DanceDanceRevolution (AC) (Japan)

To be honest, I don't really see them trying to make a chart similar to the ones in ITG.
It seems that straight-forward streams aren't really their thing when it comes to 19s, but I would love to see it if they did end up creating a chart like that.



I've actually tried that chart before, and it really does feel like a hard 17 to me, at least. It looks easy when you're just watching someone play it on Youtube, but it feels much harder when you're actually trying to do all those streams on a real pad.

I would be happy if there was a 19 that looked something like Chromatic Blitz from ITG Rebirth with the mines stripped away. It would probably be double the BPM with 8ths in typical DDR fashion.

So have I and its a pretty easy 17. Not nearly as tiring or complex as most other 17s except for the other easy ones like the saber wing remix. Hell, psmo has way harder streams.

In all fairness, PSMO should be a 17.

REVOLUTION is definitely a 17. And PSMO is fine as a 16.

UMU song info for today:
CAPTIVE: 168 BPM (SP: ?/?/?/11/- DP: 6/8/11/-)
My HERO: 140 BPM (SP: ?/?/?/9/-, DP: 4/6/9/-)
ドリームキャッチャー: 208 BPM (SP: ?/?/?/10/-, DP: 6/8/10/-)
HAPPY きたかた: 172 BPM (SP: ?/?/?/10/-, DP: 4/7/12/-)

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I think we're getting closer to that point. Triple Journey challenge is on the right path.

Are there any videos for this week's new U.M.U. songs yet?

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Here are the lineouts!

HAPPY☆きたかた



CAPTIVE



ドリームキャッチャー



My HERO



Credits to all of the lineouts, in the description of the videos!

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Meanwhile, about 10 hours ago:

http://zenius-i-vanisher.com/v5.2/viewsimfilecategory.php?categoryid=852

Still no lineout of "Elysium", I see... That's a shame.
Anyway, these songs are okay. I was looking forward to hearing "My HERO", and I wasn't left disappointed. In fact, it's probably the best song and chart in the group. "HAPPY☆きたかた" is easily the worst, though; horribly mixed, horribly mastered, and overall horribly sounding (the steps being very mediocre doesn't help). Despite these harsh words, I'm not disappointed in this bunch. In fact, I kinda look forward to the next update!

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Made These

I think my favorite is ドリームキャッチャ. At least, chart wise. HAPPY☆きたかた seems pretty boring to me.

All of the songs are pretty bad IMO. The charts suit the songs perfectly.

Kind of unrelated to the topic of new songs/charts right now Quickman gets banned but has anyone ever seen a 2013 in the UK?

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There's that one in Southend-on-Sea, but I think that's it.

There's on in Southend which is only a few weeks behind on updates.

The only good songs this game has gotten in a while are parts of events or crossovers. We still don't have a real EEs song unique to this game and apparently have switched over to a new version. We have all of 1 new song for the switch, still no new ES, I really want to know who is drooping the ball so hard here? I would almost bet most songs in this game were made years and years ago. I dont know, it just feels like SDVX and Jubeat and to a lesser extent Reflec Beat are getting all the real content. I understand DDR is all but dead in the states, but it is starting to feel like its on life support in Japan too.

Glad I'm not the only one feeling like the recent selection isn't the greatest. The last songlist I actually enjoyed was X2. And I didn't even get to enjoy it much on a pad considering I was only ever able to play it one time when I went back home to Chicago for a visit (GameWorks). X3 was okay I think but DDR 2013 and 2014 hasn't had me interested too much as far as the music goes. Then again, the update just came out so...hopefully there's some good stuff for the future.

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