Dance Dance Revolution Universe
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Dance Dance Revolution Universe is the thirteenth home version of Dance Dance Revolution
released in the United States
. It was released by Konami
on February 27, 2007, for the Microsoft
Xbox 360
video game console
- the first DDR game on a seventh generation console. About 65 songs are available in total in this version. The game was announced in a press release by Konami on May 9, 2006, and unveiled at the E³ expo in Los Angeles
that same day. As with the Ultramix series for the original Xbox, Universe makes extensive use of Xbox Live
, including online play, player ranking, and downloadable song packs via purchase with Microsoft Points
. This game also features music from Chris Brown, Verbalicious, Cascada
, Jamiroquai
, New Order
, Goldfrapp
, Kylie Minogue
, The Sugarhill Gang
, Depeche Mode
, and others.
DDR Universe is among the first Xbox 360 titles that takes advantage of a Fall 2006 firmware update that adds 1080p
display capability to the console. The game can also display in 480i
, 480p
, 720p
and 1080i
.
Of note, Universe is the first DDR game to include winning songs from a new annual contest held by BroadJam in partnership with Konami. The winning songs included There's a Rhythm, GO! (Mahalo Mix), Grandolin, and Race Against Time.
In Dancing Stage Universe there are 12 tracks exclusive to the game :
, or 80 MSP
per song)
Mega Pack 2 (800 MSP
, or 80 MSP
per song)
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...
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 February 27, 2007, for the Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
Xbox 360
Xbox 360
The Xbox 360 is the second video game console produced by Microsoft and the successor to the Xbox. The Xbox 360 competes with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...
video game console
Video game console
A video game console is an interactive entertainment computer or customized computer system that produces a video display signal which can be used with a display device to display a video game...
- the first DDR game on a seventh generation console. About 65 songs are available in total in this version. The game was announced in a press release by Konami on May 9, 2006, and unveiled at the E³ expo in Los Angeles
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that same day. As with the Ultramix series for the original Xbox, Universe makes extensive use of Xbox Live
Xbox Live
Xbox Live is an online multiplayer gaming and digital media delivery service created and operated by Microsoft Corporation. It is currently the only online gaming service on consoles that charges users a fee to play multiplayer gaming. It was first made available to the Xbox system in 2002...
, including online play, player ranking, and downloadable song packs via purchase with Microsoft Points
Microsoft Points
Microsoft Points are the currency of the Xbox Live Marketplace, Games for Windows - Live Marketplace, Windows Live Gallery, and Zune online stores. The points allow users to purchase content without a credit card and to reduce the number of small credit card transaction fees, which Microsoft would...
. This game also features music from Chris Brown, Verbalicious, Cascada
Cascada
Cascada is a German Eurodance act most famous for their hit singles "Everytime We Touch", "What Hurts the Most", and "Evacuate the Dancefloor"...
, Jamiroquai
Jamiroquai
Jamiroquai is a British jazz funk and acid jazz band formed in 1992. Jamiroquai were initially the most prominent component in the early-1990s London-based acid jazz movement, alongside groups such as Incognito, the James Taylor Quartet, and the Brand New Heavies. Other Acid Jazz artists such as...
, New Order
New Order
New Order are an English rock band formed in 1980 by Bernard Sumner , Peter Hook and Stephen Morris...
, Goldfrapp
Goldfrapp
Goldfrapp are an English electronic music duo, formed in 1999 in London, England, that consists of Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory ....
, Kylie Minogue
Kylie Minogue
Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE - often known simply as Kylie - is an Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing...
, The Sugarhill Gang
The Sugarhill Gang
The Sugarhill Gang is an American hip hop group, known mostly for their 1979 hit, "Rapper's Delight", the first hip hop single to become a Top 40 hit. The song uses the instrumental track from the classic hit "Good Times" by Chic as its foundation....
, Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex. The group's original line-up consisted of Dave Gahan , Martin Gore , Andy Fletcher and Vince Clarke...
, and others.
DDR Universe is among the first Xbox 360 titles that takes advantage of a Fall 2006 firmware update that adds 1080p
1080p
1080p is the shorthand identification for a set of HDTV high-definition video modes that are characterized by 1080 horizontal lines of resolution and progressive scan, meaning the image is not interlaced as is the case with the 1080i display standard....
display capability to the console. The game can also display in 480i
480i
480i is the shorthand name for a video mode, namely the US NTSC television system or digital television systems with the same characteristics. The i, which is sometimes uppercase, stands for interlaced, the 480 for a vertical frame resolution of 480 lines containing picture information; while NTSC...
