Dance Dance Revolution (2014)

For other uses, see Dance Dance Revolution (disambiguation).

Dance Dance Revolution (2014)
Developer	Konami
Publisher	Konami
Release Date	(JP) May 12, 2014 (AS) July 22, 2014 (KO) July 22, 2014
Genre	Music & Exercise
Series	Dance Dance Revolution
Platforms	Arcade
Modes	Single player, Multiplayer
Preceded by:	Dance Dance Revolution (2013)
Succeeded by:	Dance Dance Revolution A

Dance Dance Revolution, also known as Dance Dance Revolution 2014 and DDR2014, is an updated version of DDR 2013 which is released in Japan at May 12, 2014 while in Asia and Korea was released in July 22, 2014 on arcades.

General Information / Changes

• Not counting ports, this is the ninth Dance Dance Revolution title simply named "Dance Dance Revolution".
  • In the game folder view from Dance Dance Revolution A onward, this game is referred to as Dance Dance Revolution (2014).
• First Dance Dance Revolution game that is released in the form of an online update pushed through the eAMUSEMENT network.
• The interface was upgraded using the color scheme of Dance Dance Revolution (2013) as its base, and a new layout which resembles the GuitarFreaks & DrumMania XG series' interface. The song select screen and result screen were completely revamped by adding useable window panes for each user. Each information pane is accessible using its corresponding number on the numeric keypad:
  • The 1 button opens the difficulty and personal best score tab.
  • The 2 button opens the GROOVE RADAR tab which include numbers for stats for the first time since DDRMAX -Dance Dance Revolution 6thMIX-.
  • The 3 button opens the rivals and target score tab.
  • The 4 and 5 buttons open additional information tabs. Usually, these tabs are not available and only appear during select events such as EXTRA ATTACK and YuniverHills project.
• The difficulty select menu from 4thMIX is reintroduced.
• A new Clear Lamp system has been introduced, replacing the Clear Marker system first used in X3 VS 2ndMIX. This works similar to Clear Lamps in the beatmania IIDX series. The border surrounding the corresponding song jacket will light up in a color depending on the recorded clear status.
  • Transparent: not played
  • Dark gray: failed
  • Purple: clear
  • Flashing red: LIFE4 clear
  • Flashing blue: GOOD FULL COMBO
  • Flashing green: GREAT FULL COMBO
  • Flashing yellow: PERFECT FULL COMBO
  • Flashing white: MARVELOUS FULL COMBO
• A new unlocking system, EXTRA ATTACK, available only during EXTRA STAGE, was added.
  • EXTRA STAGE is now limited to Premium Play. In Japan, Premium Play is PASELI-only.
• Option GUIDELINES is introduced, which consists of the following: OFF, BORDER, and CENTER.
• Last Dance Dance Revolution game until Dance Dance Revolution WORLD to have a random song selection option.
• Last Dance Dance Revolution game that shows animated display of minimum and maximum BPM of a song.
• Additional play options were added as Premium Play exclusives:
  • x0.25 interval speed modifiers were added, though only up to x2.25. The limit was increased to x3.75 on a later update.
  • The LIFE4 lifebar modifier was added, which gives the player 4 lives before the song is over.
• Playing with LIFE4 or RISKY gives the player a Result Star whether they pass a song or not, which gives the player easier access to the EXTRA STAGE.
  • Easier access to the EXTRA STAGE can also be obtained when playing VERSUS with both players using Premium Play.
• DanceEvolution ARCADE, SOUND VOLTEX, and ミライダガッキ FutureTomTom folders were added when sorting by BEMANI series.
  • On June 12th, 2015, the BeatStream folder was added.
• A new sorting option was introduced, Sorting by Genre (ジャンルから選ぶ). The default genre folders are: Pops (ポップス), Animation & Game (アニメ/ゲーム), and Variety (バラエティ).
  • In 2014, the GUMI 5th Anniversary party and U.M.U×BEMANI folders were added.
  • On March 11th, 2015, the ひなビタ♪ folder was added.
• A total of 22 songs released during Dance Dance Revolution (2013) from December 19th, 2013 to February 25th, 2014 were retrospectively moved to the Dance Dance Revolution (2014) folder.
  • Included are the 14 songs from the 熱闘！BEMANIスタジアム event, the 5 songs from the TAG生誕祭 event along with Dispersion Star, 星屑のキロク, and 回レ！雪月花.
• ever snow's and Sacred Oath's jackets were changed to remove NAOKI and jun from them, due to their departure from KONAMI in 2013.
• All of the system music has been slightly re-arranged from their 2013 versions; now they sound closer to the game's theme song Another Phase.
• The EDIT data link function was revived on June 6th, 2014.
• BPM sort was absent until June 23rd, 2014.
• First Dance Dance Revolution game since Dance Dance Revolution X2 to receive a location test in North America.
  • This location test marked the first Dance Dance Revolution game released in North America to officially support eAMUSEMENT.
  • The interface received a near-complete English translation based on the partial translation used in the Korean version.
  • Due to copyright restrictions, 47 songs were missing from the North American location test (all of the U.M.U×BEMANI songs, 6 licenses from Dance Dance Revolution (2013), all licenses from Dance Dance Revolution X3 VS 2ndMIX, and all Dancemania licenses in Dance Dance Revolution and Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMIX).
• RINON returned as a playable character, after being removed in Dance Dance Revolution (2013).
• eAMUSEMENT support for Dance Dance Revolution (2014) ended on June 30th, 2017.
• New songs: 94
• Total songs: 682

