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Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA 2 (game & dance pad) (PlayStation 2)
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Platform: PlayStation 2
Publisher: Konami
Rating: E10+
UPC: 083717250623
Product ID: EPID62894272
Description: Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA 2 takes the best-selling video game series to new heights by incorporating a variety of gameplay enhancements designed to deliver the ultimate DDR experience. Brand new game modes, including Hyper Master ...
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Fixing what's broken, breaking the song listReview created: 11/29/07
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The sixth DDR released in North America for the PlayStation 2, "Supernova 2" isn't the best choice for the PS2 owner (that would be the previous "Supernova"), nor the second best (that would be "DDR MAX 2"), but it's a solid third place. What it does right, it largely inherits from its prececessor. What it does wrong can be squarely laid on the shoulders of its music producers and licensers.
By this point, pretty much everyone in gaming knows DDR, so a summary of basic gameplay can be skipped. The key is how the game is presented and what varieties are available. In addition to the basic arcade-style game, Supernova offered solid "advanced" games such as a versus mode, the best exercise mode the series has ever known, and then sabotaged it with the aggravating "Stellar Master Mode", a confusing mission mode that had to be completed to unlock over a third of the game's soundtrack and all the extra modes. Supernova 2 simplifies this with a "Hyper Master Mode" which at least allows players to progress more quickly through unlocking new stuff. However, it shares the same dubious design decision as Stellar Master Mode: most of the challenges change the nature of the game, sometimes radically (arrows are rearranged, superimposed, invisible, move at confusing speeds, etc.).
Given how much effort has to be invested in these Master modes to unlock much of the soundtrack and gameplay, you wonder: what's the real game, arcade mode, or Master mode? It's as if "Madden NFL 2008" only offered the NFC teams at the start, and made you play silly quarterback challenges and punt/pass/kick contests to unlock the AFC, team-by-team.
Fortunately, Hyper Master Mode is a lot easier to beat, since you can buy "support modules" to help you clear difficult challenges. For example, if a challenge requires you to hit a certain number of combos, a module that turns "good"s into "great"s will keep your combos going. So you're less likely to hit a brick wall in Hyper Master Mode than in the previous game's Stellar Master Mode. But it's still annoying to have to invest so much time in this mode at all.
I exercise with DDR every day, and I appreciate how good Supernova's exercise mode was, and am grateful it is copied lock, stock, and barrel for Supernova 2. You can maintain multiple profiles and histories for exercise players, protect them with passwords, and design your own custom exercise courses (also possible in MAX 2, but not in the "Extreme"s).
The catch is that you need to start unlocking songs quickly to build a tolerable workout. Supernova 2's default song list contains a lot of low-speed R&B and slow pop from popular performers like Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears, etc. Some of the licensed songs, like Chris Brown's "Say Goodbye" and especially Gwen Stefani's "Wind It Up" are particularly ill-suited to DDR-style dancing. There are licensed songs that work in this format, like Fatboy Slim's "The Rockafeller Skank", but sadly, they're the exception. Doing a workout of 17 all-random songs, on "basic" for the first and last and "difficult" otherwise, I found I was only burning 350 calories, compared to 450 for similar workout schedules on Supernova. Only after unlocking the usual DDR J-pop suspects like Be For U, Riyu Kosaka, Naoki Maeda, Anettai Maji-Ska Bakudan, etc., could I get the speed to a point where it was interesting and valid exercise.
So, full points for taking the best of Supernova, addressing the worst problems of Stellar Master Mode (though
By this point, pretty much everyone in gaming knows DDR, so a summary of basic gameplay can be skipped. The key is how the game is presented and what varieties are available. In addition to the basic arcade-style game, Supernova offered solid "advanced" games such as a versus mode, the best exercise mode the series has ever known, and then sabotaged it with the aggravating "Stellar Master Mode", a confusing mission mode that had to be completed to unlock over a third of the game's soundtrack and all the extra modes. Supernova 2 simplifies this with a "Hyper Master Mode" which at least allows players to progress more quickly through unlocking new stuff. However, it shares the same dubious design decision as Stellar Master Mode: most of the challenges change the nature of the game, sometimes radically (arrows are rearranged, superimposed, invisible, move at confusing speeds, etc.).