, 480p
480p
480p is the shorthand name for a video display resolution. The p stands for progressive scan, i.e. non-interlaced. The 480 denotes a vertical resolution of 480 pixel high vertically scanning lines, usually with a horizontal resolution of 640 pixels and 4:3 aspect ratio or a horizontal resolution of...
, 720p
720p
720p is the shorthand name for 1280x720, a category of High-definition television video modes having a resolution of 1080 or 720p and a progressive scan...
and 1080i
1080i
1080i is the shorthand name for a high-definition television mode. The i means interlaced video; 1080i differs from 1080p, in which the p stands for progressive scan. The term 1080i assumes a widescreen aspect ratio of 16:9, implying a frame size of 1920×1080 pixels...
.
Of note, Universe is the first DDR game to include winning songs from a new annual contest held by BroadJam in partnership with Konami. The winning songs included There's a Rhythm, GO! (Mahalo Mix), Grandolin, and Race Against Time.
Default songs
| Song Title | Artist |
|---|---|
| 8-bit | Drew Campbell |
| All Up In My Face | DJ? Acucrack |
| B4U (B4 ZA BEAT MIX) | NAOKI |
| Beyond Here and Now (Intensified) | Neuropa |
| BRIGHTNESS DARKNESS | SPARKER |
| Castlevania (Freestylin' Mix) | WaveGroup feat. Nicky G. |
| Close Your Eyes (Activated Mix) | Daybehavior |
| Cosmic Hammer | Jondi & Spesh Jondi & Spesh Jondi & Spesh is a San Francisco based dance music production and DJ duo composed of J.D. Moyer and Stephen Kay .They have founded their own record label, Loöq Records, and are the hosts of Qoöl, a weekly progressive dance music "happy hour" in San Francisco.- Albums :* 1998 – Tubedrivers*... |
| Dancefloor Killer | Richard Kayvan |
| DIAMOND JEALOUSY | 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... |
| Don't Play Nice | Verbalicious |
| Everytime We Touch Everytime We Touch Everytime We Touch may refer to:*Everytime We Touch , by Cascada**"Everytime We Touch" , a single from the aforementioned Cascada album... (Radio Mix) |
Cascada Cascada Cascada is a German Eurodance act most famous for their hit singles "Everytime We Touch", "What Hurts the Most", and "Evacuate the Dancefloor"... |
| Feels Just Like It Should | Jamiroquai Jamiroquai Jamiroquai is a British jazz funk and acid jazz band formed in 1992. Jamiroquai were initially the most prominent component in the early-1990s London-based acid jazz movement, alongside groups such as Incognito, the James Taylor Quartet, and the Brand New Heavies. Other Acid Jazz artists such as... |
| GO! (Mahalo Mix) | DM Ashura DM Ashura William "Bill" James Robert Shillito , more commonly known as DM Ashura, is an electronic artist whose work can be found in the music games O2Jam, Dance Dance Revolution, beatmania IIDX, Flash Flash Revolution, Pump it Up Pro 2 and Pump it Up Fiesta EX.-Biography:Bill lived in Queens for 8 years... |
| Grandolin | Zerofuser |
| Guilt Is a Useless Emotion (Mac Quayle Mix) | New Order New Order New Order are an English rock band formed in 1980 by Bernard Sumner , Peter Hook and Stephen Morris... |
| Gyruss -Full Tilt Mix- | JT.1UP |
| Heart With a View (Echo Image Remix) | The Echoing Green The Echoing Green (band) The Echoing Green is an electronica/synthpop band. It began as a duo between Joey Belville and Aaron Bowman in 1992, and has since released eleven major albums.... |
| Horsemen of the Invisible | Secret Chiefs 3 Secret Chiefs 3 Secret Chiefs 3 is an instrumental rock group led by guitarist/composer Trey Spruance . Their studio recordings and tours have featured different line-ups, as the group performs a wide range of musical styles including surf rock, Persian, Arab, Indian, death metal, film music, electronic music,... |
| HOT LIMIT | JOHN DESIRE |
| Hydrasound | GEOMANCER |
| Ignition | Audio Magnetics |
| Indian Summer | Canton |
| INFINITE PRAYER | L.E.D.LIGHT feat. GORO |
| INSERTiON | NAOKI underground |
| KAGEROW (Dragonfly) | Des-ROW·UNITED special+r |
| Less 'Yap Yap' | Temporary Lovers |
| Loops | Jondi & Spesh Jondi & Spesh Jondi & Spesh is a San Francisco based dance music production and DJ duo composed of J.D. Moyer and Stephen Kay .They have founded their own record label, Loöq Records, and are the hosts of Qoöl, a weekly progressive dance music "happy hour" in San Francisco.- Albums :* 1998 – Tubedrivers*... feat. J-Bone |
