Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix
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Dance Dance Revolution Mario Mix, known as Dancing Stage Mario Mix in Europe and Dance Dance Revolution with Mario in Japan, is a 2005 music video game by Nintendo
and Konami
for the Nintendo GameCube
, and is the first Dance Dance Revolution
game to be released on a Nintendo console outside of Japan. The game features several of Nintendo's popular characters, including Mario
, Luigi
, Toad
, Toadette, Waluigi
, Wario
, and Bowser. The game is bundled with the dance pad controller.
stealing the four Music Keys, who can grant wishes, from Truffle Towers. However, when he tries to open the door to the room containing the Music Keys, three of them scatter across the Mushroom Kingdom, and the fourth one is kept by Waluigi. From a distance, Toad watches these events unfold and rushes to tell Mario or Luigi, depending on which character the player chose, who then rushes off to retrieve the missing Music Keys.
The keys are recovered by completing tasks for other characters who have found the scattered keys and then defeating them in a dance challenge. These characters are, in order, Waluigi, Pirate Lakitu
, Blooper, Hammer Bros., Wario
and Freezie.
Toad and the player's character then return the Music Keys to Truffle Towers. Soon after, Bowser steals the keys, but is followed by Toad and the player's chosen character. The enter Bowser's Castle to recapture the Music Keys, and are promptly challenged by Bowser. After defeating him in a dance-off, Toad and the player's character return the Music Keys to Truffle Towers for the final time, as the game's ending sequence plays.
This following table is in the order by which the song is placed in Free Play.
* This only appears in the regular Story Mode. In Story Mode EX, it is replaced by the song immediately below.
s Adam Sessler
said that the game's music "delves deep into the public domain library". It was also given a 3 out of 5 stars.
Nintendo
is a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel....
and Konami
Konami
is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games...
for the Nintendo GameCube
Nintendo GameCube
The , officially abbreviated to NGC in Japan and GCN in other regions, is a sixth generation video game console released by Nintendo on September 15, 2001 in Japan, November 18, 2001 in North America, May 3, 2002 in Europe, and May 17, 2002 in Australia...
, and is the first Dance Dance Revolution
Dance Dance Revolution
Dance Dance Revolution, abbreviated DDR, and previously known as Dancing Stage in Europe and Australasia, is a music video game series produced by Konami. Introduced in Japan in 1998 as part of the Bemani series, and released in North America and Europe in 1999, Dance Dance Revolution is the...
game to be released on a Nintendo console outside of Japan. The game features several of Nintendo's popular characters, including Mario
Mario
is a fictional character in his video game series, created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. Serving as Nintendo's mascot and the main protagonist of the series, Mario has appeared in over 200 video games since his creation...
, Luigi
Luigi
is a fictional character, featured in video games and related media released by Nintendo. Created by prominent game designer Shigeru Miyamoto, Luigi is portrayed as the slightly younger fraternal twin brother of Nintendo's mascot Mario, and appears in many games throughout the Mario series,...
, Toad
Toad (Mario)
Toad, known in Japan as , is a fictional character belonging to an anthropomorphic mushroom-like species of the same name in the Mario series, created by Shigeru Miyamoto. A citizen of the Mushroom Kingdom, Toad is one of Princess Peach's most loyal attendants and is constantly working on her behalf...
, Toadette, Waluigi
Waluigi
is a fictional character in the Mario series of video games. He accompanies Wario in spin-offs from the main Mario series, oftentimes for the sake of causing mischief...
, Wario
Wario
is a fictional character in Nintendo's Mario series. The character was designed as another antagonist to Mario , and first appeared in the 1992 Game Boy title Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins as the main antagonist and final boss...
, and Bowser. The game is bundled with the dance pad controller.
Plot
The game opens with WaluigiWaluigi
is a fictional character in the Mario series of video games. He accompanies Wario in spin-offs from the main Mario series, oftentimes for the sake of causing mischief...
stealing the four Music Keys, who can grant wishes, from Truffle Towers. However, when he tries to open the door to the room containing the Music Keys, three of them scatter across the Mushroom Kingdom, and the fourth one is kept by Waluigi. From a distance, Toad watches these events unfold and rushes to tell Mario or Luigi, depending on which character the player chose, who then rushes off to retrieve the missing Music Keys.
