holy shit a white guy that speaks japanese hosting a vice doc in Japan, it's a miracle

@Yasserj7

7 жыл бұрын

There are over 10,000 white americans and europeans living there

@rumhamm

7 жыл бұрын

dude that's like .001% of the population lol

@elguerokabron

7 жыл бұрын

Japan is also the home of london keyes

@NetConsole

7 жыл бұрын

Would have guessed a lot more than 10.000 like, add an extra '0' at least. Really? only a little over 10.000?

@Vampire285

7 жыл бұрын

He must be a Weeabo lol

This should be in Olympics i tell you.

@Grefintiuk

7 жыл бұрын

DDR will be on the next Olympic Games in Tokyo, hell yeah.

@shirindesu847

7 жыл бұрын

I think so too

@GigaLem

7 жыл бұрын

if that becomes a reality imma tune into the shit right away!

@-TK-

7 жыл бұрын

They should make a virtual olympics for video games and stuff,maybe vr shooter games where the surroundings are physical but the textures are vr and you get paralised when shot.

@koilamaoh4238

7 жыл бұрын

Heck ya, requires a lot of mental concentration and stamina.

Hey Vice! Super impressed with the fluency and engagement of your interviewer, your other presenters were moronic or embarrassingly naive at best, keep bringing this guy back for vice japan!

@joherold

7 жыл бұрын

Amen.. Vice has too many leftist hipster douchebags that distract from the otherwise interesting story..

@Kain_R_Heinlein

7 жыл бұрын

yup, they're self hating cringey white leftist that glorify anything "exotic"

@mafoozela7435

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed this interviewer did an incredible job with this piece!

@TheZenomeProject

Жыл бұрын

Nick-san's really made a name for himself as a comedian and commentator in Japan! He has a really interesting story about how he became fluent in Japanese through manzai comedy school. If you want some immersion material if you're learning Japanese, he is ALWAYS on Atsu's English-learning channel for Japanese speakers. Link: kzread.info/dash/bejne/m4uHksejndabnsY.html

i seriously wish we'd have an arcade revival in america ugh i love ddr so much

@bradythomas234

7 жыл бұрын

same

@Ene-Chan

7 жыл бұрын

WE DO

@Akakiba15

7 жыл бұрын

idkwhere you live but not in the southern us lmao

@bradythomas234

7 жыл бұрын

mahoushoujoe lol i live in the south us too and i know a few arcades with the machines.

@BryFo

7 жыл бұрын

I know this comment is old but, it depends where you live, in the area I reside at its about 10 or more arcades with DDR and Pump it Up and arcade just open up about a week ago and I live in Georgia.

love that you guys showed a bit about ddr. it's still popular in the U.S. too believe it or not. I play on a regular basis, and we just got DDR A.

@imDezrt

7 жыл бұрын

Was replaced by ITG in practically every arcade near me. Still look back fondly on the times of being crowded around when I was 10 while playing Heavy mode (I know this isn't very impressive). But man, Extreme was my shit.

@SubZXD

7 жыл бұрын

Mate, my country has only ONE "Dancing Stage Euromix 2" machine ten miles from me

@gerald6980

7 жыл бұрын

+Eureka_sevenfold I'm still stuck with Supernova 1.

@basedsouljah

7 жыл бұрын

Hey! I know you! Haha you do the Josh and John DDR videos. you're a legend man. my buddies and i would always watch your vids to get hyped up for our ddr sessions

@mikasaackermann8736

7 жыл бұрын

Eureka_sevenfold No way, Ace is hands-down the best new arcade to come this way. DDR's always had Jpop and American licenses, and this does not exclude SN2 (Angelus, Unbelievable,etc.) Ace, however, brings nearly all the best songs from the newer (and to a lesser extent, the older) releases, and is constantly updating with newer songs. Ace all the way bby.

The one thing VICE missed out on here, is that dance games are still alive and well in America and around the world. Private arcade owners and Konami arcade game lovers have kept the scene alive in the shadows for a while. It's starting to see a resurgence via arcade chains like Round 1 spreading through the US, and with Dave&Busters adopting the most recent DDR into their game list.

