DDR Disney Mix, no console required
by Alan Rose 
{ Jul 21st 2006 at 11:30AM }
Looking to get down with The Mouse without visiting the Magic Kingdom? Konami, Buena Vista Games, and Majesco will be partnering to produce a Plug 'N' Play version of Dance Dance Revolution Disney Mix. The game plugs directly into TVs and includes a custom Disney dance pad. DDR Disney was originally released for the PlayStation back in 2001 to average reviews, but console-free technologies have been giving older games second lives. How many Plug 'N' Play titles do you own?
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
White Rose Duelist @ Jul 21st 2006 11:37AM
Good thing that Konami is working so hard on titles like this and Strawberry Shortcake DDR (http://sev.prnewswire.com/computer-electronics/20060718/NYTU10718072006-1.html) rather than new games for the hardcore fans.
(Two comments on the press release:
1. Majesco has the best stock symbol ever.
2. The press release needs the following edit:
Dance Dance Revolution is the only video game in which players move their body to upbeat tunes while allowing them to exhibit their own innovative flair and original dance moves – except for In The Groove, Pump It Up, FLOW: Urban Dance Uprising, StepMania, Dance With Intensity, Britney’s Dance Beat, MC Groovz and probably a few other games that we forget right now. But we were the first, and we have the lawsuits to prove it!)
I have one plug and play game: Kenshin Dragon Quest, the presumed predecessor to Dragon Quest Swords.
martin @ Jul 21st 2006 11:42AM
"1. Good thing that Konami is working so hard on titles like this and Strawberry Shortcake DDR (http://sev.prnewswire.com/computer-electronics/20060718/NYTU10718072006-1.html) rather than new games for the hardcore fans. "
Because I am sure Konami cares more about your game time instead of actually making money for their business.
White Rose Duelist @ Jul 21st 2006 11:56AM
Hardcore players spend money too. More, I'd guess.
Paul P. @ Jul 21st 2006 11:57AM
I would love a non-Disney version of a plug-n-play DDR. Disney just seems like a weak license for one. They have good music, but Disney is so lame nowadays. Their mascot characters are relics. My 12 year old niece would be embarassed to play a Disney DDR(though she'll certainly watch all their pre-teen paint by number sitcoms).
Jody Anthony @ Jul 21st 2006 12:04PM
GET ME 700 SHARES OF "COOL"
Baboon @ Jul 21st 2006 12:11PM
I am sure making this game is not exactly taking away any talent from their other games in development. The only thing they really have to do is embed Disney animations and songs into the thing. For all we know, this might be some intern's summer project.
riffgod @ Jul 21st 2006 12:13PM
I own zero plug and play titles. I already have most of those games for a console and the rest just don't interest me.
geekjutsu @ Jul 21st 2006 12:18PM
Wow, that screen can't possibly be a screenshot of stepmania with Mickey & Minnie put on.
Zim gave it away.
Samuel McConnell @ Jul 21st 2006 12:23PM
Disney Mix wasn't really that bad.
VAStateOfMind @ Jul 21st 2006 12:24PM
No interest in this Disney DDR thing, but we do own a plug-n-play Ms. Pac Man joystick thingy that also comes with Dig Dug, Mappy and (I think) Pole Position. My 11- and 9-year old sons love to play the old-school stuff, and they ROTFL when I regale them with tales of *walking* to the corner arcade and playing these games (in giant, singular consoles) at a quarter a pop. What a difference 20 years makes...
Alex @ Jul 21st 2006 12:26PM
this strikes me as sort of a great idea..
when i worked at a gamestop, we had the occasional customer who would come in asking about how they could buy dance dance revolution for their kid and not understanding that they needed a playstation to play it on.
Kid Chemical @ Jul 21st 2006 12:35PM
Hardcore players are a small portion of the gaming population. It wouldn't matter if you spend 5 times as much as the casual gamers if there's 10 times the amount of them walking around.
Wat Tsu @ Jul 21st 2006 12:38PM
Disney Mix was a game that was already made (I remember when it came out), all they had to do was put it in a plug and play device. So, it took approximately less than no time to do.
And I've heard music from the soundtrack. It was actually pretty good.
Risse @ Jul 21st 2006 2:01PM
Great thing that Konami made this. Disney Mix is pretty good imho. Hopefully they just put some decent dancepads, not those cheapest ones. :/
Naryx @ Jul 21st 2006 2:32PM
Bah, I own no plug n play games, mainly because I can get most of them for free, online. Even this DDR Disney thing can be found online, Stepmania with a DDR Disney Mix simfile pack is all you need. If you really want the full experience then just buy a ps2 to usb converter for about 5 dollars and use a DDR mat.
friedriches @ Jul 21st 2006 3:18PM
I played the Disney Mix in the Tomorrowland Arcade. It tends to draw crowds when someone with marginal skill (or sucks, like myself- and I got applause) and has songs from the rides.
Normal DDR is for the normal/hardcore gamer. These specialized mixes are for target audiences- easy and cheap to put out, bring in high profit.
mykie @ Jul 21st 2006 5:48PM
My question is
Are the songs on this thing full stereo digital 90-second songs, or dumbed-down 8-bit-ized mono game boy-esque beeps and bongs that sound something like the original track if you smoke a lot of weed and think REAL HARD about it?
I'm guessing the later, based on the quality of the other "TV Games" that have been piling up on Wal*Mart's shelves (At one point, I thought it would be cool to collect them all, then I came to my senses and realized these things have little to no value whatsoever.).
Dave Silva @ Jul 23rd 2006 10:51PM
I really doubt this is feasible, at least economically. The songs would have to be encoded in such a way that would cost way too much to do so; it's easy on disc based media, but on one of these... I doubt it.
At least it's not going to be a standard "NES on a Pad" like most plug and play DDR clones around.
Right?