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Need a way to do cardio workouts during winter in Minnesota and I hate treadmills 

Recommendations?

depends on what kind of mats you had. if they were the ones that come bundled with the game, those go through my store for very cheap. if you actually bought yourself higher-end mats online (such as redoctane dance pads (little known fact: redoctane first got into the business years ago by selling very high quality metal dance pads for DDR; they moved on and they're now the owners of that multi-million dollar franchise what you know today as guitar hero), then yes, that would have been a rip-off.

guilty little known secret of mine: i actually personally own every american release of DDR for every system. i was a huge fanatic when it first came stateside when i was in college (2000), and ever since then i've collected every version for every system.

guardian, im unsure of what you're asking for really. there have been only 3 releases so far on the xbox 360, so theres not much to pick from. if you're looking for a ddr game strictly in terms of a workout mode, then theres no harm in picking up the most recent installment, which would be DDR Universe 3. it does feature a workout mode that keeps track of calories lost during songs as well as charting your progress. im sure there are many more bells and whistles than that, but its been so long since i've played it...

if you're looking in terms of quality of interface/design/songs, i have always liked the playstation versions of DDR exponentially better than the xbox ones. its mainly due to the fact that the playstation games are developed by konami of america, which works very closely with konami of japan and is able to attain better konami original (ko's) song licenses and stick more to the original DDR formula and arcade releases. every version on both xbox's has been developed by konami of hawaii, and while still overall good and sticking to the basic ddr formula, they kind of do their own thing and feature more american mainstream songs. this might be right up your alley though, as should be expected with an american fanbase, but for me i prefer iterations that are as close to the arcade/japan releases as possible. bemani (the name of konami's inhouse music studio/artists) music is sooooooooooooo good.

both xbox and ps3 should be getting a brand new iteration of DDR here this holiday season (that is being developed by konami of america, which makes me very very happy), but they have both been in and out of my preorder system that its impossible to give you a solid release date. right now the ps3 DDR is scheduled to come out on november 16th, but for some reason the 360 game isnt even in my system. there seems no likely reason the xbox version would not release on the same day, though.

if you want a ddr universe 3 bundle, just let me know.

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bundle up and run 

It's actually not very good for a person to run outdoors when the air temp is below 0...plus there's no way I could motivate myself to do that.

ouch, below zero... i suppose not. above 15-20 degrees and your ok though

that's unfortunate

Early mornings in the middle of MN winters rarely get to the double-digits, particularly with the wind chill factor.

LOL. D.C. got 3 inches of snow and all the schools were closed.
Minnesota got 5 inches and didn't think about it.
When it is 10 degrees and 15 MPH winds, you usually stay inside.

Thank you for the input...it looks like Universe 3 will be my best choice as I don't have a PS3, only a 360.

Perhaps I can find a way to make the mats slip resistant...the floor I will be using is tile, so duct tape might be the answer (as it so often is  )

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I decided to hold off until closer to Christmas to see if I could get a really good deal, has there been any changes or new stuff announced for DDR recently? Again, I only have a 360. I'm about to go see what deals Best Buy and Gamestop have, but figured I would also double check here again.

Thanks MKC and anyone else for your input!

Being that I want to get it sooner, I went ahead and got Universe 3 w/ pad off E-bay for $30. Depending on how much I enjoy that, I will definitely look at the new one when it comes out.

Thanks for the heads up!