Product Description

In DDRMAX: Dance Dance Revolution you'll be working up a sweat and improving your dance moves in no time! DDRMAX is the most comprehensive version of the hit dancing game ever! Optional Dance Mat available as NAK 47051

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4979 in Video Games
• Brand: Konami
• Model: 83717200413
• Released on: 2006-06-15
• ESRB Rating: Everyone
• Platform: PlayStation2
• Dimensions: .19 pounds

Features

• The game features over 60 new songs -- that 100+ minutes of music for you to move to
• Fantastic next-generation graphics bring the blistering excitement of the arcade hit home
• New games modes include the Freeze Arrow, to freeze on-screen arrows and force you to modify your dance steps -- it's new twist to the routine
• Edit Mode lets you create your own dance steps
• There's even a Workout Mode that tracks the calories you've burned with your moves

Manufacturer's Description
The global smash-hit dancing sensation comes to the PlayStation2 with DDR Max: Dance Dance Revolution. The most robust DDR title ever, this is the definitive version of the game, and has gamers jumping to their feet with more than 65 songs, including licensed tracks and international dance hits. The power of the PlayStation2 enables full-motion music videos and high-resolution graphics. Game modes include an edit mode, which allows players to customize their dance routines, and a workout mode that tracks calories burned during play.

Customer Reviews

All give praise to Japan!
I love DDR. I play it regularly. I have been waiting for this game since June. But enough about me, heres some things about the game that might interest you.

1. Introduction of a new "hold" step. A new kind of dance step where you have to step on the arrow for as long as the arrow is there.

2. If you are accostomed to the american DDR konamix, you should know that another primary difference will be that the arrows go down, not up. They drop down from the top in DDR Max.

3. "MAX 300" - this is the title of a 300 bpm song that you will be able to play in DDR Max. Yes, 300. That is not a typo. I ran and hid after I saw someone play this song. (and I thought konamix's Drop Out, which was 260 bpm, was fast).

4. Ever notice the dancers? I never really paid attention to them, but i guess some people will probably miss them now because they're not in the DDR Max.

5. If you've never played DDR before, this will be a good place to start, a good list of songs, and future releases of DDR will end up mimicing this one.

6. This is the American release of DDR 6th Mix.

7. You must have a dance pad, all DDR games are absolutely no fun at all without one. Two pads is even better, because it enables not just 2-player functionality, but different game modes that utilize both pads at once.

8. The average framerate in the game is about 60 fps. (don't human eyes only percieve at like 39???)

I give this game an A++.

My only gripe about this game is that there could have been more music. Yes, yes, there are about twice as many songs on DDR max as on DDR Konamix, which is alot. But this is a PS2 disk, I KNOW they could have put more songs on this game if they wanted to.

Years after its release, still a worthy purchase
I picked this game up for some variety after starting with DDR Max2 and DDR Extreme. While DDR Max 2 is still my all-time favorite (I own Flow, Pump It Up, Into the Groove, DDR Max 1 and 2, DDR Extreme 1 and 2), this game places second in my book.

It has good variety in the difficulty levels of the songs. Some I can pass on Heavy easily after a year, and some songs I still can't pass on Standard. There are some really slow songs with a hip-hop vibe and some really fast techno ones, and songs in a whole range of styles and speeds, so whatever mood I am in, I can usually get into a good flow with this music and want to keep working out.

There is a training mode just like with DDR Max 2, where you can slow the songs down and gradually speed them up as you get better at each sequence, which is invaluable for Rhythm and Police and Exotic Ethnic, two awesome but very fast songs!

The downside to this game is that it doesn't have nonstop mode like DDR Max 2, but the game mode is structured so that you don't have to keep flipping through a ton of menus if you pass each song, so it isn't as necessary as it is with DDR Max 2.

I am grateful that DDR Max excludes the dancers as I find them distracting.

The (nearly complete) song list (I've starred my favorites!):