Character Roster

The character roster remains the same as of DDR2013 while Rinon returns as the playable character but being playable in Replicant D-ignition as well as the unplayable boss, Dark Rinon after Rinon merges the six orbs into her own body before facing the player in Encore Extra Stage.

New Songlist

Main article: Dance Dance Revolution (2014)/Songs

EXTRA STAGE / EXTRA ATTACK

EXTRA STAGE requirements are identical to Dance Dance Revolution X3 VS 2ndMIX. Please see its page for more details.

On August 12th, 2014, the criteria to access the EXTRA STAGE was simplified. When playing VERSUS, both players' Results Stars are combined together, which will determine access to the EXTRA STAGE when both players had at least nine stars accumulative. A Red Result Star (★) was also added on the update when the player uses LIFE GAUGE modifiers (RISKY or LIFE4), regardless of results. (The dark blue Daily Star is an exception, and will be given out even for non-Premium Play.)

The EXTRA ATTACK unlocking method allows the players to unlock EXTRA STAGE-only songs available in the EXTRA ATTACK folder. By playing songs in the EXTRA ATTACK folder, the SURVIVED BONUS meter will increase for the selected difficulty. Once the meter is completely filled, the song will be unlocked on that difficulty (and all the lower difficulties, if applicable) for normal play. The meter carries between games using e-AMUSEMENT. Single and Double charts must be unlocked separately.

In addition to new songs and charts, the following old songs from Dance Dance Revolution (2013) can also be unlocked via EXTRA ATTACK. Songs part of events (GUMI 5th Anniversary party Presented by BEMANI, TAG大生誕祭, BEMANI×TOHO project REITAISAI 2015, and Replicant D-ignition) have to have their charts unlocked in order, starting from BEGINNER and all the way up to EXPERT. This also applies to the two songs from the OSB～ウィンター★スペシャル★プレゼント～ event (この青空の下で and Poochie), POSSESSION(EDP Live Mix), and ドーパミン.

• TAG seitansai (TAG生誕祭) songs (ÆTHER, esrev:eR, and SABER WING (satellite silhouette remix)).
• 熱闘！BEMANIスタジアム; added July 24th, 2014. IX's CHALLENGE charts appear in EXTRA ATTACK after unlocking its lower difficulties.
• 発見！よみがえったBEMANI遺跡; added July 23rd, 2015. JOMANDA's and 嘆きの樹's CHALLENGE charts will be available for unlock via EXTRA ATTACK after unlocking their lower difficulties.
• Replicant D-ignition songs; as of August 6th, 2015. CHALLENGE charts for MAX.(period) and EGOISM 440 can be unlocked after unlocking Over The “Period”'s EXPERT charts and the former song's CHALLENGE charts, respectively.
• Electronic or Treat!; added October 29th, 2015 if you didn't unlock it via the PONの運命浄化計画 event.
• BEMANI SUMMER DIARY 2015; songs added November 5th, 2015. These were rolled out weekly.
• 怪盗BisCoの予告状!! songs and POSSESSION(EDP Live Mix); added January 7th, 2016.

