DoctorFinger
09-28-2008, 08:06 AM
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Some days I look out over the vast videogaming landscape and I say to myself, "You know what we need? More dancing games!" Apparently Activision Blizzard and I are on the same wavelength, because they've trademarked the title "Dance Hero (http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=77576114)" over at the United States Patent & Trademark Office.
Now this trademark filing does not mean that a Dance Hero game is imminent - I'm pretty sure the only combination of 'instrument/activity' & 'hero' that ActiBlizzard doesn't have locked down at this point is 'Spoons Hero' - but it sure leads us to believe that they're working on a hoofin' it simulator in some fashion. The real question is: Why?
I mean, do we really need another company's version of Dance Dance Revolution? The reason games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band entranced the public in a way DDR and it's many derivatives didn't is the sense of accomplishment they give the player. Sure, you're pounding on a piece of cheap plastic that looks like it came out of your nephew's Fisher Price Music Set, but that bit of illusion is enough to draw you into the moment in a way that jumping around on a plastic mat doesn't. And that's before you consider that there's already, I believe, one DDR title out there for every 50 people on Earth.
Source - Kotaku (http://kotaku.com/5055492/activision-trademarks-dance-hero).
Some days I look out over the vast videogaming landscape and I say to myself, "You know what we need? More dancing games!" Apparently Activision Blizzard and I are on the same wavelength, because they've trademarked the title "Dance Hero (http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=77576114)" over at the United States Patent & Trademark Office.
Now this trademark filing does not mean that a Dance Hero game is imminent - I'm pretty sure the only combination of 'instrument/activity' & 'hero' that ActiBlizzard doesn't have locked down at this point is 'Spoons Hero' - but it sure leads us to believe that they're working on a hoofin' it simulator in some fashion. The real question is: Why?
I mean, do we really need another company's version of Dance Dance Revolution? The reason games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band entranced the public in a way DDR and it's many derivatives didn't is the sense of accomplishment they give the player. Sure, you're pounding on a piece of cheap plastic that looks like it came out of your nephew's Fisher Price Music Set, but that bit of illusion is enough to draw you into the moment in a way that jumping around on a plastic mat doesn't. And that's before you consider that there's already, I believe, one DDR title out there for every 50 people on Earth.
Source - Kotaku (http://kotaku.com/5055492/activision-trademarks-dance-hero).