It’s not something I try to talk about too much, but I really loveDance Dance Revolution. Like, I’ll make a trip over to the only worthwhile arcade in San Francisco (Metreon, baby!) just for some solid DDR. So when I had a chance to check out newest form ofDDR, that involving the balance board, I headed on out.
I’ll be real. You’re gonna look like an idiot playingDDRon the balance board. Even more than the regularDDR, which, if you’ve ever seen a 300 lb man do hardcore dancing toDDR, is pretty hard to top. The arrows on the top of the screen are the same, but instead of arrows rising up, you have directions to lean your hips. Other icons will come up telling you to punch your left or right hand, or to rotate your hips. It’s pretty simple, actually, and none of the songs reached levels of particular difficulty. If Konami hopes to make this feature the future ofDDR, they are going to have to make the game a little more hardcore for any sort of high level play.
Honestly,DDRwith the balance board feels like a hula game with some arm waving. It’s sort of fun, but the encompassed experience is lackluster. I mean, it’s at onceDDRand not-DDR, and the general feel of it is that this feature is kind of half-assed. Thankfully, it is just that, a feature, and that means the overallDDRexperience in this game isn’t going to be hampered by the Balance Board.