The keys are recovered by completing tasks for other characters who have found the scattered keys and then defeating them in a dance challenge. These characters are, in order, Waluigi, Pirate Lakitu
Lakitu
Lakitu, known in Japan as , is a video game creature in the Mario series. It was created by Shigeru Miyamoto. It first appeared in the Nintendo Entertainment System video game Super Mario Bros., where it dropped enemies called Spinies on the stage. It has a striped green shell, wears thick...
, Blooper, Hammer Bros., Wario
Wario
is a fictional character in Nintendo's Mario series. The character was designed as another antagonist to Mario , and first appeared in the 1992 Game Boy title Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins as the main antagonist and final boss...
and Freezie.
Toad and the player's character then return the Music Keys to Truffle Towers. Soon after, Bowser steals the keys, but is followed by Toad and the player's chosen character. The enter Bowser's Castle to recapture the Music Keys, and are promptly challenged by Bowser. After defeating him in a dance-off, Toad and the player's character return the Music Keys to Truffle Towers for the final time, as the game's ending sequence plays.
Music
The music featured in the game was featured with the level number, song name, and origin so players new to this game, or those unfamiliar with the songs can refer to the music that the song came from.This following table is in the order by which the song is placed in Free Play.
| Title (English) | Stage | Game | Original Song | Original Composer | Japanese Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Here We Go | 1-1 | Super Mario Bros. Super Mario Bros. is a 1985 platform video game developed by Nintendo, published for the Nintendo Entertainment System as a sequel to the 1983 game Mario Bros. In Super Mario Bros., the player controls Mario as he travels through the Mushroom Kingdom in order to rescue Princess Toadstool from the antagonist... |
Main Theme | Koji Kondo Koji Kondo is a Japanese video game composer and sound director who has been employed at Nintendo since 1984. He is best known for scoring numerous titles in the Mario and The Legend of Zelda series.-Early life:... |
ヒア・ウィ・ゴー (Hia Wi Gō) |
| Underground Mozart* | 1-2 | Mario Bros. Mario Bros. is an arcade game published and developed by Nintendo in 1983. It was developed by Shigeru Miyamoto. It has been commonly featured as a minigame in the Super Mario Advance series and other games... |
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik Eine kleine Nachtmusik The Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major, K. 525 was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1787. The work is more commonly known by the title Eine kleine Nachtmusik. The German title means "a little serenade", though it is often rendered more literally but less accurately as "a little night music"... |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music... |
土管の中のモーツァルト (Dokan no Naka no Mōtsaruto) |
| Pipe Pop | 1-2EX | Turkish March Piano Sonata No. 11 (Mozart) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major, K 331 is a sonata in three movements:#Andante grazioso — a theme with six variations#Menuetto — a minuet and trio#Alla Turca: Allegretto in A minor and major.... |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music... |
パペットダンス (Papetto Dansu) | |
| Garden Boogie | 1-3 | Carmen Carmen Carmen is a French opéra comique by Georges Bizet. The libretto is by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée, first published in 1845, itself possibly influenced by the narrative poem The Gypsies by Alexander Pushkin... |
Georges Bizet Georges Bizet Georges Bizet formally Alexandre César Léopold Bizet, was a French composer, mainly of operas. In a career cut short by his early death, he achieved few successes before his final work, Carmen, became one of the most popular and frequently performed works in the entire opera repertory.During a... |
パラパラカルメン (Parapara Karumen) | |
