Dance Dance Revolution X (AC) confirmed: New arcade DDR Mix!

salem · Trick Member Joined: 28 Apr 2004 Location: Portland, OR

Nah, they can't just make it default x1.5 with Hallway, because then it'd just be ITG with a different skin. I'd like the game to stick with default tournament-style rules, no speed/arrow mods by default, and if you want 'em, add 'em.

Shock Arrows may be a bit obvious, but really, the idea was already conceived, no matter what they called it people would groan about it.

Dawgbowl · Trick Member Joined: 22 Sep 2003 Location: Frederick,MD

If betson stays the hell away I will play this game again... It seems like Konami actually wants to stab at it again... and with a new cab we could finally get something worthy of being a successor of extreme.
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baseSon · Trick Member Joined: 08 Sep 2005 Location: London, UK

sorry but can someone please tell what or who "betson" is?

And wee that DDRX Cab looks a tad OTT, but i guess everything changes over time, but hell im still excited!
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Auspher · Trick Member Joined: 08 Oct 2005 Location: Medina, Ohio

You guys are actually excited at the aspect of "Shock Arrows"? Ugh...this is DDR, not ITG. Please don't ruin the game, Konami.
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Szalkow · Trick Member Joined: 09 May 2008

My thoughts:

Songs, stepcharts, variety- yadda yadda, they say this every time

Edit data- old machines did this too. However, if it's USB compatible and a computer-based editor is released (or made by community), this could be a huge boost from the ITG edit fanbase.

Shock arrows- sounds like mines. But knowing Konami, their use will probably be gimmicky and irritating more than flavorful and tricky.

Cabinet- IT'S HUGE! The Marquee looks as big as the screen. The screen looks killer. The pads look slick. The "satellite" light bars look freakin' awesome, I'm really curious to see what they do. The omni-directional selection arrows are handy, maybe no more confusion about menu navigation.

e-Amuse- hurray for the Japanese, unless they start doing a global system. As long as they don't restrict unlocks and upgrades to e-Amuse users, I'm happy.

We'll know more after they do the first location test on Thursday the 17th!

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DJTyrant · Maniac Member Joined: 25 Jan 2002 Location: Ventura, CA

^ This.

The game has been stagnant since MAX pretty much, this could be a much needed boost to gameplay if done correctly.
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Ashes2Ashes · Trick Member Joined: 31 May 2006 Location: UWM

I hope they at least make these arrows looks different enough from normal arrows so you don't get easily confused/have to know when they're coming.
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Vodka Drunkenski · Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 5:15 pm Post subject:

Are those diesel exhaust stacks on each side of the machine? Fucking bad-ass.
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henyo2k · Trick Member Joined: 01 Sep 2002

DDR leaving it's roots? The series was a massive money machine for Konami for years before a new type of arrow was introduced. Remember when freeze arrows didn't exist? DDR MAX (6th mix) finally put them in and the series has been better ever since. Do you think a whole bandwagon full of "fans" didn't pretty swear they would leave the series for good if the freeze arrows stayed in? Do you think a lot of fans actually did leave the series? Yes, the series was not the same and it did lose a lot of fans. This was a burning forest for Konami. The life of the forest had come to a stand still and it needed to be burned down so it could regrow and continue living as it was always had. The series needs to be changed again, as it was before, and it may lose in the short run but there is much more at stake here than whether some teenager thinks he isn't going to like something he hasn't even tried yet. I guess if you don't know about forests that might not make sense to you, sorry.

Even if Konami used several ideas from ITG it wouldn't become anything of a copy cat, it would just be going through the same typical pattern of evolution and borrowing that all series of games do with eachother. This series has gone stagnant and needs lots of good changes right now, and if they need to borrow a few things from their rivals then so be it, they have worked their butts off and they deserve to borrow some stuff, and shock arrows just might be a lot of fun. I think DDR's "roots" need to grow, the more the sooner the better!
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Szalkow · Trick Member Joined: 09 May 2008

It really depends on how well Konami's step-artists can implement the new arrows, whether they will enhance the game or just be gimmicky and irritating.

Zonic · Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 5:46 am Post subject:

All I can say for shock arrows is they better not be the reason a song is rated 9 or 10. If they did it for, say, really easy songs & wanted to make them harder, then yes, I could see that. But if it's going to be in every new song, then we'll have to see how that's executed.

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Xopher · Trick Member Joined: 23 Jan 2002 Location: Benton, AR

you're all going to play it if you get the chance who cares.
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littlekev0 · Trick Member Joined: 19 Mar 2008 Location: Bronx, NY

I think it (the shock arrows), should be an option that can be turned on and off. Everyone has their own style and own way thay may want to play, and should be entitled to make that choice for themselves. I would wait and try it before I make any judgements. To each their own.

That guy with the afro... · Trick Member Joined: 08 Oct 2006

Eh, I am sort of dealing with the shock arrow thing. Hopefully they keep it as some addition like freeze arrows and they don't start shoveling newer songs in and getting rid of older songs just to appeal to the new generation of DDR players. Heck, with the newer technology, why is there the concern of removing songs? Just keep 'em in. Unless they're licensed of course.

Though I still feel that they should just keep shock arrows as a modifier. They won't fit in newer 7s or 8s because that wouldn't be too nice for players who want to improve and putting them in to make 9s or 10s harder is just plain stupid. Especially if it were the shock arrows themselves that make the song a 9 or 10.

Also, who started that rumor about a different rating system?
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