Dance Dance Revolution 5th Mix (this ASCII art only uses about 2KB)
FAQ by: Xeno Lynx
Version 1.05
The Inside
1. Fundementals
2. Game Mode
3. Diet Mode
4. Lesson Mode
5. Training
6. Edit
7. The Other Menus
8. The Misc. Section
9. Credits
Version History
1.00
- Initial
1.01
- Added Volcabulary
- Added Specific Controls
- Redid some areas
1.02
- Added Rankings
- Added more information to Diet and Edit modes
- Confirmed Double Play difficulty on all of the songs
- Confirmed most of the reward table
- Minor layout change
(you know, I should really use that notebook more often n.n;)
1.03
- Got rid of marginal stuff, otherwise, you didn't need them and they
were pointless anyways.
- Distribution notice added (please read if you don't plan to read it
where ever you are right now)
- Moved around somethings from the Things To Know
1.04
- I actually started playing again and got some things in that were
long
before obvious, so, I got them in.
- Made a new layout for songs
1.05
- Put in the original Kana for some songs that had them (along with the
Romanji) Problem with Sana Morette Ne Ente during HTML testing, don't
ask.
- Some trivia so you won't get bored, again.
- Changed "Things to know" to "The Misc. Section" obviously, you didn't
need to know somethings.
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1. Fundementals
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Not during gameplay
Controller
D-pad: Move cursor
O: Accept
X: Cancel
[]: No use
/\: No use
L1: No use
R1: No use
L2: No use
R2: No use
Start: Accecpt
Select: None
D-Pad: Arrows (Same direction as key)
O: Right arrow
X: Down arrow
[]: Left arrow
/\: Up arrow
L1: (Double play only) Arrow
L2: (Double play only) Arrow
R1: (Double play only) Arrow
R2: (Double play only) Arrow
Start: None
Select: None
Dance Pad
Arrows: Arrows (Same direction as key)
O: Right arrow
X: Down arrow
Start: None
Select: None
Volcabulary
Bar
A bar in DDR is the same as four beats in the arrow setup. Every four beats,
another bar starts.
Beats per minute (BPM)
How many beats accomplished per minute. Determines how fast the song goes.
(100
is slow, 200 is fast)
1/4 Beat
This is basically 1 beat on the bar, or the same as going as fast as the
song's current BPM.
1/8 Beat
This is basically called a half-beat, or the same as going twice as fast as
the
song's current BPM.
1/16 Beat
This is basically called the quater-beat, or the same as going four times as
fast as the song's current BPM.
How To Play Dance Dance Revolution
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Kinda corny but it helps. On the top is your dance gauge. You will not get
game over until the gauge empties out. Below that are a set of four gray
arrows that stay put. These are to say when you're supposed to hit the
arrows.
They also flash according to the beats per minute. (BPM) The arrows come
from
the bottom to the top, the speed depends on BPM. On the bottom is your
score,
which is just for kicks, no real reason.
Goal
Time hitting the arrows just at the gray ones. Continue to hit them until
the
end of the song.
Tips for begginers
It's fairly easy to play this game as long as you just pay attention. And
don't be afraid either, doing good attracts crowds. (well at the arcade,
since
this FAQ is for the console game) Most of the time, you'll just memorize
like
that, otherwise you'll have to react. Don't worry if you have to look all
the
way at the bottom just to see the next set of arrows, you'll get used to
seeing
them and memorizing them for just a split second.Here are some tips for
playing
the easy songs. Your skill will progress if you play progressively harder
songs
later, but don't jump from a 1 foot to a 5 foot.
1/4 Beat steps (one arrow every beat)
Just follow the beats per minute of the music and hit the arrows at that
pace.
Jumps (two arrows simultaneously)
This what gets most people. Just jump to the two arrows you're trying to hit
at the same time. Like if you're hitting the left and right arrows at the
same time, jump with your legs spread out. What maybe the most odd thing is,
you tend to jump exactly right when you see it!
Song's too fast/slow!
There's a thing I call a speed optical illusion, and it really helps.
"Too Fast"
Start playing faster songs, eventually your eyes even out the speed so it
appears to be moving a bit slower
"Too Slow"
Start playing slower songs, eventually your eyes even out the speed so it
appears to be moving a bit faster.
In short, continue to play fast or slow songs until your eyes are so used to
it,
you can see the arrows clearly. (worked with PARANOiA Max for me)
Practice without the game!
Look at people as they do it. Try to play without a pad, whatever. It helps
somewhat if you practice without the use of a pad or the game. If you want
to warm up, try doing the song the person is doing at the arcade. (or
wherever)
Innovations Of The Game (Why should you get it?)
- The graphics are way improved. Everything moves smoothly, dancers, arrows,
everything.
- New feature, pausing. The arrows stop and resume
- New feature, sorting of songs. Pressing start will arrange the songs
- New feature, long version. Long versions of songs will now be playable,
at the cost of two stages.
- Added feature, BPM change. They added more songs that change BPM
Should I Play If...
I want to work on my arcade skills?
Yes, it's free, obviously, but you need the pad.
I only have a controller?
That's up to you. The game is VERY easy with the controller even if you
suck on the pad.
I recently ate and play with the pad?
It's highly recommended you don't play on a full stomach. Sometimes,
however, your stomach tolerance can withstand motion on certain foods.
Try jumping around to test out if you should play. However, it's not
recommended either way if you have a full stomach.
I have a US Playstation? (no mod)
A mod chip is required to play any imported game. There's a trick, so
look way below for how to really play this game.
Health Warnings
Obviously, if you're sick, injuries, or have any physical disorder, try not
to
play this game. You'll find yourself using nearly every body part and moving
around a lot. After all, I find it funner if I threw in some arm motions.
If you do happen to play on the pad, be advised of the following:
After a while, you'll fatigue. If you really feel like you can't stand up,
take a break. It's better to rest than continue on playing straight after
all.
Once in a while, you may end up rubbing your feet against the pad. Rubbing
constantly builds up a blister. Try to avoid rubbing, and should you get
one,
stop playing.
You have to keep balance much throughout the songs, starting upon some
Moderate levels. If you have trouble keeping balance, practice doing so by
trying another form of balancing. You might end up injuring yourself if you
lose balance during gameplay.
Obviously, if you practice dancing moves, the same as above applies.
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2. Game Mode
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Before The Game
In the console version, there are only three modes to choose from: Single,
Versus, and Double. There is no Non-Stop or Solo Play (six panels) in this
game.
Single Play: Play by yourself, one player only, etc.
Versus: Play with another person, two player, etc.
Double: What most people do is get two people for this mode. This mode was
strictly meant for one person to deal with two pads at the same
time.
Which is why one side gets most of the arrows during the course of
the
song.
After that, you can pick characters. Each one doesn't matter now, since they
all dance in the same fashion. But I just like ones who look good for that
type.
2 Player's Side
Janet (from 2nd mix) Charmy (from 3rd mix) Maho N.M.R.
Emi (from 3rd mix) Princess-Zukin Alice 2MB
*This column, all the characters must be obtained.
Mode
Arrow Misc (Top)
Little: Any 1/8 or 1/16 arrow is gone
Flat: If you notice, the arrow colors rotate differently depending on the
beat that arrow is at. Flat makes all the arrows the same color
rotation.
Arrow Arrangement (Middle)
(The gray arrows are always going to be left, down, up, right)
Left: All arrow positions are moved left. So it's like down, up, right left
Right: All arrow posistions are moved right. So it's like right, left, down,
up
Mirror: All arrow posistions are inverted. So it's like right, up, down,
left
Shuffle: All arrow posistions are random
Arrow Visibility (Bottom)
Hidden: All arrows dissapear at 2/3 from the top
Sudden: All arrows reappear at 2/3 from the top
Stealth: Arrows are invisible
How tough is it?
