Dance Dance Revolution Universe 2

Dance Dance Revolution Universe 2 is the second game in the Universe series for the Xbox 360.

Note: All of the following offsets take in consideration the files x_data_XENON_US.bin (US) / x_data_XENON_EU.bin (EU) unless specified otherwise.

Unused Graphics#

What is Love?#

An early background graphic for the song What is Love? can be found starting from offset 0x14823800 (US) / 0x1468A000 (EU), labeled as what_bk360.tga.

Ultramix 4 Leftover#

MAKE IT BETTER SO REAL MIXs unused graphics from the Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix 4 data are still here. They can be found labeled ashowt_th.dds/less_th.dds(banner) andhowt_bk.dds/less_bk.dds' (background).

Unused Chart#

The song Breathing More has proper Single Beginner chart data in its steps file, brea_all.ssq. However, it is completely ignored; the game instead opts to use an automatically generated, trimmed down version of its Single Basic chart. It's worth noting that this unused Single Beginner chart contains 9 notes placed after the song ends (measure 53); this might be the reason why the game ignores it. The chart can be downloaded below:

Download Breathing More (unused Single Beginner chart) File: DDRuniverse2-brea.zip (1,88 KB) (info)

Unseen Ratings#

All songs' .ssq files list ratings for Beginner charts, though they are not seen by normal means. In all cases, these values are set to 1, save for the Double Beginner chart of the song Hey!, which has the value 2.

Unused Text#

Three early songlist files can be found within the game's data; one of them, unlock_list_univ2_E3.txt, can be found in both versions of the game, while the other two can only be found in the American release of the game, and have the same names as the songlist files that would be used by the European version (songlist_univ2_EU.txt and songlist_univ2_lite_EU.txt).

Konami Computer Entertainment Hawaii, Inc.
// NORMAL SONGS
apac
dors
firf
htgd
kygs
isit
jung
lodo
roit
safe
sofi
takm
tway
wlae
alwa
anyt
dont
heyy
wicb
lomo
notm
step
silo
tide
anth
ariv
cont
dori
eter
gugu
hand
diff
wana
makm
movn
musk
oola
oran
ragg
tsho
spsh
sumr
syne
tact
unti
yoru
bett
bret
drft
emis
eotg
high
lily
dmy2
ovlm
rhyi
sidh
unbo
cosm
dead
disa
lett
matj
nems
potp
tuto
spin
what
// UNI2 DL SONGS ( 20 song )
etos
elfa
brea
wait
lest
wonc
// POWER COURCE SONGS ( 5 song )
u2m1
u2m2
u2m3
u2m4
u2m5
//UNKNOWN SONGS
less
howt

-- end file

Konami Computer Entertainment Hawaii, Inc.
tuto
cont
cosm
dead
disa
dors
eter
heyy
htgd
lomo
matj
nems
potp
spin
step

-- end file

Konami Computer Entertainment Hawaii, Inc.
anth
dmy0
oran
bret
what
syne
potp
dmy2
ovlm
emis
disa
dmy5
ragg
cont
tact
rhyi
matj
spin
unbo
dont
tide
notm
anyt
silo
tsho
ariv
movn
diff
sumr
gugu
hand
wana
musk
eotg
drft
high
lily
bett
sidh
etos
elfa
brea
wait
roit
tway

When comparing these songlist files to the ones used by the final game, one may notice eight song IDs which are never actually seen. They are, in alphabetical order: dmy0, dmy2, dmy5, etos, lest, oola, wait and wonc. Of these eight IDs, three of them would be used in the next game; etos (EtoSharu), lest (Less Than Three (Ricardo Autobahn Remix)) and wait (Waiting For You). One may also notice the presence of two base game songs being listed as downloadable content, those being brea (Breathing More) and elfa (Elfadiciell).

Regional Difference#

As with the previous installment, each of the game's releases have its share of exclusive songs. The list goes as follows: