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== Release Information == | == Release Information == | ||
* Release | * Release Dates: | ||
** Japan: 12/25/2008 | ** Japan: 12/25/2008 | ||
** Europe: 6/3/2009 | ** Europe: 6/3/2009 | ||
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* Rating system expanded on, from 1-10 to 1-20. Older songs were re-rated to reflect this. | * Rating system expanded on, from 1-10 to 1-20. Older songs were re-rated to reflect this. | ||
* New announcer replaces the one used in the series since [[AC DDRMAX|DDRMAX]]. | * New announcer replaces the one used in the series since [[AC DDRMAX|DDRMAX]]. | ||
* Shock Arrows introduced on some | * Shock Arrows introduced on some CHALLENGE charts. Songs with Shock Arrows in their CHALLENGE charts show an icon near the banner when the chart is selected. Stepping on them results in your gauge going down, just like a misstep would. | ||
* First | * First DanceDanceRevolution arcade game to feature songs from the HOTTEST PARTY Wii games. | ||
* To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the | * To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the DanceDanceRevolution franchise, several old Dancemania licenses are revived with new charts and cuts. These are known as X-edits. | ||
** New Challenge-only charts named X-Specials are added for many old Konami original | ** New Challenge-only charts named X-Specials are added for many old Konami original DanceDanceRevolution songs, though they show up as separate songs in the song list. | ||
* First DDR arcade game since the series' beginning to not have [[Naoki Maeda|NAOKI]] or [[Junko Karashima|jun]] as the sound director; instead, it's the late [[Jason Michael "Stillwind" Borenstein]], best known for his work in the ULTRAMIX/UNIVERSE series. | * First DDR arcade game since the series' beginning to not have [[Naoki Maeda|NAOKI]] or [[Junko Karashima|jun]] as the sound director; instead, it's the late [[Jason Michael "Stillwind" Borenstein]], best known for his work in the ULTRAMIX/UNIVERSE series. | ||
* The U.S./European arcade cabinets were redesigned, often regarded as the worst cabinets ever produced in the series. | * The U.S./European arcade cabinets were redesigned, often regarded as the worst cabinets ever produced in the series. | ||
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== Staff Information == | == Staff Information == | ||
* Producer: otaP | * Producer: [[Yoshihiko Ota|otaP]] | ||
* Sound Producer: NAOKI | * Sound Producer: NAOKI | ||
* Sound Director: Stillwind Borenstein | * Sound Director: Stillwind Borenstein |