<s>
,	O
sometimes	O
abbreviated	O
as	O
,	O
is	O
the	O
second	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Dance	B-Application
Dance	I-Application
Revolution	I-Application
series	O
of	O
music	B-Application
video	I-Application
games	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
initial	O
release	O
has	O
a	O
total	O
of	O
33	O
songs	O
:	O
22	O
brand	O
new	O
songs	O
,	O
and	O
11	O
from	O
its	O
predecessor	O
,	O
Dance	B-Application
Dance	I-Application
Revolution	I-Application
(	O
1998	O
video	O
game	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
core	O
gameplay	O
and	O
scoring	O
system	O
of	O
2ndMix	B-Application
is	O
the	O
same	O
as	O
the	O
previous	O
version	O
of	O
Dance	B-Application
Dance	I-Application
Revolution	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
arrows	O
in	O
2ndMix	B-Application
do	O
not	O
have	O
different	O
color-cycles	O
based	O
on	O
their	O
time	O
signature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
is	O
a	O
music	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
by	O
Konami	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
revealed	O
on	O
February	O
11	O
,	O
1999	O
at	O
select	O
locations	O
in	O
Japan	O
and	O
was	O
used	O
solely	O
for	O
ranking	O
Dance	B-Application
Dance	I-Application
Revolution	I-Application
players	O
prior	O
to	O
a	O
company-held	O
tournament	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
featured	O
only	O
four	O
songs	O
,	O
all	O
four	O
of	O
which	O
are	O
from	O
previous	O
releases	O
and	O
runs	O
off	O
of	O
a	O
Dance	B-Application
Dance	I-Application
Revolution	I-Application
2ndMix	I-Application
machine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
four	O
songs	O
of	O
Dance	B-Application
Dance	I-Application
Revolution	I-Application
Best	I-Application
of	I-Application
Cool	I-Application
Dancers	I-Application
each	O
have	O
a	O
set	O
level	O
of	O
difficulty	O
and	O
style	O
of	O
play	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
released	O
on	O
April	O
28	O
,	O
1999	O
,	O
introduced	O
the	O
ability	O
for	O
players	O
to	O
save	O
high	O
scores	O
and	O
play	O
custom	O
step	O
edits	O
using	O
their	O
PlayStation	B-Device
memory	O
cards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
player	O
would	O
first	O
need	O
to	O
format	O
the	O
memory	O
card	O
with	O
"	O
Link	O
Data	O
"	O
using	O
the	O
home	O
version	O
of	O
2ndMix	B-Application
,	O
and	O
then	O
insert	O
the	O
card	O
into	O
one	O
of	O
two	O
slots	O
on	O
the	O
front	O
of	O
the	O
arcade	O
cabinet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Link	O
Version	O
includes	O
5	O
new	O
songs	O
,	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
full	O
2ndMix	B-Application
song	O
list	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Link	O
Version	O
,	O
Link	O
Data	O
features	O
had	O
been	O
implemented	O
in	O
every	O
future	O
DDR	B-Application
version	O
for	O
the	O
System	O
573	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dance	B-Application
Dance	I-Application
Revolution	I-Application
SuperNOVA	I-Application
originally	O
planned	O
to	O
include	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	O
memory	O
card	O
support	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
functionality	O
was	O
removed	O
and	O
replaced	O
with	O
e-Amusement	B-Application
instead	O
,	O
albeit	O
only	O
for	O
Asia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
the	O
home	O
version	O
of	O
2ndMix	B-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
on	O
August	O
26	O
,	O
1999	O
,	O
for	O
the	O
Sony	B-Device
PlayStation	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
of	O
the	O
hidden	O
songs	O
were	O
previews	O
of	O
the	O
next	O
arcade	O
version	O
,	O
Dance	B-Application
Dance	I-Application
Revolution	I-Application
3rdMix	O
and	O
can	O
only	O
be	O
played	O
on	O
Basic	O
difficulty	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
interface	O
is	O
still	O
the	O
same	O
as	O
the	O
one	O
used	O
in	O
2ndMix	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
17	O
,	O
2000	O
,	O
Konami	O
released	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
Dance	B-Application
Dance	I-Application
Revolution	I-Application
2ndMix	I-Application
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Dreamcast	I-Operating_System
console	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
song	O
list	O
includes	O
seven	O
songs	O
from	O
Dance	B-Application
Dance	I-Application
Revolution	I-Application
3rdMix	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
the	O
songs	O
in	O
2ndMix	B-Application
(	O
with	O
the	O
exception	O
of	O
"	O
BAD	O
GIRLS	O
"	O
,	O
"	O
BOYS	O
"	O
,	O
"	O
HERO	O
"	O
,	O
"	O
stomp	O
to	O
my	O
beat	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
"	O
MAKE	O
IT	O
BETTER	O
(	O
So-REAL	O
Mix	O
)	O
"	O
)	O
were	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
North	O
American	O
version	O
of	O
Dance	B-Application
Dance	I-Application
Revolution	I-Application
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
soundtrack	O
for	O
2ndMix	B-Application
was	O
produced	O
by	O
Toshiba	O
EMI	O
under	O
their	O
Dancemania	O
dance	O
music	B-Application
brand	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Toshiba	O
EMI	O
re-released	O
the	O
original	O
soundtrack	O
to	O
promote	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Dance	B-Application
Dance	I-Application
Revolution	I-Application
X3	I-Application
VS	I-Application
2ndMIX	I-Application
(	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
game	O
included	O
DDR	B-Application
2ndMIX	B-Application
)	O
on	O
November	O
30	O
,	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
release	O
,	O
Famitsu	O
magazine	O
scored	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
a	O
31	O
out	O
of	O
40	O
,	O
and	O
the	B-Operating_System
Dreamcast	I-Operating_System
version	O
a	O
30	O
out	O
of	O
40	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Between	O
February	O
11	O
and	O
February	O
28	O
,	O
1999	O
,	O
Konami	O
held	O
qualifiers	O
for	O
the	O
King	O
of	O
Freestyle	O
Dancers	O
tournament	O
in	O
association	O
with	O
Toshiba	O
Emi	O
,	O
Intercord	O
Japan	O
,	O
Japan	O
Airlines	O
,	O
Japan	O
Travel	O
Bureau	O
,	O
Pioneer	O
,	O
Puma	O
and	O
others	O
sponsors	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
build	O
public	O
awareness	O
of	O
Dance	B-Application
Dance	I-Application
Revolution	I-Application
and	O
attract	O
customers	O
to	O
the	O
sponsors	O
 '	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
tournament	O
itself	O
was	O
held	O
on	O
September	O
26	O
,	O
1999	O
in	O
the	O
Zepp	O
Tokyo	O
music	B-Application
hall	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
competition	O
between	O
the	O
finalists	O
,	O
Konami	O
had	O
a	O
freestyle	O
dance	O
troupe	O
called	O
Konamix	O
perform	O
alongside	O
Captain	O
Jack	O
,	O
whose	O
musical	O
performance	O
also	O
served	O
to	O
announce	O
music	B-Application
for	O
the	O
upcoming	O
Dance	B-Application
Dance	I-Application
Revolution	I-Application
3rdMix	O
.	O
</s>
