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

DanceDanceRevolution A

Release Information

  • Release date:
    • Japan: March 30th, 2016
    • US: June 2016

General Information / Changes

  • Announced at the The 5th KONAMI Arcade Championship finals for DanceDanceRevolution (2014).
  • The "A" in the game title is pronounced "Ace", just like the letter A in the deck of playing cards.
  • The scoring ratio has changed while keeping the previous scoring system:
    • Each Great now gives player 60% of score for Marvelous minus 10 (previously, 50% of score for Marvelous minus 10).
    • Each Good now gives player 20% of score for Marvelous minus 10 (previously, 0).
  • The grading system has also been changed (Except AAA and E):
    • Each letter grade now includes a + and –.
    • Each letter grade now corresponds to the following ranges:
      • AA+ : 950,000 ~ 989,990
      • AA : 900,000 ~ 949,990
      • AA– : 890,000 ~ 899,990
      • A+ : 850,000 ~ 889,990
      • A : 800,000 ~ 849,990
      • A– : 790,000 ~ 799,990
      • B+ : 750,000 ~ 789,990
      • B : 700,000 ~ 749,990
      • B– : 690,000 ~ 699,990
      • C+ : 650,000 ~ 689,990
      • C : 600,000 ~ 649,990
      • C– : 590,000 ~ 599,990
      • D+ : 550,000 ~ 589,990
      • D : (Undetermined lower limit) ~ 549,990
      • There is no D– grade.
  • The music select screen now resembles that of the SOUND VOLTEX series.
    • Difficulty sorting style now follows other BEMANI games, with each Level folder containing all difficulties rated with said Level.
  • Song folders now organize songs in the following order: songs in Japanese are first, then regular ABC order, and lastly song names that begin with numbers.
    • Licenses are also no longer put first in the song folders.
  • Options and characters can now be selected via the game's eAMUSEMENT website.
    • The Area Browser can also now be done via the eAMUSEMENT website.
  • Daily Star and EXTRA ATTACK systems have been removed.
  • For Japanese cabinets with PASELI enabled, this option is now divided on:
    • PASELI-PREMIUM MODE: the original PASELI option available up to DanceDanceRevolution (2014).
    • PASELI-STANDARD MODE: uses less points than PREMIUM MODE. This option counts as STANDARD MODE without inserting physical coins.
  • A total of 8 songs released during DanceDanceRevolution (2014) were retrospectively moved to the DanceDanceRevolution A folder.
    • Included are the 4 licensed songs from the EDM~Exciting★Dance★Matsuri~ event, the 3 KONAMI original songs from the OSB~Winter★Special★Present~ event, and きゅん×きゅんばっきゅん☆LOVE.
  • Even for new songs, characters now use the old dance routines introduced back in DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA instead of the new ones introduced in DanceDanceRevolution X.
    • Songs that have special choreographies (e.g. Dream Machine) still keep their special choreographies, though.
    • Dance Celebration's special choreography was revived as well.
  • The song title and artist are now centered rather than left-aligned within their box in gameplay.
  • AFRO, YUNI, JENNY, and RAGE have received new outfits.
  • Character cut-ins are absent.
  • "The Dark One" is no longer playable.
  • VICTORY CONCENT returns as a playable character, albeit only being able to appear at random.
  • The Butterfly SPECIAL ARROW option has been removed.
  • The WAVE option now behaves accordingly with the selected Hi-SPEED multiplier.
  • A background dance stage from DanceDanceRevolution X2 that was removed in DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX has been restored.
  • The GROOVE RADAR will now change accordingly when selecting any options that remove steps from the chart.
  • When the dance gauge turns red, the player's lane now receives a Danger overlay.
    • On widescreen cabinets shipped with DanceDanceRevolution X, the speakers will turn red as well.
  • EX SCORE is now always displayed in the results screen.
  • All songs from the 私立BEMANI学園, jubeat・GITADORA・DDRのTriple Journey, and YuniverHills project (ユニバーヒルズproject) events, as well as DanceDanceRevolution (2013)'s EXTRA STAGE boss songs (Monkey Business, Another Phase, Air Heroes, Spanish Snowy Dance, New Generation, and Blew My Mind), are now playable by default, even without an eAMUSEMENT pass.
  • The Chinese version CHALLENGE variants introduced in DanceDanceRevolution X2 are no longer playable; their original Japanese versions are used instead when playing.
  • All remaining Dancemania licenses that are not remixes of KONAMI original songs were removed from the series on May 30th, 2016, making DanceDanceRevolution A the first core arcade DanceDanceRevoution title to have no traditional Dancemania licenses in it.

