DDRMAX2 -DanceDanceRevolution 7thMIX-
| DanceDanceRevolution arcade releases |
|---|
| Main series |
| 1st (Internet Ranking Version / Asia/North America) 2nd (CLUB VER.1 / CLUB VER.2) 3rd (VER.KOREA / Ver.KOREA2 / PLUS) 4th (PLUS) - 5th - MAX - MAX2 - EXTREME SuperNOVA - SuperNOVA2 - X - X2 - X3 VS 2ndMIX 2013 - 2014 - A - A20 (PLUS) - A3 - WORLD |
| Spin-offs |
| Solo BASS - Solo 2000 Karaoke - Karaoke 2nd - KIDS - USA TRUE KiSS DESTiNATiON - DREAMS COME TRUE Disney's RAVE |
| Dancing Stage European exclusive releases |
| 1st / 1.5 - EuroMIX - EuroMIX2 - Fusion |
DDRMAX2 -DanceDanceRevolution 7thMIX-
Release Information
- Release Date: March 27th, 2002.
- Soundtrack Release Date: June 19th, 2002.
General Information / Changes
- Many of the KONAMI originals from 5thMIX have returned. However, none of the previous Dancemania licenses removed in DDRMAX returned.
- First DanceDanceRevolution game to not feature "How To Play" in attract mode.
- Challenge Mode added. It plays similar to Nonstop Mode, except you can only get a Good, Miss, or Bad four times in a song; four missteps results in an automatic Game Over. Many of these songs use a separate difficulty level, CHALLENGE/ONI difficulty. Additionally, each Challenge course has a variable number of songs, unlike Nonstop courses which all have four songs each.
- Combo increases only if players get the Perfect judgment.
- Combo increased by one for jumps (instead of two in normal gameplay). Used until DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME.
- Scoring system works similar to DDRMAX, with one major difference: fixed maximum score is now 10,000,000 X the foot level in a song (for example, a Level 10 chart has a max possible score of 100,000,000).
- This scoring system would also be used in DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME.
- Post-song bonuses are no longer granted.
- Difficulty ratings return, now on a scale of 1 to 10.
- Also, like in 5thMIX, the songlist is ordered by BASIC foot ratings, from easiest to hardest.
- jun makes her BEMANI debut in this game.
- Introduces the DARK modifier, which hides the stepping zone. The DARK modifier can be chosen among the OFF (Vivid), FLAT, and SOLO options. Starting with SuperNOVA, this modifier was separated.
- Last game that uses the "music from beatmania" label from old versions.
- All DanceDanceRevolution 5thMIX arcade songs received brand-new banners, replacing the old banners (which were crops of the background images).
- The Dancemania licenses have generic background movies as their graphics.
- First DanceDanceRevolution game to hide the actual BPM of a song by showing random 3-digit BPMs on the songwheel. This is mainly seen on EXTRA STAGE and ENCORE EXTRA STAGE songs in later games. The actual BPM is shown in the following game or when unlocked for normal play.
- First and only DanceDanceRevolution game to hide the GROOVE RADAR rating of a song by continually animating through random songs' ratings. This can only be seen on 革命 when on ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE.
- Color labeling on the songwheel has changed since DDRMAX:
- Green for default Songs new to DDRMAX2.
- Blue for songs that made their debut on DDRMAX.
- Yellow for songs that made their debut prior to DDRMAX.
- Purple for unlockable songs.
- Red for EXTRA STAGE and ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE songs.
- New songs: 53
- Total songs: 135
Staff Information
Full credits: DDRMAX2 -DanceDanceRevolution 7thMIX- credits.
