Dance Dance Revolution
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DDR Tournaments
DDR is more a game than a dance, but it is loads of fun. I love to dance freestyle where the music is loud and vibrates my blood, and DDR requires a great deal of balance, as well as eye-foot coordination. It's been called a game for young people, but at 49, I find I love the game, as much for the music as for the movement.
The game is showing up in many different arcades, bowling centers, movie theatres, as well as Lancade, an online computer game center. Lancade is sponsoring a tournament in Central Florida, where dancers, gamers, or players (choose your name) have an opportunity to win money.
You can find our more about both Lancade and DDR at the following links:
www.lancade.net
www.ddrfreak.com
DDR is more a game than a dance, but it is loads of fun. I love to dance freestyle where the music is loud and vibrates my blood, and DDR requires a great deal of balance, as well as eye-foot coordination. It's been called a game for young people, but at 49, I find I love the game, as much for the music as for the movement.
The game is showing up in many different arcades, bowling centers, movie theatres, as well as Lancade, an online computer game center. Lancade is sponsoring a tournament in Central Florida, where dancers, gamers, or players (choose your name) have an opportunity to win money.
You can find our more about both Lancade and DDR at the following links:
www.lancade.net
www.ddrfreak.com
DanceMentor
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How about "One Legged" Dance Dance Revolution?
http://www.kontraband.com/?p=movies.asp?ID=1120
http://www.kontraband.com/?p=movies.asp?ID=1120
I had forgotten about this thread, DM. Hilarious. I saw two ladies try this at the arcade a few weeks ago. I wish I'd had a video camera. They were priceless!
If I ever try this, I'm going to have to get the home version. Never will I be caught out in public doing that particular dance. LOL.
If I ever try this, I'm going to have to get the home version. Never will I be caught out in public doing that particular dance. LOL.
cocodrilo
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DDR was a HUGE hit in Japan, where the game was designed, and all the video game arcades had quite a number of the machines which kids lined up to use! After awhile, everyone had the "home version". Nowadays, this game is completely passe. Right now, the big hit is a drumming game in which you tap the beat, which appears on the screen, on a drum pad. This game has been out for a couple years now...
I know I'm really late to the party here. I saw the game for the first time at least a year ago on TechTV's Fresh Gear. I live only a mile from Game Works, but it took me about six months to make the trip. Then, I was going to post about it, but I wanted to do a search here first and read what's already been posted. Well, I finally got around to it while I was stuck inside due to the hurricanes.
After all that, I don't really have much to say. I thought it was a lot of fun. I enjoyed turning the "stomping" into something that more closely resembled dancing. I can see how it would be good exercise for couch potatoes. I don't think the exercise will ever compare to a good Zumba or Hip-hop aerobics class for me because I can't really go all out with my movements when I'm trying to follow those arrows in the screen. I guess it might just take more practice. I think the game would also be useful to beginner dancers who need to learn to hit the beats. The game lets you know instantly whether you were exactly on the beat, or just close.
I think I might get a Sony Playstation II and an Ignition pad to play this at home on days when I don't want to go to the gym. I guess I had more to say about it than I thought.
After all that, I don't really have much to say. I thought it was a lot of fun. I enjoyed turning the "stomping" into something that more closely resembled dancing. I can see how it would be good exercise for couch potatoes. I don't think the exercise will ever compare to a good Zumba or Hip-hop aerobics class for me because I can't really go all out with my movements when I'm trying to follow those arrows in the screen. I guess it might just take more practice. I think the game would also be useful to beginner dancers who need to learn to hit the beats. The game lets you know instantly whether you were exactly on the beat, or just close.
I think I might get a Sony Playstation II and an Ignition pad to play this at home on days when I don't want to go to the gym. I guess I had more to say about it than I thought.
cocodrilo
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Neil-
Glad to hear you find DDR fun! I have to admidt I have never tried it myself, but several people I know(here in Japan) have & said it was challenging, but fun. There is a breed of Japanese called "otaku" who love to do nothing but stay home and watch TV, read comics and play video games and DDR has helped some of them get up off their butts and get a decent workout. Unfortunately, the game seems to have disappeared off the face of the Japanese archipelago and the trend-seeking Japanese have found other newer electronic forms of entertainment to keep them occupied...
Glad to hear you find DDR fun! I have to admidt I have never tried it myself, but several people I know(here in Japan) have & said it was challenging, but fun. There is a breed of Japanese called "otaku" who love to do nothing but stay home and watch TV, read comics and play video games and DDR has helped some of them get up off their butts and get a decent workout. Unfortunately, the game seems to have disappeared off the face of the Japanese archipelago and the trend-seeking Japanese have found other newer electronic forms of entertainment to keep them occupied...
cocodrilo said:
Speaking of which, I also saw a game where the monitor screen has a pair of fighters and you shadow box one while cameras follow your moves and impose them onto your character whose opponent then responds. That looks very active too, sort of a "Fight, Fight, Revolution."
Woohoo! That sounds like fun. I LOVE video games AND dancing, so I can't think of a better combination. 8)
btw, Neil, are you and your family/loved ones okay? From the TV news, it looks like South Florida got mostly spared for the last two storms, but TV reports can be deceiving. Are you guys all right?
btw, Neil, are you and your family/loved ones okay? From the TV news, it looks like South Florida got mostly spared for the last two storms, but TV reports can be deceiving. Are you guys all right?