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Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc., today announced Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA 2 (DDR SuperNOVA2) for the PlayStation 2 console.

"The Dance Dance Revolution franchise continues to grow its considerable fan-base, reaching a level of critical and commercial success reserved for only a handful of transcendent video game brands," said Jason Enos, Senior Product Manager at Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. "Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA2 is a tent-pole release for the franchise that has found its way from arcades to living rooms and beyond - it will be a must-have game for any DDR fan."

A release date has not yet been announced.

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Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. today announced Dance Dance Revolution Universe 2 (DDR UNIVERSE2) for the Xbox 360. Universe 2 will include both classic and current smash-hits to deliver the most complete music library of any DDR game to date. From the 70s, 80s, 90s and today all packed into one game.

"DDR UNIVERSE2 offers new features and gameplay options that will appeal to aspiring and existing DDR fans," said Jason Enos, Senior Product Manager at Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. "The next generation graphics make this the best-looking DDR game to date while the new features and online capabilities offer gamers a wider array of options than ever before. For non-stop action and fun, this is a must-have game for Xbox 360 owners."

A release date not yet revealed. 

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Every Dance Dance Revolution fan’s dream is to use DDR steps to their own favorite music. Codemasters’ Dance Factory allows you to do just that. Sounds like a DDR killer doesn’t it, considering that all you need is this one game because the playlist will feature all of your favorite tunes and none that you don’t like. The list is only as large or as small as your own personal collection. Too bad it doesn’t even come close to toppling Konami’s giant.

You can use your own songs to dance to. That’s it. Seriously. Oh, and it comes with five preloaded tracks that you may not even touch.

Dancing to your favorite tracks is a dream come true for dancing rhythm fans, but Dance Factory has some serious shortcomings that ruin the dream. The random note generator at first seems like an impressive feat. I say at first because you’ll eventually notice that the note patterns are predictable within one song. You’ll see one pattern repeated over the course of a few measures, change into another one, and then repeat that pattern. The transitions in distinct patterns also don’t make any sense in the context of the songs’ rhythm.

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Today, Konami announced a partial song list for its upcoming PS2 DDR release dubbed SuperNOVA. The press release mentions that there will be over 70 songs on the final list, which impressively spans many genres and styles of music. Sneak a peek below at some of the songs they've revealed.

Partial SuperNOVA Song List (not including hidden tracks)

Battle Without Honor Or Humanity - By Tomoyasu Hotei
Centerfold(130 BPM move it remix) - By Captain Jack
Come Clean - By NM featuring Susan Z
Curus - By D-crew
Dance, Dance - By Fall Out Boy
Do You Want To - By Franz Ferdinand
Doll - By ÇsđüÇqÇ`
Flow (True Style) - By Scotty D. revisits U1
Fly away - By ChiyoTia
Freckles (KCP Re-Edit) - By Tiggy
Funkytown - By Lipps's, Inc
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - By Cyndi Lauper
Heaven is a Place on Earth (German Election Mix) - By Julia
Hit 'n' Slap - By Asletics
Jerk it Out - By Caesars
L.E.F. (Loud Electronic Ferocious) - By Ferry Corsten
Let's Dance - By David Bowie
Mr. Dabada (Groove Wonder Remix) - By Carlos Jean
Mugen - By ÇsđüÇqÇ`
My Only Shining Star - By Naoki feat. Becky Lucinda
No.13 - By Taka respect for J.S.B
Peace(^^)v - By BeForU
Robogirl - By The Crystal Method
Shivers(Radio Edit) - By Armin van Buuren
Shout - By Lulu
Since U Been Gone - By Kelly Clarkson
Star Gate Heaven - By SySF. feat. Donna Burke
The Other Side(radio mix) - By Paul van Dyk feat. Wayne Johnson
True Love - By Jun
Turn On the Music(Axwell Radio Edit) - By Roger Sanchez
Video Killed The Radio Star - By The Buggles
Xepher - By Tatsh

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Though the PlayStation Portable may have its shortcomings, if it’s one thing Sony’s sleek handheld doesn’t lack, it’s basic RPGs – most of which have been coming from Sony’s in-house Japan developers. Titles like Kingdom of Paradise and the Untold Legends series have at least given PSP RPGers something to tide them over until more high-quality games (including Square’s just released Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth) have hit the market, and in that vain comes NIS America’s Blade Dancer: Lineage of Light, another Sony in-house title made in Japan.

Blade Dancer is a basic RPG that throws in an average hero, a “save the world” quest, a flashy opening, tons of enemies to plow through, and a lovely anime style that RPG fans will appreciate, but it isn’t enough. Despite the fact that the title is actually playable, its flaws will combine to overwhelm you and will leave you both frustrated and infuriated at its gameplay.

Blade Dancer begins with a typical plot-base: gamers are cast as Lance, a young adventurer hoping to test his skills in the secretive kingdom of Foo, which has just begun opening its doors to the rest of the world. Though Lance is eager to jump into the fray and help as many people as he can get his hands on (slaying dozens of foes while he’s at it), Blade Dancer doesn’t start with a traditional main quest; instead, the game allows the player to freely roam around town while picking up side quests, meeting NPCs, and learning the immediate layout of the land. Eventually the player is thrust into the primary storyline, which sees Lance (who may, or may not be the famed “Blade Dancer” – judging from the moon on his face, I’d say it’s a solid bet) fighting against an evil force from Foo’s dark past. In the process, there’s a pretty girl who needs rescuing and a world that needs protecting from this sinister figure, and of course a few allies who are willing to help Lance along the way. 

