Bust A Groove...it had potential...

GeeseHoward · Basic Member Joined: 23 Aug 2004

HEY!HEY!HEY!
Y'all remember Bust-A-Groove 1 and 2 for the PS1? I thought that game had a lot of good songs, cool dance moves but it really never spawed a third sequel. I thought the first was off the hook, the second was ok. I dunno..anyone else thought this game had potential? Ok, that is it, lates
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nystargate · Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 6:51 am Post subject:

Yes, it was a great series (I own both games and will never ever sell them.

The gameplay was pretty limited. What made the game great was the music and characters (especially in the first one).

I would love to see the Bust A Move 1 songs and characters in DDR! That would rule...

ver314 · Trick Member Joined: 24 Jan 2002 Location: Albuquerque Nm

they did come out with a sequel "Dance Summit"

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dancingfool16 · Trick Member Joined: 25 Mar 2004 Location: Tucson

Bust A Groove was fun!!!
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skie · Vivid Member Joined: 24 Jan 2002 Location: olr studios

Yeah, it's a shame "Dance Summit" didn't catch on-- I only got to play it once but it was pretty cool. As for the old PS1 Bust a Groove/Move series, I give those games a lot of credit for really being the games that got me into DDR.
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Danceatron · Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2004 8:46 pm Post subject:

Bust a Move (Japanese B.A.G.) was the first music game I ever bought. Part two is still one of my favorite games of all time, and, believe it or not, I got it when it first came out and still play it to this day.

Dance summit was fun, but I'd be very reluctant to call it a legitimate sequel, more of a spin-off. I would LOVE for them to make a real Bust a Move 3, but since Square has aquired Enix, I'd bet they have bigger things to work on :cries:

Someday... maybe.....

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More rhythm....

cfusionpm · Trick Member Joined: 24 Jan 2002 Location: San Diego, CA

i had bust a groove the day it was released here in america, and owned that game up by beating it with every character, without missing one arrow or button. ....yeah... i didnt have much else for music games cuz bemani games didnt exist yet, and i was already very tired of pa rappa the rapper.

i got bag2 but i never liked it as much as the original. heat's song and bio's song were the only ones i really liked, and i just couldnt get myself to like the others. though, i liked every song from bag1.
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JustJeff · Posted: Sat Oct 09, 2004 3:46 pm Post subject:

I'm like that to. The whole vibe of BAG was tight. Then, with BAG2, it was like... uhm... okay. I mean, with BAG, the theme song was tight, the mode select music was tight. Everything musically about that game was fitting. I loved Strike's, Diamond's and Kelly's tracks.

BAG2's music just didn't have the right flow to me. It was more 'videogamey' and less 'top 40 sounding' I would think that for a videogame that's music based, you'd want to sound as far and away as typical 90s videogame music as possible.

I still liked BAG2, but not as much as the first game. I play the first game just to listen to the music every now and then.

Danceatron · Posted: Sun Oct 10, 2004 5:04 pm Post subject:

[quote="JustJeff"]BAG2's music just didn't have the right flow to me. It was more 'videogamey' and less 'top 40 sounding' I would think that for a videogame that's music based, you'd want to sound as far and away as typical 90s videogame music as possible.[quote] There was a very real reason for that. In the first game all the music was done by Avex Trax (see: para para and some Beatmania) They lost the licence deal for the second game.

Anywho, I really liked the music in BAM 2. I don't know how much of BAG 2s music stayed intact, they translated a lot of the first one.
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JustJeff · Posted: Sun Oct 10, 2004 5:13 pm Post subject:

Yeah, I knew all about the music production change. It was a big deal as I recall in all of the reviews of the Japanese version.

taQo · Trick Member Joined: 12 Nov 2002 Location: Fort Worth

Hirokun was da man

...so was Heat

cfusionpm · Trick Member Joined: 24 Jan 2002 Location: San Diego, CA

what makes me most pissed off about the game though is i had a copy of it. a legitemate real copy of both bag1 and bag2, and i LOST them both!!!! >_< ive been feverishly looking through my house to find them, but last time i played em was prolly 4 or 5 years ago......
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