@JuriAmari

3 жыл бұрын

Also one American player is a 2 time champion since Konami permitted Americans to compete when Ace came out!

Dance Dance Revolution, one of my all-time favorite rhythm games I still play and still kick ass at. Ever since I discovered the series in arcades with a DDR EXTREME cabinet when I was five years old, I've been hooked and have never turned back. Once I got my first console DDR game for the Wii, I'd always look forward to the weekend where I'd visit my Dad and be able to play my Wii. But now, I own almost ever USA DDR console game for PS2, Xbox, Xbox 360 & Wii excluding the Disney editions and I still enjoy the series as much as I did when I started.

I am a DDR player, and I've played for DDR almost 17 years. I think DDR is not just a game,It can keep my body fit,and there's a lot of fascinated dance music can challenge. Maybe I will play DDR until I cannot walk :D

@blakedmc1989DDRHD

6 жыл бұрын

i played DDR 4 almost 13 years now however i'm rusty now :( but i still play 4 fun

@Nrdyco

4 жыл бұрын

I wish i could still play like I did before but bad knees make it hard to play anything pass 7...

@jack.minajx1974

3 жыл бұрын

I’ve been playing DDR for nearly 2 years, and I am OBSESSED. Once I played so long, I couldn’t walk. I don’t know how but it just made me fascinated.

I’m Suzuki Toyota and this is my arcade. I work here with my wise sempai and my son, Bigu Hossuru, and in 23 years I’ve learned one thing. You never know what is gonna come through that door.

@RSfandude

7 жыл бұрын

lost It at "Im Suzuki Toyota" lmao

@rileyoli1162

7 жыл бұрын

Very honorable senpisan

@minbcraft

7 жыл бұрын

A Fucking Leaf Suzuki Toyota 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@DiggOlive

5 жыл бұрын

Aimu Suzuki Toyita ando zisizu mai akeedo. Ai wakuhiya wisu mai waizu senpai, e to, ando mai san, Biigu Housu. Iin tsuenti sorii yiruzu aibu laand uan sin. Yuu neeba no uaatu izu gonna kamu suuru datto dooa.

the anger when they talked about paranoia but played max300 in the background

@SpootyBiscuit

7 жыл бұрын

It's not though. That's PARANOiA Revolution playing, a remix of the song added to the game in DDR X3. Regardless, I'm pretty sure that part was somewhat tongue-in-cheek (or at least I hope so). The original PARANOiA was only the hardest chart in the game in the very first release with the steps being considered quite easy nowadays, and "Maniac" hasn't been the name of a difficulty level since before DDRMAX.

@jaedancorn7311

6 жыл бұрын

SpootyBiscuit He meant the players were playing max 300

this game legitimately promotes such a healthy lifestyle, in this case the process of getting good at the game is the real value - the interviewed player runs everyday, eats healthy, etc. I know friends who lost a lot of weight due to playing this game. This game changed exercise forever

I remember being in the DDR scene back in early-mid 2000s. Its surprising to see Aaron in japan in this documentary. He had a forum where many of the top players would share their AAAs

I can appreciate a news report that attempts to capture what DDR meant to the players who took it seriously. Sure, it was a game but the social experience was what made this meaningful. I miss the times when my friends and I gathered around the machine not just to play but to simply be friends but I'm glad this has continued for the places where arcades continue to thrive. -Phrekwenci Former Administrator, DDR Freak.

@YaowBucketHEAD

7 жыл бұрын

Great comment. I remember the DDR Freak days. I used to post as a "Maniac" member there. Those forums were hopping. I was living and playing DDR in Kentucky where the communities were small and it made me jealous of the scene back in my home state of California. I still have friends that I talk to this day I've made through DDR, have my own machine, and still play it on a semi-regular basis. 15 years later, I still love the game and I'm glad it's still going.

@kpopgrrl

7 жыл бұрын

Did you hear about DDR A?

@donniedamato

7 жыл бұрын

I have yes, but haven't seen it yet. Should be visiting a tournament this weekend to see it in action.

@beckc101ify

7 жыл бұрын

Holy shit, I remember you! I was on DDRFreak all the time back in the day, when I still had Konamix, Max, and later on Extreme for the PS2. Those were some good times.

@DDRaHolic

4 жыл бұрын

After seeing your comment here, I had to show my wife your Drifting Away freestyle. Your legend lives on!

I love that for the most part you use reporters that speak the language when they go to different countries. Good job Vice :)

idk why, but this just makes me feel so good that this has such a big following still.. DDR was some of the best memories of my childhood

You spoke to the legendary DJ YOSHITAKA!?!?!?!? Amazing~! And, Paranoia Revolution is a good intro song! ^v^

@xiaothetroll3345

7 жыл бұрын

:^))))))))))))))))))And FLOWER is a good end song! 0v0\\\\

people saying these guys are loosers, hey could be worse. could be like most of american kids and sitting at home drooling over a keyboard and never moving. at least these guys stay in shape.

@resort-anthem

6 жыл бұрын

Mr Fleetwood Plus DDR is a very social game, much more than other BEMANI titles atleast

@maxxx6970

4 жыл бұрын

Ok so for both of you people, the US has a very active Dance Dance Revolution and Pump It Up community. Also In The Groove hasn’t died yet.

@stoppit0

4 жыл бұрын

Lol what a weird offensive depiction of America while trying to not to be offensive by saying most instead of all.

@josierosie7871

3 жыл бұрын

II’m o

@zejuicecalibur2255

3 жыл бұрын

@stoppit Hey kinda spot on tho lol

I used to play DDR almost every day after school, it really got me on shape. To this day i love it. I even found a place in this city with about 5 ddr machines, i go from time to time.

Use to go to the arcade to play DDR everyday afterschool. ahhh... early 2000s were the best times of my life.

So many good memories in my youth. From DDR pads on my PS1, to an actual unit, I used to go to college and 4 to 5 times a week 3 hours or more, I would play. I miss the feel and the rush. I still listen to the songs from time to time

I've never expected to see a vice about japanese rhythm games and j-core. Great video, thanks a lot for the upload!

VICE explores the loyal and seemingly everlasting DDR scene in Tokyo, almost 20 years after it was first released. *WATCH NEXT*: _The Road to DreamHack: Inside the Competitive World of SMITE_ - bit.ly/2b4oJ1P

@elektrokinesis4150

7 жыл бұрын

who plays smite FFS

@rahmatramadhan9874

7 жыл бұрын

This is a decent view of the scene, but one complaint. You're overlaying MAX300 with PARANOIA Revolution, very unfortunate since MAX300 is definitely the better song.

@elektrokinesis4150

7 жыл бұрын

not only that, they kept playing paranoia revolution on everything, even actual paranioa

@PrinceDavid

7 жыл бұрын

I guess whoever made the video loves Paranoia Revolution.

@whydoineedaname6492

7 жыл бұрын

Music Game Hell is leaking

FACT: Aaron is still in japan

I don't understand the naysayers. This is super human. Enjoying people playing DDR at this level isn't a million miles away from the kick that people get from watching the Olympics (i.e. seeing people do things you could never, ever do). Actually, I sometimes wonder why there isn't a video game equivalent to the Olympics. Edit: Wow. Apparently there is a video game Olympics. Sort of.

@JuriAmari

3 жыл бұрын

Look up KAC! It’s awesome!

DAMN 20 YEARS ALREADY?!?!? That makes me feel so old lmao

DDR has been played a lot in my house since social distancing started, which is cool cuz now I can finally play on heavy consistently lol

Hearing Flower played at the end ❤️ made my day, such a classic. Also, seeing DJ Yoshitaka omg

Damn, they have some mad skill. The stamina you have to have and the pure memory an reaction time you need to play at that level is unreal, I could never do it. It looks pretty goddamn cool too.

My take on why DDR is still so popular in Japan and not the US. Imagine growing up in an country where real-estate is very limited. The culture begins to reflect limited space into it's entertainment. Where did the personal entertainment devices like The Walkman, Watchman, Gameboy come from? That's right Japan. DDR does not take up a lot of space and is highly addictive. Perfect for a culture that thrives on personal entertainment that doesn't need a open field 300 yards long to start a game.

