova, as I felt they were going too far into the Pop songs that I really wasn't listening to. I didn't have the Xbox and I knew better than to mess with the 360 versions because of achievements. DDR, Konamix, Disney Mix, Max, Max 2, Extreme, Extreme 2, and Supernova. If I had the space, I should break out my padded Red Octane mat and try to get my butt into shape again. I got tons of options.
DefEdge2k supernova 2 is pretty good too. it still has too much pop for my taste, but the other songs (boss songs especially) are great and is worth getting in my opinion. however x is atrocious (i have all the songs unlocked) and completely goes overboard on the pop thing, and then the other songs are (for the most part) bad too.
The change you noticed might have been because Konami's deal with the Dancemania label (that helped them get cheap licensed tracks to use in Japan and the US) was not renewed, so Konami decided to licence the tracks themselves, and obviously started picking popular hits of the time to appeal to a broad demographic.
Everyone complains about the pop songs, but they were literally like 30% of the game, the rest was arcade content. And they had to do that to actually try to sell it to a broader audience. You can’t fault them for that. Maybe the picks were questionable sometimes, but it is what it is.
Welcome to Europe. Home of americas second-hand stuff and cancelled games for europe despite america getting their translated. After a whille you get used to being 2nd Banana :/
I thought there'd only been a couple of DDR games. Boy was I wrong. (I guess giving the series a different name in Europe didn't exactly help either. Still don't quite know why they did it).
+Gasoline85 As I said to someone else: Allegedly, it was so Konami could make DDR games using licensed tracks outside of the Dancemania label they had a deal with. It's why Dancing Stage True Kiss Destination, and such, happened in Japan.
It was actually a solid mix. Most people’s complaints came down to it not being exactly like the Japanese home release of it. But considering that TECHNICALLY, NONE of the Japanese arcade games got an actual release in the US, those mixes kinda didn’t exist outside of imports and bootlegs.
@@Darknight0681 It was just impossible to live up to JP Extreme and Konami weren't as dedicated, or weren't going to put the same amount of effort into the international releases compared to their own country. It's a shame, but it is what it is. Aside from the odd removal of being able to disable the face buttons for gameplay, the somewhat darker aesthetic, and the bizarre way you have to unlock Memories, I actually rather like it. I do prefer Dancing Stage Fusion's take on the interface though, as it has a brighter aesthetic. I think some people will just never get over the fact that we didn't get a straight port of JP Extreme CS's 111 song list.
It's still in the arcades today but i would really love to see another console release. Although there is now DDR GRAND PRIX which is a direct PC port of the latest arcade release (DDR A3), but you need a subscription, Japanese Konami ID, and an eamusement pass to play it
I miss that game honestly. Yeah folks are going to say it’s easier than the usual game because of the timing windows and most of the charts, but the game was fun and it had a unique charm all to itself because of the theme. Also, THIS was the first DDR to feature the modern stage and dancer background setup that Supernova and beyond followed up with.
The Wii DDR titles are legitimate as much of their content was eventually carried over to the arcade, and with DDR II, it was literally X2 arcade CS and a preview build of X3 vs. 2nd MIX. HP3 is literally almost half of X2 arcade’s content with DDRII being the second half and all the imports from Universe 3.
I think it would have been appropriate to have a sidenote as they came out around Extreme I think. I still think Redoctane outdid Konami and embarassed them so they C and D'd them. Eh just my two cents. Still very informative video.
Nah it's not as bad as it looks. Usually you just have one main arcade release a year at most. There just happened to be a bunch of spinoff console games. It's just so much fun to play!
Prince David Oh I know they are fun. I played a few but I don't know if I would buy all of these. I would just ask which one had the most music and that's it.
I am still amazed with how many DDR games there are. And it's neat looking over all the covers of all the DDR games, and seeing how they started with that 90's look and ended with the 2000's look.
If you include regional versions of certain in arcade versions, which might not be significant in some cases, but are in other cases in terms of differences, I count at least 90 versions between system573 (arcade), PS1, and PS2 mixes, without counting PC, XBOX, WII, N64, and Game Boy versions.
Came back to rewatch this series of yours because it's amazing! DDR has a special place in my heart, always will!
