[Thoughts on DDR, JP Version]
This honestly threw me for a loop and made me appreciate just how far this series has gone in terms of perfecting the difficulty system and the UI of the game mode. The core of the game is much more primitive. The lack of color differentiation between arrows of different tempo, difficulties that use a range of unhelpful phrases, and hidden modes you need an online guide to find, you could tell there was a lack of uniformity or consistency to signify the player what they were getting into. The most praise I could give is the unique song wheel that would rotate out the songs played with newer tracks. Given there's only 11 songs to choose from, this gave it the illusion there was more to play. With that in consideration, the only reason one would play this is for the song "Strictly Business," which was quickly removed from the series due to licensing. I would say unless you're interested in the history of DDR or collect the home console titles, this is inessential.
This honestly threw me for a loop and made me appreciate just how far this series has gone in terms of perfecting the difficulty system and the UI of the game mode. The core of the game is much more primitive. The lack of color differentiation between arrows of different tempo, difficulties that use a range of unhelpful phrases, and hidden modes you need an online guide to find, you could tell there was a lack of uniformity or consistency to signify the player what they were getting into. The most praise I could give is the unique song wheel that would rotate out the songs played with newer tracks. Given there's only 11 songs to choose from, this gave it the illusion there was more to play. With that in consideration, the only reason one would play this is for the song "Strictly Business," which was quickly removed from the series due to licensing. I would say unless you're interested in the history of DDR or collect the home console titles, this is inessential.