DanceDanceRevolution X (AC) (International)

It looks like they might light up in relation to how full your life bar is (I.E., at the beginning of Drop the Bomb, the lights don't go very high, but they get higher...And then lower when he starts doing some of the freestyle stuff in which he misses arrows)

So when failed, the light bars is black ?

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How would that work with two players then? Would one side rise higher than the others side? They would be out of sync with each other and it would look wierd.

Looks like that IS the function of the light bar, that's pretty awesome
And I don't think they're different for each player, when the guys are playing what we think is On the Break, both bars are rainbow and then turn green at the same time. So maybe it's just for player one, or whoever is doing the best.
But i think it would be pretty cool if it was for both players seperately.

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I thought someone said that the bars raise and fall on beat. The higher they raise to the top the closer it is to the song finishing.

I don't think so. Drop the Bomb has the lights reaching varying peaks on the poles, despite of where the song is. Look at 2:27-2:30 for an example. At 2:27, the lights are rainbow colored and nearly reach the top, but just a few seconds later they turn green and peak at a lower place. It also happens various times throughout Max 300.

Maybe if you get a Marvelous/Perfect combo going, you get you're rainbow lights. If it's just an average combo, it's green.

That's my theory.

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Nah, you can see the lights change from green to rainbow throughout the video.

After a second look, I'd say you're right on the money, Pie. And that's really cool~ I'm all for flashiness, my only worry is cost now.

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Haha yeah. All this stuff is really cool, but it may be out of reach for arcade owners in America if the price isn't right .

By the way, the DDR FROM STAFF blog was just updated. Don't fret, it's nothing interesting. Just one guy's observation of the some of the people around. I swear, these blogs are getting more like the ones on DDRCommunity every time they post .

Tell me about it ....

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They have to screw us somehow.

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As far as I'm concerned, all this stuff just hammers in my point that Konami makes the game to please spectators. Nobody who is actually playing the game is going to look at the bars on the side. It's as pointless as the lights on the lower part of the ITG cabinets, though not as pointless as the lights under the arrows.
Maybe I'd feel differently if I played in a dark arcade like I've seen in some videos. I've only played in well lit arcades.

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Well I guess it's not that different to the scrolling song titles under a IIDX Monitor.
And while it may come off as being only for an audience, I guess it wlil tell players waiting in a crowd how close the person playing is to failing if they can't see the screen.

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I don't think it's on the beat, actually. I DID see it gradually increase in height while it was green, so maybe it's a function of duration and life bar.

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Look at the guy playing Max 300. If your theory was correct, you shouldn't even be able to see the lights at that point. Also, right before the slow down, the peak for the vertical lights suddenly drops, most likely because the player messes up slightly at that point.

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....here is something i don't think anyone has thought about:

What happened to the test location in the US? Didn't Konami say that they would hold a test location somewhere in the US Early August or in the Month of August?

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The Konami reps just said they were shooting for an August location test. I'm sure the production team is busy implementing changes based on the feedback they got in Japan.

...good point, but they should have at least told us any info on where the test location should be and when BY NOW...but I can understand if they are getting their stuff put together for the test machine to be put into the US >_>

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Hmm...$18,000, huh?

Considering all the upgrades and general awesome-ness the cab brings, I'd say it's quite a fair price.