Music Of Dance Dance Revolution Extreme

''Dance Dance Revolution Extreme'' has a robust soundtrack. It includes many licensed tracks as well as in-house original music that was written and performed by Konami staff.

Lists of songs

Arcade (240 songs)

The arcade release of ''Dance Dance Revolution Extreme'' contains 80 new songs of 240 total, including 11 ''Club Version'' songs and three ''Dancing Stage EuroMix 2'' songs. Most of the other new songs are revivals from previous Bemani games. Songs that are not initially available for play are represented with a padlock icon and are only accessible through the use of codes entered into the game's operator menu. The song "Legend of Max" appears on the end credits when the songs are locked.

Most of the songs featured in ''Extreme'' returned in subsequent arcade releases:
* ''Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova'' features 184 songs from ''Extreme''.
* ''Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova 2'' features 176 songs from ''Extreme''.
* ''Dance Dance Revolution A'' and newer feature 147 songs from ''Extreme''.

In ''SuperNova'', the 56 removed songs were 51 licenses and 5 Bemani crossovers. ''SuperNova 2'' introduced a ''DDR Extreme'' folder. In ''Dance Dance Revolution X'', songs are divided by mix (''1st'' to ''Extreme'') instead of using a single ''Extreme'' folder, a feature maintained in all releases to this day.

Legend:
* 🎬 This song features a unique game video in ''Dance Dance Revolution Extreme 2'' for the PlayStation 2.

PlayStation 2

The PlayStation 2 release of ''Dance Dance Revolution Extreme'' contains 111 songs. In the same vein as the arcade release, the PlayStation 2 release contains a number of popular songs from past games which is uncommon in Japanese console releases. New to the series songs are in green, songs from other ''Bemani'' series are in yellow, songs originally from console DDR games, DDR Solo, and DDR 2ndMix Club Version are in purple, songs from previous DDR games are in blue, and Boss songs are in red. New Konami Originals that are not on the arcade soundtrack receive special coloring: DDR Originals are in pink, while BEMANI crossover songs are in orange. Songs that are not initially available are represented with a padlock icon and require certain conditions in-game to be met before they can be played.

Lists of courses

Nonstop

''Dance Dance Revolution Extreme'' reintroduced Nonstop courses for the first time since ''Dance Dance Revolution 4thMix Plus'', with some improvements: the ability to select between two levels of difficulty, and the ability to use modifiers during the course. However, it is no longer possible to use a memory card to customize the song list and order of Nonstop courses. Some Nonstop courses use data collected by the game to determine the songs they contain, while others select songs at random. All Nonstop courses have four songs that are played back to back without rest between them, and use the standard life bar as in normal gameplay.

Notes:
* 🕹️ indicates that the course is available on the Japanese PlayStation 2 version.
* In the arcade version, all six Player's courses and all four Random courses may feature Challenge steps instead of Standard or Heavy steps, when Challenge-only songs are featured in a course.

The PlayStation 2 version features 12 courses that are identical to the arcade version. Additionally, two courses on the PlayStation 2 replace one song compared to their arcade counterparts:
* (Four Seasons) features "Can't Stop Fallin' In Love (Speed Mix)" instead of "Firefly".
* Euro Beat features "Burnin' the Floor (Momo Mix)" instead of "Nori Nori Nori".

Challenge (arcade)

The Nonstop Challenge mode from ''DDRMAX2 Dance Dance Revolution 7thMix'' returns in ''Extreme'', with its name simplified to Challenge. As before, each player begins with four lives, though the battery only depicts three. Upon breaking a combo (with a Good, Almost or Boo step) or failing to complete a freeze arrow, one life is depleted. Some songs will replenish a life or two after completion. ''Extreme'' exchanges the percentage meter with a points meter to determine a player's score. Some Challenge courses contain forced modifiers, listed after the song title in bold. New Challenge courses are in green, yellow and purple, while boss courses are in red.

''Extreme'' features 26 Challenge courses, including eight from ''DDRMAX2''. ''SuperNova'' and ''SuperNova 2'' feature five courses from ''DDRMAX2'' (Love RevenG, plus four courses common to ''Extreme'') and five courses from ''Extreme''.
In ''Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova''

PlayStation 2

The following Challenge courses from the arcade version return on the PlayStation 2 version:

* Naoki Neo-Standard
* Paranoia Brothers
* Paranoia Brothers (''MAX2'')
* Trip Five
* From GF&DM
* Naoki Premium
* (Real Ghost Road)

Additionally, the 2MB (2MB Road) and (Legendary Road) courses add "Max. Period" as the final song in Expert and Challenge difficulty, respectively.