The history of DRR home console editions in 15 minutes! GO!
Seriously, holy crap girl. I was expecting you to do the "out of breathe" gag at one point. lol
Wow what a great retrospective! I thought I knew my DDR but you featured a lot of obscure console releases I never heard of.
Best part of being an adult is having the money to buy a Japanese ps2 and buying up all those Japanese releases that I always wanted as a young teen in the 2000s.
Great video!! Can't wait for Konami to come out with a DDR Pachinko game sometime soon.
MrMaximumAustin more like a Pachinko Pachinko Revolution sadly.
#FUCKKONAMI
or is it # FUCKONAMI
I ALREADY FORGET
oh god I remember playing that school version in school once. each kid had their own arrow which I thought was dumb.
Holy crap, who knew there was this many home DDR games!
DDR Max2 and DDR Extreme 1-2 were pure gold.
Cool video. I'm just surprise Konami didn't make a 'DDR: What Is A Man?' and 'DDR: Children's Card Games' editions. :D
I grew up with Ultramix. I first played Dance Dance Revolution at the yankee candle factory in South Deerfield, MA. I ask my older brother who owns a ps2 if I can play ddr on his system. Peter says, "Nick this game is gay you can't play this." So my sister gives me her xbox and thus I play ultramix 1, 2, and 3. I skipped 4. I thank my sister a lot. Helped my get so much better at Cross country and become more in tune with my physical health.
We love supportive family. I also grew up on Ultramix and PS2 console releases. I'm revisiting DDR through Stepmania emulation because it was such a critical part of my physical activity.
don't forget if u still have tha OG XBOX and Ultramix 1-4, u can softmod ur OG XBOX just to get all DLC songs because it's tha only way u can get them now
definitely a thing Peter Griffin would say
Major console releases:
Japan:
PlayStation (gaming consoles):
*CS DDR 1stMix (PS1, 1999)
*DDR 2ndReMix (PS1, 1999)
*DDR 2ndReMix Append Club Version Vol. 1 (PS1, 1999)
*DDR 2ndReMix Append Club Version Vol. 2 (PS1, 1999)
*CS DDR 3rdMix (PS1, 2000)
*DDR Best Hits (PS1, 2000)
*CS DDR 4thMix (PS1, 2001)
*DDR Extra Mix (PS1, 2001)
*DDR 5thMix (PS1, 2001)
*CS DDRMAX1 (Japan) (PS2, 2002)
*CS DDRMAX2 (Japan) (PS2, 2003)
*CS DDR Extreme (Japan) (PS2, 2003)
*DDR Party Collection (PS2, 2003)
*DDR Festival (PS2, 2004)
*DDR Strike (PS2, 2006)
*CS DDR SuperNOVA 1 (Japan) (PS2, 2007)
*CS DDR SuperNOVA 2 (Japan) (PS2, 2008)
*CS DDR X1 (Japan) (PS2, 2009)
Nintendo (gaming consoles):
*DDR Hottest Party 1 (Japan) (Wii, 2007)
*DDR Full Full Party (Wii, 2008)
*DDR Music Fit (Wii, 20 *10)
America:
PlayStation (gaming consoles):
*CS DDR USA (PS1, 2001)
*DDR Konamix (PS1, 2002)
*CS DDRMAX1 (USA) (PS2, 2002)
*CS DDRMAX2 (USA) (PS2, 2003)
*CS DDR Extreme (USA) (USA (PS2, 2004))
*DDR Extreme 2 (PS2, 2005)
*CS DDR SuperNOVA 1 (USA) (PS2, 2006)
*CS DDR SuperNOVA 1 (USA) (PS2, 2007)
*CS DDR X1 (USA) (PS2, 2008)
*CS DDR X2 (PS2, 2009)
*DDR 2010 (PS3, 2010)
Xbox (gaming consoles):
*DDR Ultramix 1 (Xbox, 2003)
*DDR Ultramix 2 (Xbox, 2004)
*DDR Ultramix 3 (Xbox, 2005)
*DDR Ultramix 4 (Xbox, 2006)
*DDR Universe 1 (X360, 2007)
*DDR Universe 2 (X360, 2007)
*DDR Universe 3 (X360, 2007)
*DDR 2010 (X360, 2011)
Nintendo (gaming conoles):
*DDR Hottest Party 1 (USA) (Wii, 2007)
*DDR Hottest Party 2 (Wii, 2008)
