Dance Dance Revolution (DDR)
Ever been walking through the mall, pass the arcade, and seen people swarming around one particular video game? If you walked over, you would discover everyone standing around watching someone dancing his or her pants off! Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) is a game developed in Japan by Konami and it has taken the world by storm.
In 2000, Dance Dance Revolution USA hit the US arcades, showing us what we have been missing. And if you've been too afraid to get up in front of people in the arcade at the mall, now you can get your groove on in the privacy of your own home on a Dance Dance Revolution Pad.
Dance Dance Revolution is a dancing game in the true sense of the term. Using a Dance Dance Revolution Pad, you control the game with your feet. Before the dancing begins, you choose your preferred level of difficulty (Basic/Light/Beginner;Trick?Standard?Difficult;Maniac/Heavy/Expert)and the music to suit your dancing style.
You dance by stepping on four directional buttons on the DDR dance pad (arrows representing up, down, left, right) in time with onscreen cues. Once a moving arrow reaches the stationary row of arrows at the top of the screen, you step on the corresponding arrow on the DDR dance pad. Successfully hitting the arrows in time with the music fills the "Dance Gauge", also called the "Groove Radar". If you miss too many steps and deplete the Dance Gauge, you dance session is over. If you are victorious with your hip moves, you will be taken to the results screen which will rate your performance with a letter grade and score and then you can dance some more.
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DDR Music
Dance Dance Revolution has been released on PlayStation, Play Station 2, GameCube, Xbox, Xbox 360, and Nintendo Wii. There are many styles of Dance Dance Revolution Pads to choose from for each gaming system. Though DDR home console versions provide a more limited selection of songs than the arcade versions you can still dance your socks off.The bulk of the game's music is ultrafluffy techno-pop, though it touches on a number of different varieties of dance music, including Latin and reggae. There are many techno covers of pretty popular songs: "Smoke on the Water","Like a Virgin", "Can't Stop Fallin' in Love", and "Flashdance" (what dancing game wouldn't be complete without it). "Twilight Zone Extended Club Mix" when played in Maniac Mode makes your feet go crazy, and you feel at times you cannot keep up, but is incredibly fun.
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DDR a Widespread Phenomenon
DDR is a widespread phenomenon. Tournaments are held worldwide. DDR can be good aerobic exercise, some regular players have reported weight loss of 10-50 pounds. Some schools have even incorporated DDR as part of their fitness program. Home versions even have a function to estimate calories burned. Dozens of fans have created websites devoted to DDR; the most popular is DDR Freak. Dance Dance Revolution and Dance Dance Revolution pads have been featured in movies, books, music videos, and television whos. It's been seen in such movies as "Transformers", "Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen", and "Music and Lyrics". It appeared in Madonna's "Hung Up" video. It also made appearences on "King of the Hill", "South Park", "Family Guy", "Ugly Betty", and "Robot Chicken". Dance Dance Revolution has taken the world by storm. Jump on a Dance Dance Revolution Pad and join the revolution!DDR Dance Pads can be found here!
DDR Resource
- DDRGame
- DDRGame is a leading distributor for interactive Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) pads and game accessories, As DDR Game is an innovative technology systems transforms the sports and fitness experience into daily life, it is a great product for fight off obesity and diabetes, help kids with ADHD behaviors.
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