Why does everyone cry bloody murder about IIDX songs in EX?

[Kyle_Snyder]

Personally, I have no problem with the IIDX songs being cut down. I personally like the shortened version of L'amore Et La Liberie better than the IIDX version. As for the others that were shortened, it makes it easier for me to freestyle to them.
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[CrispyGame]

id love if someone could please explain why the fuck konami decided not to put somebody like you on there

[Project: J-ko]

I'm glad this thread was made. Now I know it's not just the IIDX players around here with the elitest attitude that bitch about this.

IIDX Player A - "Augh! They cut down my beautiful songs!"

Me - "...and?"

IIDX Player B - "HORROR!!! That seven star song is so easy in DDR!"

Me - "Basic steps do that. They don't have simple stuff in IIDX?"

IIDX Player B - *looks at me in disdain* "You just don't get it, do you?"

Uhh, yup...I just don't get it. Perhaps I would if there were a IIDX machine near me.

I myself, as a Beatmania novice (BMIII Append 7th Mix just recently showed up near here) don't really care if something has been cut down or not. I guess ignorance is bliss if you don't know what you're missing.
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[Rancidfish]

L'amour: Yay! They removed the singing and the piano parts. The song seemed schizophrenic when it kept jumping back and forth between Euro-trance and whatever the hell that piano+singing would be called. Either one is good, but they're not the same song. Don't try to put them together.
Colors: Another yay. It seems to start faster and it doesn't seem to drag on for as long (despite being longer, I think, than the IIDX ver.).
xenon: Slight yay. The intro and ending are drawn out too long in IIDX, and they cut 'em shorter for DDR.
V: The beginning of V also suffered from schizophrenia, switching between classical and generic Taka techno over and over. However, the IIDX ending followed the classical version better... but seemed a bit long and drawn out, too. Overall, I'm neutral.
A: I hardly notice the cut here.
Stoic: Too many instruments have been emphasized or pushed to the background, so I can't really tell what has changed. Sounds like a totally different song.

The list goes on and on. Overall, I'm either pleased with the DDR cuts or I'm basically neutral. The only exception is:
Happy Wedding: They left in the chorus... which repeats over and over anyway... and they removed the drum solos and cool piano parts... which were interesting and unique.

In terms of step difficulty, I think they basically did a good job. I don't want A to be exactly like the IIDX notes with 1/16ths at 190 BPM. That's just moronic.

However I'm somewhat displeased with the steps for a few songs.
Last Message: Most of the song is good. However, the beginning and end have fun 1/16th rhythms while the steps are just random 1/8th runs.
Sakura: If you're going to make this a 10, at least make it actually difficult. There are lots of fast 1/8th note rhythms that'd make the song more difficult and interesting, like the "dun da-da-dun da-da-dun da-da..." of the Shamisen during many parts, the drumrolls, and the interesting drum rhythms after it speeds up.
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[Daniel]

I actually say that DDR should include uncut version of IIDX songs. When parts of IIDX songs are cut out the song really loses it groove. Because the song constantly jumps to the exciting parts you never get a chance to truely appreciate the exciting parts of the song.

For example - take Burning Heat and V. In IIDX these songs start out slow and build themselves up to get more exciting. And then they repeat the slow down and speed up process in order to keep getting exciting. These slow down and speed up elements are generally lost in the DDR version of Burning Heat and V.

However I play IIDX sons in DDR all the time. DDR's Burning Heat and V are still OK songs to play. Also some IIDX songs really aren't affected negatively by being cut at all. Many still keep steady rhythm and are exciting throughout their playtime.

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