DanceDanceRevolution A (AC)

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It's very possible. But even last week I had level 3 heat and Cosy Catastrophy was still in the Extra Exclusive folder. I'm gonna check again tonight after work to verify all of this.

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Cozy Catastrophe only appears in the folder on level 2 or higher. If you have Neutrino unlocked and are only on level 1, the Extra Exclusive folder won't show up because there's nothing in it.

Resuming:
EXTRA EXCLUSIVE LV 1: NEW CENTURY -> FINAL STAGE
EXTRA EXCLUSIVE LV 2: RISING FIRE HAWK -> FINAL STAGE
EXTRA EXCLUSIVE LV 3: Astrogazer-> FINAL STAGE
EXTRA EXCLUSIVE LV 4: Come to Life -> FINAL STAGE
EXTRA EXCLUSIVE LV 5: Emera -> FINAL STAGE
EXTRA EXCLUSIVE LV 6: Start a New Day -> FINAL STAGE
EXTRA EXCLUSIVE LV 7: Ishtar -> FINAL STAGE
EXTRA EXCLUSIVE LV 8: Out of Focus -> FINAL STAGE
EXTRA EXCLUSIVE LV 9: NEUTRINO -> EXTRA STAGE LV 1
EXTRA EXCLUSIVE LV 10: Cosy Catastrophe -> EXTRA STAGE LV 2
If you unlock EXTRA EXCLUSIVE LV 10 via Rinon's Adventure, this folder is empty, but if you cleared the world 11:
EXTRA EXCLUSIVE LV A: ENDYMION -> EXTRA STAGE LV 3
EXTRA EXCLUSIVE LV A: ACE FOR ACES -> ENCORE EXTRA STAGE

If Konami change these EXTRA EXCLUSIVE songs to EXTRA SAVIOR or to regular play...

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https://twitter.com/TSwagDDR/status/965781652046843904

First PFC of NGO Double

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Strobe ♡ Girl is being removed on March 25.

It affects a small percentage of players here I'm sure.

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booooo
one of my favourite 14s, that's unfortunate

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Oh.
Kinda weird for a FLOOR INFECTION song to be removed from DDR A after its unlocking period, actually.

Edit: nvm

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cool,a song US never got a chance to play is gone now.

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Licensing is a motherfucker.

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It actually can be played in the U.S. The eamuse card has to have played SDVX and done whatever he or she needed to do to be able to play these three songs in DDR A.

Round1 has SDVX in the U.S

It was inaccessible at first on US machines, but this was fixed just before the last DDR Floor Infection event ended. I have these three songs accessible. I'm curious as to whether this removal affects the US since the licensing is different from Asia.

Wait, it was a licensed song? I thought it was a KO.

Since it was part of the Sound Voltex event, I'm going to guess it's a licensed song like most of the songs from SDVX. (Haven't fact-checked this, so I could be wrong)

It appears on the licensing section in DDR's Attract Mode (along with the other two Floor Infection songs), though don't some KOs show up there too?

Pretty sure Strobe Girl's appearance on the attract mode has to do with GUMI being owned by INTERNET Co., Ltd., considering that Idola is also listed on the same screen with the same licensing details.

As for why it was removed, my guess is that colate didn't renew the contract with KONAMI for the rights to the song. So Strobe Girl might be removed from pop'n music and SDVX shortly after its DDR removal.

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...why wouldn't it?

The US just hasn't received any licenses since it was out. Removals because of licenses would affect the US too.

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To be fair, we technically have no precedent for this as the only songs removed so far (the X3 stragglers) were already gone from the US version.

It's a license being removed.

Why would they try to keep ONE SONG in the game for the US only when they can't be bothered to license new content in the first place?

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Not that they kept specifically one song, but theoretically, what might've happened was:

1. Konami prepares the international version of DDR A. The past versions of DDR after X2 didn't have licensing terms that included outside of Asia.

EITHER

2a. Some of the contracts were written broadly enough that would let certain licenses get in. If this was the case, then Strobe Girl would go down in the US as well as Asia.

2b. They had to renegotiate the contracts to include the US (and Europe since plans were in place for that version at the same time). Some songs couldn't be kept but the ones that made it were under new terms that would thus have different renewal dates. If this was the case, then there's a chance Strobe Girl can stay.