Dance Dance Revolution Solo

Dance Dance Revolution Solo

Genres Music, Exercise
Developers Konami
Publishers Konami
Platform of origin Arcade
First release Dance Dance Revolution Solo Bass Mix
August 19, 1999
Latest release Dance Dance Revolution Solo 4thMix Plus
December 28, 2000

Dance Dance Revolution Solo was a short-lived series of games spun off of the main Dance Dance Revolution series. It consists of three arcade releases in Japan. The game mode was also adapted for use in a children's arcade version and two console releases (as a game mode).

Gameplay

Gameplay in the Solo series is nearly identical to that of the main Dance Dance Revolution series, but with a few differences to optimize the game for single-player mode. In addition to the four-panel mode offered in the main series, Solo adds a three-panel mode in its Bass Mix and 2000 releases, as well as a six-panel mode in all of its releases. Both modes add two new panels: up-left and up-right. The three-panel mode adds the down arrow to these, while the six-panel mode combines both the four traditional panels and the two new panels.

Games

Dance Dance Revolution Kids adapts elements from Solo for a younger audience.

Main series

Dance Dance Revolution Solo Bass Mix

  (ダンスダンスレボリューションソロベースミックス, Dansu Dansu Reboryūshon Soro Bēsu Mikkusu) is the first game in the series. It was released as an arcade game by Konami on August 19, 1999 in Japan. The game premiered 16 songs to the series and takes its name, as well as most of its soundtrack, from the Dancemania BASS albums. This is the first game that features a live-action intro.

Dance Dance Revolution Solo 2000

  (ダンスダンスレボリューションソロ2000, Dansu Dansu Reboryūshonsoro Tsū Sauzando) the second game in the series. It was released as an arcade game by Konami on December 16, 1999 in Japan. DDR Solo 2000 premiered 20 songs to the series and also featured all 16 songs from Bass Mix, for a total of 36 songs.

Dance Dance Revolution Solo 4thMix

This game and Dance Dance Revolution Solo 4thMix Plus were released concurrently with 4thMix and 4thMix Plus respectively, designed for use with Solo cabinets. The changes in the actual game engine are few, but significant. The 4 and 6-panel modes are offered instead of the usual options, and the chubby arrows of the Solo series also appear. Multi-player Mode from the Solo series is not present in either game.

Derivatives

While not Solo releases per se, these games offer a one-player mode inspired by Solo.

Dance Dance Revolution Kids

  (ダンスダンスレボリューションキッズ, Dansu Dansu Reboryūshon Kizzu), sometimes abbreviated as DDR Kids (DDRキッズ, Dī Dī Ā Kizzu), is a game in the Dance Dance Revolution series aimed at a younger audience. Released in December 2000 by Konami for the Japanese arcade rooms,[1] DDR Kids is limited in comparison to the main series. Only one player can play at a time, the steps are very simplistic and it's easier to score a passing grade. The arcade machine is smaller than a typical DDR machine, designed for smaller players. The song selection is also limited with only a couple of tracks from the main series. The rest are mostly exclusive to this release and feature theme songs to children's shows that have aired in Japan.

Music

Songs

All songs from Solo BASSMIX can also be played in Solo 2000.

