In order to keep from leaving out the Japanese veterans from the continued innovations in DDR, Konami initiated one more Japanese release called DDR Festival. DDR Festival holds the remarkable distinction of being the first DDR game released in Japan with only six new-to-DDR songs, the rest of the game primarily composed of features and songs already seen in the US releases of DDR Extreme and DDR Ultramix. The most notable elements of this mix are the Extreme US interface, the EyeToy support (and accompanying minigames), and all of the Konami Original songs from Ultramix and its songpacks.
Special Import Instructions
This is a Japanese game, and if you are new to Japanese imports, you may have trouble getting started with the game. When you first boot the game, you are presented with a message in Japanese asking you if you want to create a System File for the game. Select the left option and then hit the Circle button. The next message asks if you want to enable Auto-Save. The left option ("はい") is 'Yes', the right option ("いいえ") is 'No'. Select your preference, and again hit Circle. In Japan, Circle is most frequently used to confirm selections, whereas most US publishers use Circle for canceling instead.
Game Modes
Unlike previous versions of DDR, Festival's menus are in Japanese only. This can make configuration a bit problematic if you're not already familiar with the interface. Below is a list of the menu options translated to English for your convenience. Italicized items are unlocked.
Game Mode (Nonstop, Oni available)
Party Mode
Beginner Mode
Mission Mode
Endless Mode
Lesson Mode
Training Mode
Edit Mode
Diet Mode (Workout)
Records
Song Records
Nonstop Records
Oni Records
Options
Sound
Channels: Stereo -> Monaural -> Dolby Pro Logic II
Announcer: On -> Off -> No Booing
Timing
Controller
Doubles Play: On -> Off
Save/Load
Save
Load
User Support Party Collection
Autosave: Off -> On
Edit Folder: Off -> Edit Use
Game Options
Difficulty Level: 1-8
Number Of Songs: 1-5
Game Over: Arcade -> End Of Music
Event Mode: Off -> On
Default Difficulty: Light -> Standard -> Heavy -> Beginner
Video Options
Background Movies: On -> Off
Dancing Characters: On -> Off
Movie Brightness
Step Color: Type1 -> Type2 -> Flat
Antiflicker filtering: On -> Off
Screen Adjustment
Credits
Information
When adjusting items in the Options menu, remember that the default selections will be written in Green and modified options will be written in Red.
Dance Play Settings
Strangely, DDR Festival does not feature an option within the options menu to disable the face buttons on a dance mat when playing a song. This option was available in all previous versions of DDR, designed to keep players from accidentally triggering arrows prematurely by unintentionally stepping on the button sections of the dance mat.
Fortunately, while the option menu is disabled, the code for the option itself remains intact, and several enterprising DDR fans have developed save files which have the appropriate option toggled so that the face buttons are disabled during gameplay. To download a save file for DDR Festival, click here.
User Support
DDR Festival features an option labelled "User Support" in the Options menu. This can be used to unlock all locked content within DDR Party Collection. Simply load up DDR Festival, insert a memory card containing a System file for Party Collection, and go to User Support. Select the lefthand option ("はい") both times you receive a prompt.
Note: User Support does *not* add songs from a previous version to DDR Festival, nor vice versa. User Support simply unlocks whatever you have not already unlocked via regular methods.
Unlockable Songs
DDR Festival's unlock system is almost a carbon copy of the Extreme unlock system, the single biggest difference being that unlockable items are earned after a group of 4 songs, not 5. As in Extreme US, if an item is obtained via speed unlock, that item is instead replaced with a dancing character or a costume for one of the currently unlocked characters.
You must not have Event Mode on for the songs you've played to count, and you must also have Workout Mode options disabled (IE - playing in normal mode).
Keep Ya Body Movin' - Thuggie D.
There 4 You - Thuggie D.
A random dancing character or costume is unlocked
ABSOLUTE (Cuff-N-Stuff It Mix) - Thuggie D.
