Dance Dance Revolution X

by Konami

Product 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

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0019SKGA6
• Product Dimensions: 13 x 11.5 x 4.2 inches ; 3 pounds
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: September 16, 2008
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,639 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #1 in Video Games > PlayStation 2 > Rhythm > Dancing
  • #58 in Video Games > PlayStation 2 > All Games
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Edition: Bundle with Dance Mat

The hottest revolution and bestselling video game in the music game category explodes onto the dance floor with DanceDanceRevolution X! DanceDanceRevolution X delivers fun interactive gameplay, incredible song selection and innovative new game modes. Bundle comes with the game and dance mat.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

60 of 60 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I'm totally hooked!, September 16, 2008

By 

JSycho "Jen" (PA, USA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Dance Dance Revolution X with Dance Mat (Video Game)

I've been playing DDR for five years now. (I have Konamix, all versions for PS2, and I'm working on getting all the Xbox versions.) I can honestly say that even after playing for only two hours, X is one of my favorites. Tied with Supernova, beaten only by Extreme 2, and nothing like Supernova 2, which was boring, frustrating and irritating all at the same time. I felt challenged. It's not too hard or too easy. It's just right.

There is still a "Beginner" level, though I honestly haven't played any songs at that level so I can't give an honest opinion of it. I'd say that this would be a great game for Beginners though, if only for the simple fact that I feel the Basic/Trick/Expert are rated pretty accurately in comparison to previous games.

All the songs seem to have a good beat, even the slower ones. Usually there are a couple that I don't like, a couple that annoy me... But I liked all of them. (I played half of the them, and briefly listened to most of the others.) It's the complete opposite of Supernova 2, where I liked only about four or five songs.

I'm not sure if this goes for all unlockable items, but it seems you can unlock things by playing the traditional "Game" mode and not the weird "game-board-ish" type mode. I really, really, like this because I no longer need to start out at beginner levels, or do stupid "tasks" such as "Step on everything but arrows" or "Step on a secret arrow despite the fact that you have no idea what song it's in or where it's at" or "Get Marvelous on every single arrow on this insanely fast song on Expert mode despite the fact that four songs ago you only had to beat an insanely slow song on Beginner." There doesn't seem to be a shop--the items are actually unlocked. You don't unlock the right to purchase them with points you scrimp and save over the course of a couple weeks.

There is also a new "shock arrow", where you can't step on ANY arrows, where you have to jump into the middle of the pad. I thought I'd have a lot of trouble with this, and that I'd hate it, but it was actually a lot of fun. It felt like I was doing jumping jacks.

I also, surprisingly, really liked the whole urban theme. The character redesigns are great! (Disco, who I always found a little insulting--c'mon, a purple 'fro and snake-skin disco suit?--looks kinda hot.) The overall game feels refreshing and new, yet familiar enough that it doesn't freak me out.

I'd also like to give a quick note on the bundle: The pad that came with the bundle is the same as the one that came with Supernova. Very nice quality, and worth the extra $20. The top doesn't hurt my feet and the bottom has that no-slip rubbery stuff on it that keeps the pad from moving on both rug and tile.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Fun Calorie Burner, July 12, 2009

By 

J. Jackson - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Dance Dance Revolution X with Dance Mat (Video Game)

I never had an interest in dance games, I assumed they weren't intense or competitive enough. Happily I was wrong, overall I really enjoy Dance Dance Revolution X. Its far from being just about dancing. It tests eye/feet coordination, challenges balance and pushes speed and endurance.

When the music starts north/south and east/west facing arrows scroll up the screen approaching a judgment panel. You step on the pad's appropriate directional just as the arrow passes its match on the panel. Accuracy of timing is described by the words: boo, almost, good, great, perfect and marvelous. If you step without mistake, 'great' or better, you accumulate combos. The higher the combo the higher your score, the better the accuracy the greater your achievement. After the song you receive a letter grade and if you complete without error you get a 'full combo'. Even after receiving AAA full combo I could not be satisfied until I had spent hours improving on the grade with all 'marvelous' accuracy ratings. Needless to say my competitive urge was thoroughly stimulated! Additionally, the game options are very deep, allowing you to tweek the difficulty in numerous ways.

