Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix 2

Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix 2
Also known as: Dancing Stage Unleashed 2 (EU) Developer: Konami Computer Entertainment Hawaii Publisher: Konami Platform: Xbox Released in US: November 18, 2004 Released in EU: May 13, 2005 This game has unused areas. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused text. This game has regional differences.

The second of the Dance Dance Revolution games of the original Xbox. With it, came a licensing deal with the label A Different Drum, who would continue to provide licenses for the rest of the Xbox/Xbox 360 titles.

Unused Stepchart Data

NOTE: All of the following offsets take in consideration x_data_US.bin in the American release and x_data_UK.bin in the European release.

Looking For You

Named lk4u.ssq, located at offsets 0x60D0000 (US)/0x5866800 (EU). All 6 charts (the game's Beginner charts don't exist in the ssq data) are different from their final counterparts, and so is the sync:

Download Looking For You (early chart data) File: DDRultramix2-lk4u.zip (5,28 MB) (info)

	Early	Final
Beat	Value
0		145.016
4	144.991

(Source: tikal.)

Mello

Named melo_main.ssq, located at offsets 0x635E800 (US)/0x5AF5000 (EU). This file is incomplete, only having Single Light and Standard charts, though they are different from their final counterparts. The BPM breakdown is also vastly different:

Download Mello (early chart data) File: DDRultramix2-melo.zip (6,55 MB) (info)

	Early	Final
Beat	Value
-5		97.59
4	96.923	96.998
32	782.609	782.609
40		382.979
44		195.652
48		96.983
64	96.983
148		782.609
156		382.979
160		195.652
164	391.304	193.939
172	774.194
188	193.939
252	94.241

(Source: tikal.)

Skulk

While this song doesn't have an unused file, it has an unused chart within the used stepfile, consisting of erratic and awkward patterns.

Download Skulk (early chart) File: DDRultramix2-skuk.zip (6,40 MB) (info)

(Source: DDRUK)

Unused Graphic

ADV.tga, found at 0x4DA0800 of x_data_US.bin in the American release, and 0x4661000 of the European release, is a leftover from a demo.

(Source: tikal.)

Unused Text

The original American release still has the credits for Dancing Stage Unleashed stored at 0x4FE5000 of x_data_US.bin.

<bold>Konami Computer Entertainment Hawaii, Inc.
 
<bold>Producer
Daniel Tyrrell
 
<bold>Lead Programmer
Hiro Chiwata
 
<bold>Programmers
Scott Marison
Brian McGraw
Matthew Nakao
Maxwell Zietz
 
<bold>Senior Artist
Kengo Suzuki
 
<bold>Artists
Chris Won
Takahiro Nakajima
Toshiaki Ideo
 
<bold>Animators
Ty Robinson
Jared Bailey
 
<bold>Production Coordinator
Kaori Saga
 
<bold>Audio Director
Jun Funahashi
 
<bold>Audio Designers
Stillwind
Bradley Meyer
 
<bold>UI Music
Jaren Tolman
 
<bold>Audio Programmer
Terry Jones
 
<bold>Production Manager
Meghan Nishimizu
 
<bold>Special Advisors
Mitsuhiro Nomi
Andy Styles
 
<bold>Web Design	
Dani De Wald
 	
<bold>IT and Network	
Sidney Oshiro
Greg Ellis
   
<bold>Special Thanks
Mitch Ueno
Lisa Rosenthal
Haruko Goldsmith
Laurel Martin
Jarrod Phillips
U1-ASAMi
Sota Fujimorii
Atsushi Sato
Steven Blackburn
Oliver Miyashita
Mark Subotnik
Hajime Yano
Kaz Nirasawa
Yoko Ishioka
Ayako Tateyama
  
