Dancing Stage Max

Dancing Stage Max is a home video game in the Dancing Stage series, the European counterpart to Dance Dance Revolution. It was released in November 2005 by Konami. It is analogous in design to Dance Dance Revolution EXTREME 2 in North America and Dance Dance Revolution STR!KE in Japan.

[edit] Music

Notable songs from this version include:

PARANOIA survivor MAX: This "PARANOiA" remix is often considered to be the hardest song in any DDR game.^{[citation needed]} The Challenge/Oni steps have a combo of 655 (613 steps total, on Single and Double), consisting mainly of 1/8th notes at 290 BPM. Turns and jumps are plentiful, and several major slowdowns often catch players off-guard. The last portion of the song is infamous for its "death runs" – four 1/8th note patterns that contain highly complex turns, similar to those in "RHYTHM & POLICE" or "exotic ethnic" (except at 290 BPM). Both the Heavy and Challenge/Oni steps are rated a "flashing" 10.
桜 (SAKURA): Considered by many players to be the easiest of the 10-footers. Although it reaches 320 BPM, the Heavy steps are very simple and do not have the stamina draining ability of the "MAX" songs. The main difficulty in SAKURA comes from the BPM changes at the middle and end of the song. One step in particular is notoriously difficult to hit, due to a severe BPM slowdown that occurs 1/32nd before the actual arrow. It is of interest to note that although the song selection screen displays 300 for the maximum BPM, the final section of the song scrolls at 320 BPM.