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25-540: Dancing Stage is a music video game, developed by Konami, released in arcades on March 9, 1999. This game was released as Dance Dance Revolution in North America. It includes 13 songs: nine composed by Naoki Maeda , and four licenses. It uses the Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMix engine. In North America, the game received a PlayStation port, which omits "Butterfly" and "Make It Better (So-Real Mix)". Songs in

50-813: A remix of "Let the beat hit em!" Dancing Stage Fusion is the first arcade release to be powered by the PlayStation 2 through a Bemani Python board. Despite the improved hardware, this game has fewer songs than its predecessor. Fusion features 49 songs, of which ten were available in previous Dancing Stage arcade releases, ten are from the arcade release of Dance Dance Revolution Extreme and seven are from older Japanese arcade releases. The remaining 21 songs premiered in Fusion : six are Konami Originals that later appeared in Dancing Stage SuperNova , while 15 are licenses that do not return in later arcade releases, with

75-591: A second arrest for possession in 2006, he was sentenced to prison. Following 2001's Monkey Girl Odyssey , DCT severed all ties with Virgin and Toshiba-EMI, and set up shop with Universal Music Japan. More recent albums such as The Love Rocks and And I Love You have returned to the classic DCT sound, and have been received more warmly. The band released one more English-language album on Universal called Love Overflows , which were re-recorded versions of songs from Love Goes On to Monkey Girl Odyssey . They have also been involved in charity events. Including

100-541: A solo career. Dreams Come True has sold more than 50 million records worldwide. Their fifth album, The Swinging Star (1992), was the first Japanese album to sell more than three million copies, and for several years was the highest-selling Japanese-language album of all time. Nakamura composed the music for the Sega Mega Drive games Sonic the Hedgehog (1991) and Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (1992). Dreams Come True

125-439: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This music video game –related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Dreams Come True (band) Dreams Come True ( Japanese : ドリームズ・カム・トゥルー , Hepburn : Dorīmuzu Kamu Turū ) is a Japanese pop band formed in 1988 by Miwa Yoshida (lead vocals), Masato Nakamura (bass) and Takahiro Nishikawa (keyboards). Nishikawa left in 2002 to pursue

150-560: The Dance Dance Revolution 3rdMix engine. It includes 28 tracks and can be expanded to a total of 34 tracks with Internet Ranking enabled. Contrary to 3rdMix, EuroMix does not use a PC Card . The game's console port was released for PlayStation on June 1, 2001 and contains 24 songs. It removes the Dancemania licenses and all but one song added in the Internet Ranking version, but adds five Konami Original songs. Dancing Stage EuroMix 2

175-469: The RED One high-definition camera. In 2010, they released their download only single "Godspeed", where the title is meant to be an even stronger wish of "Good Luck" for everyone to listen to it. In November, they released their 23rd album, Love Central, their second on Universal Music Japan 's Nayutawave label. In 2016, Dreams Come True released their first complete greatest hits album, Dreams Come True

200-692: The Tokyo Stock Exchange . They later signed with Virgin Music America and Toshiba-EMI in Japan, due to that label's promises to break the group into the American market—something Sony was unwilling to do. Their first album under the new contract, Sing or Die (a title that half-jokingly described the band's relationship with their former label, according to Nakamura), was released in an English-language version, but received little promotion or airplay. Part of

225-569: The J-Pop group, Dreams Come True . Dance Dance Revolution (2001 video game) Dancing Stage is a music video game , developed by Konami, released in European arcades on March 9, 1999. In North America, the game was released as Dance Dance Revolution on the same date, and it received a PlayStation  port on March 6, 2001. It is the first international release of the game. The arcade version features 13 songs, with 11 of these available on

250-434: The PlayStation port, while Dancing Stage Internet Ranking adds another three exclusive songs to arcades. The core gameplay involves the player stepping their feet to correspond with the arrows that appear on screen and the beat. During normal gameplay, arrows scroll upwards from the bottom of the screen and pass over a set of stationary arrows near the top (referred to as the "guide arrows" or "receptors", officially known as

275-529: The Step Zone). When the scrolling arrows overlap the stationary ones, the player must step on the corresponding arrows on the dance platform, and the player is given a judgement for their accuracy of every streaked note. All versions include the following songs: " Butterfly " by Smile.dk and "Make It Better (So-Real Mix)" by mitsu-O! are exclusive to the arcade release. 180, kTz, mitsu-O! and UZI-LAY are pen names for Naoki Maeda. Songs with "Groove" or "Mix" in

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300-457: The arcade version include: 180, kTz, mitsu-O! and UZI-LAY and are pen names for Naoki Maeda. Songs with "Groove" or "Mix" in the title require certain criteria to be unlocked by the player. Dancing Stage Internet Ranking was released exclusively in Europe. It adds another three licensed covers, credited with the original artists: Dancing Stage EuroMix was released in 2000, and is based on

325-619: The band to create themes for their television shows, and attractions at the Tokyo Disney Resort . In 2001, the band performed "Crystal Vine", the theme song for the Japanese version of Atlantis: The Lost Empire , and Yoshida performed the dub of Audrey Rocio Ramirez. Yoshida started a solo music career in 1995, and the following year appeared on the cover of Time . She has also appeared in advertisements for Sony , Visa , Honda , Shiseido , Lotte , Vodafone , and Coca-Cola . Nakamura

350-415: The band's most recent album, Do You Dreams Come True? . The album is available in three versions: A single disc version, containing the main album; a second that adds Greatest Hits: The Soul 2 , a sequel to their 2000 greatest-hits package; and a third that adds a live DVD, "Winter Fantasia 2008." Their DVD and Blu-ray of their 20th Anniversary tour is one of the first concert videos to be filmed with

375-518: The collaboration " Zero Landmine " with Ryuichi Sakamoto in 2001 to help raise funds for land mine removal agencies, and taking part in the Live 8 benefit concert in 2005. On November 12, 2008, their single "Tsuretette Tsuretette" was released. "Tsuretette Tsuretette" debuted a top on the Oricon weekly charts, nine years ten months since their last number-one single "Asa ga Mata Kuru". The song also appears on

400-492: The exception of DDRMAX Dance Dance Revolution 6thMix , these songs were subsequently kept in every main DDR release, including the current title, Dance Dance Revolution A20 . Dancing Stage featuring Dreams Come True ( ダンシングステージフィーチャリングドリームズカムトゥルー , Danshingu Sutēji fīcharingu Dorīmuzu Kamu Tourū ) is the second Japanese Dancing Stage video game. The gameplay is similar to Dance Dance Revolution and it has songs performed by

425-716: The exception of "Waiting For Tonight" by P.A.T's reappearance in Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova 2 and Dance Dance Revolution X . Dancing Stage SuperNova used the Bemani Python 2 board. Dancing Stage Featuring True Kiss Destination ( ダンシングステージフィーチャリングトゥルーキスデスティネーション , Danshingu Suteji Fīcharingu Tourū Kisu Desutinēshon ) is the first "Dancing Stage" title of the Dance Dance Revolution series released in Japan and other parts of Asia on July 27, 1999. The Dancing Stage games in Japan all deviate away from

450-452: The failure of the Virgin-DCT relationship can be laid at the label's attempt to renovate the band into something the American audiences could relate to. Yoshida took the stage name "Miwa", Nakamura became "King Masa," but Nishikawa remained the same, and only received a passing mention on Sing or Die's liner notes. Musically, the album veered away from the classic DCT formula and deeper into

475-405: The hip-hop dance theme begun on Delicious and Love Unlimited . The combination was not well received by American audiences, nor DCT's legion of loyal Japanese fans. Dreams Come True left Virgin after the failure of Sing or Die . Nishikawa departed in 2002 to pursue a solo career. Following his departure, he was arrested for assault and drug possession and received a suspended sentence . After

500-690: The main DDR series of games and for True Kiss Destination, it features a themed set of music by the Japanese group of the same name as well as original music from Konami's in house artists. On December 9, 1999 Konami released the game on the Sony PlayStation . It was part of their "Dance Simulation" series of titles for the PlayStation. This game notably includes the songs "Celebrate Nite" and "Sexy Planet", credited to aliases of Naoki Maeda , which returned in Dance Dance Revolution Solo 2000 and later Dance Dance Revolution 4thMix Plus . With

525-440: The title require certain criteria to be unlocked by the player. Dancing Stage Internet Ranking was released exclusively in Europe. It adds another three licensed covers, credited with the original artists: It was a runner-up for GameSpot ' s annual "Best PlayStation Game" and "Best Music/Rhythm Game" awards, which went to Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 and Frequency , respectively. This Konami -related article

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550-414: Was formed in 1988 by Miwa Yoshida (lead vocals), Masato Nakamura (bass) and Takahiro Nishikawa (keyboards). The band is commonly known as DCT and sometimes referred to as "Dorikamu" ( ドリカム ) . Their first album, Dreams Come True , sold more than one million copies in Japan. Their fifth, The Swinging Star (1992), was the first Japanese album to sell over three million copies, and for several years

575-496: Was hired to compose the music for several television commercials, and around the same time compiled various Dreams Come True songs for Konami to be used in the game Dancing Stage featuring Dreams Come True , a spin-off of the Dance Dance Revolution series. On April 1, 1996, Dreams Come True released Love Unlimited , their final album for Sony Music. News of their departure caused Sony Music shares to drop severely on

600-534: Was released in 2002, and is based on the DDRMAX2 Dance Dance Revolution 7thMix engine. It includes 68 tracks, of which 52 are new and 16 are Konami originals from EuroMix . EuroMix 2 requires a PC Card and omits the Internet Ranking feature. In contrast to EuroMix , there is no home version of EuroMix 2 . However, Dancing Stage MegaMix features a similar interface. This game features 28 songs, including 11 Konami originals from EuroMix 2 and

625-614: Was the best-selling Japanese-language album of all time. Nakamura composed the music for the Sega Mega Drive games Sonic the Hedgehog (1991) and Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (1992). In 1993, Dreams Come True recorded "Winter Song" for the opening theme of the Japanese version of the film Sleepless in Seattle and the following year recorded the song "Eternity" for the animated film The Swan Princess by New Line Cinema . In Japan, they recorded theme songs for programs produced by Tokyo Broadcasting System . The Walt Disney Company hired

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