Simple (1): Generally, the song is mostly a step every two beats, then
you'll
encounter a few 1/4 beat songs. Jumps are rare
Ordinary (2): Generally, most of the song is 1/4 beat and you may have
jumps.
Moderate (3): Almost all the song is 1/4 beat and you'll run into jumps
easily.
Superior (4): All the song is 1/4 beat* and you may even encoutner a 1/8
Marvelous (5): 1/8 beats are ocasional in three bursts and/or numerous jumps
Genuine (6): 1/8 beats are more common in three bursts
Paramount (7): 1/8 beats are common in three bursts and sometimes eight in a
row
(with a arrow pattern of two or more) 1/16 beats maybe
present.
Exorbitant (8): 1/4 beats don't practically exist. The song is mainly 1/8
beats,
1/8 jumps are rare. 1/16 beats are present in slow songs.
Catastrophic (9): 1/4 beats only appear if necassary. 1/8 beats are
everywhere
with 1/8 jumps. 1/16 beats are present in slow songs
*- Fast songs are an exception. Like Furuhata's Theme and Afronova Primeval
Ranking
At the end of the song, you'll recieve a ranking on how well you performed.
As well as score, bonus, and total score.
Judgement
Perfect!! - Perfect timing, increases dance gauge with most effect, points
increased full amount. Adds 1 combo
Great! - A bit off, half the worth of Perfect!! Adds 1 combo
Good - Off by a slight beat, no value, stops combo
Boo! - Off majorly, half the worth of Miss, stops combo
Miss - Didn't attempt, decreases dance gauge with most effect, stops combo
Grades
E - Failed (Judgment doesn't matter)
D - Barely Passed (30%+ total Boos/Misses or your gauge was below 50% most
of the song)
Probable Score Percent: 40%
C - Did alright (20%- total Boos/Misses, 40%-50% Perfects or you gauge was
averaging 75% through the whole song)
Probable Score Percent: 50%-64%
B - Good performance (10%- total Boos/Misses, 50%-59% Perfects)
Probable Score Percent: 65%-79%
A - Great performance (3%- total Boos/Misses, 5%- Goods, 60%+ Perfects)
Probable Score Percent: 80%+
AA - Excellent performance (Perfect combo, 0% Goods/Boos/Misses, 1+ Greats)
Probable Score Percent: 90%-99%
AAA - Perfect performance (Perfect combo, 100% Perfects)
Probable Score Percent: 100%
Bonus (for higher)
- Gameplay (Double play is best (NOT CONFIRMED))
- Harder difficulty (Maniac is best)
- Modes on (Flat, Shuffle, and Stealth are best)
- Evalutaed Score (higher the better (NOT CONFIRMED))
- Evalutated Judgement (More Perfects the better)
- In a row (Doing the same will decrease it)
Controls
Left/Right: Select Song (left is up, right is down) Move Cursor
Up/Down: Press twice to switch difficulties/Move Cursor
O: Select Song
X: Use edit data/Hold during selection to go back to main menu
Start: Re-arrange songs
- Difficulty: By basic and categorized by music type
- Green: DDR Arcade songs
- Blue: PSX Specific (released for PSX but not appearing in Arcade)
- Yellow: Beat Mania Append
- Alphabetical order: Press O on the letter to select it
- BPM order: Slowest to fastest
- Player's Best: This order I can't figure out. No, it's not who your
character is. (I used Naoki and it was Ectasy first,
switched off to Rage and it was still Ectasy)
Select: Mode menu
Song List (In Alphabetical Order)
Since I happen to use a computer that's not in my home, I cannot lug my
Playstation over there and play DDR. Though songs I do know I will write
about
but generally, slow songs or anything else I don't usually play won't show.
Usually the easy songs are boring to write about about anyways. If you see a
song with a yellow/green triangle thing, that means it's a begginer's song.
(more on that a little later)
Example
Title - Artist
BPM - How fast the song is Bars - How long the song is
Single - Single Play
Basic : Basic mode difficulty, along with tips underneath
Trick : Trick mode difficulty, along with tips underneath
Maniac : Maniac mode difficulty, along with tips underneath
Double - Double Play
Basic : Basic mode difficulty, along with tips underneath
Trick : Trick mode difficulty, along with tips underneath
Maniac : Maniac mode difficulty, along with tips underneath
Description (if any)
KEY- (for Difficulty Tips)
Pattern
M - Follow the music: certain intruments that stand out or sounds)
L - Follow the lyrics: the patterns is when the artist is saying the words)
P - Regular: No real pattern
E - Erratic pattern: the pattern is oddly arranged, supposed to follow
something
*Before I say anything, Trick is always going to have 1/8 beat arrows on
easier
songs in three at a time along with more jumps. Just saying this because
it'd
be a waste to say that for a majority of the songs here. If there is
something
I might comment about, you know it's there.
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17ºÍ/Nanajyuu Sai (17 Years Old)- Bambee
BPM - 142 Bars - 50 Genre - Eurobeat
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Single
Basic : 2
Pattern - P Arrow - 1/4
The song is easy, just a bunch of 1/4 beats and a few jumps.
Trick : 5
Pattern - P Arrow - 1/4 and 1/8
Maniac : 6
Pattern - P Arrow - 1/8
It's 1/8 but it goes in a good pattern that's easy to follow
Double
Basic : 2
Trick : 4
Maniac : 6
Overall, this song's not too hard. Just be aware of 1/8 beats in this
song
in Trick and Maniac.
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Absolute - DJ TAKA
BPM - 144 - 80 Bars - 62 Genre - ??
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Single
Basic : 3
Pattern - P Arrow - 1/2 and 1/4
Plain easy, there's just a bunch of 1/4 clustered together then a break.
Trick : 5
Pattern - P/M Arrow - 1/4 and 1/8
Maniac : 8
Pattern - M Arrow - 1/4 and 1/8
It's partly easy, but follow the main sound with the arrows later on
Double
Basic : 3
Trick : 5
Maniac : 8
This song is fun on Maniac as it follows the music. It's probably what
some
guys would call "happy music"
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Abyss - DJ TAKA
BPM - 142 Bars - 52 Genre - ??
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Single
Basic : 2
Pattern - P Arrow - 1/4
Has a lot of 1/4 beats for a moderate song
Trick : 5
Pattern - P/M Arrow - 1/4 and 1/8
Maniac : 7
Pattern - M Arrow - 1/8
Follow the drum in the back for the first part, then follow the sound.
Double
Basic : 2
Trick : 5
Maniac : 7
PAUSE NOTICE - Bar 33 at beat 1/4, stops for six beats
One of the four songs that features the pause. It's seems like something
that could be used in credits of a movie or something.
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Afronova Primeval - 2MB
BPM - 200 Bars - 82 Genre - Rave
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Trivia Q - Is this song a Konami Original?
Single
Basic : 4
Pattern - P Arrow - 1/4
Fairly easy, but the hard part about this song is keeping up
Trick : 6
Pattern - M Arrow - 1/4 and 1/8
There is parts that get tough. Generally the arrows are in 6-7 at a time and
since this song is going fast, it makes it hard.
Maniac : 9
Pattern - M Arrow - 1/8
Again, just listen to the music. There's always a beat you can use for
getting
the arrows just right
Double
Basic : 4
Trick : 6
Maniac : 9
A remix of the third fastest (more like second) song, Afronova from DDR
3rd. It's a fun song to do and it's somewhat easy to do for a 200 BPM
song. Even easier than PARANOiA and it was 180 BPM.
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Against All Odds (Definite Mix) - Deja Vu featuring TASMIN
BPM - 139 Bars - 57 Genre - ??
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Single
Basic : 3
Pattern - P Arrow - 1/4
Just another Ordinary song. (why bother putting in something we see
everyday)
Trick : 5
Pattern - P Arrow - 1/4 and 1/8
Maniac : 7
Double
Basic : 3
Trick : 5
Maniac : 7
I haven't played this song much, so I can't say much about it.
