+Zander Yurami she definitely mentions him in the video and how he made a lot of the songs. Not sure if you were joking though sarcasm is hard to get across on the internet.
My prime ddr days are long past. I played the game very religiously during the extreme/supernova time frame but due to adult responsibilities I simply don't have time to play the game as much as what I once did. I applaud the video game series for playing a huge positive impact in my life and when I find free time I still play the home console versions since ddr machines are very hard to find in my area. I think the biggest thing I will always be thankful for ddr is that it introduced me to my favorite genre of music which is trance music, and I would of never got into trance music if it wasn't for dj taka and tracks such as votum stellarum and pandora. Even to this day dj taka is still one of my favorite trance artists of all time.
I am such a HUGE DDR fan! I just started playing actively two weeks ago and I am really addicted. I am still watching but wanted to thank you for making this video!
Londell "Taz" Hicks was an absolute legend from among the DDR announcers. Great review by the way! DDR was my childhood, I will forever love and adore this game!
A local arcade in my town actually featured a DDR Kids cabinet. Funnily enough, it's one of the pictures you used in the video lol I got a chance to play on it when I was 10 or so, but I wasn't into DDR at the time so it was just me being a goof.
This is great. I'm a huge DDR guy, been playing for almost 15 years. I've never seen a retrospective of the series on UA-cam before. Even if i already knew everything you mentioned, it was still enjoyable to see someone else as passionate.
How funny that this was uploaded on my birthday! Great work on this video, I actually got linked to this from a fan that said my content was shown in this video, and I can see a few instances where it happens... -I am the only player that has lineouts of DDR SuperNOVA2 arcade machines in high quality. The mod menu shown in the video is actually from my True Love PFC video :P -The DDR Extreme Mod screen was taken from my lineout which I can tell from the poor conversion process with shadows streaking on screen. Bonus info: The mods x0.5, Brake and Wave are Challenge Mode only modifiers and are not actually available in the mod menu unless you hack the game. There a few places where you made mistakes, however you were surprisingly accurate with the knowledge you picked up on the series. DDR's history is vast and there have been a lot of changes implemented and removed! I will point out one major thing you forgot to mention though: Dancing Stage Featuring Dreams Come True. It is one of my favorite DDR games and its such a shame it got overlooked instead of Dancing Stage Featuring True Kiss Destination. XD Thanks again for taking the time to make this! I really enjoyed it! Also don't forget Round 1 will be getting DDR Ace at all locations as well this Summer! See you in the arcades!
Apparently the issues regarding DDR X (at least in America) came from Konami outsourcing the hardware manufacturing to Raw Thrills, who used different specs from Konami's own Japanese X cabs.
I always found it strange that for the majority of the first several mixes, the game was primarily in English, but the exception of Pop'n Music which was largely in Japanese.
I love this format, and appriciate how much time it definitley took you to make. -All of the X and X2 machines I've played on were also janky as hell. -I'd love to see more of these on other bemani titles, and would be happy to lend a hand in for a pump it up version.
@@MarzGurl for sure! I've got fond memories of the danceManiax live action intro video. Those people made that game look so cool. Also maybe I was 12 haha
The reason DDR Extreme is so easy to find in North America is it was heavily bootlegged. There are only a handful of legit Extreme kits in NA, and they are in private collections. Additionally, Dancing Stage Fusion was the first time we saw a change to the hardware used in a DDR machine. 1st through Extreme all ran on System 573 hardware. Dancing Stage Fusion ran on a Konami Python unit(which was essentially a PlayStation 2 attached to an I/O board). This was the ONLY DDR release to run on Python. DDR SuperNOVA and SuperNOVA2 ran on the Python2 hardware. Python 2 was an actual Japanese PS2 attached to an I/O board. If you open a Python2 unit there is an untouched PS2 staring back at you. DDR X and onward runs on the BemaniPC hardware. The DDR X machines in America were NOT manufactured by Konami and this is why the quality was lower. The DDR X Japanese cabinets were just as high quality as the older cabinets you are used to.
