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Dance Dance Revolution Supernova
Brian Moser
Issue date: 12/7/06 Section: Arts & Entertainment
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The newest Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) game for the Playstation 2, console called "SuperNova" by Konami, is another energetic game many players should enjoy. The new songs of the game are okay, but I am not overly impressed with them.
Having played the four DDR games before, I think the newest game is actually a disappointment in song quality in comparison. There are only about a dozen songs that give me a sense of nostalgia or songs that I enjoyed outside of DDR.
The usual game mode along with the workout mode appears again with the usual settings. In the workout mode, you can have different user information that can be locked with a password so people can't mess up your workout information.
While you're working out, you can also look at your information such as how many pounds you have lost, how many calories you have burned and how many miles you have run. The last piece of information might be good to use for the Amazing Race activity.
Playing the game mode is the same as usual with many songs to play and many more to unlock. This mode is for players to have fun and try to beat the high scores. I enjoy playing the game with an opponent to see how good I have become.
The biggest difference in "SuperNova" is the Stellar Master Mode, which replaces the Dance Master Mode that was featured in the previous game. Instead of going through different courses to access different songs and become a dancing master, you now visit different planets to earn your dance master title.
The first planet is a tutorial for beginning players and teaches one of the main things that I tell most beginning players: don't keep bringing your feet to the middle. The tutorial does a fantastic job of teaching this with mini songs which deal with exactly that issue.
In each of the other planets, a player has a selection of songs they must use to accomplish a list of goals. This is a good way to practice the songs in the game.
Some of the goals are good such as getting a grade A on a song or completing a song with some option modification. I actually enjoy the goals that require you to change the options, like what type of arrows to use or what direction the arrows appear from.
Having played the four DDR games before, I think the newest game is actually a disappointment in song quality in comparison. There are only about a dozen songs that give me a sense of nostalgia or songs that I enjoyed outside of DDR.
The usual game mode along with the workout mode appears again with the usual settings. In the workout mode, you can have different user information that can be locked with a password so people can't mess up your workout information.
While you're working out, you can also look at your information such as how many pounds you have lost, how many calories you have burned and how many miles you have run. The last piece of information might be good to use for the Amazing Race activity.
Playing the game mode is the same as usual with many songs to play and many more to unlock. This mode is for players to have fun and try to beat the high scores. I enjoy playing the game with an opponent to see how good I have become.
The biggest difference in "SuperNova" is the Stellar Master Mode, which replaces the Dance Master Mode that was featured in the previous game. Instead of going through different courses to access different songs and become a dancing master, you now visit different planets to earn your dance master title.
The first planet is a tutorial for beginning players and teaches one of the main things that I tell most beginning players: don't keep bringing your feet to the middle. The tutorial does a fantastic job of teaching this with mini songs which deal with exactly that issue.
In each of the other planets, a player has a selection of songs they must use to accomplish a list of goals. This is a good way to practice the songs in the game.
Some of the goals are good such as getting a grade A on a song or completing a song with some option modification. I actually enjoy the goals that require you to change the options, like what type of arrows to use or what direction the arrows appear from.
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