Single
Basic : 4
Pattern - P Arrow - 1/4 and 1/8
Luckily, 1/8 only appears when the vocalist says "Everybody go compete with
DDR"
Trick : 6
Pattern - P/L Arrow - 1/4 and 1/8
There some arrows that come in 5-8 at a time.
Maniac : 9
Pattern - M Arrow - 1/8 and 1/16
Listen to the music, there's a sound that goes in a pattern with the arrows.
Double
Basic : 4
Trick : 6
Maniac : 9
This song is also a fun one to do, but hard to keep up with if you can
outlast a three minute song. Thankfully, that's only equilvilant to two
songs.
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Be Together - Ni Ni
BPM - 142 Bars - 46 Genre - ??
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Single
Basic : 3
Pattern - P Arrow - 1/4
Another fairly easy song. A mix of 1/4 and jumps.
Trick : 5
Pattern - P Arrow - 1/4 and 1/8
Maniac : 7
Double
Basic : 3
Trick : 5
Maniac : 7
One of the songs I don't play much either.
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Broken My Heart - Naoki featuring Paula Terry
BPM - 168 Bars - 66
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Single
Basic : 4
Pattern - P Arrow - 1/4
Like your average Superior song, 1/4 beat arrows and a mess of jumps
Trick : 5
Pattern - P/M Arrow - 1/4 and 1/8
Maniac : 9
Pattern - M Arrow - 18 and 1/16
There's a few 1/16 beats mixed in so just be sure to watch out for those
Double
Basic : 4
Trick : 6
Maniac : 9
I started playing this when I realized it was a castrophic. Acutally the
only time I play this is the edited version found in the Data Base.
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Can't Stop Falling In Love (Speed Mix) - Naoki
BPM - 170 Bars - 66 Genre - Eurobeat
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Single
Basic : 4
Pattern - P Arrow - 1/4
Jumping pattern similar to Dive but it's more of a variation
Trick : 6
Pattern - P/M Arrow - 1/4 and 1/8
Maniac : 9
Pattern - M Arrow - 1/8 and 1/16
Follow the song, especially the beginning part.
Double
Basic : 4
Trick : 6
Maniac : 9
This is a fun song to do. It gets progresive with the 1/8 on Trick and
Maniac, so just be sure to watch out for those, it's easy to miss them
on
a fast song.
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Dancing All Alone - SMiLE.dk
BPM - 140 Bars - 43 Genre - Eurobeat
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Trivia Q - What mixes before 5th has this song appeared in?
Single
Basic : 2
Pattern - P Arrow - 1/2 and 1/4
It's not really that hard. It's a basic patter of > > or > > >
Trick : 5
Pattern - P Arrow - 1/4 and 1/8
Maniac : 7
Double
Basic : 2
Trick : 5
Maniac : 7
From the same people who did Butterly, this song is just as good.
Though
you won't encounter many jumps in this song.
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Dive - Be For U
BPM - 155 Bars - 60 Genre - J-Pop
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Trivia Q - This isn't really when Dive was orignally released, what mix was
it?
Single
Basic : 4
Pattern - P Arrow - 1/4
There's a lot of jump patters, but they are easy at this speed.
Trick : 5
Pattern - M/L Arrow - 1/4 and 1/8
Maniac : 8
Pattern - M/L Arrow - 1/8 and 1/16
Part way, follow the lyrics when they come up. Then follow the music.
Double
Basic : 4
Trick : 6
Maniac : 7
This song introduces Konami's new artist for DDR: Be For U. Although I
don't know why they have that name. (a short history is in the
instruction
book) This is more likely a J-Pop song, so if you like J-Pop you'll be
on
this one for a while.
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Dive -More Deep & Deeper Style- - Be For U
BPM - 155 Bars - 60 Genre - J-Pop
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Single
Basic : 3
Pattern - P Arrow - 1/4
You can expect a few jumps, otherwise it's 1/4 arrows
Trick : 5
Maniac : 7
Pattern - M/L Arrow - 1/8 and 1/16
Same as Dive
Double
Basic : 3?
Trick : 5?
Maniac : 7?
Consider it, the easier version of Dive. It's exactly the same BPM and
bars. You know, how different is it from the original is beyond me.
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Do It Right - SOTA featuring Ebony Fay
BPM - 135 Bars - 49 Genre - ??
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Single
Basic : 4
Pattern - P Arrow - 1/4
Nothing much to worry about. Just a few more jumps
Trick : 5
Maniac : 7
Double
Basic : 4
Trick : 5
Maniac : 8
It's the credits theme song, enjoy.
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DXY! - TaQ
BPM - 148 Bars - 65 Genre - Gabbah, Trance, one of those
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Trivia Q - For this song, what's odd about it? (Hint: you need to assume)
Single
Basic : 4
Pattern - P/M Arrow - 1/4 and 1/8
There is 1/8 beats, but it's kept moderate. It's a medium speed so that
won't
be a problem. The main worry, a ton of jumps
Trick : 6
Maniac : 8
Pattern - E Arrow - 1/16
The pattern is something I can't figure out how it relates with the song.
Since
the pattern is erratic, you're on your own.
Double
Basic : 4
Trick : 6
Maniac : 8
Well, I got better on this so it's not so hard. But TaQ does make some
pretty hard songs.
Single
Basic : 4
Pattern - P Arrow - 1/4 and 1/8
1/8 beat arrows are kept moderate.
Trick : 5
Maniac : 8
Pattern - M/P Arrow - 1/8 and 1/16
Mainly it's 1/8 beats but the mixed in the 1/16 beats from the original.
Double
Basic : 4
Trick : 6
Maniac : 9
They mixed the arrow placement around, but it should be similar
otherwise.
Single
Basic : 4
Pattern - P Arrow - 1/4
There's hardly any jumps in the song.
Trick : 6
Maniac : 7
Pattern - P? Arrow - 1/8
Bunch of 1/8 beats.
Double
Basic : 4
Trick : 6
Maniac : 7
PAUSE NOTICE - Bar 25 1/4 beat, stops for 8 beats. Bar 47 3/4 beat, stops
for 16 beats
The one thing I love about this song is that it pauses twice. One is
"normal", the other is longer. Actually, you might even notice a second
pause is coming up.
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Electro Tuned (The Subs Mix) - TaQ
BPM - 125 Bars - 51 Genre - Gabbah, Trance, one of those
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Single
Basic : 5
Pattern - P/M Arrow - 1/4 and 1/8
This song has more 1/8 beats than DXY! but the song is slower which is why
there
are more. It shouldn't be a panic.
Trick : 6
Maniac : 9
Pattern - E Arrow - 1/16
Can't figure out the pattern either.
Double
Basic : 4
Trick : 6
Maniac : 9
I thought this song was hard on Maniac because of the arrow placement.
Otherwise the other modes are just about what you'd expect out of DXY!
Single
Basic : 3
Pattern - P Arrow - 1/2 and 1/4
Nothing to worry about during the 49 BPM part. There's only one note.
Trick : 6
Pattern - M/P Arrow - 1/4
During the 49 BPM part, you'll have to start off the heartbeats
Maniac : 8
Pattern - M Arrow - 1/8 and 1/16
Not only do you have to follow the drums in the beginning, you also got
to tackle the heartbeats comepletely.
Double
Basic : 3
Trick : 6
Maniac : 9
That's right, this song switches BPM five times throughout the song.
During
the 49 BPM, it won't matter on Basic or Trick, but listen to the heart
beat
in Maniac to get the arrows just right.
Single
Basic : 5
Pattern - P Arrow - 1/4, 1/8 and 1/16
Yup, all three are seen here. Most of the song is mainly 1/4, but then it
gets
going onto 1/8 in a few bursts. The end is the only part with 1/16 beats.
Trick : 7
Maniac : 9
Pattern - M Arrow - 1/8 and 1/16
1/8 plus a bunch of jumps. There's about as much arrows as in PARANOiA
Rebirth,
which is why it makes it so hard.
