Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party

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Dance Dance Revolution
Hottest Party
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Japanese (left), North American (middle) and PAL (right) cover art versions
Developer(s) Konami
Publisher(s) Konami
Series Dance Dance Revolution
Platform(s) Wii
Release
  • NA: September 25, 2007 [1]
  • JP: October 25, 2007
  • EU: March 28, 2008
  • AU: April 17, 2008 [2]
Genre(s) Music, exercise
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party [lower-alpha 1] , 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 .

Contents

Unlike the previous release of Dance Dance Revolution on a Nintendo console, Dance Dance Revolution Mario Mix , Hottest Party was not a collaboration between Konami and Nintendo. It is not a sequel, but the GameCube accessories for Mario Mix are compatible with Hottest Party. [3]

Gameplay

The Gameplay is largely unchanged from other Dance Dance Revolution games. [4] However, the game features additional modes taking advantage of the hardware of the Wii. The game allows the integration of the Wii Remote into gameplay, where steps can be replaced by markers requiring a hand motion with the remote. [5] Other step types include steps which must be hit twice.

Hottest Party includes a single player mode (Groove Circuit and free play), and Workout Mode. [6] Free play gives the players a free choice of songs, which can be played in Sync mode (several players play the same chart, and only the lowest step judgment on each arrow will count), and Friendship mode (where the highest step judgment is counted). [7] In Groove Circuit, players will play through venues and different groups of songs. At the end of each venue, a boss battle will start. [8] There are challenges for each dance, as well. The game supports multiplayer which requires four dance mats for each player. [9]

In Friendship Mode, the highest step judgement is counted for all players Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party gameplay 1.jpg
In Friendship Mode, the highest step judgement is counted for all players

Music

The soundtrack of Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party differs in the Japanese release. "B4U (The Acolyte Mix)", "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)", "Rhythm is a Dancer" and "Unappreciated" are only featured in the North American/European/Oceanic release. "B4U (Rising Sun Mix)", "Double Tornard", "Pluto the First" and "True♥Love (Clubstar's True Club Mix)" are included in their place. All of the Japanese exclusives except "B4U (Rising Sun Mix)" were made available in later DDR console releases, such as Hottest Party 3 and DDR 2010 . "Lessons by DJ" in the Japanese release has Japanese language voice overs during the song, whereas all other releases have English voice overs.

Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party soundtrack (Japan) [10]
No.SongArtistOriginally by
1"1, 2 Step"Lady-S Ciara
2"Clocks"T.R.Master MC Coldplay
3"Yo, Excuse Me Miss"Smooth-1 Chris Brown
4"Always (Microbots Trance Dance Mix)"Man's Cool Erasure
5"Lips of an Angel"Jet Rockers Hinder
6"Summertime"Eazin' DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
7"Blue Monday"WG New Order
8"Caught Up"Stopped Cold Usher
9"Gypsy Woman"Neo-Gruv Crystal Waters
10"I Don't Feel Like Dancin'"Life Aloud Scissor Sisters
11"Little L"Single Funk Jamiroquai
12"The Sign"Honey Sweets Ace of Base
13"Disco Inferno"OK•OK•OK The Trammps
14"Far Away"Traveler Nickelback
15"Nothing But You"Trance Jack Paul van Dyk
16"You Spin Me ‘Round (Like a Record)"M.A.N Dead or Alive
18"Too Little, Too Late"PFC JoJo
19"Buried a Lie"Cools K Senses Fail
19"Finally"Club 90's CeCe Peniston
20"Karma Chameleon"Happy Happy Cores Culture Club
21"Hot Stuff"Disco Queen Donna Summer
22"Call on Me"2000's Stars Janet Jackson featuring Nelly
23"99 Red Balloons"M-Crew project Nena
24 Password.svg "Lesson by DJ"U.T.D & Friends
25 Password.svg "Touchin'"The Lonely Hearts
26 Password.svg "Let It Out"True Dreamer
27 Password.svg "Here I Go Again" NM feat. Malaya
28 Password.svg "True♥Love (Clubstar's True Club Mix)"Jun feat. Schanita
29 Password.svg "Will" Naoki
30 Password.svg "Beautiful Inside (Cube::Hard Mix)"NM feat. Alison Wade
31 Password.svg "Heavens and the Earth"The Lonely Hearts
32 Password.svg "Moving On"J.J. Pops
33 Password.svg "B4U (Rising Sun Mix)"Naoki with J-RaversNaoki
34 Password.svg "Such a Feeling"U1
35 Password.svg "Confession"Trance Star
36 Password.svg "The Reason"Black Rose Garden
37 Password.svg "Hold Tight"800 Slopes
38 Password.svg "Double Tornard"Evo-X
39 Password.svg "Mess With My Emotions"Latenighter
40 Password.svg "Little Steps"Freeman
41 Password.svg "The Beat"Sparky
42 Password.svg "Break Down! (World Version)"Ele Rocks BeForU
43 Password.svg "Candy (UFO Mix)"The SweetestLuv Unlimited
44 Password.svg "We Will Live Together"Happy CoreMan
45 Password.svg "1998 (Sparky 2006)"J-RaversNaoki
46 Password.svg "I'm Flying Away"Stepper
47 Password.svg "Love Shine (Body Grooverz 2006 Mix)"W.W.S Riyu Kosaka
48 Password.svg "Super Samurai"Jun
49 Password.svg "TokyoEvolved" NaokiUnderground
50 Password.svg "Pluto the First"White Wall
Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party soundtrack (North America, Europe & Oceania) [11]
No.SongArtistOriginally by
1"1, 2 Step"Lady-S Ciara
2"Clocks"T.R.Master MC Coldplay
3"Yo, Excuse Me Miss"Smooth-1 Chris Brown
4"Always (Microbots Trance Dance Mix)"Man's Cool Erasure
5"Lips of an Angel"Jet Rockers Hinder
6"Summertime"Eazin' DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
7"Blue Monday"WG New Order
8"Caught Up"Stopped Cold Usher
9"Gypsy Woman"Neo-Gruv Crystal Waters
10"I Don't Feel Like Dancin'"Life Aloud Scissor Sisters
11"Little L"Single Funk Jamiroquai
12"The Sign"Honey Sweets Ace of Base
13"Disco Inferno"OK•OK•OK The Trammps
14"Far Away"Traveler Nickelback
15"Nothing But You"Trance Jack Paul van Dyk
16"You Spin Me ‘Round (Like a Record)"M.A.N Dead or Alive
17"Too Little, Too Late"Okokoro JoJo
18"Buried a Lie"Cools K Senses Fail
19"Finally"Club 90's CeCe Peniston
20"Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)"Rave Attackers C+C Music Factory
21"Unappreciated"Wrapped Up Cherish
22"Rhythm Is a Dancer"Spots Snap!
23"Karma Chameleon"Happy Happy Cores Culture Club
24"Hot Stuff"Disco Queen Donna Summer
25"Call on Me"2000's Stars Janet Jackson featuring Nelly
26"99 Red Balloons"M-Crew project Nena
27 Password.svg "Lesson by DJ"U.T.D & Friends
28 Password.svg "Touchin'"The Lonely Hearts
29 Password.svg "Let It Out"True Dreamer
30 Password.svg "Here I Go Again" NM feat. Malaya
31 Password.svg "Will" Naoki
32 Password.svg "Beautiful Inside (Cube::Hard Mix)"NM feat. Alison Wade
33 Password.svg "Heavens and the Earth"The Lonely Hearts
34 Password.svg "Moving On"J.J. Pops
35 Password.svg "B4U (The Acolyte Mix)"J-RaversNaoki
36 Password.svg "Such a Feeling"U1
37 Password.svg "Confession"Trance Star
38 Password.svg "The Reason"Black Rose Garden
39 Password.svg "Hold Tight"800 Slopes
40 Password.svg "Mess With My Emotions"Latenighter
41 Password.svg "Little Steps"Freeman
42 Password.svg "The Beat"Sparky
43 Password.svg "Break Down! (World Version)"Ele Rocks BeForU
44 Password.svg "Candy (UFO Mix)"The SweetestLuv Unlimited
45 Password.svg "We Will Live Together"Happy CoreMan
46 Password.svg "1998 (Sparky 2006)"J-RaversNaoki
47 Password.svg "I'm Flying Away"Stepper
48 Password.svg "Love Shine (Body Grooverz 2006 Mix)"W.W.S Riyu Kosaka
49 Password.svg "Super Samurai"Jun
50 Password.svg "TokyoEvolved" NaokiUnderground

Reception

The game has received generally mixed reviews. Many reviews agree the hand motions freshen the DDR experience and are a positive addition to the game. [13]

Notes

  1. Japanese: ダンスダンスレボリューションホッテストパーティー, Hepburn: Dansu Dansu Reboryūshon Hottesuto Pātī

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Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party
2007
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