Dance Dance Revolution A20
Dance Dance Revolution A20 is a music video game, the 16th installment of the Dance Dance Revolution series, and the sequel to Dance Dance Revolution A. The game was released on new, golden cabinets on March 20, 2019 in Japan. A software upgrade for older cabinets for Japan and Asia was released on July 24, 2019, with Korea receiving a localized release on August 1, 2019, and North America on September 24, 2019. A location test in Europe began on October 7, 2019, and ended on March 16, 2020. Dance Dance Revolution A20 Plus is an expansion pack that adds songs, courses and other content, available on July 1, 2020 for Japanese 20th Anniversary cabinets and on July 6, 2020 for cabinets using an upgrade kit.
Development
On July 4, 2018, Konami opened a Dance Dance Revolution Twitter account in preparation of the series' 20th anniversary, which was celebrated on September 26, 2018. Dance Dance Revolution 20th Anniversary was announced at JAEPO 2019 as a placeholder. The game was first announced on January 26, 2019 during the Dance Dance Revolution A grand final of The 8th KONAMI Arcade Championship finals.Features
The game features the notable return of courses, which was removed in Dance Dance Revolution . There are two kinds of courses, only selectable on the first stage: Nonstop and Class. Unlike the previous main Dance Dance Revolution arcade games, courses are accessed from the song selection screen instead of a separate menu, similar to both Dancing Stage EuroMix games. Both Nonstop and Class play four songs back-to-back. All NONSTOP courses can be switched to CHALLENGE MODE if the LIFE GAUGE option is set to RISKY or LIFE4. Class, intended to measure the player's skill, places a stricter rules on the gameplay; the player cannot change Turn and Assist options and is forced to play on the "Grade" life gauge, which starts out full and depletes faster if it goes down. Players are given a martial arts-inspired "dan rank" certification based on the player's chosen course difficulty. Class is available for golden cabinets only and unavailable in Versus Play. With the installation of the blue interface, it's possible to switch languages in-game, including Japanese, English and Korean as options.The game introduces a new cabinet design based on the Dance Rush cabinet, but colored gold.
Events
Extra Stage
The Extra Stage system retains the star requirement introduced in Dance Dance Revolution X3 VS 2ndMix. The player is required to obtain 9 stars in a round to be allowed an extra song, the number of stars of which is determined by the player's grade. Extra Stages can only be obtained in Premium Mode. For players in Asia territories and North America, this requires "Premium Play" to be selected when the game starts. For players in Japan, Premium Play requires Konami's PASELI payment system.Extra Exclusive
This folder is essentially a replacement for the traditional Extra Stage system of the previous games: the songs in this folder are marked in red and can only be played in Extra Stage.Extra Savior Plus
Originally from Dance Dance Revolution A, Extra Savior, now renamed Extra Savior Plus, was added on July 16, 2020 and allows the player to unlock hidden songs by playing them in Extra Stage. These not only include new additions for this game, but also some hidden songs yet to be unlocked for the general public from previous games. This time around, EXTRA SAVIOR works more akin to EXTRA ATTACK from the 2014 game, where charts must be unlocked in order: BEGINNER → BASIC → DIFFICULT → EXPERT. Players will earn the same amount of unlock progress regardless of what difficulty is played during EXTRA STAGE. Unlocking a chart requires either clearing the song, or enough failed attempts to unlock it. EXPERT charts require two stage clears or equivalent progress from failed attempts. Using ASSIST options will lower clear progress.Summer Dance Camp
The Summer Dance Camp event is a collaboration event between Dance Dance Revolution series and DANCERUSH STARDOM. Stamps can be earned by playing either Dance Dance Revolution A20 or DANCERUSH STARDOM. Three stamps are offered once per day, one for the game being played and two for the opposite game. By collecting a certain number of stamps for a specific game, songs will be unlocked for the respective game. Part 1 was available from August 8, 2019 to September 30, 2019. Part 2 started on July 7, 2020 and will end on September 7, 2020.Dance Dance Revolution 20th Anniversary Grand Finale
The Dance Dance Revolution 20th Anniversary Grand Finale event began on September 5, 2019 and ended on December 31, 2019. By accumulating certain total numbers of score points, CHALLENGE charts for the Dance Dance Revolution 20th Anniversary songs could be unlocked.Ichika no BEMANI Touhyou Senbatsusen 2019
Ichika no BEMANI Touhyou Senbatsusen 2019 is a collaboration event between beatmania IIDX 26 Rootage, Dance Dance Revolution A20, DANCERUSH STARDOM, GITADORA EXCHAIN, jubeat festo, pop'n music peace, SOUND VOLTEX VIVID WAVE, and ノスタルジア Op.2. The event started on September 12, 2019, ended on October 14, 2019 and all songs were unlocked for everyone on June 25, 2020.The MANIFEST aspect of the event focuses on the total number of votes submitted by BEMANI players. Depending on the number of votes for a specific BEMANI game, certain bonuses will be acted upon in the future.