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Microsoft has published new screenshots of Konami's Dance Dance Revolution: Universe for the Xbox 360.The hottest revolution and bestselling video game in the music game category continues its long tradition of innovation and creativity with an entirely new game for the next-generation!  Dance Dance Revolution UNIVERSE, exclusively designed for the Xbox 360, takes dancing to a whole new dance floor – offering features and options not possible until now. Dance Dance Revolution UNIVERSE is designed to be a “universal” DDR – a game that everyone can play and enjoy, including anyone with two left feet.Key features include:Over 65 new songs, including songs and dance remixes exclusive for the Xbox 360, licensed songs, and popular hits!New HOW TO PLAY, TRIAL and SUPER EASY modes aimed at first-time players and beginnersAll-new nonstop megamixes now offer “DJ continuous mixes” of multiple songs just like a real dance clubNew Relay mode lets friends and family play DDR like a marathon race, allowing players to switch off to other teammates and keep the dance party going all night longEnhancements to the common modes and features from the original DDR series, including Workout Mode, Edit Mode, Quest Mode, Party Mode and more! Xbox Live enabled online competitions, download new songs and dance steps, upload content, compete head-to-head, view internet ranking, instant messaging/email, talk live and more!New Xbox 360 exclusive downloadable song packs plus compatibility with all previous downloadable song packs from the DDR ULTRAMIX series of games.Enjoy. You can view the game's recently released trailer, located here.

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Dancing games have been popular for the last few years both in the arcades and, for those of us who are more bashful, secretly in our own homes. Up until now gamers have been stuck with the songs and routines that Konami provides, but that is no longer the case when Codemasters releases its dance title Dance Factory at the end of March.

The biggest sell for Dance Factory is the fact that players will be able to have an unlimited number of tracks to dance to and can do it to all their favorite stuff from Beethoven to KISS and every musical taste in between. You want punk, rock, jazz, country or classical? You’ve got it all here. Whatever is in your music collection Dance Factory claims it can play and give you a routine to dance to.

Dance Factory is the first game to go stateside that allows you to play your own music in a dancing game. Players simply take out the game disc and put in their own music, CD-R’s are also allowed. Then the game analyzes your CD and you can dance to any track you desire or the whole disc. Gamers can save tracks onto a memory card as well although there is no word how much memory a song takes up.

Besides your own music, Dance Factory features the ability to make your own routines too. Players can save the steps onto their memory cards for future reference.

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Konami has announced that they have signed on to a three-year deal with the State of West Virginia by bringing Dance Dance Revolution to physical education courses to all 765 schools.

The entire phasing will take two years. The first to see the change is the 103 middle and junior high schools which should feature the program in the next few months.

“Bringing the health benefits and enjoyment that DDR provides to school children is a great way to combat childhood obesity that is caused by the sedentary lifestyle of today’s kids,” said Clara Gilbert, Director of Business Partnerships at Konami. “DDR has been a proven success in schools. This first-of-its-kind partnership will help us continue to demonstrate the benefits of DDR to consumers around the country.”

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Sony has unveiled additional images of its Blade Dancer for the PSP, which you can view below. The game is an RPG currently slated for a March 2, 2006 release in Japan.

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These days, it seems like we can’t go a couple of weeks anymore without a new DDR game coming out. That said, the series gears up for its third Xbox release with Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix 3. Do some of the new modes give the series some freshness or is it just more of the same?

Dance Dance vets can skip this paragraph; novices, however, take a gander. If you’re unfamiliar with DDR then here is a very brief rundown on how the game works. A series of arrow will make their way up the screen and when they get to the set of outlined arrows at the top, you must hit the directions that correspond to them. On a controller it’s simple and downright boring – that’s why Konami sells the game in a bundle pack with their now-famous dance pad. Playing DDR with this pad and following the movements dictated by the arrows will make it look like you’re actually dancing, that is though only on the higher difficulties. And just like other rhythm games, timing is the key. Hit the arrows at the right time and you’ll get a “perfect” rating and the occasional “great” if you’re off by a split-second. Continue getting those ratings and you’ll perform combos and keep your approval meter high. Get “bad” and “boo” often and you’ll be booted off the pad and the song will end. Got all that? Good.

Now that the basics are out of the way, it’s time to look at some of the other options outside of the main dance mode. There’s party mode that features a good number of minigames to play if you’ve got friends and spare dance pads. You can play against the computer, but it definitely isn’t as fun if you were playing with real people. Attack plays like the versus mode in a puzzle game where step combos will cause viruses to attack the opposing player that prevent them from performing a successful combo of their own. Bomb is almost the same except step combos will pass the bomb around ala hot potato and the one caught with it when the timer runs out loses. Point is an interesting mode in that a point is lost when a player gets a worse rating on a step than the other, thus evenly matched players can expect some of these matches to last for quite a while. There’s also a quad mode, but we couldn’t test that out to its fullest extent since we don’t have four mats here at the office. Lastly, there’s score which is your standard high-point total wins, and challenge mode in which the game throws out goals you’ll need to meet. It’s a lot easier than the previous versions of the oni mode because most of the challenges take place over a small section of a song.

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