DDR on Gameboy? What were they thinking?!

It is what it is. DanceDanceRevolution in the palm of your hands, in all of its 8-bit chiptuney glory. But it feels so wrong for some reason. SO wrong!

I mean, it plays fine. There's nothing wrong with the timing of the inputs to the arrows. But something feels off. Could it be... Yes. I guess it's how they arranged the songs into chiptune version.

Don't get me wrong, though! beatmania GB series did a great job arranging existing songs into chiptunes just fine. The choice of wave instruments really captured the feel of their original counterparts. But DDR GB's music, on the other hand, doesn't have the same oomph like in beatmania GB (or even pop'n music GB series!)

I have a hunch that the conversion of music for DDR GB was handled by a different dev team.

Playing DDR on your Gameboy was still a neat idea, just that the arrangement of the music really ruined it for me.

Reviewed on Jul 25, 2023


Comments