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In The Groove (PS2 Version)
A FAQ/Walkthrough by CyricZ
Version 1.1
E-mail cyricz42 at yahoo.com
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. FAQ
3. Basics
3A. Controls
3B. Menus/Displays
3C. How to Dance
3D. Modifiers
3E. Dancing Tips for the Beginner
3F. Dancing Tips for the Intermediate
3G. Dancing Tips for the Advanced
3H. Dancing Tips for Doubles
4. Default Songs (Part 1)
4A. Bend Your Mind
4B. BOOGIE DOWN
4C. BOUFF
4D. CHANGES
4E. Charlene
4F. CRAZY
4G. Da Roots (Folk Mix)
4H. DAWN
4I. DELIRIUM
4J. DISCONNECTED
4K. Do U Love Me
4L. DON'T PROMISE ME
4M. DREAMS OF PASSION
4N. DRIFTING AWAY
4O. Driving Force Classical
4P. EUPHORIA
4Q. Fly Away
4R. Fly With Me
4S. Flying High
4T. HAND OF TIME
4U. HARDCORE OF THE NORTH
4V. Hip Hop Jam
4W. HYBRID
4X. I think I like that sound...
4Y. I'll Get There Anyway
4Z. July
5. Default Songs (Part 2)
5A. Kagami
5B. Kiss Me Red
5C. Land of the Rising Sun
5D. Lemmings on the Run
5E. LET ME BE THE ONE
5F. LET MY LOVE GO BLIND
5G. MELLOW
5H. Mouth
5I. My Favourite Game
5J. MYTHOLOGY
5K. NO 1 NATION
5L. NORMAL
5M. NOT WORTH THE PAPER
5N. OASIS
5O. ON A DAY LIKE TODAY
5P. PA THEME SONG
5Q. Perfect
5R. QUEEN OF LIGHT
5S. REMEMBER DECEMBER
5T. ROM-eo & Juli8
5U. SOLINA
5V. Tension
5W. THE BEGINNING
5X. The Game
5Y. Torn
5Z. Touch Me
6. Default Songs (Part 3)
6A. Tough Enough
6B. Turn it On
6C. UTOPIA
6D. VerTex
6E. WALKING ON FIRE
6F. Which MC Was That?
6G. While Tha Rekkid Spinz
6H. WHY ME
6I. Zodiac
7. Unlockable Songs
7A. ANUBIS
7B. BUBBLE DANCER
7C. DISCONNECTED -HYPER MIX-
7D. DISCONNECTED -MOBIUS MIX-
7E. DJ PARTY
7F. DON'T PROMISE ME -HAPPINESS COMES MIX-
7G. FUNK FACTORY (from ITG2)
7H. incognito (from ITG2)
7I. Infection
7J. Liquid Moon
7K. PANDEMONIUM
7L. Tell
7M. TRIBAL STYLE (from ITG2)
7N. WAKE UP (from ITG2)
7O. Xuxa
8. Marathon Mode
9. Other Modes
9A. Fitness Mode
9B. Practice Mode
10. Secrets
11. Standard Guide Stuff
11A. Legal
11B. E-mail Guidelines
11C. Credits
11D. Version Updates
11E. The Final Word
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1. INTRODUCTION
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Hi!  Welcome to my FAQ/Walkthrough for Roxor Games new hardcore dancing game:
In The Groove for the Playstation 2!  Similar to Konami's famous Dance Dance
Revolution series, this dancing game uses the same kind of mechanics, brings
an entirely new list of songs into play, and extends the difficulty to
astronomical proportions.
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2. FAQ
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Q: What is In The Groove?
A: This is a new dancing game made by Texan company Roxor Games, published
by RedOctane.
Q: Isn't this just like Dance Dance Revolution?
A: Yeah, pretty much.  A group of fans were sick of how the Dance Dance
Revolution series was put on indefinite hiatus in the arcades, and decided
to make a dancing game of their own along the same lines.  The game was
developed around the existing DDR emulator for the PC called StepMania.
Q: Wow.  This is an obvious rip-off.  Can't Konami sue Roxor for this or
something?
A: Nope.  Konami doesn't own the dance mechanics setup.
Q: But I heard about a lawsuit!  What was it about?
A: The lawsuit was Konami suing Roxor because the arcade version of ITG
didn't have its own cabinet, so Roxor decided to use Konami's DDR cabinets,
without asking them.  They were only burned on this recently.  Anyway, the
lawsuit has yet to be resolved, but will probably end in settlement.  At any
rate, the lawsuit has nothing to do with the console version of ITG, nor
the new arcade version, ITG2, which has its own cabinet.