| Destruction Dance | 1-4 | Wrecking Crew Wrecking Crew (video game) is a action game developed and published by Nintendo. It was designed by Yoshio Sakamoto and released as a launch title for the Nintendo Entertainment System.-Gameplay:... |
Bonus Stage | Hirokazu Tanaka Hirokazu Tanaka is a Japanese composer and musician, best known for his scores for various video games produced by Nintendo. He is also the current President of Creatures, Inc.-Video game soundtracks:*Radar Scope *Space Firebird... |
月夜にぶちこわせ (Tsukiyo ni Buchikowase) |
| Jump Jump Jump | 2-1 | Super Mario Bros. 3 Super Mario Bros. 3 , also referred to as Super Mario 3 and SMB3, is a platform video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System , and is the third game in the Super Mario series. The game was released in Japan in 1988, in the United States in 1990, and in Europe in 1991... |
Athletic Theme | Koji Kondo Koji Kondo is a Japanese video game composer and sound director who has been employed at Nintendo since 1984. He is best known for scoring numerous titles in the Mario and The Legend of Zelda series.-Early life:... |
ジャンプ！ジャンプ！ジャンプ！ (Janpu! Janpu! Janpu!) |
| Fishing Frenzy* | 2-2 | Yoshi's Cookie Yoshi's Cookie is a puzzle video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, and SNES. It was re-released for the Virtual Console.- Overview :... |
Csikos Post Csikos Post Csikós Post is a galop by the German composer Hermann Necke . "Csikós Post" is Hungarian for "mail coach".The melodic line in which the piece transitions to C Major is a variation on a melody from Franz Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No... |
Hermann Necke | みんなでパーティタイム (Minna de Pāti Taimu) |
| Pirate Dance | 2-2EX | Super Mario World Super Mario World , subtitled Super Mario Bros. 4 for its original Japanese release, is a platform video game developed and published by Nintendo as a pack-in launch title for the Super Famicom/Super Nintendo Entertainment System , and is the fourth game in the Super Mario series... |
Athletic Theme | Koji Kondo Koji Kondo is a Japanese video game composer and sound director who has been employed at Nintendo since 1984. He is best known for scoring numerous titles in the Mario and The Legend of Zelda series.-Early life:... |
転がるコインのように (Korogaru Koin no Yō ni) |
| In the Whirlpool* | 2-3 | Pomp and Circumstance | Edward Elgar Edward Elgar Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet OM, GCVO was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestral works including the Enigma Variations, the Pomp and Circumstance Marches, concertos... |
風のかなたに (Kaze no Kanata ni) | |
| Step by Step | 2-3EX | Super Mario World Super Mario World , subtitled Super Mario Bros. 4 for its original Japanese release, is a platform video game developed and published by Nintendo as a pack-in launch title for the Super Famicom/Super Nintendo Entertainment System , and is the fourth game in the Super Mario series... |
Bonus/Switch Palace Level Theme | Koji Kondo Koji Kondo is a Japanese video game composer and sound director who has been employed at Nintendo since 1984. He is best known for scoring numerous titles in the Mario and The Legend of Zelda series.-Early life:... |
ステップ・バイ・ステップ (Suteppu Bai Suteppu) |
| Blooper Bop | 2-4 | Super Mario Bros. Super Mario Bros. is a 1985 platform video game developed by Nintendo, published for the Nintendo Entertainment System as a sequel to the 1983 game Mario Bros. In Super Mario Bros., the player controls Mario as he travels through the Mushroom Kingdom in order to rescue Princess Toadstool from the antagonist... |
Underwater | Koji Kondo Koji Kondo is a Japanese video game composer and sound director who has been employed at Nintendo since 1984. He is best known for scoring numerous titles in the Mario and The Legend of Zelda series.-Early life:... |
泳げ四分音符 (Oyoge Shibun Onpu) |
| Hammer Dance | 3-1 | Super Mario Bros. 3 Super Mario Bros. 3 , also referred to as Super Mario 3 and SMB3, is a platform video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System , and is the third game in the Super Mario series. The game was released in Japan in 1988, in the United States in 1990, and in Europe in 1991... |
