DanceDanceRevolution A (AC)

Wow, that video just makes it more obvious that DDR A is over.

Now to enjoy hearing complaints for the next few months about how DDR is as dead as Rinon.

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I would assume DDR XX for the 20th anniversary next year.

Rinon is dead?!?
She was my waifu...

i can see cool&CREATE and a bunch of other japanese artists on the second credit text, which would mean they're probably gonna credit every artist in the DDR A songlist
unless cool&CREATE is there because he did ENDYMION (RabbiTon worked with cool before iirc)

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Since the BG video for ACE OF ACES is the game's staff roll, I'm gonna take a shot in the dark and say that the next game's title will be revealed at the end of the video. Although, I wouldn't be surprised if this prediction ends up being false.

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I wouldn't take it that far, but there should at least be some hint of the next DDR game...

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I still have a bunch of double charts I have to unlock from the last few events... I wonder if it's worth the trouble since the next game might be coming out soon.

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They could still be locked on the next release, like a lot of 2014 Event songs were on DDR A.

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So, for next DDR game predictions:

DDR B
DDR A+
DDR AA
DDR A (2018)
DDR [Insert something entirely unrelated to A here]

WHAT WILL IT BE?!

EDIT: Added two more:
DDR Alpha
DDR A2

Yes I am entirely abusing the fact that I can't lose my user rating now

On another note, why is ENDYMION so good? I can't stop listening to it, and I swear I'm going to be ridiculously happy as soon as I have actually clean audio of this damn amazing piece of music.

I have a slight hunch it may be DDR α

Anyone else hyped for the comeback of BeForU in DDR ∀?

I have a feeling this might be the end of DDR but of course, that's just my theory...

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A game theory! Thanks for watching!

In all seriousness, I still find it very strange that they make the Encore Extra Stage playable only if you manage AA+ or better on ENDYMION Expert (which is kinda a bit much, given what the player likely needs in terms of stamina). I do hope that they add said availability for ENDYMION Basic and Difficult, and also lower the scoring requirement (to maybe 900k as that is AA Equivalent score for DDR A) in order to be more of a possibility.

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DDR 🅱️

Also I'm kind of impressed at some of the songs we got this time around. OST time now?

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I honestly think that, assuming Konami actually goes with the A thing, the next game will be called DDR A2. However, I strongly think that it will actually be called something completely different.

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DDR A2 vs. Disney's Rave

Bring back the eurobeat!

Konami brought an eAMUSE supported game to North America, as well as other parts of the globe, with much success and feedback. You think they're really gonna stop here?

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It wouldn't be the stupidest thing Konami's done in the last few years.

Using the timeframe of 2014 as a reference, my prediction is that AOA is going to be taken off EES and be made a regular unlock through EXTRA SAVIOR within the next month, if no one's managed to clear it yet. There won't be a ton of new songs until the end of 2017, when we'll get a handful of crossovers through a new event. The OST will be released sometime around then as well. A few months later they'll announce the title of the next installment and date for a location test, meaning we won't see DDR A2 until Q1 2018 at the earliest.

That said, I hope it won't take that long. I'd like to see more than one DDR game every two years.
I'm also a bit disappointed that A is essentially over; I was hoping for more than two dozen original songs. A bit of a shame that we only got 24 non-event, non-crossover songs this time around (and half of those are EXTRA STAGE songs too).

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I just hope that whatever comes in the next version, more songs can be unlocked for non-premium play. I skipped through a bunch of mixes between A and Extreme, so more than half the playlist was new to me, but it was vexing that certain songs were all behind the premium play paywall.