• dancedancerevolution

    Konami Launches DDR Community Site

    Has it really been 10 years since DanceDanceRevolution two-stepped into the gaming scene? Even more incredulously, has Konami really one 10 years without building a community portal for the series? No matter, as rectification comes now with the announcement of DDROnlineCommunity.com, a community portal where fans of Konami's footloose franchise can gather together in peace and harmony, sharing videos, writing blogs, and sprucing up their personal profiles so they look much better than mine up there.

    The site also supports stat tracking, though currently the only game that supports the feature is DDR Universe 2 for the Xbox 360, which I own and have played exactly three times in the past three months, displaying my powerful commitment to personal fitness. Hit the link to set up your own online DDR presence, or jump right over it for a press release guaranteed to make your body move, probably.

    DDR Online Community Site [Konami] More »

    11:20 AM on Wed Jun 18 2008
    By Mike Fahey
    1,299 views, 43 comments

    Latest by CaptLtrl: There's no reason to play DDR, not when you have POP'N MUSICCC!!! (epic) more »

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    Colbert V Rain: DDR

    Colbert is many things, but a graciously loser isn't one of them. After going off on Miyamoto for swiping the top spot in Time's 100 most influential people list (and calling Donkey Kong a game about hate crime), he settles on the person he's rally mad at. No, not himself: RAIN!!!

    Hit up the jump to catch Colbert breaking it down, as the kids say, in a head-to-head dance-off with adorable Korean pop singer on Dance Dance Revolution. More »

    9:00 AM on Tue May 6 2008
    By Brian Crecente
    34,304 views, 113 comments

    Latest by isilvalie: Rain has to wear his hair long right now because of his leading role as a ninja in the Wachowski's more »

  • ddr

    Delicious DDR!

    Dance Dance Revolution makes you sweat. Cake makes you fat. This? This looks yummy. Created by blogger Lafemmereaper, this 20cm Dance Dance Revolution cabinet fruitcake (yes!!) is covered in marzipan and fondant icing.

    According to Lafemmereaper:
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    8:00 AM on Tue Apr 1 2008
    By Brian Ashcraft
    1,652 views, 4 comments

  • fitness

    DDR Workout Benchmarked, Found Healthy (Again)

    DDR might not still be all the rage with Wii Fit around, but its health benefits are legitimate according to the American Council on Exercise (ACE). We just came across and interesting study from late 2007 testing people ages 12-25 in which ACE calculated that teens burned 5.9 calories per minute on easy, and 6.7 and 8.1 calories on standard and difficult, respectively. For adults, probably because they weigh more, those numbers were even higher. So let's compare DDR to some standard aerobic activities and see how it holds up, shall we? More »

    2:20 PM on Thu Feb 7 2008
    By Mark Wilson
    9,388 views, 85 comments

    Latest by bobtheduck: @antimony: Yeah, that's true, but what you can do is set up your own endless routines or at least long more »

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    McDonald's Japan Teaches DDR Exercises

    That's not Ronald McDonald, it's Donald McDonald. (In Japan, the character is known as "Donald.") What's more, some Japanese people think his name is Mac Donald. Anyway, here Donald is showing how to do DDR-style exercises. Ironically, none of the exercises involve not going to McDonald's.

    Teaching DDR [Joystiq]

    2:00 AM on Tue Jan 29 2008
    By Brian Ashcraft
    2,220 views, 51 comments

    Latest by Omnidum: What the... i think my brain got a little more melted, anyways, you can clearly(ish?) see its fake, but if more »

  • arcade

    Konami Adds "Jubeat" To Bemani Line-Up

    The newest member of the Bemani family—which includes DDR, Guitar Freaks, Pop 'n' Music, et al.—in Japanese arcades is jubeat, a touch-panel game that... well, we're not sure what the hell is going on with this one yet. It's currently on location test in Japan, so we're sure to see how the game behaves in motion soon enough, but it appears that players will have to frantically slap display screens in time to J-pop tunes, competing with others via local or internet connection. That mysterious glowing cube on top of the cabinet? Unsure, but it may simply be for decoration and to increase the obnoxiousness of the seizure inducing lightshow. More on jubeat as we learn about it.