Hammer Bro. Theme | Koji Kondo Koji Kondo is a Japanese video game composer and sound director who has been employed at Nintendo since 1984. He is best known for scoring numerous titles in the Mario and The Legend of Zelda series.-Early life:... |
クエ・テ・バヤ・マリオ (Kue Te Baya Mario) |
| Rollercoasting | 3-2 | Mario Kart: Double Dash!! Mario Kart: Double Dash!! Mario Kart: Double Dash!! is a racing game developed by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo GameCube in 2003. The game is the fourth installment in the Mario Kart series, following Mario Kart: Super Circuit from 2001... |
Mario/Luigi/Yoshi Circuit Theme | Shinobu Tanaka | スーパーマシーン (Sūpā Mashīn) |
| Boo Boogie* | 3-3 | Super Mario Bros. 2 Super Mario Bros. 2 Super Mario Bros. 2, often abbreviated SMB2, is a platform game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System as a sequel to the 1985 game Super Mario Bros. The game was also remade as part of the Super Mario All-Stars collection for the Super Nintendo Entertainment... |
Main Theme | Koji Kondo Koji Kondo is a Japanese video game composer and sound director who has been employed at Nintendo since 1984. He is best known for scoring numerous titles in the Mario and The Legend of Zelda series.-Early life:... |
ほっぴンちょっぴン (Hoppin Choppin) |
| Moustache, Barrel, and Gorilla | 3-3EX | Donkey Kong | Various | Shigeru Miyamoto Shigeru Miyamoto is a Japanese video game designer and producer. Miyamoto was born and raised in Kyoto Prefecture; the natural surroundings of Kyoto inspired much of Miyamoto's later work.... |
ヒゲとタルとゴリラ (Hige to Taru to Gorira) |
| Starring Wario | 3-4 | Wario World Wario World is a platform game developed by Treasure and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo GameCube. It was released in Europe on June 20, 2003, in North America on June 23, 2003, in Australia on July 10, 2003, and in Japan on May 27, 2004. It marks Wario's first starring appearance on a home games console... |
Greenhorn Forest | Minako Hamano | オレ様がスターだ! (Ore-sama ga Sutā da!) |
| Frozen Pipes | 4-1 | Old Folks at Home Old Folks at Home "Old Folks at Home" is a minstrel song written by Stephen Foster in 1851. It was intended to be performed by the New York blackface troupe Christy's Minstrels. E. P. Christy, the troupe's leader, appears on early printings of the sheet music as the song's creator... |
Stephen Collins Foster | 気分はハイ・ホー (Kibun wa Hai Hō) | |
| Cabin Fever* | 4-2 | Mario Party 5 Mario Party 5 is a party video game published by Nintendo and developed by Hudson Soft. It is the second game in the Mario Party series for Nintendo Gamecube. It was released in North America on November 10, 2003, in Japan on November 23, 2003, and in Europe on December 5, 2003... |
Toy Dream Theme | Aya Tanaka | マリオのカーニバル (Mario no Kānibaru) |
| Ms. Mowz's Song | 4-2EX | Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, or Paper Mario 2, released in Japan as , is a console role-playing game developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo GameCube... |
Theme of Ms. Mowz; X-Naut Fortress | Yuka Tsujiyoko Yuka Tsujiyoko Yuka Tsujiyoko is a Japanese video game music composer for Nintendo. She is the music composer for the Fire Emblem video game franchise, which was not released outside Japan until 2003, and several other Intelligent Systems developed games. She also scored the Super Scope games Battle Clash and... |
チューチューテクノ (Chū Chū Tekuno) |
| Deep Freeze | 4-3 | Dr. Mario Dr. Mario (video game) is an action puzzle game designed by Gunpei Yokoi and produced by Takahiro Harada. It was developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System and Game Boy consoles and released in 1990 and 1991.... |
Fever | Hirokazu "Hip" Tanaka Hirokazu Tanaka is a Japanese composer and musician, best known for his scores for various video games produced by Nintendo. He is also the current President of Creatures, Inc.-Video game soundtracks:*Radar Scope *Space Firebird... |
ハッピーハッピーダンス (Happī Happī Dansu) |
| Rendezvous on Ice* | 4-4 | Les Pâtineurs | Emile Waldteufel Émile Waldteufel Émile Waldteufel was a French composer of dance music.-Life:Émile Waldteufel was born in Strasbourg to a Jewish Alsatian family of musicians.... |