Q: How many songs are in this game?
A: 76.  61 open by default, and 15 unlockable.  The game has all 72 songs
from the arcade version of ITG, and four songs from the new ITG2.
Q: Hey!  The lyrics you give don't match the lyrics in the game!  What gives?
A: Several of the lyrics in certain songs were censored to keep the ESRB at
bay.  I give you the original lyrics where I can.
Q: I picked "TOP GRADE" sort and now I can't access the Main Menu!  Help!
A: There's an unfortunate glitch in the "TOP GRADE" sort.  Don't select it.
If you do, there's a way to fix it.  Start the game without a memory card
in the slot, then Load from the Options Menu.  Then, without leaving the
Options screen, change the sort to something else.
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3. BASICS
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This covers most of the stuff you can find in the instruction booklet, but
we all know how often people hang onto those.
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3A. Controls =
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Directional Buttons: Moves your selection on all the menus or steps in that
direction.
X: Confirm selection
Triangle, Select: Cancel selection
Start: Start game
Start and Select at the same time: Hold to return to title screen
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3B. Menus/Displays =
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Main Menu
Dance Mode: Select for standard arcade-style ITG play.  See "How To Dance"
for more info.
Battle Mode: This is a head-to-head mode for two players, or one player
versus the computer.  In this mode, the better you do, the more modifiers
you'll unleash on your opponent.
Marathon Mode: In this mode, you select a course consisting of four or five
songs to play in a row.  Some courses will also feature modifiers that get
thrown in during song play.
Fitness Mode: A fitness-oriented way to play.  See Section 9A for more info.
Tutorial: This will start the Tutorial so you can learn how to play In The
Groove.
Practice Mode: This mode allows you play songs as you want without worry
of playing hard parts or failing.  See Section 9B for more info.
Records: Use this to check your high scores on the songs and courses.
Options: Basic option stuff.  Check below for more info.
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Options Menu
Game Options:
Control Type: Select "Dance Pad" if you're using a dance pad controller,
or "Controller" if you're using a Dualshock controller.
Doubles Mode: If you set for "One Controller", then the L buttons will be
used for the right pad on Double Mode.  If on "Two Controller", each
controller will operate as a normal controller.
Songs Per Play: Select the number of songs to play in a Dance Mode game,
from 1 to 8, or set EVENT for continuous play without returning to the
Main Menu.
Song Sort: Use this to change how the song list is setup when you start the
game.  You can sort by Title, BPM, Popularity, Top Grade (DON'T SELECT, IT'S
BROKEN), Artist, Easy Meter, Medium Meter, Hard Meter, or Expert Meter.
Default Difficulty: Set the difficulty that the game starts on when you
start the game.
Life Difficulty: The higher number you set here means how quickly the Life
Meter will deplete if you miss or hit a mine.
BG Brightness: Adjust the brightness of the background video.
Timing Sync: Adjust the timing if your speakers have any kind of delay
between the video.
Autosave: Turn on and the game will automatically save for you after every
full play, loss, option change, whatever.
Load Game: Load up an ITG file from your Memory Card.
Save Game: Save the game to your Memory Card.
Credits: View the game's credits.
Restore Defaults: Set the game back to the default options.
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3C. How to Dance =
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Pick The Step Mode
1 Player Mode: This is a 1-player mode using the pad you used to start the
game.
2 Player Mode: This is a 2-player mode where each player uses a pad.
Double Mode: This is a 1-player mode where the player uses both pads.  Every
song has different steps for Double Mode than Single.
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Pick A Tune
Use Left and Right to switch songs.  Double tap Up or Down to change the
difficulty.  Press X or Start to select.
Press Up, Down, Up, Down to bring up the Sort Menu, where you can change how
the song list is displayed.
While your selection's on a song, you'll see a little graphic for the name.
Below the picture, you'll see the artist name, the BPM for the song (which may
be dynamic), and the song's popularity.  Below that will be the difficulty
set for the song.  The higher the number, the harder the song is to play.  In
the lower corners, you'll see stats for the song, including the current
difficulty, the number of steps, jumps, holds, mines, hands, and the best
record.
Difficulties:
Novice (NOV): All songs have a difficulty of 1.  This is for those who've
never played a dance game before.  However, I wouldn't play this for long if
you wish to get better.
