Dance Dance Revolution Extreme 2
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Dance Dance Revolution Extreme 2 is the tenth home version of Dance Dance Revolution
to be released in the United States
. It was released by Konami
on September 28, 2005 for the PlayStation 2
video game console
. It was announced in a press release by Konami on May 17, 2005, and unveiled at the E3 expo in Los Angeles
that same day.
's "Butterfly (Upswing Mix)
", letting the highly popular European group finally appear on a DDR U.S.
home version.
For the first time in any U.S. DDR, a song by E-Rotic
was included, specifically In the Heat of the Night. Konami had previously been reluctant to release songs by the German pop group, known for its sexually explicit lyrics, on United States versions of Dance Dance Revolution. Seven songs from the group, including the aforementioned, had been released on Japanese versions of DDR previously. The particular song chosen is relatively tame. Largely due to the inclusion of E-Rotic and the other sexually explicit themes throughout the game, DDR EXTREME 2 is rated Everyone 10+ by the Entertainment Software Rating Board
, with the billets for Mild Lyrics and Suggestive Themes.
INJECTION OF LOVE (HINA MIX) was also edited to exclude its original lyrics, which are sexually explicit in nature.
Due to the outcry over the elimination of the Song Wheel interface in the US version of DDR EXTREME
, it has been restored in DDR EXTREME 2. The Groove Radar feature has also reappeared. New advance modes available, the EyeToy
digital camera peripheral is used only for "hands and feet" and "watch me dance" modes. In addition, for the first time in PlayStation DDR games, online gameplay is available.
as the new Japanese version of Dance Dance Revolution. They confirmed it would use the same engine as Extreme 2 but contain a different soundtrack. A European version was later announced as Dancing Stage Max
, again using the same game engine but containing different music. All three versions of the game had online play at the time of their release but Konami has since shut the servers.
connection to access online gaming
functions of the PlayStation 2. Players who used an analog modem
were unable to play the game online.
Online services for DDR EXTREME 2 ended on September 12, 2006. Presumably, this may be because the next title, Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova
, contains online play.
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...
to be released in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It was released by 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...
on September 28, 2005 for the PlayStation 2
PlayStation 2
The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...
video game console
Video game console
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. It was announced in a press release by Konami on May 17, 2005, and unveiled at the E3 expo in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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that same day.
Features
The game contains 74 songs, 24 initially available and 50 that need to be unlocked, either through normal play or purchasing the songs with Dance Points accumulated through Dance Master Mode. The majority of the songs are Konami originals, most of which are composed by Naoki Maeda. This mix introduces several licensed tracks to DDR as well as reusing veteran songs, such as Smile.dkSmile.dk
Smile.dk is a Swedish bubblegum dance group with Veronica Almqvist and Cecilia Reiskog as the current members. The band is well-known around the world partly due to their many songs in Dance Dance Revolution, including "Butterfly", "Golden Sky", "Boys", "Mr...
's "Butterfly (Upswing Mix)
Butterfly (Smile.dk song)
"Butterfly" is one of Smile.dk's most popular songs and featured on their 1998 album Smile.The song gained popularity outside of Sweden when it was included on the first version of Konami's music video game, Dance Dance Revolution and Dance Dance Revolution 3rdMix...
", letting the highly popular European group finally appear on a DDR U.S.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
home version.
For the first time in any U.S. DDR, a song by E-Rotic
E-Rotic
E-Rotic is a German Eurodance project. They are mostly known for their use of sexual topics and innuendo in their music. Some of the female vocalists who fronted E-Rotic over the years also fronted Missing Heart vocals.-History:...
was included, specifically In the Heat of the Night. Konami had previously been reluctant to release songs by the German pop group, known for its sexually explicit lyrics, on United States versions of Dance Dance Revolution. Seven songs from the group, including the aforementioned, had been released on Japanese versions of DDR previously. The particular song chosen is relatively tame. Largely due to the inclusion of E-Rotic and the other sexually explicit themes throughout the game, DDR EXTREME 2 is rated Everyone 10+ by the Entertainment Software Rating Board
Entertainment Software Rating Board
The Entertainment Software Rating Board is a self-regulatory organization that assigns age and content ratings, enforces industry-adopted advertising guidelines, and ensures responsible online privacy principles for computer and video games as well as entertainment software in Canada, Mexico and...