22 Dunk - Slake
5.1.1. - DJ Nagureo
Abyss - dj Taka
*AM-3P - kTz
*Baby Baby Gimme Your Love - Divas
Brilliant 2U (Orchestra Groove) - Naoki
Broken My Heart - Naoki (feat. Paula Terry)
*Candy - Luv Unlimited
Celebrate (Beat Mania Version) - JJ Company
Cutie Chaser (Morning Mix) - Club Space
Dark Black Forest (Short Trip) - Steve Rhyner
Deep In You - DJ Nagureo
Do It Right (Harmonized 2 Step Mix) - SOTA (feat. Ebony Fay) Drop the Bomb (System S.F. Mix) - Scotty D.
Dynamite Rave (Down Bird Sota Mix) - Naoki
*Ecstasy - D-Complex
Electro Tuned (the SubS mix) - TaQ E
*Exotic Ethnic - RevenG
*Gambol - Slake
Gentle Stress (AMD Sensual Mix) - Mr. Dog (feat. DJ Swan)
Get Me In Your Sight (AMD Cancun Mix) - Symphonic Defoggers with 1479
Gradiusic Cyber (AMD G5 Mix) - Big-O (feat. Taka)
Groove 2001 - Sho-T (feat. Brenda)
Healing Vision - De-Sire
Healing Vision (Angelic Mix) - 2MB
Holic - TaQ
*I Like To Move It - Reel 2 Real
I'm For Real - Slake
Insertion - Naoki
Jam & Marmalade - Final Offset
Kind Lady - Okuyatos
*Let the Beat Hit Em! (Beat Mania IIDX Version) - Stone Bros.
*Let the Beat Hit Em! (Classic R&B Style) - Stone Bros.
*Let's Talk It Over - Shin Murayama (feat. Argie Phine)
Logical Dash - DJ Taka
Look To The Sky - System S.F. (feat. Anna)
Look To The Sky (True Color Mix) - System S.F. (feat. Anna)
Love Again Tonight (For Melissa Mix) - Naoki (feat. Paula Terry)
Love This Feelin' - Chang Ma
*Matsuri Japan - RE-VENGE
Max 300 - Omega
Midnite Blaze - Jewel Style
My Generation (Fat Beat Mix) - Captain Jack
My Summer Love - Mitsu-O! with Geila
Never Let You Down - Good-Cool (feat. JP Miles)
*Ordinary World - Aurora (feat. Naimee Coleman)
*Orion.78 (Civilization Mix) - 2MB
Overblast!! - L.E.D.
Paranoia Evolution - 200
Paranoia Max (Dirty Mix Club Another Ver.) - 190
*Peace Out - dj Nagureo
Remember You - NM (feat. Julie)
*Rhythm and Police (K.O.G.G3 Mix) - CJ Crew (feat. Christian D) Rugged Ash - Symphonic Defoggers
*Sana Morette Ne Ente - Togo Project (feat. Sana)
*Sand Storm - Darude
Secret Rendezvous - Divas
Share My Love - Julie Frost
Silent Hill - Thomas Howard
So In Love - Caramel S.
Spin the Disc - Good-Cool
*Stomp to My Beat - JS-16
Synchronized Love (Red Monster Hyper Mix) - Joe Rinoie
*Take It to the Morning Light (Extended Vocal) - Golden Gate
The Cube - DJ Suwami
The Shining Polaris - L.E.D. (feat. Sana)
Trip Machine Climax - De-Sire
True (Trance Sunrise Mix) - Kosaka Riyu
You Leave Me Alone - Venus

... just read the review.
Alright, so you're considering buying DDR Max. Let me try to persuade you into clicking the "Add to my Shopping Cart" button.

First of all, Dance Dance Revolution is pure fun. It just isn't possible to be bored by this game. ... This is the 3rd DDR game released in the U.S. (I don't count Disney Mix), and is by far the greatest.

Why is this game the gratest? A [lot]of songs really helps, that's for sure. With music varying from Techno and Trance to Salsa and Jazz, you're sure to find a selection of songs that just get you into the rhythm, and with over 80 songs to choose from, you'll have a lot of them, and then some.

Another great thing about this game is the graphics. Though technically, the graphics mean jack in DDR, the smoother flow of arrows makes it easier to see just where the arrow is, saving you from a horrid "Boo!" from the crowd.

More greats? No problem. An easier interface is always a good thing, and this game has just that. DDR games have always had a friendly interface with which to deal with, but this game makes it even easier to get to the songs and start playing, without being snagged up by tons of options.

Tired of playing a song over and over again? Increase the difficulty. Decrease the difficulty. Take advantage of the features this game offers, such as Speed-Boosted arrows, or maybe you're feeling lucky and want to try your hand (Or feet, as it were) at an Oni course? With tons of features, the variety is sure to last.

I could go on and on about reasons to buy this game, but the simplest reason is because it's fun. And for those of you who would like to lose some weight, this is jsut the thing for you. You have fun and shed pounds at the same time. Now what other workout can you HONESTLY say that about?

Well folks, I have taken up enough space. This game definitely deserves 5 stars, and I reccomend checking out the other DDR games if you haven't done so already.