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Dance Dance Revolution X3, abbreviated DDR X3 or simply X3, is a music video game

Music video game

A music video game, also commonly known as a music game, is a video game where the gameplay is meaningfully and often almost entirely oriented around the player's interactions with a musical score or individual songs...

, and a part of the Dance Dance Revolution
Dance Dance Revolution
Dance Dance Revolution, abbreviated DDR, and previously known as Dancing Stage in Europe and Australasia, is a music video game series produced by Konami. Introduced in Japan in 1998 as part of the Bemani series, and released in North America and Europe in 1999, Dance Dance Revolution is the...

series. The arcade version of DDR X3 was revealed by Konami

Konami

is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games...

on June 2, 2011. A sequel to Dance Dance Revolution X2
Dance Dance Revolution X2
Dance Dance Revolution X2, abbreviated DDR X2 or simply X2, is a music video game, and a part of the Dance Dance Revolution series. The arcade version of DDR X2 was revealed by Konami on November 20, 2009. A sequel to the Dance Dance Revolution X, X2 began public beta testing on November 25, 2009...

, X3 began public beta testing on June 8, 2011. Promotional information for the game reveal the full name for the game, called DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX due to the new "2ndMIX" mode in the game. It is released in Japan on November 16, 2011 for dedicated cabinet and November 30, 2011 for upgrade kits, in United States on Q2 2012.

Development

Development on X3 began shortly after X2 was released. From June 8 to June 10, 2011, a location test was held in Akihabara, Tokyo

Akihabara

, also known as , is an area of Tokyo, Japan. It is located less than five minutes by rail from Tokyo Station. Its name is frequently shortened to in Japan...

. This location test revealed new songs and other features. These features include the new Target Score and BEMANI folders. The menu screens also got an update; they are now blue instead of green. Other enhancements to the theme were also made, such as the animation of the background (these animations are very similar to the one used on Dance Dance Revolution II

Dance Dance Revolution II

Dance Dance Revolution II is a music video game in the Dance Dance Revolution series by Konami. It was released on October, 11 2011 for the Nintendo Wii in North America and will be released November 24, 2011 for Europe...

). Konami also announced that there will be a new 2ndMIX mode, where the player can play a full HD version of DDR 2ndMIX

Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMIX

Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMix, or 2ndMix, is the 2nd game in the Dance Dance Revolution series of music video games. It was released as an arcade game by Konami on January 19, 1999. Although only officially released in Japan, units exist worldwide...

Features

2ndMIX mode. The player will be able to play a full HD version of "DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX", including all licenses from the game. New features will be added on the mode, such as the e-AMUSEMENT capabilities.

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QUICK PLAY mode. A version of MARATHON MODE debuted on DanceDanceRevolution X2. Uses PASELI.

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PREMIUM mode. Players will be able to play "WEEKLY EDIT" and "WEEKLY COURSE". Uses PASELI.

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Target Score, which allows players to view machine and e-Amusement records without playing the song.

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"BEMANI Title" sort, which allows songs to be sorted by the BEMANI title they originally appeared in.

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DRILL COURSE have been removed

DDR X3 will also support "e-AMUSEMENT GATE", a community website where players can form groups, share scores, and interact with other players.

Extra Stage

DDR X3 also implements a new system for accessing Extra Stage. "Star system" can now be used to access Extra Stage. When the player clear a song, they will get stars (shown below the grade) depending on what grade they get:

AAA grade = 3 stars
AA grade= 2 stars
A-D grade = 1 star
E grade (Failed) = -
Getting a full combo = (n)star+1

The stars will be carried over on each playthrough (assuming the player have e-AMUSEMENT card). A slot with 9 star slots will be displayed below the results screen. When the player earn 9 stars, they can access Extra Stage regardless of their grade. After using it though, they will reset and the player must earn them back. Note that this is only available for players with e-AMUSEMENT. Otherwise, the player can access Extra Stage normally using the requirements from DDR X2. Regardless, the new song available for Extra Stage is Amalgamation.