*DDR Hottest Party 3 (Wii, 2009)
*DDR 2010 (Wii, 2010)
*DDR II (Wii, 2011)
Europe:
PlayStation (gaming consoles):
*DS EuroMix 1 (PS1, 2001)
*DS Party Edition (PS1, 2002)
*DS Megamix (PS2, 2003)
*DS Fever (PS1/PS2, 2003)
*CS DS Fusion (PS1/PS2, 2004)
*DS Max (PS2, 2005)
*CS DS SuperNOVA 1 (PS2, 2007)
*CS DS SuperNOVA 2 (PS2, 2008)
*DDR New Moves (PS3, 2011)
Xbox (gaming consoles):
*DS Unleased 1 (Xbox, 2004)
*DS Unleased 2 (Xbox, 2005)
*DS Unleased 3 (Xbox, 2006)
*DS Universe 1 (X360, 2007)
*DS Universe 2 (X360, 2008)
Nintendo (gaming conoles):
*DS Hottest Party 1 (Europe) (Wii, 2008)
*DDR Hottest Party 2 (Europe) (Wii, 2009)
*DDR Hottest Party 3 (Europe) (Wii, 2010)
*DDR Hottest Party 4 (Wii, 2011)
*DDR Hottest Party 5 (Wii, 2011)
Asia:
Xbox (gaming consoles):
*DDR Universe 3 Chinese Music Special Edition (X360, 2009)
My Theory if Konami continued releasing CS games:
Japan:
*DDR New Moves (PS3, 2010)
*DDR X2 CS JP (PS3, 2011)
*DDR X3 vs 2ndMIX CS JP (PS3, 2012)
*DDR 2013 CS JP (PS3, 2014)
*DDR Renewal CS JP (PS4, 2015) [2013 + 2014 songs]
*DDR A CS JP (PS4, 2017)
*DDR A20 CS JP (PS4, 2020)
America:
*DDR II (PS3/X360, 2011) [not confused the Wii Releases]
*DDR III (PS3/X360, 2012)
*DDR 2013 CS US (PS3/X360, 2014)
*DDR 2014 CS US (PS4/XONE, 2015)
*DDR A US CS (PS4/XONE, 2016)
*DDR A20 CS US (PS4/XONE, 2019)
Strangely enough, the Winx Club mix also had a lot of beatmania and pop'n music crossovers that the west never got in other DDR releases.
Wow, Im hella late to this! I have every ps1 and ps2 American DDR game. Konamix was my first DDR release purchase on the small PS1 "Slim" after I was soo amazed when introduced to DDR generally around 2002, and not too long after my 16th birthday (in fact Konamix released in America a few days before that birthday) at a non-related party. I think "Look to the Sky" on Konamix was the very first song I played in my basement! Nowadays I shadow dance to the customizable PC Fan-version of DDR called "Step Mania" with a wireless Xbox 360 controller connected to the wireless PC adapter, since I have yet to attain another new dance pad/mat to dance on! My favorite fan-made song to dance to is "Hi High" by the K-Pop group "LOONA" on heavy difficulty! Like in the music vid built as the stage background, the arrows are mapped like you are literally running, its damn amazing!
Me too! I finished my PS2 set a few years back, and now I'm going after the more obscure releases. Also, your first song was a stellar choice! Mine was Boom Boom Dollar K.O.G.3 Mix.
The outro song is Kind Lady
I was a pretty big fan of Dance Dance Revolution when I was in my teens throughout my 20s. I'm 34 years old and I wouldn't mind getting back into it. I used to get pretty crazy with those games
DanceDanceRevolution II was probably the best release behind the Japanese versions of DDR Extreme and SuperNOVA. It was basically a reskinned version of the arcade version DDRX2 complete with its amazing songlist.
nah it was pitiful compared 2 DDR Extreme 2
Pitiful my ass, in a lot of ways DDR II was literally THE dream release for a lot of people. As said before, it was literally the home version of DDRX2 and the preview for DDRX3 vs 2nd MIX. Hell X3 ended up getting this game’s interface! For someone who wanted the most recent arcade content at home, this was literally the holy grail.