From September 18th, 2014 to October 16th, 2014, a special campaign named Aki no daishuukakusai (秋の大収穫祭, Big Harvest Festival of Autumn) was added. By playing any song, a bonus ranging from +1 to +4 LIFE was given depending on a few requirements. The EXTRA LIVES acquired were added by dance level, and the total could be seen by pressing "4" on the 10-key pad to access the event panel. These EXTRA LIVES were then available to use during EXTRA ATTACK. Usually, one was locked to LIFE4, but with this event, it was possible to increase the number of LIVES to any number as long as the players had enough EXTRA LIVES.

From August 15th, 2014, to September 12th, 2014, CHALLENGE charts for Din Don Dan, Elysium, IMANOGUILTS, SABER WING (satellite silhouette remix), ちゅ～いん☆バニー, and ヤマトなでなで♡かぐや姫 could be unlocked as part of the Oni no EXTRA ATTACK (鬼のEXTRA ATTACK) event. These charts will appear on the EXTRA STAGE in the 鬼のEXTRA ATTACK folder if the song's lower difficulties were unlocked previously via EXTRA ATTACK. When playing a song in the 鬼のEXTRA ATTACK folder, the LIFE GAUGE modifier is forced on RISKY instead of LIFE4. From October 16th, 2014, to November 13th, 2014, CHALLENGE charts for Kind Lady, Malacca, PARANOiA KCET ～clean mix～, and Tribe, as well as the KONAMI Arcade Championship 2013 CHALLENGE charts, could be unlocked by the same above method. They could be unlocked again from July 16th, 2015 onwards via EXTRA ATTACK instead.

From December 17th, 2015, most non-cross BEMANI event songs, as well as the new CHALLENGE charts, were unlocked for all players.

Unlock Events

YuniverHills project

The YuniverHills project (ユニバーヒルズproject) event started on November 17th, 2014. The event consists on building an apartment to get more residents on it. This can be done by playing a set of three daily songs that are shown when you play (you can also check them by pressing the 4 button on the numeric keypad on the song select screen). After getting a certain number of residents, you will unlock certain charts of a song, in order of BEGINNER to EXPERT. For a list of the daily songs, please see this page. Both single and double charts unlock together.

From April 1st, 2015 onwards, Starlight Fantasia (Endorphins Mix) was added to EXTRA ATTACK by reaching one million residents.

YuniverHills project ended on December 2nd, 2015. All ユニバーヒルズproject songs are automatically unlocked on December 3rd, 2015 for those with an eAMUSEMENT PASS.

BOSS ON PARADE

The BOSS ON PARADE event began on January 22nd, 2015. The player's goal is to unlock five boss songs that are crossovers from other BEMANI series (beatmania IIDX, GuitarFreaks & DrumMania, jubeat, pop'n music, and REFLEC BEAT), plus a final boss song, for normal play. To unlock these songs, the player must earn medals and jewels.

To begin unlocking each boss song, the player must earn ten medals for that song. Each boss song has a unique BOSS ON PARADE Medal-supported Songs; playing one of those songs earns the player one medal toward that boss song. (For example, FIRE FIRE is a Medal-supported song for 海神, so playing FIRE FIRE once will earn the player one medal to it.) Only one medal per song can be obtained. These conditions are:

BEMANI game	Song	Conditions
REFLEC BEAT	海神	Songs appeared on REFLEC BEAT that have a HARD chart rated Level 10+ (level 11 or higher in REFLEC BEAT VOLZZA/VOLZZA 2).
beatmania IIDX	Plan 8	Songs appeared on beatmania IIDX with "HAPPY" in their genre.
GITADORA	クリムゾンゲイト	Song titles that are related to the color red (the possible keywords are FIRE, RED, BURN, 紅 ("aka", meaning red/scarlet), Phoenix, or クリムゾン (crimson)). (FIRE FIRE does not count however, as it is used as a condition for 海神)
pop'n music	Remain	Songs found in the pop'n music folder with kors k or wac as the artist or composer.
jubeat	FUNKY SUMMER BEACH	All jubeat transplant songs that has not been used by the other boss songs.

Once ten medals have been obtained for a boss song, a special BOSS ON PARADE folder appears, with that boss song temporarily accessible. If one does not have Premium Play, it appears on FINAL STAGE instead.

When playing a boss song in BOSS ON PARADE folder, the LIFE4 option is automatically turned on. Playing (clearing not required) a boss song costs the player all of their medals for that song (and resets the medal count for those songs). The player will also earn two jewels which also count as medals that are permanent, meaning that the player have to obtain two less to make the song available. By playing the song five times (i.e. obtaining all ten jewels), that song becomes unlocked for normal play.