Given how much effort has to be invested in these Master modes to unlock much of the soundtrack and gameplay, you wonder: what's the real game, arcade mode, or Master mode? It's as if "Madden NFL 2008" only offered the NFC teams at the start, and made you play silly quarterback challenges and punt/pass/kick contests to unlock the AFC, team-by-team.
Fortunately, Hyper Master Mode is a lot easier to beat, since you can buy "support modules" to help you clear difficult challenges. For example, if a challenge requires you to hit a certain number of combos, a module that turns "good"s into "great"s will keep your combos going. So you're less likely to hit a brick wall in Hyper Master Mode than in the previous game's Stellar Master Mode. But it's still annoying to have to invest so much time in this mode at all.
I exercise with DDR every day, and I appreciate how good Supernova's exercise mode was, and am grateful it is copied lock, stock, and barrel for Supernova 2. You can maintain multiple profiles and histories for exercise players, protect them with passwords, and design your own custom exercise courses (also possible in MAX 2, but not in the "Extreme"s).
The catch is that you need to start unlocking songs quickly to build a tolerable workout. Supernova 2's default song list contains a lot of low-speed R&B and slow pop from popular performers like Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears, etc. Some of the licensed songs, like Chris Brown's "Say Goodbye" and especially Gwen Stefani's "Wind It Up" are particularly ill-suited to DDR-style dancing. There are licensed songs that work in this format, like Fatboy Slim's "The Rockafeller Skank", but sadly, they're the exception. Doing a workout of 17 all-random songs, on "basic" for the first and last and "difficult" otherwise, I found I was only burning 350 calories, compared to 450 for similar workout schedules on Supernova. Only after unlocking the usual DDR J-pop suspects like Be For U, Riyu Kosaka, Naoki Maeda, Anettai Maji-Ska Bakudan, etc., could I get the speed to a point where it was interesting and valid exercise.
So, full points for taking the best of Supernova, addressing the worst problems of Stellar Master Mode (though
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SuperNova2 -Great Game!
) 1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
This was my first DDR game, so it has a kind of special place in my library of DDR games. Max2 and Extreme2 are also great US titles.
There are many songs to choose from right off the bat, the game is very easy to navigate for a beginner, the graphics are nice and the dance pad, for being the default flat pad? It's pretty darned nice. Caveat: do NOT wear shoes when dancing on a flat or soft pad. Bare feet, socks or maybe a very soft-soled (think ballet slipper or other completely flat, non-grippy soled slipper/shoe) - that may work. But no real shoes or sneakers unless you want to ruin the pad in record time.
Music-wise, you'll find Naoki (YAY), Britney Spears, A-ha, EMF, Paul Oakenfold, Chic, Goldfrapp, Fatboy Slim, DJ Micro, Beatdrop, Klayton, Cascada, Ian Van Dahl, K.T> Tunstall and more ... a litle of everything which makes for a nice selection and a nice mix. You won't find Butterfly on this version (that seems to be the one DDR song just about everyone's heard!) You can also unlock more songs through Game Play, along with Hyper Master which will unlock modes, etc. There's a workout mode (love it!), a training mode (great for practicing new songs, levels and those tricky moves).
DDR is a great workout, and the best part is you're playing a game so you don't even feel like you're exercising. It can be easy if you stay on beginner once you know what you're doing or you can keep moving up the scale to basic, then heavy, then expert. You can and will be challenged by this game, honest. Trust me, unless you're already in superb shape, you WILL work up a sweat. Heck I've even lost a few pounds in the last month - and I'm a chocoholic!
If you do get the bundle, know that this is for PS2. There are adaptors for USB and other types of connectors, but I can't speak to how well they work. I only have the PS2.
If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to write me a message.
