All in the Way-
Steps: Heavy- Really good. I like what you did with the rhythms in the secnd half. Very DDR-like. 3/3
Challenge- Not that good. First of all it's really not a 9, it's still about a 7 or an easy 8. Second, the sixteenths seem pretty forced here. Could've been better. 1.5/3
Other: I feel like the end of the cut didn't really need to be there, but it's really not enough to dock points. The art is a bit plain, doesn't really stand out. 3/4
Overall: 7.5/10 Challenge chart was kinda unnecessary. Loved heavy.
Bouncin!-
Steps: Inconsistent. Rhythm shifted way too often (and at random points) for my tastes. Loved what you did with the freezes. 16ths following the drums were out of place for the difficulty. 2.5/6
Other: Really good art. Well-synced. 4/4
Overall: 6.5/10 Kind of lacking, good try though. I liked at least that there was a lot of jumps... since it's called "Bouncin'!" ^^
Dancin' In My Dreams-
Steps: With the exception of basically all the synth syncopation, this was great. My problem with the syncopation was that it changed too often, generally not following the synth properly at all. Great otherwise though. 4.5/6
Other: Love it. Art and video are perfect. 4/4
Overall: 8.5/10 Nice work.
Do You Know-
Steps: Heavy- Didn't like where the rhythm was sacrificed for straight 4th notes. Rest was good though. 2/3
Challenge- Same problem as heavy, only sometimes it's on blue notes instead of red ones. And now there's too much doublestepping. I just didn't like it very much overall. :/ 1/3
Other: I like the art. It's not perfect, but it works. 4/4
Overall: 7/10 Ehhh, your steps need work. Shows promise though.
Fuku Wa Uchi-
Steps: Brilliant as hell. 6/6
Other: This probably wasn't necessary, but I would've liked some English or at least the transliteration on the art. Mainly I'm reminded Aoi Shoudou (for Extreme), where I didn't even know what the song was until recently. At least the title in SM is transliterated. The art was great though, and I'm sure the text doesn't matter, so I've decided not to dock anything. 4/4
Overall: 10/10 Really good.
Gasolina-
Steps: This is like Ska a Go Go having sex with The Saints Go Marching In/ Wild Rush. And I love it. A 9 with a lot of character. 6/6
Other: Good art, if kind of plain. Song is a great choice. 4/4
Overall: 10/10 Nice work, a real keeper.
High School Love-
Steps: With the exceptions of the step direction being really repetitve in the first half and the sixteenths not really fitting the feel of the chart, it's great. Reminds me of Love <3 Shine. 4.5/6
Other: The art is terrible. Not only is there no continuity between the banner and background, it's very blurry and is basically just Pop'n-style art pasted on a Google'd background. Umm... sorry, this isn't good at all. It's well synced and everything, but the art's just no good. 2/4
Overall: 6.5/10 Good steps marred by really bad art.
INSPIRATION-
Steps: Not feeling the 9 here. It's a pretty solid 8, I'd say. That said it's really good, I loved it. 5.5/6
Other: CUUUTE! Love the art, and it's well synced. No complaints. 4/4
Overall: 9.5/10 Just missed a perfect rating on the count of a misrate. Great stuff though.
Kickstart My Heart (omg... it's the Crüe...)
Steps: Heavy- Couldn't really feel a lot of the rhythms you were going for here. At least not until the chorus, where it become pretty fun. Not a fan of the doublestepping though. 2/3 (I think 1.75 would be more accurate but that would be kinda awkward)
Challenge- Again, I really can't feel your rhythms for the first half of the song. Just doesn't feel right. Only the chorus isn't as fun this time once it gets to it... :/ Also this feels like an 8 more than a 9. I guess it could pass for an easy 9... Again, doublestepping. Crossovers are fun though. 1.5/3
Other: Sooo early at that slowdown. Great art. 3/4
Overall: 6.5/10 I seriously want to give bonus points just for having the gall to use Mötley Crüe... I'm not gonna though.
It was average.
Little Little Princess-
Steps: HIP HOP JAM. Arbitrary 16th note gallops... </3 Not very consistent with them either. Don't like the doublestepping either. End is so weird. This whole stepchart/stepfile is bizarre. Could be a borderline 10. I don't know what to say here... 2/6
Other: Not a fan of the one unnecessary speedup. Art is quirky, cool. 2.5/4
Overall: 4.5/10 Kind of ridiculous overall.
Love is Eternity-
Steps: Heavy- Except for some awkward syncopation (a medium amount) and doublestepping (a lot), this is pretty good. 2/3
Challenge- Syncopation was much better here. Doublestepping was about the same amount of bad. Good though. 2.5/3
Other: I loves me some Sota Fujimori. Cut is definitely too long for DDR. Good art, if kind of inconsistent. 2.5/4
Overall: 7/10 Well, it's the best 10 (or harder) from the DDR brackets so far, I'll let you know that much.
Nagai Yume (the last song, I just wanted to make this alphabetical)-
Steps: Kind of uninteresting except for the jumps... and even those weren't amazing by any standard. 3/6
Other: Love the video, but like You Give Love a Bad Name, it's lifted from a music video channel, so all their crap is still there. Song reminded me of Katamari slightly. And I love it. Name is nowhere in English except on the filename. That's bad. There should be a transliteration that is visible somewhere while playing. 2.5/4
Overall: 5.5/10
Paranoia ~sky~
Steps: Heavy- Really paranoia-like. They definitely succeed in that respect. They're also quite fun, which I personally don't find paranoia-like. So good job pulling that off somehow. Little doublesteppy. 2.5/3
Challenge- Not quite as paranoia-like. Not as fun either. Just doesn't have that fun feeling that Heavy does.. Part with the sixteenths runs is terrible... specifically, why do they start then stop for three measures, never quite going with the music? They're also inconsistent with the difficulty of the rest of the chart. Not so good, Al. 1/3 (should probably be 0.75/3 but, again, that's a bit awkward)
Other: Song was definitely too long. I don't like that the video ends before the steps do. All of the graphics are literally hoisted from DDR which is either a good thing or a bad thing depending on how you look at it. One more thing (that won't affect your score): If you are the person that made this or know the person that made this, tell them to ease up on the watery synth. It sounds like someone taking a liquid shit... musically. 2.5/4
Overall: 6/10 Eh, it was alright.
