DDR Glossary

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DanceDanceRevolution Glossary

This page covers the most common terms found in DanceDanceRevolution and its fan community. Not included in this are the modifiers and characters names, they can be accessed in the Related Pages section below.

A

• AC: Term to designate the Arcade version of a title.
• Air :
• Announcer:
• ANOTHER: Name for the DIFFICULT dance level in DanceDanceRevolution to DanceDanceRevolution 3rdMIX.
• Auto-Fail:

B

• BASIC:
• BeForU: Group created by Naoki Maeda with the winners of the DanceDanceRevolution 5thMIX アーティストオーディション (Original Audition) 2001, a competition held for a new J-Pop group for KONAMI and DanceDanceRevolution.
• BEGINNER:

C

• CATASTROPHIC: Old term to refers to a level 9 song, added in DanceDanceRevolution 3rdMIX.
• CHALLENGE MODE:
• CHALLENGE:
• Chaos:
• Clear Rank (クリアランク): Official term used for the grade letters (AAA to E) used in the scoring system.
• Combo:
• COUPLE Play (カップルプレー):
• Course:
• COURSE MODE:
• CS: Acronym for Consumer Software, a term that refers to Japanese home versions.
• Cut-in (カットイン): Term used to refer to the player's character appearing on the screen when the combo hits 20 or multiples of 50 and 100.

D

• Dance Gauge (ダンスゲージ): Term used to designates the life gauge of the player.
• Dance Level (ダンスレベル): Term used to designates the available difficulty in DanceDanceRevolution.
• Dance Platform:
• Dancing Stage:
• DIFFICULT:
• DOUBLE Play (ダブルプレー):

E

• eAMUSEMENT:
• EDIT: Term used to designate the custom steps created by a user. Also known as EDIT DATA.
• ENCORE EXTRA STAGE (EES):
• ENJOY LEVEL:
• EVOLUTIONARY: Term used in the 2ndMIX Mode of DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX to refer to a level 9 song. Originally, no song rated level 9 was found in 2ndMIX as it was added in DanceDanceRevolution 3rdMIX as CATASTROPHIC.
• EXPERT:
• EXTRA STAGE (ES):

F

• Flat footing:
• Free Play:
• Freestyle: A non-official playstyle for DDR where the player aim to look good and perform for an audience when playing a song.
• Freeze Arrow (フリーズアロー):
• Freeze:
• Full Combo (FC): Given to a player that hit all of the notes in a song without getting judgments worse than a Great or Good as of DanceDanceRevolution (2013), and without getting any N.G.'s on holds or Shock Arrows, effective as of DanceDanceRevolution X.

G

• GENUINE: Old term to refer to a level 6 song.
• Good:
• Great:
• GROOVE RADAR:

H

• HERO: Old level name to designate a song rated 7 in DanceDanceRevolution. It was replaced by PARAMOUNT in DanceDanceRevolution Internet Ranking Version.

J

• Joint Premium:
• JUMP:

L

• Level (レベル): Term used to refer to the rating range found in the game. Also known as foot level.
• Link Data:
• Location test (ロケテスト): Name used for a public test of an upcoming release. Similar to a beta release for a software.
• Long Version: Longer than usual songs that only appeared in DanceDanceRevolution 5thMIX and in DanceDanceRevolution X under the name Xmix.

M

• MANIAC: Previous name for the difficulty EXPERT in DanceDanceRevolution to DanceDanceRevolution 3rdMIX.
• MARVELOUS: Possible timing judgement. It was also the name for a rated level 5 song.
• Miss:
• MODERATE: Old term to refers to a level 2 song.
• Modifiers: Term used to refer to the options available to the players in the game. See this page for more details.

N

• NONSTOP MODE:
• N.G. (No Good):

O

• O.K.:
• ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE (OMES):
• Oni (鬼): Alternative name for the difficulty CHALLENGE.
• ORDINARY: Old level name given to a song rated 3 out of 9 in DanceDanceRevolution until DanceDanceRevolution 4thMIX.

P

• PARAMOUNT: Old level name given to a song rated 7 out of 9 in DanceDanceRevolution Internet Ranking Version until DanceDanceRevolution 4thMIX.
• PASELI:

R

• Rank: Official term to designate the grade letters, see Clear Rank.
• Rival (ライバル): Another player that can be added as Rival (Score, EDIT Data) using eAMUSEMENT.
• Roulette:

S

• Save: Rating given in Unison mode when one person misses their arrow, but their partner hits it.
• Shock Arrow (ショックアロー):
• Sight read: Playing a song without having seen the chart nor heard the song beforehand.
• SIMPLE: Old name to referring to a level 1 song.
• SINGLE Play (シングルプレー): A one play game using the 4 foot panels.
• STEP BATTLE: Mode found in DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX.
• Step Step Revolution (SSR):
• STEP ZONE (ステップゾーン): Its the four grey arrows (← ↓ ↑ →) usually found at the top of the screen.
• Stream: Overall density of steps. Used in the GROOVE RADAR.
• SUPERIOR: Old name for a level 4 song.

T

• TRICK:

U

• UNISON:

V

• VERSUS Play (バーサスプレー):
• Voltage:

W

• Workout Mode (ワークアウトモード): Also known in select games as Diet Mode (ダイエットモード)

X

• Xmix: Found in DanceDanceRevolution X. See Long Version for more details.

Related Pages

• List of DanceDanceRevolution Modifiers (Options)
• List of DanceDanceRevolution characters

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