Wii Dancing Mat
CTA WI-DM NINTENDO WII(TM) DANCING MAT SOFT PLASTIC DANCE PAD; COMPATIBLE WITH WII(TM) DANCING GAME DANCE DANCE REVOLUTION: HOTTEST PARTY; 4 DIRECTIONAL TOUCH PADS GUIDE THE PLAYER TO MIMIC THE INSTRUCTED MOVES SEEN ON THE VIDEO GAME SCREEN ; VIDEO-OUT PORT ALLOWS A CONNECTION TO TELEVISIONS OR OTHER VIDEO DEVICE WITH COMPOSITE VIDEO INPUT ; ;
User Ratings and Reviews
3 Stars Pad is as easy to get as finding a Unicorn, and a Unicorn smells better
I can’t find a pad that works with the Wii at any retail outlets, so I ordered it here. It took about 2-3 months to get it shipped to me (Amazon even wrote to ask if I still wanted to wait for this product to get to them so they could ship it to me).
I unpacked the pad 3 days ago. Still have not danced on it. WHY? Because of the plastic chemical smell. I am leaving it outside on sunny days to burn off the smell that I find a little annoying and my husband really can’t stand, it makes him a bit ill. (I got the pad for him as with the game you can only play with others if you have 2 or more pads). Think I am picky and overplaying the smell? I opened it in the living room. Our roommate who’s bedroom is all the way down the hall, a good 75 feet away came out after about 20 minutes to find out what the smell was that was wafting into his room.
The smell is less and I figure it will bake out soon. But I would hate to be in the factory or the warehouse that makes these pads. Plus, if they make it so hard to get the pad, no wonder the game is not selling so well any more. But as it is the only one I could find I am gonna give it a full week to air out, then try it out. If it works I am keeping it.
1 Star Not good quality
There are much better, higher quality mats out there. This mat slips very easily, and does not register steps as well as other mats. I do not recommend it at all.
1 Star Quality is OK, not as good as DDR mat
It works fine, but it is not as sturdy as the mat that comes with the DDR game.
3 Stars Good enough for occasional use only
First of all, let me just say that playing DDR with more than 1 mat makes it even a more fun game than it already is playing individually. You can play in friendship mode which takes the best combined score and is helpful for going through the challenges in circuit grove mode, but you can also play against each other similar to the venue master challenges.
Now, regarding this product: in terms of sensitivity it is as good as the original one. It definitely has a different look and feel, the materials are different, but that may not be a problem except if used in slippery surfaces. The BIG problem with this mat is that even after a few songs the ends of the mat fold towards the center like a taco and it becomes very annoying as you have to unfold it almost after every song, even if used properly.
The bottom line is that this mat may be good enough for ocassional use, but if you’re a serious DDR player you should definitely consider the original Konami pad.
5 Stars DDR is fabulously fun!
Purchasing this second mat was a great decision. It allows me and my daughter to play together and compete against each other.