When you start the game a menu greets you with several play options. There is 1 and 2 player and even an option for 1 player with two mats! (Yet another goal to strive for!)
You can choose Tutorial to get you started. You can play alone selecting one song at a time, or you can battle for points against the CPU. In Course mode, you dance to a set group of songs, a random collection, or you can create your own set. Once experienced, you can test your stamina by dancing to a continuous playlist in Endless mode.
If thats not enough you can go to Workout mode, where you tell the game to track your time or the calories burned. The game translates this energy into miles run and gives a cumulative total after each set. Here too, you can choose a preset group of songs or create your own playlist with up to 20 tunes playing one after the other. This definitely makes working out a breeze. There is a Practice mode, here you can get comfortable with songs sans the pressure of scoring points. On top of all this, there is Edit mode where you can design your own dance patterns for any song.

On the down side the game has some interface and design flaws:
-There is too much load time between songs.
-The narrator gets incredibly annoying and although I have turned off every voice selection offered in game options he will not shut up.
-When selecting tunes you can also choose either Roulette or Random, which isn't very random. From dozens of songs it chose one song 4 times and another 3 times without selecting others even once.
-After each song, or Stage, the wheel remains on your previous selection, but before the last Stage the wheel moves to a song of its own choosing forcing you to reset the song wheel to find your place in the list and continue where you were.
-In the middle of a set, while waiting for the next song to load, if you happen to mis-step- I stepped across the pad to reach for water- it will suddenly flash a warning against making "extreme moves" then end your session without offering a chance to save your progress.
-At the start of Workout mode the game defaults to the 'guest' file, rather than the last previous player file. In fact, it would be nice if the game was smart enough to default to last previous player settings on all modes so one does not have to select 1 or 2 player, re-select character and re-select game mode. They offer an opportunity to select the same character in the game options but this does not work.
-The game also has a Street Master Mode which is a lame, ridiculous attempt at a story mode. Your character 'travels' across town meeting other people, exchanging painful dialogue- where the game forces you to hit enter after every stupid comment- before moving on to a contrived dance-off with that person. I actually played one character to level 9 but a glitch would not allow me to move to final level 10.
There are a few more, but these are the most annoying.

As for the pad that comes with this game: I play on a rather new, low pile, plush carpet and it stays put better than I anticipated, but it does slowly inch across the floor. I find myself re-positioning it more than I would like. I think a wood surface would be more ideal, and eventually I will upgrade to the metal pad.

Whether the songs are good or bad is subjective. I certainly don't own any of them and at first, didn't like most of them. However, once I got into the game they stopped being songs and became a series of beats I had to master. Still, over time I find I have grown to like alot of the songs, especially when I achieve high scores on them!

This game has been a pleasant surprise; it was worth every dollar of the 30 I paid, it hasn't bored me yet and I've lost 14 pounds!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Buy the EyeToy Camera and use your hands too!, July 19, 2009

By 

Eduardo Nolazco (Lima, Peru) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Dance Dance Revolution X with Dance Mat (Video Game)

Ten years (yes, that's why the "X") of Dance Dance Revolution and a good reason to buy it.
If you buy the EyeToy Camera (not included), you got another single mode: dance with feet and hands. On the screen you will see two new columns appear (one at each side of the screen). Same as the 4-column feet step guide, when the symbol reach the top you got to move your hand and reach the right or left hand symbol. This is not specified on the manual and it's so fun!
I recommend you to buy the Eyetoy Camera as a bundle with a good game like this: Eye Toy Kinetic With Camera so you will have another workout game.
Enjoy!

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