Why is it all J-Pop / Techno!?! Where's the Rock / Hip-Hop?

Random323542 · Basic Member Joined: 03 Feb 2007

Hi everyone! My girlfriend and I just got into DDR... played it once on a machine at Dave & Busters and liked enough to decide to buy pads. We've been using StepMania with various packs out there (Albumix, ITG, Etc...)

Why is it SO hard to find standard rock / hip-hop / top40 style songs out there? Almost every pack seems to be geared towards j-pop / techno / anime / video game music! Are we missing something obvious?

We LOVE the DWI Extreme series (http://www.dwiextreme.com/). 25% of the songs or so are actually known artists -- Shakira, TLC, Destiny's Child, etc... Are there any other series that are similar out there?

GackTMN · Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 6:34 am Post subject:

I love the J-songs and techno.

You can always try searching bemanistyle.com for any kind of song you want, i'm unsure of any songpacks though that contain recent top-40 songs and the such.
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tekkie · Trick Member Joined: 19 Dec 2003 Location: Albuquerque

Not many of those types of songs are really danceable.

In other news, check the licenses that are on regular DDR mixes and download the corresponding simfiles.
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GotACoolName · Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 8:36 am Post subject:

But DDR isn't dancing. If there's no sound to stomp arrows to, it doesn't work.
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Pyro90X · Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 9:30 am Post subject:

Well the main thing that the Hip Hop beats can't really be DDR danceable. With rock, some of the songs will be either way to easy or way to hard to dance to.. Monkey punk is a 6 (WORST SONG EVER). The custom song such as Fury of the Storm and others aren't padable. Techno songs and j-pop songs flow with steps easier and more effective. Also, DDR can from Japan and most of the music that little asain boys/girls love is techno... I dont mind and if u want to play some rock songs,
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XOR-SYS · Trick Member Joined: 04 May 2005 Location: Canada

Rock music isn't danceable.

Hip-hop is much too bland and uninteresting. Plus, Konami has no idea to make it (read: DDR Club Version).
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Devon · Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 12:05 pm Post subject:

Liquid Zero · Trick Member Joined: 11 Apr 2003

Oh, my bad, then.
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tekkie · Trick Member Joined: 19 Dec 2003 Location: Albuquerque

Hip hop does have a slight exclusion with Asletics, though.
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Reenee · Trick Member Joined: 21 Nov 2003

I like how everyone thinks DDR is J-Pop laden and yet the amount of actual J-Pop entirely in the DDR series was recently proven to be countable on 10 fingers and five toes.
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Zonic · Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 12:51 pm Post subject:

Da-Risin-Smoke · Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 2:01 pm Post subject:

Besides HipHop is proven to make your heartbeat slower.
I get 'excited by listening to MAX 300 or Pandemonium.

Techno has more of a dance-able beat anywayz.

We know every fanboi dances to Dance Dance too many.
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Juppy · Trick Member Joined: 24 Jan 2007

Also, because Rock and Hip-Hop are best when they're full length, which is too long for DDR. Techno ftw.

mydixiewrecked · Trick Member Joined: 29 Mar 2005

Zonic · Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 4:48 pm Post subject: