DanceDanceRevolution A (AC)

Wait TAG himself made the charts for OTP?

I've long actually suspected that some BEMANI composers also create the step-charts for their songs.

It would go a long way to explaining why historically speaking charts for licensed music are generally much less memorable than charts for the Konami originals (though, like anything else, this isn't absolute).

Before making music for DDR, he was already a step artist. I don't know if it was before he started composing for GFDM or what song he stepped either though.

I have thought about this quite a lot. Here is a copy paste of some ideas I whipped up for a redemption system DDR A could use.

This is pretty cool! My main comment is this- If you don't have an eAmuse, you're basically getting 5 extra tickets per song, but if you do, that'll wear off after a few weeks of playing. I do think the eAmuse bonus is a pretty good incentive for people to get themselves an account, though- Maybe the song first play bonus is either heightened for eAmuse players, or disabled for regular play? Also, I think it would be fine to have at least a minimal payout if you fail a song- probably gives a penalty and has a minimum of 5 tickets or something.

A few other ideas:
-Bonuses for FCs and PFCs
-Fixed ticket bonus for clearing the extra stage (Depends on difficulty, and whether or not you're playing an EXTRA EXCLUSIVE or EXTRA SAVIOR)
-Bonuses when playing versus/doubles?
-I know that Beatmania IIDX has weekly ranking songs- Maybe a random song or three every day that gives a higher payout with eAmuse once per day?

Redemption games may be hit-and-miss in quality, and most of us probably don't care about prizes at arcades. But since we're good at this game and likely to win huge ticket payouts, I bet that would grab the attention of kids who're in it for the prizes. And hey, I hear they have PS4s and stuff at D&B.

According to RemyWiki, he's been stepping stuff since Supernova, a few months before his GFDM deubt. Can't find anything saying what specifically he's worked on.

When the melody from Another Phase appears in the middle of the song, please remember the story that began with Another Phase, the song that symbolized the DanceDanceRevolution title which removed the numbering, and that ends with Over The “Period” (but it is not the end!).


too good

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I didn't know Another Phase was sampled in OTP. Also notice how the former song is the first song on DDR 2013 OST.

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never knew that either,never really listened to another phase tbh.

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but it's not

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it's hard to tell tbh, but you'll be able to notice it after a few listens

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Another Phase is not explicitly sampled in Over The "Period", per se. The part directly after the wave gimmicks has a similar melody to Another Phase. It seems to be pushed a couple of keys up and shifted to a minor key of sorts in comparison to Another Phase.

Compare 1:04-1:14 from OTP to 0:14-0:24 from Another Phase. For that period of time, the melodies are very similar (though after that range, OTP deviates to build suspense for the upcoming 210/420/840 BPM sections to come.)

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There's definitely a resemblance. Both are also at 160 beats per minute, right?

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I love how we are just now finding out that 80% of TAG's song are the same thing.

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The only thing is now, that TAG actually adresses this and that there's at least one connection between some of his songs. Amazing.

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Hearing about this connection between OTP and Another Phase is reminding me of how much I want a new song series. This is much cooler, though- Reminds me of how I've noticed that Ryu*'s Starmine appears pretty much everywhere in his songs.

I never noticed the Another Phase section of Over the "period" (mostly beccause I hate another phase as a song and have only heard it all the way through once or twice), but I always thought the beginning of Shiny World and OtP were styled to similarly.
It has felt for awhile now that Tag has come down with Yoshitaka syndrome.

I like that a lot of people really don't know what the goddamn heck a sample is. I wonder why the Music Production threads aren't heavily filled...

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Most people don't notice that Egoism 440(The Ending stops) and Fascination Max Are pretty much the samething.

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lmao wut

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