Double
Basic : 5
Trick : 7
Maniac : 9
PAUSE NOTICE : Bar 57, 5/8 beat, stops for one beat
This song is a combonation of BPM changing and pausing, plus it's
insanely
hard. It starts off slow, but the first note is when it shoots up to
196.
During the pause, it'll stop then go in a beat, which may screw you up.
(this pause is supposed to happen, by the way)
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Hot Limit - John Desire (LONG VERSION)
BPM - 156 Bars - 121 Genre - ??
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Single
Basic : 3
Pattern - P Arrow - 1/4
Seriously, how many Ordinary songs are here that have the same pattern? Well
if you want it, it's a 1/4 arrow pattern then a break of 1/2 arrows.
Trick : 6
Maniac : 8
Double
Basic : 3
Trick : 6
Maniac : 8
This song isn't all to bad, but considering its difficulty, you might
want
to settle for some others before-hand.
Single
Basic : 4
Pattern - P/M Arrow - 1/4 and 1/8
There's 1/8 beats, but not as bad. Just make sure to adjust your speed when
the song kicks in at the end
Trick : 6
Maniac : 9
Pattern - M Arrow - 1/8 and 1/16
There's 1/16 beats that go with the drum and sound of the music. Obviously
just listen to the music. The pattern somewhere before the pause goes in
a 1/16 form. It looks like ^> (or a similar way)
Double
Basic : 4
Trick : 6
Maniac : 8
PAUSE NOTICE: Bar 25, 1/4 beat. Stops for three beats
This is the first song I tried out and realized there was pausing. This
song is still a bit hard because even on basic you encounter 1/8 steps.
Just listen to the music to know when to hit the arrows just right
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I Was The One - Goo Cool
BPM - 125 Bars - 50 Genre- ??
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Single
Basic : 3
Trick : 5
Maniac : 7
Double
Basic : 2
Trick : 5
Maniac : 7
One of the songs I don't play much.
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Look To The Sky - System SF featuring Anna
BPM - 149 Bars - 52 Genre - ??
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Single
Basic : 3
Pattern - P Arrow - 1/4
Another ordinary song. A few breaks between the 1/4 parts
Trick : 4
Maniac : 6
Double
Basic : 3
Trick : 4
Maniac : 6
I like this song, just for the song. But otherwise, it's fairly easy to
complete. It just goes with the song on Maniac in parts.
Single
Basic : 4
Trick : 5
Maniac : 9
Pattern - M/L Arrow - 1/8 and 1/16
The 1/16 beat parts can be done by a skipping (you know, that form of
movement)
pattern.
Double
Basic : 4
Trick : 6
Maniac : 9
I play this song a lot as well. Though I haven't tried Basic or Trick
(because I didn't get there yet) it's fun to do on Maniac. Just follow
the
song as you go.
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Moving On (Extended Moon Mix) - Ellen Gee
BPM - 142 Bars - 52 Genre - ??
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Single
Basic : 3
Pattern - P Arrow - 1/4
Do I have to go over this again? Basically just 1/4 and a few breaks
Trick : 5
Maniac : 8
Double
Basic : 3
Trick : 5
Maniac : 7
One of the songs I don't play much.
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Mr. T (Take Me Higher) - Risky Men featuring Asuka M.
BPM - 128 Bars - 54 Genre - ??
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Single
Basic : 3
You know the score, 1/4 and breaks.
Trick : 5
Maniac : 7
Double
Basic : 3
Trick : 5
Maniac : 7
I played this on Maniac, still haven't on Basic and Trick. Again, it's
another follow the music arrangement.
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My Generation (Fat Beat Mix) - Captain Jack (I'm sure they meant phat)
BPM - 140 Bars - 51
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Single
Basic : 4
Trick : 5
Maniac : 6
Double
Basic : 3
Trick : 5
Maniac : 6
One of the songs I don't play much.
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Never Ending Story - DJ - AC - DC (what the?)
BPM - 140 Bars - 54 Genre - ??
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Single
Basic : 4
Trick : 6
Maniac : 9
Pattern - L Arrow - 1/8 and 1/16
Follow the lyrics
Double
Basic : 4
Trick : 6
Maniac : 8
One of the songs I don't play much.
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Nori Nori Nori - Judy Crystal
BPM - 160 Bars - 49 Genre - Eurobeat
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Single
Basic : 3
The song seems to be a bit fast but it's not too hard.
Trick : 2
Maniac : 2
Double
Basic : 3
Trick : 2
Maniac : 2
This is a trial version of a song that might come out in DDR MAX (6th
mix)
It's fast and fun song with a catchy beat.
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¤ª¤É¤ë ƒ|ƒ“ƒ|ƒRƒŠƒ“/Odoru Ponpokolin (Dancing Ponpokolin) - Captain Jack
BPM - 142 Bars - 57 Genre -
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Trivia Q - Was this Chibi Maruko-Chan's opening or ending theme?
Single
Basic : 2
Pattern - P Arrow - 1/2 and 1/4
Not too hard, until the chorus picks up it's a long 1/2
Trick : 4
Maniac : 7
Pattern - M/L Arrow - 1/8
Follow the music then the lyrics during the chorus
Double
Basic : 2
Trick : 4
Maniac : 7
Though easy, I like this song. Why? It's the theme song to a popular
Japanese anime: Chibi Maruko-chan in English. Chorus is kinda fun to
sing
to. On maniac, just follow the music like the numerous other songs.
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On The Jazz - Johnny Dynamite!
BPM - 130 Bars - 52 Genre - Jazz
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Single
Basic : 2
Pattern - P Arrow - 1/4 and 1/8
Yes, there is a 1/8 beat, but it only shows once.
Trick : 4
Maniac : 7
Pattern - E/M? Arrow - 1/8 1/16
Double
Basic : 2
Trick : 4
Maniac : 7
Slow songs tend to get on me. The arrow placement in them tends to
follow
something else in the music than beats, so listen.
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Oops!... I Did It Again (All Fired Up Mix) - Rochelle (LONG VERSION)
BPM - 132 Bars - 102 Genre - ??
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Single
Basic : 2
Pattern - P Arrow - 1/2 and 1/4
It's a bunch of sideways (< >) jumps for a while
Trick : 5
Maniac : 7
Pattern - M Arrow - 1/16
Just follow a certain beat, it should be easy.
Double
Basic : 2
Trick : 5
Maniac : 8
Shdwrlm3@yahoo.com and my brother says the voice isn't right. Must be
synthesized or whatever.
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PARANOiA Eternal - STM 200
BPM - 200 Bars - 78 Genre - Jungle
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Trivia Q - Look at all the PARANOiA guys! What other PARANOiA song featured
more
than one "PARANOiA man" in the BG?
Single
Basic : 5
Pattern - M Arrow - 1/4 and 1/8
After the middle, there will be 1/8 beats, so watch out. (I always can't get
them)
Trick : 6
Maniac : 9
Pattern - M Arrow - 1/8
Follow the music, goes like < < < <<< < <<< < < < <<< < or something
Double
Basic : 5
Trick : 6
Maniac : 9
PARANOiA has been a long favorite of mine, and this song is one I
usually
pick. The thing that gets on me is on Maniac, there's a spot where it's
1/8 beats in one arrow for two bars, which is VERY hard to do.
Single
Basic : 4
Pattern - P Arrow - 1/4 and 1/8
This is where you worry. There's a lot of 1/8 beats for a song this hard.
Trick : 6
Maniac : 8
Pattern - E Arrow - 1/16
Double
Basic : 3
Trick : 6
Maniac : 8
One of the songs I don't play much. TaQ song's get frustrating easily.
