Dance Dance Revolution Extreme 2
| Dance Dance Revolution EXTREME 2 | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Konami |
| Publisher(s) | Konami |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 2 |
| Release | September 28, 2005 (NA) |
| Genre(s) | Music |
| Mode(s) | Single player, multiplayer |
Dance Dance Revolution EXTREME 2 is the ninth home version of Dance Dance Revolution to be released in the United States. It was released by Konami on September 28 2005 for the Sony PlayStation 2 video game console. It was announced in a press release by Konami on May 17 2005, and unveiled at the E³ expo in Los Angeles that same day.
Features
The game contains 74 songs, 24 initally available and 50 that need to be unlocked, either through normal play or purchasing the songs with Dance Points. There are many Konami songs, including smile.dk's Butterfly (Upswing Mix), finally making a smile.dk song available in a U.S. DDR mix. There are also licensed tracks, from artists such as Fatboy Slim, Captain Jack, and Chemical Brothers.
For the first time in any U.S. DDR, a song by E-Rotic was included, specifically In The Heat Of The Night. Konami had previously been reluctant to release songs by the German pop group, known for its sexually explicit lyrics, on United States versions of Dance Dance Revolution. Seven songs from the group, including the aforementioned, had been released on Japanese versions of DDR previously. The particular song chosen is relatively tame. The decision may have been pushed by the fact that a competing dance game, In The Groove, had licensed and released two E-Rotic songs in its game, both also relatively tame selections. Largely due to the inclusion of E-Rotic, DDR EXTREME 2 is rated Everyone 10+ by the Entertainment Software Rating Board, with the billets for Mild Lyrics and Suggestive Themes. It is Konami's first game release with the E-10+ rating.
Due to the outcry over the elimination of the Song Wheel interface in the US version of DDR EXTREME, it has been restored in DDR EXTREME 2. The Groove Radar feature has also reappeared. New mini-games, some requiring the Eye Toy digital camera peripheral, are available. In addition, for the first time in PlayStation DDR games, online gameplay is available.
Song List
White Songs: These are songs Konami licensed from outside artists, or covers of popular licensed songs commissioned and remixed. All these songs are available to play from the outset.
| Title | Artist |
|---|---|
| AGAINST ALL ODDS (TAKE A LOOK AT ME NOW) | Déjà Vu featuring Tasmin |
| As the Rush Comes (Gabriel & Dresden Sweeping Strings Radio Edit) | Motorcycle |
| Block Rockin' Beats | The Chemical Brothers |
| BOOM BOOM DOLLAR (K.O.G G3 MIX) | King Kong & D. Jungle Girls |
| butterfly (UPSWING MIX) | SMiLE.dk |
| CAPTAIN JACK (GRANDALE REMIX) | CAPTAIN JACK |
| CARTOON HEROES (Speedy Mix) | BARBIE YOUNG |
| Crazy In Love | wg feat. Indra J |
| Genie In A Bottle | nc ft. NRG factory |
| Get Busy | Sean Paul |
| I will Survive | AKIRA feat. Daline |
| IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT | E-ROTIC |
| IRRESISTIBLEMENT | WILDSIDE |
| LA COPA DE LA VIDA | PATRICK VICTORIO |
| LOOK AT US (Daddy DJ Remix) | SARINA PARIS |
| My My My | Armand Van Helden |
| Oops!... I Did It Again | AKIRA feat. Susan Z |
| Play That Funky Music | wg feat. Tony L |
| Pump Up The Volume | M/A/R/R/S |
| Silence (Airscape Remix) | Delerium feat. Sarah McLachlan |
| SPEED OVER BEETHOVEN | ROSE |
| Spin Spin Sugar (Armand's Dark Garage Mix) | Sneaker Pimps |
| Wonderful Night (radio edit) | Fatboy Slim |
Green Songs: These are "Konami Original" songs that are brand new to the American PlayStation DDRs. They are either made by Konami in-house artists, or commissioned to be made specifically for this game by an outside firm. All these songs must be unlocked except for "You gotta move it".
