DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME was released by Konami in Japan on December 25, 2002. With the re-appearance of past Dancemania songs, its huge songlist comprising of licenses, transplants, songs from past mixes as well as new songs, reusing of animations from past DDR mixes, and hints on the One More Extra Stage song and on arcade flyers made fans think that the series is coming to an end or will be home version only. Such thoughts were dissuaded when Konami ported Dancing Stage Fusion to the arcade in 2004 and with the global release of Dance Dance Revolution Supernova later running on modified PS2 hardware.