Dance Dance Revolution Challenge Carnival
The Dance Dance Revolution Challenge Carnival event began on December 19, 2019 and ended on March 30, 2020, allowing players to unlock CHALLENGE charts for "無頼ック自己ライザー", "タイガーランペイジ", "腐れ外道とチョコレゐト", "ホーンテッド★メイドランチ", "Our Soul", "DOWNER & UPPER", and "Prey" by collecting a certain number of stamps. The Dance Dance Revolution Challenge Carnival Plus event for Dance Dance Revolution A20 Plus began on August 3, 2020 and will end on December 8, 2020, allowing players to unlock challenge charts for "Shiny World", "Sakura Sunrise", "Pierce The Sky", "バンブーソード・ガール", "HyperTwist", and a currently unknown song by collecting a certain number of stamps.Floor Infection
The Floor Infection event between Dance Dance Revolution A20 and SOUND VOLTEX VIVID WAVE ran from February 27 to April 13, 2020. Similar to previous Floor Infection events, by playing SOUND VOLTEX, players can raise a meter, which upon reaching a certain level will unlock a new song in DDR. A total of 3 songs can be unlocked through this event. All past Floor Infection songs are available by default on February 27, 2020.Ichika no BEMANI Chou Janken Taikai 2020
Ichika no BEMANI Chou Janken Taikai 2020 is an event held between beatmania IIDX 27 HEROIC VERSE, Dance Dance Revolution A20 , DANCERUSH STARDOM, GITADORA NEX+AGE, jubeat festo, pop'n music peace, SOUND VOLTEX VIVID WAVE, and ノスタルジア Op.3. The event started on May 7, 2020 and will end on August 31, 2020. All songs can be unlocked via e-amusement gate.Maishuu! Ichika no Chou BEMANI Rush 2020
Maishuu! Ichika no Chou BEMANI Rush 2020 is an event held between beatmania IIDX 27 HEROIC VERSE, Dance Dance Revolution A20 PLUS, DANCERUSH STARDOM, GITADORA NEX+AGE, jubeat festo, pop'n music peace, SOUND VOLTEX VIVID WAVE, and ノスタルジア Op.3. The event started on July 29, 2020 and will end on October 29, 2020. All songs can be unlocked via e-amusement gate.DDR SELECTION
The DDR SELECTION category retains the features introduced in Dance Dance Revolution A.The DDR SELECTION category has sub-folders based on different eras of the game, as well as EXTRA SAVIOR folder "DDR 20th Anniversary songs" and the "Celebrations" folder for brand-new songs. When playing a song under this category, yellow or red ), the UI will change to match that of one of the games released in that period, including videos based on its original background animations or DDRMAX-EXTREME era's random movies, DANGER animations, scoring changes, and background images or banners, if applicable.