@@Darknight0681 it deserved a X360/PS3 release. Komani could have rebranded it as DDRX3 (with X2s interface) so it received more recognition as a mainline release. I'm sure diehard fans would have happily paid for additional song packs as well.
eh i just wished it was an option to disable tha screen filter on DDR II Wii! but i'm sorry it's not better than DDR Extreme 2 on PS2 from 2005
Forgot to mention the fact that DDR Extreme US release was just basically a repackaged and renamed DDR Festival with a different tracklist that didn't work with the arcade releases at all because we didn't get the arcade Port we got some repackage of another game entirely but they titled it extreme them dirty bastards
Actually, that’s the other way around. Extreme US was first, Festival came afterward with it’s Ultramix 1 implants and new charting.
11:18
IT'S MOBIN' TIME
Hope you make more ddr stuff
I can't imagine having enough material at this point to make more videos on the subject, but maybe one day.
It is Marzgurl.
It is.
@@MarzGurl yay!
Why do you have over 3000 songs on your Stepmania machine? Me: cus I can (then quickly changes subject)
had a lot of PS2 games growing up, trying to get back into it with Stepmania
"DSFever PS1 and DSFever PS2 are both totally different"
>Does not mention any of the differences
Come on fam we'd get more detail about DDR CS releases via Wikipedia. This whole video just feels like you saying the titles of the games and little else.
Cool, the arcade release video I made was 40-some-odd minutes and that got complaints. This is already over 16 minutes. I literally cannot possibly please both those that want every detail of every game, and those that want a brief rundown. By all means, go ahead and make a 40 minute video that goes into more depth than this one. I won't be hurt by it at all.
okay, sorry for responding 4 years late, but they're completely different games.
DSFever(ps1): is based on extra mix(which is similar to 4thmix), and has a different songlist and uses the solo era announcer.
DSFever(ps2): is based on max2.
Both: are pal region, use 5th mix music for the how-to-play sections, and had sequels on both platforms a year later.
I had DDR Mobius on a Old SONY Ericsson Phone (Remember those?) Years Ago. From what I've heard The Wii DDR Games (The later 2 are under Hottest Party lable in Europe) aren't that bad. They still have a number of the tracks from older DDR Games from what I've seen. Also what was the last song playing the video (The one that went on to the credits)?
Kind Lady by OKUYATOS. It first appears in DDRMAX.
DDR MAX....
AND DDR MARIO MIX!
Yeah, Those were the days...
Oh, I did have the plug and play disney one as well. Dunno where that went.
Wow, there are a hell of a lot more DDR games than I ever expected. I actually played pretty regularly starting with the US Max release on PS2, which then got me into importing a Japanese system and getting those releases (JP Extreme was my favorite), then getting those slightly-more-expensive-but-still-not-great foam pads, until I peaked with a Cobalt Flux pad. I started to fall out of it in '06 or so when I moved into an upper floor apartment and couldn't play anymore due to pounding on my neighbors' heads. Honestly, after a few of the mediocre late US PS2 releases, I didn't think they continued the series very long afterwards, but apparently I was quite wrong.
We wouldn't have gotten a release of Winx Club DDR on this side of the pond because the vast music library from the Italian series was not used for the 4KIds' English version and that was the North America dub ( despite the Cinelume version being from Canada) at the time. Nick was taking over around 2009 but Winx's popularity would never increase dramatically, anyway. (Hmm, Nickelodeon, maybe that should tell you something about your handling of a property which was/is wildly popular in the rest of the world.)
Great video. If anyone wants to play dance games for nostalgia. You can buy USB dance pads and download stepmania, the game is free and you can put any song on it.
omg i wish you went over the choreograph mode in ddr wii (hottest party 4)
She barely touches on any of those games which I think is a bit careless. That series eventually ended up being married into the arcade releases starting with DDRX AC and it’s inclusion of those 5 songs, and the stages from HP1 and 2. Not to mention the HP dance routines that EVERY new song in DDRX got which is owed entirely to Konami’s presentation efforts on HP1 and 2.
