Dancing Stage Fusion is a music video game released by Konami for the European PlayStation and PlayStation 2 on 5 November 2004. In April the following year, the game was released as an arcade game. The arcade release of the game was the first arcade machine in Europe since Dancing Stage EuroMix 2 and set a milestone as the first Dance Dance Revolution arcade machine produced by Konami since Dance Dance Revolution Extreme in 2002. The arcade release also marked an upgrade from old PlayStation-based boards to a new system based on the PlayStation 2. This hardware upgrade would later be globally featured in the arcade release of Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova in 2006.
| Dancing Stage Fusion | |
|---|---|
 PlayStation 2 cover art | |
| Developer(s) | Konami, Bemani |
| Publisher(s) | Konami |
| Series | Dance Dance Revolution |
| Engine | 4thMix and Extra Mix (PS1) Extreme (USA) (PS2) |
| Platform(s) | Arcade, PlayStation, PlayStation 2 |
| Release | PlayStation, PlayStation 2
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| Genre(s) | Music, Exercise |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
| Arcade system | Bemani Python |
Gameplay edit
The main mode of Dancing Stage Fusion is the Game Mode, where up to two players compete for points over up to five songs. Each player can choose a different difficulty, with a substantial number of tweaks and settings that can be applied to make the game more or less difficult. Besides the Game Mode, a Workout mode is also included, which is targeted towards fitness or workout, as well as an Endless Mode which allows the players to dance continuously.[1]
For the PlayStation 2 release of the game, EyeToy support is featured, as well as additional songs from artists like The Darkness, DJ Bobo and others. There is also an option to use two dance mats at the same time, or against each another in versus mode, with eight levels of varying difficulty.[2]
Music edit
The songlist for Dancing Stage Fusion received an improvement from its predecessors, containing considerably more difficult songs, as well as more songs overall.
The arcade release of the game consists of 49 songs, while the PlayStation 2 version consists of 54 songs, replacing five arcade licenses with ten console-only licenses.[3] The soundtrack of the PlayStation release is a cut down list of the music available on the PlayStation 2 version, having only 20 songs as opposed to 54.
| Dancing Stage Fusion soundtrack | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Licensed songs (Arcade & Console) (11 total) | |||
| Song | Artist | Note | |
| "Danger! High Voltage" | Electric Six | ||
| "Familiar Feeling" | Moloko | ||
| "Freak Like Me" † | Sugababes | Cover of Adina Howard | |
| "Good Luck" | Basement Jaxx feat. Lisa Kekaula | ||
| "Heaven and Earth" | Pop! | ||
| "It's Raining Men (Almighty Mix)" | Geri Halliwell | Cover of The Weather Girls | |
| "Kids in America" | Kim Wilde | ||
| "Mickey" † | Toni Basil | ||
| "Move Your Feet" † | Junior Senior | ||
| "Rappers Delight" | Sugarhill Gang | ||
| "Sunlight" † | DJ Sammy | ||
| SuperNOVA previews (3 total) | |||
| "Tomorrow Perfume" | DJ Taka | ||
| "You're Not Here" ‡ | Heather | ||
| "Your Rain (Rage Mix)" | Akira Yamaoka feat. Mary Elizabeth McGlynn | ||
| From DDR Extreme (11 total) | |||
| "321Stars" †‡ | DJ Simon | ||
| "A" ‡ | DJ Amuro | ||
| "A Stupid Barber" † | Sho-T | Debuted in the JP PS2 version | |
| "Across the Nightmare" | Jimmy Weckl | ||
| "Be Lovin" | D-Crew | ||
| "Colors (For Extreme)" | DJ Taka | ||
| "Destiny Lovers" ‡ | Miyuki Kunitake | ||
| "Paranoia Survivor" ‡ | 270 | ||
| "Sync (Extreme Version)" ‡ | OutPhase | ||
| "Un Deux Trois" ‡ | SDM | Debuted in the JP PS2 version | |
| "Xenon" ‡ | Mr. T | ||
| From DDRMAX2 (2 total) | |||
| "Kakumei" ("The Revolutionary Étude") †‡ | DJ Taka with Naoki | Cover of Frédéric Chopin | |
| "Try 2 Luv. U" † | S.F.M.P. | Debuted in the PS2 version | |
| From DDRMAX (3 total) | |||
| "Candy☆" ‡ | Luv Unlimited | ||
| "Dynamite Rave (Down Bird Sota Mix)" ‡ | Naoki | Debuted in the PS2 version | |
| "Firefly" | BeForU | ||
| From DDR 5thMix (4 total) | |||
| "Can't Stop Fallin' in Love (Speed Mix)" † | Naoki | ||
| "Dive" † | BeForU | ||
| "Healing Vision (Angelic Mix)" † | 2MB | Debuted in the PS1 version | |
| "Still In My Heart" † | Naoki | ||
| From Dance Dance Revolution 4th Mix (1 total) | |||
| "Orion.78 (Civilization Mix)" † | 2MB | Debuted in the PS1 version | |
| From Dance Dance Revolution Solo 2000 (1 total) | |||
| "Trip Machine (Luv Mix)" ‡ | 2MB | ||
| From DDR 3rdMix Plus (1 total) | |||
| "La Senorita Virtual" ‡ | 2MB | ||
| From DDR 3rdMix (1 total) | |||
| "La Senorita" | Captain.T | ||
| From DDR 2ndMix (4 total) | |||
| "AM-3P" † | KTz | ||
| "Keep On Movin'" † | N.M.R | ||
| "Make It Better (So-Real Mix)" ‡ | Mitsu-O! Summer | Internet Ranking song | |
| "Paranoia Max (Dirty Mix)" † | 190 | ||
| From Dance Dance Revolution (2 total) | |||
| "Make It Better" † | Mitsu-O! | ||
| "Trip Machine" | De-Sire | ||
| Arcade-only songs (5 total) | |||
| "Believe" | Eddie.J | Cover of Cher | |
| "Ladies' Night" | ∠R | Cover of Kool & the Gang | |
| "Like a Virgin" | tama_happytone | Cover of Madonna | |
| "Tough Enough" | Vanilla Ninja | ||
| "Waiting For Tonight" | P.A.T | Cover of Jennifer Lopez | |
| Console-only songs (10 total) | |||
| "Chihuahua 2002" | DJ Bobo | ||
| "Come Into My World" † | Kylie Minogue | ||
| "Go West" | Pet Shop Boys | Cover of Village People | |
| "Gotta Get Thru This" † | Daniel Bedingfield | ||
| "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" † | The Darkness | ||
| "OK" | Big Brovaz | ||
| "Promises" | Kylie Minogue | ||
| "Sexiest Man in Jamaica" | Mint Royale feat. Prince Buster | ||
| "Someone like Me" | Atomic Kitten | ||
| "Superstar" | Jamelia | ||
| † indicates songs that are also on the PlayStation version. | |||
| ‡ indicates songs that are locked in the PlayStation 2 version. | |||
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Clark, Gareth (February 2, 2005). "Dancing Stage Fusion Review". VideoGamer. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
- ^ Reed, Kristan (October 25, 2004). "Dancing Stage Fusion". Eurogamer. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
- ^ Bischoff, Jens (November 12, 2004). "Test: Dancing Stage: Fusion (Musikspiel)". 4Players. Retrieved March 7, 2019.