There are many songs to choose from right off the bat, the game is very easy to navigate for a beginner, the graphics are nice and the dance pad, for being the default flat pad? It's pretty darned nice. Caveat: do NOT wear shoes when dancing on a flat or soft pad. Bare feet, socks or maybe a very soft-soled (think ballet slipper or other completely flat, non-grippy soled slipper/shoe) - that may work. But no real shoes or sneakers unless you want to ruin the pad in record time.
Music-wise, you'll find Naoki (YAY), Britney Spears, A-ha, EMF, Paul Oakenfold, Chic, Goldfrapp, Fatboy Slim, DJ Micro, Beatdrop, Klayton, Cascada, Ian Van Dahl, K.T> Tunstall and more ... a litle of everything which makes for a nice selection and a nice mix. You won't find Butterfly on this version (that seems to be the one DDR song just about everyone's heard!) You can also unlock more songs through Game Play, along with Hyper Master which will unlock modes, etc. There's a workout mode (love it!), a training mode (great for practicing new songs, levels and those tricky moves).
DDR is a great workout, and the best part is you're playing a game so you don't even feel like you're exercising. It can be easy if you stay on beginner once you know what you're doing or you can keep moving up the scale to basic, then heavy, then expert. You can and will be challenged by this game, honest. Trust me, unless you're already in superb shape, you WILL work up a sweat. Heck I've even lost a few pounds in the last month - and I'm a chocoholic!
If you do get the bundle, know that this is for PS2. There are adaptors for USB and other types of connectors, but I can't speak to how well they work. I only have the PS2.
If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to write me a message.
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Bought it for x-masReview created: 12/08/07
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) 1 of 2 people found this review helpful.
It never made it to the closet. My 18 year old saw it and has played for hours erery day. She stopped going to the gym and lost weight faster.
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Excellent service fast delivery A+++++Review created: 12/18/09
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) I have never received n e thing so fast I was surprised. The order was just as they said brand new and was packed so it wouldn't be damaged i'm very happy with this lister.
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angelReview created: 10/28/09
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what i liked about this item was the price and the free shipping... i bought it because my boys have been wanting it for a good while.
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review for the dance pad and gameReview created: 08/04/09
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thanks for the dance dance rev. thing , my kids really love it , they are great on it , everybody really likes it alot , thanks
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Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA 2 --- The Sequel?Review created: 06/19/09(updated 07/11/09)
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The short and simple. SuperNOVA 2 is a good stand-alone game, but when compared to the original SuperNOVA it becomes significantly inferior. The developers and the fans harped about how great the second SuperNOVA would be; I mean SuperNOVA was one of the more successful DanceDance Revolution games on the console. It's wide variety of music and might I add catchy tunes, that you just wanted to play over and over again. The different styles of gameplay endorsing teamwork and cooperation or battle and competition. And he graphics and animations were a nice addition to the upbeat music. With such a large fan-base, but old and new DanceDance fans, it was a perfect time to produce a new smash-hit sequel. Or release a major disappointment to the fans.
SuperNOVA 2 just lacked many of the qualities that SuperNOVA contained. More songs were hidden and locked in the campaign, and many of those 'hidden' songs were the more superiors songs; the ones that you wished and/or wanted to play, but had to go through the torturously easy (or hard) campaign mode. Although many of the issues of difficultly were fixed in the SuperNOVA 2 (such as items that allow you to make more mistakes but still pass the song) it still was as painfully or in my opinion more painful to drag through the campaign mode. I just want to play the game! Right? While still talking about the songs, I'd like to add that the song selection felt more limited or restricted. The music either seems to be famous pop-artist songs or these really generic beat-box rap. Perhaps it was to appeal to the general public or something to that effect, it just didn't seem to fit the DanceDance game-play. At least for me, I always enjoyed the techno/trance feel of DanceDance, that strong bass, and the catchy eletronica noises that made your feet want to move; and with most of the Dance Dance game lines there has always been a good handful of songs that endorsed that, such as Butterfly, Xephyrs, or MAX even Captain Jack. With SuperNOVA 2, it felt that is lost that sense of the Dance Dance ways.