ANALYZE - B.BANDJ
A random dancing character or costume is unlocked
FIRE DUB - ASLETICS
What Is Love? - Tomosuke
A random dancing character or costume is unlocked
PUT YOUR FAITH IN ME (SATURDAY NIGHT MIX) - UZI-LAY
MAXIMIZER - CLI-MAX S. (or clear it with an AA on Extra Stage)
Endless Mode is unlocked
Oni and Nonstop courses can be unlocked by passing the currently available courses.
After Endless Mode is unlocked, every additional 4 songs will unlock a new Oni Course, Nonstop Course, Dancing Character, or costume, randomly selected from those remaining.
Party Mode
DDR Extreme features a variety of minigames, some of which use the dance pad, some of which use the EyeToy, and some of which involve both.
Watch Me Dance - Everything but the arrows and music is taken away, and the screen shows the EyeToy camera feed showing you dancing to the song.
Magical Ball - Similar to Breakout or Arkanoid, where your hands bounce the ball on the screen.
Clean The Screen - While playing your song, you will need to periodically wave your arms to wipe the bubbles off the screen that will slowly build and obscure your view of the incoming arrows.
Hands And Feet - The EyeToy adds a Left Hand and Right Hand area that you'll need to tag along with the standard arrows, similarly to Solo Mode.
Coconut Panic - Shake the trees and catch the coconuts that fall from them.
Hyper Dash - Running game similar to the old NES Power Pad games.
Feeding Time - Hit the pad arrow that corresponds to the correct food to feed each animal on the screen. 1-2-Samba (from Samba de Amigo) meets Baku Baku Animal, in a way.
Oni Courses
Three courses are available from the start, and more are unlocked as the game is played - you can unlock Oni courses either in normal gameplay or by clearing existing Oni courses.
Lesson Oni
Firefly
Believe
Funk Boogie
Gokigen Course
Superstar
D2R
ANALYZE
LADIES' NIGHT
Slow-Mix
Keep Ya Body Movin'
BABY BABY GIMME YOUR LOVE 2002
BALLAD FOR YOU
Sana Molette Ne Ente
GAME MIX
You're Not Here
MGS2 mission R
Your Rain (RAGE MIX)
GRADIUSIC CYBER (AMD G5 MIX)
Remix of Love
ABSOLUTE (Cuff-N-Stuff It Mix)
KEEP ON MOVIN' (DMX Mix)
INFINITE PRAYER (floating flock style)
SANA MOLETTE NE ENTE (B.L.T. Style)
MAKE IT BETTER (So-REAL Mix)
Beginning Random Oni
THE FREEZER
FIRE DUB [x1.5]
There 4 You [x1.5]
BATTLE BREAKS [x1.5]
BABY BABY GIMME YOUR LOVE 2002 [x2.0]
In My Eyes [x2.0]
SOMETHING WONDERFUL [x2.0]
Adrenaline
INSERTiON
Matsuri (J-SUMMER MIX)
era (nostalmix)
OUTER LIMITS
HYSTERIA
Sakura
COOL 7
What Is Love?
I Was The One
.59
SOMETHING WONDERFUL
Don't Stop (AMD 2nd MIX)
Mind Parasite
LOVE AGAIN TONIGHT (For Melissa MIX)
Random Oni Reformed
TRICK
KI•SE•KI (DDR edit) [Reverse]
BAILA! BAILA! [x1.5, Sudden]
In My Eyes [x3.0, Hidden]
I Need You (True Platinum Mix) [Wave]
Abyss [Reverse, Dark, Boost]
GORGEOUS 2012 [Brake]
The Way of LEGEND
GET IT ALL
DIVE
MAD BLAST
MAXIMIZER
INSERTiON
Electro Tuned (the SubS mix)
GRADIUSIC CYBER (AMD G5 MIX)
BROKEN MY HEART
Sakura
OUTER LIMITS
Legend
Beginner Light Standard Heavy Challenge
Nonstop Courses
Six courses are available from the start, and more are unlocked as the game is played - you can unlock Nonstop courses either in normal gameplay or by clearing existing Nonstop courses.