Once all five boss songs have been unlocked for normal play, a sixth and hidden song, Truare! will be added to the BOSS ON PARADE folder on EXTRA STAGE only. Clearing the final boss song completes the BOSS ON PARADE event.

On February 4th, 2015, the list of medal-supported songs was revealed on the official website. On February 16th, 2015, requirements for the event were made easier:

• Medal-supported songs are now indicated with a メダル対象 (Medal Target) tooltip at the Music Select screen.
• Playing songs that are not medal-supported will give ¼ of a medal, toward the boss song that has the highest number of medals.
• It is now allowed to play medal-supported songs repeatedly.

As of March 5th, 2015, all players who have passed the final boss song also unlock it for normal play.

As of July 2nd, 2015, the requirements for the event were made significantly easier a second time. Eight medals/jewels are required instead of ten, meaning that four plays are now required to unlock.

The BOSS ON PARADE event ended on December 24th, 2015. All songs were unlocked for normal play after.

Live ongen wo game de! EXIT TUNES Dance Party -beatnation RHYZE music council-

The Live ongen wo game de! EXIT TUNES Dance Party -beatnation RHYZE music council- (ライブ音源をゲームで！「EXIT TUNES Dance Party -beatnation RHYZE music council-」) campaign started on February 14th, 2015 and ended on November 25th, 2015. By purchasing the EXIT TUNES DANCE PARTY ～beatnation RHYZE music council～ SELECTION from KONAMI♪MUSIC, you received a code which you could enter on the campaign site to unlock a song.

Replicant D-ignition

Replicant D-ignition was first announced at the JAEPO 2015 event on February 18th, 2015, and started on March 5th, 2015. Truare! must be unlocked and cleared first to begin the event.

Replicant D-ignition's event is divided into segments. First, you must fill five NITRO (ニトロ) vials. Each NITRO vial corresponds to a new song that becomes playable once that vial is filled:

• Destination: green
• Samurai Shogun vs. Master Ninja: red
• Sand Blow: yellow
• HAPPY☆LUCKY☆YEAPPY: white
• chaos eater: blue

You can choose which vial to fill at the end of each game session. Filling subsequent vials require more NITRO than the previous filled vial: 4,000 NITRO for the first, then 6,000, 8,000, 10,000, and lastly 12,000 for the final. NITRO is obtained by fulfilling various conditions:

NITRO Bonus Requirements
Bonus Type	Details
STAGE Bonus	Playing the 1st STAGE is worth 300 NITRO, 2nd STAGE/FINAL STAGE give 100 each. Getting an EXTRA STAGE is 200.
Rank Bonus	Depending on the rank obtained, the amount of NITRO given is different: a AAA rank is 50 NITRO, 45 for a AA, 40 for a A, 35 for a B, 30 for a C, 25 for a D, and 0 for an E.
Full Combo Bonus	Obtaining a MARVELOUS to GREAT Full Combo is worth ten NITRO, while a GOOD Full Combo is five.
Difficulty Bonus	Playing a song on BEGINNER/BASIC will give no NITRO, five NITRO on DIFFICULT, and ten for EXPERT/CHALLENGE. For an EDIT song, the equivalent difficulty is given.
LIFE GAUGE Bonus	For every song played with the LIFE GAUGE modifier set to LIFE4 or RISKY, five NITRO is obtained.
YuniverHills Bonus	Each of the YuniverHills daily songs will give 50 NITRO. Past day's songs are worth ten each.
VERSUS Play Bonus	Players using VERSUS receive a bonus of 200 NITRO.
Day's Play Bonus	On the first play of the day, 20 NITRO is given, then 100 the third time, 300 the sixth, and 580 on the tenth of the day.
Endless Day's Play Bonus	After the 15th play of the day, a bonus of 600 NITRO is given every five additional plays.

Once at least one vial has been filled, the Replicant D-ignition folder will appear during EXTRA STAGE, with the available songs based on which NITRO vials have been filled. Once the folder is opened, the player is then locked onto the folder until the end of the credit, with RINON automatically selected as the player's dancer. Song previews and BPM are hidden.

The next goal is to obtain five orbs (オーブ) by obtaining a AA rank or above on EXPERT on each of the five songs. After acquiring all five orbs, EGOISM 440 will appear as a sixth song in the Replicant D-ignition folder. Playing EGOISM 440 costs all your orbs, and you must get them again to play the song again. Clearing EGOISM 440 with the required conditions will result in the player playing MAX.(period) on ENCORE EXTRA STAGE, based on the difficulty played for EGOISM 440. You will not be able to change any options beforehand, and 1.5x SPEED and REVERSE are forced during play, with "The Dark One" set as your dancer.