Pump Up the Jam
Steps: Wacky rhythms! Really hard for DDR and, if I may dare, ITG-like. Except for the gallops, which were very DDR, and very fun. I dunno, it was ok. 3/6
Other: Weird art... liked the brackets in the BG. Could be a bit higher quality, IMO. 3/4
Overall: 6/10
Right Now (I thought this would be Van Halen... Halen and Crüe in the same bracket? AHHHH the 80's)
Steps: Uh, this is like a hard Standard chart for the most part. Needs some more Heavy. The rhythms are there for you... Sorry. It wasn't so bad overall, but it just needed a little more oopmh. 2.5/6
Other: Flashy, great art. 4/4
Overall: 6.5/10
Sakura Kaduki (heh heh heh... Sakura)
Steps: Starts a little early, which is no problem on SM but kind of a bitch on pad. (on a hacked ITG machine the steps would be starting during the fade in, or right after :/) Very fun though. Could've been rated a 9, no question. 4.5/6
Other: VERY unique art for DDR. I'd give extra if I could. Stop seemed a little out of place... thank god for those extra points!
4/4
Overall: 8.5/10 Nice!
Samba Brazil-
Steps: Heavy- NICE. I like this a lot. Even the doublestepping was fun to alternate. Couldn't hear all your rhythms but it was just too fun. 3/3
Challenge- I had a feeling I wouldn't like this as much. The runs stink worse than the kind you'd get in Mexico (or Brazil lol). The rest was alright, if similar to heavy. 1.5/3
Other: Yay Captain Jack! Good art, nice sync (though I had to adjust the gap more than usual) 4/4
Overall: 8.5/10 Challenge chart keeps this from getting a 10.
Seasons of Love-
Steps: Very DDR. Except for that one hand that should've been fixed. Could be an 8. Fun though. 4/6
Other: I just want to say that I hate this song, and I have ever since having to sing it in choir. I don't like RENT, either. Again, that's not your fault. Great art, good sync. 4/4
Overall: 8/10
Sphere-
Steps: This is like an 8 or a hard 7. Really. There's nothing going here that makes it a 9. Nor is it very fun. 2/6
Other: Anyone reminded of Xepher here? Hahaha, it's like the same song... Sync isn't so hot. Love the art. Sorry but sync is more important. Arbitrary speedup sucks. 1/4
Overall: 3/10 Out of sync, boring steps.
This Is Love-
Steps: A lot like a slower version of Toxic. The sixteenth+freezes thing didn't feel right. Other than that it was good, but a little generic. 3/6
Other: Great art... very original. On sync. 4/4
Overall: 7/10 Steps could use a little more originality, but it was good, shows promise.
Together- (lots of DDR artists here, huh?)
Steps: Pretty plain, but a solid 7 nonetheless. Liked what you did the jumps and syncopation. 5/6
Other: Yay video. Yay art. It's good stuff. BG is kind of plain and doesn't fit the BN, but what can you do. 3.5/4
Overall: 8.5/10
Tunak Tunak Tun- (OMFG)
Steps: Whoa. Whoa. What the fuck. The part with the sixteenth-note jumps goes with the music at first, then REALLY doesn't. SO awkward, it's like the end of Higher, but throughout the whole chart. Gallops were incorrect as well. With the exception of the verses, this whole chart follows the music very, very poorly. 0.5/6
Other: GAHAHHHH DALER MENDHI. Art was a little low-quality, and the song was just a tad out of sync. 2.5/4
Overall: 3/10 TERRIBLE steps. I mean, bottom-barrel stuff here.
Way of Life-
Steps: They were alright, there was a lot more you could've done with the music though. Doublestepping was fun to alternate. Would be a 9 if it were any faster. Good, not amazing. 4/6
Other: Crazy video... >_> Good art, although the banner is just random compared to the background/video. 3/4
Overall: 7/10 But really that video is gonna haunt me forever...
Wild Thing/Poor Boy-
Steps: A lot more you could've done here. I don't think the chorus is very good... really generic. Liked the runs in the prechorus though. 2.5/6
Other: This is the same band that did Sucks To Be You, which I love. Is this video from Nickelodeon or something? Didn't really like it... Art didn't fit the video, which I think it should've. Should've at least been the same level of brightness. 2.5/4
Overall: 5/10 Average.
Wowowee-
Steps: EXORBITANT?? Ok... I don't agree. I thought this was pretty good in a minimalist sort of way. The gallops were a lot of fun. Pretty much no problems here... 6/6
Other: Don't get the background at all. What does it have to do with the song? Looks like a rescue boat... or something? I dunno, I just would've liked something brighter and more exciting, more like the banner. 3/4
Overall: 9/10 Good steps, very good.
You Give Love a Bad Name-
Steps: Ehh, ok. Nothing really amazing. I guess the 12th notes were different. Kinda boring otherwise. 3.5/6
Other: Video was lifted from MTV. I would've preferred the version without the MTV banners. But it's got a naked lady in it. Art works. 3/4
Overall: 6.5/10
I liked this bracket a bit more. The average was overall better, and what was really good was REALLY good.