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#agameaday AVGN eat your heart out with this Non-Dancing Dance Game! Ubisoft and the late Disney Interactive tried to cash in on Konami’s insanely popular Dance Dance Revolution series with its very own “Walt Disney’s The Jungle Book Rhythm n'Groove Dance Pack” This book is best judged by its cover, offering far more action response mini game style of play instead of dancing. It was clear ubisoft did not really understand the concept of dancing (or video games) during the production of this t …

#agameaday That other, other, other drum game? First DrumMania, then Taiko Drum Master, after Rock Band and finally Donkey Konga. Donkey Konga and Donkey Kong’s Jungle Beat series was Nintendo’s entry into making their own musical rythem game with a dedicated accessory. In true Nintendo style (good or bad) the accessory is constructed for a specific and limited use only having 3 buttons and a “clap” sensor (microphone). Nevertheless the few games made for the devices we very well produced. …

#agameaday What is round, cute and at its happiest when you are beating it in the face? Answer: Taiko Drum Master! The adorable mascots of the series are actually drums with super cute faces, and they are oh so happy when you drum all over them. This installation for the PlayStation 2 was the only version ever localized despite having close to 50 releases across PS2, PSP, VITA, DS, 3DS, WII, WII U and IOS. *NAMCO seems to have overly stressed caution on the super big warning on the back. 5 …

#agameaday Dance Dance Revolution Disney’s Rave for Playstation One was released the same day as the arcade machine in Japan. BEMANI opted to remix classic Disney songs instead of keeping them original like they did in the release of their Nintendo 64 release of the Disney DDR crossover. Example Track List: “Mickey Mouse March (Eurobeat Version)” “IT’S A SMALL WORLD (Ducking Hardcore MIX)” “Johnny B. Goode” preformed by Chip ‘n’ Dale “Let’s Twist Again” actually produced by Chubby Checker an …

#agameaday Nintendo 64 Dance Dance Revolution: Disney’s Dancing World Museum. In the 90’s Konami owned software developer BEMANI seemed to own the musical rythem genre publishing volume after volume of games like Dance Dance Revolution, BeatMania, GuitarFreaks, DrumMania, Pop'n Music, Para Para Paradise and many more. When given the chance to use the Disney license, BEMANI did not hold back releasing a Disney DDR game on almost every console including this unusual Nintendo 64 version featuri …