What happened to all the good songs???

sleekysilver · Basic Member Joined: 15 Jan 2007

I've been playing DDR for almost 10 years now, and it seems that every time a new mix is released, the song selection gets crappier. I'm at the point now where i'm wary of purchasing any new games. The last mix I purchased was SN2.

I want to know if there has been any improvement lately in the new mixes.

I know Konami has been streamlining DDR by making it more Americanized, but the song selection seems to be suffering as a result. I hate playing crappy slow Sean Paul mixes, etc.

IMO, the most fun songs to play are the Japanese or techno ones.

I haven't been paying attention for a while, and I would like to catch up with DDR again. So are there any good, playable songs coming out recently that I should look into?

Toraie · Trick Member Joined: 17 Sep 2009 Location: Savannah, GA

I should think that if you've played DDR for that long, it's about time to try some variety. In The Groove's songs selections were at the least consistent. SN2 was where it all went downhill anyway. X has good songs, poopy charts, and all X2 has on it is revivals, top 40 songs and latinbeatz.

PureBlue · Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 8:08 am Post subject:

Here's the cause of all your problems:

DarkTetsuya · Contributor Joined: 24 Jan 2002 Location: Sacramento

PureBlue · Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 1:45 pm Post subject:

I'm aware Betson doesn't have creative control over the games, I was just making fun of the people who would blame everything on Betson.

Odyssey · Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 3:57 pm Post subject:

Two Words: DANCEMANIA LICENSES. (In some cases you may replace "Dancemania" with "avex" but the point still stands).

Since then, Konami has relied solely on Bemani rehashes and USA Top 40. Granted, we still get some great new material from artists like Y&Co and whatnot, but without the licensing from the now-weakened TOSHIBA-EMI, we haven't had the fun Eurodance, Eurobeat, Silly Trance, overly sugary J-Rock from girl bands, and what have you. They ALSO haven't had a DDR Musicianship contest in a while, so they have no fresh material that reflects feedback from the fans. (Yes, I'm aware that it sounds sour-grapes coming from someone who didn't win it but the point stands; without keeping SOME contact with their fanbase, those in charge of the setlist run the risk of letting it grow incredibly stale as it has).

Konami can still remedy this; most of the artists from pre-Supernova (AC) are still around (for instance, Davide DiMarcantonio â you know him as "John Desire" or "Eurobeat Lovers" from installments past â has his own production company now and is still making the very kind of music that made him famous) and the time is ripe for a return to FUN licenses instead of TOP 40 licenses.
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Russo` · Trick Member Joined: 21 Oct 2007 Location: Chicago!

Lmao, who cares tbh!
It's all about, "In The Groove" anyway.
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Liquid Zero · Trick Member Joined: 11 Apr 2003

But... I like SN2 and DDRX...;_;

But yes, songs were better in the past. Licensing and new music artists are what caused problems.
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Rage* · Trick Member Joined: 19 Aug 2002 Location: Northy West UK

It is good that we've had some big Western songs put into DDR, but surely it would make more sense if they gave us something to appeal to everyone?

Let's say the latest DDR arcade game has 21 new licences - why not get 10 big worldwide hits, like Lady GaGa, Rihanna, etc, (they could choose remixes so that the songs are more dancey), and 10 "fan-pleasing" licences, including the classic mix of Eurobeat, Almighty cover versions, cheesy dance, Europop, etc? Add in some new music by unknown acts, and you have a killer defailt songlist.

The arcade version of DDRX2 has a pitiful set of licenced songs.
There are two kinds of people that play DDR, the fans that have come to expect a good mix of chart hits and Dancemania, and the newer players, who have grown up with Guitar Hero and other music games, and expect to see a lot of tracks that they recognise when playing such a title.
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