| Love Is On Our Side | Frank Popp Ensemble Oval (band) - Work history :The band's original members were Markus Popp, Sebastian Oschatz, and Frank Metzger, although Oschatz and Metzger left the group in 1995. All three are regarded as pioneers of glitch, a genre of music that embraces the sound of damaged audio produced by the failure of digital... |
| Magic Carpet Ride (Steir's Mix) | Philip Steir feat. Steppenwolf Steppenwolf (band) Steppenwolf are a Canadian-American rock group that was prominent in the late 1960s. The group was formed in 1967 in Los Angeles by vocalist John Kay, guitarist Michael Monarch, bassist Rushton Moreve, keyboardist Goldy McJohn and drummer Jerry Edmonton after the dissolution of Toronto group The... |
| Nightshade (Diskowarp Easily Amused Mix) | Melody and Mezzo |
| Precious (Sasha's Gargantuan Vocal Mix) | Depeche Mode Depeche Mode Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex. The group's original line-up consisted of Dave Gahan , Martin Gore , Andy Fletcher and Vince Clarke... |
| PUT YOUR FAITH IN ME(Steve Porter Mix) | UZI-LAY |
| Race Against Time | Jeff Steinman |
| rain of sorrow | NM feat. EBONY FAY |
| Rapper's Delight | Sugar Hill Gang |
| roughneck | skylab2000 |
| Run It! Run It! "Run It!" is the debut single by American R&B singer Chris Brown, featuring American rapper Juelz Santana. It was written by Santana, Sean Garrett and Scott Storch, and produced by the latter. It was released in 2005 and is Brown's first career single, off his debut album Chris Brown... |
Chris Brown |
| Saturday Night | Ozomatli Ozomatli Ozomatli is a seven to ten piece band playing primarily Latin, hip hop, and rock music, formed in 1995 in Los Angeles. They are known both for their vocal activist viewpoints and their wide array of musical styles - including salsa, jazz, funk, reggae, rap, and others.In a 2007 NPR interview, band... |
| Senses | JT.1UP |
| September '99 | Earth, Wind & Fire Earth, Wind & Fire Earth, Wind & Fire is an American soul and R&B band formed in Chicago, Illinois, in 1969 by Verdine and Maurice White. Also known as EWF, the band has won six Grammy Awards and four American Music Awards. They have been inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Vocal Group Hall of... vs. Phats & Small Phats & Small Phats & Small are a dance music duo from the UK. The duo consists of Jason "Phats" Hayward and Russell Small, they are best known for their 1998 hit "Turn Around"-Career:... |
| SKY HIGH | DJ MIKO |
| Slam | Pendulum Pendulum (band) Pendulum is an Australian drum and bass and electronic rock band founded in 2002 in Perth by Rob Swire, Gareth McGrillen, and Paul Harding.Swire and McGrillen were members of the rock band known as Xygen. After hearing Konflict's "Messiah" at a club, they were inspired to enter into the drum and... |
| Slow (Chemical Brothers Remix) | Kylie Minogue Kylie Minogue Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE - often known simply as Kylie - is an Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing... |
| Somebody To Love | Boogie Pimps Boogie Pimps Boogie Pimps are an electronic music duo from Erfurt, Germany. It was formed by the two DJs Mark J Klak and Mirko Jacob.Their collaboration started in 2000, when Mirko Jacob started performing in Klak's JoueJoueClub in Erfurt... |
| SOMETHING WONDERFUL | L.E.D. |
| Summer Fantasy | Alien Six |
| TEST ROOM - | Plus-Tech Squeeze Box Plus-Tech Squeeze Box Plus-Tech Squeeze Box are a Japanese electronic music band.The frenetic sound of their first album FAKEVOX is an example of the subgenre known as picopop, driven by rudimentary synthesized sounds and heavily-manipulated samples from a variety of sources, including 1950s jazz and big band recordings... |
| The Hop | OR-IF-IS |
| There's a Rhythm | Dig Bear |
| Tsugaru (OR-IF-IS Mix) | RevenG vs DE-SIRE |
| Twist | Goldfrapp Goldfrapp Goldfrapp are an English electronic music duo, formed in 1999 in London, England, that consists of Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory .... |
| Vanity Angel | FIXX |
