What is the strongest point of each mix?

Daniel · Trick Member Joined: 29 Aug 2002 Location: Sonoma, CA

What is the best thing you think about each mix featured in DDR? For example I think the quantity and quality is the best attribute of DDR Extreme. But what about the other mixes?

The Game II · Posted: Wed May 21, 2003 9:38 am Post subject:

1.5 mix -- some songs are O...K. I like playing My Fire and B2U on there.

USA Mix -- Oh, man find me something good to say about this. Well, if it didn't have beginner mode, then I would probably have not learned the game when I first played it two years ago.

2nd/3rd/SSR -- Song selection is large, and the ability to change from one mix to another is cool.

4th mix -- I like how you don't select songs by CD, but by title graphic. And there's a bunch of songs.

5th mix -- Cool graphics, danceable songs, AAA, danceable songs.

Max -- Max 300.

Max2 -- Oni courses

Extreme -- Danceable songs, the return of nonstop mode, and more oni courses.
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Trance Of Sorrow · Trick Member Joined: 01 Feb 2003

I tell you what I know from the machines I played.

4th Mix had songs catergorized which I thought was cool, but again I don't think you were able to play any song you liked unless it was on All Music. It also had alot of good songs, but Plus is better!

5th had alot of the songs from 4th Mix/Plus and alot of good songs from 5th.

6th had the secret options mode, the 1st 10 footer, freeze arrows, and many things.

7th more like the 6th like I described earlier, but with Oni Courses and if I'm correct Nonstop courses too. I don't play Max 2 that much!

8th has everything from Oni Courses, 10 footers, freeze arrows, secret options, Nonstop courses, it's the best and last mix we'll see ever!

NW330 · Posted: Wed May 21, 2003 4:15 pm Post subject:

5th Mix introduced the sorting method, pressing both selection arrows then the green button at once sorted by ABC, BPM, and BEST making people able to find songs a whole lot easier. Also had some of the best music and long versions too. Last mix with characters and had a faster framerate than the previous mixes.

kami · Trick Member Joined: 24 Jan 2002

1: DDR
2: More songs, better
3: Difficulty, better songs
4, 4+: Good quality songs along with lots of songs
Solo: Innovation, along with My Baby Mama
5: Sorting
MAX: Freeze Arrows, difficulty, quality songs
MAX2: Oni
EX: It has basically everything

Technick · Trick Member Joined: 18 Aug 2002 Location: Syracuse, NY

1st Mix: My fire, and the beggining of DDR
2nd Mix: Never Played It
3rd Mix: Original songs that we love, Do It All Night, and Turn Me On
4th Mix: Never Played It
5th Mix: Other songs and good mods, Never Ending Story and Moving On
6th Mix: New Mods and Extra Stage, with some good songs like Flash In The Night
7th Mix: Mods stayed, New Extra Stage, and Oni Mode.
8th Mix: Old songs brought back and old modes brought back.
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Rancidfish · Posted: Wed May 21, 2003 7:59 pm Post subject:

1st - Invention of DDR.
2nd - Stepping on the wrong arrows shouldn't penalize you.
3rd - Separate arrow colors for different timings (or was that 2nd?), and the 9-foot difficulty rating.
4th - LOTS of songs. Some innovative new songs, like R&P and Drop Out.
5th - Boosted framerate.
6th - Innovative new step designs that follow the music better (So Deep, Fantasy, etc.), freeze arrows, new mods, and MAX 300. (TryExtraStage!)
7th - Oni mode!

And lots of returning songs.
EX - Loads of new 10s, bag, hard-as-hell onis, the Trick mods, lots of Bemani imports. And, of course, the return of beginner mode.
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Superstar Player · Trick Member Joined: 24 Jan 2002 Location: Riverside, CA

1: The begining of DDR
2: Songs focus a little more on technique
3: Lots of fast songs and songs with steps designed to wear you out.
4: Steps Focuses more on fun, until 4th plus. New interface
5: Higher framerate
6: Freeze arrows and very well designed steps for nearly all songs. Songs here really focus on technique
7: Several songs have badly designed jumps, but still focus on technique.
8: More 10 foot songs, songs from all bemani, and steps to the new songs are a mixed bag.

