By It’s Fantastic! is a fan project helping preserve the history of Japanese arcade games and arcade culture, making it more accessible for an international audience. The blog now brings you a fully translated interview by Arcadia issue 34 from March 1, 2003 with the DDR series sound director, NAOKI MAEDA.
[Podcast] TAP #52: Club Fantastic – Season 1
We’re back with a new episode to discuss our new project Club Fantastic: Synthetic Dance 2020. Hear all about the conception, philosophy, and production of Season 1. Club Fantastic Season 1 is a compilation of 14 original tracks for StepMania, with full singles charts for players of all levels, as
ENDYMION CHALLENGE World Record AAA by BROSONI
In what seemed like an intense fight between HIBIKI and O4MA. (BROSONI) to claim the ENDYMION SP CHALLENGE world record overnight, O4MA. was able to pull off one of the most impressive feats in all of DDR singles. The AAA on ENDYMION CHALLENGE makes O4MA. the first player to AAA
NEW WORLD RECORD by HIBIKI PARANOiA Revolution Challenge Lv.19
HIBIKI has taken the world record from CHRS4LFE on PARANOiA Revolution Single CHALLENGE Lv.19 on September 20, 2020.
ITG Invitational Season 1 In Production by Oryan of DangerShark
Ryan “Oryan” Perera, the creator of DangerShark, has launched a Patreon to help fund a broadcast-quality show of a remote ITG (In The Groove) tournament. Eight competitors, eight 30-minute episodes, one series champion. The Patreon has three available subscriptions: two are $5/month for behind-the-scenes access and a non-spoiler supporter, and
VerTex² Quad Star by iamchris4life
Not much needs to be said. Player iamchris4life achieves the quad star 100% (All Fantastics) on VerTex² from In The Groove 2, as well as every other official Expert chart from In The Groove 1 and 2.
Second Ever Level 19 Perfect Full Combo by HIBIKI
HIBIKI from West Japan becomes the second person in the world after iamchris4life to achieve a level 19 PFC (Perfect Full Combo) in DDR A20 on EGOISM 440 Single Player CHALLENGE with a score of 990,080, done on June 25, 2020. First ever Level 19 Perfect Full Combo on EGOISM
Player HIBIKI Breaks Long-Standing World Record On “Over The ‘Period'” Challenge
The world best score on Over The “Period” Single Player CHALLENGE, one of the six level 19 difficulty songs in DDR, that was previously held by FEFEMZ in 2018 while DDR A was the current version with a 994,320, 9 Greats Full Great Combo, has been beaten by HIBIKI on
