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Dance Evolution/DanceMasters 
PAL region cover art. Japanese cover uses similar artwork.Publisher(s) Konami Platform(s) Xbox 360 Release date(s) - JP November 20, 2010
Genre(s) Music, Rhythm, Exercise Mode(s) Single-player, Multiplayer Rating(s) Media/distribution DVD System requirements Dance Evolution (known as DanceMasters in North America) is a dancing video game developed by the makers of the Dance Dance Revolution series. The game was officially unveiled at Konami's E3 2010 press conference, exclusively for Xbox 360 Kinect.[1] The game was released in November 2010. When describing the game, Naoki Maeda, the producer of Dance Evolution and of the Dance Dance Revolution series, stated that "this is real dancing."
Dance Evolution has 30 tracks, including hip hop, R&B, pop, eurobeat and dance, and will be supported with additional songs as downloadable content.
An arcade port has been announced and begun beta-testing in Japan from September 24-25, 2011. It has mostly the same Konami Original as the original, but the licenses has been replaced with japanese licenses. A spin-off, BOOM BOOM DANCE has also been recently announced on September 15, 2011 in Japan.
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Gameplay
Gameplay requires the player to copy the on-screen character's dance while hitting certain spots with their hands, drawing lines in the air, stepping on the beat and striking poses (much like a full-body version of Elite Beat Agents). Only hitting the on-screen markers counts toward your grade (unlike Dance Central, which demands full-body move matching). There is a lesson mode that explains the basic mechanics and the main dance mode. Offline games support 2 players simultaneously and online modes support up to 4 players. Each song in dance mode has 4 levels of difficulty:
- LIGHT: 1 or 2 markers per bar; STEP RIPPLES, POSING, and occasional STREAMS
- STANDARD: 1 or 2 markers per bar; basically STEP RIPPLES and POSING, with moderate NORMAL RIPPLES, FRONT RIPPLES, ROCK RIPPLES and STREAMS
- EXTREME: 2 or more markers per bar; eighth markers will appear; all types of RIPPLES will appear
- MASTER:Only on DLC. Harder than EXTREME
- STEALTH: Hardest of all! EXTREME mode with the markers OFF screen; just follow the model's movement![2]
It should be noted that the official para para routines for the eurobeat/Konami original songs were used for their respective songs.
Soundtrack
Music
The following 30 songs are included on the game.[3]. Songs in bold require it to be unlocked.
Difficulty Dance genre Song title Artist 4/5 CLUB "Afronova Primeval" DJ Amuro 3/5 POP "A Geisha's Dream" NAOKI feat. SMILE.dk 3/5 R&B/HIPHOP "Baby Baby Gimme Your Love" DIVAS 3/5 CLUB "Brilliant 2U" Naoki 4/5 CLUB "BURNIN' THE FLOOR" NAOKI 4/5 PARAPARA "CAN'T STOP FALLIN' IN LOVE -super euro version" NAOKI with Y&Co. 4/5 R&B/HIPHOP "Crazy Control" D-crew with VAL TIATIA 2/5 R&B/HIPHOP "Every Day, Every Night (NM STYLE)" LEO DROP feat. Ant Johnston 1/5 CLUB "exotic ethnic" RevenG 3/5 POP "HIGHER" NM feat. SUNNY 3/5 R&B/HIPHOP "Hysteria 2001" NM 2/5 POP "INTO YOUR HEART (Ruffage remix)" NAOKI feat. YASMINE 3/5 POP "Keep on movin'" NM 4/5 POP "Kimono♥Princess" Jun 2/5 CLUB "L'amour et la liberté (Darwin & DJ Silver remix)" NAOKI in the MERCURE 5/5 POP "La receta" Carlos Coco Garcia 3/5 R&B/HIPHOP "Let the beat hit em! (CLASSIC R&B STYLE)" Stone Bros. 2/5 OLDSCHOOL "Lover's High" APHs 4/5 OLDSCHOOL "Mess With My Emotions" Latenighter 3/5 PARAPARA "My Only Shining Star" NAOKI feat. Becky Lucinda 1/5 R&B/HIPHOP "My Summer Love" Mitsu-o! with Geila 3/5 PARAPARA "NIGHT OF FIRE" NIKO 1/5 POP "Open Your Eyes" NM feat. JaY_bEe (JB Ah-Fua) 5/5 CLUB "桜(SAKURA)" Reven-G 4/5 R&B/HIPHOP "Secret Rendez-vous" DIVAS 1/5 PARAPARA "STILL IN MY HEART" NAOKI 5/5 PARAPARA "SUPER SAMURAI" jun 3/5 OLDSCHOOL "Unity" The Remembers 5/5 R&B/HIPHOP "We Can Win the Fight" D-crew feat. Matt Tucker 2/5 PARAPARA "YESTERDAY" CHERRY Downloadable Content
Item Cost DanceEvolution Premium Theme 240 MSP DanceEvolution Picture Pack 160 MSP Master Level Pack Free OUTFIT 1 Free OUTFIT 2 160 MSP OUTFIT 3 160 MSP OUTFIT 4 160 MSP OUTFIT 5 160 MSP References
- ^ "Konami's E3 2010 Press Conference". 1up. http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3179943.
- ^ "Konami Digital Entertainment's DanceMasters page". http://www.konami.com/dancemasters. Retrieved 2010-Nov-15.
- ^ "DanceMasters Official Site". http://www.konami.com/officialsites/dancemasters/. Retrieved 2010-Nov-15.
External links
- Official DanceMasters (US /canada site)
- Official Dance Evolution (Europe site)
- Official Dance Evolution (Japanese site)
Konami music games Bemani music games (template) Active Beat'n Groovy • Karaoke Revolution (games, songs) • Dance EvolutionInactive Dance 86.4 Funky Radio Station • Dance! Dance! Dance! • Mambo a Go Go (games, songs) • Martial Beat (games, songs) • Toy's March (games, songs)Categories:- 2010 video games
- Dance video games
- Kinect games
- Konami games
- Video game sequels
- Xbox 360 games
- Xbox 360-only games
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