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Remember You - NM Featuring Julie
BPM - 105 - 50 Bars - 42 Genre - Alternative
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Single
Basic : 1
Pattern - P Arrow - 1/2
Arrow every two beats, then a few 1/4 beats
Trick : 3
Maniac : 5
Double
Basic : 1
Trick : 3
Maniac : 5
One funny thing is, on Basic, this song doesn't have enough notes to
fill
up your gauge even if you get an AA ranking. Otherwise, this song is a
slow calm one, or for an idea, the Titanic song. It slows down at the
end,
this could catch a beginner easily, but play it cool.
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Right Now - Atomic Kitten
BPM - 130 Bars - 52 Genre - ??
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Single
Basic : 3
Pattern - P Arrow - 1/4
There's not much to say
Trick : 5
Maniac : 9
Pattern - M Arrow - 1/16
Follow the music.
Double
Basic : 3
Trick : 5
Maniac : 8
I play this song a lot, on Maniac, because the way the notes are
arranged.
It's in a 1/16 beat sync and it goes with the song.
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ƒTƒi ƒ‚ ƒŒƒbƒe ƒl ƒGƒ“ƒe/Sana Morette Ne Ente - Togo Project featuring Sana
BPM - 90 Bars - 36 Genre - ??
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Single
Basic : 2
Pattern - P Arrow - 1/4
Yup, easy enough to comeplete. No help? Well you'll be getting 1/4 beats and
the occasional jump
Trick : 5
Maniac : 8
Pattern - E Arrow - 1/16
Erratic pattern, I can't really figure if it's the song or lyrics
Double
Basic : 3
Trick : 5
Maniac : 8
This song annoyed me on Maniac, it's very hard to earn yourself an A
rank.
It's about as hard as Jam Jam Reggea in 3rd mix.
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Still In My Heart - NAOKI
BPM - Bars - Genre - ??
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Single
Basic : 4
Trick : 6
Maniac : 7
Double
Basic : 4
Trick : 5
Maniac : 7
One of the songs I don't play much.
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Swing It - Bus Stop
BPM - 178 Bars - 50 Genre - 50's
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Single
Basic : 3
Pattern - P Arrow - 1/4
It's fast, but fun. I almost scored a AAA. (1 great)
Trick : 5
Maniac : 7
Double
Basic : 3
Trick : 5
Maniac : 7
A fun song to do, and it's easy for a fast song. Try it out.
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Test My Best - E-Rotic
BPM - 147 Bars - 55 Genre - Eurobeat
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Single
Basic : 3
Pattern - P Arrow - 1/4
This is getting old. (1/4, breaks, jumps)
Trick : 4
Maniac : 7
Double
Basic : 3
Trick : 5
Maniac : 7
I tend to like E-Rotic songs in DDR, but outside of DDR, they are not
what
you might think.
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The Centre Of My Heart (Stone Dub Mix) - Rexette
BPM - 128 Bars - 49 Genre - Country
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Trivia Q - More than 1/3 of the last part of the song, they keep saying
what?
Single
Basic : 2
Pattern - P Arrow - 1/2
No really THAT hard, mainly a arrow every two beats
Trick : 1
Maniac : 1
Double
Basic : 2
Trick : 1
Maniac : 1
Another trial song for 6th mix.
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The Cube - DJ Suwani
BPM - 178 Bars - 71 Genre - Drum & Bass
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Triva Q - What does that pattern (the six boxes) supposed to represent?
Single
Basic : 4
Pattern - M Arrow - 1/4 (or 1/16, but not extreme)
Follow the music, which is pretty noticable.
Trick : 6
Maniac : 7
Double
Basic : 4
Trick : 6
Maniac : 7
One of the songs I don't play much.
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The Twist (Double Pump Mix) - Celebraty All Staz
BPM - 158 Bars - 57 Genre - 50's
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Single
Basic : 3
Pattern - P Arrow - 1/4
You know the score.
Trick : 5
Maniac : 7
One of the songs I don't play much
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3. Diet Mode
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Diet mode monitors how much you excercise when you play DDR. You can
customize
the features by putting your weight (in Kg) and how much Kcals you eaten.
Remember, US standard 1 calorie is 1Kcal.* On the options menu you can
adjust
it more. To review your workout, go to Records and Diet Dairy to see how
much
you did in a day.
*Factoid of science
A Kcal is 1000 calories. No, you're not fat. A calorie is a measurement of
energy needed to heat up one mL of water one degree. (celcius I think) And
think, is a 50 calorie (not Kcal) bar going to keep your body, which is 70%
water at a constant 35C/98.6F for at least 30 minutes? I think not.
In short, *Food* Calorie is another word for Kilocalorie.
Menu Options
Weight - How much you weight in Kg (2.2lbs=1Kg)
Playtime/Kcal - Sets for either goal time or Kcal.
Time - How long you want to excercise (must surpass it)
Kcal - How much Kcal you want to burn off (must surpass it)
Course - General difficulty of songs
Easy Course - The songs are reduced to very simple
Diet Course - The songs are reduced to 1/4 beats
Normal Course - The songs are all normal
Screen
[||||||||||||||||]stage[||||||||||||||||||]
< V ^ >
3:45
000000001.234Kcal
Basically, it's all the same, except the score has been replaced with a Kcal
read out and there's a timer. The Kcal meter will start going as soon as you
press an arrow at most times. (not just before or right after the song) So
your excercise will be measured even if you're not hitting anything.
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4. Lesson Mode
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They picked on Alice a lot in this game, she's everywhere. (it used to be
Emi)
There are three lessons to do and each one is progressively harder, but it's
easy enough.
Lesson 1 (Baby-Lon)
1. Basics
2. 1/4 beats
3. Left/right every 2/4 beat
4. Up/down
5. Up/down, another way
6. Up/down, feet aligned with up/down arrows
7. Up/right/down and up/left/down drill
8. Song - Let Them Move (N.M.R)
Lesson 3 (Robo2001)
1. 1/8 step drill
2. Left/Up/Right and vice versa pattern
3. Same as above but with bottom
4. Right/Up/Down/Left and vice versa pattern
5. 1/4 then 1/8 steps
6. 1/4 then 1/8 steps
7. Body moving Technique(spinning)
8. Song - Baby Baby Gimme Your Love (DIVAS)
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5. Training
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Basically, this allows you to practice any song you have with some
adjustments.
There is no game over here either.
Menu
Music Select
Type of Play: Single, Versus, Double
Difficulty: Basic, Trick, Maniac
Mode: Little, Flat, Arrangement, Visibility
Speed: 1-5, I believe it's by 1 digit equals 20% but can't really tell.
Help : 2 (yes they skip 1) Metronome; 3. Song + metronome; 4. Arrow Clap;
5. Song + arrow clap; Metronome + arrow clap; 7. Everything
Metronome is beeps. Clap is when the game makes a clap when you're
supposed to hit the arrow for a "Perfect!"
Bar Start: Which bar you want to start at, you cannot start at the end
Bar End: Which bar you want to end at, you cannot end at the beginning
Start: Starts song
Edit: Loads edit data
Exit
End Options
Again - Do song again
Check - Checks judging and timing
Yellow - Perfect!!
Green - Great!
Blue - Good
Purple - Boo!
Miss - Red
If you press select you'll see your timing scale
Yellow - Perfect timing
Blue - Timing is too soon
Purple - Timing is too late
Red - Missed
Menu - Goes back to the menu
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6. Edit
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You can make your own arrow arrangement with this. Have a little fun, make
it
a challenge.
Controls
Pad: Move cursor
O: Accept/Place arrow (right)
X: Cancel/Get out of editing field/Place arrow (down)
/\: Place arrow (up)
[]: Place arrow (down)
L1: Change BPM arrow placement
L2: Area start/end
R1: Scroll faster
R2: Area menu
Start: Test song
Select: No use
Main Menu
New Data - Start from stratch or use an official data for a starter
- Select Song
- Use official Data?
- Yes
- Basic, Trick, Maniac
- No: Start from scratch
Memory Card - Load from Memory Card
Guide - Gives instructions (in Japanese)
Exit
Memory Card Menu
Save - Save data
Load - Load data
Rename - Rename data (you need to give it a name and maybe difficulty)
Exit
In The Editing Field
(names don't appear)
| || |
[]New |1P's||2P's|
[]Mem. Card |side||side|
[]Quick Save | || |
[]Recording | || |
[]Options | || |
[]Status | || |
[]Guide | || |
[]Exit | || |
Explainations
New - Start a new data
Memory Card - Goes to Memory Card menu
Quick Save - You have to have saved it first, automatically updates it.
(when
choosen)
Recording - Serval more options...
- Type: How you want the preview done
- Judge 1: You can play the song on the editing field.
- Judge 2: Actual DDR style
- Over Input: Plays the song and you can place arrows as you go.
Deletes
arrows if you press the same arrow
- Save Input: Plays the song and you can place arrows as you go.
Doesn't
delete arrows
- Watch: Just watches how it goes
- Repeat: Repeats song
- Speed: Adjusts how fast the song is going
- Input SE: Turns on/off those sound effects when doing Input recording.
- Filter Br: Works only with Judge 2. If at 0%, you'll see the editing
field. If at 100%, you'll have a blank background.
Options - More options to choose from...
- Input type: How you want to input the arrows
- Keep: Stays at current position
- Next: Moves to the next beat once an arrow is placed
- BGM: Plays current song while editing
- Icon Exp: Names the left icons for you
- Language: Japanese or English
Status - Explains everything about the song currently
Guide - Explaination of buttons, in Japanese
Exit
How To's
Place an arrow
Make sure you have a line in either 1P or 2P's side with a box at either
end.
Press any of the right button keys to place an arrow and press the same key
to delete it.
Place 1/8 or 1/16 beat arrows
Press L/R2 and the arrows in the box will change from red, to blue, then
yellow. Red is 1/4, blue is 1/8, and yellow is 1/16. Then just normall edit
as you would.
Preview Song Before Actual Launch
Press start, to customize the way you want it, look at "Recording".
Save
Go to the Memory Card option. (the menu help is above)
Area Editing (press R2)
Copy - Copys the current area
Paste - Pastes the copied/cut arrows to where you want it
Cut - Copies but deletes the arrows with it
Delete - Deletes all the arrows
Arrange - Fixes the posistion of arrows for you
- Left: all arrows go left once
- Right: all arrows go right once
- Mirror: reverses all the arrow positions
Quantize - Not sure exactly what this does
- Fourth: All arrows in that area will become a 1/4 beat arrow
- Eighth: All arrows in that area will become 1/4 and 1/8 beat arrows
- Twelfth: All arrows in that area will become 1/16 beats or similar
- Little: Gets rid of all 1/8 and 1/16 arrows.
Something About Edit
If you edit something, the VERY last possible note is odd. I used Healing
Vision -Angelic Mix- and followed the heartbeats at the end, and sometimes I
cannot hit the last note (becuase the game cuts off the controls) and
sometimes
I can. But oddly enough, that last note doesn't count! I ranked AA on it but
I couldn't touch the last note!
Tibits on song editing
I tend to make hard songs, but I usually know how to create some easy ones.
If
you want to make either...
Making C Ranking songs (7-9 foot)
- Choose a fast song, this'll make the arrows harder to see (something like
Afronova Primeval, PARANOiA Eternal, or Healing Vision -Angelic Mix-
works)
Song of Choice: HV -AM- because it's slow, fast, and stops. (slow and
stops for like a fraction of the song, but it's fun)
- Use 1/8 arrows most of the song. This really is hard to do if the song is
fast.
- Jumps are killer, if you can't hit them at all (for some odd reason),
you've
made the song too hard or it's your little Combo "stopper".
- 1/8 beats work best on a single foot. But it's boring if the whole song is
just one arrow. Maybe a whole bar or two tops.
- If you want a slow song, make it the slower songs.
Song of Choice: Sona Morette Ne Ente
- Use 1/16 arrows most of the song. This really hard to see.
- Jumps are killer, again
- The beat works best for a single foot. But make sure it's not the whole
song.
- What works best is the way TaQ arrangements work. Make it go with the song
but hard to figure out which part. Otherwise following a sound or lyrics
works fine.
Making B Ranking songs (4-6 foot)
- Any song works
- 1/8 arrows kept moderately for fast songs, maybe okay for most of a slow
song
- 1/16 are not to be in a fast song, slow songs are kept moderate.
- Jumps are okay 1/4, rarely 1/8
- If you want, make the arrows follow an obvious sound of the music, but if
it's 1/16 or 1/8 mostly, don't use it all the way through
Making A Ranking songs (1-3 foot)
- Any song works
- 1/8 are virutally forbidden. Slow songs are kept rarely
- 1/16 are never to be seen.
- Jumps are light
- If you want, make the arrows follow an obvious sound of the music. Kept
lightly if mostly 1/8 or 1/16 (means trim it down)
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7. Other Menus
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DATA BANK
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Holds most, if not all, the custom arrow arrangements made by the DDR staff.
There are over 2000 and you get more as you comeplete more songs. You need
one
block to save the edit data and the appropriate game which it will highlight
for you to play.
The games being:
Dance Dance Revolution
Dance Dance Revolution 2nd Mix
Dance Dance Revolution 2nd Mix Club Version
Dance Dance Revolution 2nd Mix Beat Mania Append
Dance Dance Revolutoin 3rd Mix
Dance Dance Revolution 4th Mix
Dance Dance Revolution Best Hits
Dance Dance Revolution Extra Mix
Dance Dance Revolution 5th Mix
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ARCADE LINK
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You can create an Arcade Link data in this option. Arcade link will allow
you
to use your DDR 5th mix data to support the arcade version. I'm guessing the
only reason is to open up more options or play your edit data.
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RECORDS
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Music Records - Best Record for all the songs
Diet Rankings - Highest Kcal, time, whatever
Diet Diary - Information on what you did day-by-day
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OPTIONS
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Several Options to choose from.
SOUND
Sound
- Stereo: If you have two speakers
- Mono: If you have one speaker
Voice
- No Booing: The crowd does not boo, so you won't feel discouraged.
- Off: Turns off announcer and crowd during the song
- On: Everything is on
Timing
- |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
-+0
- I'm not even sure how this works. From what I hear, it's supposed to
make the arrows go slightly faster/slower. This doesn't help on
judgement.
CONTROLLER
Vibration (Requires Daul Shock)
- No use: Doesn't vibrate
- Button: Same like clapping in training, but not recommended (since
it's lengthly, it's not helpful as it just creates a pure
vibration throughout harder songs)
- Miss: Only vibrates if you miss
Double Play Use
- Yes: Use vibration on Double Play
- No: Doesn't vibrate on Double Play
Double Play Settings
- A: R1 - Down L1 - Right R2 - Left L2 - Up
- B: R1 - Down L1 - Left R2 - Up L2 - Right
- C: R1 - Down L1 - Up R2 - Left L2 - Right
- D: R1 - Left L1 - Down R2 - Right L2 - Up
- 1: Each player has their own side (1P is 1P, 2P is 2P)
- 2: Allows single player Double Mode (C-pad: 1P Side, Buttons: 2P)
- 3: 2P's O, X, /\, [] are reversed
Controller Settings
- 1P: Will disable certain controls for 1P
- 2P: Will disable certain controls for 2P
MEMORY CARD (Requires PSX Memory Card (PS2 Memory Cardincompatible)
and 1 block)
Save
- Saves Data
Load
- Loads Data
Edit Use
- Scans memory card for edit data
Auto Save
- Saves automatically when updated
DDR 4th Mix Support
- Supposed to open options
DDR Extra Mix Support
- Supposed to open options
GAME
Difficulty
- 1/Easiest: Miss decreases 10%-30%, Perfects initially increases .25%
- 2/Very Easy: Miss decreases 15%-35%, Perfects initially increases .25%
- 3/Easy : Miss decreases 15%-40%, Perfect initially increaeses .2%
- 4/Medium: Miss decreases 20%-40%, Perfect initially increases .15%
- 5/Medium-Hard: Miss decreases 25%-40%, Perfect initially increases .1%
- 6/Hard: Miss decreases 30%-55%, Perfect initially increases .05%
- 7/Very Hard: Miss decreases 35%-60%, Perfect initially increases .025%
- 8/Hardest: Miss decreases 40%-75%, Prefect initially increases .025%
Stage
- 3: Three songs before total evaluation
- 4: Four songs before total evaluation
- 5: Five songs before total evaluation
Timer
- On: You'll have 20 seconds to choose whatever
- Off: You have infinite time
Game over
- Arcade: Game stops as soon as your dance gauge reaches 0%
- End of music: Like Beat Mania somewhat. If your dance gauge ever
reached
0% during the song by the time of your ranking, it's
game
over.
