Mastiff, publishers of such titles as Gungrave OD and La Pucelle Tactics, has announced that it plans to bring arcade dancing game Pump it Up: Exceed for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox.
The popular arcade dancing game, created by Korean amusement manufacturer Andamiro, has similar gameplay mechanics to Konami's Dance Dance Revolution -- albeit a rather different layout for the pad, which Mastiff's "Head Woof" Bill Swartz maintains provides more realistic, dance-like moves than Konami's game. "Other dancing games are about watching the screen and stomping in the right spot, which is great if you didn't get enough whack-a-mole as a kid. Pump It Up gets you dancing like you're in a club."
The home version of Pump it Up: Exceed will feature both licensed western music, Korean pop music, and original arcade compositions. The home version will also feature a variety of new modes not found in the coin-operated original. No release date for the home version has yet been set.
Interesting to see that they think there is enough of a market in America to bring it over here. How long do you think it'll be before we see a RedOctane PIU pad?
RedOctane has been selling PC-based PIU for a long time now. I don't see any reason why they wouldn't go after the console market for this game. If you're talking RedOctane-branded PIU gear...that wouldn't surprise me either. I'm not really convinced they manufacture their merchandise anyway since so many nearly identical knockoffs of it are sold under various other brand names. Of course I would also point out that many of the knockoffs have a tendency to be of lower quality.
Fluffyumpkins wrote:I would never dance like that in a club.
Word.
In no-way-related news, Rapper's Delight is a licensed song at least on the PS2 version. That should be pretty interesting if Andamiro USA (or Mastiff) can manage to generate fun steps for it.
at all Official Tournys in the US , Mastiff will have the ps2 version for play . the next one is in Charlotte NC on Sept. 24. i hope some of yall can make it
A friend of mine got it this evening and we played a few rounds at his house. I only gave it a pretty quick look, but it seemed like most of the songs that those of use who have been playing on the Exceed 2 at X-Site are there. I'm not sure specifically which ones might be missing, but scrolling through the song lists looked pretty familiar overall. However, several were locked. They display in the list, but in grayscale with a big lock icon over them. I assume they'll unlock with gameplay. We were able to unlock a couple just in the half hour or so we played.
There were also about half a dozen US exclusive songs in the mix. I played a couple and enjoyed them. The step patterns were fun and interesting. They didn't feel half-assed.
The included pad isn't too bad. It's not thick or cushiony like an Ignition (not that I was expecting it to be), but it laid flat and responded quite well. I didn't have any trouble with it. The design on it is kinda ugly though. There's just a lot going on and it feels kind of overdone in my opinion.
Overall, I liked it and I imagine I'll get one of my own before too long. I'll be interested to hear what other peoples' opinions are.
the PS2 version is asian release only blablabla 100+ songs.
you got me this time ho.
