Dance Dance Revolution (2010 video game)

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Dance Dance Revolution
Dance Dance Revolution PS3.jpg
North American cover art for the PlayStation 3
Developer(s) Konami
Publisher(s) Konami
Series Dance Dance Revolution
Engine Custom (PS3 & Xbox 360)
Hottest Party series (Wii)
Platform(s) Wii, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
ReleaseWii
  • NA: November 16, 2010
  • EU: May 6, 2011
PlayStation 3
  • NA: November 16, 2010
  • EU: March 18, 2011
Xbox 360
Genre(s) Music, Exercise
Mode(s) Single player, Multiplayer

Dance Dance Revolution, released in Europe as Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party 4 for the Wii version and Dance Dance Revolution New Moves for other versions, is a music video game in the Dance Dance Revolution series, with this entry developed by Konami's American division. Unveiled at E3 2010, it was released for the Wii and PlayStation 3 in North America on November 16, 2010. A port of this version for the Xbox 360 was also released on April 12, 2011. It is also the only game in the series to be released for the PlayStation 3, as well as the final game in the series to be released for the Xbox 360.

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Gameplay

Dance Dance Revolution's choreography mode utilizes new hand motions to form dance routines. Dance Dance Revolution (Wii video game) preview screenshot.png
Dance Dance Revolution's choreography mode utilizes new hand motions to form dance routines.

Wii

While the Classic gameplay mode remains similar to previous editions, it is also accompanied by a new Choreography mode, which incorporates motions performed using the Wii Remote and Nunchuck alongside foot motions with the dance pad to form choreographed dance routines for each song. Goal-based challenges are also provided, which can allow players to earn points which unlock additional outfits and songs. [2] As with the previous version, a mode is also provided that utilizes the Wii Balance Board. [3] [4]

PS3

Gameplay remains similar to previous DDR games but with additional new features, such as "Chain Arrow"a score bonus for maintaining a combo through a certain section of arrows, and "Groove Trigger", which allows the player to reduce their lifebar by 50% to increase the number of points earned for a period. The PlayStation 3 version also adds support for the PlayStation Move controller, similar to what the Hottest Party series had done with the Wii Remote; in this mode, four targets are placed around the player, which are hit with the motion controller when special diagonal arrows appear. Some songs on the Challenge difficulty also contain routines that also use the corner buttons of the dance pad along with the directional arrows. [5]

Music

The soundtrack of Dance Dance Revolution featured more mainstream pop music spanning multiple genres, along with the original music characteristic to other entries in the series.

The following music is the song list for the PlayStation 3 version of "Dance Dance Revolution".

Music tracks highlighted in yellow represent licensed master tracks, white represents Konami original songs, and red represents Boss songs (siren will be heard while highlighting the song in game). A padlock indicates that the song has to be unlocked first.

