Dance Dance Revolution 4thMix

Lore & Background

4thMix is notable for having a mode or setting where Boo steps do not deplete the dance gauge, though this feature appears in several other mixes as well. Battle Mode was added as an additional option alongside Unison and Couple modes from previous mixes, not as a replacement. Nonstop Mode, a feature from Dance Dance Revolution 3rdMix, allows the player to play a course of several pre-determined songs without stopping. Some machines have ports to insert PlayStation memory cards with Link Data from the home version of 4thMix or earlier.

Reader's Guide

The core gameplay of 4thMix is the same as the previous Dance Dance Revolution games. For scoring, each step is given a score based on the accuracy of the step and the running combo. A judgment of Great or Perfect will award points and increase the combo, whereas any lower judgment will break the combo, reducing it to zero. Jumps are only worth one judgment, and only adds one to the combo. Each Great is worth 555 points and each Perfect is worth 777 points. The player also receives 333 points multiplied by the current combo after every step. A player may play anywhere from one to five songs, depending on how many the arcade operator sets the machine to play each game. At the end of each song, the player sees their accumulated points, bonus points, and how many of each kind of step they stepped. They also get a letter grade ranging from 'AA' (all steps Perfect) to D (failure, only seen in Versus mode when the other player passes). If the player manages to pass his or her songs, a cumulative results screen is given, totaling the stats from all played stages.

Did You Know?

• 4thMix is one of several games in the series where Boo steps do not deplete the dance gauge in certain modes or settings.
• 4thMix Plus adds 14 new songs and automatically unlocks the 12 locked songs in 4thMix, bringing the playlist to a total of 150 songs.