- Director: 犬坊主
- Designer: 億トマン, RICE.C, moroEX
- Sound Manager: Hiroshi Takeyasu, Hideaki Shikama
- Sound Producer: Naoki Maeda
- Sound Engineer: じぃしま
- Producer: Yoshihiko Ota
- DDRMAX2 -DanceDanceRevolution 7thMIX- OST Booklet Credits
Full Song List
New Songs
Default Songs
| Song | Artist | BPM | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Light | Standard | Heavy | Light | Standard | Heavy | |||||||
| Licensed Songs | ||||||||||||
| A MINUTE (Extended Mix) from Dancemania 20 |
X-TREME | 128 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | ||||
| DRIFTING AWAY from The Best of World Trance FantasiA 2 |
LANGE feat. SKYE | 136 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 8 | ||||
| FANTASY from Dancemania 21 |
LOCKOUT | 140 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 7 | ||||
| IT'S RAINING MEN (Almighty Mix) from Dancemania 20 |
GERI HALLIWELL | 136 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | ||||
| LONG TRAIN RUNNIN' from Dancemania 21 |
BUS STOP | 126 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 7 | ||||
| LOOK AT US (Daddy DJ Remix) from ZIP mania 02 |
SARINA PARIS | 135 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | ||||
| MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE (KC Club Mix) from Dancemania 21 |
2 UNLIMITED | 140 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 8 | ||||
| NOTHING GONNA STOP (Dance Mania Mix) from Dancemania 21 |
MICKY | 145 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| STAY from Dancemania 21 |
TESS | 140 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 9 | ||||
| THE REFLEX from Dancemania 80's TWO |
DURAN DURAN | 126 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 7 | ||||
| TRANCE DE JANEIRO (SAMBA DE JANEIRO 2002 Epic Vocal Remix) from Dancemania SUPER TRANCE BEST |
BELLINI | 145 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 9 | ||||
| BABY LOVE ME from Dancemania |
JUDY CRYSTAL | 160 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 8 | ||||
| LITTLE BOY (BOY ON BOY MIX) from CAPTAIN'S BEST |
CAPTAIN JACK | 150 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 9 | ||||
| LIVING IN AMERICA from Dancemania SPEED 8 |
ROSE & JOHN | 169 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 8 | ||||
| MORE THAN I NEEDED TO KNOW from Dancemania DELUX 5 |
SCOOTH | 136 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | ||||
| SO FABULOUS SO FIERCE (FREAK OUT) from Dancemania 20 |
THUDERPUSS feat. JOCELYN ENRIQUEZ | 128 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 8 | ||||
| THE WHISTLE SONG (Blow My Whistle Bitch) from Dancemania SUPER TRANCE BEST |
DJ ALLIGATOR PROJECT | 140 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | ||||
| THERE YOU'LL BE from Dancemania SPEED 8 |
DJ SPEEDO feat. ANGELICA | 172 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 8 | ||||
| WAKA LAKA from Dancemania SPEED 8 |
JENNY ROM vs ZIPPERS | 170 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 8 | ||||
| KONAMI originals | ||||||||||||
| DESTINY | NAOKI feat. PAULA TERRY | 155 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 8 | ||||
| ever snow | YOMA KOMATSU | 145 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 8 | ||||
| rain of sorrow | NM feat. EBONY FAY | 140 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 8 | ||||
| Secret Rendez-vous | DIVAS | 98 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | ||||
| CANDY♥ | 小坂りゆ | 180 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 7 | ||||
| D2R | NAOKI | 160 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 7 | ||||
| DIVE TO THE NIGHT | 小坂りゆ | 155 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Sweet Sweet ♥ Magic | jun | 180 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 9 | ||||
| TSUGARU | RevenG VS DE-SIRE | 95-165 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 9 | ||||
| BRE∀K DOWN! | BeForU | 190 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 9 | ||||
Unlockable Songs
For more information on how to unlock these songs, please see the Unlock Information section.
| Song | Artist | BPM | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Light | Standard | Heavy | Light | Standard | Heavy | |||||||
| Unlockable Songs | ||||||||||||
| Burning Heat! (3 Option Mix) from beatmania IIDX 7th style |
Mr.T with Motoaki.F | 166 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 9 | ||||
| i feel ... from beatmania IIDX 7th style |
AKIRA YAMAOKA | 141 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 9 | ||||
| Spin the disc from beatmania IIDX 5th style |
good-cool | 130 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 8 | ||||
CHALLENGE Mode-only songs
These 19 songs are only playable in their respectives courses in Challenge Mode. In the game, WILD RUSH's Double CHALLENGE difficulty is erroneously marked as 1 instead of 8.