My understanding is, that they were basically forced to move away from using the PS2 hardware machines because an EU ruling change meant that the mercury content was considered to high for distribution, which is why I don't think Europe got SuperNOVA2 AC (though we might have been screwed over regardless), and why they changed to the BemaniPC hardware. Also the quality difference of the various machines was stark when I visited Brighton and the SuperNOVA machine I tried was a pain to play on, but the nearby EuroMIX still played well, and a EuroMIX2 with a screen replacement also worked great too.
Super informative video and well done on all the research! Must have taken a lot of dedication and effort!! 4 years late to this video as I’ve just recently gotten back into the game ahaha
The fact that the newer DDR games are connected to the internet also means any songs can be removed at any time, instead of having to wait for each new release to make changes to the old songlist, you can see what song gets removed in the middle of the lifespan of that release. also DDR 2014 didnt lose too many songs, though MAX, SN and X did.
Night of Fire was the reason the play disneys rave xD I remember they had a machine in an arcade outside of space mountain years ago. Used to love when we'd go on family vacations to disney world back then because of it.
A fun retrospective. Currently I’m playing one A20 Plus, the second-to-most recent version as of commenting, at a local arcade with what I presume to be a converted 2013 cabinet. It used to have a Supernova 2, but then they managed to get connectivity to eAmusement. It’s been a nice way to spend time on weekends.
Video talks about DDR and then puts Move Your Body in the intro (song is from PIU Infinity or PIU Prime 2 depending on the argument) Also the scoring system she talks about the really old scoring system and it’s been changed twice so look for the updates scoring system.
Thank you! In a roundabout way, you clarified why the more recent DDRs (2013- present) have been misses with me. No Naoki. I had no idea he left sometime in 2013.
This was a very informative video. I've been playing for 15 years. I just hate that newer mixes are next to impossible to find in the areas I've lived in. But nowadays I prefer ITG and PIU. I just find the note charts to be repetitive. DDR A has done nothing to change my opinion.
Damn I give you props. This must have been a lot of work. Thanks for posting. This was very entertaining. I loved this game. Got a lot of hours on extreme, max, and supernova. Ran into ace at Dave and busters in Boston recently. It's ok but not like the old days.
It was very well known on the DDR forums way back in Max 2's days. Jokes were made at the song's expense, even if the official title is hardly any better (Boy oh Boy mix). It's kinda forgotten now as it wasn't a popular Captain Jack song. People still remember Captain Jack (the song), In the Navy (due to its Maniac/Heavy/Expert chart), and Dream a Dream more than Little Boy.
Ah DDR, That one game I never understood why my sister loved these games as I was younger And fewer songs had my interest. But after watching I decided to hook my old ps2 up and try to see IF I could find my dance mats, Only found one of them which is good enough for me. And played good ol DDR Max. Played a few songs, And Enjoyed it. I enjoyed max due to the fact that some of the songs keep getting in my head, And Oddly enough, I have a nostalgia Feeling for the game. My favorite songs being from that game, I like to move it, Sandstorm, 22 Dunkslake, Insertion, AM-3P, and ECSTASY. I can recall getting my behind kicked by my sister at the times where she never let me learn the controls or that. She always just moved on to the song list. -.- I myself have only owned two versions on PS2 and gamecube. Those versions being DDR MAX, And DDR Mario Dance Mix [[Which was my first Gamecube game that I owned.]] The Mario DDR is a different Story. I did not really like it as much, But it was fun at least to try out, Even had a interesting Story...
@@wolfthuganomics130 DDR is still alive today with the latest release DDR A3, along with it's PC port DDR GRAND PRIX (you need a subscription, eamusement pass and Japanese Konami ID to play though)
SuperNOVA 2 was the stopping point for me as that was the most recent mix I had easy access to as late as 2015. I have the console ports that I drag out occasionally (for old times sake) but maniac/heavy is off the table. Most places in my neck of the woods were either still running poorly-maintained EXTREME cabs or the abortion Raw Thrills put out. I'm showing my age :(
Ah! My husband and I LOVE DDR! The Solo mode and speed modifiers where a godsend to me. Almost all of the songs I play are on 1.5X speed, but there are a few that I play on 2X speed.
