Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMix

• Title — Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMix • Developer — Konami • Publisher — Konami • Series — Dance Dance Revolution • Released — ArcadeJanuary 29, 1999PlayStationAugust 26, 1999DreamcastFebruary 17, 2000 • Genre — Music, Exercise • Modes — Single-player, Multiplayer • Platforms — Arcade, PlayStation, Dreamcast • Arcade System — Bemani System 573 Analog

The core gameplay and scoring system of 2ndMix is the same as the previous version of Dance Dance Revolution. The arrows in 2ndMix do not have different color-cycles based on their time signature. The "Vivid" arrow colors familiar to players of later mixes were not introduced until the club versions. All foot panel mods have been turned off and the difficulty and style of a song cannot be changed.

Dance Dance Revolution: Best of Cool Dancers is a music video game by Konami. It was revealed on February 11, 1999, at select locations in Japan and was used solely for ranking Dance Dance Revolution players prior to a company-held tournament. The game featured only four songs, all four of which are from previous releases and runs off of a Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMix machine. The four songs of Dance Dance Revolution Best of Cool Dancers each have a set level of difficulty and style of play. Each song is used for a specific round in the tournament qualifications. • No. — Song — Artist — Notes — From • 1 — "Let's Get Down" — JT Playaz — Preliminary stage, song only playable on Single/ Basic. — from Dancemania 9 • 2 — "Butterfly" — Smile.dk — Quarter-final stage, song only playable on Double/ Another. — from Dancemania 10 • 3 — "Little Bitch" — The Specials — Semi-final stage, song only playable on Single/ Basic. — from Dancemania SUMMERS • 4 — "Paranoia" — 180 — Tournament Final stage, song only playable on Single/ Another. — from Dance Dance Revolution (Konami Original)

• Illustration — Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMix Dreamcast Edition for the Japanese Dreamcast Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMix Link Version, released on April 28, 1999, introduced the ability for players to save high scores and play custom step edits using their PlayStation memory cards. A player would first need to format the memory card with "Link Data" using the home version of 2ndMix, and then insert the card into one of two slots on the front of the arcade cabinet. Link Version includes 5 new songs, in addition to the full 2ndMix song list. After the release of Link Version, Link Data features had been implemented in every future DDR version for the System 573. Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA originally planned to include PlayStation 2 memory card support, but the functionality was removed and replaced with e-Amusement instead, albeit only for Asia.

Dance Dance Revolution 2ndReMix, the home version of 2ndMix, was released in Japan on August 26, 1999, for the Sony PlayStation. It includes 34 songs, seven of which are new to this version and are hidden and unlockable. Two of the hidden songs were previews of the next arcade version, Dance Dance Revolution 3rdMix and can only be played on Basic difficulty. The home version has the ability to disc change to 1st and Append Club version. It also allows to unlock features in previous mixes such as the nonstop ranking from 3rd Mix. The interface is still the same as the one used in 2ndMix.

On February 17, 2000, Konami released a version of Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMix for the Dreamcast console. It features 43 songs, seven of which are hidden and unlockable. The song list includes seven songs from Dance Dance Revolution 3rdMix.

Most of the songs in 2ndMix (with the exception of "BAD GIRLS", "BOYS", "HERO", "stomp to my beat", and "MAKE IT BETTER (So-REAL Mix)") were included in the North American version of Dance Dance Revolution for the PlayStation.

The original soundtrack for 2ndMix was produced by Toshiba EMI under their Dancemania dance music brand. It featured 32 of the songs in the game. It also came with a second disk that featured a "Nonstop Megamix" with the various songs mixed together in succession. It was released on April 28, 1999. Toshiba EMI re-released the original soundtrack to promote the release of Dance Dance Revolution X3 VS 2ndMIX (in which the game included DDR 2ndMIX) on November 30, 2011.

Between February 11 and February 28, 1999, Konami held qualifiers for the King of Freestyle Dancers tournament in association with Toshiba Emi, Intercord Japan, Japan Airlines, Japan Travel Bureau, Pioneer, Puma and others sponsors in order to build public awareness of Dance Dance Revolution and attract customers to the sponsors' products. The tournament itself was held on September 26, 1999, in the Zepp Tokyo music hall in Japan. In addition to the competition between the finalists, Konami had a freestyle dance troupe called Konamix perform alongside Captain Jack, whose musical performance also served to announce music for the upcoming Dance Dance Revolution 3rdMix. The winner of the tournament received autographed memorabilia, various products from the tournament sponsors and a trip for two to Okinawa.