The following Challenge courses for the PlayStation 2 remove songs compared to their arcade counterparts:
* Classic: "End of the Century" and "Saints Go Marching (Remix)" are absent.
* World Tour: "Living in America", "Orion.78 (Ameuro-Mix)" and "Matsuri Japan" are absent.
* IIDX Boss: "DXY!" is absent.

New songs

Konami originals

''Dance Dance Revolution Extreme'' features 60 new Konami originals, of which 45 are Bemani crossovers. Most of these songs reappear in subsequent arcade releases.

In regular gameplay, the default song is "Graduation" by BeForU, known as "Graduation ~それぞれの明日~" in the game. This song returns in all subsequent arcade releases, with the exception of ''Dance Dance Revolution X''.

"Crash!", "Memories" and "Vanity Angel" were originally featured in ''Dancing Stage EuroMix 2''. While "Crash!" was removed from the arcade series after ''Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova 2'', the two other songs were retained in ''SuperNova'' and all subsequent releases. "Memories" is an unlockable song in the 2004 North American release of ''Extreme'' for the PlayStation 2. In 2006, the unlock code was released on the Burger King website for a promotional campaign.

The game features four boss songs, which include "Paranoia Survivor" and "Paranoia Survivor Max" on Final Stage, "The Legend of Max" on Extra Stage, and "Dance Dance Revolution" on One More Extra Stage.

Six songs feature a Japanese name, which the international release of ''Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova'' and several other games translate to English:

Licensed songs

''Dance Dance Revolution Extreme'' features 9 new licensed songs from Dancemania. Of these, "Senorita (Speedy Mix)" icby Jenny Rom is the only license to be absent in the PlayStation 2 (PS2) version in Japan, although a preview of this song is hidden in game data.

Although none of the licenses are available in ''Extreme'' for the PS2 in North America, five songs do appear in ''Dance Dance Revolution Extreme 2'' for the PS2 in that region: "Cartoon Heroes (Speedy Mix)" by Barbie Young, " Irrésistiblement" by Wildside, "La Copa de la Vida" by Patrick Victorio, and " Speed Over Beethoven" by Rose.

On April 25, 2019, "Cartoon Heroes (20th Anniversary Mix)" was added to ''Dance Dance Revolution A20'' and subsequent releases when playing on a golden cabinet. It is an in-house cover by Konami, based on the version found in ''Extreme''.

The game ''StepManiaX'' by Step Revolution features three of the ''Extreme'' licenses with new charts. "Senorita (Speedy Mix)" and "Speed Over Beethoven" were added in 2020, while "Senorita (Speedy Mix)" icwas added in 2021.

Music samplers

''Dance Dance Revolution Extreme'' (North America)

''Dance Dance Revolution Extreme Limited Edition Music Sampler'' was released on September 21, 2004 by Konami Digital Entertainment of America in North America. This sampler was only available for pre-orders , typically at a GameStop or EB Games retail outlet.Konami Insider News – December 2006 Page 2
/ref> The CD contains tracks taken directly from the game as well as unique remixes done by Konami's in-house artists, from a broad range of musical styles.

Known to Konami as V-RARE SOUNDTRACK-3 USA, the V-RARE moniker had first been used by Konami to release similar albums in Japan to commemorate Bemani game releases there and still are to this date are. In Japan the music CDs are usually bundled with a given game upon release. To date Konami has released 13 V-RARE discs in the US to promote various Dance Dance Revolution game releases and has released them through various video game and non-video game vendors such as GameStop, EB Games, Toys "R" Us, and Burger King.

''Dance Dance Revolution Extreme 2'' (North America)

''Dance Dance Revolution Extreme 2 Limited Edition Music Sampler'' by Konami Digital Entertainment of America in North America. This sampler was only available for pre-orders , typically at a GameStop or EB Games retail outlet. The CD contains tracks taken directly from the game as well as unique remixes done by Konami's in-house artists, from a broad range of musical styles.

The CD is also known as ''V-RARE Soundtrack-5 USA''. The V-RARE moniker was first used by Konami to release similar video game-based albums in Japan. In Japan these promotional CDs are usually bundled with its corresponding game upon release. As of December 2010, Konami has released 14 V-RARE discs in the US to promote various Dance Dance Revolution games. The latest one was released in 2008 along with ''Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova 2''.

See also

* List of Dance Dance Revolution songs

Notes

References

External links

Konami's official website.

Music In Every Direction
Konami's official Dance Dance Revolution and music game portal in America.

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