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ParaParaParadise

ParaParaParadise (パラパラパラダイス), often abbreviated PPP, is an arcade dance game made by the Japanese company Konami following the booming Para Para fad. more...

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The arcade game Para Para Paradise features an octagonal platform with motion detecting sensors above it. Players must trigger the sensors by moving their arms (or other body parts) under the sensors when a corresponding arrow reaches the top of the screen placed at the front of the platform. A second cabinet can be hooked up to the PPP machine that has a small 13\" LG CRT TV and a DVD player. This DVD player is perfectly synced with the game cabinet and will show the Para Para Allstars dancing to their routines. This allowed people to learn routines outside of home video, clubs, and if the game was before PPP 2nd Mix. PPP 1.1 and above can be linked to a second machine for 2 player mode.

There are two game modes that will allow you to practice Para Para dance routines; Para Para mode, featuring arrows corresponding to the routine and a (optional) dancing girl in the background showing you how it's done and Training Mode, a mode that breaks each song into parts. For example, part A of a song consists of 10 seconds. These 10 seconds will first be played before you to show you how it's done, then the same sequence will play again with you being able to activate the sensors to practice the routine. Once the entire song has been played through, the entire song will play in one sitting with you being able to activate the sensors. However, Training Mode costs an entire credit for just one song.

There is also Freestyle Mode, which has more arrows for you to \"hit\" in an attempt to freestyle the song; i.e., dance it as gracefully as possible. The arcade machines only have 2 Freestyle levels; Medium and Hard, whereas the home version features Medium, Hard (non-existent in the arcade version) and Expert (Hard in the arcade version).

The background generally features a dancing character such as a nurse, a ganguro and a girl dressed for Halloween but some versions allow videos of the dance group Para Para Allstars to be displayed. For the home version, you can choose either to have psychedelic and cute background animations such as hearts and fireworks or videos of the Para Para Allstars. In addition to that, you can also choose how the videos should be shown, being able to among other things flip the video (so that you won't have to mirror their moves yourself).

The music used in Para Para Paradise is exclusively fast-paced Eurobeat. The majority of tracks are \"true\" Para Para tracks from the Avex Trax record label, such as \"Velfarre 2000\", \"Anniversary\" and \"Boom Boom Fire\". A large portion of the song are Eurobeat remixes of other Bemani tracks such as \"CAN'T STOP FALLIN' IN LOVE\". There are also two songs that are so called J-EURO remixes, remixes of J-pop songs (\"Aishiattemasu\" and \"Deluxe\", both by Key-A-Kiss).