I can't hate on Daisuke dancing in the background, he's so fabulous!! The video is insanely distracting anytime I play Dazzlin' Darlin on IIDX though lol. By the way, PIU has some ridiculously distracting backgrounds. Go take a look at Extravaganza. If you didn't have epilepsy prior to watching that background video, you will now. Also, Ba Be Loo Be Ra basically has a woman in a bikini with huge boobs bouncing them a the screen the entire time while shaking her hips/butt.
I assume this is for the newest versions of DDR. 2nd and 3rd mixes are VERY brutal on the eyes in general, and that's before stuff starts bouncing around and the character dancing in the middle
Aces for Aces is kinda distracting. I put a full session just to FC basic Aces for Aces (still pretty new to DDR but love it). The visuals is so distracting because you really want to see what that character (I call her DDR waifu for the lols) is doing. $20 later and I couldn’t even FC it. But after analyzing/practicing it and doing the steps at home. I finally watched what it was, finally quenched my curiosity, and FCed the chart the next time I went! :)
I'm VERY surprised to have not seen Ayakashi kakushi on this. With how the background scrolls during the song, if you have the speed modifier at anywhere past 4x, it completely messes with your eyes as the background scrolls in the same direction, and sometimes at the same speed as the notes. Total eyesore.
Umm... Did you just forget about Twin Bee Generation X's background? The video looks like it was made by a kindergartner on acid. Not only because it's super bright and flashy, but every animal in the video looks like it was designed and animated by a 4 y/o. Plus, it doesn't even have anything to do with Twin Bee!
SuperNOVA 2 sure showed off many of the unique backgrounds at the time, but that's only the arcade. DDR Extreme 2 and DDR STR!KE are the first two DDR Console games to put in individual BG vids in each song... beautiful, yet obnoxious.
I'd give an honorable mention to DDR Universe 3's version of Paranoia Rebirth. It's all BLUE ON BLUE ON BLUE. Them upbeats might as well be completely on Stealth.
Interesting how the game's digital signal makes stuff like Tokimeki look alright. I wonder if brightening the footage to make it resemble a white cab monitor would have more impact?
I KNEW DeltaMAX was Number 1. Universe 3 went on total steroids with their BG videos. Thankfully, when I play that song in DDR II, it's off to the side.
Here are some of my most distracting songs not on this list: Triple Counter (because of its storyline) 888 (Universe 3; flashy backgrounds) Ace for Aces (storyline) Love is the Power -reborn- (storyline)
Yea these are bad but that darkened background on the notes makes it much easier on the eyes. Pump it up on the other hand... Basically everything in the game could be on this list. Thank god for bga dark
What?! A new top 10? Surprise I guess. I've been working on this for a while and shoutouts to my community in discord for their help on this. I was planning new top 10s for a while, but due to some unforseen circumstances, I've only just been able to upload the first one. Hopefully things are smoother from now on and I can make more of these soon. Let me know what you wanna see!
i love vem brincar and A Thing Called Love....very pretty and well done art. I'd imagine she drove the car off the pier cuz she's a mermaid and felt like going out with a splash ^_^
As someone who plays high level Project DIVA songs, this is child’s play in comparison lol. Although even I will admit that the songs with BGs that decide to match note colors can die in a fire.
While i've never played Smooch. murmur twins is straight up distracting. Idk who thought it was a good idea to make the whole background white, and like 13 seconds of black in the middle. The middle part of the song is the only time of the song where i'm fine. Now that's just in DDR A. Supernova? Almost unplayable.
honestly this is a hot take but even the worst and most distracting BG vids are better than the stupid dancing character on a stage. yeah its easy to tune out but its just plain lazy. Extreme 2/Strike has the best BG Vids in the series. perfect balance between eye popping creativity and not getting in your way. I guess we’re not counting actual music videos but if so, rockafeller skank, take on me and lets dance always caught my attention backgrounds I find distracting: (and some very cool.) - Horatio (it’s just really funny. super enjoyable. love those lil potato guys) - Xepher (lots of variety w some kind of storyline to piece together but honestly its mostly just that weird clock thingy that gets me) - Saber Wing (starfox vibes) - Genom Screams (super dope but hard not to insert some kind of imaginary plot for why these doods r running after each other) - PSM - what is with the fucking legos dude lmao - Your Rain (this one is absolutely hilarious but not intentionally so) - You’re Not Here (once you know silent hill/the context its hard not to watch) - Bloody Tears and Peruvian Dances and Chorus because they look like a non existent FF game - new decade - speeding up and recoloring those max2 animations will really get ya - valkyrie dimension - what the hell is going on there is no context for any of this - absolute/graduation - weirdly gives context for characters that never speak or have dialouge - paranoia eternal - R3 - electric owls are cool Honorable mentions from non-DDR games: - Mad Blast (IIDX) - holy hell i could **never finish this chart** if this was the DDR BG - PSM (IIDX) - ‘genom screams’ comment applies here x 10 - Esperanza (ITG3) - Summer in Belize (ITG) - Energizer (ITG) - X-Treme (PIU) - action packed feels like watching tom and jerry x batman - Pump Me Amadeus (PIU)- just fucking weird. what’s got her so stressed? - ! (PIU) - just, why????