<bold>Konami of Europe
 
<bold>President Konami of Europe GmbH
 Kunio Neo
 
<bold>Director Product Management Division
Dave Cox
 
<bold>European Brand Coordinator
Martine Saunders
 
<bold>Director European Marketing
Martin Schneider
 
<bold>European PR Manager
Wolfgang Ebert
 
<bold>Konami of Europe Special Thanks
Hans Jochim Amann
Christopher Heck
Ralph Champeau
Hans Kohrs
Kenneth Klingborg
Ella Siebert
Kalle Largeroos
Susana Gonzalez
Sofie Schulz
Christian Pfeffer
Jon Murphy
Richard Jones
Michael Rotchell
 
<bold>RMC
 
<bold>Manager
Makoto Ichikawa
 
<bold>Supervisor
Tsuyoshi Arayashiki
 
<bold>Senior Lead Tester
Shinji Matsumoto
Toshiro Mori
 
<bold>Lead Tester
Eiji Kaneko
Tatsuya Kikuchi
 
<bold>KOA QA Manager
Michael Klug
 
<bold>KOA QA Liaison
Hiromi Nakajima
 
<bold>Senior Lead Tester 
Keith Matejka
 
<bold>Localization Lead Tester
Jason Pace
 
<bold>Lead Tester
John An
  
<bold>Testers
Mel Baltazar
John Miewald
Michael Ngo
Brandon Tomyoy
J C Rodrigo
Chris Tang
  
<bold>Additional Music by		
GameBeat, Inc. - www.gamebeatinc.com	
Thanks to Thuggie D for all your great work!
 
<bold>Voice		
Rashida M. Clendening [aka Audio Angel]	
Jacob Thompson	
 		
<bold>All Voices Recorded at		
WaveGroup Sound in Fremont, California	
 		
<bold>Recording Engineer		
Bill Frank
 
<bold>Motion Capture provided by 
hOuse of mOves  (Los Angeles, CA)
 
<bold>Executive of Production, 
<bold>Motion Capture 
Tom Tolles
 
<bold>Executive Producer, Motion Capture		
Jarrod Phillips
 
<bold>Chief Operating Officer
Matthew Lawrence
 
<bold>Motion Capture Production Manager
Christopher Bellaci
 
<bold>Production Coordinator
Greta Anderson
 
<bold>Senior Motion Capture Artist
Garret Gray
 
<bold>Lead Motion Capture Artist
Darin Velarde
 
<bold>Motion Capture Artist
Michael Jantz
 
<bold>Motion Capture Director
Johnny Ravenna
 			   
<bold>Motion Capture Video Assist
Brian Wilson
 
<bold>Stage Manager						
Scott Webster
 
<bold>Performers
Kenny Harlow
Claire Kutsko
 
	
"UP THE BRACKET" 
Words and music by 
Peter Doherty and Carl Barat
Performed by the Libertines
(c) 2001 EMI MUSIC 
PUBLISHING LIMITED
(P) 2002 Rough Trade 
licensed by courtesy of 
Sanctuary Records Group Ltd
 
"SIZE OF A COW" by 
TREECE, GILKS, HUNT, JONES, 
BELL, CLIFFORD.
Published by 
UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING LTD.
		
Licensed by kind permission from 
The Universal Film 
& TV Licensing Division
  	
"Ebeneezer Goode" 
performed by The Shamen
Licensed by kind permission from
One Little Indian Records
Published by 
Warner Chappell Music Ltd.
 
"Nu Flow" 
performed by Big Brovaz
Licensed courtesy of 
Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
Published by 
Universal Music Publishing Ltd.
Sony/ATV Music Publishing
 
"Heart of Glass" 
performed by Blondie
Licensed courtesy of 
EMI Recorded Music
Written by 
Deborah Harry and Chris Stein
Published by 
Chrysalis Music Inc
Monster Island Music
 		
"Call Me" 
performed by Blondie
Licensed courtesy of 
EMI Recorded Music
Written by 
Deborah Harry and Georgio Moroder
Published by Chrysalis Music Inc
Monster Island Music 
and Ensign Music Corp
BMG Music Publishing International Ltd. 
Licensed by kind permission.
 
