Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix
Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix, known in Europe as Dancing Stage Mario Mix, is a 2005 music video game developed by Konami and Hudson Soft and published by Nintendo for the GameCube. It is the first Dance Dance Revolution game to be released on a Nintendo video game console outside Japan.
Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix predominantly features characters, music, and locations from the Mario franchise. The game was bundled with the dance pad controller.
Gameplay
Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix runs on a modified version of the Mario Party 6 engine, and follows the gameplay formula established in all prior Dance Dance Revolution games.Plot
The game opens with Waluigi stealing the four Music Keys, which can grant wishes, from Truffle Towers. However, when he tries to open the door to the room containing the Music Keys, three of them scatter across the Mushroom Kingdom, leaving him with only one key. From a distance, Toad watches these events unfold and rushes to tell Mario or Luigi, depending on which character the player chose, who then rushes off to retrieve the missing Music Keys.The keys are recovered by completing tasks for other characters who have found the scattered keys and then defeating them in a dance challenge. These characters are, in order, Waluigi, Pirate Lakitu, Blooper, Hammer Bros., Wario and Freezie.
Toad and the player's character then return the Music Keys to Truffle Towers. Soon after, Bowser steals the keys, but is followed by Toad and the player's chosen character. They enter Bowser's Castle to recapture the Music Keys, and are promptly challenged by Bowser. After defeating him in a dance-off, Bowser tells Toad and the player's character that he planned to use the Music Keys to fix his tone deafness. This prompts the player's character to use the Music Keys to turn the area around Bowser's Castle into a green field and induces a feeling to dance in everyone, with Toad realizing that this was how the Music Keys were supposed to be used as the game's ending sequence plays.
Music
The music featured in the game was featured with the level number, song name and origin, so players new to this game, or those unfamiliar with the songs, can refer to the music that the song came from. Available tracks include remixes of both tracks from previous Mario titles and public domain classical music.This following table is in the order by which the song is placed in Free Play.
| Title | Stage | Game | Original Song | Original Composer | Japanese Name |
| Here We Go! | 1-1 | Super Mario Bros. | Ground Theme | Koji Kondo | ヒア・ウィ・ゴー |
| Underground Mozart* | 1-2 | Mario Bros. | Eine Kleine Nachtmusik | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | 土管の中のモーツァルト |
| Pipe Pop | 1-2EX | Turkish March | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | パペットダンス | |
| Garden Boogie | 1-3 | Carmen | Georges Bizet | パラパラカルメン | |
| Destruction Dance | 1-4 | Wrecking Crew | Bonus Stage | Hirokazu Tanaka | 月夜にぶちこわせ |
| Jump! Jump! Jump! | 2-1 | Super Mario Bros. 3 | Athletic Theme | Koji Kondo | ジャンプ！ジャンプ！ジャンプ！ |
| Fishing Frenzy* | 2-2 | Yoshi's Cookie | Csikos Post | Hermann Necke | みんなでパーティタイム |
| Pirate Dance | 2-2EX | Super Mario World | Athletic Theme | Koji Kondo | 転がるコインのように |
| In the Whirlpool* | 2-3 | Pomp and Circumstance | Edward Elgar | 風のかなたに | |
| Step by Step | 2-3EX | Super Mario World | Bonus/Switch Palace Level Theme | Koji Kondo | ステップ・バイ・ステップ |
| Blooper Bop | 2-4 | Super Mario Bros. | Underwater | Koji Kondo | 泳げ四分音符 |
| Hammer Dance | 3-1 | Super Mario Bros. 3 | Overworld Theme | Koji Kondo | クエ・テ・バヤ・マリオ |
| Rollercoasting | 3-2 | ' | Mario/Luigi/Yoshi Circuit Theme | Shinobu Tanaka | スーパーマシーン |
| Boo Boogie* | 3-3 | Super Mario Bros. 2 | Main Theme | Koji Kondo | ほっぴンちょっぴン |
| Moustache, Barrel, and Gorilla | 3-3EX | Donkey Kong | Various | Yukio Kaneoka | ヒゲとタルとゴリラ |
| Starring Wario! | 3-4 | Wario World | Greenhorn Forest | Minako Hamano | オレ様がスターだ! |
| Frozen Pipes | 4-1 | Old Folks at Home | Stephen Collins Foster | 気分はハイ・ホー | |
| Cabin Fever* | 4-2 | Mario Party 5 | Toy Dream Theme | Aya Tanaka | マリオのカーニバル |
| Ms. Mowz's Song | 4-2EX | ' | Theme of ; Fortress | Yuka Tsujiyoko | チューチューテクノ |
| Deep Freeze | 4-3 | Dr. Mario | Fever | Hirokazu "Hip" Tanaka | ハッピーハッピーダンス |
| Rendezvous on Ice* | 4-4 | Antarctic Adventure | Les Pâtineurs | Emile Waldteufel | 氷の上でランデブー |
| Midnight Drive | 4-4EX | Mario Kart 64 | Mario Kart 64 Theme | Kenta Nagata | 真夜中のドライブ |
| Always Smiling | 5-1 | Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka | Johann Strauss II | きっと笑顔がイチバンさ | |
| Bowser's Castle | 5-2 | Bowser's Castle | Shinobu Tanaka/Kenta Nagata | ワガハイはボスである! | |
| Up, Down, Left, Right | Mario Paint | Twinkle Twinkle Little Star | ゼン・ゴ・サ・ユウ | ||
| Choir on the Green | Ah, Lovely Meadow | Anonymous | 緑の上の大合唱 | ||
| Hop, Mario! | Super Mario World | Opening | Koji Kondo | ホップステップマリオ | |
| Where's the Exit? | Super Mario Bros. | Underground | Koji Kondo | 出口はどこだ!? | |
| Piroli | Famicom Disk System | Bios | ピ・ロ・リ |