Dance Dance Revolution II

Dance Dance Revolution II
Also known as: Dance Dance Revolution hottest party 5 (EU) Developer: Hudson Soft Publisher: Konami Platform: Wii Released in US: October 11, 2011 Released in EU: November 25, 2011 This game has unused areas. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused music. This game has unused text.

To do: Verify any unused stages Try to restore the unused songs and character slots.

Dance Dance Revolution II is all about finality. For one, it was the final game in the series for the Nintendo Wii, as well as the final Dance Dance Revolution game released for a home console. It is mainly known for having tracks from the arcade release of Dance Dance Revolution X2, including its boss songs. Now you can play the first 19 at home!

Unused Graphics

Placeholder Sprites

Repeated in many of the game's archives are 2 placeholder sprites for jackets and name tags, respectively:

Unused Characters

Inside of the select\select_bin_XXX.bin files, in the main .tpl file used for the "Select your Character" screen, are icons and name graphics for several characters from Dance Dance Revolution (Wii):

Placeholder Jacket

Inside of the select\selMusic_XXX.bin files is the jacket of the song A Fifth of Beethoven, from Dance Dance Revolution Universe 3:

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Unused Audio

sound\DDRHP5_SOUND.brsar contains some unused audio files and leftovers from the previous game.

Choreograph Lessons

These sound files were used for the choreography lessons in the DDR School mode. Notably, the Choreography style was removed from this game.

Choreograph Lesson 1 - IN THE ZONE

Choreograph Lesson 2 - TIME

Choreograph Lesson 3 - Private Eye

Choreograph Lesson 4 - Rhythms Inside

Choreograph Lesson 5 - Let's Get Away

Wii Balance Board Lessons

These sound files were used for the Wii Balance Board lessons, also in DDR School mode. This style was also removed from this game.

Wii Balance Board Lesson 1

Wii Balance Board Lesson 2 - Lesson 5 for your hips

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Unused Chart Files

Of the game's stepcharts, which can be found in the folder ssq\ss4, several are unused. Each file is labeled as MU_DDR_*.ss4, in which the asterisk corresponds to an ID.

DDR 2010 Leftovers

IDs 039 to 059 correspond to songs from Dance Dance Revolution (Wii), completely unmodified:

• 039 - Rescue Me
• 040 - On the Night of a Still Wind
• 041 - Seasons
• 042 - One Sided Love
• 043 - dreaming can make a wish come true
• 044 - MAGIC PARADE
• 045 - Find You Again
• 046 - TIME
• 047 - Until the End
• 048 - Share The Love
• 049 - ever snow
• 050 - Win the Game
• 051 - The Way U Move
• 052 - CRAZY♥LOVE
• 053 - New York EVOLVED Ver.A
• 054 - New York EVOLVED Ver.B
• 055 - New York EVOLVED Ver.C
• 056 - HOTTEST PARTY 3
• 057 - Lesson 4 Choreograph Style
• 058 - Take Me
• 059 - Curry Up

In addition, the following IDs also correspond to unmodified chart files taken from Dance Dance Revolution (Wii):

• 064 - Lesson2 by DJ
• 066 - DOUBLE TORNARD

Mislabeled Files

MU_DDD_067.ss4 and MU_DDD_068.ss4 are two mislabeled chart files associated with the song Surrender (PureFocus remix), with 067 being the short version and 068 the long version. When compared to the used files, both have some degree of differences:

• The mislabeled 067 contains a placeholder chart area at the end of the data.

14 00 00 00 - Length (0x14)
12 00 00 00 - Unknown type / Style and difficulty areas blanked out
01 00 00 00 - 1 note
00 10 00 00 - beat 4
00          - Left
00 00 00
00 00 00 00

• The mislabeled 068 contains Double charts, whereas no long Konami original in this game has properly playable charts of this style. Below is a download of this chart data:

Download Unused Surrender (PureFocus remix) charts File: DDRHP5_Surrender_(PureFocus_remix)_UNUSED_CHARTS.zip (10,7 MB) (info)

Early HEARTBREAK

The IDs 088, 092, 094, 096, 099, and 100 are placeholders consisting of a very early chart file for the long version of the song HEARTBREAK (Sound Selektaz remix), which has completely different charts compared to the final game, including a Single Challenge chart. The file can be downloaded below:

Download Unused HEARTBREAK (Sound Selektaz remix) charts File: DDRHP5-earlyHEARTBREAK.zip (10,2 MB) (info)

ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT

ID 129 consists of a chart file for a scrapped song, associated to the title "ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT" in the executable and text files. This seems to correspond to an unreleased long version of the song All Thu The Night by jun feat. Lisa Lisa, a short version of which would later appear in the Xbox 360 game Rhythm Party. The metadata is custom, and no audio nor graphic files are included.

Download ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT charts File: DDRHP5_ALL_THROUGH_THE_NIGHT_Unused_Long_Chart.zip (43,2 KB) (info)

Scrapped Songs

The IDs 175 and 197 correspond to the songs WH1TE RO5E by Y&Co., and ☆shining☆ by Pink Turbo, which are not playable in this game. When converted, the chart data matches the arcade release of Dance Dance Revolution X2.

More Than Alive Duplicates

The IDs 104, 106, 112, 114, 116, 118, 120, 122, 124, and all even IDs from 130 excluding 136, contain a slightly earlier chart file for the long version of the song More Than Alive. The only difference is in the last beat (02 04) event parameter, which is set to beat 229 in the early variation, and beat 232 in the final.

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Unused Text

The directory text contains the game's text files. Among the strings displayed when unlocking a song, several go unused:

NEW SONG!!
"VANILLA ICE?" Unlocked!

NEW SONG!!
"ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT" Unlocked!

NEW SONG!!
"☆shining☆" Unlocked!

NEW SONG!!
"WH1TE RO5E" Unlocked!

These four strings refer to songs that don't appear in this game at all. "VANILLA ICE?" refers to IDs 099 and 100, which have no proper chart data (as in, no unique steps), and might be a working title for BEFREE, a song which would later appear in the Xbox 360 game Rhythm Party. "ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT" refers to the aforementioned All Thu The Night, which would also later appear in Rhythm Party, and "☆shining☆" and "WH1TE RO5E" refers to the songs from Dance Dance Revolution X2 which still have their chart data intact.

NEW SONG!!
"HEARTBREAK (Sound Selectaz Remix)" Unlocked!

NEW SONG!!
"The Heavens Above" Unlocked!

NEW SONG!!
"Haunted Rhapsody" Unlocked!

NEW SONG!!
"Something Special" Unlocked!

NEW SONG!!
"Get Back Up!" Unlocked!

NEW SONG!!
"Take A Step Forward" Unlocked!

NEW SONG!!
"Still unbreakable" Unlocked!

NEW SONG!!
"SAY A PRAYER" Unlocked!

These songs are already available by default, so these strings are not used.

(Source: SheikP)