Otherwise, the player is taken to the Results Screen, which rates the player's performance with a letter grade and a percentage score, among other statistics.
If the life bar is fully depleted during gameplay, the player fails the song (unless the fail at end of song setting is on), usually resulting in a game over. Successfully hitting the arrows in time with the music increases the amount of health on the life bar, while failure to do so decreases it. Longer arrows referred to as "holds" must be held down for their entire length for them to count. When the scrolling arrows overlap the stationary ones, the player must step on the corresponding arrows on the dance platform. Similar to DDR's gameplay, there are 4 flashing stationary arrows. During normal gameplay, arrows scroll upwards from the bottom of the screen and pass over flashing stationary arrows (referred to as the "guide arrows" or "receptors"). The game involves the player moving their feet to a set pattern, stepping in time to the general rhythm or beat of a song. The game mechanics of In the Groove are similar to Konami's Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) series.
The groove is really the track on an old record in which the needle of the record player had to ride in order to reproduce the music-so the meaning is figurative.Main article: In the Groove (series) § Common Gameplay Elements To "get in the groove " means to enter into the spirit of the situation or circumstance of the moment. " The groove" is a reference to musical rhythm, probably from the physical groove in a record. This phrase is probably a bit dated ( 1985 Madonna, anyone?). The expression "get into the groove", on the other hand, can mean to have fun or to get with the times, usually in a positive way. In the groove: Slang - Performing exceptionally well. It would normally have a positive connotation in American English ("I got into a groove about the middle of the race"), but you could use it to imply that you are unable to get out of the routine, and in British English to " be in a groove" may more often relate to boredom.Ī settled routine: got into the groove of a nine-to-five job. The common version of this expression is "get into a groove," which means to get used to a routine, to get settled into a comfortable pace doing something, to hit one's stride.
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