DanceDanceRevolution (PS3 & Xbox 360) (International)

LOL

Oh! 30 licenses. I hope to see some great songs in the final list.

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Weird smile. does anyone have that (and the ddr with the balance board demonstration) on video?

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In that case, if you ever play a chart made by me, just set shuffle, and I'm sure you'll enjoy it a lot more.

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G4 said they would encode the video. So still waiting I suppose.

20 BEMANI originals (brand new songs + some revivals??? )

I'm starting to think that 50 songs would only be part of the default list (at least, I hope so).

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Fix your SigSig, pie.

I don't think excessive jumping or double-stepping may necessarily ruin a chart; because sometimes it fits with the song. DAIKENKAI, for instance, has a tone where it sounds angry and "all over the place." It makes perfect sense for the stepcharts associated with it to follow suit; but a stepchart going haywire would be totally out-of-place with a calm, well-structured song like INNOCENCE OF SILENCE.

But I do believe as of late, especially in HP2/FuruFuru, that kind of thing is being very overdone, at the expense of other popular, fun chart styles. A lot of the pop songs in USA PS2's SuperNOVA 1-2, Universe 2 (ESPECIALLY Uni 2!), and Extreme 2 were very well-choreographed, well-timed, and very befitting; while also providing a good variety of action and depth to them... enough to be exciting and fun, but not overly taxing or boring.

Disturbia's stepchart, however, looks like it's trying... less-than-successfully ...to combine elements of FuruFuru NAOKI remix charts, Blue Rain's, and Slip Out's. Could be executed better, by that's just my humble opinion on that.

Also, if "new DYNAMITE RAVE" is going to be a new song, it should at least have a differenciating subtitle and new charts, for crying out loud. Or at least something lame-but-distinguishing like (2009 X-Edit) stuck to it. Don't rob the original of the glory that it's worked what... almost 11 YEARS to earn.

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Urgh, what is everyone's problem with the new DYNAMITE RAVE. I have more problems with the FFP remakes than I do with the DYNAMITE RAVE. If you heard it in person, it might change your mind. I loved it the first time I heard it.

Ok, I didn't say I enjoyed constant double stepping. I said double stepping doesn't necessarily ruin a chart. DDR would be boring if every song were like Freckles, I Was the One, Drivin' or CSFILSM. It seems that you'd prefer if every chart were straight forward and easy to sight read. I think stuff like i feel, rain of sorrow, AM-3P, Flowers and so many others that may have some double stepping involved to be fun. There's also something very fun at attempting to do something like Super Star FNSMM without double stepping. It's an added level of skill beyond cross overs and staircase/march steps.

All of my edits do not make sense with the new lyrics.

It's not a big issue as I'll be making an edit for that version anyway.

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I used to think this new DYNAMITE RAVE was bad (In fact, I hate it the first time I listened to it), but now I think It's not bad at all (but I still prefer the original one -after heating it lots of times).

About the FFP covers, The only one that I still dislike is "FREE".

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Hell yeah!!! You alternate your feet to that chart too?!! I've been working a routine for that chart because of the spins! It's not going well, though.

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Well, for me, I'll make my decision when I hear a decent version (not really asking for a line-out mp3 version of it) of the new dynamite rave. Just give it a subtitle and/or banner design to set it apart from the original.

In what version/remix of the song does the new dynamite rave play on DDR X AC EURO?

All I have to say about the step-charts is that they just about cross the line between fun and irritating (Into your heart and feel the beat are honorable mentions to me). DDR X USA got it right but something apparently blew up when the JP CS came out.

The debates about the new dynamite rave and the step patterns are heating up. Time to cool things down ('wipes forehead').



Totally uncalled for. I know, right? Sue me then.

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On a completely unrelated note....

SSX3 -> Jerk It Out -> SuperNOVA
SSX: On Tour -> Here It Goes Again -> X
SSX: On Tour -> Daft Punk Is Playing at My House -> DDR('09)


I'm beginning to see a trend of songs from the SSX series popping up as licenses. XD

APPEND: And the FFP remakes don't really strike me as much as the ones from HP 1. I mean I've played 1998 (Sparky 2006) a lot on my stepmania, but I've yet to touch any of the remakes on the HP2/FFP category.

