Dance Dance Revolution Dance Wars
# Dance Dance Revolution Dance Wars

Dance Dance Revolution Dance Wars, stylized Dance Dance Revolution DANCE WARS and sometimes abbreviated as DDR Dance Wars, is the most recent home release of Dance Dance Revolution, and the third one to be released in iOS. The game stopped functioning at September 1, 2013 due to the team retiring from online.

## Gameplay

Dance Dance Revolution Dance Wars retains its core gameplay: matching the hit of arrow according to the song's timing. There are basically two game mode players can choose: Battle Mode and Free Play Mode. The heart of this game is Battle Mode, where players can match against other player or aiding players through Dance Crew system. Players have ability to build Dance Crew by recruiting other people. By having Dance Crew, players may do a Practice Battle and Crew Battle while also aiding or having other Crew member aiding players during battle. Respect Points may be earned through Dance Crew to obtain or upgrade skills and buying items. Dance Dance Revolution Dance Wars implements what is to be called as "Stamina", a representation of the energy used in Battles and Missions. It can be refilled by eating foods or using items that can refill stamina, although Practice Battle and playing songs in Free Play Mode don't affect the Stamina.

### Unlocks

There are several ways to obtain unlockables. Note that these unlockables is not just songs, but also items, accessories for characters and characters themselves.

* Invitation. Inviting certain numbers of people to play Dance Dance Revolution Dance Wars may give players unlockables.
* Missions. Players are required to accomplish various Missions to obtain unlockables. Also, if players have downloaded jukebeat, they may also obtain three songs from jukebeat.
* Crew Battle. Crew Battle is a cooperative battle where players aims for "Stickers", part of a song banner. Player may obtain Stickers through battle and or placing Traps for other rivals. If a set of Stickers are obtained, the song will be unlocked.
* Event. In-game events will give players unlockables.
   * The current Event, Unidentified Funky Objects (announced February 25, 2013), lets players to unlock the song Unidentified Funky Objects, among other unlockables. The event itself is divided into four chapters, with the objective to clear the song Unidentified Funky Objects in a fixed difficulty (Chapter 1 show players the Beginner chart, Chapter 2 the Basic chart, and so on).

## Development

In 2012, KONAMI announced their third installment of DDR in iOS system under the name "Dance Dance Revolution GREE", hinting the ability to use GREE in this installment. It was announced to be released in February 2012, but no news were available since then. However, it was announced again on December 14, 2012 that the game would be released under the title "Dance Dance Revolution Dance Wars" and would be the first installment in iOS to make use of GREE system, meaning that it would incorporate online and multiplayer gameplay. It was released on February 14, 2013.

## Music

There are currently 53 songs in Dance Dance Revolution Dance Wars, including the a-ha pack that is released at the same time as the release of the game.

