DDR demographic amusement

[[RiVAL] Skuld Badguy]

I'm amused by the fact that all the boxes of the DDR games and the DDR pads have women (in heels, no less) doing a dance pose, and I'm one of the very, very few girls who seems to play DDR with any regularity.

It might just be where I'm at, but I have yet to see another female at a DDR tournament. ¬_¬

I guess sexploitation sells...or something.
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[Oolong]

all the girly europop songs seem to indicate that ddr is trying to sell to females too, but i think guys are more likely to get into it just because:
1. they tend to be more athletic
2. they spend more time at arcades than girls
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[GR]

Yeah, heh. That is funny. I've never thought about the fact that they do tend to use girls in their marketing even though the majority of DDR players are guys. I do know several really good girl DDR players, though. I'm guessing that, yes, it is the sexploitation aspect at which they're looking.
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[Sabin XIII]

You make it sound like it's a different woman for each box. It's the same woman each time, so I just picture her as the DDR mascot, rather than a suggestion that women would be more likely to enjoy DDR. If that were true, then I think Konami would've made it so the player 1 character is a woman and the player 2 character is a guy, rather than the other way around.
Sexploitation? Yeah, maybe. A lot of games do that though, so it doesn't single out DDR for me.

[Slowpoke]

[Apparently Nothing]

Last tournament I went to, there were at least 10 or so girls, prolly more. Guess it just depends on the area.
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[Cha0sAnGeL]

There's a ton of girls that go to my arcade and are serious about ddr, and an even bigger amount of casual girls who play on light/beginner.

[AdviceGopher]

Sexploitation is everywhere. There is nothing you can do to prevent it, so you'll just have to deal with it.

[[RiVAL] Skuld Badguy]

[Slowpoke]

[tac-tics]

It is to hide the reality which is DDR:

Fantasy - when you play DDR, you will look like a beautiful girl in high heels...

Reality - when you play DDR, you look like a goofy, seaty guy wildly flailing your arms...

=-P
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[dj-Luminus]

Actually for who said there were no girls in tournaments or something,
there was 4 girls in the last tournament I went to here in ATL.
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[Rychan]

I enjoy being one of the few girls that actually plays seriously in this area, though sometimes I do get a bit of unwanted attention by the non playing crowd.

About the girl, I do believe it's supposed to be Lady and I've always seen her as a mascot to DDR, not some form of sex symbol to try to sell the game.
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[[RiVAL] Skuld Badguy]

[GR]