DDR X3 VS 2ndMIX (AC) (Japan)

I'm more interested in the interface at this point than the songlist. Hopefully they add more crossovers in the next location test.

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Are they gonna make this into a game console like the PS3? I really don't like the new DDR I prefer the one in the ps2

So like i said the name of this DDR is offifical : DDR X3 vs DanceDanceRevolution 2nd Mix?? ... what a Ugly and gimmick name, i don't like it, and that DDR 2010 songlist ... really .... THANK YOU NAOKI

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I think that the vs 2nd mix thing is just a start. I think they'll do something like a parallel rotation like extra stage system or something like it. I think it'd be a cool idea, and I don't think that its just gonna be the name.

According to mieya-san in twitter, Single 200yen / Double 400yen, 3 songs. Characters were just the same as in X2. Seems like 30 seconds for song selection, because of that player rotation is fast. Seems quite many played v.s. play.

Also mieya-san uploaded the new songs list in http://mp.i-revo.jp/user.php/dpaidbqn/entry/1055.html
Nearly confirmed that the new songs are those 16 songs.

Mieya said X2 and whoever this is said X (outfits, at least). I suppose the only real difference that would make is if Rinon is back or not... kinda doubted PiX and Rena to begin with but you never know.

edit: ... well, if everything else is like X2, I think I believe Mieya. </kind of a pointless post>
another edit: Hooray that the link was possibly useful though. *could barely understand anything past "dancer"*

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I would love to see the next Location test called DDR X3 vs Dance Dance Revolution 3rdMIX/4thMIX/5thMIX/Etc

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All of the DDR 2010 songs are getting Double charts, that's something to look forward to. Hopefully they'll do a good job with them

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I'm just really excited about the target score option.

I also hope they allow you to change speed options in the middle of songs like you can in almost every other benami music game.

Few other things I'm hoping but I don't want to jinx it.

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Translation of some of the new information provided in the link,

the color theme of the whole interface became blue, just like changing all the green in X2 into blue.
the countdown timer became gold in color.
sudden+ lane cover (which is only available to new cab) became black in color.
The sound and the effect during song selection are very similar to those used in 3rd mix.
Bemani Folder is added.
Unlike CS game in PS3, Good still didn't count into combo.

New Features:
1. Target Score
During song selection, different hi-score can be displayed using the ten keys
(according to other info from twitter, 0=Self Best, 1=Machine Top, 2=Area Top, 3=Country Top, 456=Rivals, 7=Group Top, 89=Group Rivals, not sure what group is though)

2. Hide folder not selected
Same as IIDX

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p.s. According to this, BPM is now shown next to groove radar instead of song cover.

Is it me, or has this location test SUCKED? It was all stuff we have seen, just in arcade forum. I remember the X2 test and everyone going NUTS for smooooch･∀･ and Dazzlin' Darlin. Maybe something will get added in the next few days, maybe E3 has overshadowed this location test.

Also hope that Crazy Love has a new chart. For how much I want to to play double step dance down...

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I'm still no more excited for this location test now~

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A few months back, my friends & I had topic on this, & i suggested it to be a 19. Now it's kinda true

Oh, & i suggested that Anti-Matter D- should drop down from 15 to 14,
Valkyrie dimension S/D- should drop down from 15 to 14.
Captain Jack D- should drop down from 14 to 13.
etc....

I hope these happen too.

As for me, what i hoped for is the Hidden+ Sudden+ & the Ex Score to be available for our asian cabinet...

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Unless the 6 new songs are somehow like nothing we've ever seen before, there seems very little to actually test?

Sadly, it seems when they said that the AC and CS games would be more connected, they meant the CS games influencing the AC games.

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hahhaaha
Your wishes for that stuff to go to AC have come true, stop whining.

This is just the start. I'm sure more content will be placed on the ff. location tests.

About POSSESSION DOUBLE CHALLENGE being re-rated a 19 now. I really think it should since it's so difficult to pull off the Ubertreffen DOUBLE EXPERT like stream at its ending. The SINGLE CHALLENGE ending remids me of Arrabiatta.

EDIT: Here's a video of its chart.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C25mRF_tw4

I smell something big behind this Location Test...

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I don't see why people are complaining. IT'S A LOCATION TEST and not the final thing. I'm sure when DDR X3 final comes out there'll be tons of new content.

Okay, I just got back.

I'll have to update the song list later on Bemaniwiki (difficulties mostly) but in the meantime, here are some point form notes from me today, completely random:

* When I went there were about 20 people ahead of me, and about the same behind me when I finally got up to play
* Cameras/videos were forbidden (of course) but I noticed a sticker on the machine that said a web camera was monitoring the area for illicit recording
* About a quarter of the people in line were female
* The interface is almost the same as X2, the color scheme is blue on blue instead of green on green, and it has slanted lines and bobbing circle patterns as opposed to the waves and pulsating patterns of X2
* Other song Folders than the one currently selected is not displayed
* I didn't notice anything special in the 2nd mix folder except for e-Motion
* Many of the songs were in the 9~12 range on Expert, with one being a 14 (forget the title; it isn't on Andy's list but I think that may be the only one missing from his list) and Crazy Love being a 15.
* Only 4 players ahead of me played on Expert difficulty. Light/Standard was the norm for most, some played on double, and 2 of them (2 of the 4 I saw in total) played Expert
* Bemani Title sort is there.
* There is a list of numbers on the side 1 through 10, You use the numeric keypad to select : 0=Personal Best, 1=Machine Best, 2=Prefecture/Area Best, 3=National Record, 456=Rivals, 7=Group Top, 89=Group Rivals (I'm not positive, but group might mean your collection of rivals)
* Most of the new songs sounded okay from what little I could hear (I like Diamond Dust anyways), but the steps overall seemed a lot easier than what was on the test location of X2.
* After peeking through the surveys given to the players to hand into a feedback box (I probably shouldn't have done that), there was a section asking to rate the difficulty of the songs, and just about everyone said it was "just right" or "a little easy". I'm not sure what this might mean for the final release.
* The timer on the game was pretty quick; players didn't have a lot of time to go browsing the song list
* eAmuse could not be used on this test location version.
* Quite a few of the players ahead of me PFCd some of their songs (though it was on Light/Standard). I was the first one in line to PFC something on Expert since I was there (Diamond Dust). Nobody seemed phased at all though, and the machine record for every song, including Crazy Love, is a PFC.

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