Post by: Pale on October 20, 2005, 09:17:09 AM
Do the many PS2 -> GCN controller converters work for dance pads? Does anyone sell them besides import stores? I want to get my hands on them, but 2 universal adaptors with 3-5 day shipping from Play-Asia would be over 50 bucks.
Also, we can just talk about the game here too.
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on October 20, 2005, 01:01:11 PM
i see you don't want to use Mario-themed pads.
try the Track&Field NES Pad.
Post by: Flames_of_chaos on October 22, 2005, 11:58:25 AM
Post by: Pale on October 22, 2005, 12:53:29 PM
Post by: WuTangTurtle on October 22, 2005, 09:02:14 PM
Post by: Nephilim on October 23, 2005, 04:39:17 PM
Post by: Caterkiller on October 26, 2005, 04:24:47 PM
Post by: joeposh on October 26, 2005, 05:19:36 PM
Post by: Caterkiller on October 26, 2005, 09:36:46 PM
Now I just have to figure out how to unlock like 13 of the other songs not in story mode. Anyone know how?
Oh and I forgot to mention I crossed paths with just about the WORST person who could have ever worked at a video game store. It wasn't that he didn't know anything, but the way he forced his opinion out at me I couldn't believe it. It was at a game store called Game Force. I walk in and up to the front counter and ask if they have DDR with Mario. The guy who looked to be no younger than 21 goes "no we don't carry that Sh%*"
I was kind of stunned for a sec and then thought maybe he was joking. I don't feel like going all into it but here are some of the things he said.
"You can't dance to that sh%$... I saw some japanese people playing it with some kinda techno sh%#. It was only made so japanese people could get some rythem!"
He continued to make fun of me and other people who play DDR and said "have you played Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, now thats fun"
And also made fun of my Soul Calibur skills(because I play DDR) after I lost to some kid on the SC3 demo they had up. And I lost because something was wrong with the analog.
*side note* now I love spider-man, I play him at universal studios, and I can really get into character with jokes.
Back on topic. I couldn't believe how angry this guy made me, I mean I just don't get angry that easily. I was just trying to think of something to say back to him for insulting me in front of the other customers and his co-workers. I was ready to pound him with harsh words(not like yo mama is so fat type of stuff) just clever spidey like stuff, that would make everyone laugh and then have him pissed off. Im pretty good at that, but earlier tonight I just couldn't believe what I was hearing out of this guys mouth about me, different races, and one of the games I love. According to him he was just "telling it like it is." So much I wanted to retaliate with, but I couldn't get it together until I walked out of the store.
Man oh man did that make me angry. Im a tad younger looking than that guy, and I shaved today so im pretty sure I didn't look at all like 19. Looking like a little 16 year old I guess had that guy believing could talk to me in any way he pleased. I so wish he does that to someone else, but someone who is no where near as forgiving as me.
Forgive all of my mistakes please, im mad!!!!
Post by: Bartman3010 on October 27, 2005, 03:42:28 AM
Post by: Pale on October 27, 2005, 03:44:02 AM
The guy at Toys r Us told me they got a ton in and had already sold through 3 quarters of them when I picked mine up. He said it was wooping SCIII in sales, at least at his store. ^^
Post by: jakeOSX on October 27, 2005, 10:54:52 AM
i would report him to his management. but make sure it is a store manager, not a manager on duty =)
oh and he probably thinks FPS are the only real video games.
Post by: Myxtika1 Azn on October 27, 2005, 01:04:40 PM
I picked it up at TRU with the sale as well. Got it yesterday along with Fire Emblem and Geist. I'm thinking about returning those two for RE:4 (PS2) (yes I own and love the Cube version) and Castlevania: Curse of Darkness (XB). I basically just bought those as placeholders because the sale is over this coming Saturday and RE 4 sold out (i'm actually surprised by this) and CoD didn't ship yet.
Post by: Pale on October 27, 2005, 04:37:35 PM
Do any of you know of any stores that carry adaptors. I ask because I would like to try more, but I'm not gonna keep ordering stuff online, on the chance it may not work..
Dammit.. I'm seriously bummed about this.
Post by: foolish03 on October 28, 2005, 07:32:17 AM
Post by: Pale on October 28, 2005, 08:01:25 AM
The quality is normal for home mats... thin, easily bunchable.. etc. The mats I have that I like to use are red octane like mats whigh 1.5 inch think foam and raised arrows. They are much more precise and the raised arrows allow you to relocate yourself without looking down.
