, sometimes abbreviated as , is the second game in the ''

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'' series of

music video game A music video game, also commonly known as a music game, is a video game where the gameplay is meaningfully and often almost entirely oriented around the player's interactions with a musical score or individual songs. Music video games may take a ...

s. It was released as an

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on January 29, 1999. The initial release has a total of 33 songs: 22 brand new songs, and 11 from its predecessor,

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Gameplay

The core gameplay and scoring system of 2ndMix is the same as the previous version of Dance Dance Revolution. The arrows in 2ndMix do not have different color-cycles based on their time signature. The "Vivid" arrow colors familiar to players of later mixes were not introduced until the club versions. All foot panel mods have been turned off and the difficulty and style of a song cannot be changed.

Variants

''Best of Cool Dancers''

is a

. It was revealed on February 11, 1999 at select locations in

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and was used solely for ranking ''

'' players prior to a company-held tournament. The game featured only four songs, all four of which are from previous releases and runs off of a ''Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMix'' machine. The four songs of ''Dance Dance Revolution Best of Cool Dancers'' each have a set level of difficulty and style of play. Each song is used for a specific round in the tournament qualifications.

''Link Version''

, released on April 28, 1999, introduced the ability for players to save high scores and play custom step edits using their PlayStation memory cards. A player would first need to format the memory card with "Link Data" using the home version of 2ndMix, and then insert the card into one of two slots on the front of the arcade cabinet. Link Version includes 5 new songs, in addition to the full 2ndMix song list. After the release of Link Version, Link Data features had been implemented in every future DDR version for the System 573. ''

Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA , released in Europe as ''Dancing Stage SuperNova'' is an arcade and PlayStation 2 game in the ''Dance Dance Revolution'' (''DDR'') series of music video games. It was produced by Konami and released through Betson Enterprises. The game was rele ...

'' originally planned to include PlayStation 2 memory card support, but the functionality was removed and replaced with e-Amusement instead, albeit only for Asia.

''X3 vs. 2ndMIX''

''2ndRemix''

, the home version of ''2ndMix'', was released in Japan on August 26, 1999, for the Sony

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. It includes 34 songs, seven of which are new to this version and are hidden and unlockable. Two of the hidden songs were previews of the next arcade version, ''

Dance Dance Revolution 3rdMix (''DDR'') is a music video game, developed by Konami, released in arcades on November 18, 1998, in Japan. ''Dance Dance Revolution'' is a unique game involving dance and rhythm that defined the genre. It is the first installment of the franchi ...

'' and can only be played on Basic difficulty. The home version has the ability to disc change to 1st and Append Club version. It also allows to unlock features in previous mixes such as the nonstop ranking from 3rd Mix. The interface is still the same as the one used in 2ndMix.

Dreamcast

On February 17, 2000, Konami released a version of ''Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMix'' for the

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console. It features 43 songs, seven of which are hidden and unlockable. The song list includes seven songs from ''Dance Dance Revolution 3rdMix''.

''Dance Dance Revolution'' (2001)

Most of the songs in 2ndMix (with the exception of "BAD GIRLS", "BOYS", "HERO", "stomp to my beat", and "MAKE IT BETTER (So-REAL Mix)") were included in the North American version of ''

'' for the PlayStation.

Music and Soundtrack

The original

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for 2ndMix was produced by

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under their

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dance music brand. It featured 32 of the songs in the game. It also came with a second disk that featured a "Nonstop Megamix" with the various songs mixed together in succession. It was released on April 28, 1999.

re-released the original soundtrack to promote the release of Dance Dance Revolution X3 VS 2ndMIX (in which the game included DDR 2ndMIX) on November 30, 2011.

Reception

On release, ''

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'' magazine scored the PlayStation version of the game a 31 out of 40,''プレイステーション - Dance Dance Revolution 2nd ReMIX''. Weekly Famitsu. No.915 Pt.2. Pg.21. 30 June 2006. and the Dreamcast version a 30 out of 40.

Tournament

Between February 11 and February 28, 1999, Konami held qualifiers for the King of Freestyle Dancers tournament in association with

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, Intercord Japan,

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, Puma and others sponsors in order to build public awareness of ''Dance Dance Revolution'' and attract customers to the sponsors' products. The tournament itself was held on September 26, 1999 in the

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Tokyo music hall in Japan. In addition to the competition between the finalists, Konami had a freestyle dance troupe called Konamix perform alongside Captain Jack, whose musical performance also served to announce music for the upcoming ''

''. The winner of the tournament received autographed memorabilia, various products from the tournament sponsors and a trip for two to

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References

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