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This Christmas my nephews are getting Dance Dance Revolution (PS2) (or Xbox), the popular arcade dance game that's been repurposed on the PS2 and xBox. I first encountered DDR at the Sony Metronome in San Francisco around '99 or so; a local news station was doing a piece on a kid in his early 20s who had danced away 60lbs. So, why buy a typicaly video game that makes them even more sedentary? DDR gets them moving. That's not to say DDR is just for kids, there are lots of ADULTS purchasing DDR setups for exercise, in fact, I even know a couple that has two pads they use to complete with each other.You can get way serious about all this and order arcade quality dance pads. I wanted to find an old copy of the Disney DDR cartridge for my nephews, however prices are currently around $150.
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