Right now DDR Ace is having a 20th anniversary event. It doesn't seem very likely that they'll make an entirely new game when they keep updating this one via downloads. But new music for the anniversary is pretty great, too.
I would love to see a retrospective like this for the home releases since that is where I have more experience with the series. I would NEVER have the guts to play the game in a public place. LOL
4:06 it increased to 8 only. 9-footers existed first in 2nd Mix Club Version, and 3rd Mix in the mainline arcade. 4:32 is the best part 8:18 on1? i think you meant 'little' which was changed to 'cut' 11:44 it's my favorite mod as well 30:30 La Senorita Virtual was first featured in 3rd Mix Plus 33:30 while it's true that konami no longer has the deal with toshiba emi at that time, there are still new dancemania licenses up to ddr x3 34:44 LOL so many people don't appreciate the new announcer This is still a great documentary though. Better than the arcade nostalgia video (forgot the video name) I saw before. The moment I saw a stepmania and used that to feature 2nd mix, i stopped watching the video.
I remember the first time I played freckles was actually within the year that I had watched kenshin for the first time.. I thought the timing was too bizarre considering how far apart they were released and how close I experienced both songs! too funny
27:55 Even though it’s been 5yrs and you probably wouldn’t notice this correction but Euromix 2 licenses were licensed by Zomba records & not universal
Hah ok. Come check out the arcade on your return =] You would have gone to Trocadero then which shut in 2011, unfortunately. It did kill the scene in a big way. ITG and Pump are more popular than DDR now but it's looking like eAmuse will be licensed for Europe, so Ace may still come back!
+marzgurl DDR is great. i watched people play when i was younger but didnt get into actual gameplay for myself til highschool. have you played the other dancing games like into the groove or pump it up? if so would you be able to do a retrospective on them pls?
Luckily, a "Round 1" arcade opened nearby to me which does have a DDR A machine. Pretty surreal to see it when the only other machine active locally is DDR Extreme. Never thought I'd see the day where a new DDR machine would be released in California.
+Spearra Seems more likely to open in California than anywhere else in the US. So far I've only heard of Round 1 and Dave & Buster's with the machines.
I have such fond memories playing DDR Max 1 & 2. It's too bad I haven't been able to find a good 1" foam dance pad for PS3. I haven't been able to play since I upgraded my system years ago.
When I young back then since I've been to so many arcades like that I never played DDR before but now I sure do love Dance Dance Revolution since it was my early middle or late 2000s nostalgia. 😎
I haven't actually looked to make sure you haven't yet, but if that's the case, id love to hear a retrospective on In the Groove and its effect on the DDR scene, especially after the lawsuit.
+Precision DancePads Get Up 'N Move is an example of a song in 2nd Mix with 12th notes, and they've been used ever since. Even if what they're technically doing is "simulating" 12ths, that doesn't mean the 12ths aren't there. They've put them in 12th note locations musically speaking. They're there.
I had wished they were true 12ths for so many years, I honestly can't believe they actually implemented 12ths/24ths, incredible piece of history you captured, so many MANY things I had never known.
The arcade games and the PS2 games did not come out at the same time. SuperNOVA didn't make it to the PS2 in Japan or Europe until 2007. I encourage you to watch my retrospective on the home console releases. ua-cam.com/video/CMidefaPti4/v-deo.html
People here in the Philippines called it "Dance Revo" or pronounced by some as "Dance Rebo" :D Some called it "Ang video game ng Bayan" Roughly translated (more or less) as "the arcade game of country" ^_^ A Noon Time show also in the Philippines called EAT BULAGA once had a segment where DDR was a daily contest.
your voice reminds me of Nowacking , who is a voice actress for the character in MLP FIM vinyl scratch ... Just want to point that out ! But either way , love your DDR vid !!! We dont have that much of DDR here in singapore where i am from sadly ...
+Retro-GoldFish Whew, the video is way too long as it is. If I had mentioned every additional feature of every single cabinet, I still wouldn't be done.
