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Post by Nester the Lark on Feb 3, 2007 18:27:56 GMT -5
Talking about classic Konami franchises on Nintendo consoles, we forgot to mention DDR! At Konami's recent press conference, they showed an extremely early version of a new DDR (or Dancing Stage) game for the Wii called "Hottest Party". Most details are literally undetermined at this point. What is known is that the dance mats will plug into the Gamecube ports instead of the Wii Remote, thus the Mario Mix pad is compatible. It will support four-player simultaneous play. The development team also intends to incorporate the Remote and Nunchuck into the gameplay, tho they are still in the process of experimenting with different ideas. I guess it could be anything like Para Para Paradise, or Samba de Amigo, or complex hand gestures. Either way, you'll probably have to be well coordinated. Sounds like a good full-body workout to me! My dreams of combining a DDR dance pad with the Remote & Nunchuck are coming true! Here's an article about it from IGN.
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Post by kirbychu on Feb 3, 2007 18:52:20 GMT -5
If only I had the floor space... I wanted Mario Mix, too. But I don't have the room to swing a malnourished mouse, let alone a cat.
I'd love something like Samba de Amigo put into this game. That was the first game I thought of when I saw the Wiimote in action.
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Post by Smashchu on Feb 4, 2007 0:54:39 GMT -5
Ahhem. Wooohooooo 1000th post. I rock. Yeah.Everyone is invited to a party to celebrate my awsomeness. Oh and I do it having Hand gesters and dancing would be great, making it more like real dancing. The crazy guy at the arcade will be pleased. Oh, and look out Fry. I'm gaining on you
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Post by Fryguy64 on Feb 4, 2007 3:44:44 GMT -5
I think not! As the admin I can change the number of posts you have in a heartbeat I managed to unlock everything in mario ddr but at what cost to my health!? Buckets of sweat! The thought of having to bring my arms into play fills me with a silent and unspeakable DREAD!
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Post by Smashchu on Feb 4, 2007 12:21:37 GMT -5
I think your just jelouse of my amazingl;y high post count(It also would have been funny if all odf a sudden mine went from 1000 to 1)
I do hope for more songs. If there is on thing a music game needs, it lots of songs.
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Post by mrmolecule on Feb 4, 2007 22:47:53 GMT -5
DDR: Mario Mix was an embarrassment to the GCN, not as a helpful title.
Hopefully this is different.
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Post by Nester the Lark on Feb 4, 2007 23:11:06 GMT -5
^ I loved Mario Mix! How was it an embarrassment? I will admit, tho, it did have kind of a "testing the waters" feel to it.
I think Hottest Party will be a much more traditional DDR game, style-wise. Hopefully it'll have a lot more than 29 songs.
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Post by mrmolecule on Feb 5, 2007 18:08:54 GMT -5
No critics liked it! Not even my cousin, (who owns 48+ games, all four systems (minus handhelds), and a Virtual Boy) liked it! I never owned myself, tho.
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Post by thores on Feb 5, 2007 18:13:34 GMT -5
I bought Mario Mix, and while it was kind of a dissapointment it was still enjoyable. And the purchase was definitely worth it in the long run since I still have the dance pad!
Hottest Party better have "Breakdown" in it. That's all I gotta say.
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Post by Nester the Lark on Feb 6, 2007 0:00:03 GMT -5
No critics liked it! Not even my cousin, (who owns 48+ games, all four systems (minus handhelds), and a Virtual Boy) liked it! I never owned myself, tho. I got the impression that critics didn't like it because they were too experienced playing DDR. But for a beginner like myself, it was a fine introduction. I think that was the point of it to begin with. Some reviews at least acknowledged that much. But again, there were only 29 songs, limited game modes, and theming it after Mario gave me the impression that either Nintendo or Konami (or both) didn't think DDR would otherwise interest Gamecube owners. Goes to show how much faith they had in that particular market. And in spite of it all, it apparently sold extremely well. It was sold out for months, and Nintendo had to print up more of them, at which time it jumped back up the bestseller list. That success could be a factor for the Wii getting Hottest Party. I wouldn't consider that an embarrassment to the Gamecube. The only way it was embarrassing was dancing to all those cheesy Mario and classical remixes.
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Post by Fryguy64 on Feb 6, 2007 3:58:37 GMT -5
To be honest, I wouldn't have touched it if it wasn't for the Mario theming. And I don't think I'm alone there. I do think Nintendo/Konami made a good choice - I imagine the Gamecube market to be mainly made up of early-teen boys - mainly fanboys.
The Gamecube had a dying market, it never really had a "Goldeneye" to draw in an older crowd, and I seriously don't think a standard DDR game would have sold much on Gamecube.
But now that they have broken the ice with Mario, introducing a lot of people to DDR who wouldn't have otherwise touched the series, it has a much better chance of surviving amongst the fanboys - even without Mario.
I personally didn't think it was that bad. It certainly held my interest longer than Donkey Konga. THAT RHYMES!! ;D
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Post by Nester the Lark on Feb 6, 2007 11:31:48 GMT -5
I disagree. DDR always struck me as the type of game that would've been popular on a Nintendo platform. It's simple, colorful, family oriented, a party game, and it uses a non-traditional control method. It has Nintendo written all over it.
Not that you could go by me, but I actually bought it because it was a DDR game, not because it had anything to do with Mario. In fact, I would've preferred a more traditional DDR game on the 'Cube, like Extreme or Konamix (or heck, even Disney Mix). I love Mario and all, and it was well done, but it felt just a bit condescending.
Did I mention it only had 29 songs? I don't know if that was a limitation of the GC mini-discs or what, but with a game as simplistic as DDR, variety is a must!
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Post by kirbychu on Feb 6, 2007 11:50:04 GMT -5
I think what Fry's getting at is that most Nintendo fans rarely buy games without the Nintendo logo on them. It certainly would've sold a lot less if it didn't have Mario on the cover.
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Post by Fryguy64 on Feb 6, 2007 15:02:29 GMT -5
That's generally my point, yes. I think you'll find most DDR fans are probably not Gamecube fans, and vice versa. By sticking Mario in there they guaranteed a bumload of sales, just because Nintendo fanboys buy anything with Mario in it. Just look at the sales of the Mario Party series if you want proof of that
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Post by Smashchu on Feb 6, 2007 16:59:01 GMT -5
I disagree. DDR always struck me as the type of game that would've been popular on a Nintendo platform. It's simple, colorful, family oriented, a party game, and it uses a non-traditional control method. It has Nintendo written all over it. Not that you could go by me, but I actually bought it because it was a DDR game, not because it had anything to do with Mario. In fact, I would've preferred a more traditional DDR game on the 'Cube, like Extreme or Konamix (or heck, even Disney Mix). I love Mario and all, and it was well done, but it felt just a bit condescending. Did I mention it only had 29 songs? I don't know if that was a limitation of the GC mini-discs or what, but with a game as simplistic as DDR, variety is a must! I'll have tyo go with Fry on this. Yes, DDR seems like the perfect game, but so did a lot of projects. It looks good on paper. I assum most DDR fans had a PS2, so why go buy a Gamecube for that? Alao, the PS2 was the system that hooked all the cassual gamers.
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