Dancing Stage Party Edition

The game works by throwing up symbols on screen, which indicate where you need to move your feet (or your fingers if you're determined not to get a mat). Effectively it's as simple as that. Consistently have your feet where they're supposed to be, when they're supposed to be there, and your score will be high. Keep messing it up, and you boogie will have a habit of ending prematurely.

The complications are injected when the tempo is upped, and the game demands that you simply move quicker to keep up. But even when the game's sheer novelty factor is exhausted, there's plenty of reason to keep going thanks to the gradually increasing challenge that it presents. And frankly, Dancing Stage Party Mix is as compulsively entertaining as its predecessors. It particularly hits top gear when two players can dance head to head--though this requires two dance mats. Even the fitness-tailored single player workout mode works well.

The game's only real limit comes when you've worked your way through all the songs, and even then it's going to take some time to do that. Aside from that, this is polished, very enjoyable fun that virtually all gamers can warm to. --Simon Brew

The game itself is, in my opinion, much better value for money than its predecessor, Dancing Stage Euromix. There are a whopping 51 tracks for you to choose from and some of them are taken from Euromix, anyway, so you would be far better off buying this game. There are various game play modes, from your standard Game Mode to Training Mode, where you can brush up on your dancing skills step by step, and Workout Mode, which contains a handy calorie counter if you wish to keep track of how much you are burning off, so to speak. Indeed, there is so much choice within this game that virtually any playing options are possible: you can assemble numerous four-track playlists that will run without breaks while you dance, or even create a dance of your own to one of the tracks, although this feature is quite difficult to grasp.

The tracks are, on the whole, very enjoyable and varied. As well as the classics from the arcades, such as "End of the century" and "Paranoia" there are chart favourites like "Don't stop movin'" by S Club 7 and "The bad touch" by the Bloodhound Gang. There are also quite a lot of hidden tracks which can be uncovered after considerable dancing success, and most of these are well worth a listen.

Dancing Stage Party Edition is practically flawless. I would, however, advise you to buy a hard dance mat, as the soft ones seem to have limited endurance; mine has taken on a life of its own and sometimes keys do not work, but this may be due to my ever increasing in exertion dance sessions as I work my way up the levels of difficulty... in fact, I may just be addicted to this fantastic game.


Great!   February 7, 2004
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

I think that Dancing Stage Party Mix is definatly the best out of the Konami Series. It has more songs to dance to than any of the other games. This was the first dance mat game i have ever had and until buying another dance mat game with fewer tracks on you dont realise how good it is. It kept me amused for months trying to dance through all the songs and levels! Its also one of the best things to get couch potatoes like myself to exercise in front of the tv and have mega fun! Its even better when i ahve my m8s round and we can all have competiton to see whos the best dancer! Its the moat fun you can have staying indoors when its tipping down of rain outside!!


Great songs   October 31, 2003
This game has very good songs, some you've heard on euromix or in the charts and some u haven't. My fave is B4U on beginner, maniac cuz of the groovy jumps in thr middle. The only bad thing is the format, it is very slow to select a song and the i miss the old format where its like a jukebox. But buy it anyway for the great new songs and moves.