, with the billets for Mild Lyrics and Suggestive Themes.
INJECTION OF LOVE (HINA MIX) was also edited to exclude its original lyrics, which are sexually explicit in nature.
Due to the outcry over the elimination of the Song Wheel interface in the US version of DDR EXTREME
Dance Dance Revolution Extreme (North America)
Dance Dance Revolution Extreme is a music video game and part of the Dance Dance Revolution series by Konami. It was released by Konami Computer Entertainment Japan on September 21, 2004 and is the ninth DDR release in North America....
, it has been restored in DDR EXTREME 2. The Groove Radar feature has also reappeared. New advance modes available, the EyeToy
EyeToy
The EyeToy is a color digital camera device, similar to a webcam, for the PlayStation 2. The technology uses computer vision and Gesture recognition to process images taken by the camera...
digital camera peripheral is used only for "hands and feet" and "watch me dance" modes. In addition, for the first time in PlayStation DDR games, online gameplay is available.
Music
| Title | Artist |
|---|---|
| AGAINST ALL ODDS (Definitive MIX) Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now) "Against All Odds " is a song by British singer Phil Collins recorded for soundtrack to the 1984 film of the same name. It is a power ballad in which its protagonist implores an ex-lover to "take a look at me now", knowing that reconciliation is "against all odds" while considering it worth trying... |
Déjà Vu featuring Tasmin |
| As the Rush Comes As the Rush Comes As the Rush Comes is a 2004 song by the American progressive group Motorcycle with vocalist Jes Brieden. The rock-inspired song was a number one single on Billboard's Hot Dance Airplay chart in 2004, where it would also become the first year-end number one Dance Airplay track that same year, and... (Gabriel & Dresden Sweeping Strings Radio Edit) |
Motorcycle |
| Block Rockin' Beats | The Chemical Brothers The Chemical Brothers The Chemical Brothers are a British electronic music duo comprising Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons. Originating in Manchester in 1991, along with The Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, The Crystal Method, and fellow acts, they were pioneers at bringing the big beat genre to the forefront of pop culture.- Background... |
| BOOM BOOM DOLLAR (K.O.G G3 MIX) | King Kong & D. Jungle Girls King Kong & D. Jungle Girls King Kong & D. Jungle Girls is a three-person Italian eurobeat group featuring Andrea , Alexandra and Roberta . Several incarnations of their song Boom Boom Dollar have been featured in the Dance Dance Revolution video games and Dancemania compilation series and its sub-series including Speed... |
| butterfly Butterfly (Smile.dk song) "Butterfly" is one of Smile.dk's most popular songs and featured on their 1998 album Smile.The song gained popularity outside of Sweden when it was included on the first version of Konami's music video game, Dance Dance Revolution and Dance Dance Revolution 3rdMix... (UPSWING MIX) |
Smile.dk Smile.dk Smile.dk is a Swedish bubblegum dance group with Veronica Almqvist and Cecilia Reiskog as the current members. The band is well-known around the world partly due to their many songs in Dance Dance Revolution, including "Butterfly", "Golden Sky", "Boys", "Mr... |
| CAPTAIN JACK (GRANDALE REMIX) | CAPTAIN JACK Captain Jack (band) Captain Jack is a musical duo, specializing in Eurodance music, originating from Germany.- History :Its members were Francisco Alejandro Gutierrez , and Sunny... |
| CARTOON HEROES Cartoon Heroes "Cartoon Heroes" is a song by the Danish-Norwegian dance-pop group Aqua from their second studio album, Aquarius. The song was sent to radio stations worldwide on January 1, 2000. It was their first release anywhere for over 14 months, due to the time spent touring the world, resting and recording... (Speedy Mix Dancemania Speed Dancemania Speed is a sub-series of Toshiba EMI's Dancemania compilation series. This series features faster, further remixed versions of recordings from previously released Dancemania albums or faster remixed covers of various famous songs... ) |
