[Arcade] DDR SuperNOVA

Since no one bothered to post a new thread about the upcoming DDR Arcade release, I'm taking the time to do so.

Anyway, I pulled up an update from sometime last week that shows some new songs that I suppose are confirmed to be on the mix.

Originally Posted by DDRFreak

Licenses

CENTERFOLD / CAPTAIN JACK / ?/?/?/? / ? BPM
GIVE ME UP / ? / ?/?/?/? / 130 BPM
GOLDEN SKY / smile.dk / 1/3/5/6 / 135 BPM
LONG TRAIN RUNNIN' / X-TREME / 1/4/6/7 / 34-138 BPM
A LOVE LIKE THIS / PANDORA / 1/3/6/7 / 127 BPM
TOXIC (FT company Edit) / HELEN / 1/4/6/7 / 143 BPM
WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD / BEATBOX vs. DJ MIKO / 1/3/5/7 / 142 BPM

New Konami songs

HONEY♂PUNCH / 小坂りゆ / 1/3/4/7 / 175 BPM
PEACE(^^)v / BeForU / ?/?/?/? / ? BPM
華爛漫 / TERRA / ?/?/?/? / ?
My Only Shinning Star / NAOKI / ?/?/?/? / ? BPM
Fly away / ChiyoTio / 1/3/6/8 / 125 BPM
INNOCENCE OF SILENCE / nc ft.NRG Factory / 1/4/5/7 / 142 BPM

Bemani Crossovers

CAN'T STOP FALLIN' IN LOVE (super euro version) / NAOKI with Y&Co. / ?/?/?/? / ? BPM
DYNAMITE RAVE (super euro version) / NAOKI with Y&Co. / ?/?/?/? / ? BPM
AA / D.J.Amuro / ?/?/?/? / ? BPM
Drivin' / NAOKI feat.Paula Terry / ?/?/?/? / ? BPM
hunting foryou / TOGO PROJECT feat. MEGU & SCOTTY D. / 1/2/5/7 / 105 BPM
Quick Master / act deft / ?/?/?/? / ? BPm
rainbow rainbow / Ryu☆ / ?/?/?/? / ? BPM
TIERRA BUENA / WILMA DE OLIVEIRA / ?/?/?/? / 115 BPM
Under the Sky / 南さやか(BeForU) / with platoniX / 1/1/3/6 / 170 BPM
男々道 / Des-ROW・組 / ?/?/?/? / ? BPM
カゲロウ / Des-ROW・組スペシアルr / ?/?/?/? / 165 BPM
チカラ / BeForU / ?/?/?/? / ? BPM
ヒマワリ / 小坂りゆ / ?/?/?/? / ? BPM
月光蝶 / あさき / ?/?/?/? / ? BPM
怒れる大きな白い馬 / Morning Blue Dragon / ?/?/?/? / ? BPM
CURUS/ D-crew / 2/2/4/7 / 184-188 BPM
Dragon Blade / Kozo Nakamura / 2/7/8/8 / 240 BPM
HAPPY☆ANGEL / jun with TAHIRIH / 2/4/7/8 / 180 BPM
夢幻ノ光 / TERRA / 1/3/6/8 / 171 BPM
虹色 / DJ YOSHITAKA feat G.S.C license / 1/5/5/7 / 160 BPM
RED ZONE / Tatsh & NAOKI / 1/5/7/8 / 165 BPM
Xepher / Tatsh / 1/6/8/9 / 170 BPM
この子の七つのお祝いに / あさき / 1/6/8/9 / 161 BPM
MOON / dj TAKA feat.Erika Mochizuki / 1/3/6/7 / 156 BPM
No.13 / TAKA respect for J.S.B. / 1/6/8/9 / 172 BPM
CENTAUR / Jimmy Weckl / 1/4/7/8 140 BPM
Ska Ska No.3 / 亜熱帯マジ-SKA爆弾 / 1/3/5/7 / 138 BPM
murmur twins/ yu_tokiwa.djw / 1/2/6/7 / 174 BPM

Extra Stage

Fascination MAXX/ 100-200-400 / 3/9/9/10/10 / ? BPM
Healing-D-Vision / DE-STARD　/ 3/7/8/9/10 / ? BPM

One more extra

chaos / D≒SIR returnes / ?/?/?/? / ? BPM

Now please don't ask me to translate the Japanese text, because I have no fucking idea what the hell the translations are. The only one I DO know is a song by Terra, which is called "MUGEN". I forgot if it's the ??? BPM or the 171 BPM.

Anyway, they're planning "Drivin' " and several Super Euro remixes that I've previously played on StepMania, I'm definitely more interested in this mix.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Yeah, I read somewhere that Mugen was considered at 10, but that does sound rather ridiculous. I remember downloading a simfile for it, but whoever created the file said that everything but the Challenge steps were "Official Steps".

Highly impossible if you ask me for those Heavy steps to be 10-footer steps. The chart said it was either a 7 or 8. I can't remember, cuz I'm not at my computer and won't be for the next few days.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I never really switched to ITG2 since I rarely get to play it. I do enjoy the game a lot, but DDR will always be superior for me, especially since I'm not strong enough to pass all those Expert charts on ITG, maybe an 8 or 9 here and there, but not really a whole bunch.

How ya doing, buddy?

I'm very familiar with Himawari thanks to Ultramix 3. Of course, right after I heard it on the game, I went and found the full version, which is better.

Wasn't Chikara on DDREI Tournamix 4 or something?? (also sounded awesome)

I don't really care if Toxic's in the game or not, because there's another 300+ songs for me to play. Of course, I might play it if they make it sound good like they did for Genie In A Bottle (my personal opinion, anyway). But from what I heard, Drivin' (one of my personal favs) is supposed to be a 9-footer on Heavy, so I might be too busy with that song to care.

Couldn't they add Dream Possession by Des-row?? Such a pretty song... compared to all the others I've heard from them. They sound ok, but it's nice to have a soothing song every once in a while.

Most amazing jew boots

I have a simfile for AA that someone gave to me. The song sounds wicked awesome (again, my opinion) from what I can say. The Healing Vision remix doesn't really concern me, as I never really cared too much for the original and HVAM (still gotta pass that MF on Heavy).

Lee, you think AA is scary? Wait til you come across AAA and AAAA like I have: AAA sounding even better than AA, but AAAA not quite fitting my style. Plus, the simfile is near impossible, almost like Vertex ALPHA, which also sounds wicked.

I actually listened to that Toxic remix, and I gotta say it's got its good moments in the song, mainly the trance-like parts. It's something I would probably play once every dozen rounds or so.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Unfortunately, I don't have the files with me, as they're on my computer 150 miles away, but you might be lucky enough to find them on Bemanistyle.

As far as I remember, AA and AAA were made by DJ Amuro, not sure about AAAA. I may be mistaken.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

If I had to make a dream list of additions, it'd be something like this:

From DDR 4th Mix

Boys (Euro Mix) - Smile.dk
Dam Dariram (KCP Mix) - Joga
Hero (Happy Grandale Mix) - Papaya

From 4th Mix Plus

Lupin The 3rd 78 - Ventura

From 5th Mix

HOT LIMIT - John Desire

From 7th Mix

A Minute (Extended Mix) - X-Treme
So Fabulous, So Fierce (Freak Out) - Thunderpuss Feat. Jocelyn Enriquez

From US PS2 Console Releases

Take It To The Morning Light - Golden Gate
Will I - Ian Van Dahl
Diving - 4 Strings
Music (Bostik Radio Edit) - Darude
Simply Being Loved (Somnambulist) - BT

From Ultramix

Castles In The Sky - Ian Van Dahl

From Ultramix 2

After All (Svenson & Gielen Mix) - Delerium
Sleepwalker - Perfect Ending
Attitude - Kause & Konception
Zero One - Mr. T
Fly Through The Night - Mr. T
I feel... (T.O.Y. Remix) - T.O.Y.
MAX 300 (Super Max-Me Mix) - Jondi & Spesh

From Ultramix 3

Bath Of Least Resistance - NoFX
Rock Lobster - B 52's
Rainbow Flyer - Dj. Taka
I Am Gothic (2003 Single) - Spray (Along with my personal edit chart as Oni steps)
Brilliant R E D - Naoki Feat. Tahirih Walker
Akumajo Dracula Medley - Kukeihakurabu
Whip It - Devo

From Songpacks

Infinite - Parallel Floaters
R5 - Tiger Yamato

From Festival

I Need You (True Platinum Mix) - Sho-T
What Is Love - Tomosuke

From Party Collection

Freedom - BeForU
Stars (2nd Naoki's Style) - TERRA

Of course, even if none of these get put on the final, I'd still go with the new songs added to SuperNOVA. I could always slide them into an ITG2 machine.

FELIPE NO

Just spotted this update:

Originally Posted by Bemanistyle

As of late last night Konami's official page for DDR SuperNOVA list the game as now available.

http://www.konami.com/gs/gameinfo.php?id=176

According to Betson as of 9:13am EST the machine are only available for order now and are slaked (get it) for Mid June shipping. There are currently only 50 machine left for the first order with no exact date for the second set of ordering to begin. The machines will be $15,000 for the new didicabs and there will be no upgrade kits available at this time.

So it's up for pre-orders, yet there's a limited supply for first mass shipment. And DAMN, is it expensive!!! Not even ITG2 dedicated cabinets were this bad, or were they? I wouldn't know, cuz I've only played on refurbished pieces of shit from 2000.

Nonetheless, I'm sure the 50 slots have already been taken, mainly by California and Texas, where it's insanely popular, at least in numbers of machines.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Yes, Destiny is from 7th Mix. Minor accident by Zephyr, I'm sure, but not a big one.

Somehow, I don't trust that list on that link. Not because all the symbols not in English are question marks, but because:

1. Some of the songs on Festival and Strike aren't being listed as songs from Extreme 2 and Extreme (both US) like they should be since they appeared on those games first. However, Japan obviously had those songs set for Festival and Strike before handing them to us.

2. I haven't read anything that said this was a confirmed update of new arcade songs. Maybe it says confirmed in "question marks", but I don't know.

How ya doing, buddy?

Arrrrgh!!!! You've got to be kidding me!! We've been waiting for this for God knows how long now, and they're pushing it back again?? And wait, don't a few arcades already have it?

*sigh* I just hope this doesn't affect the PS2 SuperNOVA release on 9/13.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

See, now I'm even more angry knowing that they're pushing it back. However, I just checked out the SuperNOVA Gateway, where the official songlist is posted, and I can honestly say, the songlist makes me very happy, yet even more impatient.

http://www.konami.jp/bemani/ddr/sn/

There's the gateway, showing the songlist and the courses for all 3 versions.

And SPEED OVER BEETHOVEN IS GONE!!!!! Someone finally felt my pain!!

(now, if I can just prevent n00bs, emos, and little kids from playing Golden Sky over and over in place of Butterfly)

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Yeah, I'm sure DRM's gonna be a popular n00b song as well over here. I've got some serious work to do.

And yes, Happy Angel is a really good song, and the Expert (Heavy) stepchart isn't too bad, either.

That reminds me. I'm gonna have to get used to the new difficulty names AGAIN!!!

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Lafayette just scored a dedcab yesterday morning (Monday). I'm heading out there next week as it is to do some shit before a convention. My original plan was to get in a few rounds of ITG2 on their good machine (had 2 machines, both sucked, but one had a good pad), but they got rid of that one for SuperNOVA, so chances are, I won't be playing ITG2, which is good. I need to get ahead of the Houma competition again in DDR.

ITG2 was 50 cents for 4 songs, whereas SuperNOVA will be a buck for... well, I'll have to wait and see, probably 3 songs.

I was speaking idiomatically.

And I had so many plans for learning how to play Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 2. Hahahahaha!! Oh, well, that's down the drain, well, at least putting more money into that than SuperNOVA is down the drain.

AA, Drivin', Passion of Love, Maria (I Believe...), Nijiiro, Red Zone, Happy Angel, Polovtsian Dance and Chorus, DoLL, MAX 300 Super Max Me Mix, God there's so much I have to play. I don't know where to start.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

I got the beat downpacked with a couple original simfiles, so I should be good.

How hard is the Difficult stepchart for Drivin', anyway? I need to see that shit.

FELIPE NO

Yeah, I'm gonna have to get used to the difficulties being called Basic, Difficult, and Expert. Oh, well, some things have to change.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

No, not really that different, but for me, I have to get used to it, jumping between DDR, Pump, and ITG like crazy. It was like this when we had 4th Mix at our arcade and I was already playing the PS2 games at home, getting the difficulty names mixed up (This was around 3 years ago, mind you).

Jam it back in, in the dark.

All right, time for a revival update.

While I never gave my opinion on SuperNOVA yet, I'm gonna get to it in a sec. FIRST, I have an update for the US PS2 release coming out on 9/27.