Event Mode
- On: You have access to all songs. Long Versions take one stage. You
play
right after total evaluation. Press X anytime during your ranking
to
get out.
- Off: You play the number of songs current. You will not have access to
long versions until the second to the last stage.
GRAPHIC OPTIONS
BG Animation
- On: Turns on the animations in the background
- Off: The background stays the same
BG Bright
- 25%-100%: Brightness level of the background
Danger (when you dance gauge is 20% or lower)
- Blinking: DANGER! flashes
- Still: DANGER! stays
- None: No DANGER! display
Arrow
- Arcade: Normal rainbow color rotation
- Note: Red (1/4 beat steps) Blue (1/8 beat steps) Yellow (1/16 beat
steps)
Character Use
- Yes: Allows character selection and character to dance
- No: You will skip character selection and no character will dance
DIET OPTIONS
Measurement
- Regulation:
- Free:
- I have not seen any signifigance to this option. It could be with the
weight/time/Kcal thing but I'm not sure yet.
Calorie Display
- Yes: Displays Kcals burned
- No: Doesn't display Kcals burned
Consecutive Play
- Yes: Choose one song and you'll go to the next one right after the
previous
- No: You can choose songs
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GALLERY MODE
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This mode allows you to see the collected pictures from the game. You get
one
new one every two songs and there is a total of 227 pictures. You need to
play
454 songs just to get every one of them! Don't be bored now, I'm only a
third
there.
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INFORMATION
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Updates you with the lastest things you've gotten.
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8. The Misc. Section
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Triva Q Monsters
What was the only mix that featured lyrics? (so you can kareoke to it!)
What was the only mix that had append discs? (like Beat Mania)
What was the only mix not on PSX?
There's a song out there that's supposedly faster than Drop Out, what is it?
The "PARANOiA man" is seen only in one other outfit, which is?
What song was also in Drum Mania and Guitar Freaks? What is the difference
between the two songs? (besides the obvious)
There are three songs in Bemani that appear in DDR, Guitar Freaks, and Drum
Mania. Their only similarities are the sound effects they share and the
name.
What are they?
Luv To Me was also in another game besides Beat Mania, what is it? (and full
name of the song)
What is so significant about TaQ's and DJ Taka's genre now?
How To Play If Imported
Dance Dance Revolution 5th Mix has a notorious PS gadget in it's CD, Modchip
testing. This means you cannot play if you have a mod. However:
First you need a modchip. You may also need a spring or something to keep
the
button you see in the top right (facing the controller ports) held.
Well, no one's really enforcing these tricks as far as I'm concerned. (If
you want
it off, gotta tell me)
- GS modchip test skip code.
1. Place a US or compatible version PSX game that's not copied into the
console
2. Turn on the console, leaving the cover open, wait for the original game
to
stop.
3. Take out the game and put in DDR5th Mix in
4. Enter this code
D017438E-1040
8017438E-1000
5. Run with the cheat on
- Swap Trick for PSX only(follow exactly and you'll get out with minimal
damage)
1. Place a US or compatible version PSX game that's not copied into the
console
2. Turn on the console, leaving the cover open, wait for the original game
to
stop.
3. Take out the game and put in DDR5h Mix in
Normally, if you just let it run, after about five seconds in the game,
you get
a message "Program Terminated. This console maybe modified, please call
(some
long phone number) for support"
4. Press start game (without cheats or whatever that option is)
5. Play brave this time, as soon as the "Checking Memory Card" message
appears,
you HAVE TO STOP the disc and quickly put in the US or compatible in. Let
the
compatible disc run until the normal warning appears, then switch back.
You have
under five seconds to do this process. If the motor starts before you can
put
it in and it scratches the middle, no biggy. (the only part that's not
read.)
6. Enjoy.
NOT ONLY USING THE GS CODE WILL ONLY LIMIT YOU TO GAME AND DIET MODES, YOUR
DATA
WILL BE CORRUPTED SOONER OR LATER. HOWEVER, USING THE SWAP TRICK WILL
SLIGHTLY
DAMAGE THE CD. You're in a bad spot either way. Like niether? Just buy a
Japanese
PSX off of E-bay or something.
Rewards
I had a problem with the file I used. Not only did I have to restart from 50
songs
the game also lost track of Gallery Mode pictures. (I use that as a song
counter)
There maybe a fault, but I'm not sure.
Every 2 Songs: Gallery Mode picture unlocked
5 Songs: Nori Nori Nori
10 Songs: The Centre Of My Heart
15 Songs: Abyss
20 Songs: Sana Morette Ne Ente
25 Songs: Mr. T (Take Me Higher)
30 Songs: On the Jazz
40 Songs: Absolute
45 Songs: The Cube
50 Songs: Look Into the Sky
55 Songs: DXY!
60 Songs: Radical Faith
65 Songs: Electrotuned
70 Songs: Naoki, N.M.R.
75 Songs: Do it Right
80 Songs: Total score
85 Songs: Dive -More Deep and Deeper Style- And Be For You members'
biographies
90 Songs: Healing Vision -Angelic Mix-
100 Songs: U-1, 2MB
150 Songs: Total game types played
454 Songs: All Gallery Mode pictures aquired
All songs on Basic complete: Dance Master S-Basic
All songs on Trick complete: Dance Master S-Trick
All songs on Maniac complete: Dance Master S-Maniac
(records how many A's, AA's, and AAA's you got on that mode)
That Little Yellow/Green Thing
In Japan, you place a sticker or something to your car and it tells everyone
you're a rookie driver. Or a begginer, so this marks all songs for
beginners.
Graphic Problem
Did you know there's a graphic problem in the game? (Could be my Playstation
since it's five years old) The resolution in the arcade game was widescreen
and the Playstation's resolution is 320X240, which cannot support that. To
conpensate, the BG had to be squared and they had to cut off the top and
bottom
to fit in the game. As you notice, you cannot see the gauge completely or
see
"Stage" either. I'm guess PS2 fixes this.
Naoki, U1, N.M.R. and 2MB
You've seen their names, so where do they come from?
Naoki Maeda - Sound programmer, makes most of the songs that don't come from
DanceMania. (More likely, most of the "Konami Original"
labeled
songs)
U1 - aSami - Playstation DDR Staff
N.M.R. - Shdwrlm3@yahoo.com confirmed it's Naoki
2MB - Shdwrlm3@yahoo.com confirmed it's U1
Beware!
Songs like PARANOiA Evil, Crafty, Millenium, Revolution, Red and Massive
remixes
are all made by those outside of DDR. The only variations of Butterfly in
DDR
are normal and Upswing. Don't expect any of those remixes outside of DDR or
Dancemania to be on DDR.
How would you know?
Take PARANOiA for example. Crafty (which is a mix of all the PARANOiAs),
Millenium
(Drum & Bass version) Revolution (PARANOiA Rebirth on speed) and Massive
(Drum & Bass version 2) still use the original or Max versions and flip them
in.