Twin Bees's Post SN1 BG, Holy crap the visuals are very awful with that song, It looks like someone at konami handed the dev a bunch of clip art for their Extreme classics and said "Make it animate!" I would've rejoiced if an update changed twin bee's BG back to its extreme days where it didn't look so cheap, heck Heaven is a 57 metallic grey's post SN1 BG looks less distracting by comparison because it doesn't feel nearly as cheap.
Trust Dance Dance Revolution mix BGA is also pretty distracting because...
Yeah i think everyone here knows the reason...
LMAO i just went and watched it. what the fuck is even happening that part??
don’t google “yoko littner age”
worst mistake of my life
I can't hate on Daisuke dancing in the background, he's so fabulous!! The video is insanely distracting anytime I play Dazzlin' Darlin on IIDX though lol. By the way, PIU has some ridiculously distracting backgrounds. Go take a look at Extravaganza. If you didn't have epilepsy prior to watching that background video, you will now. Also, Ba Be Loo Be Ra basically has a woman in a bikini with huge boobs bouncing them a the screen the entire time while shaking her hips/butt.
I assume this is for the newest versions of DDR. 2nd and 3rd mixes are VERY brutal on the eyes in general, and that's before stuff starts bouncing around and the character dancing in the middle
Cool topic. Wish you could make backgrounds even darker or disable them.
Dazzlin' Darlin makes me feel weird.
Aces for Aces is kinda distracting. I put a full session just to FC basic Aces for Aces (still pretty new to DDR but love it). The visuals is so distracting because you really want to see what that character (I call her DDR waifu for the lols) is doing. $20 later and I couldn’t even FC it. But after analyzing/practicing it and doing the steps at home. I finally watched what it was, finally quenched my curiosity, and FCed the chart the next time I went! :)
I'm VERY surprised to have not seen Ayakashi kakushi on this. With how the background scrolls during the song, if you have the speed modifier at anywhere past 4x, it completely messes with your eyes as the background scrolls in the same direction, and sometimes at the same speed as the notes. Total eyesore.
Shakuretsu Beach Side Bunny is a meme song and it shows.
Trip Machine Evolution pays homage to the early background DDR songs.
Umm... Did you just forget about Twin Bee Generation X's background? The video looks like it was made by a kindergartner on acid. Not only because it's super bright and flashy, but every animal in the video looks like it was designed and animated by a 4 y/o. Plus, it doesn't even have anything to do with Twin Bee!
I was gonna point that out lol I have lost MA on Twinbee becausr the damn rabbits in the background
most of the extreme 2 videos (where twinbee got it) are really good, but god twinbee's might actually be the single worst bemani video ever
SuperNOVA 2 sure showed off many of the unique backgrounds at the time, but that's only the arcade. DDR Extreme 2 and DDR STR!KE are the first two DDR Console games to put in individual BG vids in each song... beautiful, yet obnoxious.
I'd give an honorable mention to DDR Universe 3's version of Paranoia Rebirth.
It's all BLUE ON BLUE ON BLUE. Them upbeats might as well be completely on Stealth.
yes
6:42 KIZUNA AI!
Kagamine Len wholeheartedly agree
if pre-screen filter Paranoia Eternal isn't here i s2g
i really like that bgm but god does that one downscrolling part fuck with your perception of the arrows
Interesting how the game's digital signal makes stuff like Tokimeki look alright. I wonder if brightening the footage to make it resemble a white cab monitor would have more impact?
I KNEW DeltaMAX was Number 1. Universe 3 went on total steroids with their BG videos. Thankfully, when I play that song in DDR II, it's off to the side.
888 had a distracting background on uni3 also
Twinbee i think stands out as a very distracting song. there's just sensory overload in that particular background
yeah altho its really entertaining lmao
I remember when they didn't have the black bar to darken the background and would mainly use 8th notes (the blue ones) in a mostly blue background.
Really surprised Princess Kneesocks and Love is the Space War didn't make this list
Here are some of my most distracting songs not on this list:
Triple Counter (because of its storyline)
888 (Universe 3; flashy backgrounds)
Ace for Aces (storyline)
Love is the Power -reborn- (storyline)
Agreed on Aces for Aces
These are all less distracting than anything from MAX2. Those damn backgrounds are like looking through a kaleidoscope.
If I can suggest something, how about a top 10 on the best songs, and a top 10 on the worst songs?
How come Nagisa No Koakuma Lovely Radio is not there?
My personal list:
1. Drifting Away
2. Drifting Away
3. Drifting Away
4. Drifting Away
5. Drifting Away
6. Drifting Away
7. Drifting Away
8. Drifting Away
9. Drifting Away
10. FUCKING DRIFTING AWAY
VEGA is distracting af.