Caesars "Jerk It Out" (J. �hlund)
Produced by Joakim �hlund 
Co-Produced by 
Fabian "Phat Fabe" Torsson 
Mixed by Joakim Ahlund 
& Fabian "Phat Fabe" Torsson 
Recorded by The International Dread 
Published by Telegram Publishing 
(P)&(c) 2002 Dolores Recordings
Virgin Records Sweden AB
BY Joakim �HLUND. 
Published by 
UNIVERSAL/MCA MUSIC LTD.
 		
<bold>ARCADE ORIGINAL STAFF
 
<bold>DIRECTOR
INUBUSHI TAKASHI

<bold>DESIGNER
TAKEUCHI YOKO
YONEZAWA KANAKO
MOROE TOMOCHIKA
 
<bold>PROGRAMMER
NARITA YOSHIHIKO
OHASHI TAKAHIRO
 
<bold>SOUND MANAGER
TAKEYASU HIROSHI
SHIKAMA HIDEAKI
 
<bold>SOUND PRODUCER
MAEDA NAOKI
 
<bold>SOUND ENGINEER
GOSHIMA AKIRA
 
<bold>PRODUCT DESIGN PRODUCER
MURAKI HIROYUKI
YOKOKI NORIYUKI
 
<bold>PRODUCT DESIGNER
FUKUDA JUNKO
OSHIO MICHIYO
 
<bold>TECHNICAL WRITER	
MINODA HIDEAKI    	
SUDO MIKA	
 
<bold>HARDWARE MANAGER
OKADA MASAHIRO
 
<bold>HARDWARE DESIGNER
NAKANO TSUYOSHI
 
<bold>MECHANICAL MANAGER
MUKASA SHIGEHITO
 
<bold>MECHANICAL DESIGNER
HINE RYO
ATOBE KOKI
 
<bold>SPECIAL THANKS
TADA TAKAO
TOGAMI KENJI
ISHIKAWA TAKAYUKI
UCHIDA TOMOYUKI
YAMAOKA AKIRA
KING OPAL
BeForU
 
<bold>PRODUCER
OTA YOSHIHIKO
 
<bold>EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
TANAKA FUMIAKI
 
<bold>BEMANI MANAGEMENT
<bold>KONAMI MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Akihiko Nagata
Kazuki Aoki
Yukio Nagasaki
Kazunari Okido
Takeshi Yamagami
 
<bold>Technical Support:
<bold>Home version DDR team of 
<bold>Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, Inc.
 
Michihiro Ishizuka
Gozo Kitao
Hirotaka Ishikawa
Yasumi Takase
Nishibori Taquashi
Yukihiro Yamazaki
Naohiro Yamamoto
Manabu Hazama
Norio Suzuki
Akifumi Mizobe
Tomohiro Maeyama
Kidai Suzuki
K.Nagaoka
Kazuhiko Nobe
Yumi Yoshida
Yoshiko Wada
Rieko Komatsubara
Keiko Takaki
Masafumi Sekiguchi
 

(Source: tikal.)

Regional Differences

Title Screen

With the name change, came a new logo and a different background for the title screen's .xmv.

US	Europe

Songlist

As with Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix/Dancing Stage Unleashed, each of the game's releases have its share of exclusive songs. The list goes as follows:

US	Europe
After all Svenson & Gielen Remix Edit Brick House Burn For You Don't Stop EyeSpy I'm In Heaven Radio Version Jam On It Life Is A Game Play My Game Sleepwalker Tough Enough Wherever You Are	Alright A Town Called Malice Circles Get It On Hanging On The Telephone Hip Teens Don't Wear Blue Jeans Hot Stuff I See You Baby Fatboy Slim Radio Edit Love Machine Some Girls Step On Where's Your Head At Wonderful Night

Rubberneckin'

In the European release, the song Rubberneckin' Paul Oakenfold Remix Radio Edit is simply known as Rubberneckin', with its artist credit also being changed to Elvis & Paul Oakenfold. This change is also reflected in its graphics:

US	Europe