History VideoGame / DanceMasters

''Dance Masters'' (AKA ''Dance Evolution'' outside of America) combines the songs of the ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution'' series, with the general movements of Para Para dancers, and announcers that must commentate on everything. ''Dance Masters'' is Creator/{{Konami}}'s foray with using the UsefulNotes/{{Xbox 360}}'s new Kinect device. The game is deceptively simple: follow the on-screen commands using your whole body. But like ''DDR'', simple does not mean easy.

* BonusBoss: Some of the secret songs.
** Continued in the Arcade version with the Challenge songs. Each Challenge is a month-long event, during which you have that month to score AAA '''(the highest possible grade)''' on every song in a sequence of roughly 12 songs to unlock the Challenge song.

* FollowTheLeader: Made in the wake of the runaway success of ''VideoGame/JustDance''.

* SelfImposedChallenge: The aforementioned Stealth mode.
** Even at Master or Stealth difficulty, not everything is judged. A basic challenge is to perform the entire routine, including the unjudged details/moves.
** In the arcade version, before the stage starts, some players will place a large,black board in front of the screen - and do the dance ''entirely from memory''.

** The game is this to VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution, according to Naoki, since you ''actually dance''.

* FollowTheLeader: Made in the wake of the runaway success of ''JustDance''.

Unfortunately for ''Arcade'' players, [=eAMUSEMENT=] service for it was discontinued after August 31, 2016. "Offline kits" were made available to arcades carrying ''Arcade'' machines earlier that month, so that they can continue to run the game without [=eAMUSEMENT=] service.

** Master Mode. Like the Extreme mode but it feels how Insane Difficulty of OsuTatakaeOuendan and Hard ROCK Difficulty of ''VideoGame/EliteBeatAgents'' does minus the flipped icons.

''Dance Masters'' (AKA ''Dance Evolution'' outside of America) combines the songs of the ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution'' series, with the general movements of Para Para dancers, and announcers that must commentate on everything. ''Dance Masters'' is Creator/{{Konami}}'s foray with using the {{Xbox 360}}'s new Kinect device. The game is deceptively simple: follow the on-screen commands using your whole body. But like ''DDR'', simple does not mean easy.

''VideoGame/DanceMasters'' (AKA ''Dance Evolution'' outside of America) combines the songs of the ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution'' series, with the general movements of Para Para dancers, and announcers that must commentate on everything. ''Dance Masters'' is Creator/{{Konami}}'s foray with using the {{Xbox 360}}'s new Kinect device. The game is deceptively simple: follow the on-screen commands using your whole body. But like ''DDR'', simple does not mean easy.

** Master Mode. Like the Extreme mode but it feels how Insane Difficulty of OsuTatakaeOuendan and Hard ROCK Difficulty of EliteBeatAgents does minus the flipped icons.

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[[caption-width:350:Prepare!]]

* LevelGrinding: In the arcade version, the new songs after Challenge 7 (Chocolate Smile and TA・DA ☆ YO・SHI). They start with only the Light difficulty unlocked, and you have to play Light difficulty once, then keep playing the game to fill up a meter to unlock the harder difficulties progressively.

* DuelingGames: With both ''JustDance'' and ''DanceCentral''; motion control dance game franchises that are quite popular in the U.S. Its more of a direct competitor with ''Dance Central'' as it was also a Kinect launch title.

* SpiritualSuccessor: Primarily to ''VideoGame/ParaParaParadise'', a similarly motion-based, but short-lived dance game that used an array of 5 infrared beams for sensing. The game was ahead of its time, given its use of the "mirror the on-screen dancer" concept that most motion-controlled dance games use. A few songs from ''PPP'' ("Yesterday", "Night of Fire", "CAN'T STOP FALLIN' IN LOVE (super euro version)") made it to ''Dance Masters'' and/or ''Evolution'', with Para Para-esque routines too.

** RequiredSpinoffCrossover: Yes, [[VideoGame/{{jubeat}} FLO]][[VideoGame/ReflecBeat WER]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZtiUZG6Izw is there too.]]

* SpiritualSuccessor: In 2012, Konami released "Rhythm Party" (a.k.a. "Boom Boom Dance" in Japan) as an Xbox Live Arcade title. While still using Kinect, this game however, has more of a "freestyle" feel, as the goal is to simply hit targets when balls fly into them to the music.

* RhythmGame: [[CaptainObvious Duh]].

** RequiredSpinoffCrossover: Yes, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZtiUZG6Izw FLOWER is there too.]]

* RequiredSpinoffCrossover: Current Bemani fans may be wondering if FLOWER is in this game. As of 2013: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZtiUZG6Izw Yes it does.]]