, known as Dancing Stage Hottest Party in the European and Oceanic regions, is a music video game developed and published by Konami for the Wii. It is a spin-off of the Dance Dance Revolution series, incorporating the Wii Remote and the standard dance pad into a full body motion game. It was followed by two sequels, Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party 2 and Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party 3.
Gameplay
The Gameplay is largely unchanged from other Dance Dance Revolution games. However, the game features additional modes taking advantage of the hardware of the Wii. The game allows the integration of the Wii Remote into gameplay, where steps can be replaced by markers requiring a hand motion with the remote. Other step types include steps which must be hit twice.
Hottest Party includes a single player mode (Groove Circuit and free play), and Workout Mode. Free play gives the players a free choice of songs, which can be played in Sync mode (several players play the same chart, and only the lowest step judgment on each arrow will count), and Friendship mode (where the highest step judgment is counted). In Groove Circuit, players will play through venues and different groups of songs. At the end of each venue, a boss battle will start. There are challenges for each dance, as well. The game supports multiplayer which requires four dance mats for each player.
Music The soundtrack of Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party differs in the Japanese release. "B4U (The Acolyte Mix)", "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)", "Rhythm is a Dancer" and "Unappreciated" are only featured in the North American/European/Oceanic release. "B4U (Rising Sun Mix)", "Double Tornard", "Pluto the First" and "True♥Love (Clubstar's True Club Mix)" are included in their place. All of the Japanese exclusives except "B4U (Rising Sun Mix)" were made available in later DDR console releases, such as Hottest Party 3 and DDR 2010. "Lessons by DJ" in the Japanese release has Japanese language voice overs during the song, whereas all other releases have English voice overs. +No.SongArtistOriginally by1"1, 2 Step"Lady-SCiara2"Clocks"T.R.Master MCColdplay3"Yo, Excuse Me Miss"Smooth-1Chris Brown4"Always (Microbots Trance Dance Mix)"Man's CoolErasure5"Lips of an Angel"Jet RockersHinder6"Summertime"Eazin'DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince7"Blue Monday"WGNew Order8"Caught Up"Stopped ColdUsher9"Gypsy Woman"Neo-GruvCrystal Waters10"I Don't Feel Like Dancin"Life AloudScissor Sisters11"Little L"Single FunkJamiroquai12"The Sign"Honey SweetsAce of Base13"Disco Inferno"OK•OK•OKThe Trammps14"Far Away"TravelerNickelback15"Nothing But You"Trance JackPaul van Dyk16"You Spin Me ‘Round (Like a Record)"M.A.NDead or Alive18"Too Little, Too Late"PFCJoJo19"Buried a Lie"Cools KSenses Fail19"Finally"Club 90'sCeCe Peniston20"Karma Chameleon"Happy Happy CoresCulture Club21"Hot Stuff"Disco QueenDonna Summer22"Call on Me"2000's StarsJanet Jackson featuring Nelly23"99 Red Balloons"M-Crew projectNena24"Lesson by DJ"U.T.D & Friends25"Touchin'"The Lonely Hearts26"Let It Out"True Dreamer27"Here I Go Again"NM feat. Malaya28"True♥Love (Clubstar's True Club Mix)"Jun feat. Schanita29"Will"Naoki30"Beautiful Inside (Cube::Hard Mix)"NM feat. Alison Wade31"Heavens and the Earth"The Lonely Hearts32"Moving On"J.J. Pops33"B4U (Rising Sun Mix)"Naoki with J-RaversNaoki34"Such a Feeling"U135"Confession"Trance Star36"The Reason"Black Rose Garden37"Hold Tight"800 Slopes38"Double Tornard"Evo-X39"Mess With My Emotions"Latenighter40"Little Steps"Freeman41"The Beat"Sparky42"Break Down! (World Version)"Ele RocksBeForU43"Candy (UFO Mix)"The SweetestLuv Unlimited44"We Will Live Together"Happy CoreMan45"1998 (Sparky 2006)"J-RaversNaoki46"I'm Flying Away"Stepper47"Love Shine (Body Grooverz 2006 Mix)"W.W.SRiyu Kosaka48"Super Samurai"Jun49"TokyoEvolved"NaokiUnderground50"Pluto the First"White Wall
+No.SongArtistOriginally by1"1, 2 Step"Lady-SCiara2"Clocks"T.R.Master MCColdplay3"Yo, Excuse Me Miss"Smooth-1Chris Brown4"Always (Microbots Trance Dance Mix)"Man's CoolErasure5"Lips of an Angel"Jet RockersHinder6"Summertime"Eazin'DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince7"Blue Monday"WGNew Order8"Caught Up"Stopped ColdUsher9"Gypsy Woman"Neo-GruvCrystal Waters10"I Don't Feel Like Dancin"Life AloudScissor Sisters11"Little L"Single FunkJamiroquai12"The Sign"Honey SweetsAce of Base13"Disco Inferno"OK•OK•OKThe Trammps14"Far Away"TravelerNickelback15"Nothing But You"Trance JackPaul van Dyk16"You Spin Me ‘Round (Like a Record)"M.A.NDead or Alive17"Too Little, Too Late"OkokoroJoJo18"Buried a Lie"Cools KSenses Fail19"Finally"Club 90'sCeCe Peniston20"Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)"Rave AttackersC+C Music Factory21"Unappreciated"Wrapped UpCherish22"Rhythm Is a Dancer"SpotsSnap!23"Karma Chameleon"Happy Happy CoresCulture Club24"Hot Stuff"Disco QueenDonna Summer25"Call on Me"2000's StarsJanet Jackson featuring Nelly26"99 Red Balloons"M-Crew projectNena27"Lesson by DJ"U.T.D & Friends28"Touchin'"The Lonely Hearts29"Let It Out"True Dreamer30"Here I Go Again"NM feat. Malaya31"Will"Naoki32"Beautiful Inside (Cube::Hard Mix)"NM feat. Alison Wade33"Heavens and the Earth"The Lonely Hearts34"Moving On"J.J. Pops35"B4U (The Acolyte Mix)"J-RaversNaoki36"Such a Feeling"U137"Confession"Trance Star38"The Reason"Black Rose Garden39"Hold Tight"800 Slopes40"Mess With My Emotions"Latenighter41"Little Steps"Freeman42"The Beat"Sparky43"Break Down! (World Version)"Ele RocksBeForU44"Candy (UFO Mix)"The SweetestLuv Unlimited45"We Will Live Together"Happy CoreMan46"1998 (Sparky 2006)"J-RaversNaoki47"I'm Flying Away"Stepper48"Love Shine (Body Grooverz 2006 Mix)"W.W.SRiyu Kosaka49"Super Samurai"Jun50"TokyoEvolved"NaokiUnderground
Reception
The game has received generally mixed reviews. Many reviews agree the hand motions freshen the DDR experience and are a positive addition to the game.
Notes
References
External links Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party teaser site Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party official site Dance Dance Revolution Online Community