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0. PostPosted: Sun Aug 24, 2003 11:43 pm    Post subject: Is Para Para Paradise Dead? Reply with quote

I'm just wondering. Ever since I first para'd in Toronto, I love the game. A lot. So, if it is dead, it'd explain why there's only 1 home version on ps2. Someone give me the verdict straight up E2.gif
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1. PostPosted: Mon Aug 25, 2003 12:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

R.I.P. PPP.....
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2. PostPosted: Mon Aug 25, 2003 5:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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R.I.P. PPP.....


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3. PostPosted: Mon Aug 25, 2003 2:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Maybe it just doesn't have a big enough fan base.

I like para para. but i guess it's over for PPP.
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4. PostPosted: Mon Aug 25, 2003 2:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

PPP's gone really, except it still has it's fans every here and there. But there are still a lot of fans of the actual para para dancing now, go to www.paraparastage.com and you'll see. Now people look at it as less a game and something more than that, kinda like the Japanese. But it is rumoured Avex is going to try and bring Para Para back in Japan, with a new generation PPA. It was on a note in their latest SEB so you never know what might happen, but what we have now is still good, so don't worry...
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5. PostPosted: Mon Aug 25, 2003 4:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

If People Still play it, it's not dead. Well, that's how I Look at it anyway.
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6. PostPosted: Wed Aug 27, 2003 10:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Konami canned PPP a while ago. Para Para itself is still around though. You can get VCDs, DVDs, and VHSs of the routines at cdJapan I believe.
Just search for "Para Para Paradise" in Album/movie titles. Funny that the newest one they carry was released July of 2002.
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7. PostPosted: Wed Aug 27, 2003 5:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Para para,the dance,is still growin strong...but the game is dead....died a while ago...ha ha

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8. PostPosted: Wed Aug 27, 2003 7:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Make a new mix with harder stuff, and im up for PPP....
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9. PostPosted: Thu Aug 28, 2003 9:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't know how much faster people can flail their arms to songs, I mean Ultra High Heels and Velfarre 2000 at Hard are already too fast for some people to handle. A new mix would be nice but I'm not getting my hopes up.
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10. PostPosted: Fri Aug 29, 2003 12:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

it could be VERY easy, but they won't be doing proper para para dancing, kinda like using your feet and hands on DDR...
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11. PostPosted: Fri Aug 29, 2003 5:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Whoa. This pisses me off. I love para. =/ and I just got into it too. wtf.
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12. PostPosted: Sat Aug 30, 2003 7:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Omni[ProjectH] wrote:
If People Still play it, it's not dead. Well, that's how I Look at it anyway.

That's the way you pretty much look at everything E13.gif
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13. PostPosted: Sun Aug 31, 2003 2:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I actually got in to ParaParaParadise when I first played at Milpitas GolfLand.I've loved it since.Right now ever though they only have a 2nd mix...I still play and am trying to get better.I'm trying to learn the dances for the songs.Right now I've got down Ultra High Heels and most of Velfarre 2000.They're not that hard for me to play as in the speed.Basically the game of ParaPara has died,but never the dance!There will always be die-hard players and dancers that will still do the dances and play the game.
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14. PostPosted: Sun Aug 31, 2003 7:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Damn! How crappy... I played 2nd mix in Toronto. Man, It was so addictive. Ah well, like CSE said... "R.I.P. P.P.P." E2.gif
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15. PostPosted: Sun Aug 31, 2003 8:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

BaKa wrote:
Right now ever though they only have a 2nd mix...


2nd was the last version of PPP they released.

I'd say that PPP is dead and not coming back, but... *looks at KBM* E15.gif
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16. PostPosted: Sun Aug 31, 2003 3:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Actually if it is dead, then you could say the same thing about DDR, but wait, forums on the net are filled up with people that play DDR, so you ever thought to think the same thing might happen for para para?

www.paraparastage.com is the most popular out there but there quite a few as well as the PPP board at DDR: UK (if you live there).

There are Para Para groups and meets all over the place in America, even a few in the UK, and the machines are still scattered around all over the place. I mean come on, compare it to Taiko No Tatsujin, Dance ManiaX, Guitar Freaks or Mambo a Go Go and it's booming...

Plus, you don't have to stop at the arcade machine/game too, the VCDs and SEBs are all out there still getting released, and in Avex's latest SEB they pointed out they where trying for a para para revival in Japan with a whole new PPA. Avex was the reason we found out about Para Para in the first place so if they put their minds to it, para para will become a fad again in Japan (its happened millions of times, the people over there care about para para in general than PPP the game...).
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17. PostPosted: Mon Sep 01, 2003 5:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Screw the video's! It's more fun to play the game. Forme at least.
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18. PostPosted: Mon Sep 01, 2003 7:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The whole point of trying to capitalize on a "dance fad" didnt go the way konami had intended. Sure PPP was fun... but when you can pretty much do every single routine within a week of purchasing it, it gets real OLD real QUICK. PPP failed as a release and therefore Konami canned it to prevent the aspect of future losses. (DDRMAX2 CS anyone?) I mean i used to think "Hell this has SEB in it. It cant POSSIBLY get old". My friend's copy sits on the floor collecting dust.

PPP is indeed dead. There are the dvds which are in no relation to the game. Those will go on so long as there are the Para Para Allstars but as far as the games go.. its done for.
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19. PostPosted: Mon Sep 01, 2003 7:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

if it's dead then why do people still play it? Plus, there's the fact that everybody usually freestyles when playing the game too, which it does encourage. The routines are fun, but I usually do freestling on the game, which is a breath of fress air to be honest. And they didn't can it too quick, what with 4 different versions being released, then a home version.

Plus, a revival is rumoured. As I said before, compare to other arcade games out there and it's doing really well...
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