Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix 3, known as Dancing Stage Unleashed 3 in Europe, is a music video game in the Dance Dance Revolution series developed and published by Konami and released in 2005 on Xbox.
First ULTRAMIX title with CHALLENGE charts, named ONI. Note that ONI charts can only be found by pressing down on HEAVY on songs that have them, as they're not listed with the other difficulty levels, similar to BEGINNER charts. However, ONI charts' stats are still visible on the Groove Radar at all times.
For unknown reasons, ONI charts in ULTRAMIX3 aren't given difficulty ratings, which would be the norm in the Xbox series until DanceDanceRevolution UNIVERSE2.
Unlike DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX and ULTRAMIX2, the default song sort divides songs into categories (licenses, new KONAMI originals, etc.), with the songs in each group appearing in alphabetical order. This would be the norm for the rest of the Xbox series.
First ULTRAMIX title to include Quest Mode, a single-player mode to unlock new songs and characters, which would be present in some form in all subsequent ULTRAMIX and UNIVERSE titles.
Unlike those games, ULTRAMIX3's Quest Mode isn't required to unlock songs, as every hidden song has a second unlock method more in line with those in the first two ULTRAMIX titles.
First ULTRAMIX title to include licensed songs in its DLC song packs, as well as the only title in the Xbox series to feature free DLC, in the form of two single-song packs that were available for a limited time.
Unlike ULTRAMIX and ULTRAMIX2, only three full song packs were released for ULTRAMIX3, in addition to the two free songs.
All three of ULTRAMIX3's full song packs consist of a new license, a new remix of an L.E.D. song, a new BEMANI crossover, a formerly CHALLENGE-only song from DDRMAX2 -DanceDanceRevolution 7thMIX- given a full set of charts, and an unaltered revival of an old KONAMI original. Both free single-song packs consist of a new remix of an Akira Yamaoka song.
Any songs with stops have their minimum BPM listed as 0.
Giudecca's vocal samples have been changed, due to explicit language.
Crazy In Love and Miracle Moon L.E.D.LIGHT STYLE MIX both feature slightly longer cuts than their other DanceDanceRevolution appearances (the latter actually taken from the beatmania 5thMIX ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK's Nonstop Megamix), though their charts are unchanged.
Features dance footage and performances by the dancer group The Groovaloos as background animations.
Only DanceDanceRevolution title where the announcer makes comments on specific songs.
Banners for DLC songs from ULTRAMIX and ULTRAMIX2 have been updated and no longer have their corresponding Song Pack number in them.
Total songs: 71 (plus 17 new DLC songs and 60 from previous titles)
Brilliant R•E•D - pass a song rated 9 or higher with a score of at least 95,000,000 points.
Colors Midihead's Sapphire Mix - get AAs on all difficulties for Jelly Kiss Midihead's SMAK mix and Raise Your Hands.
Dança de Yuka - clear Rock-a-billy Willy on all difficulties.
ever snow - clear BRE∀K DOWN! and Firefly with at least an A.
Frozen Ray DIRTYHERTZ Mix - get 40 O.K.s on Freeze Arrows on any song.
Giudecca - clear bag, SAKURA and The legend of MAX on HEAVY with at least a AA.
Himawari - get As on all difficulties for CARNIVAL DAY and Sunflower Girl.
Insaner - play the CREDITS mini-game and score at least 400,000 points.
Jelly Kiss Midihead's SMAK mix - clear 10 songs.
Love This Feelin' ZONK Remix - obtain a AA on any difficulty on any song.
Music To Your Head - clear e-motion, Miracle Moon ~L.E.D.LIGHT STYLE MIX~ and KISS ME ALL NIGHT LONG on any difficulty with at least an A.
PARADE OF THE WOODEN SOLDIERS - Play the game on Free Play or Quest Mode on December 25th, Christmas Day. (Note that you can alter the system time and date to unlock the song; it will still be unlocked after changing the time back.)
Rainbow Flyer - obtain a AAA on any difficulty on any song.
Right On Time - clear Destiny lovers and Daikenkai on any difficulty with at least an A.
The legend of MAX - play all default songs on any difficulty.
B' and HONEY - buy every puzzle piece of each character in QUEST mode.
To unlock everything at once, insert a controller in the 4th port and select OPTIONS and CREDITS. Then, hit the arrows opposite of what's shown on-screen. Audience applause will be heard if done correctly.
