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Whistle Stopper - Dance Dance Revolution X
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List Price: $29.99
Our Price: $24.98
Your Save: $ 5.01 ( 17% )
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Manufacturer: Konami
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Average Customer Rating:  
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Batteries Included: 0
Binding: Video Game
Brand: Konami
EAN: 0083717201779
ESRB Age Rating: Everyone 10+
Feature: awesome soundtrack packed with 65 major hits and brand new songs
Is Autographed: 0
Is Memorabilia: 0
Label: Konami
Manufacturer: Konami
Model: 20177
Platform: PlayStation2
Publisher: Konami
Release Date: 2008-09-16
Studio: Konami
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Features
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awesome soundtrack packed with 65 major hits and brand new songs
Brand new LAN battle mode lets up to 8 player battle simultaneously
Create your own workout and fitness program through an enhanced workout mode
new DDR characters and enhanced graphics
utilize the eyetoy to implement yourself into the game
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: A New DDR
Comment: I like the new DDR! It has Butterfly, Sunkiss Drop, and all of the planet songs! The announcer can be a little annoying at times and the new shock arrow is a new challenge too. The boss songs are a new challenge too.
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Summary: Awesome - can unlock songs while just playing normally, good song variety
Comment: I'm thrilled with this latest DDR game. I own all the PS2 Dance Dance Revolution games and I love to work out a few times a week with DDR. The last few games before this one required you to go through some kind of stupid dance master mode or something to unlock songs- so I was thrilled to find that you can unlock songs, dancers, etc just by playing normally in game mode.
Two annoying things in this one:
You can't shut off the dancers
The announcer is dire - really, really bad. Luckily you can shut him up in options.
I do love that there is at least one good rap song in here, and quite a few oldies like Dub-i-Dub and Butterfly (a new remix). There's also just generally a good variety of songs. There's an interesting clubhouse reggae song that I was particularly happy to see.
I have played four nights now with a person with very different musical taste than I have, and we both enjoyed it a lot and found songs we wanted to replay each night.
I'm giving it five stars because of the simplified unlock process and the fun variety of songs. Yay for X!
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Summary: Fun New Songs for a Great Game
Comment: How many DDR games can they make? DDRX brings a new, urban video-based look to the DDR game, but in the end it really comes down to if you enjoy the songs and dancing to them.
I have five DDR games and I have an area of my basement set up with the PS2, the pile of games and the dance pad. I don't tend to play "one game" (in terms of DDR). If I head downstairs to dance, I play a few songs on one game, swap games, play a few songs on the next one and so on. I get a lot of chances to compare them all against each other, the benefits and downsides of each one.
DDR X is certainly shinier than the other games. They are pushing the PS2 to its limits with the graphics here. Really, though, who is watching the graphics when they are dancing? Yes, I love having the treadmill-dancing video running for OK Go (and missed half the steps the first time I danced it because I was having so much fun watching the video). Which sort of proves my point - if you are watching or paying attention to anything other than the arrows, you'll be in trouble :)
Since the arrows really don't change from game to game, all that really matters is the song list. This is a VERY subjective judgment. We all have quite different musical tastes. For example, in DDR X there are four songs I really like - and I'm not really fond of the others. I'm sure other players will have a completely separate list of songs in this game they adore. That's why it's nice to have so many options in the game, so that you can pick out the ones you like and ignore the ones you don't like.
I'm really glad they continue to come out with games for the PS2 to continue out the DDR game line. I like the steps and songs in my various DDR games and am always glad to be able to add more games into my workout mix. I'm sure at some point with the PS3 they'll come out with a DDR that lets you download songs and old step sets from the old DDR games, and at that point I might convert up to the PS3. In the meantime, though, this is a great option. I definitely recommend anyone who wants to get a good balance and cardio workout to look into DDR, look at the song set list for each one and choose a few that you enjoy. DDR isn't about just having one and playing only it all the time. It's about having a few, with songs you like, and enjoying the songs.
DDRX is definitely a great addition to the library. Well recommended.
