History VideoGame / DanceDanceRevolutionMarioMix

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''Dance Dance Revolution Mario Mix'', known as ''Dancing Stage Mario Mix'' in European languages and ''Dance Dance Revolution with Mario'' in Japanese, is a 2005 music video game by Creator/{{Nintendo}} and Creator/{{Konami}} and is the only ''DDR'' game for the UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube. It is a ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution'' game starring [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario characters]] and is the first ''DDR'' game to be released on a Nintendo console outside Japan.

Toad and the player's character then return the Music Keys to Truffle Towers. Soon after, Bowser steals the keys, but is followed by Toad and the player's chosen character. They enter Bowser's Castle to recapture the Music Keys, and are promptly challenged by Bowser. After defeating him in a dance-off, [[spoiler:the player's character uses the music keys to turn the area around Bowser's Castle into a green field, and everyone suddenly feels strange and begins to dance.]]

* {{Feelies}}: The game, of course, comes with a plastic [=DDR=] pad.

* LicensedGame

* AbsenteeActor: One of the few Mario games to feature Bowser, but not Peach.

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: This is the only [=DDR=] game with a storyline and power-ups.

Toad and the player's character then return the Music Keys to Truffle Towers. Soon after, Bowser steals the keys, but is followed by Toad and the player's chosen character. They enter Bowser's Castle to recapture the Music Keys, and are promptly challenged by Bowser. After defeating him in a dance-off, [[spoiler:the player's character uses the music keys to turn the area around Bowser's Castle into a green field, and everyone suddenly feels strange and begins to dance]].

* BreakingTheFourthWall: Wario says that he has an idea for a new game: he titles it "[=DDR=]: Wario Mix"
* CreditsGag: "Deep Freeze" is the only time Hirokazu Tanaka is credited as "Hirokazu "Hip" Tanaka"

* LethalLavaLand: The area around Bowser's Castle has this look [[spoiler:before the Music Keys are used]].

* HijackedByGanon: After the player manages to collect all four Music Keys, they end up getting stolen again by Bowser, who serves as the Final Boss.

''Dance Dance Revolution Mario Mix'', known as ''Dancing Stage Mario Mix'' in Europe and ''Dance Dance Revolution with Mario'' in Japan, is a 2005 music video game by Creator/{{Nintendo}} and Creator/{{Konami}} and is the only ''DDR'' game for the UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube. It is a ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution'' game starring [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario characters]] and is the first ''DDR'' game to be released on a Nintendo console outside Japan.

* RoleReprisal: Londell Hicks reprises his role as the announcer here. Luckily, it seems Konami responded to the critisism, and put in an option to turn it off.
* SelfImposedChallenge: Playing with a regular [=GameCube=] controller. Like all home console [=DDR=] games, the included [=DDR=] pad is just mapped to buttons on a [=GCN=] controller, so using one works just as fine. However, doing jumps may take some getting used to.

''Dance Dance Revolution Mario Mix'', known as ''Dancing Stage Mario Mix'' in Europe and ''Dance Dance Revolution with Mario'' in Japan, is a 2005 music video game by Creator/{{Nintendo}} and Creator/{{Konami}} for the UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube. It is a ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution'' game starring [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario characters]] and is the first ''DDR'' game to be released on a Nintendo console outside Japan.

* GoingThroughTheMotions: The animations that Luigi and Mario make during songs are recycled quite often.
** Also, many of the animations during cutscenes are blatantly ripped out of the [=GameCube=] ''VideoGame/MarioParty'' games.

* HardModeFiller: Kind of inverted; not only does the main game not resort to repeating songs with harder charts, but there is a NewGamePlus which is also comprised of new songs.

* InterfaceScrew: The Giant Boo and Freezie gimmicks cover up more of your screen if you miss an arrow, making it more difficult to see what the next arrows are. Stomping on the smaller Boos or Freezies pushes the giant versions down the screen.

Toad and the player's character then return the Music Keys to Truffle Towers. Soon after, Bowser steals the keys, but is followed by Toad and the player's chosen character. They enter Bowser's Castle to recapture the Music Keys, and are promptly challenged by Bowser. After defeating him in a dance-off, Toad and the player's character return the Music Keys to Truffle Towers for the final time.