Encore Extra Stage

The requirement for accessing EES is the same from DDR X2; getting AA or better on Amalgamation on Expert. The EES song is UNBELIEVABLE (Sparky remix). As with DDR X2, this song is the sole choice for EES and only available on Expert difficulty.

Music

Currently, there are 46 new songs in the game. The game feature the smallest amount of licenses, totaling to 7 and unlike previous game, the licenses are only made up of japanese licenses. Some of the new Konami Originals are composed by songs taken from the North American Wii games DanceDanceRevolution

Dance Dance Revolution (Wii video game)

Dance Dance Revolution is a music video game for the Dance Dance Revolution series by Konami. It was released on November 16, 2010 for the Nintendo Wii in the United States and Canada...

and Dance Dance Revolution II

Dance Dance Revolution II

, with one of the latter game's boss song (UNBELIEVABLE (Sparky remix)) become the game's Encore Extra Stage. 18 songs are removed in this game, most being come from Dance Dance Revolution X

Dance Dance Revolution X

Dance Dance Revolution X, abbreviated DDR X or simply X, is a music video game, and a part of the Dance Dance Revolution series. DDR X was originally announced by Konami on May 15, 2008 for the North American PlayStation 2. The arcade version was announced on July 7, 2008, July 9, 2008 in Europe,...

. There are a total of 473 songs in this game (excluding the 2ndMIX mode).
{|class="wikitable"
!style="background:#ffffff;"|Song
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!colspan="3" style="background:#ffffff;"|Licensed Music (7 total)
|-style="background:#ffff88;"
|"future gazer"
|fripSide

FripSide

FripSide a Japanese trance and pop duo, originally formed by composer Sat and singer Nao in February 2002.In a 2008 interview, Sat said that he was a fan of TM Network and its member Tetsuya Komuro in his elementary and junior high school days and began to produce his music at the age of 14.When...

Minami Kuribayashi

is a Japanese singer-songwriter and voice actress from Shizuoka prefecture.Her involvement in the game and anime Kimi ga Nozomu Eien, where she voiced the role of one of the characters, Haruka Suzumiya and performed and penned the theme songs and other songs relating to the series, has brought her...

|IS (Infinite Stratos)
IS (Infinite Stratos)
is a Japanese light novel series by Izuru Yumizuru with illustrations provided by Okiura. As of April 2011, 7 volumes have been published by Media Factory under their MF Bunko J label. A manga adaptation by Kenji Akahoshi started serialization in the seinen manga magazine Monthly Comic Alive on May...

anime opening
|-style="background:#ffff88;"
|"女々しくて"

|ゴールデンボンバー

Golden Bomber

is a Japanese visual kei "air" rock band formed in 2004 and signed to the independent label Euclid Agency. Despite not actually recording/performing the music themselves, they have gained popularity through their theatrical "live shows"....

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|-style="background:#ffff88;"
|ヘビーローテーション

Heavy Rotation (song)

-Heavy Rotation:*Team A: Haruna Kojima, Atsuko Maeda, Haruka Nakagawa, Rino Sashihara, Mariko Shinoda, Minami Takahashi, Aki Takajo*Team K: Sayaka Akimoto, Tomomi Itano, Minami Minegishi, Sae Miyazawa, Erena Ono , Yuko Oshima,...

|
|cover of AKB48
AKB48
AKB48 is a Japanese female idol group produced by Yasushi Akimoto.The group has achieved enormous popularity in Japan. Its ten latest consecutive singles topped the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart...

|-style="background:#ffff88;"
|"コネクト"
|
|cover of Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Puella Magi Madoka Magica
is a Japanese anime television series produced by Shaft and Aniplex. The series is directed by Akiyuki Shinbo and written by Gen Urobuchi with original character designs by Ume Aoki, character design adaptation by Takahiro Kishida and music by Yuki Kajiura...

anime opening
|-style="background:#ffff88;"
|"COME BACK TO MY HEART"

|Another Infinity feat. Mayumi Morigana
|from Ryu☆
Ryutaro Nakahara
, known by his stage name Ryu, is a musician and DJ working for Konami. In 2000, Ryu, along with kors k won a contest started by Konami, in which composers are to make music such that the winners would get their songs in the next beatmania IIDX installment...