The second phase of Replicant D-ignition started on March 26th, 2015, which added MAX.(period) (and its CHALLENGE chart) as an EXTRA STAGE song (if the player cleared said song as ENCORE EXTRA STAGE). Similar to EGOISM 440, playing MAX.(period) will cost all five orbs. By obtaining a AA rank or higher on MAX.(period)'s CHALLENGE chart, you will be forced into playing Over The "Period" as the ENCORE EXTRA STAGE at two levels lower than MAX.(period) played on EXTRA STAGE. You'll play the song with no modifiers, and you must get a PERFECT FULL COMBO to clear the song; anything less results in instant failure.

As of April 9th, 2015, orbs for the first six Replicant D-ignition songs can be obtained on DIFFICULT, and MAX.(period)'s orb can be obtained on EXPERT. As of May 1st, 2015, orbs for the first six songs can be obtained on BASIC, and MAX.(period)'s orb can be obtained on DIFFICULT. As of July 2nd, 2015, orbs for the first six songs can be obtained on BEGINNER, and MAX.(period)'s orb can be obtained on BASIC. From July 23rd to August 6th, 2015, the amount of NITRO obtained is doubled.

Replicant D-ignition ended on August 6th, 2015. Neither RINON nor "The Dark One" can be unlocked if you did not unlock them during the event. All seven songs were then moved to the EXTRA ATTACK folder. EGOSIM 440 can only be unlocked after you unlock the first five nitro songs, followed by MAX.(period) and Over The “Period”. Once Over The “Period”'s EXPERT chart is unlocked, MAX.(period)'s CHALLENGE chart will be available, and unlocking that reveals EGOISM 440's CHALLENGE chart.

As of December 24th, 2015, everything in Replicant D-ignition is automatically unlocked (except Over The “Period”'s CHALLENGE chart, which is an EXTRA STAGE-exclusive).

BEMANI Unlock Events

FLOOR INFECTION

By playing SOUND VOLTEX II -infinite infection- during the stated periods, you will raise the infection level and unlock the following songs from the SOUND VOLTEX series.

Hakken! Yomigaetta BEMANI iseki

The Hakken! Yomigaetta BEMANI iseki (発見！よみがえったBEMANI遺跡) event was a BEMANI-wide event that began on July 24th, 2014.

PON no unmei jouka keikaku

The PON no unmei jouka keikaku (PONの運命浄化計画) event started on December 24th, 2014 to commemorate the release of PON's Power Of Nature album. To unlock the event songs, you must obtain the different attributes of the "powers of nature" (自然の力).

From October 29th, 2015 onward, Electronic or Treat! could be unlocked via EXTRA ATTACK.

Kaitou BisCo no yokokujou!!

The Kaitou BisCo no yokokujou!! (怪盗BisCoの予告状!!) event was a BeatStream-center unlock event that began on June 17th, 2015 and ended on December 21st, 2015.

After the event ended, its songs were added to EXTRA ATTACK on January 7th, 2016.

BEMANI SUMMER DIARY 2015

The BEMANI SUMMER DIARY 2015 event started on July 23rd, 2015, and ended on October 26th, 2015.

From November 5th, 2015 onward, these songs could also be unlocked in EXTRA ATTACK.

Beta Version

• Surrender (PureFocus remix) was registered in the JASRAC database around the time when Dance Dance Revolution (2014) was the most recent arcade Dance Dance Revolution title, suggesting that it was planned to be included in that game. However, it would not appear in an arcade release of the Dance Dance Revolution series until Dance Dance Revolution A3.
• The YuniverHills project (ユニバーヒルズproject) event was impossible to complete during the U.S. location tests of Dance Dance Revolution (2014) due to specific songs missing from the location test version, specifically PARANOiA (kskst mix) and TRIP MACHINE (xac nanoglide mix).
• An updated U region build of Dance Dance Revolution (2014) was shown exclusively to Dave & Busters senior management sometime after the U.S. location tests ended in September 2015. This build was notable for having a small set of licenses taken from Dance Dance Revolution (2010).
  • This build was never shown publicly, and plans for the U.S. release of Dance Dance Revolution (2014) would be cancelled in favor of Dance Dance Revolution A's release the following year.

Sources

• https://remywiki.com/AC_DDR_2014