Dance Dance Revolution A
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| Developer(s) | Konami |
| Publisher(s) | Konami |
| Director(s) | [*] |
| Composer(s) | U1-ASAMi Captain KING DJ TOTTO Musical Cosmology Sota F. L.E.D.-G Zodiac Fall TAG Nekomata Master CLUB SPICE |
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Dance Dance Revolution Bemani |
| Platform(s) | Arcade |
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| Genre(s) | Music/exercise |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
| Cabinet | Custom |
| Arcade system | Bemani PC Type 4 |
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DanceDanceRevolution A (pronounced Ace) (ダンスダンスレボリューションエース DansuDansuReboryūshon Ēsu?) is a music video game, the 15th official installment of the arcade series of Dance Dance Revolution, and the sequel to the 2014 edition of the series. The game was revealed by Konami on February 20, 2016. It was released on March 30, 2016 in Japan and Asia in dedicated cabinet form and as an update to Dance Dance Revolution 2014. It was released in North America on July 6, 2016, and the first ever North American Dance Dance Revolution release to officially support e-Amusement. A location test for it was held at the Las Vegas Arcade Soho in London, England from July 21, 2016 to October 13, 2016, marking the first Dance Dance Revolution game to be tested in Europe since Dance Dance Revolution X2.
The game was first announced during the Grand Final of the Konami Arcade Championship (KAC) 2016, which was held on the final day of the Japanese Amusement Expo (JAEPO) 2016 event, February 20, 2016.
The game features a handful of overhauls to the existing system used by previous games. The most significant change is made towards the song selection screen. While the previous game, DDR 2014, still uses an interface that resembles the Cover Flow system introduced in DDR X2, DDR A changes it into a Sound Voltex-like pagelist giving the illusion of a touchable interface, although selection is still made using buttons below the monitor. Nine song choices, organized in three rows, are in clear view of the player at any time; scrolling past them will reveal additional row of songs, somewhat like the one used in DDR 4thMix. For the first time, selection can be done using the up and down buttons to skip a row of songs (in previous games, these buttons are exclusively used for e-Amusement services and certain modifiers). While highlighting a song is needed to display their detailed information, all of the visible song choices always display their song title and the current difficulty level selected, reducing the time needed to browse through them.
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