DDR FESTIVAL: Dance Dance Revolution

DDR FESTIVAL: Dance Dance Revolution
Developer: Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo Publisher: Konami Platform: PlayStation 2 Released in JP: November 18, 2004 This game has unused areas. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused music.

DDR FESTIVAL: Dance Dance Revolution is the first of two Japanese DDR releases that focused on what America was enjoying at the time.

The interface used in this game was lifted from the North American version of Dance Dance Revolution Extreme.

Unused Graphics

Freeze!

The unused Freeze! judgement makes another appearance here.

Encore Extra Stage

Because there is no Encore Extra Stage system in this game, this asset goes unused.

Prototype Leftovers

These assets are taken from the American release of Dance Dance Revolution Extreme, and are several leftover assets from an early build closer to the Japanese release.

Gameplay

Diet Mode

Unused Charts

Beginner Charts

To do: Get permission from SaxxonPike for the charts to be mirrored here.

Turns out many of the Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix crossovers have unaccessible Beginner charts, as evidenced by the songs' ssq data:

Song	Comment
ANALYZE	A slightly modified variant would later appear in Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix 2.
BABY BABY GIMME YOUR LOVE 2002	A slightly modified variant would later appear in Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix 2.
BAILA! BAILA!	Would later be put in Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA.
BALLAD FOR YOU ~omoi no ame~	A slightly modified variant would later appear in Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA.
BATTLE BREAKS	A modified variant would later appear in Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix 2.
FIRE DUB	Unique.
GET IT ALL	Unique.
GORGEOUS 2012	Would later be put in Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA.
In My Eyes	Would later be put in Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix 2.
INFINITE PRAYER	Would later be put in Dance Dance Revolution Universe.
INFINITE PRAYER (floating flock style)	A modified variant would later appear in Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix 2.
INSERTiON (Machine Gun Kelly Mix)	Would later be put in Dance Dance Revolution Extreme2.
KEEP ON MOVIN' (DMX Mix)	Would later be put in Dance Dance Revolution Extreme2.
Keep Ya Body Movin'	Completely unique; this song never had a proper Beginner chart.
MAD BLAST	A modified variant would later appear in Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix 2.
MATSURI (J-SUMMER MIX)	Would later be put in Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA.
MEANING OF LIFE	A modified variant would later appear in Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix 2.
MGS2 mission R	Completely unique; this song never had a proper Beginner chart.
Mind Parasite	Would later be put in Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA.
NEMESIS	A variant with the first half completely redone would later appear in Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix 2.
OUTER LIMITS	A slightly modified variant would later be put in the American PlayStation 2 release of Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA2.
PUT YOUR FAITH IN ME (SATURDAY NIGHT MIX)	Would later be put in Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA.
Quickening	Would later be put in Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA.
Sana Mollete Ne Ente (B.L.T. STYLE)	Unique.
SOMETHING WONDERFUL	Would later be put in Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix 2.
There 4 you	A modified variant would later appear in Dance Dance Revolution Disney Channel Edition.
What is Love?	A modified variant would later appear in Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix 2.

Others

Song	Difficulty(ies)	Comment
BIZARRE LOVE TRIANGLE	Single Challenge	Seems to be a duplicate of an unknown chart.
Superstar	Single Challenge	A copy of AM-3P's Single Difficult chart, followed by a test pattern at the very end.
Your Rain (RAGE MIX)	Single Challenge	An incomplete copy of AM-3P's Single Difficult chart.

(Source: SaxxonPike)

Unused Music

There are pieces of unused audio found in DATA/FILEDATA.BIN on the game's disc:

A segment of the song BYE BYE BABY BALLOON, used in the Dancemania logo sequence in DDRMAX.

The How To Play music from DDRMAX.

The Ranking Screen music from DDRMAX.

The menu music from DDRMAX.

(Source: tikal.)