Dancing Stage Max, or Max, was released on November 25, 2005 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...

 to the Europe

Europe

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ean PlayStation 2 gaming audience. Dancing Stage Max was modeled after Dance Dance Revolution Extreme 2

Dance Dance Revolution Extreme 2

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...

in America

United States

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 and Dance Dance Revolution Strike

Dance 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...

in Japan

Japan

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, containing the new Dance Master Mode and improved 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...

 support. Max featured music by Natasha Bedingfield

Natasha Bedingfield

Natasha Anne Bedingfield is a British pop singer and songwriter. Bedingfield debuted in the 1990s as a member of the Christian dance/electronic group The DNA Algorithm with her siblings Daniel Bedingfield and Nikola Rachelle...

, Sugababes

Sugababes

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 and Franz Ferdinand

Franz Ferdinand (band)

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 as well as new and old Konami Originals. Unlike the previous release, Dancing Stage Fusion

Dancing Stage Fusion

Dancing Stage Fusion, abbreviated DS Fusion or simply Fusion, is a music video game released by Konami to the European PlayStation and PlayStation 2 gaming audience on November 5, 2004. In April of the following year, Dancing Stage Fusion was released as an arcade game...

, Max was not ported to the arcades.

External links

• Press release for Dancing Stage Max