Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova 2

List Price: $19.99 Discount Price: $18.58

Features:

• All-new arcade release of the DDR series hits the PlayStation 2
• Awesome soundtrack packed with major hits and brand new songs
• Enhanced online support offers 4-player multiplayer
• EyeToy Supports for PS2- use your hands and feet and see yourself on TV
• Sequel to the biggest and best DDR game to date

Customer Reviews:

A fun game, but nothing new. [Posted on 2008-06-04]
Being a fan of DDR SuperNova, I decided to purchase the sequel. SuperNova 2 is basically the same as its predesesor. It does contain some new and fun songs. However the format is very similar. You have to play your way through the game at the levels the cpu deems fit. It's annoying at first, because people who have the acquired skills are forced to do songs on easy or beginner. It does progress to more intense challenges though. I would say this game is a lot of fun b/c I love to DDR. If you are debating whether to get the first Supernova or the Second, I'd go with the first one.

On to the seller. Well, the game arrived within two weeks. The only thing I have to complain about is the fact that the game did not come in the original container with the SuperNova 2 graphics. It came in a plain black container. It did have the game's manual.

potential to be extremely annoying [Posted on 2008-06-06]
the scope of this review centers on the hard charts (expert+) in the game. i am an experienced but not great DDR player and my favorite game is ITG.

i echo the one reviewer who pointed out how annoying the charts can be. there is an insane amount of jumps ("air") built into the charts, often as part of streams, which more often than not crossover. this is considerably difficult to step accurately on soft pads without a bar. why?
1) if you're on the tall and heavy side, crossovers in general will give you trouble (simply a speed issue).
2) quickly stepping in and out jumps can only be accomplished through messy sliding if your weight remains on your feet the whole time (no bar!).
3) quick-tapping into jumps is similarly a mess on soft pads, for exactly the same reason (weight remains on your feet).
your ankles won't like it, and more likely than not you won't like it either.
the problem is not so much that some of the songs use this to be difficult, it's that nearly all of them do. i simply hate charts like "arrabiata" or "unreal". the few good and(!) challenging ones (like "eternus", "the beginning of the end" or "seduction") simply can't compensate for the rest.

as others pointed out the master mode suffers form the fact that the difficult centers around mods and not so much around the steps. charts where arrows are only visible randomly or where a double display is supposed to be danced on a single pad, can be solved through memorizing them but there's no fun in that.

the altered grading compared to supernova is another thing i dislike since the window for an "A" is pretty small now. basically, a chart which you can get an A on, you will eventually AA.

i'm sure a more skillful player dancing with shoes/hard pad in a diagonal stance will not have much trouble with any of the non-boss charts in the game. but even if i could dance like this, i DDR for the fun exercise it's supposed to provide and this game simply fails in that regard. 2* at most.

Dance Dance Revolution Supernova 2 rocks! [Posted on 2008-08-14]
Although it is missing some of the classic DDR tracks (as most recent DDR titles are), the game delivers more of the same fun dancing simulation that has been around since the beginning of Bemani. Some excellent new tracks have been added such as PARANOiA HADES and TRIP MACHINE PhoeniX.

DDR - Dance Dance Revolution - SuperNova 2 [Posted on 2008-11-03]
AMAZING!
Great list of songs!
A-ha's "Take on me"!
Get SuperNova 1 for Love Shine and others though!
IT ROCKS and IT IS GREAT!

Time Well-Spent [Posted on 2009-01-05]
My family spent hours playing this game when we first got it. We would have continued except that the dance pads we bought stopped working. The game itself is great; they have a workout mode that keeps track of how many calories you burnt. They have Dance Master mode that allows you to complete challenges in exchange for points, where you can buy new songs and the like at the shop.

However our favorite is the freeplay because you could go on as two-player and compete for a high score. Lots of fun and great exercise as well.

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