Barbie Young Aqua (band) Aqua is a Danish dance-pop group, best known for their 1997 breakthrough single "Barbie Girl". The group formed in 1989 and achieved huge success across the globe in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The group managed to top the UK Singles Chart with their first three singles. The group released two... |
| Crazy in Love | wg feat. Indra J |
| Genie In A Bottle Genie in a Bottle "Genie in a Bottle" is the second single by American pop recording artist, Christina Aguilera, taken from her self-titled debut album. It was co-written by David Frank, Steve Kipner, and Pamela Sheyne, and produced by Frank and Kipner respectively... |
nc ft. NRG factory |
| Get Busy Get Busy "Get Busy" is a 2002 Dancehall song by Jamaican dancehall reggae toaster Sean Paul, from his album Dutty Rock. The song was one of the many hits from the jumpy handclap riddim known as the Diwali Riddim, produced by then-newcomer Steven "Lenky" Marsden, and was the only song that never made the... |
Sean Paul Sean Paul Sean Paul Ryan Francis Henriques , who performs under stage name Sean Paul, is a Jamaican pop rap and reggae singer.-1973–1996: Early life:... |
| I will Survive I Will Survive "I Will Survive" is a song first performed by American singer Gloria Gaynor, released in October 1978. It was written by Freddie Perren and Dino Fekaris... |
AKIRA Akira Yamaoka is a video game composer, sound designer, sound director, and video game producer who worked for Konami since 1993 until his resignation in 2009. He is best known for creating the music in the Silent Hill series; he also worked as a sound director and producer on the series as well as serving as a... feat. Daline |
| IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT | E-Rotic E-Rotic E-Rotic is a German Eurodance project. They are mostly known for their use of sexual topics and innuendo in their music. Some of the female vocalists who fronted E-Rotic over the years also fronted Missing Heart vocals.-History:... |
| IRRESISTIBLEMENT | WILDSIDE |
| LA COPA DE LA VIDA | PATRICK VICTORIO |
| LOOK AT US (Daddy DJ Remix) | Sarina Paris Sarina Paris -Notes:... |
| My My My | Armand Van Helden Armand Van Helden Armand Van Helden is a record producer, DJ and remixer whose biggest commercial successes came from his remixes of the 1996 Tori Amos song "Professional Widow" , which reached number 1 in the UK Singles Chart in January 1997, and his own track "U Don't Know Me ", which went to number 1... |
| Oops!... I Did It Again | AKIRA feat. Susan Z |
| Play That Funky Music Wild Cherry (band) Wild Cherry was a funk/rock band best known for their funk song "Play That Funky Music".-History:Rob Parissi was raised in the steel mill town of Mingo Junction, Ohio. Parissi graduated from Mingo High School in 1968. Rob formed the band Wild Cherry in 1970 in Steubenville, Ohio, one mile north of... |
wg feat. Tony L |
| Pump Up The Volume Pump up the Volume (song) "Pump Up the Volume" is a song and the only single by British recording act MARRS. It was a number-one hit in many countries and is generally regarded as a significant milestone in the development of British house music and music sampling.... |
M/A/R/R/S MARRS MARRS was a 1987 one-off recording act formed by the groups A.R. Kane and Colourbox which only released one commercial disc... |
| Silence Silence (song) "Silence" is a song by the Canadian electronic music group Delerium. It was co-written by Canadian singer Sarah McLachlan, who is featured as the vocalist on the track.... (Airscape Remix) |
Delerium Delerium Delerium is a band from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, formed in 1987, originally as a side project of the influential industrial music act, Front Line Assembly... feat. Sarah McLachlan Sarah McLachlan Sarah Ann McLachlan, OC, OBC is a Canadian musician, singer and songwriter. Known for her emotional ballads and mezzo-soprano vocal range, as of 2006, she has sold over 40 million albums worldwide. McLachlan's best-selling album to date is Surfacing, for which she won two Grammy Awards and four... |
