Just got home after two hours from an arcade where I got to play a bunch of dancing rhythm games back to back. There's a surprising variety of such and the arcade had them all so I got to copare and contrast them.

The big three are #DDR / #DanceDanceRevolution, #PumpItUp, and #StepManiaX. They're all pretty similar in basic concept -- four or five pads on the floor that you have to step on, on beat to a J/Kpop song, and a bar that you can lean on to help you do that -- but surprisingly different in everything but that.

There's also #DanceRushStardom which is completely different and doing its own thing and which I cannot figure out how to play.

I have thoughts on them all 🡇

(I'd like to preface this by saying I'm not particularly _good_ at any of the games in question. I play sevens on DDR, fives on PIU, and Easy Plus on SMX, which I played for the first time today. This is very much a novice's perspective.)

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Some recent updates on @mwichary's Shift Happens blog only appeared in my RSS reader today; one featuring a handheld double-keypad #DanceDanceRevolution controller reminded me of this feat by a high school classmate.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4uUyOus7e4

The video quality is a bit better on this one, which only uses a single controller, but is accomplished on expert mode... with knives.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjRVOhvzYZg

For VGM Wednesday today, my mind went to Dance Dance Revolution.

So, here's Smile's Butterfly https://song.link/y/QzcvRDWgRIE

#Music #DDR #VGMWednesday #DanceDanceRevolution

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