gs68 · Trick Member Joined: 06 Apr 2002 Location: on a plane

1st Mix: Marked the 1st ever mix of DDR, excluding the test location version.
2nd Mix: 1st Mix upgraded.
2nd Mix SubStream: Can be linked with IIDX.
3rd Mix: Although I hated it, I particularly liked Nonstop mode and had a few of the best caras.
3rd Plus: SSR isn't seperate, unlike 3rd Mix.
4th Mix: Large songlist.
4th Plus: All Music mode.
5th Mix: Long versions.
6th Mix: The video for true...(either version), marked the appearance first insanely hard song, MAX 300
7th Mix: Color scheme, return of foot ratings
8th Mix: Songlist, song variety, difficulty of songs (like V, xenon, and of course, PARANOiA Survivor MAX)

Gwok Dash · Trick Member Joined: 05 Aug 2002 Location: Somewhere

1st Mix: (HV) Regulation steps, though it wouldn't be a favorite now...
2nd Mix: Simplistic. Get in, pick a song, play.
3rd Mix/Plus: Revolutionary mix. Included many songs.
4th Mix/Plus: Wide variety of songs. Many favorites.
Solo: Single player...but no doubles...
5th Mix: Better frame rate.
6th Mix (MAX): ....errr....Max 300? Even better frame rate.
7th Mix (MAX2): Better variety than MAX. Old songs with good frame rate.
Extreme: Other Bemani songs. A. Nuff Said.

My favorite...? It's gonna be 4th Mix Plus...
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Eckostyle · Posted: Thu May 22, 2003 9:24 am Post subject:

1st Mix: The start of DDR.
2nd Mix: Stomp To My Beat. Thats all
3rd Mix: Tons of great songs, and SSR mode.
4th Mix: Awesome interface, cool looking characters, and unforgettable music. Graphics got a major facelift.
5th Mix: Best mix of all. The interface was damn sexy(and the interface music), the songs perfect, the charcters adorable, and the overall presentation a crowd pleaser.
6th Mix: Best debut songs, and nice interface music
7th Mix: IMO, there was nothing to like.
8th: Brings back oldies, nonstop mode, sleek interface, Oni songs, and other Bemani songs. An all star.
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Mr. Papaya... · Trick Member Joined: 27 Nov 2002 Location: Ohio

1st: Introducing DDR, B2U, Paranoia, Trip Machine started.
2cnd: Harder songs, Put Your Faith In Me
3rd: Harder songs yet.
4th: Lots of good songs, many recognizable songs(Shake Your Booty, Gotcha, That's The Way I Like It, etc.)
5th: Introduced many good songs with unique step charts, like CSFIL Speed mix, INSERTiON, and Ecstacy.
6th: Freezes, speed mods, introducing 10-footers, good songs.
7th: Oni, songs that I enjoyed that weren't on any other mix like Stay, The Whistle Song, Trance De Janeiro, etc.
8th: Tons of songs, return of good old songs, lots of 10 footers, many awesome songs from IIDX, GF, and DM imported.
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That Boy! · Posted: Fri May 23, 2003 8:26 am Post subject:

6th Mix: The freeze arrows 8it started here)
7th Mix: So many songs, an the Oni courses
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Musashi · Trick Member Joined: 30 May 2002 Location: Manchester, CT

A personal observation: In 3rd Mix, you chose between mixes (3rd/SSR/2nd), and in 4th Mix, you chose between genres. It wasn't until 4th Mix Plus that you had a true all music mode with more than 100 selectable songs. As I see it, both 3rd and 4th had groupings to choose between.

