According to a study conducted by researchers from West Virginia, the game Dance Dance Revolution, has been able to affect children in positive ways. It cuts down the fat in the body and at the same time, it is able to raise their confidence levels. Find out the details of their study in the full article.

In an effort to raise fitness awareness in schools, California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will be hosting a Dance Dance Revolution Governor's Challenge for all K-12 students, a nice change of air considering his stance against violent video games.

Konami's Dance Dance Revolution gaming franchise will be used as a workout facility in Marvin Elementary School's new fitness center located in Los Angeles. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will also grace the facility's grand opening with his presence in the ribbon cutting ceremony.

Aside from making normally couch-potato kids from 765 West Virginia schools dance and tap their way into fitness as part of the West Virginia Initiative, Dance Dance Revolution is also being used as an instrument in childhood obesity studies.

Will the old guv'nor show his moves as well? Do check this space for updates.

Check out more information about the Governor's challenge in the Read link!

Suddenly, blinking multicolor arrows, thousands of them! And in Konami's Dance Dance Revolution: Hottest Party, you not only have to stomp on the corresponding direction on your dance mat to get points for them, but also gesture with the Wiimote and Nunchuck. We see that in action and more in the Japanese trailer of the game. How's that for a curve ball?

In this video, we see more of Dance Dance Revolution's trademark graphics, with crazily-costumed characters, flickering backgrounds, and the hundreds upon hundreds of blinking arrows you have to follow to clear the game. We also hear the catchy soundtrack we heard in the title's first E3 trailer. Very cheerful music, that.

Definitely a title for your library if you want more rhythm-based games for your Wii console. Updates as we get them, so enjoy the video!

Nintendo-centric video game news site Go Nintendo has posted a partial list of tracks available in Konami's upcoming Wii title Dance Dance Revolution: Hottest Party.

The following tracks appeared in the E3 demo version. Please note, though, that this isn't an official list, and the tracks may be changed for the final version. Anyway, here's the list. You can check out more track titles by clicking on the Full Article link below.

• 99 Red Balloons
• Clocks
• Blue Monday
• Buried a Lie
• Call On Me

Dance Dance Revolution: Hottest Party is currently slated for an October release.

Bust out your dancing shoes and get on the groove, Konami has released a groovy video for Dance Dance Revolution: Hottest Party during the E3 Media and Business Summit.

The video is short and sweet, featuring single player and multiplayer gameplay. The icons for the steps and the Wiimote and Nunchuk gestures look simple enough when it's just you and the screen, but add a couple more players and you've got a dizzying riot on the screen. The Wii's Dance Dance Revolution: Hottest Party seems merciful enough for the beginners though, as you can see in the trailer below.

Go ahead and check out the video. This busting and grooving video game will be waltzing to the shelves in October. Stay tuned for more DDR: Hottest Party news and info.

During Konami's turn at the ongoing E3 event, the spotlight shone on yet another rhythm-based video game title named Dance Dance Revolution: Hottest Party. We've been talking about the game for some time now and we've already discussed before that the Wii's Wiimote and Nunchuk will be put to good use in this game.

Game details are still quite a few as of now but there was one confirmation that should make any Dance Dance fanatic, well, dance with joy. Among the many assets revealed is a high quality image of a Dance mat, finally putting an end to the question whether the title would require some footwork from gamers or not.

Now we know that for players to score high in this game, players will be needing to step into the mat in accordance to the tune and on-screen cues, all the while making the right combos on their hands. There will also be a four player co-op and versus mode. Konami mentioned that the playlist for DDR: Hottest Party will include songs from the 80s as well as the 90s.

See the dance mat and other screenshots after the jump!

Health buffs, listen up! While the Wiimote is already advancing diet regiments far and wide, you still can't count out how the Dance Pad for DDR titles brought exercise routines for the console gamers. As of now, it's still being talked about whether or not DDR Hottest Party on the Wii would have a Dance Pad peripheral for its own.

But what's this? Is this confirmation or just a prototype of a possible Dance Pad?

From Japanese magazine Famitsu, a new scan has waltzed into the dancefloor: a two-page spread showing not just screens, but also a pic of the Dance Pad. Now if you can read hiragana - yes, kkid (Unregistered) and nohbody (Unregistered), as well as katakana or kanji - maybe you can answer our previous question: is this the real thing or just a prototype? But despite this, you'll still be able to play the game by using the Wiimote alone, as French site source Nintendo Master states.

Regardless, other tidbits included in the scan are the multiplayer features (no, not online multiplayer, sorry). The game will allow four players to step up on the Wii stage at the same time, and have both versus and co-op modes available.

Boogie might be "Grease"-ing up for a release soon, but when you're talking about rhythm-based games, you can't count out Dance Dance Revolution. The franchise (on arcade and console platforms) has set a very high bar on the genre, after all. Latest in the franchise and (as of writing) exclusive to the Nintendo Wii is DDR: Hottest Party.

Konami's official website for the game just went live. It's in Japanese, so unless you can read hiragana, then the site won't offer much as of now. There are no clickable buttons or links just yet, and the only contents up there are what look like blurbs and quotes from other people, publications, and critics about the upcoming game and its franchise as a whole.

We'll give you guys updates once the website drops it like it's hot, but if you're interested, you can tap dance over the Read link below to boogie into the official DDR site.

With respect to all Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) haters out there, it looks like the game is still going strong. In the April 2007 issue of Nintendo Power, they confirmed the release of Konami's Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party for the Wii.

To those unfamiliar to the series, players play the game by stepping on a dance pad that is marked with four direction panels. You will have to step on these panels in conjunction with the beat and the on-screen cues.

The Wii version will have a dance pad included although additional hand movements will be added for the Remote and Nunchuk.

There will be 4 player co-op and versus modes along with various mini games that should break the monotony once you've memorized all the steps to all the songs in all the difficulty levels. So far the soundtrack has yet to be announced, although the people from Konami have promised to provide hits from the 80s to the 90s.

For now, you will have to excuse me, I need to practice my dance moves before it's released. I will not be pwned by some kid (again).

Probably everyone and their uncle's 70s afro was expecting something like Dance Dance Revolution: Hottest Party game to come out. It was only a matter of time, given the fun-factor of the Wii and its motion-sensing remote. Yes, it was inevitable.

Senior Product Manager for Konami Jason Enos gives us the low-down on the 4-player DDR title headed for the Wii: their plans for the game, what features, online functions, and a possible dance pad framework for dance step input. Check out the full interview below:

Now that this title is well underway in development, I'm betting on an Elite Beat Agents Wii title some time in the near future. Now that's hot.