Dance Dance Revolution Konamix

The game works great. It is my first dance dance revolution purchase and the game has a section where it teaches you the basic moves. I tried playing the game before going through this section and it was soooo hard! I recommend trying the lessons before you play the game, it makes it so much easier. Have fun!

MY DAUGHTER LOVES THIS GAME. THIS WAS MY FIRST TIME ORDERING FROM AMAZON AND I REALLY ENJOYED THE EXPERIENCE. I GOT MY PACKAGE ON TIME AND EVERYTHING WAS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AND WORKED PROPERLY. THANK YOU.

Good mix for DDR fans, lots of good songs that dont need to be unlocked, including the old BeayMania songs, and some that are harder to find. Graphics aren'y amazing, but fans will agree, the fun in DDR is not the graphics. Background art is surprisingly good for PS1 era. Game DOES lag a bit on PS1 console (not a lot, but noticable to an advanced player), but if you are considering adding this to your PS2 DDR collection, you will be fine. One note: format is very similar to the older StepMania, and songs are arranged in groups, and you can't choose to display all available songs in a single list. Also, if you're looking only for extremely difficult songs, this likely isn't the mix for you. However, if you want old-school DDR songs at a great price, you will like this mix. It IS "NiB" and authentic, complete with shrink-wrap, so check it out!

I purchased this game about a month ago, and its still fun!
Bemani has some of the greatest music selections on this game ever! The rate of play and the sweat you produce while dancing is outstandingly rich! For beginners, its a little hard to get into it at first, but thats what the "Lessons Mode" is for. My wife gave up on it too easily, but I have learned it and practiced over and over till I can advance to harder and more challenging songs, as well as using the "Workout and non-stop modes" to burn fat and calories daily for 30minutes. I went from "feet 1" to "feet 4" (referring to the pace of how fast the arrows move on the screen) Note: The easiest mode is pretty much the same as "normal" mode, so dont bother messing with that. Once you pass all the way through lesson 2, and 3, you pretty much can do most songs except for "Feet 5 to 7", which seems impossible right now.

The coolest thing is when you dance a song, you get graded on how well you dance. This allows new songs to be unlocked so yes, there is an incentive to doing "perfect" on a song.

Also for those that are "sight-sensitive" and cannot take background distractions when focusing on the arrows alone, this game has features where you can disable the character and blinking backgrounds so its not so busy looking when dancing and looking at the arrows.

Warning: this game takes "patience" to learn how to play and dance to this game. If you lack the patience and willingness to try this game, then you will not like this game as my wife has proven to me, which was a major disappointment for me since I wanted my wife to enjoy this game as much as I do, still.

The only negative thing I would want to say about this game is the lack of Pop songs that I so wished they had on this second installment. It said they had some Michael Jackson songs, but I have unlocked 12 songs already and still no pop songs whatsoever so.

Overall this game is totaly awesome and so much fun as a solo play and for cooperative play(Yes you need dance pads to play this game) You can use your PSX controller, but its not the same and its impossible to get an "A" grade using a controller, I tried it and you need two feet(LOL)

Great songs to dance to and the song itself gets stuck in your head:
Higher
Look To The Sky
Dont Ever Stop
DDR Theme
Most Traditional Japanese songs: such as artist name: ORION .78
Drop Da Bomb

And if you have never heard of these songs, as you progress you will learn to love these tunes.

I highly recommend this game and also highly recommend DDR Extreme if you have the Playstation 2 system as well. They have great songs and some repeat song on there that are on this game such as .59 cents.

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I have the DDR Super Nova Bundle, which doesn't offer much in the way of difficulty degree; it either offers easy, basic (which is barely a step up from easy) difficut and expert. This particular DDR Konamix offers a more diverse selection, as well as a larger music menu to choose from. It works on a Play Station or PS2 platform, is reasonably priced, and is tons of fun for everyone. Highly recommended!