Osaka Evolved ver. B on Expert, if you're playing on a keyboard.
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Dance Dance Revolution signalled the start of the 21st century, as it dwindled the popularity of other popular fad’s at the time like Harry Potter and Pokemon. In a sense, it also signalled the rise of accessory based gameplay. Whilst previous home adoptions like Beatmania, and Samba De Amigo weren’t too successful, with only a few cult fans; Dance Dance Revolution swept the world with its tacky plastic mats which break if you try the game, but you felt so good about the whole experience, you’d buy another twenty.
There’s a reason that in whichever arcade you might visit, Dance Dance Revolution tends to stand right by the entrance. The thing creates such a vibe when people play it; and should you be playing it, you’re totally sucked into it. The music in this game is incomparable to anything else in the musical world. Some might call it JPop, but I reckon its its own genre; if you hear a DDR song, you’ll instantly say DDR.
With the rise of rhythm-based games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band, the DDR formula has been adapted and applied so its more universally accessible. Like DDR, Guitar Hero and Rock Band create a vibe which you feel you’re a part of; however the games more universally appriciated, as its easier to play a plastic instrument, than physically rave. Whenever I pass an arcade though, I’ll always have another go, the crowd comes too which always surprises me. There’ll always be a place for hard rave music in everybodys hearts, be it with interest or disapproval, and in the noughties, DDR was that place.
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Dance Dance Revolution (C) Konami
