Dance Dance Revolution World

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Dance Dance Revolution World
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ReleaseOnline update
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Genre Music

Dance Dance Revolution World [a] is a music video game in the Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) series. It is the sequel to Dance Dance Revolution A3 , [5] and the 19th installment of the DDR arcade series in Japan. The game was released as a software upgrade for LCD-based cabinets on June 12, 2024, in Asia, Australasia and the United States. New DDR World cabinets will see a worldwide [b] release in 2026, [3] with the first such cabinet debuting at Funland London in the United Kingdom on February 4, 2026. [6]

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Release

Dance Dance Revolution World was released on June 12, 2024, in Asia (including Japan, South Korea and several other countries), Australia, New Zealand and the United States. It is available as an online update to Dance Dance Revolution A3 LCD-based cabinets. New silver-coloured cabinets, based on the 20th Anniversary DDR cabinet, will launch in 2026 in the European and EMEA markets. [3] The DDR World software on these cabinets has a build date of October 21, 2025. There are currently no plans to release upgrade kits in the latter markets, nor for Dave & Buster's in North America. The latter continues to operate Dance Dance Revolution A20 Plus at 70 locations as of 2026.

This is the first release of Dance Dance Revolution to be unsupported on CRT-based arcade cabinets, as Dance Dance Revolution A3 is the last supported version. Early DDR games, from the first release in 1998 to Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova 2 in 2007, were sold with brand new CRT-based cabinets. Arcades were able to install newer releases on these cabinets by purchasing a Bemani PC upgrade kit. An offline version of Dance Dance Revolution A3 was released on April 30, 2024, for these cabinets. This offline release is also supported on these cabinets if the CRT monitor is replaced with a widescreen LCD monitor.

Music

Dance Dance Revolution World features 187 new songs as of 2026, for a total of 1,379 songs. The new songs generally consist of Konami originals, but also include several licensed songs. The songs "Cheerleader" and "Knock Yourself Out XD" by Porter Robinson are the only non-Japanese new licenses, and they were added to DDR World on May 1, 2025, [7] along with their respective music videos. Additionally, three Robinson songs from Dance Dance Revolution A3 are playable in DDR World since the game's launch. [8]

Among the returning songs, DDR World reintroduced "No Tears Left to Cry" by Ariana Grande at launch, which was removed in online versions of previous releases and all versions of DDR A3. The song "Play Hard" by David Guetta featuring Ne-Yo and Akon was initially available, but it was removed in DDR World on July 2, 2024, about five years after it was introduced to the DDR series.

In Europe, DDR World has a reduced song list consisting of 143 new songs [9] and a total of 1,109 songs. [10] Among the removals are seven Nonstop Challenge remixed songs from DDRMAX2 , five songs from DDR SuperNova 2 to DDR X3 , five remixed songs from DDR X3, and the four Undertale songs by Toby Fox from DDR A3. [9]

Features

Dance Dance Revolution World introduces some gameplay refinements. A new modifier called Constant adjusts arrow visibility based on BPM, for more flexibility. The game also includes Duo Mode, similar to Couples gameplay in early DDR installments, allowing two players to perform synchronized routines with mirrored step charts.

Scroll speed customization has been expanded, now adjustable in 0.05x increments, giving players finer control over timing and readability. This is especially useful in high-level tournaments, where precision and personalization are key.

Notes

  1. ↑ Japanese: ダンスダンスレボリューション ワールド (Dansu Dansu Reboryūshon Wārudo), stylized as DanceDanceRevolution WORLD; officially shortened to DDR WORLD, [3] or unofficially and uncommonly DDR W [4]
  2. ↑ Confirmed regions include the United States, [1] South Korea, [2] Europe and the EMEA region.

References

  1. 1 2 Ikigai Arcade (January 9, 2026). "Tweet". X. Retrieved February 6, 2026. Did you miss our (approved) unveiling of the new DDR Universal model last night before the maimai DX showcase during #AGDQ2026 ? Take a look!
  2. 1 2 IGN Korea (January 24, 2026). "#DDR #DDR_WORLD #BEMANI" . Retrieved February 6, 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 Arcadian (January 6, 2026). "Dance Dance Revolution World, New 'Universal' Cabinets Coming To Europe Through Electrocoin". Arcade Heroes. Retrieved January 7, 2026.
  4. ↑ @O4MA_ (January 29, 2025). "[DDR W]Steps for Victory / kors k×nagomu tamaki×BEMANI Sound Team "U1" with taru - CSP19". YouTube. Retrieved March 5, 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ↑ Shutler, Ali (October 11, 2024). "The best music-related video games of all time". NME. Retrieved May 6, 2025.
  6. ↑ @JUWUBEAT (February 5, 2026). "Funland has DDR World (Universal model) as of yesterday" . Retrieved February 6, 2026.
  7. ↑ "[DDR WORLD] Song Update 5/1 – DDRCommunity". DDR Community. April 29, 2025. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
  8. ↑ Sunkel, Cameron (November 8, 2022). "Porter Robinson's Music Joins the "Dance Dance Revolution" Catalogue". EDM.com. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
  9. 1 2 @JUWUBEAT (February 6, 2026). "every song […] removed in the European version of DDR World" . Retrieved February 6, 2026.
  10. ↑ @JUWUBEAT (February 5, 2026). "DDR World (EU) full songlist" . Retrieved February 6, 2026.
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