DDRMAX2 Dance Dance Revolution 7thMix

DDRMAX2 Dance Dance Revolution 7thMix

Japanese PlayStation 2 cover art
Developer(s) Konami
Publisher(s) Konami
Series Dance Dance Revolution
Bemani
Engine 7thMix, 7thMix PlayStation
Platform(s) Arcade, PlayStation 2
Release date(s)

Arcade

  • JP April 17, 2002

PlayStation 2

  • JP April 24, 2003
  • NA September 23, 2003[1]
Genre(s) Music, Exercise
Mode(s) Single-player, Multiplayer
Cabinet Custom
Arcade system Bemani System 573 Digital
CPU R3000A 32 bit RISC processor
Sound PlayStation SPU
Display 29" CRT (Raster, 256x224 & 740x480)

DDRMAX2 Dance Dance Revolution 7thMix (DDRMAX2ダンスダンスレボリューションセブンスミックス Dī Dī Ā Makkusu Tsū Dansu Dansu Reboryūshon SebunsuMikkusu), sometimes abbreviated as 7thMix (セブンスミックス SebunsuMikkusu) (7thMix is omitted from the title in North America), is the 7th game in the Dance Dance Revolution series of music video games and the sequel to DDRMAX Dance Dance Revolution 6th Mix. It was released in Japanese arcades by Konami on April 17, 2002. Arcade units soon reached a worldwide presence due to illegal exports. The Japanese release of DDRMAX2 contains a total of 116 songs that are playable in normal gameplay, 34 of which are new to Dance Dance Revolution. 20 of these songs are hidden and unlockable. The North American release of DDRMAX2 is the fifth home version of DDR to be released in the United States. It contains a total of 69 songs, 28 of which are hidden and unlockable. It received mostly favorable reviews from critics, and is the first and one of the only three games in the Dance Dance Revolution series to have sold over a million copies in the US.

Gameplay

The core gameplay of DDRMax2 is the same as the previous Dance Dance Revolution games. The 2-tiered scoring system which debuted on DDRMax is still utilized on DDRMax2, though the long-score system is reformed.

For the long-score system in DDRMax2, it now has a maximum for each song of 10,000,000 multiplied by the foot rating for the routine. Maximum scores can range from 10 million to 100 million for individual songs. Bonus scores are abolished, though the new long-score system tends to be weighted so that errors early in a routine are not as costly as errors late. The dance point system, which determines grade, remains unchanged. This scoring system would be kept for Dance Dance Revolution Extreme.

Music

Notes

^ This song's title contains an in-game typo. The correct name is "Little Boy (Boy Oh Boy Mix)".
^ This song's artist name contains an in-game typo. The correct artist is Scooch.

Reception

Reception
Aggregate scores
AggregatorScore
GameRankings82.35%[8]
Metacritic82/100[9]
Review scores
PublicationScore
EGM7.67/10
GameSpot7.2/10
GameSpy4/5
IGN8.5/10
OPM (US)4/5

The game received "generally positive" reviews, according to video game review aggregator Metacritic.[9]

After a series of low selling expansion titles of the first game, DDRMAX2: Dance Dance Revolution surprisingly stood out compared to other games in the series in terms of sales, selling 1.09 million units in the US. It is one of only three titles to have sold over a million units, the other two being the first game, Dance Dance Revolution and possibly either Dance Dance Revolution Extreme or Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA, and is the first and only game in the series to have sold over a million units in the United States alone.

References

  1. ↑ Konami - DDR MAX2
  2. 1 2 Neko Neko. "DDRMAX2 Dance Dance Revolution 7th MIX for Arcade" (in Japanese). Retrieved 7 September 2009.
  3. ↑ Konami. DDRMAX2 DanceDanceRevolution 7thMIX (in Japanese). arcade. Konami. Level/area: Song select screen.
  4. ↑ Konami. DDRMAX2 DanceDanceRevolution 7thMIX (in Japanese). arcade. Konami. Level/area: Course select screen.
  5. 1 2 Neko Neko. "DDRMAX2 Dance Dance Revolution 7th MIX for Play Station 2" (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 September 2009.
  6. ↑ Konami. DDRMAX2 DanceDanceRevolution 7thMIX (in Japanese). PlayStation 2. Konami. Level/area: Song select screen.
  7. ↑ Konami. DDRMAX2 DanceDanceRevolution 7thMIX (in Japanese). PlayStation 2. Konami. Level/area: Course select screen.
  8. ↑ "DDRMAX2 Dance Dance Revolution for PlayStation 2". GameRankings. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
  9. 1 2 "DDRMAX2 Dance Dance Revolution for PlayStation 2 Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More - Metacritic". Retrieved 2011-10-21.

External links

Preceded by
DDRMAX Dance Dance Revolution 6thMix		 DDRMAX2 Dance Dance Revolution 7thMix
2002 		Succeeded by
Dance Dance Revolution Extreme
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