Official IN THE GROOVE Thread - New arcade dancing game!

santAAA · Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 3:56 pm Post subject:

ITG is ENTIRELY legal. Though they are using the stepmania engine, which basically copies DDR, they have made sure that everything that has to do with DDR does not void copyright. For instance, the default way how the arrows moved up the screen was copyrighted, so Roxor just replaced that default with 'hallway', and put the regular scroll in the options as 'overhead'. They've also gotten around the dance stage copyrights, which AFAIK are owned by Andamiro. And obviously, they've paid the artists for every song that is in the game; so yes, it's legal.

EDIT: I didn't see Kiba's post, he mentioned everything I did.

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jihnsius · Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 4:34 pm Post subject:

I've been told that the ITG crew managed to license every song they have on there. Although this could be true, I honestly doubt they did. Not to mention they are putting ITG in DDR cabinets, which also probably has some legal issues.

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DDR1guy · Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2004 10:57 am Post subject: Itg

Anyone know if/when USB support will be the "norm" on ITG machines?

...am I the only one that plays torn....

Tsuri · Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2004 6:29 pm Post subject:

I don't see what all this crap about is this game legal about... as far as I'm concerned once an arcade machine is purchased... what you put in it is your business! lol... anyhow there are plenty of bootleg DDRs and what not going around in the USA so who cares? So long as people have fun with the game... but I doubt ITG is as easy to pirate as DDR.

Gendo3 · Trick Member Joined: 22 Aug 2004 Location: Fort Worth, TX

Gendo3 · Trick Member Joined: 22 Aug 2004 Location: Fort Worth, TX

DGAF.jAAAmes · Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2004 1:53 pm Post subject:

is there something somewhere that says what places are getting ITG?

LET ME SHOW YOU THEM · Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2004 4:22 pm Post subject:

Gendo3 · Trick Member Joined: 22 Aug 2004 Location: Fort Worth, TX

*busts Caffy's Bubble*

I thought the players report where the machines are...

LET ME SHOW YOU THEM · Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2004 12:18 pm Post subject:

Arch0wl IV · Trick Member Joined: 07 May 2004

So what if the music is American, stop being so Wapanese and get out of your "OMG IT'S JAPANESE IT'S BETTER" just because it is Japanese does not mean it's better. Hell, the Japanese were surpassed by both Columbians and North Americans alike at DDR anyway, that argument does not have much relevance. Also, the legality of it has been settled, they would not sell a $2100 kit if it was illegal.

Also, the songs rock. The music is much better than DDR and it doesn't have that stupid happy shit I hear in every single fucking DDR game like Freckles or Can't Stop Falling In Love or Memories or other generic trash like that. All you people still orgasming over Extreme need to broaden your horizons and get more open minded because not only are the steps, both hard AND expert better and a lot more fun than ddr's heavy/challenge steps, there's a lot of features and types of music you won't find in DDR. Let me repeat what I said, the hard steps are a lot more fun than DDR's heavy steps. Yeah so what if it's not DDDRRRRR and doesn't have your fucking old songs that have been played out to hell and are boring. The same old ass 8 footer songs only go for so long and ITG is going to keep making mixes with NEW songs that DON'T get old because it's AMERICAN. I don't think you people realize how much of a difference this is to the game's productivity and future. Why do you think PIU can even keep going like it does? Because it has an American branch. It being American means they CATER to the DDR player. Unfortunately you people are being closeminded pricks about everything, not giving it a real chance. I don't care if you played it for 30 minutes or once or whatever, you're still being closeminded because it doesn't have some stupid DDR song you like on there. Mines are fine, you just have to get used to them like you did with freeze arrows. When DN2k5 (old name for it) comes out you're probably going to diss on that too even though the music on it rocks. As for freestyling, the music is a lot more of music you could actually dance to OUTSIDE OF THE GAME, and well the steps just determine how you freestyle (i.e. look at PIU, the freestyle charts are made for people to do actual choreographed routines to them)

DDR is not going anywhere, so ITG is the closest thing you'll get to a new DDR. Extreme has been out for TWO YEARS. Give something else a chance for crying out loud.

ps warning points lol

ninjafetus · Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2004 11:03 am Post subject:

LET ME SHOW YOU THEM · Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2004 12:46 pm Post subject:

I'll admit, i went up to play ITG at Illusionz (the first test site) a long time ago, and at that point, I really wasn't a fan of the game. I was still very much enthralled with DDR, and ITG just didn't seem that good. I went up to Narrows and played it in mid September, and I totally fell in love with it. Sure they don't have eurobeat or whatever..honestly, who cares. If you want it, ask for it and the ITG team will maybe get some (besides, I'd listen to Mellow over ANY eurobeat song, and i'm a pretty big eurobeat fan). I'm sure alot of people aren't bored with DDR yet, and that's fine, but once you are bored, you'll find ITG to be a nice refreshing challenge. Even if you don't want to play the 12s and the 13s, you can make it harder for yourself by playing on boomerang flip decel dizzy fade in

Also, if it hasn't already been mentioned, high scores for each song are listed, and the usb memory card system (when it works ITG is still buggy because it's a new product, so have patience) is SOOOOO much better then DDR's laughable system. I would not have pitched in a good chunk of money with a couple of friends of mine to buy a machine and a BoXoR if i didn't think ITG was a really high quality product worth my time.
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Seriously, they should make some sort of spray for you.

Tsuri · Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2004 8:01 pm Post subject:

diddrstrait · Trick Member Joined: 01 Jan 2004

we just got ITG here in orlando (rocky's replay <3) and I must say I'm pretty impressed. I've heard that test versions of it had problems with periodic lagging and offsync steps, but it seems to be fixed. I've got all the 10s except queen of light (freakin hands) passed and one 11.

my one MAJOR gripe about this is the noteskin color. as a red-green colorblind person, I have an extremely hard time reading the 16th notes and have to pay close attention to what I get in sections that look like they have them so I know what to do next time. the noteskins to me look almost like flat. while for 90% of people this probably won't be an issue, to me it is a real handicap to my sight reading. hopefully in future versions of ITG there will be something closer to a "vivid" noteskin or one that has a brighter 16th note color if they are going to continue basing the noteskins off of "note".

Rancidfish · Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 12:17 am Post subject:

ZOOT · Roxor Staff Joined: 06 Mar 2003

Sorry about that--I've even had discussions with people about colorblind-friendly design in games, so it's embarrassing that this slipped through. I'll talk with the artist folks about getting a couple appropriate note skins designed with this in mind.