Dancing Stage EuroMix 2
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Dancing Stage Euromix 2 is the 3rd Arcade release in the Dancing Stage series, a European version of the Dance Dance Revolution
series of music video game
s. Euromix 2 is a sequel to Dancing Stage EuroMix
. It was released in the arcades by Konami
in 2002. Euromix 2's engine is based on the Japanese arcade release DDRMAX2, and also uses a modified version of its interface. The game contains 68 songs, 12 of them are carried over from Dancing Stage EuroMix
.
As with most recent DDR games, the arrows scroll on top of full motion video
backgrounds with no dancing characters, but if the Beginner difficulty is chosen, the background is replaced by a visual representation of the pad, and a character assisting the player on when to step. Beginner mode was later also added to Dance Dance Revolution Extreme
and the US version of DDRMAX2. Unlike other recent DDR games, Euromix 2 also does not feature unlocks or an extra stage.
, the first PlayStation 2
Dancing Stage game, contains some of Euromix 2's tracks and uses a similar interface.
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...
series of music video game
Music video game
A music video game, also commonly known as a music game, is a video game where the gameplay is meaningfully and often almost entirely oriented around the player's interactions with a musical score or individual songs...
s. Euromix 2 is a sequel to Dancing Stage EuroMix
Dancing Stage EuroMIX
Dancing Stage EuroMIX is the 2nd release of the Dancing Stage series, the European version of Dance Dance Revolution series of music video games by Konami. The arcade version was released in 1999, followed by the Sony PlayStation version in 2001...
. It was released in the arcades 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...
in 2002. Euromix 2's engine is based on the Japanese arcade release DDRMAX2, and also uses a modified version of its interface. The game contains 68 songs, 12 of them are carried over from Dancing Stage EuroMix
Dancing Stage EuroMIX
Dancing Stage EuroMIX is the 2nd release of the Dancing Stage series, the European version of Dance Dance Revolution series of music video games by Konami. The arcade version was released in 1999, followed by the Sony PlayStation version in 2001...
.
Gameplay
The core gameplay of Euromix 2 is similar to Euromix, but introduced the new two-tiered scoring system and freeze arrows to the European audience. As mentioned, Euromix 2 uses DDRMAX2's engine and interface but with some minor differences, such as Nonstop mode being accessed from the song wheel, difficulty selections being made before the song begins, and the options menu introduced by DDRMAX is not used, electing to still use step codes. These codes are entered on the song selection screen.As with most recent DDR games, the arrows scroll on top of full motion video
Full motion video
Full motion video based games are video games that rely upon pre-recorded TV-quality movie or animation rather than sprites, vectors, or 3D models to display action in the game. In the early 1990s a diverse set of games utilized this format...
backgrounds with no dancing characters, but if the Beginner difficulty is chosen, the background is replaced by a visual representation of the pad, and a character assisting the player on when to step. Beginner mode was later also added to Dance Dance Revolution Extreme
Dance Dance Revolution Extreme
Dance Dance Revolution Extreme is a music video game by Konami and is the eighth release in the main Dance Dance Revolution series. It was released on December 25, 2002 for Japanese arcades and on October 9, 2003 for the Japanese PlayStation 2...
and the US version of DDRMAX2. Unlike other recent DDR games, Euromix 2 also does not feature unlocks or an extra stage.
Home version
No exact home counterpart of Dancing Stage Euromix 2 was released, though Dancing Stage MegamixDancing Stage MegaMix
Dancing Stage MegaMiX is the fifth home release in the Dancing Stage series, a European version of the Dance Dance Revolution series of music video games...
, the first 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...
Dancing Stage game, contains some of Euromix 2's tracks and uses a similar interface.
Music
Notable songs from this version include:- MAX 300: Despite the title, this song plays at 150BPM but scrolls at 300 BPM, surpassing "DROP OUT". Usually considered to be the first 10-foot difficulty song (on Heavy), The Heavy step patterns are fairly simple to many people, but the incredible speed takes a toll on stamina and endurance. The steps briefly pause a minute into the song, offering a slight rest, but they quickly start up again with increased difficulty. The maximum combo of the Heavy steps on Single is 573, a number often used in Konami games for the fact that it is loosely based on a Japanese visual pun. (5 is "go" in Japanese, 7 is "nana" - think "na" - and the kanjiKanjiKanji are the adopted logographic Chinese characters hanzi that are used in the modern Japanese writing system along with hiragana , katakana , Indo Arabic numerals, and the occasional use of the Latin alphabet...
symbol for 3 can be pronounced as "mi". Hence, "gonanami," or loosely "Konami.") Certain versions of DDRDance Dance RevolutionDance 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...
only count jumps as one step in the combo, rather than two. In these versions, the maximum combo will be 555 rather than 573. The Double stepset is much less dense than Single (only 497 combo), but still earns its foot rating with a six-measure 1/8 note run. The artist listed is Ω (Omega), a pseudonym of Naoki Maeda.
- SO DEEP (PERFECT SPHERE REMIX): A tranceTrance musicTrance is a genre of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s.:251 It is generally characterized by a tempo of between 125 and 150 bpm,:252 repeating melodic synthesizer phrases, and a musical form that builds up and breaks down throughout a track...
song from Dancemania FantasiA. It is one of the fastest songs (140 BPM) to have a consistently high density of 1/16 notes. When DDRMAX was first released, many players thought the Heavy steps of the song deserved a 10-foot rating, but it only received a 9 when it was rated in DDRMAX2. On DDRMAX's Groove Radar, this song covers all of the chaos, voltage, and stream levels, with a full combo of 498 or 500 steps (depending on whether jumps are counted as one or two steps), which is higher than almost any other DDRDance Dance RevolutionDance 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...
stepchart. The combo for the Standard stepchart is also halved, making it 250 steps, as well as the Light stepchart which was halved, giving it 125 steps.