Selecting any of two DDR 20th Anniversary songs folders or other category retain the original UI. All options if the user plays with DDR UI are forced to FLAT and CLASSIC. SCREEN FILTER and GUIDE LINE are disabled. Only SPEED, TURN, Assist and LIFE GAUGE options are changed by the user.
Release
20th Anniversary Edition (Gold)
Dance Dance Revolution A20 was released on golden cabinets on March 20, 2019 in Japan. The release date was first confirmed by a flyer at a Japanese Round One Entertainment arcade on March 3, 2019. The flyer announced that the golden cabinets serve as a timed exclusive on these new cabinets, while upgrade kits released later. The game features revivals of classic licensed songs, NONSTOP and CLASS courses, and new Golden League events. Legend Licenses, Golden League, and CLASS courses are available for golden cabinets only. New cabinets feature a 55" monitor at 1080p; however, the game operates at 720p.On May 15, 2019, Dance Dance Revolution A20 was imported in the United States at Round One. It ran on the Japanese software until September 24, 2019, when Round One implemented the localized software build in Dance Dance Revolution A20 cabs in the same month that Round One's competitor Dave & Buster's received the localization software build for its Dance Dance Revolution A cabs. On May 29, 2019, Round One confirmed that all of its American locations will receive A20 in the form of imported golden cabinets. This initially introduced the game to 32 locations at the time of release, most of which also feature a localized version of Dance Dance Revolution A. While players are free to select their own location on e-Amusement, the imported A20 cabinets are registered to the Osaka Prefecture in Japan, rather than the player's state.
Upgrade Kits (Blue)
On June 2, 2019, Dave & Buster's vice president Kevin Bachus confirmed that Dance Dance Revolution A20 is receiving a localized software build in North America, which can be installed on existing white cabinets in Canada and the USA. Bachus also announced that his company is considering the purchase of new cabinets. Software upgrades were released to North America on September 24, 2019. The release is unique for being a physical hardware update, requiring an updated license key and USB flash drive installation to upgrade the game software.Upgrade kits for older cabinets were released on July 24, 2019 in Japan and Asia, with the exception of Korea, which received a localized release on August 1, 2019. White cabinets are released in Hawaii on June 19th, 2020. The game operates at 720p on both X and white cabinets, and at 480p on legacy cabinets.
''Dance Dance Revolution A20 Plus''
Dance Dance Revolution A20 Plus is a free expansion pack that was released on July 1, 2020 to online 20th Anniversary Edition cabinets, and on July 6, 2020 to other A20 online cabinets. Konami marketed this release with a Twitter countdown teaser campaign from June 26 to 30, 2020. It features new songs and courses added over time, with 23 new songs and 12 new courses added in July 2020. Of the new courses, eight are Dan courses for the Golden League Plus event, which requires a 20th Anniversary cabinet.Music
Currently, in DDR A20, there are 88 new songs of 897 total in 20th Anniversary cabinets in the Japanese release, while in DDR A20 Plus, there are 25 new songs of 922 total in 20th Anniversary cabinets in the Japanese release. All songs that were unavailable in the North American and European releases of Dance Dance Revolution A, with the exception of 5 licenses due to licensing issues, were finally made available in the North American and European releases of Dance Dance Revolution. However, 3 new licenses in DDR A20 and all 5 new licenses in DDR A20 Plus are absent in those regional releases of the game for the same reason.Songs marked in gold are exclusive for golden cabinets.
Note: Since July 30, 2020, "Avenger" is available by default in all cabinets.
Note: Since August 19, 2020, "New Era" is available by default in all cabinets.
;Legend:
- This song has a music video which is played full-screen.
- This song must be unlocked.
- This song is exclusive to Dance Dance Revolution A20 Plus.
- This song is available during maintainance or in offline cabinets.