@revolutioninthedark7048

3 жыл бұрын

Anime and manga also does so well too, cause of that limited space. You can’t make a movie or a tv show without space or money, right? So, the best way to make up for that is hire artists, to help on your dream movie or tv show project and have people act by giving their voice to the project like a video game!! That’s why all this stuff is so big and mainstream over there, and not america. We are a culture of live action, and video games have to reflect reality tv or whatever. Fantasy can’t really exist outside those things.

@williamwalkup988

3 жыл бұрын

@@revolutioninthedark7048 After traveling all over the world in the Army I saw so many different cultures. When I came back to the "Real World" as we like to call it, I released how closed and short minded my closest friends, family and acquaintances truly were. But hey,, I'm still here trying replying to a post from 4 years ago... who am I to talk...lol I still have my old Walkman somewhere around the house.

@revolutioninthedark7048

3 жыл бұрын

@@williamwalkup988 cool but what does this have anything to do with what I said? Are you saying I’m ignorant, wrong or short sided?

@williamwalkup988

3 жыл бұрын

@@revolutioninthedark7048 No just an self observation about our culture.

I've been playing dance games for 15 years, and I still play on a regular basis. I'm going to buy my own arcade in the future, because it's really the only way to go if you really want to get better at ITG. I haven't been lucky enough to live somewhere with a high quality machine and an awesome community. It really is all about where you live. I love pump it up and ITG much more.

@fernz6026

7 жыл бұрын

I bought a machine with a broken screen for 660. The pads are the only part that really matters, Unfortunately i kicked out of my downstaires room and my pads are now in storage

Man, I used to be addicted to DDR..still love the game.

Thanks for doing this doc. I was in love with the game since it first came out. Watching the scene and getting to know that it still works and gets people together made me feel good. Thanks

I still have 2 Cobalt Flux pads at home and I'm so grateful I got them before they went out of business. Who else still plays w/ Stepmania at home?

I wish they would make it big here again. It's about that time, you have the 90s nostalgia bullshit, and a new-rise in popularity in Japanese stuff here in America right. They ruined DDR here one consoles when they started following behind Just Dance and doing that Wii hardware crap and a few other bad releases. All they need to do is keep the music like it was in earlier releases and keep that old design and atmosphere add some local and online multiplayer, and I don't mind soft pads but hard pads would be cool but would be too expensive for a home release. Nothing breats playing at an actual DDR arcade cabinet on those hard pads.

@CyberSpectrumND

7 жыл бұрын

Also add to that the current bullshit Konami

@saxwastaken

7 жыл бұрын

DDR has been back in the US with DDR A for like... two months now, it's in pretty much ever Round 1 and half of the Dave&Buster's in the country.

@atehortuajf

7 жыл бұрын

Stepmania and a pad like the Omega GX is pretty good

@kpopgrrl

7 жыл бұрын

Dave & Buster's has the new DDR A in about half their locations now nationwide and all Round 1 locations have the game.

@Sarcastitonea

7 жыл бұрын

The Omega GX is shit. Might as well paint arrows on the concrete and scream "I am the DDR king." qe

So great to see such an excellent retrospective of my favorite game. Keep on dancing, my friends!

As a IIDX fan, seeing the OG artists such as DJ Yoshitaka, REDALICE, kors k, etc Brings a smile to my face

@vistastructions

5 жыл бұрын

Where's kors k in this video?

@marsoff9898

9 ай бұрын

Same, if you play IIDX it starts to make a whole lotta sense.

This legit makes me want to become a DDR master

I loved this game growing up, i lost so much weight in high school because of it, my parents didn't allow me to play video games during the week, but to them, DDR was not a game so they let me play it, and oh boy did i played it, at leas 6 hours per day every day of the week, I went from weighting 90Kilos to 65kilos in the span of 6 months. Now those days are gone, and I'm fat again, maybe i should consider getting this game again :P.

I played DDR once and I tripped stepping onto the platform to put my quarter in and broke my wrist. That's where my illustrious DDR career began and ended.

