Despite the fact that, as alluded to in the post title, this stuff is basically marketing for other games, we love it when game music turns up in rhythm games. It may have something to do with the fact that video game music is awesome, especially from companies like Konami that care enough about music to make whole games about it.
This video is from the Japanese PS2 game Dance Dance Revolution Supernova 2 Super DREAM, and features original Time Hollow animation to go along with the game's surprisingly cool theme song. The song sounds vaguely Akira Yamaoka-esque (Yamaoka's works have also appeared in DDR games), though it was composed by Masanori Akita.
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3-01-2008 @ 12:47PM
eubep said...
"Despite the fact that, as alluded to in the post title, this stuff is basically marketing for other games, we love it when game music turns up in rhythm games. It may have something to do with the fact that video game music is awesome, especially from companies like Konami that care enough about music to make whole games about it.
This video is from the Japanese PS2 game Dance Dance Revolution Supernova 2 Super DREAM, and features original Time Hollow animation to go along with the game's surprisingly cool theme song. The song sounds vaguely Akira Yamaoka-esque (Yamaoka's works have also appeared in DDR games), though it was composed by Masanori Akita."
How is this anything related to the DS? Is that video even from a DS game?
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3-01-2008 @ 1:05PM
AlgusUnderdunk said...
Time Hollow is a game coming exclusively to the DS. Therefore it's cross-promotion of a DS game in another game.
More remarkably, it's advertisement for a DS, in a PS2 game.
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3-01-2008 @ 3:01PM
pas said...
Hey DSFanboy Writers, I got something for ya: http://www.areagames.de/nds/news/43585/Nintendo-DS-fuer-die-Ewigkeit-geschaffen.aspx
The video looks cool. I like it, let's see how Time Hollow turns out.
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3-01-2008 @ 11:35PM
ladyofkrypton said...
I'm liking that song. :D Anyone know what the name is? Or where I can download it?
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3-02-2008 @ 5:18PM
Backslash said...
Wait, I don't see how this is a revolution at all. Aren't both Time Hollow and Dance Dance Revolution made by Konami? Wouldn't it make sense for Konami to advertise its own products in its own games?
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3-02-2008 @ 6:53PM
JC Fletcher said...
Well, for that matter, how is Dance Dance Revolution a revolution? It's extremely popular, and has been for years. If anything, it's Dance Dance Establishment.
3-02-2008 @ 7:38PM
Backslash said...
Maybe Dance Dance Revolution was a revolution when it first came out, but they want to keep the name because otherwise it'd be DDE.
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