STEPMANIA ARROWS PLUS

So Osu!mania is more of a direct clone of the Beatmania series, which doesn't use the dance pads like DDR was designed for.

STEPMANIA ARROWS PLUS

Similar to Dance Dance Revolution, but you have four diagonals arrows plus a center. The number of keys ranges from 1 to 9, with 4 keys and 7 keys being more popular among players. Choose your dance mat, set up the softwares Stepmania and Dance With. Osu!mania is a game mode which consists of a piano-like style of clicking notes to the beat, similar to the Beatmania IIDX series. By stepping on the corresponding arrows at the right time to the beat.Īs far as I'm aware, with Osu!mania there are just some maps which have this arrow layout.

The 'step' in stepmania is a reference to how Dance Dance Revolution (and clones like Stepmania) are supposed to be played. Stepmania was meant to be an open sourced clone of DDR, so many of it's original mechanics and design would come from the DDR franchise mechanics. I can't speak for Osu!mania directly, but Stepmania was based on Dance Dance Revolution (DDR), which had a pad below the player with the 4 directional arrows, which the player had to step on in time with the music.

Stepmania arrows