AC DDR X2: Difference between revisions

* First arcade DanceDanceRevolution game not to have the announcer saying the game title on the title screen.

** Most older DanceDanceRevolution songs reuse their background image from the original songs, marking the first time these have been seen since [[AC DDR EXTREME|EXTREME]].

* First time since 3rdMIX where no color labeling is used for songs. Instead, all songs have the same black font (with the exception of the current EXTRA STAGE and ENCORE EXTRA STAGE, which are presented in black font with a red shadow).

* Difficulty bar/foot ratings have been removed; plain number are used instead.

** Game will return to attract mode after countdown timer is up if neither HAPPY nor PRO modes are confirmed for selection.

* SPEED settings can now be set after choosing a song, by pressing the left and right select buttons in increments of 0.5. Note that this can only be done several beats before the first note or before SCREEN FILTER takes effect.

* Boo is renamed to MISS and is now merged with N.G.

** Almost judgement is gone.

** [[Dance Celebration]]'s special choreography has been removed.

* User interface for options has been modified. Highlighted options will show in green and white text when changing. The rest of the options are in black text.

* First DanceDanceRevolution game to show the FAST (if a note is hit earlier) or SLOW (if a note is hit later) message during gameplay when hitting a note on anything but  MARVELOUS.

* First non-spinoff arcade appearance of licenses from avex trax.

To unlock the EXTRA STAGE this time around, you must now AA/AAA all of your songs in one game session. There are no FINAL STAGE-exclusive songs in X2.

Doing so unlocks KIMONO♥PRINCESS as your EXTRA STAGE, although what difficulty level you can play the song on depends on how many stages you play and how many difficulty levels the songs you play are. From left to right point requirement-wise: BEGINNER, BASIC, DIFFICULT, and lastly EXPERT. Note that reaching a certain amount also unlocks the difficulty levels under.

Getting a AA or higher on KIMONO♥PRINCESS on EXPERT difficulty unlocks the ENCORE EXTRA STAGE, roppongi EVOLVED. Note that are four different versions of the song; which version you get is random. You can't choose another song or difficulty other than EXPERT for your ENCORE EXTRA STAGE, though you are allowed to set options.

On August 25th, 2010, the Boss Rush X2 course was unlocked, giving access to roppongi EVOLVED's DIFFICULT charts and on more than one life for the first time.

Replicant D-action is a new EXTRA STAGE event in DanceDanceRevolution X2. Its design is similar to [[AC DistorteD#CARDINAL GATE|CARDINAL GATE]] from [[AC DistorteD|beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD]]. By fulfilling certain requirements, the player can unlock a special folder with up to six new songs. Each song is represented by a color, and the requirements for each are listed below:

** Green. Pass two different songs in each game folder (12 folders or 24 songs in total).

** Yellow. Pass five different courses and one drill course. Repeated the same course, or playing ORDER (custom) courses, will not count.

** Blue. Play Trial Mode three times (both players must pass), then play Pierce The Sky and Shiny World on the same difficulty to unlock that one difficulty for Anti-Matter.

** Orange. Full combo 15 different stepcharts (multiple difficulties for the same song count), then play Sakura Sunrise and Shiny World on the same difficulty to unlock that one difficulty for New Decade.

Requirements for Single and Double Play must be met separately (except for Anti-Matter, whose Trial Mode requirement counts for both Single and Double). Once the player has met the requirements for at least one song, a special Replicant D-action folder will appear during EXTRA STAGE only, containing all songs (between one and six) that the player has met the requirements for. Selecting the folder displays a confirmation message, warning that '''once the folder is opened, it cannot be exited''' until the end of the credit. Inside the folder, a special BGM plays, hiding any song previews. While playing each song, the player's dance character battles a [[RINON]] clone of the song's color, who appears as a secondary background dancer.

If the player clears one of the above six songs on EXPERT with a AA, they will earn a medal of the song's color. Once the player has earned all six medals (one from each song) in any order, the results screen of the sixth song will lead to a special cutscene, immediately followed by an ENCORE EXTRA STAGE announcement with the song locked to [[Valkyrie dimension]] on EXPERT difficulty, with the same options the player had for the previous song (you can use the left and right buttons to change the speed mod). Attempting Valkyrie dimension costs '''all six medals''', and the player must reobtain them to play it again.

As of November 2nd, 2010, the VS REPLICANT boss course is unlocked, making it possible to play all seven Replicant D-action songs in a row on one credit, and also revealing Valkyrie dimension's DIFFICULT charts for the first time.

In the Western releases of DanceDanceRevolution X2, due to the releases not supporting e-AMUSEMENT, the unlock mechanics of the seven songs were heavily simplified. On release date (December 31st, 2010), all seven songs were locked. On July 28th, 2011, the first three songs were unlocked for normal play and the VS REPLICANT course was unlocked, allowing access to the remaining four songs. On October 1st, 2011, the remaining four songs were unlocked for normal play.

An after-play minigame where the player is given six pieces (arrow, star, butterfly, heart, quaver, and foot) to complete a puzzle. Each puzzle piece shows three characters (except [[Rena]]'s). The event started on September 1st, 2010 and ended on October 6th, 2010. The songs and Rena were all unlocked on December 29th, 2010.

[[APPEND FESTIVAL]] is an event in [[AC jb knit APPEND|jubeat knit APPEND]] where playing songs in jubeat knit APPEND will unlock songs in other BEMANI games. These two songs are exclusive to the Asian DanceDanceRevolution X2 release. The APPEND FESTIVAL ran from March 10th, 2011 to September 9th, 2011.

To unlock [[Theory of Eternity]], [[I'm so Happy]] has to be played in DanceDanceRevolution X2 using an e-AMUSEMENT PASS from March 23th, 2011 onward. Then in jubeat knit APPEND with the same PASS, Theory of Eternity has to be played (cleared or not) in order to unlock it in DanceDanceRevolution X2. On September 13th, 2011, Theory of Eternity was unlocked for everyone to play.

For these particular songs, the original Japanese version is used on all the difficulties except CHALLENGE. The CHALLENGE charts use the Chinese version of the song. The jacket and artist name change on the results screens, but not on song select. For the two songs not from X2, they were kept in their original release folders.

* Another DanceDanceRevolution X2 cabinet appears at the [https://youtu.be/2P6AWl-HK5U?t=6 KONAMI Penthouse], a virtual space in the PlayStation 3's PlayStation Home.