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silenttype01: Yeah at one point I had most of the chart done without double stepping. I had to literally start the song facing away from the screen to get it to work. That song really lends itself to needing to have a routine with it

I can do R3 without double stepping also and do the real spins to it, not the forced-double stepping spins you might see some people do at the quarter note run. Because of that I can do it stealth+mirror. It makes for an impressive crowd gatherer. I also have a routine with Sync Heavy with no double stepping, almost memorized it at one point. A few songs that most people don't do spins/turn to that I've developed a routine on:

Midnite Blaze
Jane Jana
Trip Machine
Trip Machine ~luv mix~ (done the RIGHT way)
Jet World (extremely fun)
R3
Sync
Flowers (esp. the end run)
Red Zone
Cutie Chaser (next morning mix)
at one point I had Paranoia down, but it makes me sick cuz of the spins
Dynamite Rave Down Bird Sota mix
Celebrate
Groove 2001 (no spins but there's some fun turns if you know where to look)
A Stupid Barber
Frozen Ray (done slightly different from what most people do, I reverse my spins at a different point)
AM-3P
AM-3P 303 (AM east mix) - very very fun to do
B4U
Quickening
Spin the Disc (a few spins here most people don't get)
Freedom

There's still a lot of songs I'd love to not double step to. Do you have videos of some of the stuff you've done?

But what I can't wait to see is wht kind of charts they'll make with 8 panels. There's a lot of potential for very fun charts, but there's also potential for disasters.

I'm not saying I dislike the new remix, and the other remixes actually sound rather cool, too. But it's kind of unfair to these cool songs/revisions to be directly compared side-by-side with the tried-and-true classics, if you know what I mean; it kind of robs these new versions of their fresh luster. Now, parts of the stepcharts to the FuruFuru remixes, on the other hand... (Well, that ties right back in with recent stepchart design, now doesn't it?)

I guess a more important thing to ask, is where are these charts when it comes to the new low-tempo rap songs being introduced? That might actually be pretty fitting action THERE, as opposed to the overly-simple charts that have been associated with them in the past.

And hey, it might just be the recording volume of it (the DYNA-RAVE re-edit). I had to turn my computer waay up to hear it right...

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DLC: Have fun hating 360 NOW!

Doublesteps: I see them as laziness and lack of consideration of the dancer's movement. Sometimes, I think they're too obsessed with the making the charts look "cute" than something realistic for serious technical players. Really, funky routine patterns should be lower on the priority list than care with doublesteps and technical realism. I'm not saying every chart should just be LDURUDLDUR running; that would be stupid. I believe that charts should still have plenty of spin and crossover patterns, including ones that allow the player to turn at high degrees, but also allow them to return to a natural position without having to step around awkwardly. This is plenty to make it feel like a real dance with plenty of movement without pulling cheap doublesteps on the player. Doublesteps CAN be done correctly (End of the Century D- ), but only with caution. I only recommend trying that for one out of ~50 charts.

Difficulty: Disturbia is most definitely not an 8 on the old scale (clearly a 7), nor is it an 8 on the X scale (9, I guess). The other songs on the list suggest it's back to the old scale, which really frustrates me if Disturbia is actually supposed to be an 8. Ugh, this is SN2 all over again. Dammit, Konami, if you're going to write some old-scale 8s, make them actual 8s. Hell, don't think about creating a bulk of 7s, anyway. We already have plenty at that level. We need harder songs. We need songs that smooth the bridge to the boss songs. We need more boss songs, too (not too many gimmicks, though). We don't need more of the same, we need a shift.

Konami should hire Spork! and some other DDR Encore staff. I'm sure they'd set them straight.

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Clarification:

Songs that have A PLACE OR TWO with turnaround patterns like that, close enough to compliment one another, is cool. Filling an entire verse with them, repeatedly; not always so. (Unless it's obviously a spinny-sounding song, like Dizzy, Saturn, You Spin Me 'Round, etc.). Does that make more sense?

EDIT: Who double-steps EotC Double- ?! 9.9 And why?

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A place or two is no big deal, but repetition of doublesteps is a sign of poor step placement. So, yeah, you understand correctly.

Although, I rarely judge PS2/AC charts based on how many doublesteps there are because when a chart comes around with a nice rhythm, I'm so grateful because it's so rare from their stepwriters.

The Universe 3 writers knew what they were doing, though. Good step placement AND step rhythm.

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Both 360 and PS3 in this respect. Out of curiousity, how much does RB/GH charge per song?