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Dance Dance Revolution X | 
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| From: Konami
Category: Video Games
List Price: $29.99
Buy New: $24.99
You Save: $5.00 (17%)
New (9) Used (3) from $24.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 2588
Platform: Playstation2
ESRB: Everyone 10+
Media: Video Game
Edition: Bundle
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: PlayStation 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 20177
Model: 20177
UPC: 083717201779
EAN: 0083717201779
ASIN: B0019SMCDU
Release Date: September 16, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: BRAND NEW FACTORY SEALED; SHIPS THE SAME DAY
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| Features:
| • | 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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| Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...
 10 years of dancing and this franchise is showing no signs of fatigue!! September 18, 2008
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
DDRX is NOTHING like any of the previous DDR releases
But I mean that in the BEST WAY POSSIBLE!!
I own every single DDR for the ps2 and I own konamix for ps1, and with crisp, clean graphics, a fresh "urban" themed interface, and extra features galore this game ranks up there as one of the better DDR's in my book.
At the core of every DDR game is the songlist, and it seems that konami finally got smart and decide to give us some of the old dancemania classics we know and love! Smile d.k.'s "Butterfly", and "Boys" are BOTH featured on this game, as well as Me And MY's "Dub-I-Dub" along with a few other older favorites only they have been reworked as "2008 X-edits". Don't let that last part fool you, as they all sound amazing!!! The other licensed music isn't that bad either. Even the cover of Fergie's Big Girls Don't Cry sounded pretty good and had some pretty good steps to it! The new music sounds great combined with some of the older songs that were brought over from the arcade version of SuperNOVA 2 (yes the planetary songs are on this game).
The default song list is huge -about 45 songs more or less. The rest of the music must be unlocked either by playing through songs, OR by complete missions in the games street master mode. The songs themselves are all very catchy fun, even a lot of the slower songs seem to have excellent step charts!
About street master mode.
The process may be slightly tedious for those who just want to unlock everything in an hour. I've played for at least 7 hours altogether and I'm not even close to unlocking all of the games content!
Street Master Mode is similar to Dance Master Mode from DDR EXTREME 2, Stellar Master Mode from SuperNOVA, and Hyper Master Mode from SuperNOVA 2, except that in this instance, you get to play as the characters from the game (Yuni, Rage, Emi, Zukin, etc) and you get to follow them as they venture throughout the city on their various little affairs- example: for Emi's story in Street Master Mode, she has been invited to a party, and you must follow her as she goes to each location on a map, and every time you visit a location, one of the other characters may challenge you to a dance-off or simply ask you to dance with them. Along with this there will be certain objectives like "play two songs", or "beat your opponent's score to progress".
This is all a welcome change to all of the previous master modes...
All in all, this game is definately an improvement, and I recommend it to everyone, whether you've been a hardcore player since 1998, or your just beginning explore the world of DDR, you will LOVE this game!
6/5 stars!!!
:D
Fun New Songs for a Great Game November 3, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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.
Awesome - can unlock songs while just playing normally, good song variety November 11, 2008
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!
A New DDR November 13, 2008
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.
Best DDR yet December 20, 2008
Of the 5 programs this dancing chef (who is substantially beyond the ages of the nieces and nephews who introduced me to DDR)own, this is my favorite to date. I've been doing DDR just over a year now, on top of my normal power walking and stretching routine, and I've lost and kept off 10 lbs.
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