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Dance Dance Revolution X | 
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| From: Konami
Category: Video Games
List Price: $29.99
Buy New: $23.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 2292
Platform: Playstation2
ESRB: Everyone 10+
Media: Video Game
Edition: Bundle
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: PlayStation 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 20177
Model: 20177
UPC: 083717201779
EAN: 0083717201779
ASIN: B0019SMCDU
Release Date: September 16, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | awesome soundtrack packed with 65 major hits and brand new songs | | • | Brand new LAN battle mode lets up to 8 player battle simultaneously | | • | Create your own workout and fitness program through an enhanced workout mode | | • | new DDR characters and enhanced graphics | | • | utilize the eyetoy to implement yourself into the game |
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Product Description
Explode onto the dance floor with DanceDanceRevolution X! It delivers fun interactive gameplay, incredible song selection and innovative new game modes. This bundle comes with the game and dance mat.
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| Customer Reviews:
 my impressions October 1, 2008
I just got the game a week ago, so i have yet to unlock everything but i think i have seen enough to write a decent review. for good measure. I have been playing ddr for about 6 years now and own all but 2 of the ps games (i'm missing supernova and disney mix for the ps1) and i have the short-lived In The Groove for ps2 as well.
the good:
- big initial songlist (around 40)
- no more shop (that's my opinion anyway)
- Classic songs like "butterfly" and "hero" are in this version with updated steps (the songs are not remixed but the songs do have different step patterns)
The bad:
- The announcer! OMG the announcer! I've never had to disable an announcer's voice in the previous versions but there's a first for everything i guess
- The theme: The "urban" theme is quite possibly the worse move konami could've made (it's the main reason the announcer is so horrible) especially when you have an urban theme on a song list still comprised of mostly j-pop and trance.
- the new step levels: Changing the levels of the songs this late in the series is another bad move. I only hope someone who starts off with this game doesn't go to the arcade and think he/she can do a 9 or 10-footer song cause they can do it on this game
- Shock arrows: i know they are based on the mines from ITG but those mines are only one or two arrows at the same time. in ddr x, shock arrows always seem to be on all four arrows at the same time and placed in between beat steps so you have to either jump or put both feet in the center to avoid them ( the latter is harder because of two things: one, feet-in-the-center is something you DON'T do at harder levels and two, most basic pads still hit an arrow on accident when you put your feet in the center and it can't be helped. i've hit the shock arrows almost everytime i placed my feet in the center.
I know that's a lot of bad things but the songs are still fun to play (which is why this got 3-stars instead of 2) so if you want new songs or classic songs that you haven't heard in a while that have been made a bit more difficult. get this game. personally, once i unlock everything, i'm going back to supernova 2 cause i like the songs better there ( i love angelus but i did miss butterfly)
First Impressions October 1, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I haven't yet played through this exhaustively, but I have a couple hours in, so here are my first impressions.
The Bad:
- The difficulty levels have been artificially inflated by 2 feet. And now they go to 13. ("Ours goes to eleven!") Huh?!? I should not be able to barely pass a 9-footer while sight-reading a song for the first time. I'm presently a barely 7-footer skill level on all of the older games I have. I have to pick songs 2 feet harder than I normally play to get the same intensity workout with this game, and this is going to limit my skill improvement in this version.
- The new "hip urban" announcer voice is really quite irritating. I have the voices turned off during the songs, but you still get them at every intro and exit screen. At least they've left in a lot of the Japanese announcer bits; I don't wince if I don't understand.
- Like Supernova2, the load time between songs is really long. When I'm trying to keep my heart rate up, a minimum of 30 seconds between songs in game mode or exercise free play is killer. The older games are a lot better about this, and better about allowing you to skip to the next screen before the current screen is fully displayed.
- Exercise mode continues to be separate from game mode. I don't understand why only one edition of this game has gotten it right by allowing calorie counting _with_ grading. Why wouldn't you want both together?
The Good:
- The song selection seems pretty good, and has considerably fewer slow songs than Supernova2's list. I especially love that they included OK Go's treadmill video as background for their "Here We Go Again".
- The game pops up a notice box every time you unlock a new character or song. It adds to the long load time sometimes, but in general I think this is a good feature.
- The main menu idle demo now explains how to play the game, which could be useful for new players.
- The challenge level on regular game-list songs now includes actual challenges instead of just harder steps. The one I've played so far included a "don't step on any arrows" step, which definitely added a challenge in trying to make sure my weight was only on the center pad when it hit.
Overall, I'm glad I have DDR X, as DDR is my primary cardio exercise, so having a variety of music on hand is good. It's going to get more play than Supernova2 due to the better song list, but it's still not going to get as much as the older games (especially Extreme) that have much shorter load times and other desirable features like calorie counting in game mode.
 10 years of dancing and this franchise is showing no signs of fatigue!! September 18, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
DDRX is NOTHING like any of the previous DDR releases
But I mean that in the BEST WAY POSSIBLE!!
I own every single DDR for the ps2 and I own konamix for ps1, and with crisp, clean graphics, a fresh "urban" themed interface, and extra features galore this game ranks up there as one of the better DDR's in my book.
At the core of every DDR game is the songlist, and it seems that konami finally got smart and decide to give us some of the old dancemania classics we know and love! Smile d.k.'s "Butterfly", and "Boys" are BOTH featured on this game, as well as Me And MY's "Dub-I-Dub" along with a few other older favorites only they have been reworked as "2008 X-edits". Don't let that last part fool you, as they all sound amazing!!! The other licensed music isn't that bad either. Even the cover of Fergie's Big Girls Don't Cry sounded pretty good and had some pretty good steps to it! The new music sounds great combined with some of the older songs that were brought over from the arcade version of SuperNOVA 2 (yes the planetary songs are on this game).
The default song list is huge -about 45 songs more or less. The rest of the music must be unlocked either by playing through songs, OR by complete missions in the games street master mode. The songs themselves are all very catchy fun, even a lot of the slower songs seem to have excellent step charts!
About street master mode.
The process may be slightly tedious for those who just want to unlock everything in an hour. I've played for at least 7 hours altogether and I'm not even close to unlocking all of the games content!
Street Master Mode is similar to Dance Master Mode from DDR EXTREME 2, Stellar Master Mode from SuperNOVA, and Hyper Master Mode from SuperNOVA 2, except that in this instance, you get to play as the characters from the game (Yuni, Rage, Emi, Zukin, etc) and you get to follow them as they venture throughout the city on their various little affairs- example: for Emi's story in Street Master Mode, she has been invited to a party, and you must follow her as she goes to each location on a map, and every time you visit a location, one of the other characters may challenge you to a dance-off or simply ask you to dance with them. Along with this there will be certain objectives like "play two songs", or "beat your opponent's score to progress".
This is all a welcome change to all of the previous master modes...
All in all, this game is definately an improvement, and I recommend it to everyone, whether you've been a hardcore player since 1998, or your just beginning explore the world of DDR, you will LOVE this game!
6/5 stars!!!
:D
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