DDR SuperNOVA

[Ztrl]

With only a few months remaining until the worldwide arcade release of DDR Supernova, Konami has continued their tradition of public arcade tests this week in Japan. It's a testament to just how seriously Konami of Japan is taking this title, and a nod to those who have stuck with the series.

This is the second period of public location tests, with the first having also taken place right here in the US. Thanks goes to Bemanistyle for picking up on the track listing.

With a final song list (that has yet to be revealed in full) of over 300 songs, this here is just a small taste of what is new to DDR Supernova; the vast majority of the songs will be taken from previous titles in the series.

Licensed Songs
These are songs that are taken from other popular musicians outside the realm of Konami's games, or from the long-running series of remix albums, DanceMania. It's of note to point out the new song (To DDR any ways) by DDR veteran, Captain Jack, who passed away late in 2005. Rest in peace, old friend!

* Center Fold / Captain Jack
* Golden Sky / smile.dk
* A Love Like This / Pandora
* Toxic (FT company Edit) / Helen
* What A Wonderful World / BEATBOX vs. DJ MIKO

New Konami Songs
Just how many aliases can Konami's musical genius Naoki Maeda come up with? Let's find out! These are Konami's original creations, made exclusively for their music games. You'll notice a new song by BeForU, which is Konami's own personal girl band, but it's also worth noting that Kosaka Riyu is also in the band, furthering their want to push her solo. And yes, that emoticon is really there for Peace.

* Honey Punch / Kosaka Riyu
* Peace (^^)v / BeForU
* Hana Ranman / TERRA
* My Only Shinning Star / NAOKI
* Fly away / ChiyoTio
* Innocence of Silence / nc ft.NRG Factory

Bemani Cross-Overs
Also known as transplants, these are songs made popular by other games in Konami's line of Bemani music games. Expect a lot of Beatmania IIDX tracks and of course, their pride and joy, Pop'n Music. These are the songs that either make you groan or fan-squeal.

Supernova is all about hot transplants and this list is full of them. Everyones favorite Japanese garage punk band, Des-Row has two tracks here, one from both Pop'n Music and Drumania / Guitar Freaks. Terra's song "Mugen No Hikari" is widely considered to be one of the better songs from last years Pop'n Music 12 release, and "Rainbow Rainbow" is an infamous track from Beatmania IIDX 10th Style, featuring a bass so fast and hardcore that it literally turns into a buzzing sound. Bemani dinosaurs will also freak out, finding "hunting for you" on that list, which is a classic staple of 5-key Beatmania.

* CAN'T STOP FALLIN' IN LOVE (super euro version) / NAOKI with Y&Co.
* DYNAMITE RAVE (super euro version) / NAOKI with Y&Co.
* AA / D.J.Amuro
* Drivin' / NAOKI feat.Paula Terry
* hunting for you / TOGO PROJECT feat. MEGU & SCOTTY D.
* Quick Master / act deft
* Rainbow Rainbow / Ryu*
* TIERRA BUENA / WILMA DE OLIVEIRA
* Under the Sky / Minami Sayaka (BeForU) with PlatoniX
* Dan-dan Doh / Des-ROW feat. Gumi
* Kagerou / Des-ROW feat. Gumi
* Chikara / BeForU
* Himawari / Kosaka Riyu
* Gekkoh-Choh / Asaki
* Okoreru Ookii na Shiroi Uma / Morning Blue Dragon
* CURUS/ D-crew
* Dragon Blade / Kozo Nakamura
* HAPPY * ANGEL / jun with TAHIRIH
* Mugen No Hikari / TERRA
* Niji Iro / DJ YOSHITAKA feat. G.S.C
* RED ZONE / Tatsh & NAOKI
* Xepher / Tatsh
* Kono Ko No Natsu No O-iwai Ni / Asaki
* MOON / dj TAKA feat.Erika Mochizuki
* No.13 / TAKA
* CENTAUR / Jimmy Weckl
* Ska Ska No. 3 / Anettai Maji SKA Bakudan
* murmur twins/ yu_tokiwa.djw

Extra Stage
The songs that will bring most would-be Dance Dance Revolution all-stars to their knees -- the extra stages. In order to play the following two songs you must play a song on the Heavy difficulty on your final stage, as well as achieve a "AA" grade. Having played Facination MAXX myself, it's no push-over with it's 400BPM start.

* Fascination MAXX / 100-200-400
* Healing-D-Vision / DE-STARD

Awesome new art style too

[SLA¥ΣR]

I've always sucked less than bad at DDR

[swimstud600]

Lol I think you have to be asian to be good at this game. There's a kid on the swim team thats just a freak at ddr

[Ztrl]

but...I'm not asian, and I'm a semi-pro.....


Renegade is pretty good too from what I hear

[swimstud600]

I'm just generalizing. Its so fun to watch him do it cuz he goes crazy, its insane how fast he can do it.

[Ztrl]

i know the feeling. MAX 300 on 2x that's 600bpm!

[Arashi]

OOOOOOOOOOOH I CANT WAAAAIIIITTTT!!!

And im really good at ddr, and im not asian.

[Ztrl]

*is an Oni Mode User*

[Arashi]

Meep.

I can do barely any songs on Oni....

[Sonic]

When does it come out? I'm so gonna get DDR...

[Ztrl]

good luck with buying an arcade machine....

[Sonic]

Oh, that blows, I thought it was comin out for a console. The latest one is DDR Extreme 2, right?

[Ztrl]

for PS2

[Fusion]

Not really looking forward to DDR games myself, but I figured this thing would fare a lot better in Other Games because it's not really a topic of general discussion.

[Ztrl]

meh, it's just where i always post news and such