Dance Dance Revolution
The first time I saw DDR in the arcade, I thought to myself: “Oh, now there’s a game I’ll never play.” I’m not much of a dancer, even in slower tempos (just ask Ponzi). Sure, I know where to find rhythm – it’s under the word “rhythm” in Google! Seriously, I couldn’t even get the jump timings on Donkey Kong right – what makes you think I could do some Dance-Dance Revolution thing with my real feet? Well, Ponzi wanted a DDR mat – so we got ourselves a DDR mat (with accompanying DDR Ultramix game for the classic Xbox). Even if I laid it out in front of the television for the next year, we’d still not use it as much as we’re not using it today. Anybody want a hardly-used Dance-Dance Revolution embarassment blanket? Seriously, I don’t want to hold onto my failed attempt at coordination any longer. I can’t dance. I can’t sing. I don’t want DDR in my home any longer. Please, take this thing away?
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8 Comments
Charles Martin
May 31st, 2006
at 9:04am
Honestly, I’ve considered getting one myself just because I need something a little more fun to use as a means of losing some weight. However, I’m probably as uncoordinated as you so I didn’t have the guts to actually buy one. I would consider it if all I’d have to pay is shipping though. :)
Rob Stevens
May 31st, 2006
at 10:22am
Chris … give it some time, man! Seriously, DDR takes a little bit of practice, but you’ll have a “Eureka!” moment at some point and realize that it’s all about patterns. You’ve seen me, I’m a big guy and a little clumsy, and I hated DDR at first, but once I devoted some time to practicing, I finally managed to break through, and now I absolutely love it.
One of the other catches is that you need to find a DDR mix with songs that you like. Song selection is EVERYTHING. Personally, the DDR Ultramix was terrible save for a few songs, not to mention it had a fatal flaw in how it handled corner buttons (you can’t turn them off, which results in a lot of missed steps).
If you have a Playstation 2, try either DDR MAX or DDR MAX 2. If not, the Ultramix 2 for Xbox might be OK.
:: jozjozjoz ::
May 31st, 2006
at 4:12pm
I need to mod our old PS1 so we can play the PS2 versions of DDR.
kaxx
June 1st, 2006
at 1:03pm
I’d take it if I had an xbox. :/
Thesorehead
June 15th, 2006
at 10:34pm
“I need to mod our old PS1 so we can play the PS2 versions of DDR.”
…. **sigh** ….
NEway DDR is one of those things that does take time. However, if you’re like many of my mates who thinks dancing is “gay” just because they’ve never tried it, and hence never enjoyed it, then… well there’s not much to say.
I agree with Rob though – get a PS2 (dirt cheap these days) and DDR_Extreme_8th Mix. That’s the one I have and some of the songs are frakin’ awesome! Afronova, A, Paranoia KCET and MAXX are among my faves…
I’m off to mod my mats! Cya!
silvia
June 17th, 2006
at 4:50pm
i’ll buy your dance mat PLEASE… did you say it was for xbox?
Allan
January 7th, 2007
at 1:02am
Guys – even the ones that don’t have a rhytm. If you like some specific songs, than you will reaaaly like them on the Dance Factory for PS 2. Why.
This DDR game uses your own CD’s and tries to come up with some fun dance steps. So you never get bored , cause you just pop in another CD that you like. Also, the fun is in playing against other people… Never mind the great exercise…
lulwa
June 3rd, 2007
at 6:24am
it funny but i didnt understand it!