Song Artist
Dance Dance Revolution Solo Bass (Dancemania Licenses)
"LOVE MACHINE" PONY TOWN BOYZ
"FREAKY" DE LITE & MC YOUNG
"Club Tropicana" Cydney D
KUNG FU FIGHTING (MIAMI BOOTY MIX) BUS STOP featuring CARL DOUGLAS
SAMBA DE JANEIRO BASS FIST! feat. BOOGIE GIRL
DON'T CLOCK ME POPULA DEMAND feat. THE GET FRESH GIRLS
GET OFF dagger WIZZZZARD
THAT'S THE WAY '98 dagger DJ BASS feat. MC DIXIE
I'M ALIVE UNCLE 36 SEC feat. MC TAIWAN
TOGETHER & FOREVER dagger NINEBALL feat. ATOMIC GUN & JULIA
MY BABY MAMA ANQUETTE
GET UP'N MOVE S & K
Dance Dance Revolution Solo Bass (Konami Originals)
"PARANOIA EVOLUTION" 200
"HYSTERIA" 200
"Let the beat hit em!" Stone Bros.
"SUPER STARS" D.J.RICH feat. Tail Bros.
Dance Dance Revolution Solo 2000 (Dancemania Licenses)
"I'M ALIVE" CUT 'N' MOVE
"HIGH ENERGY (John '00' Fleming Remix)" SLIP & SHUFFLE featuring LEON
"SKY HIGH" DJ MIKO
"TEMPLE OF LOVE" E-ROTIC
"DRILL INSTRUCTOR (C-Jah Happy Mix)" CAPTAIN JACK
"KISS ME (KCP REMIX)" E-ROTIC
"DREAM A DREAM (MIAMI BOOTY MIX)" CAPTAIN JACK
"I DON'T WANT TO MISS A THING (Planet Lution Mix)" DEJA VU featuring TASMIN
"TOGETHER & FOREVER" dagger CAPTAIN JACK
Typical Tropical BAMBEE
STRUT YOUR FUNKY STUFF DIAMOND
Dance Dance Revolution Solo 2000 (Konami Originals)
"think ya better D" sAmi
"CAN'T STOP FALLIN' IN LOVE" NAOKI
"CELEBRATE NITE" N.M.R
"WILD RUSH" FACTOR-X
"SEXY PLANET" Crystal Aliens
"LOVE THIS FEELIN'" Chang Ma
"TRIP MACHINE ～luv mix～" 2MB
"DROP OUT" NW260
"Let the beat hit em! (BM IIDX version)" Stone Bros.
dagger indicates a song exclusive to Japan, unavailable in the USA location test and the rest of Asia.[2]

Dance Dance Revolution Kids

Courses

Nonstop Songs
NONSTOP A 1. "GET UP'N MOVE"
2. "SAMBA DE JANEIRO"
3. "DON'T CLOCK ME"
NONSTOP B dagger 1. "THAT'S THE WAY '98"
2. "GET OFF"
3. "TOGETHER & FOREVER"
NONSTOP C 1. "BRILLIANT 2U"
2. "SP-TRIP MACHINE"
3. "PARANOIA EVOLUTION"
NONSTOP D 1. "CLUB TROPICANA"
2. "KUNG FU FIGHTING (MIAMI BOOTY MIX)"
3. "FREAKY"
NONSTOP E 1. "I'M ALIVE"
2. "MY BABY MAMA"
3. "LOVE MACHINE"
NONSTOP F 1. "Let the beat hit em!"
2. "SUPER STAR"
3. "HYSTERIA"
🌟 NONSTOP G 1. "DYNAMITE RAVE"
2. "CELEBRATE NITE"
3. "CAN'T STOP FALLIN' IN LOVE"
🌟 NONSTOP H 1. "think ya better D"
2. "TRIP MACHINE ~luv mix~"
3. "LOVE THIS FEELIN'"
🌟 NONSTOP I 1. "AFRONOVA"
2. "WILD RUSH"
3. "DROP OUT"
🌟 indicates courses that are exclusive to Solo 2000.
dagger indicates a course exclusive to Japan.[2]

Soundtrack

A combined soundtrack for both DDR Solo mixes was released by Toshiba-EMI under their Dancemania dance music brand. It contains 35 tracks from the game and all 9 megamixes.

Controversy

In 2002, a local arcade in San Diego, California removed a Solo 2000 machine after Jennifer Stoefen and several members of the local "Youth Advocacy Coalition" complained that the background movies of selected songs contained images that could promote drug and alcohol abuse, such as a scantily clad nurse and pills in "I'm Alive" and alcoholic drinks appearing in "Club Tropicana". The machine was replaced by a mix which did not contain the imagery.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "KONAMI GSAN1基板情報(DanceDanceRevolution Kids)" (in Japanese). Retrieved May 13, 2012.
  2. 1 2 "FAQs - DDR Solo 2000". DDR Freak. 2005. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Teens get mad over video; it's removed". Retrieved 2008-01-20.
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