's album "AGEHA"
|-style="background:#ffffff;"
!colspan="3" style="background:#ffffff;"|Konami Original (18 Total)
|-style="background:#66ff66;"
|"Fever"
|Sota F. feat. Carol Gadsden
|New Konami Original
|-style="background:#66ff66;"
|"Programmed Universe"
|kors k

Kosuke Saito

' , is a DJ and music game composer. He is best known for his work in the Konami Bemani series. He has produced music under a number of different aliases, such as kors k, StripE, and teranoid.- Career :...

|New Konami Original
|-style="background:#66ff66;"
|"ビューティフルレシート"
|Lucky Vacuum

Yoshitaka Nishimura

Yoshitaka Nishimura , better known as DJ YOSHITAKA, is a composer for Konami's line of Bemani games. DJ YOSHITAKA has been making solo songs since the release of Beatmania IIDX 11: IIDX RED, though he has had previous BEMANI involvement as a member of Osamu Migitera's Des-ROW group...

|New Konami Original
also on Reflec Beat Limelight
|-style="background:#66ff66;"
|"Tribe"

|猫叉Master
|New Konami Original
|-style="background:#66ff66;"
|"REBORN MAGIC"

|seiya murai meets "eimy"
|New Konami Original
|-style="background:#66ff66;"
|"I/O"

|Ryu☆

Ryutaro Nakahara

, known by his stage name Ryu, is a musician and DJ working for Konami. In 2000, Ryu, along with kors k won a contest started by Konami, in which composers are to make music such that the winners would get their songs in the next beatmania IIDX installment...

|New Konami Original
|-style="background:#66ff66;"
|"New Beginning"

|Sota Fujimori
|New Konami Original
|-style="background:#66ff66;"
|"Resurrection"

|Dormir

Tomosuke Funaki

is a Japanese composer who has contributed to the Bemani series of music video games. He has produced songs for Beatmania, Beatmania IIDX, Pop'n Music, Dance Maniax, Guitar Freaks, DrumMania, Mambo a Gogo, and Dance Dance Revolution...

|New Konami Original
|-style="background:#66ff66;"
|"HEART BEAT FORMULA"

|nc ft. Jasmine Nii
|from Dance Dance Revolution 2011 series
|-style="background:#66ff66;"
|"Seule"

|Preston Powis
|from Dance Dance Revolution 2011 series
|-style="background:#66ff66;"
|"In The Air"

|Bill Hamel & James Rowand
|from Dance Dance Revolution 2011 series
|-style="background:#66ff66;"
|"Wings of an Angel (Fly With Me)"

Terra (group)

RЁVOLUTIФN*Additional arrangers for RЁVOLUTIФN:#Masao Akashi#Sōta Fujimori TracklistЁVOLUTIФNTracklist-Development:...

Tomosuke Funaki

|The W feat. Rita Boudreau
|from the Dance Dance Revolution 2010 series
|-style="background:#aaffcc;"
|"Rescue Me"

|NAOKI feat. Fracus
|from Dance Dance Revolution S
Dance Dance Revolution S
Dance Dance Revolution S, commonly abbreviated as DDR S, is a rhythm game by Konami available for the iOS, as part of the company's Dance Dance Revolution series of music video games. Announced by Konami in January 2009, the game was made available via Apple's App Store in Japan on February 27, 2009...

(Cover of "MEMORIES", originally from Dancing Stage EuroMix 2
Dancing Stage EuroMix 2
Dancing Stage Euromix 2 is the 3rd Arcade release in the Dancing Stage series, a European version of the Dance Dance Revolution series of music video games. Euromix 2 is a sequel to Dancing Stage EuroMix. It was released in the arcades by Konami in 2002. Euromix 2's engine is based on the Japanese...

