Dancing Stage

Lore & Background

The first Dancing Stage game was released in arcades on March 9, 1999. It was released as Dance Dance Revolution in North America. It includes 13 songs: nine composed by Naoki Maeda, and four licenses. It uses the Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMix engine. The game received a PlayStation port, which omits "Butterfly" and "Make It Better (So-Real Mix)". 180, kTz, mitsu-O! and UZI-LAY are pen names for Naoki Maeda. Songs with "Groove" or "Mix" in the title require certain criteria to be unlocked by the player. Dancing Stage Internet Ranking was released exclusively in Europe. It adds another three licensed covers. Dancing Stage EuroMix was released in 2000, and is based on the Dance Dance Revolution 3rdMix engine. It includes 28 tracks and can be expanded to a total of 34 tracks with Internet Ranking enabled. The game's console port was released for PlayStation on June 1, 2001 and contains 24 songs. Dancing Stage EuroMix 2 was released in 2002, and is based on the DDRMAX2 Dance Dance Revolution 7thMix engine. It includes 68 tracks, of which 52 are new and 16 are Konami originals from EuroMix. EuroMix 2 requires a PC Card and omits the Internet Ranking feature. In contrast to EuroMix, there is no home version of EuroMix 2. However, Dancing Stage MegaMix features a similar interface. This game features 28 songs, including 11 Konami originals from EuroMix 2 and a remix of "Let the beat hit em!" Dancing Stage Fusion is the first arcade release to be powered by the PlayStation 2 through a Bemani Python board. Fusion features 49 songs, of which ten were available in previous Dancing Stage arcade releases, ten are from the arcade release of Dance Dance Revolution Extreme and seven are from older Japanese arcade releases. The remaining 21 songs premiered in Fusion: six are Konami Originals that later appeared in Dancing Stage SuperNova, while 15 are licenses that do not return in later arcade releases, with the exception of "Waiting For Tonight" by P.A.T's reappearance in Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova 2 and Dance Dance Revolution X. Dancing Stage SuperNova used the Bemani Python 2 board. Console exclusives: Dancing Stage Disney Mix is a direct port of Dance Dance Revolution Disney Mix, the American equivalent of the Japanese Dancing Stage featuring Disney's Rave. It was released on September 28, 2001, for the PlayStation. Dancing Stage Party Edition is a port of the Ame

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Did You Know?

• The first Dancing Stage game was released in arcades on March 9, 1999, and was released as Dance Dance Revolution in North America.
• 180, kTz, mitsu-O! and UZI-LAY are all pen names for Naoki Maeda.
• Dancing Stage EuroMix 2 is based on the DDRMAX2 Dance Dance Revolution 7thMix engine, and there is no home version of EuroMix 2.
• Dancing Stage Fusion was the first arcade release powered by the PlayStation 2 through a Bemani Python board.
• The "Virtuality" music video in Dancing Stage Fever shows the VBirds members dancing on flying dance pads.