Dance Dance Revolution II

Dance Dance Revolution II, known in Europe as Dance Dance Revolution hottest party 5, is the fifth and final game in the series of Dance Dance Revolution games for the Nintendo Wii. It was released on October 11, 2011 for North America, and November 16, 2011 for Europe.

General Information / Changes[]

Final Dance Dance Revolution game on the Nintendo Wii.
- It was released as Dance Dance Revolution hottest party5 in Europe.
Song list is comprised of the new KONAMI originals from the arcade version of Dance Dance Revolution X2, along with new licenses and CS originals.
- As I'm so Happy and Theory of Eternity, as well as ΔMAX's CHALLENGE charts, never appeared in the North American/European arcade version of X2 (due to their lacking e-AMUSEMENT), this is also their debut on a non-Asian Dance Dance Revolution title.
Only Dance Dance Revolution Wii title with the following: BEMANI crossovers, the 1-20 difficulty scale, double charts, CHALLENGE charts, and long versions.
- Double charts are only available for the short versions of KONAMI originals, and the full versions of licenses.
- CHALLENGE charts with Shock Arrows were not carried over.
Choreograph Mode and Wii Balance Board Modes have been removed.
- Dedicated dance routines were also removed, aside from the three returning lesson songs.
All but four HOTTEST PARTY dancers (Rena, NAOKI, jun, and U1) have been swapped out for some of X2's.
- Back-up dancers are replaced with shadows of the selected dancer, due to Wii memory limitations.
Songs with unique videos are shown in tiny monitors on the left/right side of the player depending on their position, again due to Wii memory limitations.
- If playing on Double/VERSUS, it appears in the center.
- Dazzlin' Darlin, DROP, She is my wife, and someday...'s full-screen videos weren't retained.
- Poseidon(kors k mix), YELLOW CANDY, and ZETA ~The World of Prime Numbers and the Transcendental Being~'s videos don't appear as separate videos.
With 83 songs, Dance Dance Revolution II has the largest on-disc song list of any North American/European console Dance Dance Revolution title, and the third largest of any console Dance Dance Revolution title after Japanese SuperNOVA's 84 and Japanese EXTREME's 111.
Can unlock everything in Dance Dance Revolution (2010) through System Data Support.
Total songs: 83

Development[]

Dance Dance Revolution II was revealed during early 2011. Early screenshots of the game showed some new features, including the debut of the Double playing style. Also new to this game are the characters, which are taken straight from Dance Dance Revolution X2. It was shown on Electronic Entertainment Expo 2011 (E3 2011), showcasing new songs, which include pop music from the recent years and the last century, new songs that would later be in Dance Dance Revolution X3 VS 2ndMIX (which also held a location test at about the same time), and songs from DDR X2.

More screenshots were later released a month before the game's release, showcasing the DDR X2 characters in different colors, as well as the return of the Challenge difficulty.

New Features[]

Double Play mode. DDR II is the first Wii DDR game to have Doubles mode. It still has the Sync and Friendship modes from the previous games.
Replicant D-action
Characters from DDR X2.
Challenge difficulty. DDR II is the first DDR Wii game to have the Challenge difficulty.

Changes[]

The background videos are no longer displayed full screen. Instead, if playing on Single player, the video is displayed to the right. On multiplayer modes and Double mode, the video is displayed in the center.
The difficulty scale is now on a 1-20 scale as opposed to the 1-10 scale on the other DDR Wii games.
Backup dancers are replaced with shadows of selected dancers.

Character Roster[]

Random Character Select Shadows[]

Random All: Emi
Random Male: Disco (Afro)
Random Female: Yuni

Songlist[]

Main article: Dance Dance Revolution II/Songs

Beta Version[]

Main article: Dance Dance Revolution II/Beta

Trivia[]

Dance Dance Revolution II shares the same menu background as Dance Dance Revolution X3 VS 2ndMIX.
On the PEGI scale, Dance Dance Revolution II is one of the highest rated games released in the series at 16.

Sources[]

https://remywiki.com/CS_DDR_II

Dance Dance Revolution Console Games
PlayStation	DDR (1998) • DDR 2ndMIX • DDR 2ndMIX CLUB VERSIONS • DS TKD • DDR 3rdMIX • DS DCT • DDR Oha Suta • DDR BEST HITS • DDR 4thMIX • DS Disney's RAVE • DDR EXTRA MIX • DDR 5thMIX • DS EuroMIX • DDR KONAMIX • DS PARTY EDiTiON • DS Fever • DS Fusion
Dreamcast	DDR 2ndMIX • DDR CLUB VERSION
PlayStation 2/3	DDRMAX • Aerobics Revolution • DDRMAX2 • DS MegaMix • DDR EXTREME • DS Fever • DDR Party Collection • Diet Channel • DS Fusion • DDR FESTIVAL • DDR EXTREME 2 • DS Max • DDR STR!KE • DDR SuperNOVA • DDR SuperNOVA2 • DDR: Disney Channel Edition • DDR X • DDR X2 • DDR (2010)/New Moves
Nintendo 64/GameCube/Wii	DDR: Disney Dancing Museum • DDR MARIO MIX • DDR HOTTEST PARTY • DDR HOTTEST PARTY 2/Furu Furu Party • DDR: Winx Club • DDR: Disney Grooves • DDR HOTTEST PARTY 3/MUSIC FIT • DDR (2010)/hottest party 4 • DDR II/hottest party 5
Xbox/Xbox 360	DDR Ultramix/DS Unleashed • DDR Ultramix 2/DS Unleashed 2 • DDR Ultramix 3/DS Unleashed 3 • DDR Ultramix 4 • DDR UNIVERSE • DDR UNIVERSE 2 • DDR UNIVERSE 3 • DDR (2010)
Handheld	DDR Pocket • DDR: Hello Kitty • DDR: Dear Daniel • DDR GB • DDR: Winnie the Pooh • DDR GB2 • DDR Oha Suta GB • DDR GB3 • DDR GB: Disney Mix
Mobile	DDR Mobius • DDR S • DDR S+ • DDR FREEDOM • DDR Dance Wars • DDR Pocket Edition
PC	DDR PC • DDR Classroom Edition • DDR V • DDR GRAND PRIX
TV	DDR FamiMat • My First DDR • DDR Strawberry Shortcake • DDR DVD Game