Staff Information

Full Song List

New Songs

Default Songs

Song Artist BPM SP Difficulty DP Difficulty
Beginner Basic Difficult Expert Challenge Basic Difficult Expert Challenge
Licensed Songs
Default
Bad Apple!! feat. nomico Alstroemeria Records 138 3 5 8 12 - 3 9 11 -
Grip & Break down !! SOUND HOLIC feat. Nana Takahashi 160 3 6 9 12 - 5 10 13 -
Help me, ERINNNNNN!! ビートまりお(COOL&CREATE) 185 4 5 9 12 - 5 9 12 -
The Night Away (MK Remix) Starving Trancer feat. Mayumi Morinaga 160 3 7 9 12 - 7 10 12 -
チルノのパーフェクトさんすう教室 (EDM REMIX) uno(IOSYS) 130-175 1 5 11 13 - 6 11 13 -
イーディーエム・ジャンパーズ かめりあ feat. ななひら 72-145 3 5 8 12 - 4 8 11 -
魔理沙は大変なものを盗んでいきました ARM(IOSYS) 170 3 6 9 12 - 6 9 12 -
ナイト・オブ・ナイツ ビートまりお(COOL&CREATE) 180 1 7 11 15 - 7 11 15 -
Added on April 25th, 2016
ハッピーシンセサイザ EasyPop 127 2 6 10 13 - 6 10 13 -
放課後ストライド Last Note. 225 3 5 10 14 - 6 11 15 -
色は匂へど散りぬるを 幽閉サテライト(Arranged:Iceon) feat. senya 138 3 8 10 12 - 8 10 12 -
KONAMI originals
DANCE ALL NIGHT (DDR EDITION) Sota Fujimori 144 1 5 8 10 - 5 8 10 -
HANDS UP IN THE AIR U1 128 1 5 9 13 - 5 9 13 -
siberite Captain KING 128 2 5 10 13 - 6 11 14 -
Yeah! Yeah! CLUB SPICE 150 2 7 9 12 - 7 9 12 -
きゅん×きゅんばっきゅん☆LOVE 松下feat.Sota & wac 165 3 5 8 11 - 5 9 11 -
十二星座の聖域 Zodiac Fall 164 3 8 10 13 - 8 10 12 -
ひなビタ♪
Default
魔法のたまご ~心菜 ELECTRO POP edition~ 東雲心菜(from ここなつ) 142 3 4 8 11 - 4 8 11 -
さよならトリップ ~夏陽 EDM edition~ 東雲夏陽(from ここなつ) 135 3 4 9 12 - 4 9 11 -
Added on April 18th, 2016
黒髪乱れし修羅となりて~凛 edition~ 日向美ビタースイーツ♪ 150 3 6 11 14 - 6 11 14 -
BEMANI Crossovers
ALL MY HEART -この恋に、わたしの全てを賭げる-
from jubeat knit
SUPER HEROINE 彩香 -AYAKA- 160 3 5 9 13 - 5 9 13 -
bass 2 bass
from jubeat
Ryu☆ 140 2 5 9 11 - 5 10 13 -
Ha・lle・lu・jah
from SOUND VOLTEX BOOTH
SOUND HOLIC feat. Nana Takahashi 150 1 5 9 12 - 4 9 12 -
SHION
from pop'n music 19 TUNE STREET
DJ YOSHITAKA 179 4 7 9 13 - 6 10 13 -
Star Trail
from beatmania IIDX 19 Lincle
Nhato 74-148 2 5 9 13 - 6 9 13 -
打打打打打打打打打打
from REFLEC BEAT groovin'!!
ヒゲドライバー join. SELEN 156 2 6 11 13 - 6 11 13 -

from pop'n music 20 fantasia
HHH×MM×ST 149 3 6 8 11 - 8 10 13 -

EXTRA EXCLUSIVE (Extra Stage Songs)

Information to be updated.

Song Artist BPM SP Difficulty DP Difficulty
Beginner Basic Difficult Expert Challenge Basic Difficult Expert Challenge
EXTRA STAGE
New Century Sota F. 98-195 4 9 14 17 - 8 14 17 -
? ? ? ? ? ? ? - ? ? ? -

EXTRA SAVIOR

This event will start on June 13th, 2016. Further information to be updated.

Song Artist BPM SP Difficulty DP Difficulty
Beginner Basic Difficult Expert Challenge Basic Difficult Expert Challenge
EXTRA STAGE
宇宙への片道切符 Musical Cosmology ? ? ? ? ? - ? ? ? -
Electric Dance System Music U1 overground ? ? ? ? ? - ? ? ? -
TECH-NOID Sota F. ? ? ? ? ? - ? ? ? -

New Charts

None.

Difficulty Changes

The following songs have received difficulty changes since their last appearances:

Song Game SP Difficulty DP Difficulty
Beginner Basic Difficult Expert Challenge Basic Difficult Expert Challenge
EGOISM 440 DanceDanceRevolution (2014) - - - 17→18 - - - - -
DANCE ALL NIGHT (DDR EDITION) DanceDanceRevolution A - - - 11→10 - - - - -

Removed Songs

The following songs from previous arcade/console releases of DanceDanceRevolution have been removed from this game:

Song Title Artist Folder
Removed on 05/30/2016
KUNG FU FIGHTING BUS STOP ft CARL DOUGLAS DanceDanceRevolution
BAD GIRLS Juliet Roberts DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX
Boom Boom Dollar (Red Monster Mix) King Kong & D.Jungle Girls DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX
stomp to my beat JS16 DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX
Trickster 水樹奈々 DanceDanceRevolution X
ポリリズム Pink Lemonade DanceDanceRevolution X
IF YOU WERE HERE JENNIFER DanceDanceRevolution X2
IF YOU WERE HERE(L.E.D.-G STYLE REMIX) JENNIFER DanceDanceRevolution X2
LOVE & JOY 木村 由姫 DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX
Burst The Gravity ALTIMA DanceDanceRevolution (2013)
Choo Choo TRAIN EXILE DanceDanceRevolution (2013)
LOVE & JOY -Risk Junk MIX- Risk Junk DanceDanceRevolution (2013)
Mickey Mouse March (Eurobeat Version) Domino DanceDanceRevolution (2013)
ふりそでーしょん きゃりーぱみゅぱみゅ DanceDanceRevolution (2013)
ジョジョ~その血の運命~ ♪♪♪♪♪ DanceDanceRevolution (2013)
折れないハート 高取ヒデアキ DanceDanceRevolution (2013)

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