Easy (ESY): Songs range from 2 to 6 in difficulty.  This is pretty simple if
you're getting used to ITG.
Medium (MED): Most songs range from 4 to 8.  Largely, you'll find that steps
reflect how the music goes, as opposed to just being on the beat.
Hard (HRD): Most songs range from 6 to 10.  These are the tough ones where
they focus on two things: matching the song's notes exactly, and/or kicking
up the difficulty to give you pains.
Expert (EXP): Songs range from 9 to 13.  Beyond Hard lies this mess.  In
addition to massively difficult stepcharts, this difficulty also throws in
plenty of Hands and Mines, which fans of other dance games aren't very used
to.
Highlight RANDOM and the game will pick a song for you.  You're not committed
to this song, mind you, but it's an option.
Pick CHANCE and the game will also pick a song for you, but you can't back
out on your choice.  You can play songs you haven't yet unlocked through this.
Once you make your selection, you have the option of pressing START to
access the Modifiers, which are explained in the next section.  Otherwise,
you'll continue right on to the song.
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Get Your Groove On!
The main field consists of the arrows and the Targets, which is a line of
arrows on the screen.  As the song plays, arrows will begin scrolling along
the screen.  As the arrows reach the Targets, you need to step on those
arrows.  If you see a long Hold Arrow, you need to step on that arrow and
hold it until the Hold Arrow ends (you don't need to remove your foot when
it ends, just stay on it until it ends, and move your foot at your leisure).
If two arrows appear at the same time, you need to step on both at the same
time.  On some difficult tunes, you may have to step on three or four arrows
at the same time.  For that, you'll need to use your hands, or potentially
some other appendage.
Also, on difficult songs, Mines may be thrown into the mix.  Don't have
your foot on the arrow when mines come up or else your Life Meter will
decrease.
Above your Targets are the Percentage Score.  The better you step, the
higher your score will be.  Naturally, 100% is the maximum.
On the top of the screen is the Progress Bar, which fills as you go through
the song, so you know how much time you have left to finish it.
On the side of the screen is the Life Meter.  It starts about half full.  As
you step properly, it'll fill more.  If you misstep or step on mines, your
Life Meter will start emptying.  If it empties completely, the game will end
after you finish the song.
Also in the middle of the screen, you'll see words pop up as you step:
FANTASTIC: This is the perfectly exact step on the arrow.  Combo continues,
the Life Meter increases, and you get the maximum possible score for that
step.
EXCELLENT: You stepped more or less precisely on the arrow.  Combo continues,
the Life Meter increases, and you get a medium possible score for that
step.
GREAT: You just about stepped on the arrow.  Combo continues, the Life Meter
increases, and you get a smaller possible score for the step.
DECENT: You're off on the step by a bit.  Combo stops, but the dance meter
doesn't change.  You get no score.
WAY OFF: You're off on the step by quite a bit.  Combo stops, and your dance
meter decreases.  You get no score.
MISS: You completely missed the step.  Combo stops, and your dance meter
decreases.  You get no score.
YEAH!: You stepped on the entire Hold Arrow.  You get the normal maximum score
for a step.
BAD: You stepped off the Freeze Arrow before it ended. Combo continues, but
your Dance Meter will decrease.  You get no points.
Also marked on the screen is your combo, which is how many FANTASTICS,
EXCELLENTS, and GREATS you have in a row.  This combo carries across songs,
regardless of what mode you play.
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Check Your Stats
Once you complete the song, you'll see a Stats screen giving you a letter
grade based on your Percentage Score.  You'll also see your individual results
based on steps, jumps, holds, mines (scored for NOT hitting them), and hands.
Also, there's a chart that shows how your Life Meter looked throughout the
song.  Your max combo for the song is marked in blue on that chart.
Each step is worth five points, and every hold is worth five extra points for
the hold part.  The maximum score for each song is the total possible points.
Here's how each step breaks down:
FANTASTIC: +5
EXCELLENT: +4
GREAT: +2
DECENT: 0
WAY OFF: -6
MISS: -12
And for holds:
YEAH!: +5
BAD: -5
Each mine you hit docks you 6 points as well.
So, you'll be given a final percentage based on that point total, and given
a grade based on it.  Here are the possible grades:
****: 100%
***: 99%
**: 98%
*: 96%
S+: 94%
S: 92%
S-: 89%
A+: 86%
A: 83%
A-: 80%
B+: 76%
B: 72%
B-: 68%
C+: 64%
C: 60%
C-: 55%
D: