General Information / Changes
- Contains all of the original DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX's new songs, plus the later LINK VERSION songs.
- Backwards compatible with DanceDanceRevolution CS (Japan), allowing one to instantly unlock the songs from that game by having data from both games.
- You can also play all the songs from DanceDanceRevolution CS (Japan) on the 2ndReMIX interface using the DISC CHANGE feature.
- STEP BATTLE songs are now playable outside of that mode. Only LET THEM MOVE is available by default, though.
- The songs available for STEP BATTLE are:
- The color-coded FLAT arrow has been fixed.
- EDIT Mode is now available by default; you do not need to unlock it. This has been consistent in almost all CS DanceDanceRevolution titles since.
Codes & Unlock Information
Secret Modes
For codes involving the Mode selection (on either Arcade or Arranged) screen, press Up/Select to enter the Secret Mode Select screen. Here are the following modes you can unlock:
- Another Mode: Press down twice on the MODE SELECTION screen.
- Draw Mode: Right, left, right, left, down, down, up, up. Then press Select at the menu.
- Hidden Mode: Up and down alternatively 4 times at the SELECT MUSIC screen.
- Left Mode: Left 8 times at the SELECT MUSIC screen.
- Little Mode: Left, down, right, down, left, down, right, down, and up at the SELECT MUSIC screen.
- Maniac Mode: Enable ANOTHER MODE and then press down twice at the game mode selection screen.
- Mirror Mode - press select, left, right, left, right, left, right, left, and right at the SELECT MUSIC screen.
- Right Mode - press right 8 times at the SELECT MUSIC screen.
- Shuffle Mode - press up, down, left, right, down, up, right, and left at the SELECT MUSIC screen.
- Super Mode: Press up, up, down, down, left, right, left, and right at the title screen.
Song Unlocks
Unlike the previous CS DanceDanceRevolution title, there is more than one way to unlock songs in DanceDanceRevolution 2ndReMIX. You can gain while playing songs "experience", the amount you get determined by the difficult you play. Here are the amount of points you get by difficulty and level:
- BASIC SINGLE / EDIT:
- 1 - 100
- 2 - 70
- 3 - 50
- 4 - 20
- 5 - 15
- 6 - 10
- 7 - 7
- 8 - 3
- ANOTHER SINGLE / BASIC DOUBLE:
- 1 - 20
- 2 - 10
- 3 - 5
- 4 - 0
- 5 - -5
- 6 - -10
- 7 - -20
- 8 - -40
- MANIAC SINGLE / ANOTHER DOUBLE:
- 1 - -20
- 2 - -40
- 3 - -60
- 4 - -80
- 5 - -100
- 6 - -120
- 7 - -170
- 8 - -200
In the case of a 2-player game, the one whose experience value is greater will be the one counted.
In EASY mode, positive points are multiplied by 1.2; negative points are multiplied by 0.8.
In ALL MUSIC mode, positive points are multiplied by 0.9; negative points are multiplied by 0.6.
You get no experience points for playing in EVENT MODE.
Two songs are unlocked by collecting less/more than the following amount of points:
For those who do not wish to collect points, you can unlock the above two songs and three others the following way:
Other Unlocks
- To unlock EXTRA TRACK, you must get an SS rating on LOVE IS THE POWER, the special ending song for 2ndReMIX at the end of ARCADE.
- To unlock NONSTOP mode, beat the 50 games on NORMAL mode or 200 on HARD.
- To unlock Random Select in ALL MUSIC and EVENT modes, play Random Select on the final stage on NORMAL/HARD 20 times.
- To unlock STEP BATTLE in ALL MUSIC and EVENT modes, play STEP BATTLE 10 times in VERSUS mode on NORMAL/HARD. It should unlock in ALL MUSIC and EVENT afterwards.
- To unlock all songs, highlight ARCADE MODE and press start. Then highlight any difficulty and press right 6 times.
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