Courses
Nonstop Courses
Course mode returns in Dance Dance Revolution A20, making it the mode's first appearance since Dance Dance Revolution X3 VS 2ndMix. Similar to Dancing Stage EuroMix, A20 places course folders in the main music selection screen, and courses display once it is selected. Courses marked in gold is exclusive for golden cabinets and in red is unavailable in the North American and European releases due to licensing issues with "The Light". Courses marked with are exclusive to Dance Dance Revolution A20 Plus.Dan Courses
Dan mode is a new feature in Dance Dance Revolution A20, similar to the Beatmania IIDX series and Dance Dance Revolution X's Dance Drill Course mode. They are a series of courses ranked so that each course is harder than the last. Unlike the Beatmania IIDX series though, the starting level in DanceDanceRevolution is 1st Dan. Since July 25th 2019, Dan courses allow for short breaks in-between songs, referred to as "Break Time". Dan courses are exclusive for golden cabinets. Courses marked in bronze requires bronze class in the golden league, in silver requires silver class and in gold requires gold class.Dance Dance Revolution A20
Dance Dance Revolution A20 Plus
| Dan | SINGLE | DOUBLE |
| 1st Dan | 1. "FUJIMORI -祭- FESTIVAL" | 1. "Yeah! Yeah!" |
| 1st Dan | 2. "Sweet Rain" | 2. "HANDS UP IN THE AIR" |
| 1st Dan | 3. "TRIP MACHINE" | 3. "Dreamin'" |
| 1st Dan | 4. "AWAKE" | 4. "Hopeful" |
| 2nd Dan | 1. "BURNIN' THE FLOOR" | 1. "Crazy Control" |
| 2nd Dan | 2. "Find The Way" | 2. "Take A Step Forward" |
| 2nd Dan | 3. "All My Love" | 3. "Dance Floor" |
| 2nd Dan | 4. "Children of the Beat" | 4. "TWINKLE♡HEART" |
| 3rd Dan | 1. "Fly Away" | 1. "Another Phase" |
| 3rd Dan | 2. "アルストロメリア " | 2. "ヤマトなでなで♡かぐや姫" |
| 3rd Dan | 3. "零 - ZERO -" | 3. "ever snow" |
| 3rd Dan | 4. "KISS KISS KISS 秋葉工房 MIX" | 4. "Beautiful Dream" |
| 4th Dan | 1. "Tell me what to do" | 1. "KISS KISS KISS 秋葉工房 MIX" |
| 4th Dan | 2. "Freeze" | 2. "TRIP MACHINE CLIMAX" |
| 4th Dan | 3. "sync " | 3. "CRAZY♥LOVE" |
| 4th Dan | 4. "Angelic Jelly" | 4. "Engraved Mark" |
| 5th Dan | 1. "AA" | 1. "三毛猫ロック" |
| 5th Dan | 2. "Condor" | 2. "Condor" |
| 5th Dan | 3. "Somehow You Found Me" | 3. "A" |
| 5th Dan | 4. "Daily Lunch Special" | 4. "RЁVOLUTIФN" |
| 6th Dan | 1. "Ishtar" | 1. "朧" |
| 6th Dan | 2. "不沈艦CANDY" | 2. "Horatio" |
| 6th Dan | 3. "F4SH10N" | 3. "大見解" |
| 6th Dan | 4. "MAX 300" | 4. "PARANOIA survivor" |
| 7th Dan | 1. "TRIP MACHINE PhoeniX" | 1. "ZEPHYRANTHES" |
| 7th Dan | 2. "天空の華" | 2. "Windy Fairy" |
| 7th Dan | 3. "ZEPHYRANTHES" | 3. "Healing-D-Vision" |
| 7th Dan | 4. "MAXX UNLIMITED" | 4. "Cosy Catastrophe" |
| 8th Dan | 1. "I'm so Happy" | 1. "隅田川夏恋歌" |
| 8th Dan | 2. "海神" | 2. "STULTI" |
| 8th Dan | 3. "Vanquish The Ghost" | 3. "Life is beautiful" |
| 8th Dan | 4. "The legend of MAX" | 4. "MAX 300 " |