SongArtistNote
"According To You" Orianthi
"Animal" Kesha
"Bad Romance" Lady Gaga
"Battlefield" Jordin Sparks
"Celebration" Kool & the Gang
"Crushcrushcrush" Paramore
"Dancing in the Street" Martha and the Vandellas
"Hey, Soul Sister" Train
"I Got You" Leona Lewis
"I'm Yours" Jason Mraz
"Love Like This" Natasha Bedingfield
"Love Shack" The B-52's
"Missing""Everything But The Girl"
"My Life Would Suck Without You" Kelly Clarkson
"Need You Now" Lady Antebellum
"Plastic Beach" Gorillaz (feat. Mick Jones & Paul Simonon)
"Rio" Duran Duran
"So Fine" Sean Paul
"Venus" Bananarama
"We Are Family" Sister Sledge
"A Geisha's Dream (Ruffage Remix)" Password.svg Naoki feat. SMILE.dk from Dance Dance Revolution S
"AFRONOVA" Password.svg RE-VENGEfrom Dance Dance Revolution 3rdMix
"Curry Up" Password.svg OR-IF-IS
"DOUBLE TORNADO" Password.svg evo-X
"Dreaming Can Make a Wish Come True"Jun & NRG Factory ft. Anna Kaelin
"Ever Snow" Password.svg TЁЯRA
"Find You Again" Password.svg The W feat. Rita Boudreau
"Flowers" Password.svg TЁЯRA from Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova
"In the Zone"U1 (NPD3 Style) & Kidd Kazmeo
"Let's Get Away"Naoki ft. Brenda Burch
"MAGIC PARADE"Lea Drop feat. Katie Dellenbach
"On the Night of a Still Wind" Password.svg Jena Rose
"One Sided Love" Password.svg D-crew with Melissa Petty
"Private Eye"Atomsoak ft. Cerol
"Rescue Me"NAOKI ft. Fracus
"Rhythms Inside"DKC Crew
"Seasons" Password.svg TOMOSUKE feat. Crystal Paloa
"Share The Love" Password.svg Brenda Burch
"Sweet Sweet (Love) Magic" Password.svg junfrom DDRMAX2 Dance Dance Revolution 7thMix
"The Island Song"TAG ft. Eric Anthony
"The Way U Move" Password.svg Bill Hamel & Derek James feat. Breana Skiles
"TIME"NM feat. Aleisha G
"Top the Charts" Password.svg J-Mi & Midi-D ft. Hanna Stockzell
"TSUGARU (APPLE MIX)" Password.svg RevenG vs. DE-SIREfrom DDRMAX2 Dance Dance Revolution 7thMix
"Until the End" Password.svg Philip Webb
"Wicked Plastik" Password.svg nc ft. Electric Touch
"Win the Game" Password.svg DKC Crew
"MAX 300" Password.svg Ωfrom DDRMAX Dance Dance Revolution 6thMix
"CRAZY♥LOVE" Password.svg jun
"New York EVOLVED" Password.svg NC underground

Downloadable content

Downloadable content is only available on the PlayStation 3 version. Each pack consists of 5 songs and costs $4.49, but the Premium pack is free.
DanceDanceRevolution Greatest Hits

SongArtistNote
"AM-3P"KTzfrom Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMix
"BRILLIANT 2U"NAOKIfrom Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMix
"PARANOiA"180from Dance Dance Revolution
"PUT YOUR FAITH IN ME"UZI-LAYfrom Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMix
"TRIP MACHINE"DE-SIREfrom Dance Dance Revolution

DDR KONAMIX Greatest Hits

SongArtistNote
"B4U"NAOKIfrom Dance Dance Revolution 4thMix
"BURNIN' THE FLOOR"NAOKIfrom Dance Dance Revolution 4thMix
"HIGHER"NM feat. SUNNYfrom Dance Dance Revolution 4thMix
"HYSTERIA"NAOKI 190Dance Dance Revolution Solo Bass Mix
"TRIP MACHINE (luv mix)"2MBfrom Dance Dance Revolution 2ndReMix

DDRMAX2 Greatest Hits

SongArtistNote
"D2R"NAOKI
"KAKUMEI"dj TAKA with NAOKI
"rain of sorrow"NM feat. EBONY FAY
"STILL IN MY HEART"NAOKIfrom Dance Revolution 5thMix
"SUPER STAR"D.J.RICH feat. TAILBROS.from Dance Revolution Solo Bass Mix

DDR SuperNOVA Greatest Hits 1

SongArtistNote
"Gamelan de Couple"TOMOSUKEfrom MAMBO A GO GO
"Mugen"TЁЯRAfrom Pop'n Music 12 Iroha
"My Only Shining Star"NAOKI feat. Becky Lucinda
"RED ZONE"Tatsh & NAOKIfrom Beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX
"TRUE♥LOVE"jun

DDR SuperNOVA Greatest Hits 2

SongArtistNote
"CAN'T STOP FALLIN' IN LOVE (super euro version)"NAOKI with Y&Co.from Para Para Paradise
"Fascination MAXX"100-200-400
"Flow (True Style)"Scotty D. revisits U1
"INNOCENCE OF SILENCE"nc ft. NRG Factory
"Star Gate Heaven"SySF. feat. Donna Burke

