DanceDanceRevolution A (AC)

Paranoia Revolution and Egoism have 16th speed spikes that are waaay faster. And as much as it's not any faster, DEAD END Groove Radar Challenge's jump jacks are brutal.

In addition, if VDO became a 20, then IX, 888, and DEAD END easily become 19s.

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Let's be real, 8 measures in a constant stream of 8ths at 480bpm is way more difficult than bursts of 16ths at 440bpm or jumpjacks at 360bpm. Also 888 and DEGRS seem fine being 18s, but I can agree IX is definitely borderline on its difficulty.

damn I got my hopes up thinking this was going to be a CS game when I saw the headline on the front page. Yeah i was offline for the past few days, so I was late to the party on this.

That full interview's pretty awesome, somehow I've never seen it before now. I'd like to see more insight into key DDR elements like that sometime.

another preview song coming

It has been a while since we got our own version of a BEMANI crossover. Hopefully it doesnt mean it will shorter.

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It probably might be a cut from the extended mix from Sota's SYNTHESIZED5 album.

Not gonna lie, I pretty much squee'd seeing that DANCE ALL NIGHT was going to DDR. I love that song.

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Welp.

Looks like I'm going to have to stop using that song for DDRMAX4 now....

It's awesome to see it being in DDR is gonna be a reality now, though.

Only way this can be beat is if they include Rock the Club (also from Sota, "EXPANDER"). That song is simply amazing and wonderfully complex while not being too messy.

The jacket is f-cking gorgeous.

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I think (hope) they learned their lesson from X/X2 in this regard. It does seem like distribution plans are only for the most populous areas to start (10 states is probably a fair guess. Would imagine California, Illinois, New York, Florida, Texas are locks, other possibilities being Massachusetts, Washington, Nevada, Arizona, Pennsylvania).


I'm sure it'll be "for sale" but most arcades will not be interested in purchasing it at it's price point (especially without upgrade kits) and I don't think they'll allow purchases by private individuals.


Again, I hope they learned their lesson with X/X2 in this regard.


"We built it this way and it's worked fine since so we're just going to keep doing it this way. Who plays at 3pm anyway?"


I don't think they'll "forget" anything. The US location tests back in August/September were exactly what your numbers were ($1.50/credit, 2 credits for premium mode, 2 songs/credit). Operators aren't going to consider that at all, so just prepare yourself for it now.


This is definitely going to be a problem in smaller arcades.


Upgrade kits aren't happening.


If by "hit" you mean "catapults DDR back to mainstream levels of popularity like in 2001" then no, it will not be a hit. It will never be a hit again. If by "hit" you mean "is profitable enough for arcade operators to purchase," you might want to start looking at recipes.

"Hands Up In the Air" and "Dance All Night"? I hope most songs in the game gamy have less generic sounding song titles than that

DANCE ALL NIGHT may be a generic title, but the actual song is beautiful and FAR from just generic.

It's a cool song. But the name sucks

Not a fan of the song. Feels a bit as if it's the advert song for the game.

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Looks like DDR A is going for the rave, club esque type.

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Haven't been following BEMANI lately so I wasn't familiar with DANCE ALL NIGHT but listening to it, it sounds like a cool song. I'm surprised I like it as I'm usually not a big fan of Sota's non-vocal songs. Hopefully the DDR edition is even better!

I wonder if they're going to keep adding a string of preview songs to the game, I notice this one is becoming available just as HANDS UP IN THE AIR is being removed.

watch the new club spice song be a disspointment like the new led-light song was

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Yes, Sota's biggest real-life hit! About time.

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Good pick for a corssover. It really fits DDR's style.

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