DanceDanceRevolution (AC) (Japan)

I'd welcome if they used it as a license to make them harder. I'd also like challenge charts to be playable for ES/EES rather than locking them until the song is fully available.

The judging system seems to just be identical with how IIDX's system is so it's not like this is some astronomical change.

Yeah, though I think Goods and Greats on IIDX are significantly tighter than their DDR equivalents.

Yeah, ITG did have that flow chart of your combo and if it was all fantastics, then it would have a blue shadow across the grid and so on. Also, it probably isn't too big of a deal if you PFC things regularly, I think.

Ah... what they said.

The visuals are low priority and nobody got pictures for obvious reasons, but it'd be cool to hear "it looks cool"/ "it looks like sparkles exploded and I hate it," or for the characters "Rinon is (not) gone" / "nothing changed (yet)" / "everything changed but you don't get to see it hahaha." Or even just "it's all secret so stop asking" is a valid answer. :P

I almost wouldn't be surprised, since this is the first test, if barely anything or nothing really changed from X3 and it's just not notable enough for anyone to comment on... but that's just a guess. ._. X2 did that early on, I think...

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Here's a quick visual comparison I made between IIDX, AC DDR, and ITG timing windows:


The black bar at the top represents the exact time the arrow hits.

As you can see, DDR has had the strictest timing for a full combo all along, and continues to do so even with Goods adding to the combo.

Interesting...that does change my perspective on it a bit. I didn't know the DDR Good window was that small.

So that's why it's easier to get a quad than an MFC.

My god. No wonder low score runs are so hard...

At least in DDRII, it felt like the timing window for "good" was expanded much more than say, Supernova. I believe people have noted the timing window differences between CS and AC before with AC being stricter, but I'm sure someone can C/D that.

CS timing windows have always been larger, mainly to account for inaccurate soft pads, as you mentioned. DDR II is no exception; its timing windows are "CS loose" but the arcade window in as far as X2 (haven't played on an X3 machine) are still very tight. The Good window has always been really small.

The addition of Marvelous timing helped improve people's timing, but as far as I know the timing windows haven't changed at all in AC.

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Gosh, that's making me think of all those Extreme trials in Mission Mode where you had to pass songs with your score at 0.
I kind of noticed that with DDR II as well. I always ended up getting good full combos. Perhaps was the timing window for Greats and above shrunk down?

You know what might be a decent touch overall?

Putting a MAX COMBO counter/column on EVERY JUDGEMENT, so you can see just how many of each judgement you can get within a combo; ie... PERFECTs count as GREATS and GOODS too, a MAX GREAT COMBO = MARV + PERF + GREATs in a row.


And QFT!!

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that would make it too crowded...

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I would like that idea, but they would have to make the text quite a bit smaller.

There is a location test list of some of the new songs.

Credit goes to Bemanistyle.com for providing this information.
http://www.bemanistyle.com/forum/content.php?311-DanceDanceRevolution-Location-Test

Tommie Sunshine - Ah La La La ?BPM SP[1/5/7/12] DP[?/?/?]
jun feat.DJ Silver vs Milo ft. Becca Hossany - Back in Your Arms 132BPM SP[2/5/8/10] DP[?/?/?]
REDALICE feat. anporin - Beautiful Dreamer ?BPM SP[3/7/9/12] DP[?/?/?]
Brooke - Everything I Need 130BPM SP[1/4/6/9] DP[?/?/?]
nc ft.SAK - Find the Way 165BPM SP[3/7/10/12] DP[?/?/?]
S-C-U - heron ?BPM SP[3/6/9/12] DP[?/?/?]]
猫叉Master+ - night bird lost wing ?BPM SP[3/7/10/14] DP[?/?/?]
Harmony Machine - Sucka Lova 118BPM SP[?/?/?/?] DP[?/?/?]]

FINAL STAGE
TAG - Another Phase ?BPM SP[4/7/11/15] DP[?/?/?]
Sota F. - Blew My Mind ?BPM SP[4/9/12/16] DP[?/?/?]

Plus, Flower and Chronos weren't the only sogs with re-rates.

1. Sumidagawa Karenka's Single and Double are now both 16 instead of 15.
2. Amalgamation's Single is now 13, not 14.
3. NEPHILIM DELTA's is now at 14, not 15.
4. PARANOiA REVOLUTION's is now 13, not 14.

Credit still goes to Bemanistyle.com for the info.

EDIT: I'm sorry, the re-rates weren't from Bemanistyle, they're from this site:

http://www.atomic--age.net/information/new-musics/ddr/ddr-locatest
My bad.

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Oh gosh, I can't believe I'm this late.

Interesting, now I see why I couldn't GOOD attack on the arcade lol.

something news about DDR 2013

http://www.ariesu.com/

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