Dance Dance Revolution Disney Mix
North American PlayStation cover art
Developer	Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo
Publisher	Konami
Series	Dance Dance Revolution
Platforms	Arcade,Game Boy Color,PlayStation,Plug and Play
Release	Arcade JP: November 30, 2000 PlayStation JP: November 30, 2000[1] NA: September 18, 2001[1] WW: September 28, 2001[1] Plug and Play WW: December 12, 2006[2]
Genres	Music,exercise
Modes	Single-player,multiplayer
Arcade system	Bemani System 573 Digital

Dancing Stage featuring Disney's Rave (ダンシングステージフィーチャリングディズニーズレイブ,Danshingu Sutēji fīcharingu Dizunīzu Reibu) is amusic video game released in Japan inarcades on November 30, 2000. On the same day, it was also released for thePlayStation, but under the nameDance Dance Revolution Disney's Rave (ダンスダンスレボリューションディズニーズレイブ,Dansu Dansu Reboryūshon Dizunīzu Reibu). It was later released in September 2001 North America asDance Dance Revolution Disney Mix and in Europe and Australia asDancing Stage Disney Mix. It is based onKonami'sDance Dance Revolution (DDR) series with animatedDisney characters and electronic dance music remixes of past Disney songs. They also include a few non-Disney songs that were popular at the time of the game's release. It is considered to be one of the rarestDDR game released in arcades.

Gameplay is typical to other4th Mix generation DDR games. The game also featuresDance Magic mode, an item battle mode using atug of war style lifebar, where combos increase a gauge which sends modifiers to the other player. The mode was not seen on any future DDR game until it was revived as Battle mode onSuperNOVA.

The arcade release ofDisney's Rave was historically available at a fewWalt Disney Parks and Resorts locations, includingDisneyland inAnaheim, California (atInnoventions)^[3] andWalt Disney World inLake Buena Vista, Florida (atInnoventions West andTomorrowland)^[4] The parks also carried other dance games which would eventually replaceDisney's Rave, and conversely,Disney's Rave is also available at non-Disney locations.

ThePlayStation version was the only version officially released outside Japan. The non-Japanese versions had slightly different song lists and included an unlockable "Maniac" difficulty level that could be reached once "Basic" and "Trick" difficulties were completed for each song. AGame Boy version of the game was also released inJapan.

Konami partnered withMajesco Entertainment to releaseDance Dance Revolution Disney Mix as aplug and play TV game with dance pad on December 12, 2006. It was originally sold exclusively atWalt Disney Parks and Resorts. The 8-bit video game is single-player only, with Arcade and Free Play modes, and is built into the basic dance pad. The song list is limited to ninechiptune renditions of Disney music. The game requires fourAA batteries and uses built-incomposite cables to connect to a television.

The Disney games feature a total of 31 songs. The Japan-exclusive songs are licensed covers of non-Disney music, while the non-Japan exclusive songs are Konami original songs.

Dance Dance Revolution Disney Mix garnered "mixed or average" reviews from professional critics, according to aggregate websiteMetacritic,^[6] although it was widely recommended to fans of Disney and theDance Dance Revolution series.^[7][8][9] Kim Wild, in a 2017 piece forRetro Gamer, described Disney's video games in the late-1990s and early 2000s-period prior toKingdom Hearts (2002) as uninventive, capitalizing on established trends such asMario Kart-esqueracing video games,skateboarding games, andplatformers.Dance Dance Revolution Disney Mix, for example, was part of the popularity ofdance pad-controlled games.^[12]

The most discussed aspect ofDance Dance Revolution Disney Mix was its track list, which divided critics. The inclusion of both Disney covers and unrelated songs was appreciated as diverse byJeuxvideo.com writer Pilou andOfficial U.S. PlayStation Magazine reviewer Joe Rybicki, whileJeff Gerstmann ofGameSpot found it an "odd mix".^[9][10][11] David Smith was enthusiastic towards the Disney songs, elaborating that their amalgamation of child-like lyrics and hardtechno styles separated the game from otherDDR games.^[13] Less positively, they were considered mediocre byElectronic Gaming Monthly's Chris Johnston and "awful Eurobeat remixes" by Gerstmann.^[7][9] Joe Rybicki enjoyed the non-Disney tracks more, particularly "Let's Twist Again" and cuts that were also in Japanese versions of otherDDR games, arguing players would have to be Disney fans to enjoy dancing to the Disney renditions.^[11] The tracks were unfavorably compared to previousDDR games by Gerstmann, who found them "a little too similar to be exciting" which went against the "charm" ofDDR games,^[9] and Miss Spell ofGamePro, who opined they were not as "infectious" as otherDDR titles. Miss Spell cited "Chim Chim Cheree” and "It’s a Small World (Ducking Hardcore Mix)" as the weakest songs.^[8]

In terms of difficulty, critics summarized Normal and Trick was really easy and lacked any "feverish energy" in the step patterns, while Maniac was the only one to give adultDDR players a challenge.^[7][9]Electronic Gaming Monthly's Chris Johnston argued the game had little replay value due its small amount of songs, not helped by the Disney covers being forgettable.^[7] Modes such as two-player, Diet and Dance Magic were highlighted by Rybicki andJeuxvideo.com writer Pilou, while Johnston disliked Dance Magic as "unbalanced and short-lived".^[7][10][11] Gerstmann and Pilou found the backgrounds un-noticeable and sufficing for the function they serve, although Gerstmann found the animation "a bit choppy".^[9][10] On the other hand, Miss Spell called them out as too stilted for a late-era PlayStation title with an animation license, and resulting in some steps accidentally camouflaging.^[8]

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• Disney music video games

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