Lesson Nonstop
/ Cutie Honey
/ CANDY♥
/ un deux trois
/ Odoru Ponpokorin
Everybody's Nonstop
/ Gakuen Tengoku
/ BIZARRE LOVE TRIANGLE
/ Believe
/ Diamonds
FINE CHOICE
/ Kids In America
/ WAITING FOR TONIGHT
/ Superstar
/ Like A Virgin
Remix of Truth
/ INFINITE PRAYER (floating flock style)
/ INSERTiON (Machine Gun Kelly Mix)
/ INFINITE PRAYER
/ INSERTiON
Variety
/ MEANING OF LIFE
/ PUT YOUR FAITH IN ME (SATURDAY NIGHT MIX)
/ ANALYZE
/ Holic
BPM=150
/ Quickening
/ SOMETHING WONDERFUL
/ MGS2 mission R
/ LOVE AGAIN TONIGHT (For Melissa MIX)
DJ Battle
/ 5.1.1.
/ BATTLE BREAKS
/ Abyss
/ NEMESIS
Vocal Collection
/ KI•SE•KI (DDR edit)
/ BALLAD FOR YOU
/ You're Not Here
/ BROKEN MY HEART
Speed Mix
/ HYSTERIA
/ INSERTiON
/ Sakura
/ OUTER LIMITS
PLAYER'S BEST 1-4
PLAYER'S WORST
Random
Legend
Beginner Light Standard Heavy Challenge
Mission Mode
Similarly to Extreme US, Festival comes with a Mission Mode, which is a reprisal of 4th Mix's Challenge Mode. Festival's Mission mode comes with 50 missions in total, including the infamous final mission with a custom MAXIMIZER stepchart.
When starting Mission Mode, you can only try the missions with a flashing border. As you clear missions, the tiles will go away to reveal an image underneath, and ajacent missions will become accessible, though you can only choose one to open up. If you have trouble with a particular mission, the game will allow you to open another mission after several attempts. Finish all 50 missions, and all currently locked songs, courses, dancers, and costumes will be unlocked.
In the tables below, there are five columns:
Song: the name of the song that will be played for this challenge.
Difficulty: the difficulty level of the song in the challenge.
Rating: the difficulty rating of the mission.
Portion: if this is a range of numbers, the range describes which measures of the song will be played
for the challenge; if it says "All", then the whole song will be played.
Description: a summary of the conditions that must be fulfilled to pass the challenge.
Song
Difficulty
Rating
Portion
Description
1.
Believe
Standard
Clear the song with a combo of 90 or higher.
2.
D2R
Standard
Clear the song with a grade of A or higher.
3.
Diamonds
Standard
Clear the song with all steps Good or greater.
4.
Cutie Honey
Standard
Clear the song with a full dance gauge.
5.
Waiting For Tonight
Standard
Clear the song on Sudden with over 5,000,000 points.
6.
Gakuen Tengoku
Heavy
Clear the song on x3 stepping only on jumps. All steps must be Perfect or Great.
7.
SOMETHING WONDERFUL
Standard
Clear the song with the dance gauge at 10% or less.
8.
CANDY♥
Heavy
Clear the song with a full combo. The music will not be played.
9.
ABSOLUTE (Cuff-N-Stuff It Mix)
Standard
Clear the song with a grade of C.
10.
There 4 You
---
Clear the song with a custom stepchart with over 5,000,000 points and without breaking any freezes.
11.
DIVE
Heavy
Clear the song without stepping on . Jumps containing are fine. All steps must be Perfect or Great.
12.
5.1.1.
Light
Clear the song on x8, Shuffle with all steps Great or better.
13.
Kids In America
Heavy
Clear the song on Reverse, Sudden without holding any freezes.
14.
INFINITE PRAYER
Heavy
Clear the song with between 4,000,000 and 4,100,000 points.
15.
Your Rain (RAGE MIX)
Standard
Clear the song on x0.5, Dark with a full combo.
16.
MAKE IT BETTER (So-REAL Mix)
Light
Clear the song with a max combo of 60 or higher and at least 90 Perfects. The song will be played at 200% speed.
17.
Don't Stop! (AMD 2nd MIX)
Heavy
Clear the song with a full combo and no more than 30 Greats. The audio will not be synced with the steps.
18.
Odoru Ponpokorin
Standard
Clear the song on Hidden with all steps Good or better.