OMG!!! Thank you, I've been waiting for this :}
So, I wanna know, I have the original DDR for the Japanese PlayStation1 is that home version a straight up arcade perfect port ? Like is the title screen and how to play screen the exact same as the arcade version?
The songs and gameplay should be the same. You get additional stuff like Edit Mode, Training Mode and Swap disc mode for the first 3 PSX games (play that game's songs on a different engine).
Oh, and the graphics for controls are different (asking you to press the Start button as opposed to a green button).
i've never gotten into tha Wii series of DDR! but DDR Extreme 2 is my very 1st DDR game! i have 17 DDR games and i do plan on gettin Japan releases of DDR! however i did loved tha Ultramix and Universe series, i wished they woulda featured more Dancemania renewals then what they had in those XBOX series
hey man if you can't get your hands on a japanese PS2 you can get a modded PS2 memory card with FreeMcBoot and run burned discs of the japanese games, it might be easier. they've got way better songlists, especially japanese DDR extreme PS2.
however tha European DDR is much worse than both US and JP DDR games
DDR Dance warz was amazing, sucks that the servers shutdown, but man was it fun
In some weird way Konami could release the new Dance Dance Revolution on PS5 Nintendo switch and Xbox series X with the games as a service model
it would be better for it to be a PC only release since most Dance Pad Companies don't wanna make pads to work outside of PC
Only on PC with Grand Prix. Konami's live service BEMANI games are only on PC.
what is the ddr song in the background at 4:37 mark, so good !!
Awesome video and super insightful! Thank you!
DDR, 4TH miX,,, are my best FaVorite, in All,/Whole DDR Arcade games EveR,,👌👌👌
What about the major CS-only DDR games (including DDR Best Hits, DDR Extra Mix, DDR Konamix, DDR Party Collection, DDR Ultramix (1-4), DDR Festvial/DDR Extreme (US), DDR Extreme 2/DDR Strike, DDR Universe 1-3, DDR Hottest Party 1-3 (and its Japanese sequel counterparts, DDR Full Full Party and DDR Music Fit), DDR X2 (CS), DDR 2010, DDR II, and DDR Grand Prix)?
Bro, I talked about what I easily had information on at the time, and this video is several years old. Feel free to make a video about those if you like.
I grew up with DDR Mario Mix. Never played any other DDR game.
finally some quality content on youtube
Wondering if it's possible to use the pad from Mario Mix to play some of the GBC titles, via the Game Boy Player
Did you know DDR FamiMat only features songs from pop'n music (Platinum Cartridges contain songs from DDR, and licences)
Not sure if you were aware, but there IS a Tochamechi Memorial series of TV specials too.
I love DDR it's my all time favorite Japanese Arcade to home console Dancing rhythm game , now she's correct in the beginning for those of you who don't know the first ever DDR original arcade release saw an arcade perfect port onto Sonys PlayStation system in Japan, everything including the graphics down to the last pixel, sound, songs and animation were ported straight from the arcade machine version to the PlayStation 1 home counsel version, after that all the DDR arcade games up until the PS2 era were ported Arcade perfectly onto the PS1 in Japan, and then after that on the PS2 home console all the DDR games that were yet again all Arcade perfect ports of there exact arcade machine versions
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention in my previous comment, as far as I can recall with the seventh gen consolized DDR games, especially the one I played on the PS3, the music selection was marred with having less of the Euro-beat and Techno-Heavy DDR Leitmotifs and progressed into incorporating a lot of Crappy American mid-2010 era general Pop crap. I hope that was only the American version, and at least I only pirated the PS3 one off some website and played it on my home-brewed Ps3, since I figured it would not have been of my liking, considering I didn't like the way things were going on the PS2 "X" and "X2" versions!
I don't get how the mobile games went missing. No one ever got the .jar file?
I just have 1 question, Wich one is the best soft pad? 🤔
I’d say Konami’s Wii Pad as it’s the only pad I used as of now, but I would recommend a hard pad if possible.
Hey Marz, do you have the song list used in this video?
excellent video! I loved!