PARANOiA Evil is a real good version, but barely, could still tell that the
original
was put in, just the artist flipped it around and the beat makes it sound
like an
authentic Naoki song. (otherwise, it is one, but I don't care right now)
Getting AA or AAA
A few pointers on getting either of these hard (or not) to get rankings.
Tips for AA
- Practice the song
- Know every keen trick they try to pull. (like a jump in a 1/16 arrow song)
- PARANOiA Eternal's trick: Use one hand (your best) and use it on the
arrows or
just hit both the up and /\ in a 1/4 ryhthm
Tips for AAA
- DON'T TRY A MANIAC SONG. Though I got 4 greats doing Healing Vision
-Angelic
Mix- before, it's a waste of time doing Maniac songs, or Trick for that
matter.
- Easier = better. Well it's obvious
- Faster = better. You don't have to worry about timing that much. As I
said,
I got 1 great on Swing It but 2 greats (best) on Remember You.
- Try the beat trick. Hit the arrow that comes next on the beat. Though it's
not
recommended because it led me to more greats than just doing it.
- Practice.
The Useless To Know (This could be some challenges)
5th Mix
The Most -
Fastest (achieved) - Insertion (220)
Fastest (averaged) - Afronova Primeval, PARANOiA Eternal (200)
Bars - B4U Glorious Style (119)
BPM Changes (including stops) - Insertion (6)
BPM Changes (excluding stops) - Insertion, Healing Vision (5)
Song Played By author - Healing Vision ~Angelic Mix~
Highest Single Score by author - 53000000's AA ranking Healing Vision
-Angelic Mix-
Accumulated Score by author - 2700000000's last time checked
Combo by author - AA ranking Healing ~Angelic Mix~ Edited version with a 587
(or around) combo
1/8 Beat Arrows In A Row - PARANOiA Eternal (2 bars)
Total Difficulty Foots - Healing Vision ~Angelic Mix~ (20) (5/6/9
difficulties)
Slowest (achieved) - Insertion, Ecstasy, Abyss, Healing Vision ~Angelic Mix~
(0)
Slowest (achieved but still going) - Healing Vision ~Angelic Mix~ (46)
Slowest (averaged) - Sana Morette Ne Ente (90)
Shortest - Sana Morette Ne Ente (39)
Lowest single score by author* - 10000000's AA ranking The Centre Of My
Heart
Least Total Difficulty Foots - The Centre Of My Heart (4)
Awards given - Healing Vision ~Angelic Mix~ (no brainer)
*- I mean I passed it as well, but it'd be too long to fit.
All the DDR
The Most -
Fastest (achieved) - Drop Out (260)
Fastest (averaged) - Drop Out (260)
Bars - B4U Glorious Style (119)
Oldest Group (since DDR)- SMiLE.dk, Bus Stop, Naoki (all variations)
BPM Changes (including stops) - Insertion (6)
BPM Changes (excluding stops) - Insertion, Healing Vision (5)
Song Played by author - PARANOia Rebirth
Highest Single Score By author - 53000000's AA ranking Healing Vision
~Angelic Mix~
Highest Accumulated score by author - 200,000,000,000,000,000,000's Playing
3rd
Mix Endless Mode
Highest Combo by author - 700's Playing 3rd Mix Endless Mode
1/8 Beat Arrows in a Row - PARANOiA Eternal (two bars worth)
Total Difficulty Foots - La Seniorita Virtual (24) (7/8/9 difficulties)
Slowest (achieved) - Insertion, Ecstasy, Abyss, Healing Vision ~Angelic Mix~
(0)
Slowest (achieved but still going) - Healing Vision ~Angelic Mix~ (46)
Slowest (averaged) - Sana Morette Ne Ente (90)
Shortest (bars) - Sana Morette Ne Ente (39)
Lowest score by author - 0 (who hasn't?)
Lowest ranking by author and TRIED - Captain Jack Germanrandale Mix~ Double
Maniac
(C, equilvilant to C)
Awards Given - Healing Vision ~Angelic Mix~
Author's Challenges
Highest Single Score - 53000000's AA ranking Healing Vision ~Angelic Mix~
Highest Accumulated score - Dan (Redchoco99@aol.com)
253,400,000,000,000,000,000's
Highest Combo - Dan (Redchoco99@aol.com) 1012
5th Only
Highest Single Score - 53000000's AA ranking Healing Vision ~Angelic Mix~
Highest Combo - AA ranking Healing ~Angelic Mix~ Edited version with a 587
(or around) combo
Misc
600+ Note song using a maximum of 50 bars and is POSSIBLE on controller -
Not attanined yet
600+ Note song using a minimum BPM of 190 and is POSSIBLE on controller -
Almost (look at 5th mix Highest Combo)
Author's
Favorite Songs - All PARANOiA's, Afronova, Afronova Primeval, Inserstion,
Abyss, Ecstasy, Healing Vision, Healing Vision ~Angelic
Mix~,
Dead End, Drop Out, Dam Dariram KCP Mix, Furuhata's Theme
Era (Nostal Mix), Orion .78 AMEuro Mix, Orion .78
Civilization
Mix, Holic, DXY!
Favorite Characters - Rage, Naoki, U1, Emi, Alice, 2MB, Disc Being (A and
B)
Devil Zukin (Diet version)
I'm Bored!
Well... This game has good replay value. This game also is still fun
afterwards
but if you're absolutely sick of DDR: Play Something Else.
Answers
Is this song a Konami Original? (Afronova Primeval)
It's quite clear that the logo of origin says "dance" and the rest is
unclear.
Strange, its original was a Konami Original.
This isn't really when Dive was orignally released, what mix was it? (Dive)
Extra Mix originally released Dive in the game.
De-Sire's only song that wasn't Drum & Bass was... (Healing Vision)
Trip Machine Climax, a fun song to do. It's probably my mistake if it is a
D&B.
When does that whack BPM change (110-120-140) occur? (INSERTiON)
Right after the pause, you'll notice the arrows are going funny after
awhile.
Look at all the PARANOiA guys! What other PARANOiA song featured more than
one
"PARANOiA man" in the BG? (PARANOiA Eternal)
PARANOiA KCET ~Clean mix~ had at least three in the background.
More than 1/3 of the last part of the song, they keep saying what? (Centre
Of
the Heart)
It gets me crazy... "Na-nana-nana-na"
What was the only mix that featured lyrics? (so you can kareoke to it!)
3rd Mix, they took it out because I'm guessing it was totally distracting.
What was the only mix that had append discs? (like Beat Mania)
2nd Mix had a total of two append discs as seen in the Data Bank. Beat Mania
Append and Club Version.
What was the only mix not on PSX?
Solo2000 is the only mix on the arcade version. That Drop Out song would've
been nice.
There's a song out there that's supposedly faster than Drop Out, what is it?
MAX300 by Omega, supposed to be in DDRMAX. It's what it says, 300. (It's
really 150-300-0-300)
The "PARANOiA man" is seen only in one other outfit, which is?
A bicycle helmet in PARANOiA Rebirth.
What song was also in Drum Mania and Guitar Freaks? What is the difference
between the two songs? (besides the obvious)
Love This Feelin' was not only a unique song becuase of that, it was the
first
BPM changing song. The only difference is that the GF/DM version doesn't
have
that intro ("Check one, check one" part) and is a straight 180 BPM.
There are three songs in Bemani that appear in DDR, Guitar Freaks, and Drum
Mania. Their only similarities are the sound effects they share and the
name.
What are they?
Hypnotic Crisis (DDR 4th Mix), Hypnotica (GF 1st mix), and Hypnotieque (DM
3rd)
Luv To Me was also in another game besides Beat Mania, what is it? (and full
name of the song)
Luv To Me ~Super EuroBeat~ (Not sure) version was released in Para Para
Paradise.
What is so significant about TaQ's and DJ Taka's genre now?
They switched off. TaQ was the calm guy, DJ Taka was the hardcore mixer.
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