| Song | Artist | Tier |
| - | - | - |
| a-ha Pack |||
| Take On Me | a-ha | |
| Train of Thought | a-ha | |
| You Are The One | a-ha | |
| Miley Cyrus Pack |||
| 7 Things I Hate About You | Miley Cyrus | |
| The Climb | Miley Cyrus | |
| When I Look At You | Miley Cyrus | |
| Default Songs |||
| Dense Forest Battle | | From Contra Also available on jukebeat |
| Kind Lady | OKUYATOS | From DDRMAX -Dance Dance Revolution 6th Mix- (PS2) |
| My Only Shining Star | NAOKI feat.Becky Lucinda | From Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova |
| real-high-SPEED | Makoto feat.SK | From Dance Dance Revolution X (PS2) |
| General Unlocks |||
| A thing called LOVE | D-Crew 2 US | From Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova 2 |
| aftershock!! | DM Ashura | From Dance Dance Revolution UNIVERSE3 |
| All My Love | kors k feat.ЯIRE | From Dance Dance Revolution X2 |
| AM-3P | kTZ | From Dance Dance Revolution 2nd Mix |
| Anti-Matter | Orbit1 feat.Milo | From Dance Dance Revolution X2 |
| CHAOS | DE-SIRE retunes | From Dance Dance Revolution Supernova |
| DYNAMITE RAVE | NAOKI | From Dance Dance Revolution 3rd Mix |
| Electrified | SySF. | From Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova 2 |
| GRADIUSIC CYBER (AMD G5 MIX) | BIG-O feat.TAKA | From Dance Dance Revolution 3rd Mix |
| Heatstroke | TAG feat.Angie Lee | From Dance Dance Revolution X2 and Dance Dance Revolution HOTTEST PARTY 3 |
| HIGHER | NM feat.SUNNY | From Dance Dance Revolution 4th Mix |
| HYPER EUROBEAT | NAOKI feat.DDR ALL STARS | From Dance Dance Revolution EXTREME |
| KISS KISS KISS | NAOKI feat.SHANTI | From Dance ManiaX |
| L'amour et la liberte (Darwin & DJ Silver Mix) | NAOKI in the MERCURE | From Dance Dance Revolution Supernova 2 |
| LOVE THIS FEELIN' | Chang Ma | From Dance Dance Revolution 2nd Mix |
| MAX 300 | Ω | From DDRMAX -Dance Dance Revolution 6th Mix- |
| Music in the Rhythm | nc ft. 触電 | From Dance Dance Revolution Supernova 2 |
| NGO | 鍋島圭一 | From Dance Dance Revolution Supernova 2 |
| oarfish | kors k | From Dance Dance Revolution UNIVERSE3 |
| PARANOiA ~Respect~ | .3k | From Dance Dance Revolution Party Collection (PS2) |
| POSSESSION | TAG underground | From Dance Dance Revolution X2 |
| SABER WING | TAG | From Dance Dance Revolution X |
| sakura storm | Ryu☆ | From Dance Dance Revolution UNIVERSE3 |
| SEDUCTION | nc feat.FINALFORCE | From Dance Dance Revolution EXTREME2 (PS2) |
| Shine | Tomosuke feat.Adreana | From Dance Dance Revolution X2 and Dance Dance Revolution HOTTEST PARTY 3 |
| Your Angel | DM Ashura feat.kors k | From Dance Dance UNIVERSE3 |
| Invitation Unlocks |||
| Uranus | Tatsh SN2 Style | From Dance Dance Revolution Supernova 2 |
| Mission Unlocks |||
| AFRONOVA | RE-VENGE | From Dance Dance Revolution 3rd Mix |
| A Stupid Barber | Sho-T | From Dance Dance Revolution EXTREME (PS2) |
| CG Project | Latenighters | From Dance Dance Revolution X2 |
| Dance Dance Revolution | DDR ALL STARS | From Dance Dance Revolution EXTREME |
| Decade | kors k Vs.dj TAKA | From Dance Dance Revolution X2 |
| dirty digital | kors k | From Dance Dance Revolution UNIVERSE3 |
| D2R | NAOKI | From DDRMAX2 -Dance Dance Revolution 7th Mix- |
| Feelings Won't Fade (Extend Trance Mix) | SySF. | From Dance Dance Revolution Supernova (PS2) |
| in love wit you | Kotaro feat.Aya | From Dance Dance Revolution X (PS2) |
| KISS KISS KISS 秋葉工房 MIX (KISS KISS KISS Akiba Koubou Mix) | Remixed by DJ Command | From Dance Dance Revolution X2 |
| PARANOiA | 180 | From Dance Dance Revolution |
| PASSION OF LOVE | NAOKI feat.PAULA TERRY | From Dance Dance Revolution EXTREME2 (PS2) |
| Poseidon (kors k mix) | NAOKI underground | From Dance Dance Revolution X2 |
| Silver Platform -I wanna get your heart- | U1 Reincarnates w/ Leah | From Dance Dance Revolution Supernova (PS2) |
| STILL IN MY HEART | NAOKI | From beatmaniaIIDX 5th Style Also on Dance Dance Revolution 5th Mix |
| TEARS | NAOKI underground feat.EK | From Dance Dance Revolution EXTREME |
| You Are A Star | NAOKI feat.Anna Kaelin | From Dance Dance Revolution X2 and Dance Revolution HOTTEST PARTY 3 |
| jukebeat Unlocks |||
| Frogger | | From Frogger |
| LETHAL ENFORCERS Medley | | From Lethal Enforcers |
| Unidentified Funky Objects Event Unlocks |||
| Unidentified Funky Objects | yutak | |