But, what about the major CS DDR games?
jesus and I thought final fantasy releases were confusing XD
I just found Ultramix 4 and a pad in the closet which still works fine even after being stuffed in a box for a decade.
Wonder why almost all of the Europe releases were called "Dancing Stage" instead of "Dance Dance Revolution"? That's just so weird to me! Curious if people even call it DDR in Europe due to the strange rebranding choice!
Allegedly, it was so Konami could make DDR games using licensed tracks outside of the Dancemania label they had a deal with. It's why Dancing Stage True Kiss Destination, and such, happened in Japan.
That all changed once Konami's licensing deal with Toshiba-EMI expired. In an odd twist of fate, Universal now hold all rights to the dance mania back catalogue
Yeah being in the uk we don't get as many versions as japan and the usa. It sucks but works
Do you know what DDR Game introduced the Marvelous!!! judgement?
I don't personally remember seeing it until DDR Extreme, and only then during specific modes such as Oni and Nonstop. SuperNOVA 2 might have been the first time the introduced Marvelous in normal mode gameplay.
ok
AppleArcade120 I remember extreme 2 having the option to turn marvelous!! on or off for all modes of gameplay
What would you say is your favorite version of DDR?
5th Mix!
damn finally you made this video!!
u forgot to mention tha DDR Ultramix DLCs
oh and btw, u can only still get them if u do a softmod to ur dedicated Original XBOX
I stop playing DDR seriously after Extreme but play DDR A sometimes. Its all about PIU
now.
Lol, Ultramix was...an afterthought, good for potential and got the job done.
the only reason Der supernova came out was to compete with roxors In the groove series which a few years later because konami sued roxor games for the ity conversion kits for Ddr cabinets
I have never played a DDR game game before where do i start?
Just go to an arcade and start with DDR Ace if they have it. Def try in an arcade first play on beginner se if you like it.
Well, if you're unable to find a reasonably priced PS2 and dancepad, there is a PC version known as StepMania. Though I do agree with Prince David, the arcade experience is really how it should be played.
***** Yeah that's true I mostly just play on Stepmania with a pad now when I am at home.
DDR Extreme 2 is my start of DDR
this ULTRAMIX/UNIVERSE disregarding just isn't acceptable, considering how they're easily some of the best console games in the series
They're not disregarded. I had a lot of ground to cover. I enjoyed the Ultramix/Universe releases.
@@MarzGurl and if u do a softmod to ur Original XBOX, u can obtain all DLCs of Ultramix 1-4 today
Ddr was at it's best on ps2
Grew up with ultramix 3 baby
It didn't help that DDR 2010 PS3 came out the year after Activision thought it was a bright idea to release SIX hero games in a 12 month span...that's being a bit generous, as the last 4 months of 2009 saw 1 new Hero game for each month.
I have DDR for the Wii but it's a hottist party :)
Looking back on my game shelf, I have 8 of the NA games, the stopping point for me was Supernova, as I felt they were going too far into the Pop songs that I really wasn't listening to. I didn't have the Xbox and I knew better than to mess with the 360 versions because of achievements.
DDR, Konamix, Disney Mix, Max, Max 2, Extreme, Extreme 2, and Supernova. If I had the space, I should break out my padded Red Octane mat and try to get my butt into shape again. I got tons of options.
DefEdge2k supernova 2 is pretty good too. it still has too much pop for my taste, but the other songs (boss songs especially) are great and is worth getting in my opinion. however x is atrocious (i have all the songs unlocked) and completely goes overboard on the pop thing, and then the other songs are (for the most part) bad too.
The change you noticed might have been because Konami's deal with the Dancemania label (that helped them get cheap licensed tracks to use in Japan and the US) was not renewed, so Konami decided to licence the tracks themselves, and obviously started picking popular hits of the time to appeal to a broad demographic.
I have all of the NA PS2 releases (MAX, MAX2, EXTREME, EXTREME 2, SUPERNOVA, SUPERNOVA 2, X, and X2) but I stick with StepMania now.
Everyone complains about the pop songs, but they were literally like 30% of the game, the rest was arcade content. And they had to do that to actually try to sell it to a broader audience. You can’t fault them for that. Maybe the picks were questionable sometimes, but it is what it is.
