Bust A Move 2: Dance Tengoku MIX/Bust A Groove 2 is a rhythm game for the Sony PlayStation released in 1999 in Japan and 2000 in North America. Bust A Groove 2 is the successor to Bust A Groove and is preceded by Dance Summit 2001: Bust A Move. The game was published by multimedia publisher Enix in both Japan and North America and was developed by Metro Graphics.
Gameplay[]
Bust A Groove 2's core gameplay remains largely unchanged from the previous title, with some key differences. The game now features branching paths in the single-player game that move you up to more difficult opponents depending on how well you're performing. The popularity meter of the previous title has been removed in favor of a more standardized scoring system, with a colored bar surrounding your points display that changes color depending on how well you're performing. In between the score HUDs, there is a meter that tracks both players' "Cool," "Chillin'," and "Freeze" ratings. When all three bars match horizontally, a special stage effect is unlocked, and your points are doubled for every input made during that time. The player can now also reflect Jammer's to their sender by using the attack button (R1) at the appropriate time.
In Bust A Groove 2, there is a standard two-player versus mode, a practice mode, and a dance-view mode that allows you to cycle through each character's moves and string them together to make your dances.
Fever Time - Depending on the player's performance and achieving a specific high score (usually indicated by the bar surrounding the player's score turning red), they would then activate Fever Time at the end of a stage. In some cases, it is possible to have both characters qualify for a Fever Time if they can complete a stage within 100-1000 points of one another.
Characters[]
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Songs[]
| Song Title | Performed By | Composed By | Characters' Theme |
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| High Voltage | Stellar All Stars | Stellar All Stars | Opening Theme |
| The Heat Is On* | Aaron G. West | Shin Kono | Heat |
| Magic Tower | Tetsutaro Sakurai Feat. Reiko Oda/Lala Moore | Tetsutaro Sakurai | Comet |
| ひざしの奥のハッピーハート/Happy Heart In The Sunshine | Aie/Robbie Danzie | Tetsutaro Sakurai | Shorty |
| Here Comes Trouble | Masters of Funk | CPM-Marvin | Strike |
| Got To Be Happy* | Yukihiro Fukutomi Feat. Momoko Suzuki | Yukihiro Fukutomi | Tsutomu |
| ALLEGRETTO BREAK* | Junichi Tanaka | Junichi Tanaka | Capoeira |
| ZOMBIE HOPPER | Kaname | Kaname | Bi-O |
| Let The Music Take Control (Hiro's Groove) | Stellar All Stars | Stellar All Stars | Hiro |
| Hello! Kitty-N/Hello Kitty | Anji/Lala Moore | Shin Kono | Kitty-N |
| Moon Light Party ~ Clap Your Hands* | DJ Hasebe Feat. Emiko/Robbie Danzie | DJ Hasebe & Ryosuke Imai | Kelly |
| Acid Line | Joujouka | Joujouka | Robo-Z Gold |
| Enka 1 | Parts of Console Feat. Michiko Kawai | Parts of Console | Pander |
| Bust A Groove (Ending Theme) | Black Bottom Brass Band | Monky | Ending Theme |
Some songs were localized from their original Japanese recordings to include English vocals for the North American market. These songs include:
- "Moon Light Party ~ Clap Your Hands" was simplified to just "Moon Light Party", and performed by Robbie Danzie.
- "Hizashi no Oku no HAPPY HEART" was localized to "Happy Heart In The Sunshine", and performed by Robbie Danzie.
- While "Magic Tower" was already performed in English, it was given updated vocals for the North American release, performed by Lala Moore.
- The title of "Hello! Kitty-N" was simplified to just "Hello Kitty", and performed by Lala Moore.
*- These tracks appear on a special vinyl, labeled "For DJ Use Promotion Only", released on the same date as the full original soundtrack CD.[1]
Changes[]
- Aside from changing the language to English, Bust A Groove 2's original announcer and DJ, DJ Dangerous, has his title screen and character select MC announcements replaced by DJ Mix Deadly in the North American release. This is because DJ Dangerous mentions the Japanese title of "Bust A Move" by name.
- In the North American version, most of the characters roster's voice clips are the same as in the Japanese version. Only a few voice clips were changed for the North American release, including Shorty's Jammer attack and spoken win quotes for Heat, Strike and Tsutomu.
- The 2 Player Mode (VS) loading screen was changed as well as the demonstration screen.
- The North American version uses arrows that correspond in color to the face buttons, while the Japanese version only uses yellow arrows.
- Hiro's character symbol is a cigarette in the Japanese version, but was changed into his characteristic I♥ME for the North American release.
- Some of the textures in Kelly's stage were edited to avoid copyright infringement.
- Character endings were removed from the North American release. Because of this, James Suneoka and Dancing Heroes go completely unused in this version of the game. These cutscenes are still present on the disc, the flag to trigger them is just absent.
- The Japanese release comes in a transparent green jewel case, as opposed to the North American release's standard jewel case.
Other Platforms[]
Bust A Move 2: Dance Tengoku MIX Arcade Edition - An arcade edition that was published by Namco and was released in late July of 1999[2] in Japanese, English, and Korean. Not much is known about its release window and reception at this time. Many changes were made between this release, and the home console release.
Trivia[]
- The game was in development as early as April 1998.[3]
- Bust A Groove 2 takes place in 2000, a year after the previous installment.
- A Flash & HTML site build was made for Bust A Groove 2 in which Mood Interactive was responsible for digital audio editing and sound design. Because the website was not archived, it's likely the website is no longer accessible.[4]
- The final build of Bust A Move 2/Groove 2 for each region was made as follows:[5]
- JP - March 7, 1999
- NA - June 23, 2000
External links[]
- Enix's Website for Bust A Move 2: Dance Tengoku Mix (Archived)
- Enix's Website for Bust A Groove 2 (Archived)
- Official Website for Bust A Move 2: Dance Tengoku Mix
Gallery[]
Bust A Move 2 Dance Tengoku MIX Official Guide Book[]
Main Article: Bust A Move 2 Dance Tengoku MIX Official Guide Book
Bust A Move 2 Dance Heaven MIX V Jump Books[]
Main Article: Bust A Move 2 Dance Heaven MIX V Jump Books
Bust A Move 2 Welcome to Dance Paradise Ultimate Cluebook[]
Main Article: Bust A Move 2 Welcome to Dance Paradise Ultimate Cluebook
Bust A Move 2: Dance Heaven MIX JP Manual[]
Bust A Groove 2 NA Manual[]
Other[]
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References[]
- ↑ https://vgmdb.net/album/37338
- ↑ Domestic and Overseas Arcade Game List 1971-2005
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20001013081218/http://headline.gamespot.com/news/98_04/20_bust/index.html
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20021126075659/http://www.moodinteractive.com/
- ↑ https://hiddenpalace.org/Bust_A_Groove_2_(May_25,_2000_prototype)