What a coincidence, this was posted on the day before my birthday~! There is a DDR A machine at my local D&B; I have a video of myself playing a familiar song in my videos if you, or anyone would like to check out. ^^
I think you forgot to mention that Naoki Maeda did a lot of the music in this game
+Zander Yurami she definitely mentions him in the video and how he made a lot of the songs. Not sure if you were joking though sarcasm is hard to get across on the internet.
+Prince David Haha, Zander's making a joke, and I understood it.
oh ok! Yeah I feel the woosh over my head :P
And left in 2013 to capcom
@@loFEEzy. and now independent as capcom killed his game
My prime ddr days are long past. I played the game very religiously during the extreme/supernova time frame but due to adult responsibilities I simply don't have time to play the game as much as what I once did. I applaud the video game series for playing a huge positive impact in my life and when I find free time I still play the home console versions since ddr machines are very hard to find in my area. I think the biggest thing I will always be thankful for ddr is that it introduced me to my favorite genre of music which is trance music, and I would of never got into trance music if it wasn't for dj taka and tracks such as votum stellarum and pandora. Even to this day dj taka is still one of my favorite trance artists of all time.
I'm still waiting for your CS video.
I absolutely loved watching this by the way.
DDR Max, max2 and extreme were the best days ever.. used to sleep outside of arcades and play all day then do it all over again
Max had the most solid soundtrack ever
Yep those were good mixes
Found this more than five years later! What an amazing video 👍
I am such a HUGE DDR fan! I just started playing actively two weeks ago and I am really addicted. I am still watching but wanted to thank you for making this video!
Londell "Taz" Hicks was an absolute legend from among the DDR announcers.
Great review by the way! DDR was my childhood, I will forever love and adore this game!
A local arcade in my town actually featured a DDR Kids cabinet. Funnily enough, it's one of the pictures you used in the video lol
I got a chance to play on it when I was 10 or so, but I wasn't into DDR at the time so it was just me being a goof.
I'd love to see a Pump It Up version of this haah
TFW You discover this video was actually created by Naoki Maeda :)
DDR Extreme just turned 20 years old today!
This is great. I'm a huge DDR guy, been playing for almost 15 years. I've never seen a retrospective of the series on UA-cam before. Even if i already knew everything you mentioned, it was still enjoyable to see someone else as passionate.
How funny that this was uploaded on my birthday! Great work on this video, I actually got linked to this from a fan that said my content was shown in this video, and I can see a few instances where it happens...
-I am the only player that has lineouts of DDR SuperNOVA2 arcade machines in high quality. The mod menu shown in the video is actually from my True Love PFC video :P
-The DDR Extreme Mod screen was taken from my lineout which I can tell from the poor conversion process with shadows streaking on screen. Bonus info: The mods x0.5, Brake and Wave are Challenge Mode only modifiers and are not actually available in the mod menu unless you hack the game.
There a few places where you made mistakes, however you were surprisingly accurate with the knowledge you picked up on the series. DDR's history is vast and there have been a lot of changes implemented and removed! I will point out one major thing you forgot to mention though: Dancing Stage Featuring Dreams Come True. It is one of my favorite DDR games and its such a shame it got overlooked instead of Dancing Stage Featuring True Kiss Destination. XD
Thanks again for taking the time to make this! I really enjoyed it! Also don't forget Round 1 will be getting DDR Ace at all locations as well this Summer! See you in the arcades!
But the song Inspiration sucks dood
+OMG KON! yeah I can't believe she forgot DS: Feat DCT.
this was released a day before my birthday :(
Apparently the issues regarding DDR X (at least in America) came from Konami outsourcing the hardware manufacturing to Raw Thrills, who used different specs from Konami's own Japanese X cabs.
Don't usually see anybody doing reviews of DDR, so this was great to see.
This video is so important to me. I have played this game since 2000.
I always found it strange that for the majority of the first several mixes, the game was primarily in English, but the exception of Pop'n Music which was largely in Japanese.
I love this format, and appriciate how much time it definitley took you to make.
-All of the X and X2 machines I've played on were also janky as hell.
-I'd love to see more of these on other bemani titles, and would be happy to lend a hand in for a pump it up version.
