Dance Dance Revolution DANCE WARS is a Dance Dance Revolution game for iOS Mobile Phone devices, the fourth in a series of DDR games for iOS. The successor to Dance Dance Revolution S+, it was released on February 14, 2013, as a free-to-play game.
General Information / Changes[]
- First Dance Dance Revolution release to use KONAMI's current logo.
- Game service stopped functioning on August 31st, 2013, due to the team retiring.
- System BGM and sound direction by Yuko Takahashi (as confirmed here), marking her only contribution to the Dance Dance Revolution series.
- Total songs: 72
Development[]
Konami started development on DDR Dance Wars, then codenamed Dance Dance Revolution GREE and simply titled Dance Dance Revolution, in 2011. It was originally slated for a 2012 release date on Android and Windows Phone devices, but it was delayed to 2013. On December 2012, the full name of the game, DDR Dance Wars, was revealed and the game was later released on February 14, 2013 (although the app itself was already in the iOS app store the night prior to February 14). On July 2, 2013, it was announced that service for Dance Wars will end on August 31, 2013, and is no longer available for download.
New Features/Changes[]
- Dance Crew. Up to 10 members can be in a crew. The limit increases as they buy the Charisma upgrade.
- Missions.
- DDR Shop - a shop that allows the player to buy items with DDR Coins, which can be purchased with real money. Song packs cost 220 DDR Coins.
- Stamina. This is basically a virtual representation of energy used in Versus battles and Missions. Can be regained by eating food or buying items that increase the maximum stamina.
- Accessories for the characters. DDR DANCE WARS is the first non-arcade DDR game as well as the first installment outside of Japan to have accessories for characters.
- DDR Dance Wars is the first DDR game to make use of the GREE Platform. As such, a GREE account and a stable Wi-Fi or 3G online connection are required in order to play the game.
- Unlike the past DDR iOS games, DDR DANCE WARS does not have the ability to change gameplay options, such as speed, turn modifiers, etc. However, they may be added on a later update.
- Due to the game's new engine, many songs above 170 BPM become harder to time, especially CG Project and MAX 300. Also, some songs display the wrong BPMs (e.g. SEDUCTION's BPM is displayed as 95-189). However, this has since been fixed in update 1.0.2.
- Due to the game's new engine also, downloaded content from DDR S+ cannot be transferred over to DDR Dance Wars.
Character Roster[]
Characters from Dance Dance Revolution X2 and Dance Dance Revolution X3 VS 2ndMIX return, albeit with Bonnie receiving a new outfit. A new character, Michael, is added.
Default Characters[]
Unlockable Characters[]
Characters are listed in the order they appear on the character select screen.
Events[]
Unidentified Funky Objects DANCE BATTLE (02/26/2013-03/11/2013)[]
UFOs have invaded Earth, and Disco and Emi need the player's help. The player destroys UFOs by engaging in Dance Battles against UFOs on the song Unidentified Funky Objects.
Storyline[]
Chapter 1[]
Emi and Disco discover that the UFOs have invaded Earth, and that dancing is the only way to stop them. Unidentified Funky Objects is played on Beginner difficulty.
Chapter 2[]
Emi becomes abducted by aliens, and Disco has to save her before it's too late. The same song is played, except that the Basic difficulty is used.
Chapter 3[]
Bonnie discovers that Emi has been abducted, and she teams up with Disco to save Emi. This time, the Difficult chart of Unidentified Funky Objects is played.
Chapter 4[]
Disco attacks the last fleet of UFOs with his dancing only to realize that he has accidentally destroyed the one that Emi was supposedly abducted in. Bonnie tells Disco not to worry about Emi and that the last of the UFOs have to be destroyed. The Expert chart of Unidentified Funky Objects is used.
Epilogue[]
The whole army of UFOs has been routed away from Earth, and Emi escapes before the aliens can take her away. Disco and Bonnie are happy that she is alive and well, and Disco promises to see them next time.
Rewards[]
- 2,000,000 total points or above - Tiny UFO (accessory for all characters)
- 6,000,000 total points or above - French Fries
- 30,000,000 total points or above - Unidentified Funky Objects
- Top 2000 Rankers - Gold Discoball Head (accessory for Bonnie)
- Top 100 Rankers - 2 Gigaburgers
BINGO PARTY[]
Yuni is having a Bingo party at her mansion.
Gameplay[]
The player is given Bingo card with 4 numbers(ex.44,86,73,12) and their goal is to get all numbers marked*. Each number is obtained depending on a certain amount of (a) step judgement(s) obtained on a difficulty (ex. Marvelous, Perfect, Great). Once a card is filled, the player recieves a new one, and a prize.
How Numbers are Recieved[]
Beginner-Marvelous+Perfect count
Basic-Marvelous Count
Difficult-Great count and 2nd+3rd digits in score together (ex. If score is 835,790 the number 35 is obtained.)
Expert-Perfect count and 2nd + 3rd digits in score together
Rewards[]
Participation- 1 French Fries, Party Hat(Accessory)
Invite System[]
The Invite System in DDR Dance Wars is basically inviting friends to GREE so they can play DDR Dance Wars. In order for the reward to be earned, the invited player must create a GREE account, download DDR Dance Wars on their iOS device, go through the tutorial, and the reward will be earned.
Rewards[]
02/14/2013→04/15/2013[]
- 1st Invite - Alternative costume for Bonnie
- 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th Invite - 3 Gigaburgers (item)
- 5th Invite - Uranus (song)
- 10th Invite - PiX (character)
04/16/2013→04/27/2013[]
- 1st Invite - Discoball Head (accessory for Disco)
- 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th Invite - 3 Gigaburgers (item)
- 5th Invite - Your Angel (song)
- 10th Invite - Alternative costume for Emi
04/28/2013[]
- 1st Invite - Alternative costume for Michael
- 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th Invite - 3 Gigaburgers (item)
- 5th Invite - sakura storm (song)
- 10th Invite - Rena (character)
Update History[]
v.1.0.2[]
- Fixed all BPM errors
- Fixed timing issues on songs with higher BPMs
- Detailed profile in crew request: the player will be able to access other players' pages more easily.
Songlist[]
- Main article: Dance Dance Revolution Dance Wars/Songlist
Gallery[]
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