19.
Sakura
Light
Clear the song with all Perfects and all freezes held.
20.
Funk Boogie
Heavy
Clear the song on Accumulate with a full combo.
21.
INSERTiON
Heavy
Clear the song on x8, Shuffle with a full combo.
22.
KEEP ON MOVIN' (DMX Mix)
Standard
Clear the song stepping only where arrows do not exist. Each step is worth 1 point. Clear the song with more than 190 points.
23.
GRADIUSIC CYBER (AMD G5 MIX)
Heavy
Clear the song with a full combo.
24.
In My Eyes
---
Clear the song with a custom stepchart with a full combo and all freezes held.
25.
.59
Light
Clear the song with a full combo. There will be a rectangle on the screen moving up and down partially obscuring the arrow stream.
26.
Abyss
Standard
Clear the song with at least 5,700,000 points. The music will speed up as the song progresses.
27.
Mind Parasite
Heavy
Clear the song on Flat with a full combo.
28.
CANDY♥
Standard
Clear the song with a full combo and all freezes held. The arrow columns are rearranged.
29.
I Was The One
Standard
Clear the song on Brake with a full combo.
30.
Electro Tuned (The SubS Mix)
Heavy
Clear the song without stepping on 1/4-beat arrows. All steps must be Perfect or Great.
31.
BATTLE BREAKS
Heavy
Clear the song on Dark, Reverse with a full combo.
32.
Superstar
Heavy
Clear the song without stepping on ony jumps.
33.
What Is Love?
Heavy
Clear the song on Wave with at least 110 combined Perfects and Greats.
34.
Quickening
Heavy
Clear the song with between 5,300,000 and 5,600,000 points and without getting a combo higher than 10.
35.
Keep Ya Body Movin'
---
Clear the song with a custom stepchart with at least 180 Perfects.
36.
GORGEOUS 2012
Standard
Clear the song with at least 43 Perfects, 43 Greats, and 43 Goods, and holding all freezes.
37.
BROKEN MY HEART
---
Clear the song with a custom stepchart. The dance gauge penalty for Boos and Misses will be much worse than normal.
38.
ANALYZE
Heavy
Clear the song on Flat, Reverse, stepping on only jumps. All steps must be Perfect or Great.
39.
un deux trois
Standard
Clear the song with a full combo and all freezes held. The arrow columns are rearranged.
40.
Sana Molette Ne Ente
Heavy
Clear the song on x2, Accumulate, Mirror with all steps Good or better.
41.
GRADIUSIC CYBER (AMD G5 MIX)
Standard
Clear the song on Hidden with a full combo.
42.
FIREFLY
Heavy
Clear the song with more than 5,500,000 points. The tempo of the music will change during the song.
43.
Holic
Standard
Clear the song with Phantom Arrows with a full combo.
44.
PUT YOUR FAITH IN ME (SATURDAY NIGHT MIX)
Heavy
Clear the song with a max combo of 53 or higher while keeping the dance gauge under 30% at all times.
45.
Sakura
Light
Clear the song on Stealth with a full combo and all freezes held.
46.
BABY BABY GIMME YOUR LOVE 2002
Standard
Clear the song with all freezes held and without getting a combo higher than 3.
47.
BALLAD FOR YOU
Heavy
Clear the song on Accumulate without stepping on . All steps must be Perfect or Great.
48.
NEMESIS
Light
Clear the song without holding any freezes and with 0 points. All steps must be Good or Boo.
49.
era (nostalmix)
Heavy
Clear the song stepping only where arrows do not exist. Each step is worth 1 point. Clear the song with more than 160 points.
50.
MAXIMIZER
---
All
Clear the song with a custom stepchart with more than 6,500,000 points.
Dancing Characters
DDR Festival only contains 8 characters, as opposed to the 18 found in Extreme US. However, you can play dress-up with the characters in Festival - each character has two additional costumes to unlock for a total of 24 different character designs. The eight characters available are listed below:
Blues
Rhythm
Drum
Bass
Afro
Lady
Rage
Emi
Mission Mode info contributed by Seshinbyou. Menu item translations contributed by Rychan.
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