Comparison of dance pad video games

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This is a comparison of dancing video game series in which players must step on panels on a dance pad in time with music. Step placement and timing is indicated by rising arrows overlapping fixed targets.

Hands

Dance Dance Revolution: No hands officially. Aside from a single song in Dancing Stage 1.5 (Uh La La La Maniac Single), a single song in Ultramix 2 (Skulk Challenge Single) (Needs Hacking), and four songs in Solo 2000, no more than two panels need to be pressed simultaneously at any given time, A Glitch/Trick has been found that lets you put them in edit mode.

Dance Praise: No hands officially, although some songs feature glitches that require three or four panels to be pressed simultaneously.

In The Groove: Yes. Up to six panels must be pressed at once. It is worth noting that on machines which were converted from DDR to ITG, it is usually more difficult to hit hands because one must apply much more pressure to get steps to register; this is because DDR cabinets were not originally designed with hand play in mind.

Pump It Up: Yes. In Five-Panel (Singles) songs above the level 13, to press three arrows at once (Triples) is fairly common, albeit often done with the heel rather than a hand. In Ten-Panel songs (Doubles) above the level 17, to press four arrows at once (Quads) is not uncommon, but once again, hands are often not involved. In some boss songs, you might have to press five (singles) or six (doubles) arrows at once, in which case you do have to use the hands, but more than this (eight or ten) has been mostly discontinued (except for some boss missions and gimmick "another" charts)

Pump It Up Pro: Yes. Up to six panels must be pressed at once.

References

Comparison of dance pad video games Wikipedia

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