Post by: Nephilim on October 31, 2005, 01:43:01 PM
mine has never done that in the 4odd months iv had it
worse is when the matt slightly moves to the side, due to me stomping
Post by: Ian Sane on November 01, 2005, 06:32:35 AM
Post by: Chris1 on November 01, 2005, 07:30:15 AM
Post by: Pale on November 01, 2005, 08:11:19 AM
It actually seems to be a little bit nicer than the thin PS2 mats (like intec, etc.) I was actually able to get 100% perfects on one of the simpler songs. (Most thin pads will glitch at least once in a given song making it almost impossible to hit every note exactly.
Had I not been used to my thick foam pads I would have been plenty happy with it... It works great for now, but I worry that constant folding and storage will damage it. My original thin PS2 mats each eventually had one arrow sensor stuck on...
I have a personal plan of attack though, using velcro and some added foam, I'm going to attach the official Nintendo mats to the back of my nice mats, so I just flip them over depending on what system I'm playing on.
Using some extra foam, I hope to raise the arrows up a bit to help with the positioning issue.Man I ramble on and on... but anyway, getting past my initial disappointment that my controller converters didn't work, I am extremely happy with the game itself. The dancing animations are hysterical. I don't think the different arrow types are a "sparkling innovation that wrecks the game" by any means. They add a fun deviation from the normal formula and can be turned on and off. Mini games aren't the greatest... I mean, they are fun, but I still prefer the normal formula. Afterall, DDR is basically one big minigame.
Post by: UncleBob on November 03, 2005, 05:34:34 AM
I played some Super Mario Bros. (via the GameBoy Player) a few mins ago. That was interesting.
Post by: Caterkiller on November 06, 2005, 08:35:48 AM
The story mode is pretty nice, it allows you to unlock the other songs in the game. Once you read through the dialogue once on normal, going through it again on harder modes(to unlock more songs) just turns it into an annoyance. But its still super pretty to look at.
When you first start the game you only have Twinkle Twinkle little star as a song in Free mode, so don't think you can just choose from the get go. The song selection is probably the best I have seen even though there are only 30, mainly because the majority of them are great to move to. When I play it at arcades and at a friends house there are usually only a couple songs that are really fun,(well to me at least.)
The Mario Bros 3 songs are so super awesome!!! As well as many others but the origonal Mario Bros theme is terrible!! It sounds great and what you see on screen is awesome, but for some reason the song is off beat, and boy does that make me sick!
The dance pad is very responsive and doesn't seem to slide all over the place like a few others do. I have a hard wood floor and it barely moves even on super hard. Though on the carpet I played it on it didn't move much, but I did center it after avery song was over. At first I wasn't sure about the pad until I started getting A's, then I could see everything was my fault instead of the pad.
New DDR players are really going to enjoy this, and so will the main fans. I'd say Easy up to Hard are just waaaay to easy, Very hard is a nice challenge, but once you get Super hard it kicks it up by like "20" levels, it just goes from 0 to 60 in a snap.
Worth every penny.
Post by: jakeOSX on November 07, 2005, 08:45:14 AM
it was definatly fun. i used the supplied pad and i have carpet. the pad didn't bunch, but sometimes i'd tap too lightly. the pad rotated somtimes or what mostly happened was i would drift on the pad, where stepping to the side would be the 'A' button instead of an arrow.
fun game. still trying to figure out the player/calorie thing.
and about carpentry progects to enhance the experience, plywood, four-by-fours, you know, that kinda stuff...
Post by: Bloodworth on November 07, 2005, 07:25:43 PM
Post by: jakeOSX on November 08, 2005, 04:23:49 AM
and of course screen shots of beating bowser with all perfects.
Post by: Nephilim on November 08, 2005, 06:22:39 AM
Post by: Bloodworth on November 08, 2005, 06:26:43 PM
Post by: Nephilim on November 08, 2005, 07:52:30 PM
A is the highest you can get in the USA version
AA in japanese version
I guess because it uses the old DDR arcade 3 ranking system, and not the more popular watered down version that is used these days
Old system was more strict on misses and boo's, were the newer one allows more misses and boo and you will still get a A
Post by: Jensen on November 12, 2005, 03:18:52 PM
I used to get off center a lot, but after some practice, I do fine.
After playing for a week or two (I'm a newbie), most of the "very hard" step charts aren't all that hard. I've started juggling while playing the very hard songs to make them more challenging.
Most of the Super Hard songs are plenty challenging for me (even without juggling :-) ) It will be quite a while before I'll be able to master them. The Bowser Very Hard song is tougher than most of the Super Hards. I like the song selection, and 29 songs is enough for me.