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Summary: my impressions
Comment: I just got the game a week ago, so i have yet to unlock everything but i think i have seen enough to write a decent review. for good measure. I have been playing ddr for about 6 years now and own all but 2 of the ps games (i'm missing supernova and disney mix for the ps1) and i have the short-lived In The Groove for ps2 as well.
the good:
- big initial songlist (around 40)
- no more shop (that's my opinion anyway)
- Classic songs like "butterfly" and "hero" are in this version with updated steps (the songs are not remixed but the songs do have different step patterns)
The bad:
- The announcer! OMG the announcer! I've never had to disable an announcer's voice in the previous versions but there's a first for everything i guess
- The theme: The "urban" theme is quite possibly the worse move konami could've made (it's the main reason the announcer is so horrible) especially when you have an urban theme on a song list still comprised of mostly j-pop and trance.
- the new step levels: Changing the levels of the songs this late in the series is another bad move. I only hope someone who starts off with this game doesn't go to the arcade and think he/she can do a 9 or 10-footer song cause they can do it on this game
- Shock arrows: i know they are based on the mines from ITG but those mines are only one or two arrows at the same time. in ddr x, shock arrows always seem to be on all four arrows at the same time and placed in between beat steps so you have to either jump or put both feet in the center to avoid them ( the latter is harder because of two things: one, feet-in-the-center is something you DON'T do at harder levels and two, most basic pads still hit an arrow on accident when you put your feet in the center and it can't be helped. i've hit the shock arrows almost everytime i placed my feet in the center.
I know that's a lot of bad things but the songs are still fun to play (which is why this got 3-stars instead of 2) so if you want new songs or classic songs that you haven't heard in a while that have been made a bit more difficult. get this game. personally, once i unlock everything, i'm going back to supernova 2 cause i like the songs better there ( i love angelus but i did miss butterfly)
Customer Rating:
Summary: First Impressions
Comment: I haven't yet played through this exhaustively, but I have a couple hours in, so here are my first impressions.
The Bad:
- The difficulty levels have been artificially inflated by 2 feet. And now they go to 13. ("Ours goes to eleven!") Huh?!? I should not be able to barely pass a 9-footer while sight-reading a song for the first time. I'm presently a barely 7-footer skill level on all of the older games I have. I have to pick songs 2 feet harder than I normally play to get the same intensity workout with this game, and this is going to limit my skill improvement in this version.
- The new "hip urban" announcer voice is really quite irritating. I have the voices turned off during the songs, but you still get them at every intro and exit screen. At least they've left in a lot of the Japanese announcer bits; I don't wince if I don't understand.
- Like Supernova2, the load time between songs is really long. When I'm trying to keep my heart rate up, a minimum of 30 seconds between songs in game mode or exercise free play is killer. The older games are a lot better about this, and better about allowing you to skip to the next screen before the current screen is fully displayed.
- Exercise mode continues to be separate from game mode. I don't understand why only one edition of this game has gotten it right by allowing calorie counting _with_ grading. Why wouldn't you want both together?
The Good:
- The song selection seems pretty good, and has considerably fewer slow songs than Supernova2's list. I especially love that they included OK Go's treadmill video as background for their "Here We Go Again".
- The game pops up a notice box every time you unlock a new character or song. It adds to the long load time sometimes, but in general I think this is a good feature.
- The main menu idle demo now explains how to play the game, which could be useful for new players.
- The challenge level on regular game-list songs now includes actual challenges instead of just harder steps. The one I've played so far included a "don't step on any arrows" step, which definitely added a challenge in trying to make sure my weight was only on the center pad when it hit.
Overall, I'm glad I have DDR X, as DDR is my primary cardio exercise, so having a variety of music on hand is good. It's going to get more play than Supernova2 due to the better song list, but it's still not going to get as much as the older games (especially Extreme) that have much shorter load times and other desirable features like calorie counting in game mode.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Explode onto the dance floor with DanceDanceRevolution X! It delivers fun interactive gameplay, incredible song selection and innovative new game modes. This bundle comes with the game and dance mat.
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