History YMMV / DanceRush

** First news (and "footage") of the game as ''Stepstar'' came around the same time that Nintendo had released an extended preview of ''VideoGame/Splatoon2'', whose lobby features a dance game with an [[https://twitter.com/Sho_Kazune/status/884788825716801536 eerily similar design]]. Cue the people joking that Konami ripped off Nintendo.

* ThatOneLevel: The finale to Spark Festival 2019, [[https://youtu.be/2si9nqTNLJE ''Set Me Free'' by kors k and L.E.D.]], should absolutely count as physical torture. (On the bright side, it's torture with an [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic absolute bop]] playing in the background.) Incredibly wide T-step patterns, slide patterns unique to the stage (thus far) that are borderline impossible to perform without preparation, repeated jumps on 8th notes, and a Running Man pattern you have to switch direction on every 4th. Also, if you wanted to unlock it without using stars (200 stars, 100 with missions), you had to clear the entire thing in less than 3 misses. One over, and you're kicked out for good, and forced to use stars.
* WinTheCrowd: The USA division of Japanese amusement center chain Round 1 did this on Konami's behalf when they announced that they would be getting the game. It helps that the game has ''user-selectable'' language options, including English.

* ThatOneLevel: The finale to Spark Festival 2019, [[https://youtu.be/2si9nqTNLJE ''Set Me Free'' by kors k and L.E.D.]], in all honesty should count as physical torture. (On the bright side, it's torture with an [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic absolute bop]] playing in the background.) Incredibly wide T-step patterns, slide patterns unique to the stage (thus far) that are borderline impossible to perform without preparation, repeated jumps on 8th notes, and a Running Man pattern you have to switch direction on every 4th. Also, if you wanted to unlock it without using stars (200 stars, 100 with missions), you had to clear the entire thing in less than 3 misses. One over, and you're kicked out for good, and forced to use stars.

* ThatOneLevel: The finale to Spark Festival 2019, [[https://youtu.be/2si9nqTNLJE ''Set Me Free'' by kors k and L.E.D.]], should in all honesty, count as physical torture. (On the bright side, it's torture with an [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic absolute bop]] playing in the background.) Incredibly wide T-step patterns, slide patterns unique to the stage (thus far) that are borderline impossible to perform without preparation, repeated jumps on 8th notes, and a Running Man pattern you have to switch direction on every 4th. Also, if you wanted to unlock it without using stars (200 stars, 100 with missions), you had to clear the entire thing in less than 3 misses. One over, and you're kicked out for good, and forced to use stars.

* ThatOneLevel: ''Set Me Free'' by kors k and L.E.D. should, in all honesty, count as physical torture. (On the bright side, it's torture with an [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic absolute bop]] playing in the background.) Incredibly wide T-step patterns, slide patterns unique to the stage (thus far) that are borderline impossible to perform without preparation, repeated jumps on 8th notes, and a Running Man pattern you have to switch direction on every 4th. Also, if you wanted to unlock it without using stars (200 stars, 100 with missions), you had to clear the entire thing in less than 3 misses. One over, and you're kicked out for good, and forced to use stars.

** Jokes about the game needing a bar sprang up after [[https://youtu.be/RPWqYVqEoDU "Set me free"]] became a new extra stage, noting its unusually NintendoHard chart.

* MemeticMutation: First news (and "footage") of the game as ''Stepstar'' came around the same time that Nintendo had released an extended preview of ''VideoGame/Splatoon2'', whose lobby features a dance game with an [[https://twitter.com/Sho_Kazune/status/884788825716801536 eerily similar design]]. Cue the people joking that Konami ripped off Nintendo.

* InternetBackdraft:
** American fans were nonplussed to discover that 1. the number of stages per credit (2) cannot be changed even in operator settings, 2. getting a third stage (Extra Stage) is locked behind PASELI which cannot be used outside of Japan, and 3. there are unlocks that require Extra Stage, effectively making them NoExportForYou.
** A reply by the official Konami account on Twitter promoting the game to electronic musician Slushii, after he asked if DDR had been "revived" yet, has also caused some tension from fans.

* ScrappyMechanic: The game notably only allows ''two'' stages per credit at most, and this cannot be changed even in the operator settings. There is a mode, Standard mode, that allows earning an additional stage, but it requires PASELI, which is Japan-exclusive, [[BadExportForYou leaving American players stuck with two stages]]. Oh, and as salt in the wound, some unlocks require Extra Stage, and thus are impossible to earn in the US. As extra salt in the wound, Standard mode is available in non-Japan Asia versions, simply costing twice as many credits as Light mode (much like how extra-charge modes in non-Japan Asian versions of Konami games simply ask for more credits instead of using PASELI).

* ScrappyMechanic: The game notably only allows ''two'' stages per credit at most, and this cannot be changed even in the operator settings. There is a mode, Standard mode, that allows earning an additional stage, but it requires PASELI, which is Japan-exclusive, [[BadExportForYou leaving American players stuck with two stages]]. Oh, and as salt in the wound, some unlocks require Extra Stage, and thus are impossible to earn in the US. As extra salt in the wound, Standard mode is available in the pan-Asia version, simply costing twice as many credits as Light mode (much like how extra-charge modes in non-Japan Asian versions of Konami games simply ask for more credits instead of using PASELI).

* ScrappyMechanic: The game notably only allows ''two'' stages per credit at most, and this cannot be changed even in the operator settings. There is a mode, Standard mode, that allows earning an additional stage, but it requires PASELI, which is Japan-exclusive, [[BadExportForYou leaving American players stuck with two stages]]. Oh, and as salt in the wound, some unlocks require Extra Stage, and thus are impossible to earn in the US. As extra salt in the wound, Standard mode is available in the Korean version, simply costing twice as many credits as Light mode (much like how extra-charge modes in non-Japan Asian versions of Konami games simply ask for more credits instead of using PASELI).