Be Lovin' was very distracting for me
I really dont understand why she drove the car off of the cliff either, it drove me nuts ever since I first played it
Yea these are bad but that darkened background on the notes makes it much easier on the eyes. Pump it up on the other hand... Basically everything in the game could be on this list. Thank god for bga dark
4:58 Didn't DDR X3 also have location tests?
Very sad there's no She Is My Wife on this list. Best BG :)
the realest people remember the name of the guy at 7:09
What?! A new top 10? Surprise I guess. I've been working on this for a while and shoutouts to my community in discord for their help on this. I was planning new top 10s for a while, but due to some unforseen circumstances, I've only just been able to upload the first one. Hopefully things are smoother from now on and I can make more of these soon. Let me know what you wanna see!
I personally love DDR top 10s and would be glad to see more
Check this chart out on Ace as well: ua-cam.com/video/4GGgz-U1WgY/v-deo.html
Just opened this, and if i didn't see Dazzlin Darlin on here, i would be disappointed-
Edit: THANK YOU
Knight of Nights :(
i love vem brincar and A Thing Called Love....very pretty and well done art. I'd imagine she drove the car off the pier cuz she's a mermaid and felt like going out with a splash ^_^
(before i watch) special energy better be on here
What about She is my Wife?
As someone who plays high level Project DIVA songs, this is child’s play in comparison lol.
Although even I will admit that the songs with BGs that decide to match note colors can die in a fire.
Roppongi evolved ver D?
Smooch and murmur twins.
Those videos make my heart melt but god damn it i can't stop looking at them and it makes me want to punch something.
While i've never played Smooch. murmur twins is straight up distracting. Idk who thought it was a good idea to make the whole background white, and like 13 seconds of black in the middle. The middle part of the song is the only time of the song where i'm fine. Now that's just in DDR A. Supernova? Almost unplayable.
Trip machine: a song with a BG literally trippin
honestly this is a hot take but even the worst and most distracting BG vids are better than the stupid dancing character on a stage. yeah its easy to tune out but its just plain lazy.
Extreme 2/Strike has the best BG Vids in the series. perfect balance between eye popping creativity and not getting in your way.
I guess we’re not counting actual music videos but if so, rockafeller skank, take on me and lets dance always caught my attention
backgrounds I find distracting: (and some very cool.)
- Horatio (it’s just really funny. super enjoyable. love those lil potato guys)
- Xepher (lots of variety w some kind of storyline to piece together but honestly its mostly just that weird clock thingy that gets me)
- Saber Wing (starfox vibes)
- Genom Screams (super dope but hard not to insert some kind of imaginary plot for why these doods r running after each other)
- PSM - what is with the fucking legos dude lmao
- Your Rain (this one is absolutely hilarious but not intentionally so)
- You’re Not Here (once you know silent hill/the context its hard not to watch)
- Bloody Tears and Peruvian Dances and Chorus because they look like a non existent FF game
- new decade - speeding up and recoloring those max2 animations will really get ya
- valkyrie dimension - what the hell is going on there is no context for any of this
- absolute/graduation - weirdly gives context for characters that never speak or have dialouge
- paranoia eternal
- R3 - electric owls are cool
Honorable mentions from non-DDR games:
- Mad Blast (IIDX) - holy hell i could **never finish this chart** if this was the DDR BG
- PSM (IIDX) - ‘genom screams’ comment applies here x 10
- Esperanza (ITG3)
- Summer in Belize (ITG)
- Energizer (ITG)
- X-Treme (PIU) - action packed feels like watching tom and jerry x batman
- Pump Me Amadeus (PIU)- just fucking weird. what’s got her so stressed?
- ! (PIU) - just, why????
Revolution. It's incredibly smooth and moves quickly. Very distracting.
Huh? Whats that? You wanna play the song? Well too bad, HAVE A FLASHY BACKGROUND!!!
Max 300 before screen filters made me wanna cry.
Actually almost everything before screen filters are awful.
I'm honestly so scared because I've never played on ace before x-x
despite some certain backgrounds which make you lose focus to play DDR because it's so interesting to watch XD
Silly top 10. Love it lmao
new top 10 hardest pls
Gold Rush isn't on the list, unsubbed 😋
WHATS THIS WITH ANOTHER TOP 10
I swear you said vent brincar
Twin Bees's Post SN1 BG, Holy crap the visuals are very awful with that song, It looks like someone at konami handed the dev a bunch of clip art for their Extreme classics and said "Make it animate!" I would've rejoiced if an update changed twin bee's BG back to its extreme days where it didn't look so cheap, heck Heaven is a 57 metallic grey's post SN1 BG looks less distracting by comparison because it doesn't feel nearly as cheap.
*WHY DO YOU NEED KONAMI ORIGINAL SONGS*
i'm surprised starmine isn't here, i swear it could give somebody a seizure lmfao.
Agreed. I actually dislike Starmine just because of the background.
delta max jajajaja it's true !
"Max is gonna win the day" Huh?
🤔
Can you get a greenscreen to make my job easier lol