Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova
Once they reach the zone, players step on the dance pad corresponding to the arrows and the game will then judge the accuracy of the timing.Aesthetic changes include the renaming of three difficulty options: "Light", "Standard", and "Heavy" to "Basic", "Difficult", and "Expert", respectively.Tutorial is a new addition: it teaches first-time players on the basics of the game, before offering them a chance to play a song out of a limited selection in Beginner difficulty.Easy, Medium, and Difficult modes take players to normal gameplay but restrict them to a limited selection of songs based on their difficulty.Finally, the game introduces "Battle" mode, a gimmick-based gameplay in which opposing players compete by sending modifiers to mess up each other's playthrough.In addition, it was supposed to feature Link Data, designed to provide connectivity between the arcade and PS2 versions of the game, by means of a PS2 memory card.To compensate, Konami offered a coupon or soundtrack sampler for customers in North America who purchased the game in 2006.During this stage, players are forced to play in Sudden Death dance meter, in which a single Good, Almost, Miss, or N.G.In addition to brand new machines, a small number of conversion kits were made available, allowing older cabinets to be upgraded to SuperNova.[5] The original SuperNova received an offline update on June 15, 2006, in North America and on July 15, 2006, in Europe, to fix timing issues and to offer two additional songs: "Fascination ~eternal love mix~" and "Flow (true style)".The score cap is 1,000,000 and factors in Marvelous timing, making it an integral part of the gameplay instead of being restricted to courses.Aesthetic additions include unique arrow shapes, character cut-ins which happen if players reach certain combo milestones, and a small marquee which displays the song title and artist during gameplay.Since the service continues to be unavailable outside of Asia, Konami compensated this by sending codes to arcade operators which can be entered to unlock in-game content.The console version in North America features songs by Justin Timberlake, Gwen Stefani, Ian Van Dahl and Goldfrapp.Two of the Konami originals, "Fascination ～eternal love mix～" and "Flow (True Style)", require the July 2006 arcade patch to be played.