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Acks

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Not a huge step up in DDR gameplay with the wiimote and nunchuck, but I always love a new mix.

Supernova 2 for PS2 also comes out that day. I don't remember the songlist, but I hope it somewhat resembles the new SN2 released in arcades.
 
I picked this up last weekend. I was kind of upset that the pad wasn't wireless (it plugs into the gamecube port on top of the wii) but then realized my ddr mario mix pad would work with it. Now, I'm not a great DDR player by far, but I can usually do pretty well on it (at least in my opinion). This new one has of course arrows that need to be hit by the remote or nunchuk, as well as spinning arrows that flow across the screen and land whereever at the last second. The graphics for it are pretty nice, although sometimes the background and the arrows seemed to blend together. The track selection seems to be a good variety, although most of the songs seem to be realllllllly fast paced, which for someone new to the series might have trouble learning. Even a veteran having to learn to use your hands as well as your feet now may have some trouble. All in all, it could have been a bit better, but meh. Was it worth $70? I'd prolly have to say no, although I do have 2 pads now, lol. 4 player capabilities are included, can't say I can imagine 4 people playing on anything less than a 60" television though, even then it could still be quite crowded for space. But, I saw it at the mall and couldn't pass up Wii game number 16 lol.
 
The track selection seems to be a good variety, although most of the songs seem to be realllllllly fast paced, which for someone new to the series might have trouble learning. Even a veteran having to learn to use your hands as well as your feet now may have some trouble.

Yeah, just from the sound of it, it seems like an awfully bad idea (Or maybe they're trying to turn DDR into Para Para?...Also bad idea.) Having to move really fast while waving your arms at this not only sounds dumb, but it also completely changes the person's stance/balance from what they normally do. I don't wanna imagine someone trying to do a 9+difficulty song while having to hold their arms out or over their head, seems like that'd end with someone getting killed.
 
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