Dance Dance Revolution Extreme

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Dance Dance Revolution Extreme
Japanese PlayStation 2 version cover art
Developer(s)	Konami, Bemani
Publisher(s)	Konami
Series	Dance Dance Revolution
Platform(s)	Arcade, PlayStation 2
Release	Arcade JP: December 25, 2002 PlayStation 2 JP: October 9, 2003 NA: September 21, 2004
Genre(s)	Music, exercise
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer
Arcade system	Bemani System 573 Digital

Dance Dance Revolution Extreme^[1] is a music video game by Konami and is the eighth release in the main Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) series. It was released on December 25, 2002, for Japanese arcades, on October 9, 2003, for the Japanese PlayStation 2, and on September 21, 2004, for the North American PlayStation 2. This game is the ninth release in North America, but despite having the same name as its Japanese counterpart, its gameplay and soundtrack is significantly different^[2] and won the Video Music Awards in 2005 on MTV for Best Video Game Soundtrack.^[3]

While the PlayStation 2 version came out in North America, the arcade version was exclusive to Japan. Despite this, the arcade version was exported to many arcades worldwide, most of them being bootlegged. Dance Dance Revolution Extreme was the last game in the main DDR arcade franchise for almost four years, until the worldwide release of Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova (branded Dancing Stage SuperNova in Europe) in 2006. The arcade release of Extreme contains one of the largest soundtracks of any DDR game, featuring 240 songs, as well as music from other Bemani music titles. Konami issued an in-game thank you to the fans of Dance Dance Revolution and announced a rejuvenation of the entire series, but did not go into details. Konami's announcement led people to believe that DDR Extreme might be the final DDR release, or that the series might be on hiatus or rebooted in the same manner as Beatmania and Beatmania IIDX.