| We Are Connected(Overdrive Mix) | Jondi & Spesh Jondi & Spesh Jondi & Spesh is a San Francisco based dance music production and DJ duo composed of J.D. Moyer and Stephen Kay .They have founded their own record label, Loöq Records, and are the hosts of Qoöl, a weekly progressive dance music "happy hour" in San Francisco.- Albums :* 1998 – Tubedrivers*... |
| What Have Her | Chris Fortier Chris Fortier Chris Fortier is an American DJ and founder of the Balance Record Pool as well as co-founder and owner of Fade Records. Fortier's DJ-ing covers a range of styles from dark progressive to minimalist techno... |
| Wraith | Monolithic Monolithic (band) Monolithic is a synthpop band on the A Different Drum label. Although Monolithic is categorized in the synthpop genre, the infusion of many other sub-genres of electronic music make Monolithic's music distinctive in the synthpop scene. Genres such as breakbeat, trance, ebm, techno, industrial,... |
| WWW.BLONDE.GIRL (MOMO MIX) | JENNY ROM |
| Youngmen Blues | Round Table Round Table (band) Round Table is a Japanese pop band known mostly for their Anime soundtracks. They are most popularly known in the Anime demographic for their hit single, "Let Me Be With You" - the opening song for the anime Chobits. The band was formed in 1997 with Katsutoshi Kitagawa and Rieko Ito as band... |
Unlockable songs
| Song Title | Artist |
|---|---|
| Bongo! | WaveGroup feat. Scott D. |
| cachaca | Mokky de Yah Yah's |
| Drivin' | NAOKI feat. Paula Terry |
| Healing Vision (Gridlok Mix) | DE-SIRE |
| Koibito | Togo Project feat. Sana |
| Love Me Do (The Acolyte's 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... |
| MAXIMIZER | CLI-MAX S. |
| My Only Shining Star | NAOKI feat. Becky Lucinda |
| PARANOiA EVOLUTION | 200 |
| Return of the Toe Jam | Big Idea Big Idea Big Idea may refer to:* Big Idea Entertainment, an American Christian computer animation production company best known for "Veggie Tales" videos.* The Big Idea, a Scottish museum* The Big Idea , a 1917 short comedy film... |
| Stop Violence! -B.L.T. Reproduction- | Togo |
| think ya better D | sAmi |
| Tir Na N'og | World Sequence |
| Treble, Bass, and Attitude | The Acolyte The Acolyte The Acolyte was a science fiction fanzine edited by Francis Towner Laney from 1942-1946 , dedicated to articles about fantasy fiction, with particular emphasis on H. P. Lovecraft and his circle... |
| xenon | Mr. T |
In Dancing Stage Universe there are 12 tracks exclusive to the game :
| Song Title | Artist |
|---|---|
| Rock Steady | All Saints All Saints (group) All Saints were a British/Canadian girl group. Founded in 1993 as All Saints 1.9.7.5, the group consisted of founding members Melanie Blatt and Shaznay Lewis, and sisters Nicole Appleton and Natalie Appleton... |
| Lonely At The Top | The Ordinary Boys The Ordinary Boys The Ordinary Boys are an English indie rock band from Worthing, in West Sussex, England. Originally named Next in Line, they were influenced by mod revival and Britpop music, as well as the bands Madness, The Specials, The Kinks and The Smiths... |
| Girls | The Prodigy The Prodigy The Prodigy are an English electronic dance music group formed by Liam Howlett in 1990 in Braintree, Essex. Along with Fatboy Slim, The Chemical Brothers, and other acts, The Prodigy have been credited as pioneers of the big beat genre, which achieved mainstream popularity in the 1990s and 2000s... |
| Superfreak | Beatfreakz Beatfreakz The Beatfreakz is a dance group formed in the Netherlands in 2006. The band consists of Dennis Christopher, Dimitrie Siliakus and Mark Simmons.... |
| Change Channel | Lo-Fi-Fnk Lo-Fi-Fnk Lo-Fi-Fnk is a Swedish electropop-band. They have released two EPs, We Is in 2002 and in 2005 they released ...And the JFG?. On April 24, 2006 they released their first studio album, Boylife... |
| The Creeps | Camille Jones Camille Jones Camille Jones is a Danish pop singer, songwriter and record producer. She is known for her song "The Creeps" written by herself and remixed by Dutch DJ Fedde le Grand, which has become a worldwide clubhit in the dance scene.- Career :In 2000 Camille had been enjoying success within the Danish and... Vs Fedde Le Grand Fedde le Grand Fedde le Grand is a Dutch house DJ and producer whose single "Put Your Hands Up For Detroit" / "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" reached number one on the UK's singles and the top 5 in the Dutch singles chart, and spent five weeks in the Spanish dance chart... |
