You say you want a Dance Dance Revolution?

By Stephen Munn | August 25, 2008

How exactly does one go about figuring out which is the best Dance Dance Revolution game to buy? Review scores are not a good idea, because they’re all relative. Maybe the first DDR reviewed the best, but Ultramix 3 is actually better… just not better enough to warrant a better score years later. Let me back up a little, because I’m confusing myself.

I want to buy a Dance Dance Revolution game. I’ve got a Wii and a 60GB PS3. That means I can play any of the DDR games for PS1, PS2, Gamecube, or Wii. There are none for PS3. Knowing little about any of these games, I’m having trouble figuring out what’s my best course of action here.

If anyone can offer me any input on this, I’d love to hear it. Look below for aggregate scores and releases. Keep in mind I can’t get the Xbox or 360 versions, I don’t have those platforms. Everything else is fair game.

PS1 DDR Games:

• Dance Dance Revolution (2001; 90%)
• Dance Dance Revolution Disney Mix (2001; 74%)
• Dance Dance Revolution Konamix (2002; 84%)

PS2 DDR Games:

• DDRMAX: Dance Dance Revolution (2002; 85%)
• DDRMAX 2: Dance Dance Revolution (2003; 82%)
• Dance Dance Revolution Extreme (2004; 77%)
• Dance Dance Revolution Extreme 2 (2005; 76%)
• Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA (2006; 73%)
• Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA 2 (2007; 70%)
• Dance Dance Revolution Disney Channel Edition (2008; 60%)

Gamecube DDR Games:

• Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix (2005; 69%)

Xbox DDR Games:

• Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix (2003; 82%)
• Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix 2 (2004; 78%)
• Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix 3 (2005; 75%)
• Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix 4 (2006; 76%)

Xbox 360 DDR Games:

• Dance Dance Revolution Universe (2007; 74%)
• Dance Dance Revolution Universe 2 (2007; 67%)

Wii DDR Games:

• Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party (2007; 73%)