* InternetBackdraft: American fans were nonplussed to discover that 1. the number of stages per credit (2) cannot be changed even in operator settings, 2. getting a third stage (Extra Stage) is locked behind PASELI which cannot be used outside of Japan, and 3. there are unlocks that require Extra Stage, effectively making them NoExportForYou.

* ScrappyMechanic: The game notably only allows ''two'' stages per credit at most, and this cannot be changed even in the operator settings. There is a mode, Standard mode, that allows earning an additional stage, but it requires PASELI, which is Japan-exclusive, [[BadExportForYou leaving American players stuck with two stages]]. Oh, and as salt in the wound, some unlocks require Extra Stage, and thus are impossible to earn in the US. As extra salt in the wound, Standard mode is available in the Korean version, simply costing twice as many credits as Light mode (much like how extra-charge modes in non-Japan Asian versions of Konami games simply ask for more credits insteaad of using PASELI).

* ScrappyMechanic: The game notably only allows ''two'' stages per credit at most, and this cannot be changed even in the operator settings. There is a mode that allows earning an additional stage, but it requires PASELI, which is Japan-exclusive, [[BadExportForYou leaving American players stuck with two stages]]. Oh, and as salt in the wound, some unlocks require Extra Stage, and thus are impossible to earn in the US.[[note]]There are tax and business laws that prevent PASELI from being implemented in the US, plus almost all arcades already use their own location-specific token or card systems to begin with, Round 1 included, so this isn't entirely [[ExecutiveMeddling Konami's or Round 1's fault]]. Whether an update or corporate decision will allow Standard mode to be played (possibly at the same price as Light mode, similar to how ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution A'' charges the same for Standard and Premium modes with the only requirement for the latter being an [=eAMUSEMENT=] PASS) remains to be seen, though it is unlikely since ''DDR A'' has a dedicated North America build and ''Dance Rush'' doesn't.[[/note]]

** A comment by the official Konami account on Twitter promoting the game to electronic musician Slushii (who had asked if DDR

* ScrappyMechanic: The game notably only allows ''two'' stages per credit at most, and this cannot be changed even in the operator settings. There is a mode that allows earning an additional stage, but it requires PASELI, which is Japan-exclusive, [[BadExportForYou leaving American players stuck with two stages]]. Oh, and as salt in the wound, some unlocks require Extra Stage, and thus are impossible to earn in the US.[[note]]There are tax and business laws that prevent PASELI from being implemented in the US, so this isn't entirely [[ExecutiveMeddling Konami's or Round 1's fault]]. Whether an update or corporate decision will allow Standard mode to be played (possibly at the same price as Light mode, similar to how ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution A'' charges the same for Standard and Premium modes with the only requirement for the latter being an [=eAMUSEMENT=] PASS) remains to be seen, though it is unlikely since ''DDR A'' has a dedicated North America build and ''Dance Rush'' doesn't.[[/note]]

* InternetBackdraft: American fans were nonplussed to discover that 1. the number of stages per credit (2) cannot be changed, 2. getting a third stage (Extra Stage) is locked behind PASELI which cannot be used outside of Japan, and 3. there are unlocks that require Extra Stage, effectively making them NoExportForYou.

* ScrappyMechanic: The game notably only allows ''two'' stages per credit at most, and this cannot be changed even in the operator settings. There is a mode that allows earning an additional stage, but it requires PASELI, which is Japan-exclusive, [[BadExportForYou leaving American players stuck with two stages]]. Oh, and as salt in the wound, some unlocks require Extra Stage, and thus are impossible to earn in the US.[[note]]There are tax and business laws that prevent PASELI from being implemented in the US, so this isn't entirely [[ExecutiveMeddling Konami's or Round 1's fault]]. Whether an update or corporate decision will allow Standard mode to be played (possibly at the same price as Light mode, similar to how ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution A'' charges the same for Standard and Premium modes with the only requirement for the latter being an [=eAMUSEMENT=] PASS) remains to be seen.[[/note]]

* ScrappyMechanic: The game notably only allows ''two'' stages per credit at most, and this cannot be changed even in the operator settings. There is a mode that allows earning an additional stage, but it requires PASELI, which is Japan-exclusive, [[BadExportForYou leaving American players stuck with two stages]]. Oh, and as salt in the wound, some unlocks require Extra Stage, and thus are impossible to earn in the US.

* ScrappyMechanic: The game notably only allows ''two'' stages per credit at most, and this cannot be changed even in the operator settings. There is a mode that allows earning an additional stage, but it requires PASELI, which is Japan-exclusive, [[BadExportForYou leaving American players stuck with two stages]].

* SpiritualAdaptation: It's ''VideoGame/{{Chunithm}}'' [-WITH YOUR FEET!-]

* MemeticMutation: First news (and "footage") of the game as ''Stepstar'' came around the same time that Nintendo had released an extended preview of ''VideoGame/Splatoon2'', whose lobby features a dance game with an [[https://twitter.com/Sho_Kazune/status/884788825716801536 eerily similar design]]. Cue the people joking that Konami ripped off Nintendo.

* DuelingWorks: ''Many'' comparisons have been drawn to ''VideoGame/{{Chunithm}}''.

* DuelingFandoms: ''Many'' comparisons have been drawn to ''VideoGame/{{Chunithm}}''.

* MemeticMutation: First news (and "footage") of the game as ''Stepstar'' came around the same time that Nintendo had released an extended preview of ''VideoGame/Splatoon2'', whose lobby features a dance game with an [[https://twitter.com/Sho_Kazune/status/884788825716801536 eerily similar design]].