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Dance Dance Revolution Best of Cool Dancers is a music video game by Konami. It was revealed on February 11, 1999 at select locations in Japan and was used solely for ranking Dance Dance Revolution players prior to a company-held tournaments. The game featured only four songs, all four of which are from previous releases and runs off of a Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMix machine.

Gameplay

Main article: Gameplay of Dance Dance Revolution

Dance Dance Revolution Best of Cool Dancers is essentially Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMix with a modified soundtrack. All foot panel mods have been turned off and the difficulty and style of a song cannot be changed. Otherwise there is no difference in general gameplay.

Music

Dance Dance Revolution Best of Cool Dancers has only four songs to choose from, each with a set level of difficulty and style of play. Each song was used for a specific round in the tournament qualifications.

Tournament

Between February 11 and February 28, 1999, Konami held qualifiers for the King of Freestyle Dancers tournament in association with Toshiba Emi, Intercord Japan, Japan Airlines, Japan Travel Bureau, Pioneer, Puma and others sponsors in order to build public awareness of Dance Dance Revolution and attract customers to the sponsors' products.

The tournament itself was held on September 26, 1999 in the Zepp Tokyo music hall in Japan. In addition to the competition between the finalists, Konami had a freestyle dance troupe called Konamix perform alongside Captain Jack, whose musical performance also served to announce music for the upcoming Dance Dance Revolution 3rdMix . The winner of the tournament received autographed memorabilia, various products from the tournament sponsors and a trip for two to Okinawa.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Nathan Malinoski. "Dance Dance Revolution Best of Cool Dancers". DDR:UK . http://lists.natmal.net/4/?list&id=258 . Retrieved 18 September 2009 .  
2. ^ "BEMANI SYSTEM 573 ANALOG HARDWARE". System 16 . http://system16.com/hardware.php?id=822 . Retrieved 18 September 2009 .  
3. ^ ^{a b} "「DDR Best Of Cool Dancers」開催決定" (in Japanese). Konami . http://konami.co.jp/press/1999/r.11.02.09.html . Retrieved 18 September 2009 .  
4. ^ "D.D.R. King of Freestyle Dancers/大会レポート" (in Japanese). Konami . http://www.konami.jp/am/AM/DDRKOFD/html/report.html . Retrieved 18 September 2009 .  

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