ITG Japanese version?

balazer · Trick Member Joined: 28 Aug 2002 Location: Sunnyvale, CA

Is there or will there ever be a Japanese version of In The Groove?

I only have a Japanese PlayStation 2. Is it worth it for me to get a U.S. PS2 to be able to play ITG and the U.S. DDR games?

yagsimit69 · Trick Member Joined: 05 Jan 2004 Location: rochester

well since itg isn't japanese, then no. just get a japanese swap magic, im not sure if they exist but they might

balazer · Trick Member Joined: 28 Aug 2002 Location: Sunnyvale, CA

yagsimit69 · Trick Member Joined: 05 Jan 2004 Location: rochester

i know they do, but i doubt itg will

The Lurker · Trick Member Joined: 18 Apr 2005 Location: St.Louis

do you work for roxor, so don't comment. either yes, or no.

honestly, you are better off finding an arcade with ITG if you want to play it. it's really not worth buying a a-spec ps2 just for ITG.
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0rion · Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2005 8:15 am Post subject:

toady007 · Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2005 9:55 am Post subject:

Well, I work for RedOctane, but I can't give you a definitive answer on your question.

However, I don't see any reason at all why they would release ITG PS2 to a Japanese market that has no/few arcade machines, is tired of dance games in general, and has already been overwhelming saturated by DDR whereas ITG came in while people were still getting into dance games in the US. They couldn't possibly expect to make any money off that release.

So I wouldn't get your hopes up.
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balazer · Trick Member Joined: 28 Aug 2002 Location: Sunnyvale, CA

Thanks, everyone. So the question is, is it worth it for me to get ITG as a long-time DDR fan?

0rion · Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2005 10:59 am Post subject:

Yeah, it's definitely worth it. It's much more challenging, the songs are longer, and the steps show more variety than the DDR "Baseline 8th notes with gallops thrown in around the middle" motif. The songs are longer, the modifiers rule, and handplants and mines give everyone something new to shoot for.
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balazer · Trick Member Joined: 28 Aug 2002 Location: Sunnyvale, CA

Are there any American versions of DDR worth getting, if I already have all of the Japanese versions?

Synaesthesia · Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2005 11:09 am Post subject:

Maybe the later Ultramixes. Maybe.
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0rion · Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2005 11:48 am Post subject:

Yeah, Ultramix 1-3 for XBox is POSSIBLY worth getting, but only if you can find it for less than $20 American, minus delivery. So in other words, probably not.

I'd recommend even the glitchy, censored PS2 version of In The Groove way before any of the American DDR titles, though.
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Phantasm · Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2005 3:11 pm Post subject:

ultramixs suck in my book

and there will never be a japanese version og ITG. they might buy a machine from the us, but it wont be japanese
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Phantasm · Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 7:02 am Post subject:

My reasoning is that all the song lists suck, and i own ultramix and it sucks so much, i hate it.
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Synaesthesia · Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 7:35 am Post subject:

I think he meant the 2nd part of your post, where you decide that ITG in Japan will never happen. I don't see it as totally infeasible, though. There certainly wouldn't be one immediately, but if ITG continues on past 5, 6, 7 mixes or whatever, I wouldn't completely rule it out.
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yyr · Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 10:54 am Post subject:

PedanticOmbudsman · Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 2:38 pm Post subject:

I started on Medium on ITG1, and there are even some decent Medium charts if you look around. I think the 7's and 8's on Hard are fine too. (Some less fine than others, of course.)