I’m glad she didn’t talk about DDR DVD game.. that s*it was awful (at least in my opinion)
Welcome to Europe. Home of americas second-hand stuff and cancelled games for europe despite america getting their translated.
After a whille you get used to being 2nd Banana :/
I thought there'd only been a couple of DDR games. Boy was I wrong. (I guess giving the series a different name in Europe didn't exactly help either. Still don't quite know why they did it).
+Gasoline85 As I said to someone else: Allegedly, it was so Konami could make DDR games using licensed tracks outside of the Dancemania label they had a deal with. It's why Dancing Stage True Kiss Destination, and such, happened in Japan.
do a beatmania retrospective
Dyce Averruncus * ha I wish but no one outside of Japan knows of 5k beatmania or IIDX
Happy this is here :)
9:02 i can understand everything written here because i'm italian
-i know that this is an unoriginal comment-
i miss the old konami
The European releases were hot garbage compared to the US and Japanese counterparts.
Konami really didn't bother with Europe for a long time, but some of the releases aren't bad.
Great video any chance you can do Karaoke Revolution next?
nice video
DDR Extreme US' launch day was the day that Konami died to me. What an insult of a game....Yes I'm still upset.
It was actually a solid mix. Most people’s complaints came down to it not being exactly like the Japanese home release of it. But considering that TECHNICALLY, NONE of the Japanese arcade games got an actual release in the US, those mixes kinda didn’t exist outside of imports and bootlegs.
@@Darknight0681 It was just impossible to live up to JP Extreme and Konami weren't as dedicated, or weren't going to put the same amount of effort into the international releases compared to their own country. It's a shame, but it is what it is.
Aside from the odd removal of being able to disable the face buttons for gameplay, the somewhat darker aesthetic, and the bizarre way you have to unlock Memories, I actually rather like it. I do prefer Dancing Stage Fusion's take on the interface though, as it has a brighter aesthetic.
I think some people will just never get over the fact that we didn't get a straight port of JP Extreme CS's 111 song list.
@@Darknight0681we got 1st mix, Supernova-X2, and A-A3 officially. Everything else was officially Japan only
Bring Back DDR!!
tha newest DDR game is DDR A but it's only for tha Arcades
It's still in the arcades today but i would really love to see another console release. Although there is now DDR GRAND PRIX which is a direct PC port of the latest arcade release (DDR A3), but you need a subscription, Japanese Konami ID, and an eamusement pass to play it
I actually grew up with DDR Mario Mix. I have the game and the dance pad in my cabinet right now. ^_^
I miss that game honestly. Yeah folks are going to say it’s easier than the usual game because of the timing windows and most of the charts, but the game was fun and it had a unique charm all to itself because of the theme. Also, THIS was the first DDR to feature the modern stage and dancer background setup that Supernova and beyond followed up with.
The wii is only fun when playing exclusives
The Wii DDR titles are legitimate as much of their content was eventually carried over to the arcade, and with DDR II, it was literally X2 arcade CS and a preview build of X3 vs. 2nd MIX. HP3 is literally almost half of X2 arcade’s content with DDRII being the second half and all the imports from Universe 3.
14:14 WHAT!!!
Why didnt you talk about In the Groove thats superior to DDR in every way
Because this is a video about Dance Dance Revolution, not In The Groove.
I think it would have been appropriate to have a sidenote as they came out around Extreme I think. I still think Redoctane outdid Konami and embarassed them so they C and D'd them. Eh just my two cents. Still very informative video.
@@SigmaChicken09 They are very similar but are made by two totally different companies.
@@MarzGurl i Sstill would suggest a documentary about itg and red octane.
Thank god I was never into this series.
LOL why would you say that?
Prince David So hard to follow...
Nah it's not as bad as it looks. Usually you just have one main arcade release a year at most. There just happened to be a bunch of spinoff console games. It's just so much fun to play!
Prince David Oh I know they are fun. I played a few but I don't know if I would buy all of these. I would just ask which one had the most music and that's it.
If you're in America you could check out DDR A someday. Tallying in at almost 700 songs at the moment, constantly updated, and fairly recent.
Who else grew up with the 2010 wii game with the glow sticks