Onto the topic at hand:

1st: Gotta start somewhere. Song Count: 14

2nd: Keep a good thing going. Song Count: 42

3rd: The real breakout mix. Raised the bar on song selection, difficulty. Added Double Maniac. Song Count: 75-90 depending on version

4th: Widen the songlist. Inetrface made it easier to identify songs adjacent to the one highlighted. Downside was the narrow grade system, Only D through AA. Song Count: 136

4th Plus: All Music Mode. Very large, comprehensive songlist including everything from 1,2,3, and 4. Downside was the narrow grade system, Only D through AA. Song Count: 150

5th: Finally they nailed the interface screen to something that can last. Framerate increase a definite plus. Has unique songs not on any other mixes, including long versions, and a considerably large selection on the whole. Grade system was made wider again, from E to AAA. Song Count: 122

6th/Max: First use of Freeze Arrows, FMV backgrounds, Max announcer, Radar. Downsides were small songlist, no foot ratings. Song Count: 42

7th/Max2: Oni courses, good new songs. Songlist was made bigger again, including the stuff from 6th. Song Count: 115

8th/Extreme: Huge songlist, biggest by far. Nonstop is back. Brought back old songs, only mainstream mix to have stuff form Club versions. "Marvelous" step judgement on Nonstop/Oni. More super-catas then ever. Can play Challenge steps on Main mode. Song Count: 241

Song counts may not be entirely accurate.
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jamus_se · Posted: Fri May 23, 2003 1:59 pm Post subject:

Reasons you should love...

1st Mix: Because you still think Butterfly is the best thing since sliced bread.

2nd Mix: Because of those terribly made double steps that makes you fall off the stage by default.

3rd Mix: If you think perfect great attacking the song should earn you a SS.

4th Mix: Because you can never play all the songs you love in the same game.

4th Mix Plus: Because you love to scroll around for hours searching for your song in All Music mode.

5th Mix: Because you believe freeze arrows are evil and should burn in hell.

6th Mix: Because you'd die without ever playing Ghost or Bye Bye Baby Balloon.

7th Mix: Because you love to have song difficulties misprinted and song names misspelled.

8th Mix: Because you hate The Matrix so much that the green color theme and all those obscure references back to that God AWFUL movie is driving you insane. Or, because after all those years playing DDR, you STILL think Butterfly is the best thing since sliced bread.

Honestly, I think sliced bread is wwwwwway overrated.
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Trance Of Sorrow · Trick Member Joined: 01 Feb 2003

5th Mix never hard freeze arrows, lol

Kerf · Trick Member Joined: 23 Jan 2002 Location: ISZK LAND

1st: duhrr.. didn't play it much but still, kinda obvious
2nd: o f f s y y nnnncc
3rd: YESH, love to me, silent hill.. all the unf'ing songs and Captain jack
4th: pretty/annoying annoucer
5th: @_@ WOW IT'S NAOKI, pretty interface
6th: @_@!!!!!!! to me was like.. a new Era of DDR or something, like re-vamped or whatever
7th: havn't played it, but to me it reminds me of SUMMER TIME of like last year when ddr tournements were good, and the videos were fun to DL.. tsugaru an waka laka
8th: BANG!.. new new new new new new new SHINE! BAG,Paranoia suvivor, LoM.. and stuff..

Islander · Staff Member Joined: 16 Jan 2002 Location: Oracle Arena

1st Mix: Gotta start somewhere. Had songs I recognized like "That's the way I like it."

2nd Mix: More songs.

3rd Mix/3rd Mix Plus: Way higher difficulity. 7 Korean songs taken from 3rd Mix Korea V.2 for Japanese audiences, basically the same 7 songs from 3rd Mix Korea V.1. (I really have no idea why they did this).

Solo Bass/Solo 2K: First machine with speed modifiers (fast, slow, special), challenging 6 panel mode, great 3 song nonstops, only games that featured mostly "Bass" music from the Dancemania Bass series.

4th Mix/ 4th Mix Plus: Interesting interface with "genre" selection screen. All DDR songs to date (150) except 2 were available in "All Music Mode" on 4th Mix Plus.

5th Mix: Smoother arrow scrolling. Only mix with "long versions" of songs. First appearance of the song selection wheel used in both Max mixes and Extreme.

6th Mix (Max): All new music. DDR difficulity graph first introduced.

7th Mix (Max 2): Challenging Oni Courses, return of some older Konami DDR music, return of "foot ratings" for those who didn't like the graph.

8th Mix (Extreme): Awesome variety of songs from all previous mixes as well as music from other Bemani games. Some older non Konami Originals (Dancemania music) brought back too. Return of nonstop mode from 3rd/4th Mix.
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jamus_se · Posted: Sat May 24, 2003 1:38 pm Post subject: