Scare Away the Noobs and Step on to the Mat!

Dance Dance Revolution, DDR, continues to sweep millions into its powerful magnetic field. The astoundingly popular combination of video game, exercise gear, dance trainer, rhythm machine, competitive team sport and party mixer is a hand-down favorite as this year’s top dance gift.



Just in case you don’t know, Wikipedia introduces their entry on Dance Dance Revolution this way:

Dance Dance Revolution, or DDR (known as Dancing Stage in Europe), is a music video game series produced by Konami. It was first introduced to Japanese video arcades in 1998, after being shown at the Tokyo Game Show earlier that year. Since then, the game has gained significant popularity elsewhere in the world, including large portions of North America and Europe. As of 2005, over 90 official versions have been produced, including those for home video game consoles. The Dance Dance Revolution series is a subset of the larger Bemani series of music video games. Including the arcade release of SuperNOVA there are exactly 950 songs released among all official arcade and console versions.

The game is typically played on a dance pad with four arrow panels: left, down, up, and right. These panels are pressed using the player's feet, in response to arrows that appear on the screen in front of the player. The arrows are synchronized to the general rhythm or beat of a chosen song, and success is dependent on the player's ability to time and position his or her steps accordingly.

Let’s take a little look at how Dance Dance Revolution is playing out around the world.

DDR America



DDR France



DDR Japan



DDR Kids



Everybody does DDR