)
|-style="background:#aaffcc;"
|"Share The Love"

|Brenda Burch
|from the Dance Dance Revolution 2010 series
|-style="background:#aaffcc;"
|"TIME"

|NM feat. Aleisha G.
|from the Dance Dance Revolution 2010 series
|-style="background:#aaffcc;"
|"Until the End"

|Philip Webb
|from the Dance Dance Revolution 2010 series
|-style="background:#bb88ff;"
!colspan="3"|BEMANI crossovers (4 Total)
|-style="background:#99CCFF;"
|"Diamond Dust"
|TAG
|from Reflec Beat
Reflec Beat
is the latest rhythm game from Bemani, being the successor since jubeat in 2008. The game underwent location tests in various parts of Japan, Hong Kong and Korea from June to August 2010. It was released on November 4, 2010. An update, ver. 1.5 was released on July 14, 2011.-Gameplay:In the game...

|-style="background:#99CCFF;"
|"Mermaid girl"

|Cream puff

Ryutaro Nakahara

|from Beatmania IIDX 18 Resort Anthem
Beatmania IIDX 18 Resort Anthem
Beatmania IIDX 18 Resort Anthem is a music video game in the Beatmania IIDX series of games by Konami. On April 19, 2010, Bemani fansite Zenius -I- Vanisher reported that Konami had announced the first location test for the newest game in the IIDX series. The location test ran from April 22 to...

|-style="background:#99CCFF;"
|"Chronos"

|TAG
|from GuitarFreaks / Drummania V6: BLAZING!!!!
|-style="background:#99CCFF;"
|"隅田川夏恋歌"

|seiya-murai feat. ALT
|from Jubeat Ripples
Jubeat
is a series of arcade music video games developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Japan, and is a part of Konami's Bemani line of music video games...

|-style="background:#bb88ff;"
!colspan="3"|Special Music (2 Total)
|-style="background:#ff4422;"
|"Amalgamation"

|Mystic Moon
|Accessible as EXTRA STAGE
|-style="background:#ff4422;"
|"UNBELIEVABLE (Sparky remix)"

|jun feat. Sarah-Jane
|Accessible as ENCORE EXTRA STAGE
from Dance Dance Revolution 2011 series
|-style="background:#bb88ff;"
!colspan="3"|Removed Music (18 Total)
|-style="background:#999999;"
|"Bonafied Lovin'"
|Chromeo
|from Dance Dance Revolution X2
Dance Dance Revolution X2
Dance Dance Revolution X2, abbreviated DDR X2 or simply X2, is a music video game, and a part of the Dance Dance Revolution series. The arcade version of DDR X2 was revealed by Konami on November 20, 2009. A sequel to the Dance Dance Revolution X, X2 began public beta testing on November 25, 2009...

|-style="background:#999999;"
|"Feel Good Inc."
|Gorillaz
|from Dance Dance Revolution X2
|-style="background:#999999;"
|"Always On My Mind"
|Pet Shop Boys
|from Dance Dance Revolution X
Dance Dance Revolution X
Dance Dance Revolution X, abbreviated DDR X or simply X, is a music video game, and a part of the Dance Dance Revolution series. DDR X was originally announced by Konami on May 15, 2008 for the North American PlayStation 2. The arcade version was announced on July 7, 2008, July 9, 2008 in Europe,...

|-style="background:#999999;"
|"Big Girls Don't Cry"
|Purefocus
|from Dance Dance Revolution X (Cover of the Fergie song
Big Girls Don't Cry (Fergie song)
"Big Girls Don't Cry" is a song written by Fergie and Toby Gad for pop singer Fergie's debut solo album The Dutchess . The song was released as the album's fourth single in 2007 and topped the charts in several countries, most notably in Australia , and in...