    jubeat [Konami via Arcade Heroes]

    7:40 PM on Thu Dec 27 2007
    By Michael McWhertor
    1,413 views, 42 comments

    Latest by DMAshura: The game is actually a play on words (as are many things in the Bemani series, like .59...) The more »

  • clips

    Want To Play Your GBA With A DDR Pad? Of Course You Do

    Fulfilling your life long dream of playing Pac-Man on the Game Boy Advance using nothing but your feet is within your grasp. Thanks to the folks at Instructables, who provide a step-by-step tutorial on how to hack together such a contraption, fat kids everywhere will be able to combine their two favorite things: eating (dots) and shedding pounds by frantic shuffling. They call this a "win-win."

    How to modify your DDR pad to play with your Gameboy Advance [Instructables via Wonderland]

    7:40 PM on Wed Dec 12 2007
    By Michael McWhertor
    1,242 views, 39 comments

    Latest by Jason1820: @kaze_neko: Hey guys, well i actually made this device for an art project. We had to find a device and modify more »

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    Boom Boom Rocket Updates

    The interesting, though overtime boring, Xbox Live Arcade title Boom Boom Rocket has gotten a bit of a work over. Starting today, the game will be getting a handful of new capabilities and five new songs. The best part is that all of this is free until Dec. 16 if you already own the game. It will cost you 250 Mpoints after that.

    Here's the capability breakdown:
    · Improved fireworks
    · Compatibility with guitar and dance mat controllers
    · Japanese and Korean language support
    · Controller type visible in leaderboards (can you be #1 on all three...controller, dance mat and guitar peripheral!)

    DDBBR? Guitar Rocket Hero? I'm down for that, but what about drum support?

    The five new songs will be Eine Kleine Rochtmusik, Cannon in D, Sugar High, Sting of the Bumble Bee and Explode to Joy.

    The whole guitar support could really help invigorate this game, I think.

    6:01 PM on Wed Nov 28 2007
    By Brian Crecente
    2,116 views, 33 comments

    Latest by Animatedexistance: I actually tried playing this game with the guitar hero guitar back in May, albeit only on the demo. more »

  • ddumps

    Red Octane Has No Plans For Xbox 360 DDR Pads

    With Konami's second DDR game coming to Xbox 360, a lot of us have still been waiting patiently for the announcement of a better Xbox 360 dance pad—you know, a non-plastic version that won't cause us to get permanently injured and subsequently permanently need to lie about the cause of said injury. While MadCatz produces a few better-than-stock pads, you can't find metal pads anywhere. And hardcore DDR players are left unable to really enjoy the newest DDR titles on the 360.

    So we asked Red Octane—formerly huge commercial supporters of DDR—if they had any plans to expand their offerings. But we got nothing but bad news: More »

    11:40 AM on Mon Oct 29 2007
    By Mark Wilson
    5,685 views, 26 comments

    Latest by Aresef: I remember I bought an Ignition pad from Red Octane's booth at Otakon a couple years back. Then it more »

  • konami

    DDR Universe 2 Set List

    Do people still play Dance Dance Revolution? I think it's still doing well, but it seems like the hot rhythm games nowadays are Guitar Hero and Rock Band. I know the three could peacefully co-exist, but I suspect they don't. Why is that?

    Whether or not DDR is still a massive cultural phenomenon or not, Konami continues to churn out iterations of the dancing game. Their latest, Dance Dance Revolution Universe 2 which hits the 360 this winter, has a pretty eclectic song list that features music from the likes of Oukast, Men Without Hats and The Bangles. Hit the jump for the full list and let the head-scratching begin.
    More »

    7:57 AM on Thu Oct 25 2007
    By Brian Crecente
    7,365 views, 59 comments

    Latest by paranoid310: Ugh, don't get me started on Guitar Hero or Rock Band. Anyone ever heard of Frequency or Amplitude for the more »