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'''DanceDanceRevolution''' (ダンスダンスレボリューション), abbreviated '''DDR''' and also known as '''Dancing Stage''' (ダンシングステージ) in select games and territories, is the second music video game series produced by KONAMI in the [[BEMANI]] series in 1998. It started initially as an arcade only game but also received home versions (both ports and exclusive versions) and various spin-offs.  

In the spring of 1998, [[Yoshihiko Ota]], a game producer at KCET (a former subsidiary of KONAMI) had an idea for a music game inspired by his habit of walking around town and visiting clubs and discos. He thought that moving his body along to music was fun and could be a great idea for a game.  His initial idea received mostly a negative reception from his colleagues: “It's embarrassing to dance in front of people; no one will want to do it!" He argued that the same logic could be applied to Karaoke which was quite popular at that time. Ota’s first idea evolved into a game operated by hand by pushing buttons to go along with the music. This concept eventually became beatmania.  

During the development of beatmania, he heard about a product in development that would require the player to stand on panels and operating the game would require the player‘s foot. That concept inspired him to create DanceDanceRevolution. Instead of the usual one year production schedule, Ota decided to make the initial prototype in four months with a core team of 35 people. During the production of the first game, the team studied all kind of different dances and used motion capture technique to analyze the dancers' movement. The results of their research indicated that using 4 arrows for the game would be the most optimal setting. The development process went smoothly but the reception within the company was still negative. Ota believed in his concept and decided to pursue the project with a location test. The first day wasn't successful due to the machine being put higher than the first floor. On the second day, they moved the machine and it was a real success with the customers.  

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Players are judged by how well they time their steps to the patterns shown on screen when they reach the [[DDR Glossary|Step Zone]]. Each arrow that passes the Step Zone receives a text-based timing result based on the accuracy. From highest to lowest: <span style="color:#f0d3a1;">'''Marvelous!!!'''</span>, <span style="color: #f6ee1f;">'''Perfect!!'''</span>, <span style="color: #25ea17;">'''Great!'''</span>, <span style="color: #1ba1ff;">'''Good'''</span>, <span style="color: #fe1d23;">'''Miss...'''</span>

In DanceDanceRevolution, songs are rated using a number from 1, being the easiest, to 20, being the hardest. The difficulty number is known as the Foot Level due to a feet icon being displayed next to the rating number for the song in the earliest games. Initially in the first game, the rating was from 1 to 8 and each number had a corresponding name. The names were dropped in DDR 4thMIX. The rating was changed to 9 in DDR 3rdMIX and finally to 10 in DDRMAX. The whole system was upgraded to its current range of 1 to 20 in DanceDanceRevolution X.

Both to help or increase the difficulty of the game, modifiers are included in the game for players to use. This includes options like changing the color of the arrows or their shapes to hiding the steps on the screen.

After each song completion, an evaluation is performed on the player’s performances. It typically includes a list of each timing judgement with how many of them were obtained, a global score and a letter grade.

A list of all the released DanceDanceRevolution games can [[DDRicon|be found here]].