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Originally Posted by Dream Traveler Klonoa

Would it be possible for them to accommodate both demographics by releasing separate games for the different crowds? You could have DDR games that cater to younger crowds that like things such as The Disney Channel or Nickelodeon, DDR games that cater to the hardcore Bemani crowd with releases like the Ultramix/Universe series or arcade-similar CS releases like Extreme JP, and DDR games that hit in-between, much in the way the current console releases do now.

There are two problems with making a home version that is "catered" towards the hardcore crowd:

1) the target market is far too small

2) large portions of the hardcore market do not, in general, purchase or play home versions.

DDR Extreme US CS was not that bad...Given what it was technically supposed to be, though, it was fairly lackluster.

Yeah that is the main point I was going for; I absolutely hate the interface to be honest.

Personally, I think a lazy yet effective method for increasing song-count for CS releases that should be taken advantage of more often are classic revivals. They could bring back some of the songs from Konamix and introduce the Club Mix Another charts. I'm not a fan of the way Konami appears to be trying to slowly remove Club Mix from its arcade releases by eliminating songs like 20,november, celebrate, Dr.LOVE, jam jam reggae, ska a go go, and be in my paradise (given, they did keep things like 5.1.1. and Luv to me (DISCO MIX), but still). I'd love to see the Club Mix version of Brilliant2U on a US CS, as well as songs like g.m.d. and Beginning of Life. Nostalgia is just as powerful a selling tool as new content.

I kind of agree but it seems like lately Konami has been trying to get rid of a lot of their older songs, so I don't see that happening.