Bust A Move: Dance Summit 2001 (2024)

Bust A Move: Dance Summit 2001 is a rhythm game developed by Metro Graphics and published by Enix, which was released in Japan on November 2, 2000. This game is the latest entry in the series, succeeding Bust A Groove and Bust A Groove 2. The previous Bust A Groove games did not sell well in North America and Europe, ultimately leading to Bust A Move: Dance Summit 2001 being an exclusive release in Japan.

Gameplay[]

Dance Summit 2001 revolves on both competition and collaboration with team members competing to get the most points, but also having to collaborate as well. There are three different modes when selecting a level, Easy, Normal, and Mix. Easy mode is simple, inputting any face button or directional button in the non-free boxes. Normal mode is the standard mode of the game, using the face buttons and directional buttons. Mix Mode is the challenging mode of the game, using all eight buttons & having to press two buttons at the same time. The player must not miss or minimize missing combos to keep the dance energy (Yellow bar) full. There is also a bar with blue arrows indicating the progress of the song. Depending on how well you do in the stage, the game will activate an interlude that is meant to throw you off by changing the tempo. Overall, the goal of this game is to become the Number 1. dancer of the team.

There are two measures labeled as LOOK and GO!. The player has to pay attention on what buttons to press according to what the LOOK measure says with each box darkening and the boxes with icons inside flashing, indicating where the player must input the icons and press the face buttons accordingly in the GO! measure. The measures can range from either 8 beats a measure or 16 beats a measure. Every 2 measures, there is a green icon labeled FREE, which is basically the player having to choose any of the face buttons. Different cases can occur depending on what the players/computers pick such as QUARTET, FEVER, PAIR COMBO, TAG COMBO, TRIO COMBO and NO COMBO.

QUARTET - All members must press the same face button for this case to occur. This case gives out the most points and will give points to everyone.

Example: O-O-O-O | 4:0

FEVER - 3 members must press the same face button while the lone member press a different face button for this case to occur. This can also happen if 3 members miss the free button while 1 member presses a face button. This case only gives points to the lone member while the other members points are deducted.

Example: O-X-X-X | 1:3

PAIR COMBO - 2 members must press the same face button while the other 2 press different face buttons for this case to occur. This case only gives points to the pair while the other two members points are deducted.

Example: O-O-S-T | 2:1:1

TAG COMBO - Two pairs of dancers must press the same face button for this case to occur. All members will gain points.

Example: O-O-X-X | 2:2

TRIO COMBO - 3 members must press the same face button while the lone member misses the free button for this case to occur. The 3 members will be given points but the lone member's points are deducted.

Example: O-O-O-~ | 3:1

NO COMBO - Every member must press a different face button for this case to occur. No one gains points in this case.

Example: O-X-S-T | 0:0

Characters[]

Songs[]

Trivia[]

• The earliest of this game being in development was in August 1999.^[1]
• Although Dance Summit 2001 was never released in North America, the game did receive favorable "rumblings" on the subject of it releasing in the region from Enix of America.^[2]
• During development, the choreography was recorded and finalized sometime around Fall/Winter of 1999 according to an article from "Spartanic Rockers", the group in charge of Data Be Bops's motions.^[3]
• Special controllers were released by ASCII and intended to use on Dance Summit 2001. The box came with two sets of controllers, a tiny controller similar to the PS2 controller and two analog wires connecting to two special wrist bands with one wrist band having the Square and Triangle buttons and the other one having the Circle and X buttons. To use the special wrist bands, start up the game, head to the option menu and go to config. There will be a section that says controller type. Switch to the special option to play with the controller.
• An event known as onedotzero, a dedicated digital film fest would present the game in 2001 in a section of the event called J-Star, a screening program that celebrates contemporary Japanese motion culture. Unfortunately, there is no footage of the video at the moment.^[4]
• Donna Burke acts as Dance Summit 2001's announcer and DJ. While she is credited in game, credits for this role are not mentioned on her website and IMDB pages. When asked about it in a tweet, she mentions that she has no recollection of performing for the game, but that it is "definitely her." This would be Donna's second appearance in the Bust A Move series as a whole after "FLY'N TO YOUR SOUL".^[5]
• The final build for this game was made on September 19, 2000.^[6]

Gallery[]

Dance Summit 2001 Manual[]

Dance Summit 2001 Controller[]

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External links[]

• Official Website (Archived)
• Enix's Website for Dance Summit 2001 (Archived)

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