EXTRA STAGE
To unlock this song, you must clear a HEAVY chart with a rating of AA or higher on your last stage. MAXX UNLIMITED's HEAVY chart (Single or Double depending on current play style) will then become available as your EXTRA STAGE, with no way to change difficulty or song.
The EXTRA STAGE is on a "Pressure" life meter; it starts out at maximum health, but will not be replenished. In addition, the x1.5, Reverse, and Dark modifiers are in effect.
| Song | Artist | BPM | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Light | Standard | Heavy | Light | Standard | Heavy | |||
| MAXX UNLIMITED | Z | 0-320 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 10 |
ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE
To unlock this song, you must AA one of MAXX UNLIMITED's HEAVY charts on EXTRA STAGE. 革命's CHALLENGE charts (Single or Double depending on current play style) will then appear as your ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE. Like with the EXTRA STAGE, you cannot change the song or chart.
The ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE is on a "Sudden Death" life system: If you break your combo, you instantly fail the stage. The modifiers 3X, Dark, and Reverse are on by default, and cannot be turned off.
| Song | Artist | BPM | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Light | Standard | Heavy | Challenge | Light | Standard | Heavy | Challenge | |||
| 革命 | dj TAKA with NAOKI | 83-148 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 8 |
Revived Songs
DDRMAX2 questionnaire results
Shortly after the release of DDRMAX, KONAMI put up a poll for what songs should be revived for inclusion in its sequel, DDRMAX2, as one of DDRMAX's most common criticisms was the removal of all songs from the series prior. The poll only included KONAMI originals in the arcade series up to 5thMIX. Originally KONAMI only planned to revive the top 15 polled songs, but poll feedback were so high they decided to revive the top 30 as default songs (a few scattered other revivals were later added as unlocks). The results of said poll, as shown on this archived DDRMAX page, are as follows:
Difficulty Changes
To be updated.
Unlock Information
In DDRMAX2, all players using the arcade machine contribute points that can unlock various content hidden in the game. A total of 31 items can be unlocked. The total of points earned is seen by the player after each play session with the item numbers that are unlocked so far (if any).
Points are earned as follows:
- Finish a song with an E or D grade: 0 points
- Finish a song with a C, B, A, or AA grade: 1 point
- Finish a song with a AAA grade: 10 points
This applies to each song played during CHALLENGE courses as well. In VERSUS play, both players contribute points; in DOUBLE play, the player contributes double the points.
By default, it takes 750 points to unlock an item, but if unlocks happen too quickly or slowly, that value will be adjusted downward or upward when the next item comes up. For example, if players earn two unlocks in a short time period, the next unlock after that will likely be raised to 1,500 points. Additionally, the items do not necessarily unlock in order. If an item is unlocked within a short time, then the next item is skipped. Once the list gets down to 30, it will cycle back to the top and unlocks will resume with the next item. Item 31 will always be unlocked last.
- Unlock List
- CHALLENGE Course - TEMPO CHANGER
- La Senorita / CAPTAIN. T
- CHALLENGE Course - NAOKI feat. PAULA TERRY
- .59 / dj TAKA, DXY! / TaQ
- Abyss / dj TAKA, ECSTASY / d-complex
- CHALLENGE Course - SOUL 6
- サナ・モレッテ・ネ・エンテ / Togo Project feat. Sana
- CHALLENGE Course - COOL 7
- CHALLENGE Course - BeForU
- SEXY PLANET / Crystal Aliens
- WILD RUSH / FACTOR-X
- CHALLENGE Course - POP 8
- Holic / TaQ
- TRIP MACHINE CLIMAX / DE-SIRE
- SUPER STAR / D.J.RICH feat. Tailbros.
