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By Erin Reynolds - May 26, 2005
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Born into the same league of musically oriented games as Parappa the Rapper and Donkey Konga, Dance Dance Revolution (aka DDR,) became one of the most popular rhythm-based games to hit the gaming market. It made its debut in Japanese arcades in 1998. The following year it crossed the seas and entered into the American arcade scene. In March 2001, DDR became available for home use on Sony’s Play Station, further propelling it into mainstream culture.
For those who have never experienced the dancing revolution, DDR is based around a 3 foot x 3 foot square floor-pad with directional arrows at the top, bottom, left, and right. Essentially, the pad is a giant controller, but it is operated by the feet, not the fingers. The player must step on the dance pad’s arrows in synch with the rhythm and foot movement patterns specified on the television or arcade monitor. Perhaps it is easiest to think of the game as a visual Simon-says that is set to the beat of J-pop.
At this year’s E3, Konami introduced what will be the two newest members of the DDR family – DDR Extreme 2 and DDR Ultramix 3. While both continue to follow the basic physical mechanics of classic DDR game play, there are several differences of note between the two upcoming games and their predecessors.
The most obvious distinction of the two soon to be released games is that DDR Extreme 2 will be available exclusively on Sony’s Playstation 2, while DDR Ultramix 3 will be available exclusively on Microsoft’s Xbox. DDR Extreme 2, slated to be released this September, boasts 100 hours of music, new interactive modes that will cater to two-left-foot type beginners as well as hard-core competitive dancers. Along with the interactive modes, new movies and cut scenes will be included that promise to impress. Additionally, just as it’s predecessor before it, DDR Extreme 2 will support the EyeToy camera, feature a ‘workout mode’ for the vain and athletically inclined, as well as an ‘edit mode’ in which players can customize their own patterns of dance steps. This is all great stuff, but perhaps one of the most exciting aspects of this DDR version is one of the key aspects of Xbox’s Ultramix 1 and 2, which is the ability to compete with other dancers online. [ 1 | 2 | 3 | Next: (Details and Online Play) >> ]
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