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08:20 CST :: 10/28/2009 |
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adonis_minus_20
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During the summer I play down Wildwood on a Pump Pro machine that is sandwiched between two ITG2 machines. I didn't like Pro at first but it grew on me and it also had some older songs that had been removed from the regular Pump versions, which I liked. The machine is in perfect condition, the pads are great, the bars are great, and the volume is usually up really loud. In other words, this is a great location to play (if you don't mind Pro).
I never played ITG before playing Pump (I actually started out playing DDR years ago but then switched to Pump and have preferred it since). I actually like the ITG songs that are in Pro and I also like the stepcharts for the most part. I would be happy to play on any good Pump machine, but you take what you can get. Also, there are still a lot of the great regular Pump songs in Pro. I will say that if they didn't have these, then I wouldn't like Pro that much. I love the songs and charts from all the Pump versions.
I do understand why people here don't like Pro and that it possibly did take some business away from the regular Pump versions, although Pump imo is so unpopular in the U.S. anyway that it doesn't really matter in the big scheme of things. Perhaps the locations that got the Pro machines would never have considered or purchased NXA at all, but that's just speculation on my part.
I have seen a lot of ITG players get into Pump via Pro, not that this is going to make any difference at all to the game's popularity in the U.S., as it's just not going to matter much. Sadly, Pump is just not popular in the U.S., although you can't walk five feet without tripping over a DDR machine 
I think if you're into Pump but you dislike/hate Pro and never play it, I wouldn't say you're missing so much. For the people that are into Pro and dislike/hate the regular Pump versions (no one here I'm sure), I would say they're missing a great deal of course. For my part, I just wish Pump in general was more popular in the U.S. and that it would be easy to find good machines anywhere.
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