AC DDR X3: Difference between revisions

* An update introduced QUICK PLAY mode, in which the player may pay to play on a per-song basis using PASELI credits, rather than pay for a set of songs.

At first, two exclusive songs, one for each STAGE (EXTRA and ENCORE EXTRA) were available. Similar to how EXTRA/ENCORE STAGE worked in previous games, more songs were added over time. This time around, songs were also added directly as EXTRA STAGE and other even kept their ENCORE EXTRA STAGE-only status until they were finally unlocked for everyone.  

By November 5th, 2012, all the songs introduced as EXTRA/ENCORE STAGE have been unlocked for normal play.

EXTRA TOUR was announced on May 12, 2012 and started on May 14, 2012. In this event, four new songs were added as EXTRA STAGE. They each appeared in specific regions at first and moved to other regions each day. After playing all EXTRA TOUR songs at least once, scoring AA or better on EXPERT on any of these songs unlocked the ENCORE EXTRA STAGE, Tohoku EVOLVED.  

The event ended on July 22, 2012. On the following day, all songs except Tohoku EVOLVED were freely available on the EXTRA STAGE and were unlocked for normal play on September 26th, 2012. Tohoku EVOLVED was unlocked for normal play on November 5th, 2012.

After unlocking both TRIP MACHINE REVOLUTION and PARANOiA Revolution in 2ndMIX MODE, they would later appear as the EXTRA STAGE. Successfully clearing them with a rank of AA or higher, will add a new song for the ENCORE EXTRA STAGE, LOVE IS THE POWER -Re:born-. In order to clear the final ENCORE EXTRA STAGE song, a PERFECT FULL COMBO was required.

On August 2, 2012, the CROSSOVER DDR event started. During the event, players can unlock every 2ndMIX song for play on X3's PRO or QUICK PLAY MODEs. The two exceptions are HERO, as the song is already in X3 (using the X-edit version from X2) and PARANOiA MAX～DIRTY MIX～(in roulette), as there is no Roulette option in X3. For their appearance in X3, every song received a brand new jacket composed of the disc seen in 2ndMIX. The song's banner was added on April 20th, 2012 at the bottom of the disc on the jacket. The unlocked songs appear in the X3 VS 2ndMIX folder instead of the 2ndMIX folder, but they would later return to their original folder in [[AC DDR 2013|DanceDanceRevolution (2013)]].

 

In 2ndMIX MODE, the song list is divided into two parts: EASY / NORMAL Mode and HARD Mode. Each song must be played in its respective 2ndMIX's sub-mode in order to be unlocked in X3. Both SINGLE and DOUBLE charts have to be unlocked individually on every difficulty available:  BASIC, ANOTHER, and MANIAC (Single only). After unlocking the first chart for a song in Single Play, the BEGINNER chart is also unlocked. Clearing all the three difficulties will also unlock the CHALLENGE charts for play in X3 Mode. In DOUBLE Play, clearing the two difficulties will unlock the EXPERT and CHALLENGE charts for that song in X3.

On June 20th, 2012, obtaining the rank of SS (a FULL COMBO-only grade in 2ndMIX) before the FINAL STAGE will unlock one of the two following songs for the FINAL STAGE:

* In NORMAL MODE (2ndMIX), TRIP MACHINE EVOLUTION will then be playable.

* In HARD MODE, PARANOiA Revolution will then be playable.

To make them appear in X3 and also appear later as EXTRA STAGE in X3, all the charts found in NORMAL and HARD MODEs, respectively, have to be cleared. Finally, scoring AA or better on these songs on EXPERT unlock the ENCORE EXTRA STAGE, LOVE IS THE POWER Re:born, a remix of [[LOVE IS THE POWER|a song]] that was previously only found playing during the ending credits of [[CS DDR 2ndReMIX PS|DanceDanceRevolution 2ndReMIX]]'s ARCADE MODE.