| Hate to Say I Told You So | The Hives The Hives The Hives are a Swedish garage rock band that first garnered attention in the early 2000s as a prominent group of the garage rock revival. Their mainstream success came with the release of the "greatest hits" album Your New Favourite Band, featuring their most well-known song "Hate to Say I Told... |
| Chelsea Dagger | The Fratellis The Fratellis The Fratellis were an indie rock band from Glasgow, Scotland. The band consisted of lead vocalist and guitarist Jon Fratelli , bass guitarist Barry Fratelli , and drummer and backing vocalist Mince Fratelli .The band released 2 albums during their career, Costello Music in 2006 and Here We Stand in... |
| Monster | The Automatic The Automatic The Automatic , are a Welsh rock band. The band is composed of Robin Hawkins on vocals, bass and synthesizers, James Frost on guitar, synthesizers, backing vocals and occasional bass, Iwan Griffiths on drums and Paul Mullen on vocals, guitar and synthesizer - since 2007... |
| Cish Cash | Basement Jaxx Basement Jaxx Basement Jaxx are a British electronic dance music duo from London, England consisting of Felix Buxton born 1971 and Simon Ratcliffe born 1 December 1969. They first rose to popularity in the late 1990s... |
| Acceptable In The 80's | Calvin Harris Calvin Harris Calvin Harris is a Scottish singer-songwriter, record producer and DJ. His gold-selling debut album, I Created Disco, was released in 2007 and contained the top ten singles "Acceptable in the 80s" and "The Girls"... |
| Caught By The Fuzz | Supergrass Supergrass Supergrass was an English alternative rock band from Oxford. The band consisted of brothers Gaz and Rob Coombes , Mick Quinn and Danny Goffey .... |
Downloadable songs
Mega Pack (800 MSPMicrosoft Points
Microsoft Points are the currency of the Xbox Live Marketplace, Games for Windows - Live Marketplace, Windows Live Gallery, and Zune online stores. The points allow users to purchase content without a credit card and to reduce the number of small credit card transaction fees, which Microsoft would...
, or 80 MSP
Microsoft Points
Microsoft Points are the currency of the Xbox Live Marketplace, Games for Windows - Live Marketplace, Windows Live Gallery, and Zune online stores. The points allow users to purchase content without a credit card and to reduce the number of small credit card transaction fees, which Microsoft would...
per song)
| Song Title | Artist |
|---|---|
| Broken My Heart (Cusimo & Co. Starlite Remix) | NAOKI Feat. PAULA TERRY |
| Me and My Friends | THE DANDY WARHOLS The Dandy Warhols The Dandy Warhols are an American alternative rock band formed in Portland, Oregon in 1994. The band was founded by singer-guitarist Courtney Taylor-Taylor and guitarist Peter Holmström, with keyboardist Zia McCabe and drummer Eric Hedford later joining. Hedford left in 1998 and was replaced by... |
| Audiophilosophy | Neverakka |
| AM-3P | KTz |
| ECSTASY | d-complex |
| ON THE JAZZ (Smooth House Mix) | Jonny Dynamite! |
| Beside You | Intuition |
| White Hot | R.A.S.T. |
| CANDY* | Luv UNLIMITED |
| KISS ME ALL NIGHT LONG | NAOKI J-STYLE feat. MIU |
Mega Pack 2 (800 MSP
Microsoft Points
Microsoft Points are the currency of the Xbox Live Marketplace, Games for Windows - Live Marketplace, Windows Live Gallery, and Zune online stores. The points allow users to purchase content without a credit card and to reduce the number of small credit card transaction fees, which Microsoft would...
, or 80 MSP
Microsoft Points
Microsoft Points are the currency of the Xbox Live Marketplace, Games for Windows - Live Marketplace, Windows Live Gallery, and Zune online stores. The points allow users to purchase content without a credit card and to reduce the number of small credit card transaction fees, which Microsoft would...
per song)
| Song Title | Artist |
|---|---|
| BATTLE BREAKS | DJ TAKAWO |
| Catch it! | TOTAL SCIENCE |
| DYNAMITE RAVE | NAOKI |
| GRADIUSIC CYBER | TAKA |
| Himawari | Riyu from BeForU |
| jelly kiss | Togo Project feat. Sana |
| Love This Feelin' (ZONK Remix) | 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... |
| Moment 40 | Moshic |
| Put Your Faith In Me (Saturday Night Mix) | UZI-LAY |
| Toe Jam | Big Idea |