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Dance Dance Revolution (Game Boy versions)
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The Dance Dance Revolution (Game Boy versions) are a series of Japanese-exclusive Dance Dance Revolution
games released for the Game Boy Color
. The versions made are Dance Dance Revolution GB (released August 3, 2000), Dance Dance Revolution GB2 (November 16, 2000), Dance Dance Revolution GB Oha Super Kids Station (February 8, 2001), Dance Dance Revolution GB3 (March 15, 2001), and Dance Dance Revolution GB Disney Mix (March 29, 2001).
The Game Boy versions of Dance Dance Revolution are the first in the series to lack the traditional dance mats meant for feet. Instead, a plastic pad comes with the games and can be clipped onto the front of the player's Game Boy. All of the games immediately provide an option to play using the pad, which is designed to visually resemble a traditional DDR dance pad. This is meant to give the games a more authentic and familiar feel, allowing the player to "dance" with his or her fingers. If the pad is not available, the games can still be played by using the Game Boy's directional arrows and leaving the dance pad option off; this option simply changes the arrow controls to match the edges of the pad. For dealing with jumps (two arrows at the same time), the 'B' button functions as the up arrow, while the 'A' button works as the right arrow. This extra feature is provided since the Game Boy's directional pad does not allow pressing up+down or left+right at the same time.
The series is also well known for an arrow sync issue that makes every song a whole 8th note early, making it difficult to score well.
together with the GCN
Action Pad (bundled with Dance Dance Revolution Mario Mix) or the Mad Catz
Beat Pad (bundled with MC Groovz Dance Craze
and licensed by Nintendo
) in order to play the game as it was never intended - on a dance pad. However, due to common errors that the Game Boy Player introduces, gameplay is characterized by impaired sensitivity in the pad, double-strike errors, and time sync issues. These errors are a result of the fact that several of the GameCube's peripherals have been made after the release of the Game Boy Player and they could not have been anticipated at the time of its release.
It should also be noted that these issues could be inherent to the game software, as using the Action Pad and a GBC emulator (as opposed to using the Game Boy Player
) on the Game Cube
yields the same timing/sensitivity errors.
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...
games released for the Game Boy Color
Game Boy Color
The is Nintendo's successor to the 8-bit Game Boy handheld game console, and was released on October 21, 1998 in Japan, November 19, 1998 in North America, November 23, 1998 in Europe and November 27, 1998 in the United Kingdom. It features a color screen and is slightly thicker and taller than...
. The versions made are Dance Dance Revolution GB (released August 3, 2000), Dance Dance Revolution GB2 (November 16, 2000), Dance Dance Revolution GB Oha Super Kids Station (February 8, 2001), Dance Dance Revolution GB3 (March 15, 2001), and Dance Dance Revolution GB Disney Mix (March 29, 2001).
Gameplay
The series is also well known for an arrow sync issue that makes every song a whole 8th note early, making it difficult to score well.
Limited dance pad compatibility
Since 2005, it has been possible to use the Game Boy PlayerGame Boy Player
The is a device made by Nintendo for the Nintendo GameCube which enables Game Boy , Game Boy Color, or Game Boy Advance cartridges to be played on a television. It connects via the high speed parallel port at the bottom of the GameCube and requires use of a boot disc to access the hardware...
together with the GCN
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...
Action Pad (bundled with Dance Dance Revolution Mario Mix) or the Mad Catz
Mad Catz
Mad Catz Interactive, Inc. is a peripherals manufacturer for various video game consoles headquartered in San Diego, California. It produces a wide range of accessories including control pads, memory cards, connection cables, headphones and other human interface devices.- History :The company was...
Beat Pad (bundled with MC Groovz Dance Craze
MC Groovz Dance Craze
MC Groovz Dance Craze is a rhythm game for the Nintendo GameCube, developed and published by Mad Catz, Inc. The game is a Dance Dance Revolution clone which came bundled with Mad Catz' Beat Pad accessory. The game was originally announced via a press release on November 2, 2004. -Gameplay:There are...
and licensed by Nintendo
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....
) in order to play the game as it was never intended - on a dance pad. However, due to common errors that the Game Boy Player introduces, gameplay is characterized by impaired sensitivity in the pad, double-strike errors, and time sync issues. These errors are a result of the fact that several of the GameCube's peripherals have been made after the release of the Game Boy Player and they could not have been anticipated at the time of its release.
It should also be noted that these issues could be inherent to the game software, as using the Action Pad and a GBC emulator (as opposed to using the Game Boy Player
Game Boy Player
The is a device made by Nintendo for the Nintendo GameCube which enables Game Boy , Game Boy Color, or Game Boy Advance cartridges to be played on a television. It connects via the high speed parallel port at the bottom of the GameCube and requires use of a boot disc to access the hardware...
) on the Game Cube
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...
yields the same timing/sensitivity errors.
Music
The Game Boy versions of Dance Dance Revolution include various lower-quality synthesized renditions of songs appearing in previous mixes. These mixes are noteworthy in that they contain no original musical content.| Dance Dance Revolution GB | Dance Dance Revolution GB2 | Dance Dance Revolution GB3 | Dance Dance Revolution GB Disney Mix | Dance Dance Revolution GB Oha Super Kids Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AM-3P | Afronova | 1,2,3,4,007 | Chim Chim Cher-ee | Candy |
| Bad Girls | Can't Stop Fallin' In Love | 1,2,3,4,007 (hard) | D-D-D! | Happy Go Lucky |
| Boom Boom Dollar | Club Tropicana | Celebrate Nite | Electrical Parade | Oha Oha Sutaataa |
| Brilliant 2U | Dam Dariram | Don't Stop | I Want You Back | Oha Ska! |
| Butterfly | High Energy | Dream A Dream | It's A Small World | O-HA! Mambo |
| Butterfly (hard) | If You Can Say Goodbye | Eat You Up | Let's Groove | Sayonara No Kawari Ni |
| Dam Dariram | I'm Alive | Eat You Up (hard) | Let's Twist Again | Why! |
| Dub I Dub | In The Navy '99 | Get Me In Your Sight | Macarena | Zonapara (WHY! Parapara Remix) |
| El Ritmo Tropical | La Senorita | Higher | Macho Duck | |
| Have You Never Been Mellow | Love Machine | Holiday | Mickey Mouse March (Eurobeat) | |
| I Believe In Miracles | Mr. Wonderful | Hypnotic Crisis | Mickey Mouse March (Summertime) | |
| If You Were Here | Operator | I Don't Want To Miss A Thing | Mr. Bassman | |
| La Senorita | PARANOiA Rebirth | In The Heat Of The Night | Night Of Fire | |
| Love | Silent Hill | Kiss Me | Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious | |
| PARANOiA | Sky High | Love Again Tonight | Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah | |
| PARANOiA MAX | So Many Men | Luv To Me | ||
| SP-Trip Machine | Together & Forever | Luv To Me (hard) | ||
| Turn Me On Vol.4 | My Summer Love | |||
| Typical Tropical | Never Gonna Make | |||
| Vol. 4 | Pink Dinosaur | |||
| Trip Machine Climax | ||||
| Upside Down | ||||
| Walkie Talkie |