| SPEED OVER BEETHOVEN | ROSE |
| Spin Spin Sugar (Armand's Dark Garage Mix) | Sneaker Pimps Sneaker Pimps Sneaker Pimps were a British trip-hop band formed in Hartlepool, England in 1994. They are best known for their first album Becoming X and particularly the singles "6 Underground", "Spin Spin Sugar", and "Tesko Suicide" from the same album... |
| Wonderful Night (radio edit) | Fatboy Slim Fatboy Slim Norman Quentin Cook better known by his former stage name Fatboy Slim, is a British DJ, electronic dance music musician, and record producer. He is a pioneer of the big beat genre that achieved mainstream popularity in the 1990s... |
| 1998 | NAOKI |
| ABSOLUTE (Cuff-N-Stuff it Mix) | Thuggie D. |
| air | DJ SIMON |
| BE LOVIN | D-Crew |
| Can Be Real | Vision F |
| CANDY♥ | Riyu Kosaka Riyu Kosaka is a J-pop singer, as well as a member of the Konami-produced J-Pop group BeForU. Kosaka was born in the Kanagawa Prefecture on January 17, 1985.- Discovery by Konami :... |
| Colors (for EXTREME) | dj TAKA |
| DAIKENKAI | Des-ROW feat. TSUBOI for ALPHA |
| Happy Wedding | ASKA |
| Heaven is a '57 metallic gray (gimmix) | Hiro feat. Sweet little 30's |
| I Need You (Insideout Door Mix) | Supa Fova |
| INFINITE PRAYER | L.E.D. Light feat. Goro |
| INJECTION OF LOVE (HINA MIX) | Akira Yamaoka Akira Yamaoka is a video game composer, sound designer, sound director, and video game producer who worked for Konami since 1993 until his resignation in 2009. He is best known for creating the music in the Silent Hill series; he also worked as a sound director and producer on the series as well as serving as a... |
| INSERTiON (Machine Gun Kelly Mix) | Thuggie D. |
| INSIDE YOUR HEART | AKIRA YAMAOKA |
| KEEP ON MOVIN' (DMX Mix) | N.M.R-typeG |
| La Bamba La Bamba (song) "La Bamba" is a Mexican folk song, originally from the state of Veracruz, best known from a 1958 adaptation by Ritchie Valens, a top 40 hit in the U.S. charts and one of early rock and roll's best-known songs... |
Mexican Folk Song |
| L'amour et la liberté (DDR ver.) | NAOKI underground |
| LOVE IS ORANGE | Orange Lounge Tomosuke Funaki is a Japanese composer who has contributed to the Bemani series of music video games. He has produced songs for Beatmania, Beatmania IIDX, Pop'n Music, Dance Maniax, Guitar Freaks, DrumMania, Mambo a Gogo, and Dance Dance Revolution... |
| Make A Difference | Lala Moore with CoCoRo*Co |
| MARIA (I believe...) | NAOKI feat. Paula Terry |
| Miracle Moon (L.E.D. LIGHT STYLE MIX) | Togo Project feat. Sana |
| PASSION OF LOVE | NAOKI feat. PAULA TERRY |
| Polovtsian Dances And Chorus Polovetsian Dances The Polovtsian Dances are perhaps the best known selections from Alexander Borodin's opera Prince Igor . They are often played as a stand-alone concert piece. Borodin was the original composer, but the opera was left unfinished at his death and was subsequently completed by Nikolai... |
Naoto Suzuki feat. Martha |
| Quickening | dj TAKA |
| SAKURA | RevenG |
| SANA MOLLETE NE ENTE (B.L.T. STYLE) | Togo Project feat. Sana |
| Saturday Night Love | Sota feat. Brenda V. |
| SEDUCTION | nc ft. FINALFORCE |
| SEXY PLANET | Crystal Aliens |
| Sweet Sweet ♥ Magic | Jun |
| sync (EXTREME version) | OutPhase |
| TOMORROW | nc ft. DreamScanner |
| TwinBee Twinbee is a video game series composed primarily of cartoon-themed vertical-scrolling shoot-'em-up games produced by Konami that were released primarily in Japan. The series originated as a coin-operated video game simply titled TwinBee in , which was followed by several home versions and sequels... (Generation X) |
Final Offset |
| un deux trois | SDMS |
| You gotta move it (feat. Julie Rugaard) | Yuzo Koshiro Yuzo Koshiro is a Japanese video game music composer and audio programmer. He is regarded as one of the most influential innovators in chiptune music and video game sound design... |
| AFRONOVA PRIMEVAL | 8 bit |
| BRILLIANT 2U | NAOKI |
