DDR FROM STAFF Translations

New Song Information Has Come!

A few days ago, Game Idol Anno Haruna came to Konami for a magazine interview.

Who is Anno Haruna?!

Everyone knows, right? About the announcement made at the AOU show.

Right! A song sung by Anno Haruna will be appearing in DDR X2! Of course, the song is still unreleased right now.

Anyways, I'm told that for the magazine interview, Anno Haruna played a little bit of DDR X2.

She said it was the first time she heard the final version of the song. She said it was a strange feeling hearing herself sing!

I know how she feels. The first time I heard myself on the radio it was pretty creepy...

Oh, we're kind of off subject.

Anyways, since the release date of DDR X2 has been announced, Anno Haruna has decided to talk about the song on her blog! There's a lot of information, and even some pictures. Let's go look for her blog!

Meanwhile, please keep on waiting until the release date!

By the way, REFLEC BEAT is location testing now. I decided to go play on my lunch break and take on all the fierce players! Please come and try it for yourself too!

-U@Arcade DDR.


New Feature Introduction

This is karasu, one of the programmers.

I thought after hearing about the revolution that I couldn't be silent anymore, so I decided to renew the blog. Go go!

A new designer is also working on the special site. We're preparing a nice "How to Play" section that will make it easy for beginners to understand. But anyways, I'd like to introduce some of the new features in the game now (There's so many that this will be split up into 3 posts).

Folder Close:

This is actually a function that was introduced in X. While you're selecting your music, its possible to close folders immediately by pressing the up/down buttons on the cabinet.


From here

To here it only takes 1/6 of a second!

The last folder on this game will be the "X2" folder. It's going to be of great length, so please use thus function often!

Hi-Speed Revision

During gameplay, it's possible to change your speed mods by pressing the left or right button on the cabinet. It's similar to IIDX, except in these regard:

-You can only change your speed up until a few seconds after the music starts.
-If you change your speed during gameplay, it will go back to the speed you chose before you chose your first song when your song finishes.

The main use of this will be to fix your speed options when you forgot to set them properly before playing the song. (So you can't use this function to adjust your speed options after the speed-up in She is my wife...sorry!)

By the way, when the function is available for use:


The left and right buttons there will shine white. It's a small thing, but I think it will be useful to know.

Now then, TAG's blog mentioned it, but DDR X2 will be released on July 7th, the day of the star festival. They say your wishes won't materialize for another two years (though it seems to vary from individual to individual), but we'd like to know your wishes for DDR! Try using the hashtag #DDR_TANZAKU on twitter or in e-mails!

Please tell us your opinions! Well then, see you!

Wow, they did a nice job redoing the DDRX Banners to fit the album art size

*cough*Officialbackgroundsforsimfiles*cough*

they're probably only going to be around 320x240 though...
i wish we could use them

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We can simply enlarge them like they do on CSI

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Sir! We got this picture of the murderer, but it's 10 by 10 resolution.
LET'S USE TECHNOLOGY TO BLOW IT UP!

X2 looks nice and colourful with all the banners there, can't wait to see it in action~

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I'm actually liking the cabinet arrow buttons, (much better than the US ones) as well as the "they will light up when you can press them."

And for the cover arts, there's someone here who posted enlarged versions of 320x240 song bgs. Maybe we can approach him for this.
But shame they don't have banner sizes.

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Remaking 320x240 bgs isn't the same thing as enlarging them.

...so THAT'S what the up and down arrows are for...

Nice, this is really looking extremely good right about now

P.S., if we enlarge it JUST ENOUGH, we can see Naoki dancing to MAX 300 on Expert...




....on x8 :O

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New Feature Introduction 2

This is karasu.

Today I will write part 2 of my new feature introduction.

-Option: HIDDEN+/SUDDEN+

These are new options only available on the new cabinet. It is possible to use a lane cover to hide parts of the lane.
The cover comes from either the top or the bottom and is adjusted by using the up or down buttons on the cabinet. You can turn it off and on by pressing the START button. This feature is used in IIDX to help raise your score.


-Option: RISKY


This is a new option that is only available by playing alone (either on SINGLES or DOUBLES). If you get a GOOD step rating or lower, the song will end. We considered letting the players choose the number of lifebars they get like in DrumMania, but the frequency of high combos in DDR made us make it just one. Please only use this when you're selecting a song that you're confident you can full combo!

When you turn this option on..

This brutal icon will appear in the lower left portion of the screen.

Looking back, this seems odd, because there are only about 25 songs in that folder at first. Then again, this could mean that there will be a boatload of unlocks, but that would mean that there would have to be at least 50, right?

They've already advertised X2 as having more than 70 new songs.

In order to make them that big, the resolution would have to be 1080p.

On X they moved you up and down the player options menu.

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Online Update Information
Thank you very much for waiting for the arcade edition of DanceDanceRevolution X2.
The game will be released tomorrow, but we will release an online update to enable PASELI functionality on the machine. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

MARATHON Mode (The PASELI payment mode that lets you pay one song at a time) will also be enabled with this online update.

-DDR X2 STAFF

Finally! - AC

DanceDanceRevolution X2 will finally be released tomorrow. Thank you all for your patience.

DDR X2 has been shown all over the country from the first location tests at the beginning of November to the AOU show etc.

Actually, it was shown at JAPAN EXPO last weekend. JAPAN EXPO is a big show that's held in Paris, France. There appears to have been an accident on the first day with the machine, and it wasn't available on opening day. But it was working on the last day of the event.

There were a lot of western music licenses added, I think a lot of you have already seen it, right?

Well then, information will be available at various media sites tomorrow!
But there is still an important song that I haven't let slip to the surface.
If when you see it, you go "Ooooh!!", I'll be smiling from ear to ear.

Well then, tomorrow is DDR X2!
GOOOOOOO!

-U@Arcade DDR

He tried his best, but even U couldn't hide the existence of X2's hottest new track, LET THEM MOVE (wolli vocal remix).

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I bet LET THEM MOVE (wolli vocal remix) would have shock arrows on each of its charts.

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X2 just got awesome!

LET THEM MOVE!!!

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In order to make them that big, the resolution would have to be 1080p.
do we know what resolution the game runs at?
because now 320 just sounds even less likely

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I think the game runs in 480p. I think thats what X ran in. It doesn't look like its 720p.

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I already said that.

Oh, something else I thought about. Universe 3 uses a cover flow too, or something like it. And those covers were ripped at 512x512. I don't know how that worked out; just think about it.

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