Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix

by Konami

Product Features

• All-new exclusive game modes that have never been seen in a DDR game
• Burn some claories while having fun in the new Work Out mode
• Special Edit mode for custom dance routines, player-specific routine or trading moves with friends
• Brand new jukebox full licensed dance hits and original compositions
• Go online with Xbox Live for multiplayer competition and downloading new features

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000AGUYC
• Item Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: September 8, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #16,491 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Dance Dance Revolution: Ultramix brings home the arcade hit - for fun, excitement, competition, choreography and a great workout!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

58 of 62 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Warning! Pad not included., February 6, 2004

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Pecos Bill (Gaithersburg, MD United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix (Video Game)

The game actually supports up to 4 players, so you'll want 1 pad per person. There are arcade-quality hard pads available, but the Revolution X soft pad is cheap, available through Amazon and a good bet if you want to try the concept out before spending a lot of cash.

The game itself is very simple in concept, but a cool idea and well executed. Dance to the beat, incidentally putting your feet on the right buttons at the right moment. I actually got it as an excuse to exercise, and it's definately aerobic.

In normal mode, too many total misses will end the song and the game is not too polite about your lack of dancing ability, but there's also a training mode if you just want to practice and not worry about how many times you miss. With a good selection of songs and different difficulty levels, it should have great replay value. As a gamer, I think the whole DDR concept is a little flimsy, but as someone who needs an excuse to exercise, this is a hell of a lot more interactive than any workout tape, treadmill or stationary bike would be.

So as a solo game: 3 stars.
As a group game: 4 stars, fun with friends.
As a way to get exersize: 5 stars.

30 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars XBox Live Makes This Game A Winner- Partial Song List, November 20, 2003

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Michael Dao (Norwalk, CT) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix (Video Game)

I've just purchased this game, and I want to provide any potential buyers of this game with a partial list of what songs can be found in this game. There aren't as many songs as I'd like but with X-Box Live you can download both additional song packs and play online against other people. As of this writing, November 18, 2003, there has been one song pack released on XBox Live

Licensed Songs
Ian Van Dahl feat. Marsha - Castles In The Sky
Paul Oakenfold - Ready Steady Go
Who Da Funk - Shiny Disco Balls
Masai - Do That Thang (Mash Radio Edit)

Konami Originals
dj. TAKA - 0.59
NPD3 - AFTER THE GAME OF LOVE
Riyu Kosaka - Candy Heart (vocal version)
BeForU - DIVE
TaQ - DXY!
RevenG - exotic ethnic
BLUE DESTROYERS - Hypnotic Crisis
L.E.D. LIGHT feat Goro - INFINITE PRAYER
N.M.R-typeG - KEEP ON MOVIN' (DMX Mix)
OKUYATOS - Kind Kady
STONE BROS. - Let the Beat Hit 'Em (Classic R&B Style)
SySF feat. Anna - Look To The Sky (True Color Mix)
Jonny Dynamite! - On The Jazz

STM200 - PARANOiA ETERNAL
Togo Project feat Sana - Sana Mollete ne Ente
Crystal Aliens - SEXY PLANET
D.J. RICH feat Tail Bros. - Superstar
L.E.D. LIGHT - The Earth Light
2MB - TRIP MACHINE (LuvMIX)
Thuggie D. - ABSOLUTE (Cuff-N-Stuff it Mix)
NM feat Thomas Howard - Ballad For You
NAOKI - CAN'T STOP FALLIN' IN LOVE (SPEED MIX)
Scotty D. - DROP THE BOMB - System S.F. mix
TaQ - Electro Tuned (the SubS Mix)
DE-SIRE - Healing Vision
NAOKI 190 - Hysteria
Thuggie D. - INSERTION (Machine Gun Kelly Mix)
Thuggie D. - Keep ya body movin'
2MB - La Senorita Virtual
SHIN Murayama feat Argoe Phine - Let's talk it over
tiger YAMATO - Luv To ME
L.E.D. LIGHT - Overblast!!
dj. TAKA - Quickening
DIVAS - Secret Rendezvous
Caramel.S - So In Love
jun - Sweet Sweet Magic
Thuggie D. - There 4 You
RevenG vs DE-SIRE - Tsugaru

Song Pack 1
dj TAKA - Abyss
Naoki - Burnin' the Floor
Tomosuke - Mind Parasite
Mr. T with Motoaki. F - Burning Heat (3 Option Mix)
ric - in my eyes

There are also 9 unlockable songs.

A lot of these songs can be found on the PS2 versions of DDR. On its own, there aren't enough new songs to warrant purchase from someone that already has the two PS2 DDR games.

However, this game is XBox Live enabled, allowing the download of new songs. That feature alone is worth the price of admission. With other versions of the games, you are limited to what songs the game had. Not so here. Theres already been one song pack released, and inevitably there will be more.

Other interesting features include the ability to play with four people at once, and you can also compete over the internet via XBox Live.

On its own this game would rate four stars for someone new to DDR. It would rate three for someone that already has the PS2 versions of the game. However, the sheer expandability that XBox Live offers the game makes this a five star game.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars fun game, great exercise, February 1, 2004

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B. Morrison "Russia, photography, and travel ... (Tulsa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix (Video Game)

One of the reviews here mentions that there is no training mode, which made me nervous to buy this because I am not much of a dancer. So I would like to start the review by saying that there is a training mode and it is easy to find. Right on the main menu it says "Training Mode." You can use it to slow down the songs or add a metronome to the sound to help you keep the beat.

My wife and I have been having a great time with this. It only took a few tries to start getting the hang of some of the easier songs. My nearly 60-year-old mother also had a blast with it. She even jokingly told me "You are not allowed to come visit anymore without bringing your xbox." She and several of my friends have asked for a price of the whole set up after trying ddr ultramix because it was so much fun. So from my mother down to a 15-year-old in the family, it it has been a great, fun game. Although from a family game perspective, I was a little surprised at how the 10-year-olds who tried it could not get past stomping on as many buttons as fast as possible without even watching the screen.

The exercise mode is also interesting selling point. It tracks each controller port as an individual so that you can have up to four people keep track of their calories burned over time.

Several of the reviews mention that you can download extra song from xbox live, but they do not mention that each song pack of five songs costs 5 bucks to download. I would prefer to see songs sold individually so that you could choose songs for your skill level. I would also be better if you could listen to the songs once before paying for them.