Shoutouts to Aaron in Japan!

I've been playing DDR since 2004. I wish it was more popular in America. I'd love to play against other players.

There was a DDR at my local youth center growing up as a kid, I was never old enough to play it, but damn it looks cool when others do it.

great vid! i'm still playin' DDR from time 2 time! i'ma get back into it more often whenever i can :D

woah ddr is making a resurgence. thought this was dead, well at least here in america it has waned down the past few years. good to see it's making a comeback.

@greentea_vsrg

7 жыл бұрын

the newest version was released here actually.

@RyuHirakashi1

7 жыл бұрын

Once the casuals stopped caring then DDR's popularity died. That doesn't apply to the hardcore players like myself.

@TREK5900cheats

7 жыл бұрын

DDR A really revived the US scene

@blakedmc1989DDRHD

6 жыл бұрын

DDR A is in select Dave & Busters and Round 1. please check zenius-i-vanisher.com/v5.2/arcades.php 2 see if ur local area has it! my city, Houston has only 1 DDR A machine and it's in downtown Houston

Wow these guys would reck any club they go into with those moves. But I guess the place they hang out can be much better than the typical night club. These guys are so cool

omg DDR was my JAM in high school! went to the arcade every chance i got so i could play it!

Awesome commentary. Keep up the good work man.

Don't look at the comment section you'll regret it or not hell what don't I know I'm just here to watch Japanese people play DDR

@atehortuajf

7 жыл бұрын

ikr

@Ninkyo893

7 жыл бұрын

It is funny though, how the recently uploaded Zoe Quinn documentary has the comments section disabled. (it also has 6,500 dislikes compared to a little over 1,000 likes) I figured the internet had bashed the whole Gamergate story into the ground, but I guess VICE was still interested.

this was great, thanks vice

Aaron in Japan is the man, go Aaron! I'm glad they included you in this, you are a staple in the ddr community

A friend of mine lost a ton of weight playing this everyday. Pretty cool.

"Some hardcore Asian playing some hardcore song" - Domics

Love Nick as a host more of him plz :D

Damn, it is so dead here in Canada - I'm sad cuz I was so excited when it all started and was so into it...there are currently only 4 machines in my city

DDR was the best game for me when I was a kid :)

Wow! This is amazing.

@blakedmc1989DDRHD

6 жыл бұрын

agreed! i still do gameplays myself but i plan on doin' more for 2018

this was a big part of my childhood

great video learned a lot.

Japan seems so interesting! I wanna visit

Studied abroad in Japan for a semester in college. I miss the arcades sooooo much. Used to spend hours every week playing all the bemani games, Jubeat and Reflec Beat are some of my favorite games ever. Wish I could play them here in the us (the reflec beat mobile game is pretty good, but jubeat just isn't the same without the clicks. =P)

@kpopgrrl

7 жыл бұрын

Round 1 has a lot of those games and they are opening new stores every year in the U.S.

Long live DDR!!

make a documentary about IIDX now

As a dance game enthusiast, I must say this video was pretty good. Although I think you should have mentioned ITG and Pump

@katkoneko

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah the better dance games of the bunch!

@SkylarPastor

7 жыл бұрын

If only ITG and Pump weren't nonexistent and nearly dead in Japan.

@katkoneko

7 жыл бұрын

Well pump just came to Japan at the beginning of this year at least. Japan won Freestyle at this years WPF 2016!! So its there and trying to grow.

When I used to play back in 2001-2005-ish.. I used to go to the arcade and hangout for like 10 hours with a bunch of my friends..

Thank you very much for your best dance!

And I'm glad this game is still going strong today, even here in the U.S. I've been playing this song actually ever since I was a kid in my elementary years. Still love this game today, and I'm gonna push myself on catching up with these guys...

Great documentary. GG Vice

Thats the difference between the usa and other countries In the us everything is a trend that goes by fast and always changing,

@ngqp

7 жыл бұрын

in the us no one wants to be an individual... although japan totally doesnt yet this still works out so idk?

Wow nice documentary video!

what an awesome crowd (:

Uploaded on my birthday! I LOVE DDR! It's my life!