Originally Posted by Gamespot

Partial Songlist:
Battle Without Honor or Humanity - Tomoyasu Hotei
Centerfold (130 BPM move it remix) - Captain Jack
Come Clean - NM feat. Susan Z
Curus - D-crew
Dance, Dance - Fall Out Boy
Do You Want To - Franz Ferdinand
Flow (True Style) - Scotty D. revisits U1
Fly Away - ChiyoTia
Freckles (KCP Re-Edit) - Tiggy
Funkytown - Lipps, Inc.
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper
Heaven Is a Place on Earth (German Election Mix) - Julia
Hit 'n' Slap - Asletics
Jerk It Out - Caesars
L.E.F. (Loud Electronic Ferocious) - Ferry Corsten
Let's Dance - David Bowie
Mr. Dabada (Groove Wonder Remix) - Carlos Jean
My Only Shining Star - Naoki feat. Becky Lucinda
No. 13 - Taka respect for J.S.B
Peace - BeForU
Robogirl - The Crystal Method
Shivers (Radio Edit) - Armin van Buuren
Shout - Lulu
Since U Been Gone - Kelly Clarkson
Star Gate Heaven - SySF. feat. Donna Burke
The Other Side (radio mix) - Paul van Dyk feat. Wayne Jackson
True Love - Jun
Turn On the Music (Axwell Radio Edit) - Roger Sanchez
Video Killed The Radio Star - The Buggles
Xepher - Tatsh

It's got True Love. I'm happy. It's got Heaven Is A Place On Earth (German Election Mix). I'm happy. It's got songs I hate beyond belief like Since U Been Gone, VKTRS, and artists I hate, like Franz Ferdinand. Once I play those songs in Stellar Mode, I'll never have to play them again, and that's all I've got to say about that.

Okay, now for my SN AC review.

First, the song selection: SO HAPPY BUTTERFLY, COWGIRL, AND SPEED OVER BEETHOVEN ARE GONE!!! NOOBISTS IN HOUMA WILL SUFFER!! Thank you, Jesus!! Okay, that's outta the system.

The songs in Yellow (a.k.a., licenses) are not the best songs I've heard. In fact, I don't really care for any of them. The Speed Mix for DRM woulda sufficed instead of the original.

The Purples: very sweet add-ons to DDR. I don't recall hearing any of these anywhere before, but I gotta say they caught my attention really fast, including Flowers and True Love. Good job with these, Konami.

The Greens: Sounds like all of these were cross-overs from BM IIDX, and there's nothing wrong with that at all, especially since a good bit of them rock, such as AA, DRIVIN' (love that song), Nijiiro, and Red Zone. The others are awesome, too, but I forgot them all already.

The Aquas: All of which are CS cross-overs. You can't get any better than this, I'm afraid. The only thing that bugged me was that songs from Extreme 2 that were also on Strike, such as Polovtsian, Passion of Love, and Seduction, were considered Strike cross-overs, and not Extreme 2 cross-overs. I mean, come on. We exposed the songs first on our home consoles.

Now the rest.

Interface/Engine/whatever: I love what they've done to it. The techno-like space-like engine is a sweet add-on. It's so crisp and beautiful.

Gameplay: Well, it's DDR. It's not Pump it Up, it's not ITG (Especially not ITG), it's plain, old, better-than-everything-else DDR. Simple, easy, and FUN!!

Oh, and only a couple songs were off-sync, but they weren't songs I'm real big on, except Polovtsian Dance and Chorus. That was the only song I noticed sync-lag that pissed me off.

The Cabinet: Well, it's nothing really new. You have your standard coin/speaker cabinet, your standard monitor, the Marquee at the top with the 4 lights on each side. However, the light-color change is cool.

I guess that's pretty much it. My rating: 10/10. Sure, the only problem was a little off-syncing and almost all the licenses sucking ass, but there were plenty more songs to play, and one or two good songs with bad syncing won't stop me from having fun.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

And this, my friends, is what the US SuperNOVA case image will look like.

http://image.com.com/gamespot/images...7658_front.jpg

Of course, this is the bundle picture, but it's damn near close enough.

Where's the darkness, Konami? Where is my dark background? SuperNOVA is supposed to be a dark, space-like, futuristic game. Why a white background?

Oh, and I checked the Gateway, and apparently SuperNOVA has a release date in Japan, somewhere, sometime, but I can't tell if it's posted or not, because it's all in Japanese.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Sorry for the double, but there's been an update.

The DDR SuperNOVA Limited Edition Music Sampler has been released, or, it's on its way to game stores right now, I don't know. All I know is, the songlist looks pretty damn decent.

