Ever heard of this game called Space Channel 5? Well, everyone knows of Dance Dance Revolution. But what about those who haven't even heard of Space Channel 5? It's like DDR, but highly different. Here's information on it (I typed all this up. I didn't copy it. I have the Remake for PS2) Well, it was made from Sega, the same people that made Sonic the Hedgehog, along with Agetec and THQ (who made it for the gameboy). It was made for the Sega DreamCast and remade for the Playstation 2 and Gameboy Advance. It's a music and dance game like Dance Dance Revolution, but it shouldn't be played with the DDR mat. (It can, but I highly suggest you don't try it) And it also has a story behind it, unlike DDR where it's just pointless dancing. The PS2 game comes as a Special Edition where you get the first copy of the game which is an orange colored disc with just plain Space Channel 5, along with a white disc of Space Channel 5 Special Edition (more than likely, the second installment of the previous game) You play as the sexy 22 year old reporter, Ulala. The famous and stylish reporter for, you guessed it, Space Channel 5 (it's like FOX 5 of the future XD) With her pink hair, stylish, and futuristic fashion and her trusty blue microphone, that she painted without permission, she goes around the galaxies getting the best scoops for their viewers. However, everything is not as easy as it seems. Aliens who call themselves the Morolians, have forced people to dance using some sort of ray-gun. Ulala gets sent in by her boss, Fuse (Who is only heard and never seen throughout both games), to get the story while saving the hostages and beating the Morolians. All while fending off other rival reporters such as Pudding and Jaguar. Ulala has two guns along with her. The Chu beam in which she uses on the aliens, and the Rescue beam which is used to save the hostages. In the end, it is found out that the Morolians were the ones being brainwashed by the boss of the whole Space Channel 5 company, Mr. Blank. Now saving the aliens using the Deluxe Chu Beam and more hostages, including Space Micheal (Who is Micheal Jackson) Ulala, Pudding and Jaguar (who are now working together to take down Mr. Blank) chase after Blank. Once they have him cornered, it is discovered that Blank has made a robotic copy of Ulala, Evilla. She was to be used to stop spreading the real news, the truth, and destroy Ulala through Dance. Ulala wins and Evilla short circuts. However (again) Blank has also made a Giant Evilla, who has taken Fuse has a hostage. This is where everything gets difficult because, for Ulala to save Fuse, she has to shoot in reverse. If Evilla says Left, Ulala has to go right, or else she'll end up shooting Fuse's ship instead. Pudding and Jaguar are here to help, but seeing them as troublesom, Giant Evilla quickly gets rid of them and this just leaves Ulala to defend for herself. Ulala depends on the beat of the music to defeat the robot. But then everything gets quiet, there is no music and now Evilla is at an advantage. The robot takes this opportunity to blast Ulala into space, but she is soon saved by Jaguar and the battle starts again, only this time, Ulala wins. Soon the head of the Giant Evilla comes off and turns into a TV screen with Blanks face on it, who has revealed his master plan, to rid the world of News Stations that state only the truth. "The masses don't need to know the truth! All that matters is the ratings" were his words before activating the Blank Dimension where there are 5 floating, futuristic Televisions. Ulala has to fight Blank on her own by using the Chu beam on TV's that have Blank's faces on them all while using the Rescue beam to shoot at the TV's that have her face on them. Blank then uses the 5 TV's (and a few extra) to make a body with his face on a screen as the head. The battle continues, and Ulala has friends (the whole galaxy) outside the Blank Dimension to help her and dance along. Blank is soon defeated and Ulala and him are released from the Blank Dimension. Everyone yells 'CHU' three times and a beam from the Space Channel 5's Sattelite shoots at Blanks TV Body and he's defeated, lost in the rest of the universe and no longer the boss of Space Channel 5. (I think after this Fuse runs the whole station) Everything is right with the Universe as everyone dances to the ends of the galaxy. This is just the First Disc of Space Channel 5. There's more on the second disc and a totally different story. But first...tell me what you think of this game so far? Would you rather play this instead of Dance Dance Revolution? Or would you like to have both? I, on the other hand, have both DDR and Space Channel 5, but I play SC5 more than DDR. What are your thoughts about this game?
Never did like DDR except to listen to music, but if A story is involved I might be inclined to play it.
I'm glad someone's interested. It's a really good game and the way it's played is almost like...Simon Says. I have footage of the gameplay that I recorded with my webcam, but the quality...well, it sucks :/ I'm guessing it's because I recorded it straight from the televison. Not sure if there's any videos of the gameplay on Youtube. But yeah, it's basically simon says with the control pad (Up, Down, Left, Right) and then the 'X' and 'O' button get involved. 'X' is the Chu Beam to shoot the aliens (and later on save them) 'O' is the Rescue Beam that's used to save the humans.
Well, there is the remake for PS2 and Gameboy. I doubt the gameboy version is still out there But I was given the game when I first got my PS2, so I don't know if it's still being sold out there either. I wish I could've played it for the Sega Dreamcast because I still have my Dreamcast :/