..omfg..its evolved into the westcoast 'crip walk'..but on acid! Yeah!

@lupaman100

7 жыл бұрын

lol

I played DDR and pump it up as a kid and since i wasnt very good i never really saw the big appeal until about 3 years ago when I was 14. now I play these games very often and have talked to former dancers about it. i hear new ddr games are coming to america again and Im excited :)

I gave up ddr 10 years ago. it's crazy to see it's still a thing

Thats pretty freaking cool.. I remember years ago when DDR was in its prime.

I miss DDR so much.

@blakedmc1989DDRHD

6 жыл бұрын

i still own DDR and tha newest DDR game, DDR Ace is only in select Dave & Busters and Round 1! see zenius-i-vanisher.com/v5.2/arcades.php if ur area has one

DDR was really fun, but those hard difficulties were just insane.

That was a huge craze in the West (The Americas, Europe) in the late 90´s and early 200´s too. I remember that we didn´t have social websites at that time (they were all embrionic) and people used forums and blogs on the internet to discuss the game, locations and gatherings. Even huge tournaments were arranged at that time with those tools. I myself met A LOT of people - some of them are still my friends today - at that time. Never before an arcade game - not even SF2 - has worked as such a huge social magnet. It´s a great piece of videogame history that many people forgot today. Now, my real only criticism is that the freestyle play has pratically dissapeared and it´s all about speed stepping. It´s amazing to see, of course, but freestyle gameplay was really fun and always called the attention of non-gamers

Good episode!

I grew up on This game. I have ADD and ADHD. I can play this game non-stop for hours!!!! I can only do fast songs not slow ones,due to me getting s better score when I can just keep bouncing lol

i'm so good at this. haven't played in like 10 years but i know i still got it. in high school i was totally passionate about it

Dj TAKA made the soundtrack to my childhood.

wish this was a 50min documentary. would have been fun to see/hear more, the DDR raves and just the general competition. great piece nevertheless

The first DanceDanceRevolution (DDR) Japanese arcade game released by Konami in 1998. Emi Toshiba (SuperNOVA) (CV: Haruna Ikezawa) is a teenaged well-known dancer and performer who appeared in DanceDanceRevolution 3rdMIX in 1999, She has been a fan of the METAL GEAR SOLID series since she was a child, and she was thrilled when she saw Old Snake, (David Hayter) the legendary hero of the series, in METAL GEAR SOLID 4: Guns of the Patriots. She was amazed by his skills and his predictions about the future of warfare and technology. In the year 2023, DDR celebrates its 25th anniversary, and Emi Toshiba is invited to participate in a special event that honors the history and legacy of the game. She hopes to meet Old Snake again and thank him for inspiring her to pursue her passion for dancing and music.

that interviewer's japanese is perfect. かっこいい💟

If you found this impressive, go look at some of the videos from Mad Matt, Calimist, Happyfeet, Flash, and so many other great players that I can't name out of the top of my head who've helped push things to astronomical levels.

Wouldn't be a Vice Doc without a quick trip to the local Rave

Bruh the footwork is next level impressive.

Wow the VICE reporter's Japanese level is savage!!

Gerome freestylin' on long train running on 2:18 and I remember him going up against him for freestyle competition at Pro Swap Meet in San Bernardino along with the other guys.

These guys would make some pretty crazy drummers!

now this is some A+ content vice

@blakedmc1989DDRHD

6 жыл бұрын

long time no see! how u been? and i agree

@vistastructions

5 жыл бұрын

You mean AAA content?

I am near my 40s now and can't play DDR as agile as I could when I was 18. But I still like it and play whenever I see it.

I'd really love to have one of those arcade machines. I got one of the metal dance pads for PS2 and it's pretty close.

Man I love DDR

i shitted myself when i saw dj yoshitaka on vice channels holy shit best upload from them

I’m glade now we have the 20th anniversary ❤️

I Still remember when this game came out. The first time I seen it back in Alabany,NY the first person I seen playing it REALLY did break his ankle playing lol

I miss seeing this

IN THE GROOVE