A port of Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMix
Dance Dance Revolution 2ndReMix, the home version of 2ndMix, was released in Japan on April 20, 2000, for the Sony PlayStation. It includes 35 songs, 3 of which are new to this version and are hidden and unlockable. Two of the hidden songs were previews of the next arcade version, Dance Dance Revolution 3rdMix and can only be played on Basic difficulty. The home version has the ability to Disc Change to 1st and Append Club Version. It also allows to unlock features in previous mixes such as the Nonstop Ranking from 3rd Mix. The interface is still the same as the one used in 2ndMix. Most of the new songs in 2ndMix (with the exception of "BAD GIRLS", "BOYS", "HERO", "stomp to my beat", and the So-REAL Mix of "MAKE IT BETTER") were included in the North American version of Dance Dance Revolution for the PlayStation.
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Anyway, 2ndMix (or ReMix on consoles) is an immediate facelift from 1. Killer lineup of new tracks all-around - If You Were Here, Get Up 'N Move, I Believe in Miracles, Smoke, Brilliant2U Orchestra Groove, Put Your Faith In Me, Let Them Move (best singing ever), AM-3P, Paranoia KCET, Trip Machine Jungle and Luv mixes, - like damn, that's almost the whole new song list, and it's all 10/10 riffs, holy shit. They even got a song about gay strippers in here. Everything's a little bit harder but still respects the 1x scroll speed limitations - in some cases, playing around with it for some visibility-driven challenge.
It still has most of the same hangups from 1 - weird/bad unlock requirements, odd menu organization, and you still can't modify input timing. I still had a lot of fun revisiting it despite that tho, a short but extremely well-knit songlist.
Definitely gives a lot more to offer than the first game, a decent selection of songs, and a lot more challenge for the more experienced rhythm gamer. Not sure if this one would stack up to the later DDR games, but directly comparing it to 1, this is a large improvement.