| BURNIN' THE FLOOR | NAOKI |
| DIVE | BeForU BeForU BeForU was an all female Japanese teen pop group who performed music primarily for the Bemani series of rhythm games. BeForU debuted in 2000 with their song "Dive", which was notable as being the first Japanese pop song in the Dance Dance Revolution series. BeForU was produced by Naoki Maeda, one... |
| DYNAMITE RAVE | NAOKI |
| Look To The Sky (True Color Mix) | SySF feat. Anna |
| PARANOiA Paranoia Paranoia [] is a thought process believed to be heavily influenced by anxiety or fear, often to the point of irrationality and delusion. Paranoid thinking typically includes persecutory beliefs, or beliefs of conspiracy concerning a perceived threat towards oneself... |
180 |
| AFRONOVA (FROM NONSTOP MEGAMIX) | RE-VENGE |
| BRILLIANT 2U (K.O.G G3 MIX) | NAOKI |
| BURNIN' THE FLOOR (BLUE FIRE mix) | NAOKI |
| DYNAMITE RAVE (B4 ZA BEAT MIX) | NAOKI |
| Look To The Sky (Trance Mix) | SySF feat. Anna |
| SEXY PLANET (FROM NONSTOP MEGAMIX) | Crystal Aliens |
| PARANOIA survivor | 270 |
| PARANOIA survivor MAX | 290 |
Other versions
There was speculation that Dance Dance Revolution Extreme 2 might also be released in other regions along with the North American version making it a global release. In the past there has always been slight differences between regions. Konami teased that the online play feature would be "global" on the months leading up to Extreme 2's release. On September 6, 2005 Konami announced Dance Dance Revolution StrikeDance Dance Revolution Strike
Dance Dance Revolution Strike is the eleventh home version of Dance Dance Revolution in Japan. It was released on February 16, 2006, for the Sony PlayStation 2 video game system by Konami. It features over 50 songs, most of which derive from the North American Xbox release, Ultramix 2. This mix...
as the new Japanese version of Dance Dance Revolution. They confirmed it would use the same engine as Extreme 2 but contain a different soundtrack. A European version was later announced as Dancing Stage Max
Dancing Stage Max
Dancing Stage Max, or Max, was released on November 25, 2005 by Konami to the Europeean PlayStation 2 gaming audience. Dancing Stage Max was modeled after Dance Dance Revolution Extreme 2 in America and Dance Dance Revolution Strike in Japan, containing the new Dance Master Mode and improved EyeToy...
, again using the same game engine but containing different music. All three versions of the game had online play at the time of their release but Konami has since shut the servers.
Online play
The online features of DDR EXTREME 2 were available exclusively to players who used a broadbandBroadband
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connection to access online gaming
Online game
An online game is a game played over some form of computer network. This almost always means the Internet or equivalent technology, but games have always used whatever technology was current: modems before the Internet, and hard wired terminals before modems...
functions of the PlayStation 2. Players who used an analog modem
Modem
A modem is a device that modulates an analog carrier signal to encode digital information, and also demodulates such a carrier signal to decode the transmitted information. The goal is to produce a signal that can be transmitted easily and decoded to reproduce the original digital data...
were unable to play the game online.
Online services for DDR EXTREME 2 ended on September 12, 2006. Presumably, this may be because the next title, Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova
Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA
Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova is an arcade game in the Dance Dance Revolution series of music video games. It was produced by Konami and released through Betson Enterprises. The game was released in Europe on April 28, 2006, followed shortly by the North American release on May 15...
, contains online play.
External links
- DDR EXTREME 2 Official Homepage at Konami America
- DDR STR!KE Official Homepage at Konami Japan