I would absolutely love to talk about other Bemani games. I have a deep fondness for DanceManiax which is now long since dead.
@@MarzGurl for sure! I've got fond memories of the danceManiax live action intro video. Those people made that game look so cool. Also maybe I was 12 haha
The reason DDR Extreme is so easy to find in North America is it was heavily bootlegged. There are only a handful of legit Extreme kits in NA, and they are in private collections.
Additionally, Dancing Stage Fusion was the first time we saw a change to the hardware used in a DDR machine. 1st through Extreme all ran on System 573 hardware. Dancing Stage Fusion ran on a Konami Python unit(which was essentially a PlayStation 2 attached to an I/O board). This was the ONLY DDR release to run on Python.
DDR SuperNOVA and SuperNOVA2 ran on the Python2 hardware. Python 2 was an actual Japanese PS2 attached to an I/O board. If you open a Python2 unit there is an untouched PS2 staring back at you.
DDR X and onward runs on the BemaniPC hardware. The DDR X machines in America were NOT manufactured by Konami and this is why the quality was lower. The DDR X Japanese cabinets were just as high quality as the older cabinets you are used to.
My understanding is, that they were basically forced to move away from using the PS2 hardware machines because an EU ruling change meant that the mercury content was considered to high for distribution, which is why I don't think Europe got SuperNOVA2 AC (though we might have been screwed over regardless), and why they changed to the BemaniPC hardware.
Also the quality difference of the various machines was stark when I visited Brighton and the SuperNOVA machine I tried was a pain to play on, but the nearby EuroMIX still played well, and a EuroMIX2 with a screen replacement also worked great too.
This first change was actually after 2nd mix.
Super informative video and well done on all the research! Must have taken a lot of dedication and effort!! 4 years late to this video as I’ve just recently gotten back into the game ahaha
GEEZ! All of these games, and we never found out what they were revolting against!
My guess is John Lithgow.
Ha! I got your Footloose reference. 😂😂😂
The fact that the newer DDR games are connected to the internet also means any songs can be removed at any time, instead of having to wait for each new release to make changes to the old songlist, you can see what song gets removed in the middle of the lifespan of that release.
also DDR 2014 didnt lose too many songs, though MAX, SN and X did.
RIP Kind Lady - OKUYATOS (Aka: Sota Fujimori)
Night of Fire was the reason the play disneys rave xD I remember they had a machine in an arcade outside of space mountain years ago. Used to love when we'd go on family vacations to disney world back then because of it.
Main Arcade Series:
•DDR 1stMix (1998)
•DDR 2ndMix (1999)
•DDR 2ndMix Club Ver. 1 (1999)
•DDR 2ndMix Club Ver. 2 (1999)
•DDR 3rdMix (1999)
•DDR 3rdMix Plus (2000)
•DDR 4thMix (2000)
•DDR 4thMix Plus (2000)
•DDR 5thMix (2001)
•DDRMAX1 (2001)
•DDRMAX2 (2002)
•DDR Extreme (2002)
•DDR SuperNova 1 (2006)
•DDR SuperNova 2 (2007)
•DDR X1 (2008)
•DDR X2 (2010)
•DDR X3 vs. 2ndMix (2011)
•DDR 2013 (2013)
•DDR 2014 (2014)
•DDR A (2016)
•DDR A20 (2019)
•DDR A20 Plus (2020)
• DDR A3 (2022)
This game had amazing tracks. Thanks for the video.
Greetings from Puerto Rico !!!
A fun retrospective.
Currently I’m playing one A20 Plus, the second-to-most recent version as of commenting, at a local arcade with what I presume to be a converted 2013 cabinet.
It used to have a Supernova 2, but then they managed to get connectivity to eAmusement.
It’s been a nice way to spend time on weekends.
Thank you so much for featuring one of my videos! ^_^
5th mix allowed for alphabetical order as well and was the actual first.
Not to mention the music selection menu and HUD's formats would be used for many future games.
