- Dance Dance Revolution Mario Mix
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Dance Dance Revolution Mario Mix 
North American cover artDeveloper(s) Konami Publisher(s) Nintendo Series Dance Dance Revolution series Platform(s) Nintendo GameCube Release date(s) Genre(s) Music, exergaming Mode(s) Single-player Rating(s) Media/distribution Nintendo optical disc Dance Dance Revolution Mario Mix, known as Dancing Stage Mario Mix in Europe and Dance Dance Revolution with Mario in Japan, is a 2005 music video game by Nintendo and Konami for the Nintendo GameCube, and is the first Dance Dance Revolution game to be released on a Nintendo console outside of Japan. The game features several of Nintendo's popular characters, including Mario, Luigi, Toad, Toadette, Waluigi, Wario, and Bowser. The game is bundled with the dance pad controller.
Contents
Plot
The game opens with Waluigi stealing the four Music Keys, who can grant wishes, from Truffle Towers. However, when he tries to open the door to the room containing the Music Keys, three of them scatter across the Mushroom Kingdom, and the fourth one is kept by Waluigi. From a distance, Toad watches these events unfold and rushes to tell Mario or Luigi, depending on which character the player chose, who then rushes off to retrieve the missing Music Keys.
The keys are recovered by completing tasks for other characters who have found the scattered keys and then defeating them in a dance challenge. These characters are, in order, Pirate Lakitu, Waluigi, Blooper, Hammer Bros., Wario and Freezie.
Toad and the player's character then return the Music Keys to their Truffle Tower. Soon after, Bowser steals the keys, but is followed by Toad and the player's chosen character. The enter Bowser's Castle to recapture the Music Keys, and are promptly challenged by Bowser. After defeating him in a dance-off, Toad and the player's character return the Music Keys to Truffle Tower for the final time, as the game's ending sequence plays.
Music
The music featured in the game was featured with the level number, song name, and origin so players new to this game, or those unfamiliar with the songs can refer to the music that the song came from.
This following table is in the order by which the song is placed in Free Play.
Title (English) Stage Game Original Song Original Composer Japanese Name Here We Go! 1-1 Super Mario Bros. Main Theme Koji Kondo ヒア・ウィ・ゴー (Hia Wi Gō) Underground Mozart* 1-2 Mario Bros. Eine Kleine Nachtmusik Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 土管の中のモーツァルト (Dokan no Naka no Mōtsaruto) Pipe Pop 1-2EX Turkish March Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart パペットダンス (Papetto Dansu) Garden Boogie 1-3 Carmen Georges Bizet パラパラカルメン (Parapara Karumen) Destruction Dance 1-4 Wrecking Crew Bonus Stage Hirokazu Tanaka 月夜にぶちこわせ (Tsukiyo ni Buchikowase) Jump! Jump! Jump! 2-1 Super Mario Bros. 3 Athletic Theme Koji Kondo ジャンプ！ジャンプ！ジャンプ！ (Janpu! Janpu! Janpu!) Fishing Frenzy* 2-2 Yoshi's Cookie Csikos Post Hermann Necke みんなでパーティタイム (Minna de Pāti Taimu) Pirate Dance 2-2EX Super Mario World Athletic Theme Koji Kondo 転がるコインのように (Korogaru Koin no Yō ni) In the Whirlpool* 2-3 Pomp and Circumstance Edward Elgar 風のかなたに (Kaze no Kanata ni) Step by Step 2-3EX Super Mario World Bonus/Switch Palace Level Theme Koji Kondo ステップ・バイ・ステップ (Suteppu Bai Suteppu) Blooper Bop 2-4 Super Mario Bros. Underwater Koji Kondo 泳げ四分音符 (Oyoge Shibun Onpu) Hammer Dance 3-1 Super Mario Bros. 3 Hammer Bro. Theme Koji Kondo クエ・テ・バヤ・マリオ (Kue Te Baya Mario) Rollercoasting 3-2 Mario Kart: Double Dash!! Mario/Luigi/Yoshi Circuit Theme Shinobu Tanaka スーパーマシーン (Sūpā Mashīn) Boo Boogie* 3-3 Super Mario Bros. 2 Main Theme Koji Kondo ほっぴンちょっぴン (Hoppin Choppin) Moustache, Barrel, and Gorilla 3-3EX Donkey Kong Various Shigeru Miyamoto ヒゲとタルとゴリラ (Hige to Taru to Gorira) Starring Wario! 