DDR SuperNOVA 2 Greatest Hits

SongArtistNote
"Arrabbiata"Reven-G Alternativefrom pop'n music 10
"BALLAD FOR YOU"NM feat. THOMAS HOWARDfrom Beatmania IIDX 6th style
"KISS KISS KISS"NAOKI feat. SHANTIfrom Dance Dance Revolution Extreme (Japan)
"Music In The Rhythm"nc ft. Electric Touchfrom Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova 2
"Raspberry♥Heart (English version)"jun feat. PAULA TERRYfrom Beatmania IIDX 11 IIDXRED

PREMIUM PACK

SongArtist
"dreaming can make a wish come true (Full Version)"jun & NRG Factory feat. Anna Kaelin
"Let's Get Away (Full Version)"NAOKI feat. Brenda Burch
"Private Eye (Full Version)"atomsoak ft. cerol

Reception

The Wii version of the game received mixed-to-positive reviews while the PlayStation 3 version received mixed reviews from critics.

IGN gave the Wii game a 7.0 out of 10, noting that while the series was beginning to feel antiquated due to the increasing of realistic dance games such as Dance Central , the core gameplay of Dance Dance Revolution still "worked" in their opinion. Its selection of multiplayer modes were praised as good changes of pace from the classic mode, and the Choreography mode was noted as being fun and not too difficult, but panned for inaccurate motion detection and for not being as evolutionary as its competitors. Its soundtrack was considered favorable, due to its mixture of more mainstream music from the past and present along with the typical Japanese-produced music common to the series, but noted that Lady Antebellum's "Need You Now" did not fit with the overall upbeat theme of the game. [2]

Neoseeker gave the PS3 game a 3.0/10, criticizing it for a "broken" scoring system, the removal of mainstay features from recent versions (such as nonstop courses, a mission mode, doubles play, and others), the Club Mode for forcing experienced players to start at easy difficulty levels, a "hit or miss" soundtrack, and its 8-arrow mode for being "shunted" into the game, and being too confusing to play. [8]

GamesRadar+ 's Carolyn Gudmundson gave the PS3 game a 2.5 out of 5, feeling that the PlayStation Move support seemed to be a tacked-on gimmick, and required awkward hand crossing to hit certain targets, comparing it to a game of Twister rather than DDR. The soundtrack was panned for containing too many pop songs, some of which unsuited for a dance game; such as "I'm Yours", jokingly believing that not even a Jason Mraz fan would think the song would fit on a dance game. [7]

Related Research Articles

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<i>Dance Dance Revolution 4thMix</i> 2000 video game

Dance Dance Revolution 4thMix is the fourth game in the main Dance Dance Revolution series of music video games. It was released as an arcade game by Konami on August 24, 2000, in Japan. 4thMix features 136 songs, of which 37 are new songs available and 12 are new unlockables that require an operator code. Dance Dance Revolution 4thMix Plus is an update that unlocks these 12 songs without an operator code, while also adding 14 new songs of its own, for a total of 150 songs.

<i>Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMix</i> 1999 video game

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<i>Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova</i> 2006 video game

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<i>Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party</i> 2007 video game

Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party, known as Dancing Stage Hottest Party in the European and Oceanic regions, is a video game released by Konami in 2007 and 2008 to several countries for the Wii console. Konami took the game beyond the traditional setup of Dance Dance Revolution by incorporating the Wii Remote and the standard dance pad into a full body motion game. It has two sequels, Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party 2 and Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party 3.