I used to make music for DDR, I'm known as dj taka
Are you really dj Taka? :0
Video talks about DDR and then puts Move Your Body in the intro (song is from PIU Infinity or PIU Prime 2 depending on the argument)
Also the scoring system she talks about the really old scoring system and it’s been changed twice so look for the updates scoring system.
This video is several years old.
I used music from other rhythm games at the beginning because I was talking about other rhythm games.
Holy crap I got a reply lol
DDR Ace is in fact at D&B, there's like fout machines near my home, two at local D&Bs and 2 at round 1s
cakebox Bet you live near Dallas, I play at Euless and Grapevine.
Thank you! In a roundabout way, you clarified why the more recent DDRs (2013- present) have been misses with me. No Naoki. I had no idea he left sometime in 2013.
Awesome video! Been binging DDR content the last couple months, this and the home console edition videos are great! Thanks!!
Happy to finally find another UA-camr who actually loves DDR!!! Its my guilty pleasure. ;)
This was a very informative video. I've been playing for 15 years. I just hate that newer mixes are next to impossible to find in the areas I've lived in. But nowadays I prefer ITG and PIU. I just find the note charts to be repetitive. DDR A has done nothing to change my opinion.
I have a DDR A at my local Dave and busters
Michael Garcia me too
Damn I give you props. This must have been a lot of work. Thanks for posting. This was very entertaining. I loved this game. Got a lot of hours on extreme, max, and supernova. Ran into ace at Dave and busters in Boston recently. It's ok but not like the old days.
34:13 A poor soul affected by Raw Thrills. Not all X cabs are bad.
I took a shot every time you said "Naoki Maeda." My liver hates you! 😂
" little boy boy on boy mix" Am i the only one who noticed that ?
It was very well known on the DDR forums way back in Max 2's days. Jokes were made at the song's expense, even if the official title is hardly any better (Boy oh Boy mix). It's kinda forgotten now as it wasn't a popular Captain Jack song. People still remember Captain Jack (the song), In the Navy (due to its Maniac/Heavy/Expert chart), and Dream a Dream more than Little Boy.
Retrospective Pump It Up!
Ah DDR, That one game I never understood why my sister loved these games as I was younger And fewer songs had my interest. But after watching I decided to hook my old ps2 up and try to see IF I could find my dance mats, Only found one of them which is good enough for me. And played good ol DDR Max. Played a few songs, And Enjoyed it. I enjoyed max due to the fact that some of the songs keep getting in my head, And Oddly enough, I have a nostalgia Feeling for the game. My favorite songs being from that game, I like to move it, Sandstorm, 22 Dunkslake, Insertion, AM-3P, and ECSTASY. I can recall getting my behind kicked by my sister at the times where she never let me learn the controls or that. She always just moved on to the song list. -.- I myself have only owned two versions on PS2 and gamecube. Those versions being DDR MAX, And DDR Mario Dance Mix [[Which was my first Gamecube game that I owned.]]
The Mario DDR is a different Story. I did not really like it as much, But it was fun at least to try out, Even had a interesting Story...
But....Did Naoki Maeda make any songs?
Nice work! Can't wait for the Console Retrospective and the rest!
Cool vid, lots of interesting info on older ddr mixes that I had never even heard of. Thanks for sharing!
I had no idea there were so many DDR games. That's pretty awesome.
+Moonbeam I myself was shocked about the Karaoke version of DDR, I only know about Karaoke Revolution.
Oh yea but sadly DDR is gone 😪
@@wolfthuganomics130 no?
@@wolfthuganomics130 DDR is still alive today with the latest release DDR A3, along with it's PC port DDR GRAND PRIX (you need a subscription, eamusement pass and Japanese Konami ID to play though)
There's an arcade in the US with DDR X3 vs 2ndmix
Will you ever do a followup video to cover the lastest games in the series, A20 and Ultimate Mobile?
I'd like to at some point!
