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of the art, but regardless of whether an anime episode has 20,000 cels or 50,000 cels, the artists have to be just as "good" at drawing the style, whatever it may be.

You're an artist, right? I've been to your website. Please, for the sake of enlightment, from now on, even if this pissing contest is never resolved, please acknowledge the fact that animation is art IN ITSELF. A drawing is art. Animation is art. A macaroni noodle chair with darts sticking out of it is art. The Art comes before you and me.

I'd also like to highlight this part of your argument, just for the hell of it.

Also if you make a claim such as that it's not really an opinion as much as it is misinformation (in reference to my claim that the Japanese are best at creating "anime" as a style) ... So, please don't have an "opinion" on this subject.

There's just no sense in even having a debate with you. I wish you'd realize you're atleast 65% wrong and probably not representing YOUR OWN OPINIONS as best and accurately as you could be. :/ Grass is red, the sky is hot pink, George W. Bush is a genius, and OH!1MIGAWDDUSS sucks. Don't hate me, I'm just misinformed.

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It's been brought to my attention in a rather comedic fashion that, "arguing over the internet is like being the champion of the Special Olympics. Even if you win, you're still a retard." So, U R teh win, and I'm willing to agree that Hot Pockets kinda taste good.

Like alot of good Japanese culture games, they've horribly and i mean HORRIBLY americanized it. they've removed a number of the japenese pop songs and others they've made it so that you have to unlock them [complete 200 songs and you'll get all of them v.v]

Are you comparing it to the arcade versions or the Japanese version of Extreme for the PS2? It's not that these songs have been removed it's just that they've not been included in our console version. "Americanizing" of games is crucial if a company like Konami wants to make money at all from bringing a game to the States. I mean, some people would buy a DDR version with ALL Japanese songs but it wouldn't be worth their while. Furthermore, DDR has never had ALL Japanese songs. I'd like to say that the majority of them are sung in English or are atleast partially sung in English.

okay, now that i've ruined the fun of all the games. Most of the songs are tastefully stepped, but for cripes sake, WHY do they add in american stuff to a PERFECTLY good japanese dancing game?

What the hell is Konami THINKING?!?!

These American songs are added because they are popular here (and probably in Japan, too). I'd venture to say that the majority of the people buying this DDR version aren't obsessed with Japanese culture/music and would rather "dance" to music they can understand or recognize. Also, I know a lot of anime/Japanese culturl enthusiasts who wouldn't touch DDR with a ten foot pole. Can't win 'em all.

All in all, I don't see a huge difference between this console version, previous ones (MAX/2) and even the arcade. You must just be dissapointed that the American console version didn't include more -arcade- songs. I'm sure Konami is rationing these songs for future console releases. DDR is pretty much dead in Japan so they're milking the game for everything it's worth in America (where it's popularity is increasing), to be honest. =/ I suggest you, if you're truly unhappy, modding your PS2 and getting the J version (like Syk3 has suggested), buying an arcade machine (har har), or getting Stepmania and downloading whatever damn songs you want, lol. [Stepmania, if you didn't know, is a game very, VERY similar to that of DDR and you can either play with your keyboard's directional arrows or get a USB>Playstation hookup thingie for your home pads. The game and songs are available to download for free.]


Phew.. that all took too long to type. This entire topic seems to be getting rather redundant, and I don't want to sound rude, but posts by people who seem to only have half a grasp on a subject only make it worse. Heh.

I live in Orlando and all I have to say is,

I'm sick and tired of picking up shingles on the ground that are covered in fire ants. My hands are so pumped up full of toxins, I'm sure they're going to rot off pretty soon.

My room mate is useless and never offers to help out... you can't peel him from his computer; he loves to pimp his Sims that much.

It's safe to say that Charlie caused the most damage; it pushed my two favorite trees into the side of my house and they had to be cut down. =[

Frances was a joke, to be honest. My power didn't go out for more than 5 minutes at a time, and since my roomate fled to Georgia and went to DragonCon, I took advantage of uber bandwidth the entire time. =]

Ivan didn't touch Orlando.

Jeanne tore my roof up some more and broke my gate... stupid hurricane.

The only reason I'm kind of/sort of scared of hurricanes is because of all the tornados they create. They're what really damages stuff. If a roof gets ripped off of a house, it's probably because a tornado formed. I just think it would suck if all my stuff got.. sucked out of my house. Yeah.

BUT !! We here in Florida can look forward to an uncommonly cold winter... it's been historically linked to hyper-active hurricane seasons.

Thats awsome that the DDR:Extreme is coming out in English, I had to pay to get my PS2 Modded, buy the game, get a metal pad, and play it non-stop.  Which in retro-spect wasn't a very good idea but i was desperate.    I hope they have Cow Girl in the english version 'casue that song is awsome ^_^.  Nice pics by the way ~^.^~

HAH..  You're so much better off with a modded PS2 and the Japanese version of Extreme...  it totally owns the US version.  It's basically the arcade version of what most of us know and love (mostly all songs from the machine), and, well, US Extreme is not.  Well, you'd know!  =]  I should probably get mine modded and whore out my friend's DVD burner...  screw the US version, hehehe.

My friends are going crazy with that game right now (even at midnight).  It's like DDR for the bored DDR player...  there's so many missions and unlockables.    The game seems pretty exciting for the hardcore DDR player.  I just feel like I can't afford to go out a buy a game right now...  However, if I had an X-box, Fable would be MINE.