I managed to snag a used Eyetoy at my local game store for very cheap, but I have no idea how to use it.

The only games I have the are compatible with the Eyetoy are DDR Str!ke and the Japanese versions of SuperNOVA2 and DDR X, so reading the manual for the games isn't going to help at all. I can get the game to show the camera's view, but when I try and hit the hand buttons it doesn't register anything. Is there some kind of calibration I have to do? Or a certain area I have to "hit"? I feel so lost because the Eyetoy didn't come with instructions either, and I can't seem to google anything helpful.

Thanks in advance!

I play ddr because I like the rythm of the steps and how it goes to the music. I play for the great stepcharts and epic songs. The health benefits and the challenge are just extra stuff, lol. Not that I don't appreciate them.

Doubles is all about which foot you hit which arrow with. Doublestepping on Doubles is like asking for it. Not only can you trip or something, but generally your timing will be worse. Now there are exceptions, so it's not absolutely set in stone.

 http://www.ddrfreak.com/library/contributor-article.php?postID=7890287

This is the ULTIMATE guide for playing doubles. It's like your own personal doubles tutor, but in text form.

Study that and you'll be passing 9's in no time. 

When I started playing ITG, I needed a 4 letter name to use for high scores. The first thing that came to mind was TOFU, because I'm vegan and a lot of my friends know me for that. My best friend at the time decided to start using KELP as her name, and soon afterwards another friend started to use RICE. I don't remember who used it but there was a FISH too. Eventually another friend used SUSHI when SuperNOVA came out. It was fun but none of those people play much now, sadly. But yeah, that's where my name comes from haha. I use it for everything now, even IIDX.

Do you need to post this in like, every single forum? Lol.

I just want to say bravo to those of you that posted. It's great to see people being nice here for a change. I mean, we are a community right? =]

And PureBlue, you know you can talk to me on AIM any time you want. If I'm too busy to really listen I'll let you know, but other than that go for it. 

Pssh, the only game I'd ever buy a Wii for is SSB Brawl. Plus it's easier to hang out with a friend that has one anyway.

And I have a DS just to play Pokemon Diamond & Pearl. Other than the Zelda series of games, I'm not really a fan of Nintendo.

I'm thinking that maybe the upgrade kits just upgrade the interface and song list, and don't add any of the new features except shock arrows and the like? As in no USB support, no widescreen stuff, etc.

I think fixing the problem with the new monitors is completely seperate of the PS3 issue. Of course DDR X could be run off of a PS3, much like how previous DDR games were run off of PS2s. In that case then yeah, I would think they could make a PS3 DDR.

But there's the problem that every DDR pad to date is for the PS2 or a different brand of system entirely. And last I knew there is also no adapter that converts PS2 to PS3 that doesn't cause some amount of lag. These are problems that Konami would need to try and fix before producing a PS3 DDR, otherwise it might have problems selling due to the dance pad incompatibility.

It's a stretch haha, but DDR X could be the lead off to a PS3 DDR game.

The dancer stages are okay, but some of them are bright red or blue or yellow or something, and they make certain arrows (ala Rainbow and Note) impossible to see. I remember getting a red background stage while playing a 10 footer with Note on and failing it. I had to take my focus away from the actual game and put it into figuring out where the heck the red arrows were in the red background. It's like trying to find the needle in the haystack but at 300 bpm. Not fun.

I agree that the SN2 videos are amazing. More of them.

Also, for crossovers like Bloody Tears and Blind Justice the videos were taken from IIDX. Why can't all the IIDX crossovers have their IIDX videos? I mean, they're already made, why not utilize them?

I gotta vote for Dance Master Mode from Extreme 2 as well. It's a lot of fun, and there's sooo much stuff to do that it keeps you interested. Love it. :]

Ugh, I know Seth now.

Which friend is this?

@SpeedDemon1 - OMG, FAXX is love. <3

PureBlue - Yeah, I dunno. The guys you're talking about wiill pretty much call anything and everything ghey or a h0mo at some point, including their friends. Trust me, I've seen it all. I'm not going to tell you to punch someone the next time you see them, but if I were you I'd get a little aggressive or something. Stand up and make them know you won't take it from them, y'know? If you have self confidence they'll respect that, without even realizing it. You're better than them, and they need to know it. Lol.

I consider anything that's a 5 or below on Expert to be a complete waste of space. A 5 isn't fun for someone that plays 9s and 10s frequently, plain and simple. A six is just barely passable, if it has good steps and fits the music. But come on, it's Expert! Every song should have at least a 7, if not on Expert then on Challenge. I'm sick of good songs (aka Inside Your Heart) having easy as crap step charts.

You don't just call someone a h0mo(lol @ filter) because you feel like it, there's always a reason behind it. Most likely some personal problems. It's kinda like people that use it that way are just insulting themselves?

Whatever, seriously, don't think anything of it. We're DDR players, we should all just be elitists and consider ourselves above the rest of the world just because we play DDR. /sarcasm =]

I've played for 10 hours straight before, like when I got SuperNOVA 2 US for the PS2. I wanted to unlock everything, and after that wanted to try everything on doubles. Heheh. There should be an option for more than 2 hours. I play for 3-5 hours at the arcade when I go, gotta make the trip worth it. =]

The main problem with Beatmania in the US is that they don't advertise it enough. Most people have at least seen or heard of DDR, but to know about Beatmania you have to know someone that plays it. And they have to actually show it to you and explain it. With this new Rock Revolution thing coming out this year, you'd think they'd try pushing IIDX in the US along with it. I wouldn't even be surprised if they didn't push it because it doesn't have the word "Revolution" in its name. Even then that's a stupid excuse, because they could have just re-named beatmania with Revolution somewhere in the title for the US only or something silly like that. Whatever. I'm perfectly happy supporting Konami by buying the Japanese games. Perhaps websites that sell import games should tell Konami how many people actually import them, maybe that'd show them we're interested. Making a decision that there aren't enough people/arcade owners interested (the case with GOLD US I believe) is not a good idea when only a select few have even heard of the game. It's one of those catch-22 whatsits. We just can't win with Konami US, it would seem.

On the controller thing, theoretically Konami could make another beatmania IIDX controller with like ONE new improvement or feature or something to differentiate it from the old ones. Then people would be interested in buying the controllers, and they could sell them as a bundle again to sell the game too. Beatmania III would be nice, since the US controllers had a port for the foot pedal. Why make it if you're not going to use it? Heck, they could even just sell the foot pedal + game package, and another bundle of the game, controller and foot pedal. They could make profit off of the hardware if not the software as well. Japanese people would probably import it just for Beatmania III! Of course that's just moving backwards with the series, because of the whole 5 key thing. 7 key + foot pedal would be cool though, beatmania IV perhaps? or beatmania IIIDX? hahaha. I'm just brainstorming. It goes to show that Konami had a lot of options, and the one they picked was to do absolutely nothing, leaving us unsatisfied. Blech.