The final and last thing was that SuperNOVA 2 did not evolve. With every sequel to a game, you usually make an improvement of one or the other. For example, many of you may know the Halo series. When Halo moved to the sequel Halo 2, it make several improvements including graphics, dual-wielding gameplay, and of course the famous cooperative play campaign. But with SuperNOVA to SuperNOVA 2, it made no improvements; the graphics remained the same, the gameplay options were the same, and there was no special improvement to the game. The only difference from SuperNOVA and SuperNOVA 2 was the music. I felt that the designers of DanceDance just the programming code of SuperNOVA, replaced the music, repackaged it, and renamed it SuperNOVA 2. Perhaps the title of SuperNOVA 2 should have been SuperNOVA: The Expansion. When you think about it, doesn't the Playstation have a USB port, and online capabilities? Couldn't you have released extra song packages over the internet, and charged something, similar to iTunes or X-box Live? I guess not, that would be too good of an idea; and we couldn't have that.
Overall, the game isn't necessarily bad. But when it's compared to any other Dance Dance game it becomes inferior. SuperNOVA 2 is a great stand-alone game, but whenever I have the choice to chose between which DanceDance game I would like to play; this one runs near the bottom. So if you want the game, buy it used - eBay?
SuperNOVA 2 just lacked many of the qualities that SuperNOVA contained. More songs were hidden and locked in the campaign, and many of those 'hidden' songs were the more superiors songs; the ones that you wished and/or wanted to play, but had to go through the torturously easy (or hard) campaign mode. Although many of the issues of difficultly were fixed in the SuperNOVA 2 (such as items that allow you to make more mistakes but still pass the song) it still was as painfully or in my opinion more painful to drag through the campaign mode. I just want to play the game! Right? While still talking about the songs, I'd like to add that the song selection felt more limited or restricted. The music either seems to be famous pop-artist songs or these really generic beat-box rap. Perhaps it was to appeal to the general public or something to that effect, it just didn't seem to fit the DanceDance game-play. At least for me, I always enjoyed the techno/trance feel of DanceDance, that strong bass, and the catchy eletronica noises that made your feet want to move; and with most of the Dance Dance game lines there has always been a good handful of songs that endorsed that, such as Butterfly, Xephyrs, or MAX even Captain Jack. With SuperNOVA 2, it felt that is lost that sense of the Dance Dance ways.
The final and last thing was that SuperNOVA 2 did not evolve. With every sequel to a game, you usually make an improvement of one or the other. For example, many of you may know the Halo series. When Halo moved to the sequel Halo 2, it make several improvements including graphics, dual-wielding gameplay, and of course the famous cooperative play campaign. But with SuperNOVA to SuperNOVA 2, it made no improvements; the graphics remained the same, the gameplay options were the same, and there was no special improvement to the game. The only difference from SuperNOVA and SuperNOVA 2 was the music. I felt that the designers of DanceDance just the programming code of SuperNOVA, replaced the music, repackaged it, and renamed it SuperNOVA 2. Perhaps the title of SuperNOVA 2 should have been SuperNOVA: The Expansion. When you think about it, doesn't the Playstation have a USB port, and online capabilities? Couldn't you have released extra song packages over the internet, and charged something, similar to iTunes or X-box Live? I guess not, that would be too good of an idea; and we couldn't have that.
Overall, the game isn't necessarily bad. But when it's compared to any other Dance Dance game it becomes inferior. SuperNOVA 2 is a great stand-alone game, but whenever I have the choice to chose between which DanceDance game I would like to play; this one runs near the bottom. So if you want the game, buy it used - eBay?
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ddr super nova 2Review created: 06/17/09
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i absolutely love it. it is one of my favorite games. you work out while you have fun and everyone can play it. the game i got was new and so in excellent condition and it plays like a dream.
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Great fun and workout.Review created: 03/17/09
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This came with the basic dance pad which is fine. I did order the padded dance pad and really like it since I spend time on the game daily. Worth getting the better pad if you plan to use it quite a bit.
Game is easy to use, easy to follow instructions especially for a novice.
Game is easy to use, easy to follow instructions especially for a novice.
