* AdaptationDisplacement: The 360 version was soon forgotten thanks to a lack of updates and a small song pool in favor of the more-frequently-updated and longer-supported arcade version.
* AmericansHateTingle: The game is not very popular in North America due to having to go up against the likes of ''VideoGame/DanceCentral'' and ''VideoGame/JustDance'', which are produced by Western developers and far more popular. The [[NoExportForYou lack of the arcade version]] that Japanese arcades tend to have doesn't help.
* MemeticMutation: "YOU CAN MOVE YOUR BODY FREELY!"[[note]](Naoki's cameo at Konami's E3 press conference to present the game featured this quote. It was a footnote of a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6OCnvvkSLM conference]] generally considered to be [[CringeComedy comedically awkward]]. Occasionally brought up by Vinny of {{WebVideo/Vinesauce}})[[/note]]
* MindScrew: One of the songs on the arcade version is the infamous ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzC4hFK5P3g Pon Pon Pon]]''. Thankfully, they exorcised the music video, but god help those who're curious enough to look up the PV on Youtube...
** However, the game is straight up mind screw to those who have not heard of the Kinect, let alone know how to use one.
* SelfImposedChallenge:
** Even at Master or Stealth difficulty, not everything is judged. A basic challenge is to perform the entire routine, including the unjudged details/moves.
** In the arcade version, before the stage starts, some players would place a large, black board in front of the screen and do the dance ''entirely from memory''.
* SoundtrackDissonance: "FLOWER" doesn't sound like something you would put in a game with a heavy emphasis on dance routines, but it was put in anyway because of Creator/{{Konami}}'s habit of crossing it over into every active BEMANI game.
* PolishedPort: ''[=DanceEvolution=] Arcade'', if only for its continuous addition of new songs.