Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix

DANCE DANCE REVOLUTION: MARIO MIX

Today, let's cover the crossover between the Mario series and Konami's Dance Dance Revolution series. To my mild disappointment, it did not feature a full roster of playable characters to choose from. Rather, you can play as only Mario and Luigi, and the game features a small story mode to work through, featuring Waluigi attempting to steal four special music keys and accidentally scattering them across the Mushroom Kingdom.

As mentioned before, Mario and Luigi are the only playable characters, but the moves have more to do with standard DDR gameplay than anything to do with them. Now, when the day comes we cover Konami and the DDR series respectively, you can be sure a DDR Dancer is getting on the roster, but for the moment, it doesn't really do much for us. Toad, Toadette, and Lakitu all appear likewise as hosts and supporting characters, and Waluigi, Wario, and Bowser act as final bosses, facing you in a dance off. Outside of that, Goombas, Koopa Troopas, Shy Guys, Piranha Plants, Boos, Cheep Cheeps, Bloopers, Ukikis, Hammer Bros, Chain Chomps, Bullet Bills, and Penguins all appear as enemies, and Gooper Blooper and a Giant Freezie act as additional bosses.

Our stages include: Truffle Tower, the music temple Waluigi breaks into in the beginning; SS Brass, an ocean liner; Corkscrew Hotel, a haunted house stage; Wario Carnival, a carnival stage; Snowy Peak, an ice stage; and Bowser's Castle.

That's about all I have for today! Here's what we've got so far:

Characters:

Mario: hammer, bombs, drop drum, golden hammer, pink (enemy), blue (block), yellow (metal plate), green (brick), Kanbank, throw Koopa shells, chisel, pinball, dance

Luigi: same, dance

Princess Peach

Bowser, dance

Foreman Spike: push, best option for a gimmick character, see all above

Wario: chisel, dance

Toad

Yoshi

Donkey Kong

Daisy

Waluigi: dance, steal music keys

Birdo

Diddy Kong

Toadette

Toadsworth

Bowser Jr.

Petey Piranha

Koopa Troopa

Goomba

Shy Guy

Boo

Cheep Cheep

Bob-Omb

Lakitu

Pokey

Chain Chomp

Monty Mole

Ukiki

Eggplant Man: run around

Gotchawrench: run around

Onigiri

Onnanoko

Oyazi

Dogu

Tutankoopa: float, spell

Stages:

Wrecking Crew

High Rise Building

Mario Paint

Clash House Tower

Fun Fair

Frosty Frontier

Grassy Greens

Shifting Sands

Fiery Stage

Truffle Towers

SS Brass

Corkscrew Hotel

Wario Carnival

Snowy Peak

Bowser's Castle

Items:

Hammers

Bombs

Drums

Blocks

Shells

Mahjong Tiles

Pinball Machine

Music Keys

Thanks for reading! Now, let's cover Itadaki Street DS!