Dance Dance Pads

1. 

   Geoffrey Johnson
   January 2nd, 2010 - 15:06

   If you don’t know what Dance Dance Revolution is (DDR), its a rhythem game where you stand on a dance pad and stomp or touch the squares to the beat of the music. The game has arrows that flow from the bottom to the top of the screen and you step down when the arrow reaches the top. Its simple on easy for beginners, and insanely difficult for the pros.

   The real selling point for this type of game is the music and quite honestly the music in Ultramix 4 a big turnoff. Its really unenjoyable. However, for $[...] you can download previous Ultramix soundtracks via X-Box Live (if you have the previous games).

   Ultramix 4 has new features like a calorie counter, training mode and workout mode. Training mode is pretty good for new people like me just learning. Workout mode is continuous dancing and if calorie counter is enabled you can see that you burn about 100 calories an hour on easy. This is not a replacement workout, unless you are a hardcore DDR veteran.

   There are several modes like Battle Mode, Callenge Mode, but the main mode is Adventure, where you go through a city via a map and pay game money to dance battle computer characters. Not only can you get two mats and DDR with a friend right there, but there is online compatibility that will keep you dancing.

   You can even make your own dance patterns with an in game editor. You can even edit background videos, but both features are very cumbersome and not worth your time to do.

   As for the dance pad, it shifts on carpet, so its best if you have a hard wood floor, but then all of the “dancing” might be hard on your feet.

   You can and should skip this product.

   Here is a list of the music that is not hidden:
   
   Arms (Alpha Omega Mix) Monolithic
   
   Because I Got It Like That (Freestylers Indett Mix) Jungle Brothers
   
   Big Up (Binghi Ghost Remix) Drew Campbell
   
   bitmania Akira Yamaoka
   
   BLUE IMPULSE (for EXTREME) NAOKI feat. YUKI
   
   Calico Cat Rock ANETTAI MAJI-SKA BAKUDAN
   
   Cannibale Stereo Total
   
   Cosmic Hammer Jondi & Spesh
   
   CRASH! mr.BRIAN & THE FINAL BAND
   
   Dead Man’s Party Oingo Boingo
   
   Desire (Comet Mix) Fracus feat. Lisa Abbott
   
   Diverse City Toby Mac
   
   Don’t Cha (Ralphi’s Hot Freak Mix) Pussycat Dolls featuring Busta Rhymes
   
   Don’t Stop! (AMD 2nd Mix) Dr. VIBE feat. JP miles
   
   Dual Love Gavin G & Dan Rolla J
   
   Electric Air Amit
   
   feeling of love youhei shimizu
   
   Forever Young (Everlasting Mix) Ella
   
   Free (Liberation Mix) Blue October
   
   Frozen Ray (for EXTREME) dj. TAKA
   
   Get Away Gridlok
   
   Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over) Technotronic feat. Ya Kid K
   
   GO! (Mahalo Mix) DM Ashura
   
   Grandolin ZeroFuser
   
   HYPNØTIC CRISIS (Chris Fortier Mix) BLUE DESTROYERS
   
   I Can Feel It Alien Six
   
   It’s Raining Men (ALMIGHTY MIX) Geri Halliwell
   
   Jumping All Over the World Scooter
   
   KISS KISS KISS NAOKI feat. SHANTI
   
   Levitation Nation Shpongle
   
   Listen to your Heart (Furious F. EZ Radio Edit) DHT
   
   Masters of the Universe Juno Reactor
   
   MONDO STREET Orange Lounge
   
   More Serotonin Neuroactive
   
   Music Revolution The Scumfrog
   
   My Side Of the City Beulah
   
   Nervous Excited Delighted Z.O.N.K.
   
   No Good (Start The Dance) The Prodigy
   
   No Parking (On The Dance Floor) Midnight Star
   
   Oblivion (Nevarakka Mix) Real Life
   
   Race Against Time Jeff Steinman
   
   Rock This Town Stray Cats
   
   Saturday (Morjac Radio Mix) Marly
   
   Senses JT.1UP
   
   Sigrev2 Richard Devine
   
   Snake Charmer DIRTYHERTZ and Rena Jones
   
   Sockem Steve Porter
   
   The Drain Monolithic
   
   The Problem Phunk Police
   
   There’s A Rhythm Dig Bear feat. Kat Blu
   
   These Words (I Love You, I Love You) Natasha Bedingfield
   
   Thrill Chaser DIRTYHERTZ
   
   Tooryanse (teckno children mix)
   
   Waka Laka (E=MC2 Mix) Jenny Rom vs. ZIPPERS
   
   We Are Connected (Overdrive Mix) Jondi & Spesh
   
   Yours To Command Rupesh Cartel
   
   ZETSUBOUTEKIDA! nekoJIRA
   
   Rating: 3 / 5
2. 

   LiveFromMichigan
   January 2nd, 2010 - 15:44

   If R&B or Hip Hop is not your usual music, you’ll probably like it. It has a lot of nice features. A quest mode where you dance your way, trying to gain fans and money and hopefully unlock new songs. Work out mode, which is what I usually use it for. It has Beginner, Basic and a few other difficulty levels.

   If your new to DDR there is also a Tutorial mode which is nice.

   My only real gripe is the music. I find it hard to pick up the beat to techno type songs.

   If your like me and perfer R&B songs, Ultramix 1 is the better choice. While it doesn’t have as many features as 4, it has more then 1 or 2 R&B selections and some that arent but are easy to pick up the beat to that you won’t mind listening/dancing to.

   I wish the company would release DDR titles that caters to all the different music styles so your not stuck with 100 songs and you only like 2.
   Rating: 3 / 5

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