Quote:

01. ELECTRO BREAKS - L.E.F. (Loud Electronic Ferocious) - Ferry Corsten
02. HYPER EUROBEAT - Can't Stop Fallin' In Love ~Super Euro Version~ - NAOKI feat. Paula Terry
03. EURO TRANCE - My Only Shining Star - NAOKI feat. Becky Lucinda
04. HYPER JAPANESQUE - Mugen - ＴЁЯＲＡ
05. ETHNO JUNGLE - Matsuri (J-Summer Mix) - RE-VENGE
06. REGGAE POP - Flow (Jammin' Ragga Mix) - Scotty D. revisits U1
07. J-HAPPY HARDCORE - LOVE♡SHINE - Riyu Kosaka
08. HYPER EUROBEAT - Dynamite Rave ~Super Euro Version~ - NAOKI feat. Paula Terry
09. INTELLIGENT DRUM'N BASS - Trim - Kobo
10. CLUBSTYLE - TRUE♡LOVE (Clubstar's True Club Mix) - jun
11. EPIC TRANCE - My Only Shining Star (Danceforce Dance To Death Mix) - NAOKI feat. Becky Lucinda
12. PROGRESSIVE TRANCE - INNOCENCE OF SILENCE (The Sparky Forbidden Remix) - nc feat. NRG Factory
13. ATMOSPHERIC TRANCE - Flow (Unique's Direction Mix) - Scotty D. revisits U1
14. HARD TECHNO - Fascination MAXX (Cally & Juice's Maxximum Overload Mix) - 100-200-400
15. CHILLOUT - Star Gate Heaven (Fracus' Crazy Chill Mix) - SySF feat. Donna Burke

Konami, where the fuck is RED ZONE??? I WANT RED ZONE!!!

Anyway, glue your eyes to this while I check on Japan's release date for SuperNOVA on PS2.... CRAP!!! Not until sometime next year!!!

ONE MORE THING!!! Update discs for DDR SuperNOVA AC have been shipped to arcades with SuperNOVA machines. Sync problems should be completely rectified. I wonder what song they mentioned adding to the disc....

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Yeah, that chart does look kinda dull. I think Konami's getting scared of ITG, so they're making harder 10's, more retarded 10's.

How ya doing, buddy?

I don't wanna say "don't count on it", but if the machine is being shipped straight from wherever the hell the HQ is, then chances are, you'll have the update disc.

Only 5 days left until the PS2 release. God, I'm getting edgyyyyy.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Yeah, Stellar Master Mode is giving me a tough time. For some reason, some of the trials never activate when I go play a song. Other than that at this point in time, the game is insane.

You think they put enough 10's in this one?

FELIPE NO

I found out about the option restriction on some missions sometime last night after my post.

The Dance, Dance steps are pretty good, I'll give them that. This song, and a few other licenses are not too bad, but then you've got the crappy ones, but oh, well.

I'm on the 7th Planet right now. If I'm not mistaken, there should be 10 planets, the last being some kinda BOSS Planet or something.

Oh, and why in God's name do they want you to end a song with a score "ENDING" in 70?? There's like a 1-in-infinite chance of that happening.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Originally Posted by Kloak

Well the more songs u have it would not matter on Stellar Master Mode...each planet has a selected few songs to pick from. The last planet is all boss songs which I enjoyed and dispised both at the same time...TRYING TO FC CHAOS is almost impossible unless you KNOW the song. Thats the only mission I cannot complete...and some other missions that are random in some planets...I unlocked almost all the songs except the last new Fascination Max mix thing.

It took me about 19 tries before I finally did it. Of course, it pissed me off, and I will probably never play it on Light again.

And now that I have The Last complete, I need to say this.... KONAMI, WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU THINKING WITH PIZZA BOX??? For fuck's sake!!! AAA Every song in RED??? Get a AA on all 74 songs AGAIN???? Clear a song on Speed X8 with BOOST? STEALTH???? I've only been able to memorize DROP OUT and MAX 300. I'm losing brain room to memorize another song. As if clearing a song with a score ending in 70 wasn't bad enough (I still didn't do that), now I have do end one with 777!!!, and FAT FUCKING CHANCE of getting the same color PiX 3 times in a row.

Konami, seriously, that last planet is completely stupid. Stop making insanely stupid missions for Master Modes. In fact, after going through all the shit I went through to beat Stellar Master Mode, just stick to unlocking songs by playing songs in Arcade Mode. Stellar Master Mode was fun up until all this insane shit appeared.

Jam it back in, in the dark.