"Konami's Dance Dance Revolution and Nintendo's Wii Fit have often been referred to in the same breath, much due to both games having the knack of leaving their players collapsed in an exhausted, sweaty heap on the floor after an intense session of play (intentionally or neigh). One DDR producer explained the firm is considering the Balance Board for future versions of the game."

"SuperNOVA 2

(Song / Artist)

ANGELUS / Hitomi Shimatani
Beginning of the End / Klayon (Celldweller)
Can't Stop the Rain / Cascada
dream of love / Kaori Nishina
EternuS / Sanxion 7
Every Little Step / Bobby Brown
Faster Kill Pussycat / Paul Oakenfold feat. Brittany Murphy
Fevah / Nightriders
Got To Be Real / Cheryl Lynn
He Said She Said / Ashley Tisdale
Just A Girl (Radio Edit) / Ian Van Dahl
LE FREAK / CHIC
Love On My Mind (Radio Mix) / Freemasons feat. Amanda Wilson
Number ..."

"►► There is a SuperNOVA2 intro.
►► After you select the number of players, each player gets to select a character. Disk characters are back.
►► Avaliable modes are: Beginner, Standard, Battle, Nonstop and Challenge. Tutorial is under construction.
►► There are no new stages for the backgrounds; they all still use current SuperNOVA1 stages.
►► In Battle mode, you can choose the CPU difficulty from 1 to 5; attacks go up to level 4.
►► AAA is possible with 990k score or above. AAA is also a..."

"Either someone at Konami enjoys a good Engrlish laugh or the translation folks were asleep at the virtual wheel, but the official website for Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party for Wii features some unintentionally hilarious quotes from various Bemani-related creative folk:
"Wow! The sound and dance come together and make me feel so wonderful!" - Pop'n Music series director - masaru
"This game is killing it!" - Dance Dance Revolution Extreme director - Inubouzu

"This game is bumpin'! ..."

"SONGLIST:
My Only Shining Star
Innocence of Silence
Flow
Fly Away
True Love
Star Gate Heaven
La Bamba
Seduction (Vocal Remix)
Baby's Tears
Flowers
Fascination MaxX
Healing-D-Vision
Chaos
Fascination (Eternal Love Mix)
Silver Platform - I Wanna Get Your Heart
Trim
Moonster
Soul Crash
Feelings Won't Fade (Extended Trance Mix)
Fly Away (Mix del Matador)
Flow (Jammin' Ragga Mix)
Star Gate Heaven (Future Love Mix)
Fly Away [Full length]
Innocence of Silence [Full Length]
F..."

XBL Radio is reporting a rumor that Konami has three DDR games and a Karaoke Revolution game to show off at E3:

-DDR SuperNOVA 2 for Playstation 2
-DDR Universe 2 for Xbox 360
-DDR Disney Challenge for Playstation 2
-Karaoke Revolution: American Idol 2 for Playstation 2

SuperNOVA 2 is the sequel to last year's SuperNOVA game and the sixth DDR game for the PS2.

Universe 2 is the sequel to the 360's first DDR game. It will bring back a mode from a previous Xbox (non-360) Ultramix g...

"Release Date
-Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA 2 will be released in Japan around late August. (THIS DOES NOT MEAN AN AMERICAN VERSION WILL NOT BE RELEASED. THIS IS ONLY CONFIRMING THE JAPANESE DATE.)

-Music
-It will have over 50 new songs.
It will have carefully selected licenses and mentions "super popular" North American songs as licenses.
-KONAMI originals will be developed with the idea that it will be "fun to play" by popular BEMANI artists; all players' expectations and expecte..."

Last year, Konami held a contest where four lucky people got to have their songs in a couple of DDR games. The contest was held once again and two new winners will get their songs heard on upcoming DDR games, including:

Dance Dance Revolution Universe 2 for Xbox 360
Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA 2 for what's very likely to be PS2 but don't count out the American arcade version either
Dancing Stage SuperNOVA 2 for Europe (same deal as DDR SuperNOVA 2)

None of those games have been ...