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The best we can hope for in an American release

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 03, 2001
Author: Amazon User

As far as physically interactive video games go, America suffers from a sore lack. America also has the misfortune of having poor music games, limited to the likes of PaRappa the Rapper, MTV Music Generator, Rhapsody, and Bust-A-Groove (shudder).

Although the target audience of DDR has known of its arcade existance for some time, most people are either unwilling or unable to pay for the imported console versions of the dance game. For this reason alone, the release of DDR PSX is a great thing.

For another, it offers new features to those only familiar with the arcade version. The introduction of lesson, workout, and nonstop modes add variety to the game such that the replay value of the home version increases a thousandfold.

The music choice, however, is terrible. It's like Konami fired all the people who knew how to choose music and hired a bunch of blow-up dolls in their places. Konami needs to learn to cater to a target audience.

If their audience had been hardcore, major fans of the series, Konami would have included Butterfly, the smile.d.k song that bears the unofficial title of "DDR Flagship song". While I personally think the song is an annoying, mediocre representation of J Pop, the general DDR gaming populace disagrees, vehemently wishing that Konami had included the classic. Although they did include several mixes of PARANOiA, including PARANOiA 180 and PARANOiA 180 (Dirty Mix), the game has too many softcore songs to be of major interest to those looking for a challenge.

If Konami was trying to appeal to American gamers, gamers who had never before heard of DDR or other games in Konami's world renowned Bemani series, they should have put in AMERICAN SONGS. We all know they have them: several versions of DDR include songs like Kung Fu Fighting & Tubthumper, more easily recognized by the general American gaming populace. Additionally, Konami included too many overly difficult & discouraging stages for the game to be a huge hit with the average American gamer. 3 PARANOiAs, 2 trip machines, afronova and dynamite rave all prove to be overly intimidating for the vaguely or completely unfamiliar gamers.

Overall, however, I think we're all just happy to see this game finally in the states :).

The Best Game Ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 11, 2001
Author: Amazon User

If you never played this game you are missing out all thefun. The gameplay [is not as good] if you don't use the dance pad. The graphics are not the best, but who cares all you see is your character dancing and the arrows moving. The songs are not great. Probably cause you never heard of them, but be open minded you can really dance to them. Ask anybody who played DDR and they'll say "It's a great game".

A good start!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 24, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I think give this game a 3 star because the other versions are WAY better! The song in this version are the originals but kinda slow so this game is good for beiginners or people don't like having to many arrows that go up really fast. I suggest you start with this DanceDance revolution game because if you buy a more advence version you will have a really hard time on it and this one as a price very low on amazone.com

The game that keeps on ticking...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 24, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Dance Dance Revolution is a game with very high replay value! ... you'll have hours upon hours of fun playing DDR with your friends! There's a bunch of great songs and a wide range of difficulty, so you'll never get bored playing it!

The Stepping Stone of Konami

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 25, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This is the first ever official Dance Dance Revolution game to hit the US in the last few years. First of all I want to say that this is not the best version Konami can make. They already have DDR Disney Mix coming in November 2001. Now the reason Konami released this version in the US is to find out if American gamers would like Dance/Rhythym/Music games in the USA. If enough gamers like Dance Dance Revolution then Konami will make us more versions with better songs. I have to admit that this particular verison of DDR stinks compared to it's imports but at least you don't have to buy an import converter for your PS to play this game. You have to realized this is the FIRST Bemani (Music Games) game to hit the USA. So Konami can either make more versions for the USA if enough gamers buy this game or stop making these underrated games for the US. But Please I hope you buy the game to show that Americans and US gamers, like me, like weird Japanese music games...

Good got better

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 08, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I like this game, because there were a lot of songs on this one that were difficult, but fun. If you work or volunteer at a children's facility(boys & girls club in my case), then this is a great game for kids as long as you get 2 pads. Don't be stupid like I was & buy the pads at different times, because the kids will think one is better than the other. That's all I have to say

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