I love how it sounds like anything below SS is failure at 3:35. I guess for some people it would be. :)
2 of my close friends were featured in this video! AJR2k And E24K Lawson! Thank you for showing their clips out of many other people! :)
SuperNOVA 2 was the stopping point for me as that was the most recent mix I had easy access to as late as 2015. I have the console ports that I drag out occasionally (for old times sake) but maniac/heavy is off the table. Most places in my neck of the woods were either still running poorly-maintained EXTREME cabs or the abortion Raw Thrills put out. I'm showing my age :(
That´s amazing video about DDR, my childhood, thanks
Ah! My husband and I LOVE DDR! The Solo mode and speed modifiers where a godsend to me. Almost all of the songs I play are on 1.5X speed, but there are a few that I play on 2X speed.
ohh I remember there used to be several DDR Solo Bass Mix Machines at local arcades here in Mexico... random, I know
DDR is dead in Europe, Konami hates us for reason unknown.
+Burnout Not just you. Konami hates all.
Not all, Konami loves the mobile market.
Burnout Luckily, DDR A is coming out in Europe in Spring 2018!
@@stinkbrain2566 no
New one maybe be coming soon, since it's the 20th anniversary
Right now DDR Ace is having a 20th anniversary event. It doesn't seem very likely that they'll make an entirely new game when they keep updating this one via downloads. But new music for the anniversary is pretty great, too.
@@MarzGurl Oh I know that. The new game wouldn't be stopped because of updates. Same thing happened before Ace was released.
FRECKLES FROM KENSHIN! Oh the nostalgia :D
That was my shit lol
I would love to see a retrospective like this for the home releases since that is where I have more experience with the series. I would NEVER have the guts to play the game in a public place. LOL
+Robert Santellan (Your Geeky Tipster) Literally right after I typed the above comment you announced an upcoming version for the home releases. LOL
4:06 it increased to 8 only. 9-footers existed first in 2nd Mix Club Version, and 3rd Mix in the mainline arcade.
4:32 is the best part
8:18 on1? i think you meant 'little' which was changed to 'cut'
11:44 it's my favorite mod as well
30:30 La Senorita Virtual was first featured in 3rd Mix Plus
33:30 while it's true that konami no longer has the deal with toshiba emi at that time, there are still new dancemania licenses up to ddr x3
34:44 LOL so many people don't appreciate the new announcer
This is still a great documentary though. Better than the arcade nostalgia video (forgot the video name) I saw before. The moment I saw a stepmania and used that to feature 2nd mix, i stopped watching the video.
NIGHT OF FIRE IS IN A DISNEY DDR MIX WHAT
Wow, this is a great summary!
Round One in Arlington surprisingly has absolutely no DDR. It has Pump It Up though.
I remember the first time I played freckles was actually within the year that I had watched kenshin for the first time.. I thought the timing was too bizarre considering how far apart they were released and how close I experienced both songs! too funny
Oh, you were at MAGFest too? I absolutely loved all the dance machines there.
Yeah, I've been going for something like the last six years.
MarzGurl Haha, I started going this year, I definitely plan to go next year too!
27:55 Even though it’s been 5yrs and you probably wouldn’t notice this correction but Euromix 2 licenses were licensed by Zomba records & not universal
I legitimately started holding onto my seat in suspense to see if you would reveal certain artists as Naoki. It almost became a little game for me.
Oh girl, what a video! Insta like, anda DDR FOREVER.
Hey whats up! Heard you came to London? I run Las Vegas Arcade Soho here. We tested DDR Ace for Europe and good news will follow =]
toby7ten I went about 6 years ago and haven't been able to come back since. Would love to make a return trip.
Hah ok. Come check out the arcade on your return =] You would have gone to Trocadero then which shut in 2011, unfortunately. It did kill the scene in a big way. ITG and Pump are more popular than DDR now but it's looking like eAmuse will be licensed for Europe, so Ace may still come back!
Very well researched material. Good job! :)
やっぱエクストリームが最強
I can now say I’m good at paranoia 180... you know the hardest song from 22 years ago
+marzgurl DDR is great. i watched people play when i was younger but didnt get into actual gameplay for myself til highschool. have you played the other dancing games like into the groove or pump it up? if so would you be able to do a retrospective on them pls?
Luckily, a "Round 1" arcade opened nearby to me which does have a DDR A machine. Pretty surreal to see it when the only other machine active locally is DDR Extreme.
Never thought I'd see the day where a new DDR machine would be released in California.
+Spearra Seems more likely to open in California than anywhere else in the US. So far I've only heard of Round 1 and Dave & Buster's with the machines.
Konami releasing an actual video game in this day and age?! What new spore of madness is this?!
I loved to play this videogame, dancing for real
Oh, I'm surprised you didnt mention Dancing Stage featuring Dreams Come True here. The songs by that band are really good tbh.
I have such fond memories playing DDR Max 1 & 2. It's too bad I haven't been able to find a good 1" foam dance pad for PS3. I haven't been able to play since I upgraded my system years ago.
When I young back then since I've been to so many arcades like that I never played DDR before
but now I sure do love Dance Dance Revolution since it was my early middle or late 2000s nostalgia. 😎
awesome video im an old school ddr player and i love this work
Thank you for this comprehensive video.
I haven't actually looked to make sure you haven't yet, but if that's the case, id love to hear a retrospective on In the Groove and its effect on the DDR scene, especially after the lawsuit.
Gotta love the Eyes on You (Sting) at the start
19:19, DDR A20 can finally change language
Ah yes. My freshman year in college was this. lol
What about the newest release that came around 2016
I talked about those in this video. I mentioned at the end that DDR Ace came out just as I was releasing this video.
I'm surprised they didn't release a DDR game called the Naoki Maeda Mix. :D I hope you enjoyed yourself in London playing DDR Euromix. :)
that was kind of what half of ddr 2nd mix was, along with ddr hottest party
18 year and still DDR player of the DDR.start of the 1st DDR series of anime song of DDR 4th mix to DDR A.
Just found this, as I have gotten more serious about playing DDR now that I can play it at home! You should totes do an update featuring Ace!
Awesome video I am also a Texas DDR player 😇
Y.E.S! "Hot Limit" is so good!
12th notes weren't part of DDR until like 2013, you said it was on 2nd mix at 7:57. They used 32nd notes to simulate 12ths I believe.
+Precision DancePads Get Up 'N Move is an example of a song in 2nd Mix with 12th notes, and they've been used ever since. Even if what they're technically doing is "simulating" 12ths, that doesn't mean the 12ths aren't there. They've put them in 12th note locations musically speaking. They're there.
I had wished they were true 12ths for so many years, I honestly can't believe they actually implemented 12ths/24ths, incredible piece of history you captured, so many MANY things I had never known.
I have a copy of DDR Supernova (US) that says it was released in 2007
The arcade games and the PS2 games did not come out at the same time. SuperNOVA didn't make it to the PS2 in Japan or Europe until 2007. I encourage you to watch my retrospective on the home console releases. ua-cam.com/video/CMidefaPti4/v-deo.html
XD my mistake I just found out that DDR SuperNOVA2 got a English release in 2007 from your video :)
Finally, a DDR diehard
People here in the Philippines called it "Dance Revo" or pronounced by some as "Dance Rebo" :D
Some called it "Ang video game ng Bayan" Roughly translated (more or less) as "the arcade game of country" ^_^
A Noon Time show also in the Philippines called EAT BULAGA once had a segment where DDR was a daily contest.
your voice reminds me of Nowacking , who is a voice actress for the character in MLP FIM vinyl scratch ... Just want to point that out ! But either way , love your DDR vid !!! We dont have that much of DDR here in singapore where i am from sadly ...
you didnt mention the code for korean 3rd nmix that turns it into a 2nd mix >
+Retro-GoldFish Whew, the video is way too long as it is. If I had mentioned every additional feature of every single cabinet, I still wouldn't be done.
What was the code
And the SSR mode in 3rd MiX
this was way more interesting than I though it would be
What a coincidence, this was posted on the day before my birthday~! There is a DDR A machine at my local D&B; I have a video of myself playing a familiar song in my videos if you, or anyone would like to check out. ^^
Hmmm...
Naoki
Naomi
NEW ARCADE OWNERS KOOL IDEA
I have an arcade that is about 15 minutes away that has a perfectly functioning E-amuse system, even has DDR A in full functioning form!