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Konami Ships Dance Dance Revolution: Disney Mix to Retail Stores.


Plug'N'Play Video Game Lets the Whole Family Dance to Classic Disney Songs as Beloved Disney Characters This is a currently incomplete list of Disney characters:
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc., today announced that Dance Dance Revolution Dance Dance Revolution, a.k.a. DDR and Dancing Stage in Europe, is a music video game series produced by Konami. It was first introduced to Japanese video arcades in 1998, after being shown at the Tokyo Game Show earlier that year. : Disney Mix has shipped to retail stores throughout North America. A Plug'N'Play product that connects directly to television sets without the use of a video game console A specialized desktop computer used to play video games. The three most popular game consoles are Sony's PlayStation 3 (PS3), Nintendo's GameCube and Microsoft's Xbox. Game software is available on CDs or DVDs, although earlier game machines used cartridges containing read only memory , the game combines the energetic dance gameplay of Konami's Dance Dance Revolution([R]) (DDR (Double Data Rate) Refers to an SDRAM memory chip that increases performance by doubling the effective data rate of the frontside bus. For more details, see SDRAM.

DDR - Double Data Rate Random Access Memory
) video game series with timeless Disney characters and music.

Dance Dance Revolution: Disney Mix combines the dance gameplay of DDR with classic Disney songs and characters, letting players of all ages and skill levels get in on the high-energy fun. As a Plug'N'Play video game, Dance Dance Revolution: Disney Mix connects directly to television sets, delivering an intuitive experience full of competition and choreography with a custom Disney dance pad. Players can dance with Disney characters including Mickey Mouse, Goofy and Donald Duck to remixed versions of classic songs such as "It's a Small World It's a Small World (formatted “it's a small world” by the Walt Disney Company) is a popular attraction at several Walt Disney theme parks: Disneyland (in California), the Magic Kingdom (in Florida), Tokyo Disneyland, and Disneyland Resort Paris. ," "Mickey Mouse March," and "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" across a number of game modes. Dance Dance Revolution: Disney Mix features adjustable difficulty levels, letting beginner Mouseketeers and DDR veterans alike get into the action.

"Dance Dance Revolution: Disney Mix lets the whole family get in on the fun with Disney characters and music that everyone will recognize," said Jason Enos, Senior Product Manager with Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. "Now players of all skill levels can enjoy the high-energy gameplay of DDR, with intuitive dance action that is both a great source of exercise and an excellent way to become immersed in the world of Disney."

Dance Dance Revolution is the only video game in which players move their body to upbeat tunes while allowing them to exhibit their own innovative flair and original dance moves. DDR combines quick reflex action with pulsating dance music for intense "get-up-and-play" fun. Players are challenged to match their dance steps with the flashing arrows on the screen while keeping up with the high-energy beat of the music. Since its home video game console debut in 2001, the DDR franchise has sold more than four million units in North America.

Developed by Majesco Entertainment, a leader in Plug'N'Play products, Dance Dance Revolution: Disney Mix carries a suggested retail price of $29.99. For more information on the DDR franchise, please visit www.konami.com.

About Konami

Konami is a leading developer, publisher and manufacturer of electronic entertainment properties. Konami's titles include the popular franchises Metal Gear Solid

This article is about the original Metal Gear Solid released for the PlayStation. For the Game Boy Color spin-off of the same name, see .
[R], Silent Hill[R] and Castlevania[R], among other top sellers. The latest information about Konami can be found on the Web at www.konami.com. Konami Corporation is a publicly traded company publicly traded company

A company whose shares of common stock are held by the public and are available for purchase by investors. The shares of publicly traded firms are bought and sold on the organized exchanges or in the over-the-counter market.
 based in Tokyo, Japan with subsidiary offices, Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. in the United States and Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH in Frankfurt, Germany. Konami Corporation, the parent company of Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. is traded in the United States on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)

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. Details of the products published by Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. can be found at www.konami.com.

About Majesco Entertainment Company

Headquartered in Edison, NJ, Majesco Entertainment Company (NASDAQ NASDAQ
 in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations

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: COOL) is an innovative provider of digital entertainment products and content, with a focus on publishing video games for leading portable systems and the Nintendo Wii[TM] home video console. Current product line highlights include Cooking Mama for the Nintendo DS([TM]), Bust-A-Move Bash! for the Nintendo Wii[TM] home video console and JAWS([TM]) Unleashed, as well as digital entertainment products like Strawberry Shortcake[TM] Dance Dance Revolution[R]. More information about Majesco can be found online at www.majescoentertainment.com.

About Buena Vista Games

Buena Vista Games, Inc. (BVG BVG Bundesverfassungsgericht (highest German court)
BVG Bureau du Vérificateur Général du Canada (auditor general)
BVG Best Value Guarantee
BVG Berliner Verkehrs Gesellschaft
BVG Borrowdale Volcanic Group
) is the interactive entertainment affiliate of The Walt Disney Company. BVG publishes, markets and distributes a broad portfolio of multi-platform video games and interactive entertainment worldwide. The company also licenses properties and works directly with third-party interactive game publishers to bring products for all ages to market. For more information, please log on to http://www.bvg.com.

"KONAMI" is a trademark of KONAMI CORPORATION.

"Dance Dance Revolution" and "BEMANI" are registered trademarks of Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. [c] 1998, 2006 Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.

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