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DDR Supernova 2Review created: 03/04/09
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I used to be a DDR afficianado when i was younger but moved and unfortunately my games and mat got lost in the process so when i found my ps2 i wanted to start back up again and found the price just right thanks to this seller.
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Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA 2Review created: 02/07/09
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) The games is OK. The song picks could have been way, way, way better. They went with a bunch of pop songs, and completely left out all of the classic DDR songs. A variety would have been better. Don't use the pad that comes with it unless you're really desperate.
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Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA 2 (PS2)Review created: 01/15/09
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This game is sheer awesomeness!
It's great for beginners and experts alike. Beginners have a wide range of songs with catchy beats that help them learn very quickly. For experts, the songs offered are extremely challenging, more so than any other DDR game to date.
Whether you're a pro at the Dance Dance Revolution series or a newbie, you must get this game! Fun, addicting, and a great workout!
*****5 out of 5 stars*****
It's great for beginners and experts alike. Beginners have a wide range of songs with catchy beats that help them learn very quickly. For experts, the songs offered are extremely challenging, more so than any other DDR game to date.
Whether you're a pro at the Dance Dance Revolution series or a newbie, you must get this game! Fun, addicting, and a great workout!
*****5 out of 5 stars*****
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DDR SuperNOVA 2The game is great, the shipping and handling was high. I bought it because even with the high shipping and handling price, the overall price was the cheapest I could find.
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DDR GiftReview created: 12/03/08
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I bought it as a Christmas present. It was shipped quick and appears to be in good shape. Havent tried it yet as it is a gift but sure it will be great!!
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Great Game!Review created: 11/29/08
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briennemartin06 ( 3 )
This game is great for all ages! It has many difficulty levels, and is great exercise on top of it!
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Great experienceItem exactly as described. Quick shipping. Great seller. I would definitely purchase from this seller in the future.
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FunFunFunReview created: 10/16/08
My 14 year old wanted this to help her loose weight. She has been "working out" with it all week and has already lost 5 pounds!! it is fun and the best workout for a teen (and a parent). Not to mention helps with coordination. :)
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This is a very fun game. My kids love it!My kids enjoy playing this game. They have one of the older versions and spend hours creating new characters to wrestle. However, it can appear to be overly violent and inappropriate at times.
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Awesome GameThis is a great addition to the series. Lots of fun for the family and friends. The workout mode is an easy way to get a quick workout in.
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Fun and tiring gameThis game is fun. I do not enjoy excercise very much, plus I am not agile or coodinated. That is why I enjoy the workout mode. It makes exercise fun (as much as it can be) and I don't get booed off "stage".
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They are FRAUDS!!Review created: 07/07/08
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0 of 2 people found this review helpful.
Its been weeks since I bought the item, and I have still not recived it nor have I heard from them about the status of my item being deliverd to me.
I have contacted them numerous times, only to get bogus replies that seem to be copy/pasted replies that mean absolutely nothing, every single time.
They have stolen my money!
Do not buy from them!
I have contacted them numerous times, only to get bogus replies that seem to be copy/pasted replies that mean absolutely nothing, every single time.
They have stolen my money!
Do not buy from them!
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great product and fast deliveryReview created: 06/24/08
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lindavillanueva ( 8 )
The product was "new" as indicated. The kids are having fun with it. I brought so that the kids can get there exercise daily. The package delivery was fast.
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Great game, wife and kids love itReview created: 04/20/08
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This is a great game. My kids love it. My wife also loves it, and she hates ps2 and other game systems. She can't stop playing it!
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great gameTrouble fining any place else. The best place I have found to buy games online. Great prices, fast shipping. Exactly what i was looking for.
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HORRIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Review created: 01/02/08
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0 of 1 people found this review helpful.
Where do I start. First we did not recieve or product in time for x-mas, when we ordered it on DEC 9th. The add on the web page said fast shipping, that was a lie. Then we recieved our item and it did not come with the dance pad that we paid for and now we have been tring to reach them for a week for a refund and we have not got a reply back. Stay away from this CO. they are horrible!!!!!!
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