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Dance Dance Revolution (2013 Video Game)
(''DDR'') is a music video game, the 14th installment of the ''Dance Dance Revolution'' series, and the sequel to '' Dance Dance Revolution X3 vs. 2ndMix''. The game was revealed by Konami on October 24, 2012. Public beta testing commenced on October 26, 2012. It was released in Japan on March 14 and 21, 2013 for dedicated cabinets and upgrade kits, respectively, and in Asia on March 21, 2013. A limited test release occurred at select locations in the United States, beginning on August 4, 2015. After the release of ''Dance Dance Revolution'' in 2014, which is the 15th installment, it was succeeded by ''Dance Dance Revolution A'' in 2016. Development The game was first revealed by Konami on October 24, 2012 through DDR Staff Blog, announcing that the first location test will be held on October 26, 2012 in Akihabara, Tokyo. Shortly after the announcement, the blog revealed several new features being tested in the location test, including the new "TAG Play" (which temporarily repl ...
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Konami
, commonly known as Konami, , is a Japanese multinational entertainment company and video game developer and video game publisher, publisher headquartered in Chūō, Tokyo, Chūō, Tokyo. The company also produces and distributes trading cards, anime, ''tokusatsu'', pachinko machines, slot machines, and List of Japanese arcade cabinets, arcade cabinets. It has casinos around the world, and operates health and physical fitness clubs across Japan. The company originated in 1969 as a jukebox rental and repair business in Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan, by Kagemasa Kōzuki, who remains the company's chairman. Additionally, Konami owns Bemani, known for ''Dance Dance Revolution'' and ''Beatmania'', as well as the assets of former game developer Hudson Soft, known for ''Bomberman'', ''Adventure Island (video game), Adventure Island'', ''Bonk (series), Bonk'', ''Bloody Roar'', and ''Star Soldier''. Konami is the twentieth-largest Lists of video game companies, game company in the world by re ...
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Dance Dance Revolution X2
(''DDR X2'') is a music video game, and a part of the ''Dance Dance Revolution'' series. The arcade version of ''DDR X2'' was revealed by Konami on November 20, 2009. The sequel to '' Dance Dance Revolution X'', X2 began public beta testing on November 25, 2009. The game was released in Japan and Asia on July 7, 2010, North America on December 31, 2010, and Europe on May 13, 2011. It was the last arcade installment of ''Dance Dance Revolution'' with international releases until '' Dance Dance Revolution A''. Development The first public location test for ''Dance Dance Revolution X2'' was announced by Konami on November 20, 2009, to be held from November 25 to December 3, 2009, in Akihabara, Tokyo. The location test revealed new features such as a redesigned song selection interface, new adjustable versions of the Sudden and Hidden modifiers, and the ability to adjust these settings and the speed of the arrows in-game using the control buttons on the cabinet. The location test v ...
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Arcade Video Games
An arcade video game is an arcade game that takes player input from its controls, processes it through electrical or computerized components, and displays output to an electronic monitor or similar display. All arcade video games are coin-operated or accept other means of payment, housed in an arcade cabinet, and located in amusement arcades alongside other kinds of arcade games. Until the early 2000s, arcade video games were the largest and most technologically advanced segment of the video game industry. Early prototypical entries '' Galaxy Game'' and '' Computer Space'' in 1971 established the principle operations for arcade games, and Atari's ''Pong'' in 1972 is recognized as the first successful commercial arcade video game. Improvements in computer technology and gameplay design led to a golden age of arcade video games, the exact dates of which are debated but range from the late 1970s to the early 1980s. This golden age includes ''Space Invaders'', '' Pac-Man'', and '' ...
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2013 Video Games
Numerous video games were released in 2013. Many awards went to games such as '' Madden NFL 25'', '' NBA 2K14'', '' WWE 2K14'', '' NBA Live 14'', '' BioShock Infinite'', ''Grand Theft Auto V'', '' The Last of Us'', and '' The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds''. New video game consoles released in 2013 include the PlayStation 4 from Sony Computer Entertainment and the Xbox One from Microsoft. Top-rated games Major awards Critically acclaimed titles Metacritic (MC) and GameRankings (GR) are aggregators of video game journalism reviews. Highest-grossing games The following were 2013's top ten highest-grossing video games in terms of worldwide revenue (including physical sales, digital purchases, subscriptions, microtransactions, free-to-play and pay-to-play) across all platforms (including mobile, PC and console platforms). Events Notable deaths * September 19 – Hiroshi Yamauchi, 85, Japanese businessman and third president of Nintendo (1949-2002) * Octobe ...
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Dance Dance Revolution II
''Dance Dance Revolution II'', later released in Europe as ''Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party 5'', is a music video game in the ''Dance Dance Revolution'' series by Konami. It was released on October 11, 2011 for the Nintendo Wii in North America and on November 25, 2011 in Europe. ''Dance Dance Revolution II'' is the direct sequel to ''Dance Dance Revolution'' for the Wii. This game shares songs with the arcade version of Dance Dance Revolution X3 vs 2ndMix. It features characters from the arcade versions of ''Dance Dance Revolution''. It was the final DDR game release for the Nintendo Wii and is the latest in the series to be released for a home console as of . Gameplay Double Mode Double Mode, which was unavailable in previous Wii games, is now available. While playing in Double Mode, the player can only play the full version of licenses and shortened versions for Konami Original. There is no way to play shortened licenses or the full version of Konami Original. Cha ...
