Dang I can't believe no one has reviewed this game yet- Anyways I feel Dance Maniax is easier for people to get into than games like Beatmania, Pop'n Music, and DDR games after 3rd Mix since you just wave your hands around and the lights track your motion. (Hitting your hand on the machine is gonna happen a lot) I think it has a pretty solid tracklist and I'm glad it isn't dominated by a lot of DDR or Beatmania songs that's not a bad thing but I like having variety, also this is the only game where you can hear "Dr. Love" without having the sfx blaring over the vocals. The visuals are fine but some of the background videos in the songs make my eyes strain, (I'm looking at you "Jane Jana," fun song to play on DDR but not here!) the scoring system is neat it uses a pi chart instead of just telling you how many "Perfects" or "Goods" you got.
It's a just a neat game, 2nd Mix is probably better though.