)
|-style="background:#999999;"
|"Feel"
|Neuropa
|from Dance Dance Revolution X
|-style="background:#999999;"
|"Ghetto Blasta Deluxe"
|Audio Magnetics
|from Dance Dance Revolution X
|-style="background:#999999;"
|"Happy"
|Fischerspooner

Fischerspooner

Fischerspooner is an electroclash duo and performance troupe formed in 1998 in New York. The name is a portmanteau of the founders' last names, Warren Fischer and Casey Spooner...

|from Dance Dance Revolution X
|-style="background:#999999;"
|"Here It Goes Again"
|OK Go

OK Go

OK Go is a rock band originally from Chicago, Illinois, USA, now residing in Los Angeles, California, USA. The band is composed of Damian Kulash , Tim Nordwind , Dan Konopka and Andy Ross , who joined them in 2005, replacing Andy Duncan...

|from Dance Dance Revolution X
|-style="background:#999999;"
|"Put 'Em Up"
|Edun

Alice Edun

Alice Edun is a singer who is of Nigerian-Russian descent but makes her home in Milan, Italy. Her musical fortes are in the area of dance and gospel...

Bill Hamel

Bill Hamel is a Grammy Award-nominated music producer from Orlando, Florida.-Discography:*Seal "The Best Of Me" On Warner Brothers*Seal "The Weight Of My Mistakes" On Warner Brothers*Kimberly Cole "Smack You" on Crystal Ship...

& Naughty G.
|from Dance Dance Revolution X (Cover of the Blu Cantrell song
So Blu
So Blu is the debut album by American R&B-soul singer-songwriter Blu Cantrell, released in the United States on July 31, 2001 by Arista Records. The album was primarily produced by Chris "Tricky" Stewart, with additional production from Dallas Austin, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Jason Rome, Don...

)
|-style="background:#999999;"
|"U Can't Touch This"
|MC Hammer

MC Hammer

Stanley Kirk Burrell , better known by his stage name MC Hammer , is an American rapper, entertainer, business entrepreneur, dancer and actor. He had his greatest commercial success and popularity from the late 1980s until the mid-1990s...

Hitomi Shimatani

, is a female pop singer signed to the Avex Trax label.Shimatani started her career as an Enka singer with the release of her debut single in 1999, but later decided to get into the dance/pop style for her music. Shimatani's music has also appeared in video games and also anime series.- Early life...

|from Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova 2
Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova 2
Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA 2 is an arcade game in the Dance Dance Revolution series of music video games. It was produced by Konami and released through Betson Enterprises. The game was released in Japan in August, 2007, while the North American version was released several months later. The...

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(*) The Dance Dance Revolution 2010 series consists of the shared songlist between DDR 2010/Hottest Party 4 (Wii version), and DDR 2010/New Moves (PS3 version).