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Dance Dance Revolution (2010 Video Game)
''Dance Dance Revolution'', released in Europe as ''Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party 4'' for the Wii version and ''Dance Dance Revolution New Moves'' for other versions, is a music video game in the ''Dance Dance Revolution'' series, with this entry developed by Konami's American division. Unveiled at E3 2010, it was released for the Wii and PlayStation 3 in North America on November 16, 2010. A port of this version for the Xbox 360 was also released on April 12, 2011. It is also the only game in the series to be released for the PlayStation 3, as well as the final game in the series to be released for the Xbox 360. Gameplay Wii While the Classic gameplay mode remains similar to previous editions, it is also accompanied by a new Choreography mode, which incorporates motions performed using the Wii Remote and Nunchuck alongside foot motions with the dance pad to form choreographed dance routines for each song. Goal-based challenges are also provided, which can allow players t ...
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Dance Dance Revolution Extreme
is a music video game by Konami and is the eighth release in the main ''Dance Dance Revolution'' (''DDR'') series. It was released on December 25, 2002, for Japanese arcades, on October 9, 2003, for the Japanese PlayStation 2, and on September 21, 2004, for the North American PlayStation 2. This game is the ninth release in North America, but despite having the same name as its Japanese counterpart, its gameplay and soundtrack is significantly different and won the Video Music Awards in 2005 on MTV for Best Video Game Soundtrack. While the PlayStation 2 version came out in North America, the arcade version was exclusive to Japan. Despite this, the arcade version was exported to many arcades worldwide, most of them being bootlegged. ''Dance Dance Revolution Extreme'' was the last game in the main ''DDR'' arcade franchise for almost four years, until the worldwide release of ''Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova'' (branded '' Dancing Stage SuperNova'' in Europe) in 2006. The arca ...
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DDR X2
(''DDR X2'') is a music video game, and a part of the ''Dance Dance Revolution'' series. The arcade version of ''DDR X2'' was revealed by Konami on November 20, 2009. The sequel to ''Dance Dance Revolution X'', X2 began public beta testing on November 25, 2009. The game was released in Japan and Asia on July 7, 2010, North America on December 31, 2010, and Europe on May 13, 2011. It was the last arcade installment of ''Dance Dance Revolution'' with international releases until ''Dance Dance Revolution A''. Development The first public location test for ''Dance Dance Revolution X2'' was announced by Konami on November 20, 2009, to be held from November 25 to December 3, 2009, in Akihabara, Akihabara, Tokyo. The location test revealed new features such as a redesigned song selection interface, new adjustable versions of the Sudden and Hidden modifiers, and the ability to adjust these settings and the speed of the arrows in-game using the control buttons on the cabinet. The locatio ...
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Sound Voltex
is a series of music games developed and published by Konami. The first release of the game, ''Sound Voltex Booth'', was tested in various cities in Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ... from August 26, 2011 until September 19, 2011.''Sound Voltex'' location test schedule
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It was then released on January 18, 2012. Since then, 5 sequels have been released, with the latest version, ''Exceed Gear'', being the first to release in North American territories. The gameplay follows the formula of several other arcade and mobile
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Dance Evolution
''Dance Masters'' (stylized as ''DanceMasters'' and titled ''Dance Evolution'' outside of North America) is a Japanese dancing video game developed by Bemani. The game was unveiled at Konami's E3 2010 press conference, for Xbox 360 Kinect. The game was released in November 2010. It includes 30 tracks, including 28 Konami original songs and two licensed Eurobeat songs. The spin-off ''Rhythm Party'', titled ''Boom Boom Dance'' in Japan, was released on the Xbox 360 for the Xbox Live Marketplace on February 1, 2012. ''Dance Evolution Arcade'' was released on March 27, 2012 in Japan as an arcade video game port. Although the gameplay remains the same, and all 28 Konami original songs from the Xbox 360 version return, it has several features that differentiate it with the original version. It uses Windows 7 and the original Kinect for Windows, and it offered e-Amusement functionality. On August 9, 2016, an offline kit for ''Dance Evolution Arcade'' was released. This kit allowed the ...
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Jubeat
, stylized as ''jubeat'', is a series of arcade music video games developed by Konami, and is a part of Konami's Bemani line of music video games. The series uses an arrangement of 16 transparent buttons in a 4x4 grid for gameplay, and each of the 16 buttons overlays a screen. The game went on several location tests in Asia since December 2007, and was released on July 24, 2008, in Japan, and December in Hong Kong and Macau. The game was not available in mainland China until early 2010. Two attempts to localize the game for the United States market have been made since August 2008, including ''UBeat'', a variant of the first version, and ''Jukebeat'' in 2009, a variant based on ''Jubeat Ripples''. A port of the game for the iOS, ''Jubeat Plus'', was released on Apple's Japanese App Store in 2010. The game was released in the US App Store under the name ''Jukebeat'' in 2011. On April 1, 2021, Konami announced a major overhaul to ''Jubeat Plus'' via the official ''Jubeat'' Twitter ...
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Drum Mania
is a music video game series produced by Konami. The series consists of two games, ''GuitarFreaks'' and ''DrumMania'', where players use game controllers modeled after musical instruments to perform the lead guitar, bass guitar and drums of numerous songs across a wide range of genres by matching scrolling musical notes patterns shown on screen. Players are scored for successfully-hit notes, but may fail a song if they miss too many notes. The series has featured numerous game modes, and supports both single-player and multiplayer modes where up to three players can perform together. Some earlier versions of the game could also be linked with ''Keyboardmania''. is a music video game series produced by Konami. It is a rhythm game where the player uses a controller to simulate the playing of an electric guitar. The game consists of music predominantly from the rock music, rock and roll and J-pop genres. It is considered one of the most influential video games of all time, for ha ...
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