DDR TAGMIX -LAST DanceR-

DDR TAGMIX -LAST DanceR-

Song Information

DDR TAGMIX -LAST DanceR-'s jacket.

Artist: BEMANI Sound Team "TAG underground overlay UNLEASHED"
Composition/Arrangement: TAG
BPM: 50-800
Length: 2:17
First Music Game Appearance: DanceDanceRevolution A20 PLUS
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

• DDR TAGMIX -LAST DanceR- is a medley of various TAG songs featured in the DanceDanceRevolution series. The songs featured are:
  • Another Phase (DanceDanceRevolution (2013)).
  • roppongi EVOLVED (DanceDanceRevolution X2).
  • SABER WING (DanceDanceRevolution X).
  • Take A Step Forward and TSUBASA (DanceDanceRevolution II and DanceDanceRevolution (2014), respectively).
  • Hopeful (DanceDanceRevolution A).
  • Show me your moves (DanceDanceRevolution A).
  • AWAKE (DanceDanceRevolution (2014)).
  • PARANOiA Revolution (DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX).
  • POSSESSION (DanceDanceRevolution X2).
    • The Replicant D-action voice soundbite from DanceDanceRevolution X2 can also be heard during this part.
  • ACE FOR ACES (DanceDanceRevolution A).
  • London EVOLVED ver.C (DanceDanceRevolution II).
  • Over The “Period” (DanceDanceRevolution (2014)).
• Various sounds from DanceDanceRevolution (credits inserted, start, the DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX record scratching sound) can be heard in DDR TAGMIX -LAST DanceR- as well.
• The explosion sound effect heard at the end of DDR TAGMIX -LAST DanceR- was earlier used in PARANOIA EVOLUTION, from DanceDanceRevolution Solo BASS MIX.

Trivia

• DDR TAGMIX -LAST DanceR- is one of the GOLDEN LEAGUER PLUS' PRIVILEGE rewards by having achieved GOLD CLASS (ゴールドクラス) in DanceDanceRevolution A20 PLUS' GOLDEN LEAGUE PLUS (ゴールデンリーグ) 13th Period. It can be played from February 16th, 2022.
• DDR TAGMIX -LAST DanceR- marks Yasuhiro Taguchi's final original song for BEMANI as an in-house composer.
• In a similar manner to PARANOiA Revolution's EXPERT charts, DDR TAGMIX -LAST DanceR-'s charts feature sections of past DanceDanceRevolution songs' charts, mainly songs composed and/or arranged by TAG, with all of the song's charts using the 180 BPM of PARANOiA Revolution's charts during the 100 BPM section in the middle of the song:

Single DIFFICULT: roppongi EVOLVED DIFFICULT→SABER WING EXPERT (modified rhythm)→Take A Step Forward EXPERT→Hopeful EXPERT→Show me your moves EXPERT→AWAKE EXPERT→PARANOiA Revolution DIFFICULT→POSSESSION DIFFICULT→ACE FOR ACES DIFFICULT→London EVOLVED ver.C EXPERT→Over The “Period” DIFFICULT (modified). Double DIFFICULT (all of the chart sections featured are on DIFFICULT): roppongi EVOLVED→SABER WING (Akira Ishihara Headshot mix)→Take A Step Forward→Hopeful→Show me your moves→AWAKE→PARANOiA Revolution→POSSESSION→ACE FOR ACES→London EVOLVED ver.C→Over The “Period”→PARANOiA. Single EXPERT: roppongi EVOLVED EXPERT→SABER WING (Akira Ishihara Headshot mix) CHALLENGE→Take A Step Forward and TSUBASA modified EXPERT (most similar to ZEPHYRANTHES' Single EXPERT chart)→Cosmic Hurricane CHALLENGE→Show me your moves CHALLENGE→AWAKE CHALLENGE (modified)→PARANOiA Revolution EXPERT→POSSESSION EXPERT→ACE FOR ACES EXPERT→London EVOLVED ver.C CHALLENGE (modified)→Over The “Period” EXPERT (modified). Double EXPERT (all of the chart sections featured are on EXPERT): roppongi EVOLVED→SABER WING (Akira Ishihara Headshot mix)→Take A Step Forward→Hopeful→Show me your moves→AWAKE→PARANOiA Revolution→POSSESSION (modified)→ACE FOR ACES→London EVOLVED ver.C→Over The “Period” (modified). In turn, the following charts are referenced in DDR TAGMIX -LAST DanceR-'s EXPERT charts during the PARANOiA Revolution section: PARANOiA EXPERT→PARANOiA MAX～DIRTY MIX～ EXPERT→PARANOiA Rebirth EXPERT→PARANOIA EVOLUTION EXPERT→PARANOiA ETERNAL old Single EXPERT/X-Special/new Double EXPERT→PARANOIA survivor EXPERT→PARANOIA survivor MAX CHALLENGE→PARANOiA ～HADES～ CHALLENGE.

• Song comments for DDR TAGMIX -LAST DanceR- were posted on TAG's blog.
  • TAG mentions that the title is a homage to DanceDanceRevolution's earlier sequel titles, such as 2ndMIX and 3rdMIX, as well as to his fictional version of a DanceDanceRevolution spinoff, DanceDanceRevolution TAGMIX.
  • He wanted to include all of his songs from his debut song SABER WING all the way to his final new composition for beatmania IIDX, ILAYZA, akin to TЁЯRA's Dance Dance Revolution featuring TЁЯRA ～NON STOP MEGAMIX～ from their RЁVOLUTIФN album, but could not fit them all in a two minutes song.

Song Production Information

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Difficulty & Notecounts

DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 20 from X onwards. (Notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	142 / 21	374 / 38	540 / 51	708 / 22	- / - / -	339 / 34	462 / 50	616 / 18	- / - / -
DanceDanceRevolution A20 PLUS	6	11	14	16	-	11	14	17	-
DanceDanceRevolution A3→Present	6	11	14	↑17	-	11	14	17	-