氷の上でランデブー (Kōri no Ue de Randebū) | |
| Midnight Drive | 4-4EX | Mario Kart 64 Mario Kart 64 is a racing game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. It is the second installment in the Mario Kart series. It was released in 1996 in Japan and in 1997 in North America and Europe. In January 2007, Mario Kart 64 was released on Nintendo's Virtual Console service for the Wii... |
Introduction | Kenta Nagata | 真夜中のドライブ (Mayonaka no Doraibu) |
| Always Smiling | 5-1 | Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka op. 214 is a polka written by Johann Strauss II in 1858 after a successful tour of Russia where he performed in the summer concert season at Pavlovsk, Saint Petersburg.... |
Johann Strauss II Johann Strauss II Johann Strauss II , also known as Johann Baptist Strauss or Johann Strauss, Jr., the Younger, or the Son , was an Austrian composer of light music, particularly dance music and operettas. He composed over 500 waltzes, polkas, quadrilles, and other types of dance music, as well as several operettas... |
きっと笑顔がイチバンさ (Kitto Egao ga Ichiban sa) | |
| Bowser's Castle | 5-2 | Mario Kart: Double Dash!! Mario Kart: Double Dash!! Mario Kart: Double Dash!! is a racing game developed by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo GameCube in 2003. The game is the fourth installment in the Mario Kart series, following Mario Kart: Super Circuit from 2001... |
Bowser's Castle | Shinobu Tanaka/Kenta Nagata | ワガハイはボスである! (Wagahai wa Bosu de Aru!) |
| Up, Down, Left, Right | Mario Paint Mario Paint Mario Paint is a video game created by Nintendo for use with the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, and was released along with the SNES Mouse peripheral device... |
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star | ゼン・ゴ・サ・ユウ (Zen Go Sa Yū) | ||
| Choir on the Green | Ah, Lovely Meadow | Anonymous | 緑の上の大合唱 (Midori no Ue no Daigasshō) | ||
| Hop, Mario | Super Mario World Super Mario World , subtitled Super Mario Bros. 4 for its original Japanese release, is a platform video game developed and published by Nintendo as a pack-in launch title for the Super Famicom/Super Nintendo Entertainment System , and is the fourth game in the Super Mario series... |
Opening | Koji Kondo Koji Kondo is a Japanese video game composer and sound director who has been employed at Nintendo since 1984. He is best known for scoring numerous titles in the Mario and The Legend of Zelda series.-Early life:... |
ホップステップマリオ (Hoppu Suteppu Mario) | |
| Where's the Exit? | Super Mario Bros. Super Mario Bros. is a 1985 platform video game developed by Nintendo, published for the Nintendo Entertainment System as a sequel to the 1983 game Mario Bros. In Super Mario Bros., the player controls Mario as he travels through the Mushroom Kingdom in order to rescue Princess Toadstool from the antagonist... |
Underground | Koji Kondo Koji Kondo is a Japanese video game composer and sound director who has been employed at Nintendo since 1984. He is best known for scoring numerous titles in the Mario and The Legend of Zelda series.-Early life:... |
出口はどこだ!? (Deguchi wa Doko da!?) | |
| Piroli | Famicom Disk System Famicom Disk System The was released on February 21, 1986 by Nintendo as a peripheral for the Family Computer console in Japan. It was a unit that used proprietary floppy disks for data storage. It was announced, but never released, for the North American Nintendo Entertainment System... |
Bios | ピ・ロ・リ (Pi Ro Ri) |
Reception
Mario Mix received generally positive reviews with some criticisms. X-PlayX-Play
X-Play is a TV program about video games, known for its reviews and comedy skits...
s Adam Sessler
Adam Sessler
Adam Donovan Sessler is co-host of X-Play on G4 with Morgan Webb and, as of December 17, 2008, editor-in-chief of G4's game content for the network. He is the only remaining television personality from the G4's origin network ZDTV.-Background:Sessler was born in Berkeley, California...
said that the game's music "delves deep into the public domain library". It was also given a 3 out of 5 stars.