A port of Dance Dance Revolution 3rdMix
International variants of Dance Dance Revolution 3rdMix include Dancing Stage EuroMix and Dance Dance Revolution USA. USA was released in North American arcades in October 2000. It has a reduced song list of 26 songs: six licenses and 20 Konami Originals. USA shares four licenses and 15 Konami Originals in common, including two 3rdMix Plus tracks: "Love This Feelin'" and "TRIP MACHINE ～luv mix～". The music of Dance Dance Revolution USA mimics the music of its sister release, Dancing Stage EuroMix, quite a bit. While it's not the same selection of songs it shares the theme of bringing North America up to speed with Japanese releases of the time and the music that was first made available there.
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Not a bad mix to start on, but I was already spoiled with the actual 3rd Mix, so this felt like the downgraded version compared to that.
The only things this game had to offer that weren't already in the imported 3rd Mix Ver Korea 2 machines were Stomp To My Beat, Love This Feelin', Trip Machine Luv Mix, the Beginner charts, and a handful of Double Maniac charts. If an arcade had 3rd Mix, there was almost no reason to make the "downgrade" outside of being able to get official tech support for it, supporting the potential for future easier-to-buy DDR games, or abiding by the "for Japan only" disclaimer screen. It wasn't too uncommon, but it was not as desired.
The only things this game had to offer that weren't already in the imported 3rd Mix Ver Korea 2 machines were Stomp To My Beat, Love This Feelin', Trip Machine Luv Mix, the Beginner charts, and a handful of Double Maniac charts. If an arcade had 3rd Mix, there was almost no reason to make the "downgrade" outside of being able to get official tech support for it, supporting the potential for future easier-to-buy DDR games, or abiding by the "for Japan only" disclaimer screen. It wasn't too uncommon, but it was not as desired.