Heh, its no biggie Shooraijin. I'm just addicted... i love being physical and physical challenges, and i'm a shy person usually, but ddr gives me an outlet to shine! Good aerobic excersize and another way to be social... like just today this girl sat down to watch and i asked her if she was a player or spectator. She said she was just watching, but before you know it, i talked in her into trying a game, and after that 1st time, she didnt want to stop playing! I love getting new people into ddr.
KabinShushiSora, i'm not sure about DDR Max, but i know some versions of DDR have secret songs you have to unlock. Me, i'm playing DDR Xtreme (which is the 8th edition of DDR, DDR Max is the 6th for non DDR literate :-)
Sakura is a song you have to unlock on DDRX by beating Max Unlimited on reverse 1.5x (means the arrows go down instead of up, and the arrows are sped up so they go 1.5x times faster than normal) AND score an A (or was it a AA?). I am not that talented and i havent yet met anyone who is, but i'm sure there are some in Cali who are. Another way to unlock the stages is to have someone open up the game and put in the code, which is how we got our secret songs unlocked. Sakura is the easiest of the 10footers IMO (altho some people think Bags is easier).
DDRX does have Drop the Bomb and Witch Doctor (fun song... Oo Ee, Oo Ah Ah, Ting Tang, WadaWadaBingBang...), but not Shooting Star. I know 4th edition does because that's the machine i learned DDR from! I miss it :-( But anyways, you can find out what songs are on DDR Max by going to
http://www.DDRFreak.com and looking at the list of songs that come on that machine.
Hey ShiroiHikari, 6 ft isnt terrible! It all depends on who you compare yourself too of course. I mean.. out of all the people in the world, what percent of them can do 6ft songs? Probably less than 1percent! See, you're better at it than 99% of the world :-) Sides, games arent about being good at them, but having fun! I'm terrible at Perfect Attack (the game rates you on if you hit the arrow at the right time... Perfect is the best score, and Perfect Attack - PA - means getting as many Perfects as you can get), but i dont mind because its fun!
Yeah, the machine at PPP isnt as good as at Hinkle Family Fun Center because it locks up when you pick Drop Out 260, but other than that, they have a pizza buffet there and that's always a good thing!
That's too bad the machine is so far away :-( I love having mine within a 10 minute drive, and still other machines not much farther away!
5th Mix was my favorite (my fav song on there was Conga Feeling, but i also miss Dream a Dream and the sped up version of Dam Dariram), but now Xtreme is... for one thing, it has more 10ft songs, Sakura being the best of em. Did 5th have any 10ft songs?
I love Matsuri Japan... play it on Heavy Shuffle, and you can spin around on the gallops! Spinning, weeee! Heh, i also do knee drops and hand drops, which is totally old school and shunned by most serious DDR Freaks, but i'm not one to mind the opinions of others much.
AA? I almost never score an A. Its pretty good when i score a B. I'm good in the sense that i can read arrows fast and move my feet fast too, but like i said, i'm horrible at scoring Perfects.
I love playing in front of people. Its nice to have them clap, tho it chews when they make fun of you. But still, some times they'll compliment you or ask you questions and you can make a new friend that way!
Heh, i'm all hyper from playing just a while ago. I have no energy left but to type.
Love!