3-4 Wario World Greenhorn Forest Minako Hamano オレ様がスターだ! (Ore-sama ga Sutā da!) Frozen Pipes 4-1 Old Folks at Home Stephen Collins Foster 気分はハイ・ホー (Kibun wa Hai Hō) Cabin Fever* 4-2 Mario Party 5 Toy Dream Theme Aya Tanaka マリオのカーニバル (Mario no Kānibaru) Ms. Mowz's Song 4-2EX Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Theme of Ms. Mowz; X-Naut Fortress Yuka Tsujiyoko チューチューテクノ (Chū Chū Tekuno) Deep Freeze 4-3 Dr. Mario Fever Hirokazu "Hip" Tanaka ハッピーハッピーダンス (Happī Happī Dansu) Rendezvous on Ice* 4-4 Les Pâtineurs Emile Waldteufel 氷の上でランデブー (Kōri no Ue de Randebū) Midnight Drive 4-4EX Mario Kart 64 Introduction Kenta Nagata 真夜中のドライブ (Mayonaka no Doraibu) Always Smiling 5-1 Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka Johann Strauss II きっと笑顔がイチバンさ (Kitto Egao ga Ichiban sa) Bowser's Castle 5-2 Mario Kart: Double Dash!! Bowser's Castle Shinobu Tanaka/Kenta Nagata ワガハイはボスである! (Wagahai wa Bosu de Aru!) Up, Down, Left, Right Mario Paint Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star ゼン・ゴ・サ・ユウ (Zen Go Sa Yū) Choir on the Green Ah, Lovely Meadow Anonymous 緑の上の大合唱 (Midori no Ue no Daigasshō) Hop, Mario! Super Mario World Opening Koji Kondo ホップステップマリオ (Hoppu Suteppu Mario) Where's the Exit? Super Mario Bros. Underground Koji Kondo 出口はどこだ!? (Deguchi wa Doko da!?) Piroli Famicom Disk System Bios ピ・ロ・リ (Pi Ro Ri) *This only appears in the regular Story Mode. In Story Mode EX, it is replaced by the song immediately below.
Reception
Reception Aggregate scores Aggregator Score GameRankings 71.8% (31 reviews)[1] Metacritic 69% (28 reviews)[2] Review scores Publication Score GameSpot 7.0 out of 10[3] GameSpy 
[4]IGN 8.0 out of 10[5] X-Play [6]Mario Mix received generally positive reviews with some criticisms. X-Play's Adam Sessler said that the game's music "delves deep into the public domain library". It was also given a 3 out of 5 stars.[6]
References
- "KONAMI and Nintendo Co. jointly develop Dance Dance Revolution with MARIO" (in Japanese). Konami. January 7, 2005. http://www.konami.co.jp/ja/news/topics/050107mario/.
- Freund, Josh (January 18, 2005). "DDR with Mario - more screens & first song details". Games Are Fun. http://www.gamesarefun.com/news.php?newsid=4186.
- Niizumi, Hirohiko (January 7, 2005). "Mario shimmies onto Dance Dance Revolution". GameSpot. http://www.gamespot.com/gamecube/puzzle/dancedancerevolutionwithmario/news_6116002.html.
- Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix at Nintendo.com (archives of the original at the Internet Archive). Accessed on 2005-05-20.
- ^ "Aggregate score". Game Rankings. http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/925773.asp.
- ^ "Aggregate score". Metacritic. http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/cube/dancedancerevolutionmariomix.
- ^ "Review". GameSpot. http://www.gamespot.com/gamecube/puzzle/dancedancerevolutionwithmario/review.html.
- ^ "Review". GameSpy. http://cube.gamespy.com/gamecube/dance-dance-wii-with-mario/661977p1.html.
- ^ "Review". IGN. http://cube.ign.com/articles/661/661908p1.html.
- ^ a b "Review". X-Play. http://www.g4tv.com/xplay/reviews/315/Dance_Dance_Revolution_Mario_Mix.html.
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