Dance Dance Revolution Mario Mix | |
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Developer(s) | Konami |
Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
Director(s) | Yukihiro Yamazaki |
Producer(s) | Hitoshi Yamagami Hirotaka Ishikawa |
Series |
Mario Dance Dance Revolution |
Engine | Modified Mario Party 6 Engine |
Platform(s) | GameCube |
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Genre(s) | Music, exergaming |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
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Aggregator | Score |
GameRankings | 71.70% (31 reviews) |
Metacritic | 69% (28 reviews) |
Review scores | |
Publication | Score |
GameSpot | 7.0/10 |
GameSpy | |
IGN | 8.0/10 |
Nintendo World Report | 8/10 |
Dance Dance Revolution Mario Mix, known as Dance Dance Revolution with Mario (ダンスダンスレボリューション ウィズ マリオ Dansu Dansu Reboryūshon Uizu Mario?) in Japan and Dancing Stage Mario Mix in Europe, is a 2005 music video game developed by Konami and published by Nintendo for the GameCube. It is the first Dance Dance Revolution game to be released on a Nintendo video game console outside Japan.
Dance Dance Revolution Mario Mix predominantly features characters, music, and locations from the Mario franchise. The game was bundled with the dance pad controller.
Being run on a modified engine of Mario Party 6, the gameplay of Dance Dance Revolution Mario Mix follows the formula established in all Dance Dance Revolution games.
The game opens with Waluigi stealing the four Music Keys, who can grant wishes, from Truffle Towers. However, when he tries to open the door to the room containing the Music Keys, three of them scatter across the Mushroom Kingdom, and the fourth one is kept by Waluigi. From a distance, Toad watches these events unfold and rushes to tell Mario or Luigi, depending on which character the player chose, who then rushes off to retrieve the missing Music Keys.
The keys are recovered by completing tasks for other characters who have found the scattered keys and then defeating them in a dance challenge. These characters are, in order, Waluigi, Pirate Lakitu, Blooper, Hammer Bros., Wario and Freezie.