I like the idea of the story mode progression, but the unskipable cut scenes get annoying.
I avoid Mush Mode if I can.
And speaking of juggling, I'd like a Juggle Juggle Revolution Revolution game. Here's one of the controllers.
Post by: Smash_Brother on November 18, 2005, 01:17:31 PM
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Originally posted by: Pale
So, I tried playing it with my PS2 mats, and for some reason the converters I bought have so much a delay that it is unplayable. I'm quite pissed about the whole thing...
Do any of you know of any stores that carry adaptors. I ask because I would like to try more, but I'm not gonna keep ordering stuff online, on the chance it may not work..
Dammit.. I'm seriously bummed about this.
Same.
Bought two of the "PlayCube" adapters by Nyko and they don't work, at ALL.
-SB
Post by: trip1eX on November 30, 2005, 11:36:45 AM
hhmmmm.
Post by: Ian Sane on November 30, 2005, 11:48:47 AM
This is on my Christmas/Birthday list (December birthday - thus one list for both). Now I really hope someone gets it for me now. I still know of a store that has some so I might be okay.
Bummer if it's rare. Then if your dance mat breaks you're pretty much screwed in regards to getting it replaced.
Post by: UncleBob on November 30, 2005, 12:00:57 PM
Post by: joshnickerson on November 30, 2005, 02:21:29 PM
http://forums.nintendo.com/nintendo/board/message?board.id=General&message.id=28690
Post by: MrAustin on November 30, 2005, 06:40:36 PM
Post by: Flames_of_chaos on December 01, 2005, 03:32:16 AM
EDIT: And if anyone owns Karaoke Revolution party on cube or the other systems you should try the hillarious sing and dance mode its great
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Post by: Pale on December 01, 2005, 04:20:34 AM
This is ridiculous.
Post by: Happy Masks on December 01, 2005, 10:33:45 AM
Post by: Ian Sane on December 01, 2005, 01:09:50 PM
Since Konami discontinued Aria of Sorrow in record time I would normally not be surprised if they pulled the plug so quick. But this is Mario so Konami alone wouldn't have the final say and Nintendo doens't typically discontinue franchise games.
It is for the moment rare though. It just isn't really available anywhere.
Post by: Flames_of_chaos on December 01, 2005, 03:49:10 PM
Post by: Pale on December 01, 2005, 04:44:43 PM
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Post by: Bloodworth on December 03, 2005, 07:28:02 AM
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Post by: Flames_of_chaos on December 06, 2005, 01:47:07 AM
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Post by: Flames_of_chaos on December 08, 2005, 02:14:36 AM
Post by: KnowsNothing on December 13, 2005, 09:49:26 AM
Post by: vudu on December 13, 2005, 10:56:33 AM
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Originally posted by: Bloodworth
Well, if Nintendo's reason is higher demand, what probably happened is that the stores listed them as discontinued in their system because production is so far behind that they don't know when to expect them. I think the same thing happened when Advance Wars first came out.
Post by: KnowsNothing on December 13, 2005, 11:01:05 AM
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I was hoping for some more concrete evidence...like if something came up but it hadn't been mentioned in the thread...
I don't want to sound like a COMPLETE idiot though, I do understand that if Bloodworth's presumption is correct than the stores would lead me to believe that it's "discontinued." I shouldn't have even said that sentance, woo!
Post by: jakeOSX on December 21, 2005, 04:24:50 AM
very interesting...
Post by: Mr Bloober on January 05, 2006, 12:05:34 PM
Post by: UncleBob on January 05, 2006, 05:44:23 PM
Post by: darknight06 on January 08, 2006, 02:14:58 PM
Back to the subject at hand, man I gotta give this game some credit. It's got some great music, and the Super Hard stepcharts I've ran into are really fun to do and actually have a good flow to them. I would say that most of them would qualify as a 7 or 8, but a couple of songs like the Bowser song do tread into the 9 foot mold.
I would say the only real thing that needs improvement here is to add freeze arrows and put in some more songs, maybe some Konami originals outside the Mario world even. I mean, the US Disney Mix did it and there was no problem at all. Other than that, it's like 1st mix all over again and that's not a bad thing considering that most people who will be playing this will come in completely new. It's plenty enough for those just starting and it's pretty good for moderate players. However, if you're one of those OMG I AAA'd Paranoia Survivor Max Oni people, go back to In the Groove.
On a slightly unrelated note, I know U1-Asami did some of the music in this game (he HAD to have done Pipe Pop) but I'm wondering who else did some of the others. I'm not completely sure, but I swear I heard some Naoki and DJ Taka in that songlist.