2ndMIX mode

As the title suggest, the game include a 2ndMIX mode where the player plays a full version of Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMIX, including all songs from the game. Note that the song "Strictly Business" as well as the licenses that were introduced in the LINK version (EL RITMO TROPICAL, LOVE, Tubthumping) are not included in this mode.
{|class="wikitable"
!style="background:#ffffff;"|Song
!style="background:#ffffff;"|Artist
!style="background:#ffffff;"|Other Information
|-
!colspan="3" style="background:#ffffff;"|Dancemania License (17 total)
|-style="background:#ffff88;"
|"HAVE YOU NEVER BEEN MELLOW"
|THE OLIVIA PROJECT
|from Dancemania 10
|-style="background:#ffff88;"
|"KUNG FU FIGHTING"
|BUS STOP feat. CARL DOUGLAS
|from Dancemania EXTRA
|-style="background:#ffff88;"
|"LET'S GET DOWN"
|JT PLAYAZ
|from Dancemania 9
|-style="background:#ffff88;"
|"LITTLE BITCH"
|THE SPECIALS
|from Dancemania SUMMERS
|-style="background:#ffff88;"
|"MY FIRE"
|X-TREME
|from Dancemania WINTERS
|-style="background:#ffff88;"
|"THAT'S THE WAY (I LIKE IT)"
|KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND
|from Dancemania Classics
|-style="background:#ffff88;"
|"BAD GIRLS"
|Juliet Roberts
|from ZIPmania
|-style="background:#ffff88;"
|"BOOM BOOM DOLLAR (Red Monster Mix)"
|King Kong & D. Jungle Girls
|from Dancemania Super Classics 1
|-style="background:#ffff88;"
|"I believe in miracles (The Lisa Marie Experience Radio Edit)"
|HI-RISE
|from Dancemania X1
|-style="background:#ffff88;"
|"SMOKE"
|MR. ED JUMPS THE GUN
|from Dancemania WINTERS
|-style="background:#ffff88;"
|"Stomp to my beat"
|JS16
|from Dancemania WINTERS
|-style="background:#ffff88;"
|"HERO"
|PAPAYA
|from Dancemania EXTRA
|-style="background:#ffff88;"
|"IF YOU WERE HERE"
|JENNIFER
|from Dancemania EXTRA
|-style="background:#ffff88;"
|"butterfly"
|SMILE.dk
|from Dancemania 10
|-style="background:#ffff88;"
|"BOYS"
|SMILE.dk
|from Dancemania X1
|-style="background:#ffff88;"
|"DUB-I-DUB"
|ME & MY
|from Dancemania EXTRA
|-style="background:#ffff88;"
|"GET UP'N MOVE"
|S&K
|from Dancemania BASS#2
|-
!colspan="3" style="background:#ffffff;"|Konami Original (11 total)
|-
|-style="background:#66ff66;"
|"PUT YOUR FAITH IN ME"
|UZI-LAY
|from Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMix
Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMIX
Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMix, or 2ndMix, is the 2nd game in the Dance Dance Revolution series of music video games. It was released as an arcade game by Konami on January 19, 1999. Although only officially released in Japan, units exist worldwide...

|-style="background:#66ff66;"
|"PUT YOUR FAITH IN ME (Jazzy Groove)"
|UZI-LAY
|from Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMix
Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMIX
Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMix, or 2ndMix, is the 2nd game in the Dance Dance Revolution series of music video games. It was released as an arcade game by Konami on January 19, 1999. Although only officially released in Japan, units exist worldwide...

|-style="background:#66ff66;"
|"TRIP MACHINE"
|DE-SIRE
|from Dance Dance Revolution
|-style="background:#66ff66;"
|"SP-TRIP MACHINE ~JUNGLE MIX"
|DE-SIRE
|from Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMix
Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMIX
Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMix, or 2ndMix, is the 2nd game in the Dance Dance Revolution series of music video games. It was released as an arcade game by Konami on January 19, 1999. Although only officially released in Japan, units exist worldwide...

|-style="background:#66ff66;"
|"AM-3P"
|KTz
|from Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMix
Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMIX
Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMix, or 2ndMix, is the 2nd game in the Dance Dance Revolution series of music video games. It was released as an arcade game by Konami on January 19, 1999. Although only officially released in Japan, units exist worldwide...

|-style="background:#66ff66;"
|"BRILLIANT 2U"
|NAOKI
|from Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMix
Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMIX
Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMix, or 2ndMix, is the 2nd game in the Dance Dance Revolution series of music video games. It was released as an arcade game by Konami on January 19, 1999. Although only officially released in Japan, units exist worldwide...

|-style="background:#66ff66;"
|"BRILLIANT 2U (Orchestra-Groove)"
|NAOKI
|from Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMix
Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMIX
Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMix, or 2ndMix, is the 2nd game in the Dance Dance Revolution series of music video games. It was released as an arcade game by Konami on January 19, 1999. Although only officially released in Japan, units exist worldwide...

|-style="background:#66ff66;"
|"MAKE IT BETTER"
|mitsu-O!
|from Dance Dance Revolution
|-style="background:#66ff66;"
|"MAKE IT BETTER (So-REAL MIX)"
|mitsu-O! SUMMER
|from Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMix

Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMIX

Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMIX

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External links

DanceDanceRevolution X3 location test site

Official website

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