<i>Dancing Stage MegaMix</i> 2003 video game

Dancing Stage MegaMiX is the fifth home release in the Dancing Stage series, a European version of the Dance Dance Revolution series of music video games. MegaMix was the first Dancing Stage game released on the Sony PlayStation 2 game console - and as with Dancing Stage EuroMix 2, MegaMix introduced many new features to Europe, such as Freeze Arrows, the Options menu, and a cleaner interface. Based largely on Dancing Stage EuroMix 2, MegaMiX was separated from the arcade game by a completely different track list of songs. The game was marketed by Konami as a family game and an exercise tool in efforts to make the niche series more mainstream.

<i>Dance Dance Revolution Extreme</i> 2002 video game

Dance Dance Revolution Extreme is a music video game by Konami and is the eighth release in the main Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) series. It was released on December 25, 2002, for Japanese arcades, on October 9, 2003, for the Japanese PlayStation 2, and on September 21, 2004, for the North American PlayStation 2. This game is the ninth release in North America, but despite having the same name as its Japanese counterpart, its gameplay and soundtrack is significantly different and won the Video Music Awards in 2005 on MTV for Best Video Game Soundtrack.

<i>Dance Dance Revolution Solo</i> Video game series

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<i>Dance Dance Revolution X</i> 2008 video game

Dance Dance Revolution X is a music video game developed by Konami. A part of the Dance Dance Revolution series, it was announced in 2008 for Japan and on May 15, 2008, for the North American PlayStation 2. The arcade version was announced on July 7, 2008, July 9, 2008 in Europe, and July 10, 2008, for North America. Released to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Dance Dance Revolution, DDR X sports an improved interface, new music, and new modes of play. The arcade release featured an overhauled cabinet design with a widescreen display, e-Amusement and USB access, and an improved sound system. Despite such new design of its arcade cabinet, upgrade kit to change the edition of DDR on its first generation arcade cabinet from SuperNOVA2 to X is also available. The PlayStation 2 release has link ability with the arcade machine, multi-player support over LAN, and other improved and returning features such as EyeToy support. DDR X was called a "truly global version", with a multi-regional release by all three major Konami houses.

<i>Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party 2</i> 2008 video game

Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party 2, later released as Dance Dance Revolution Furu Furu Party in Japan, was announced by Konami on May 15, 2008 as part of the 10th anniversary of Dance Dance Revolution celebration. Hottest Party 2 features the same gameplay as the first Hottest Party and introduces new gameplay modes, gimmicks, characters and graphical enhancements. The game also features an all-new soundtrack featuring licensed music from the past four decades as well as new Konami Originals. Hottest Party 2 was released on September 16, 2008 in North America. A teaser site for the Japanese release was launched on December 9, 2008 featuring new gameplay footage from the game.

The music of Dance Dance Revolution X is a collection of tracks that are playable on Dance Dance Revolution X, a music video game first released in Japan by Konami on December 24, 2008, then later in Europe on June 3, 2009 and North America on June 9, 2009. The soundtracks for the different releases are primarily dance, hip hop, and synthpop based with additional tracks covering multiple other genres.

<i>Dance Dance Revolution X2</i> 2010 video game

Dance Dance Revolution X2 is a music video game, and a part of the Dance Dance Revolution series. The arcade version of DDR X2 was revealed by Konami on November 20, 2009. The sequel to Dance Dance Revolution X, X2 began public beta testing on November 25, 2009. The game was released in Japan and Asia on July 7, 2010, North America on December 31, 2010, and Europe on May 13, 2011. It was the last arcade installment of Dance Dance Revolution with international releases until Dance Dance Revolution A.

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<i>Dance Dance Revolution II</i> 2011 video game

Dance Dance Revolution II, later released in Europe as Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party 5, is a music video game in the Dance Dance Revolution series by Konami. It was released on October 11, 2011 for the Nintendo Wii in North America and on November 25, 2011 in Europe. Dance Dance Revolution II is the direct sequel to Dance Dance Revolution for the Wii. This game shares songs with the arcade version of Dance Dance Revolution X3 vs 2ndMix. It features characters from the arcade versions of Dance Dance Revolution. It was the final DDR game release for the Nintendo Wii and is the latest in the series to be released for a home console as of 2024.

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