| Title | Artist |
|---|---|
| 1998 | NAOKI |
| ABSOLUTE (Cuff-N-Stuff it Mix) | Thuggie D. |
| air | DJ SIMON |
| BE LOVIN | D-Crew |
| Can Be Real | Vision F |
| CANDY ♥ | RIYU KOSAKA |
| Colors (for EXTREME) | dj TAKA |
| DAIKENKAI | Des-ROW feat. TSUBOI for ALPHA |
| Happy Wedding | ASKA |
| Heaven is a '57 metallic gray (gimmix) | Hiro feat. Sweet little 30's |
| I Need You (Insideout Door Mix) | Supa Fova |
| INFINITE PRAYER | L.E.D. Light feat. Goro |
| INJECTION OF LOVE (HINA MIX) | AKIRA YAMAOKA |
| INSERTiON (Machine Gun Kelly Mix) | Thuggie D. |
| INSIDE YOUR HEART | AKIRA YAMAOKA |
| KEEP ON MOVIN' (DMX Mix) | N.M.R-typeG |
| La Bamba | Mexican Folk Song |
| L'amour et la liberté (DDR ver.) | NAOKI underground |
| LOVE IS ORANGE | Orange Lounge |
| Make A Difference | Lala Moore with CoCoRo*Co |
| MARIA (I believe...) | NAOKI feat. PAULA TERRY |
| Miracle Moon (L.E.D. LIGHT STYLE MIX) | Togo Project feat. Sana |
| PASSION OF LOVE | NAOKI feat. PAULA TERRY |
| Polovtsian Dances And Chorus | Naoto Suzuki feat. Martha |
| Quickening | dj TAKA |
| SAKURA | RevenG |
| SANA MOLLETE NE ENTE (B.L.T. STYLE) | Togo Project feat. Sana |
| Saturday Night Love | Sota feat. Brenda V. |
| SEDUCTION | nc ft. FINALFORCE |
| SEXY PLANET | Crystal Aliens |
| Sweet Sweet ♥ Magic | jun |
| sync (EXTREME version) | OutPhase |
| TOMORROW | nc ft. DreamScanner |
| TwinBee (Generation X) | Final Offset |
| un deux trois | SDMS |
| You gotta move it (feat. Julie Rugaard) | Yuzo Koshiro |
Yellow Songs: These are songs that have been featured in past PlayStation DDR releases in the USA. They must be unlocked.
| Title | Artist |
|---|---|
| AFRONOVA PRIMEVAL | 8 bit |
| BRILLIANT 2U | NAOKI |
| BURNIN' THE FLOOR | NAOKI |
| DIVE | Be For U |
| DYNAMITE RAVE | NAOKI |
| Look To The Sky (True Color Mix) | SySF feat. Anna |
| PARANOiA | 180 |
Blue Songs: These songs are "Challenge Remixes", in that they only have the one difficulty of the same name, and they are remixes of existing DDR songs. They must be unlocked.
| Title | Artist |
|---|---|
| AFRONOVA (FROM NONSTOP MEGAMIX) | RE-VENGE |
| BRILLIANT 2U (K.O.G G3 MIX) | NAOKI |
| BURNIN' THE FLOOR (BLUE FIRE mix) | NAOKI |
| DYNAMITE RAVE (B4 ZA BEAT MIX) | NAOKI |
| Look To The Sky (True Color Mix) | SySF feat. Anna |
| SEXY PLANET (FROM NONSTOP MEGAMIX) | Crystal Aliens |
Red Songs: Lastly are two "boss songs", in that they're considered particularly difficult. They must be unlocked.
| Title | Artist |
|---|---|
| PARANOIA survivor | 270 |
| PARANOIA survivor MAX | 290 |
Other Versions
There were suggestions that DDR EXTREME 2 may be released in Japan, and possibly Europe as well, simultaneously with the already announced U.S. release, making it the first universal Dance Dance Revolution release. Previously, U.S. versions of games had differing song selections from Japanese versions, and Europe has a whole different name for the DDR franchise (Dancing Stage). The online gameplay feature is described by Konami as "global", and images on a teaser page connected to the Japanese DDR home version gateway are similar to images in the DDR EXTREME 2 introduction video. On September 6 2005, Konami announced Dance Dance Revolution STR!KE as the name of the new Japanese version of DDR, and confirmed it would have the same interface as DDR EXTREME 2, but also would have different music, and would be released some time in 2006. The European version will be named Dancing Stage Max (not to be confused with DDRMAX or its European counterpart, Dancing Stage MegaMix).
Online Play
The online features of DDR EXTREME 2 are available exclusively to players who use a broadband connection to access online gaming functions of the PlayStation 2. Players who use an analog modem will be unable to play the game online.
Trivia
It is worth noting that the term Dance Dance Revolution EXTREME 2 first appeared as a 2004 April Fool's Day joke by the BemaniStyle website in the form of an alleged new arcade game release in Japan. No Japanese arcade releases of Dance Dance Revolution have been made since the release of Dance Dance Revolution EXTREME in 2002, though a new European arcade game, Dancing Stage Fusion, was released in 2005 based on the corresponding home version.
External links
- DDR EXTREME 2 Official Homepage at Konami America
- DDR STR!KE Official Homepage at Konami Japan
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