DDR Extreme 2!

[Mysterious]

Well, I don't particularly know which threads to post in as much as I used to, soooo..I decided to make my own ! I've been waiting for the release of Dance Dance Revolution: Extreme 2, for the Playstation 2 for the past five to six months now..and it's FINALLY coming..in five days! So..seeing as I am already somewhat tired at the moment, I would like to hear (and actually see how many DDR fans we have here, haha) what you think about it. Are you waiting for it as eagerly as me, or even more than me? Or do you just dislike DDR and could really care less? Any opinion is very much welcomed, but please..my fellow Ys friends..let's keep it civil, shall we?

[Mejilan]

All I know is that Yuzo f-cking Koshiro is contributing to DDR Extreme 2. That guarantees a purchase from me.

Well, I have all the rest. And I'm getting bored with the 3 prior PS2 DDR releases.

[Mysterious]

*nods* Agreed . I own a Japanese Playstation 2 as well, so I imported:

DDR -6th Mix- (MAX)
DDR -7th Mix- (MAX2)
DDR -EXTREME- (Extreme 2 contains SOME songs from this mix)
DDR Party Collection (The states will probably never see this one)
DDR Festival (Which copied the interface of the U.S. DDR EXTREME release, which was rather..confusing)

That..plus..you know..DDRMAX, DDRMAX2, then DDREXTREME for my american PS2, yeah..I have high hopes for this one..only cause I didn't really particularly like DDREXTREME too much. Only because of a couple of songs. One of them being Wonderland (UKS Mix).

P.S. Also...I really hope Extreme 2 puts in a hard 10 footer, because the "hardest" songs on Extreme (U.S. version) were like..supposedly..MAXIMIZER and Trip Machine Survivor. ...you know it's bad when you can actually pass the Ultimate 12 Challenge course with no problem =3. Of course..I couldn't pass the Ultimate 12 course on the Japanese version of Extreme...*cringes* WAAAAY too difficult, hahahaha. *grumbles* Stupid Max .Period....>.<...

[kaioh]

I just picked this up over the weekend and it's probably the best US mix so far. A LOT better than that turd that we got over here called Extreme.

They went back to the 5th Mix and Up song wheel. It still uses the 5th Mix grading system like Extreme US had. Not a huge problem, but kinda sucks when you're used to Max thru Extreme in the arcades.

Song selection is much better.Pretty much all the Extreme songs we didn't get are in Extreme 2. Lots of new songs and even some of the KO's from the Xbox Ultramix are in this.

Online play is meh...you can't pick your song, it's random.

My favorite song is "un deux trois" so far.

Anyone else pick this up yet?

[Mejilan]

I picked it up. Love Yuzo Koshiro's song. Been pretty ill, so I've been able to unlock all of the songs yet, but I'm loving it so far. Agreed, much better than DDR Extreme 1.

[CrazyJo82]

I got it last week... I'm still trying to get over the fact that Britney Spears' "Oops... I did it again" is on it. Ugh, can they pick anymore worse song??? I think this version is too americanized.

Considering there's Get Busy, Genie in a Bottle, Oops... I did it again, Crazy in Love, I Will Survive, Take a Look at me now... It's like they forgot the songs that made the game great. I'm glad there's Speed Over Beethoven, Butterfly but I dont have my ps2 modded so, I never bothered with the Jap versions. Hopefully, the locked songs in DDR extreme 2 are songs from Jap versions.

Have you tried the Karaoke Revolution Party? You try to sing and dance... or in my case.... mumble and dance.

[Mejilan]

DDR Mario Mix surprisingly rocks hard. It's a bit easier than the PS2 games, but there are some new mechanics to mix things up. Loving it!