15-JUL-07 DDR Supernova 2
Posted in It’s been a while from April to now. The location tests in Japan were ok and also people were asked what songs they would like to see in the new SuperNova. Now it’s time for people in America to have the chance to test the game now. SuperNova 2 is soon to be released in Japan. Wondering what new stuff it will bring?
The first thing you will find out is that there is a Marvelous timing all the time (not just courses). Seems like KONAMI found out that Perfects is not enough. That’s why they first changed the grading to 95000k to get AA I guess. Well, you still need this score to get AA. So you need more marvelouses this time. Also you can triple A a song if you get over 99…. points. Everyone now wonders if there is something like a AAAA.
The also came up with some other slight changes. When getting a certain combo you will see a picture of a dance character on the screen. Well, it’s something more annoying then listening to the announcer announcing you a perfect combo^_^. Actually it’s pretty nice to see on the screen when you don’t play and just watch others play (if two players play then there are two images of dance characters in the middle of the screen - in between the scrolling arrows area).
Also you will be able to see both the name of the song and its artist in gameplay (why this?).
They also removed roulette which became pretty annoying on DDR Supernova arcade. It was really a pain in the a** during some tournaments.
The sorting got better so you can again sort the same way as in Extreme (BPM, Title, Artist, Difficulty etc.) But for there is one problem, older songs from previous mixes or games are now in Extreme or SuperNova folder so it’s little bit confusing and more difficult to find the song.
I also wonder if there will be some new Max songs? But anyway I hope there will be some good and well playable songs. Supernova CS made me almost cry, I know KONAMI does not want to revive old songs (and thus pay the licence)
Also it seems that the SuperNova “bug” that the difficulty you choose changed to beginner difficulty when entering the menu is fixed. ^_~
There is a new character. She’s quite cute^_^.
catastrophe said,
July 15, 2007 @ 7:51 pm
Hi! I just read your blog for the time. It goes all the way the back to 2005! I’m sorry I didn’t read all of it. That’s a lot!
I think the song display will be good for the audience. Like maybe someone will say “Hey, what song is that?” “Oh, Soul Crash! I’ll pick that next!”. IIDX has this feature too except that the song’s name appears on the L.E.D. display below the screen.
That new character looks like Yuni from DDR 4th mix. I heard that her name is different but I think it’s definitely her. She’s also got a picture of Tran (from IIDX) on her shirt that you can see better in another screenshot.
stsung said,
July 15, 2007 @ 8:41 pm
Hello,
about the new dance character. Actually I got the same idea. She’s got almost the same haircut, same body. But she’s got a new outfit, more like a high school girl liking j-rock^_~.
Anyway I like both the original and this one. But I tend now to the new one as she is more ParaPara like^_^.
I hope you like my blog, come visit from time to time.
It’s true that before people had to ask what the song name was or wait till the end of the song…I did the same when playing on SuperNova for the first time^_^.