- CHALLENGE Course - Fine Choice
- CHALLENGE Course - HAPPY HARDCORE
- MY SUMMER LOVE / MITSU-O! with GEILA
- LUV TO ME (AMD MIX) / DJ KAZU feat. Tiger YAMATO
- Silent Hill / THOMAS HOWARD, HIGHER / NM feat. SUNNY
- CHALLENGE Course - LOVE RevenG
- CHALLENGE Course - From SOLO
- CHALLENGE Course - MIDNIGHT BLUE
- Spin the Disc / good-cool
- Burning Heat! (3 Option Mix) / Mr. T. feat. Motoaki F.
- CHALLENGE Course - From IIDX
- i feel... / AKIRA YAMAOKA
- CHALLENGE Course - NAOKI PLATINUM
- CHALLENGE Course - Demon Road (鬼道, Oni Dou)
- MAXX UNLIMITED / Z, 革命 / dj TAKA with NAOKI
- CHALLENGE Course - Demon Road 2 (鬼道 弐, Oni Dou Ni)
- Unlock Codes
Alternatively, KONAMI also provided command codes for arcade operators to manually unlock content. To do so, all the earned points in the machine have to be reset and thus, all unlocked items (if any) will be lost. Each PASS code only unlock the specified amount of items.
- Open the cabinet, and put the machine into TEST MODE by pressing the Service button inside the cabinet.
- Select GAME OPTIONS and then, CLEAR MACHINE POINT. When asked for confirmation, select YES.
- Select EXIT on the game options screens to return to the TEST MODE screen.
- Select GAME OPTIONS again but instead of pressing the Start button, step and hold on the Down arrow on the left (P1) side.
- Press and hold the Service button inside the cabinet again. While holding the button, press the P1 Start button.
- The screen will now display the SECRET screen, select APPEND.
- The screen will now display the password input screen. Use P1 Left and Right buttons on the cabinet to move the cursor, P1 Start button to change the letter at the cursor. When done with the password, press P1 Start button while holding P1 Left and Right buttons.
- The screen will display either "REGISTRATION" or "PASSWORD ERROR", then return to the SECRET screen. The former means the items have been successfully unlocked. The latter is an error message displayed when an incorrect password has been entered; re-select "APPEND" and enter the correct password.
- Select "EXIT" to return to the main TEST MODE screen. Do not select "INITIALIZE" as this will reset the machine.
- Unlock codes
- 1st PASS to unlock items 1 to 5: DGMBJCU-YCDPMAS
- 2nd PASS to unlock items 1 to 10: MCQEMRG-KHVOBWG
- 3rd PASS to unlock items 1 to 15: BARTYY_-PDSHTBH (_ is actually a blank space)
- 4th PASS to unlock items 1 to 20: USGCFHJ-JLBBYXK
- 5th PASS to unlock items 1 to 25: IJURVIT-WXFCOJW
- 6th PASS (FINAL) to unlock items 1 to 31: JCYWEKJ-DZJNBGF
Removed Songs
The following songs from DDRMAX have been removed:
| Song Title | Artist | Game |
|---|---|---|
| BYE BYE BABY BALLOON | JOGA | DDRMAX -DanceDanceRevolution 6thMIX- |
| FLASH IN THE NIGHT | FLASHMAN | DDRMAX -DanceDanceRevolution 6thMIX- |
| FOLLOW ME | LADY BABY | DDRMAX -DanceDanceRevolution 6thMIX- |
| GHOSTS (VINCENT DE MOOR REMIX) | TENTH PLANET | DDRMAX -DanceDanceRevolution 6thMIX- |
| TELEPHONE OPERATOR (Club MIX) | SHELLEY PETER | DDRMAX -DanceDanceRevolution 6thMIX- |
Related Link
- DDRMAX2 official site (archived)