MASSIVE information for four future DDR games

Reenee | July 15, 2007 | News | Playstation 2 Wii E3 2007 Misc

The article covers a TON of information for the three DDR games introduced at E3 2007 as well as the upcoming DDR SuperNOVA 2 arcade release! Sit down. It's quite the read.

Games covered:

DDR SuperNOVA 2 for US PS2
DDR Hotteset Party for US Wii
DDR Universe 2 for Xbox 360
DDR SuperNOVA 2 AC for US arcade release

All of the information was compiled from sources like 1UP, Gamespot, and IGN. Arcade info gathered from the current location test in progress at Brunswick Zone in Naperville, Illinois. Call them if you don't believe me. :P

►► 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 achieveable if you get all PERFECT or MARVELOUS; achieve it this way, you will get FULL PERFECT COMBO under the grade on the result screen. AA requires 950k score.
►► MARVELOUS timing is present in normal play. PERFECTS seem to be worth 10 points less than MARVELOUSES.
►► On the FINAL STAGE, one song is in red and is called Volcano. You must play this to get Extra Stage.
►► You get to choose your own mods in EXTRA STAGE; the ES is Unreal by Black Rose Garden.
►► In EXTRA STAGE, the life bar is gone and is replaced with the Oni meter with four lives.
►► In ENCORE EXTRA STAGE, 0.5x is forced on, you are not allowed to select your own modifiers. The life bar is gone and is replaced with the Oni meter. How many lives you get is determined by how well you do in Unreal.
►► COURSES are present now. Two nonstop and two oni courses are avaliable.
►► eAMUSE not avaliable; machine is in LOCAL MODE. eAMUSE will be present in the final release; subject to arcades' willingness to commit to an Internet connection and installing the eAMUSE readers..
►► SAKURA Expert is a 9; SAKURA Challenge is an 8.
►► volcano, Unreal and NGO will not be used for the Extra Stage and Encore Extra Stage in the final version.
►► Category sort includes: DDR SuperNOVA2, DDR SuperNOVA and DDR Extreme.

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Storm | July 15, 2007

DDR is really outdoing themselves, heh. DDR for the Wii would really give you a workout I bet, with it's capabilities and all. It's a shame that there's nothing scheduled for the PS3, though.
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Reenee | July 15, 2007

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It's a shame that there's nothing scheduled for the PS3, though.
It's because FIVE-HUNDRED NINETY-NINE YOU-ESS DOLLARS.

Plus, a decent dance pad goes for $60 to $100...to $300. Double those amounts for a second pad for Double play.

AND that DDR doesn't need the PS3's power. Nor Blu-Ray. Its graphics are not complex and it will never need that much capacity.
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  Akira_EX | July 15, 2007
  
  But then again, it could have the most massive tracklist any console DDR has ever had.
  
  But the costs of making that would shoot through the roof.
  
  I concur that DDR doesn't need the PS3/Blu-Ray's power.
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  Mister Ivanovich | July 15, 2007
  
  Regardless of whether or not it could use the PS3's power, I'm upset that there isn't going to be a game for it too. It seems like a minute detail, but the wireless capabilities of the PS3 are kinda a big deal for me.
  
  Maybe someone will take apart a PS3 controller and custom build a nice DDR pad then make a tutorial on how to do it. -_-
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Sakura | July 15, 2007

I'm really waiting for this DDR Wii game to come out. It looks fun, and my mother has been begging me to buy her a DDR game or Guitar Hero. XD Nice fine.
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Rinkydink | July 15, 2007

DDR is an awesome series, I even ended up downloading Stepmania to play through that every now and then, which I am scarily good at. I'll definitely be picking this up for the Wii, it will be a blast of fun!
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Red_Phoenix | July 15, 2007

This would be very exciting for the Wii.

I cant wait for this one.
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Reenee | July 16, 2007

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But then again, it could have the most massive tracklist any console DDR has ever had.
...if that tracklist came as downloads. Otherwise, this is a terrible business decision.
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sxc_katee | July 17, 2007

I'm definitely excitied for the Wii version and the PS2 versions. I really don't like how they keep changing the level names, why can't they just stay as Beginner, Light, Standard, Heavy and Challenge?