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Much as I love DDR, it's nowhere near unique. confused There are a ton of different kinds of games that involve dancing on arrows - EZ2Dancer, Pump It Up, Techno Motion, Let's Dance, Dance Station... that's just names off the top of my head and restricting the list purely to games that are controlled in the same way as DDR. There are also plenty of variations on the theme (admittedly, EZ2Dancer has hand sensors as well as pads to step on, so it's really a variation, but it was the first thing that popped into my head) of rhythm games that don't involve using your thumbs.

Among rhythm games, I'd have to say the most unique is Para Para Paradise, because it's very easy to pass just by waving your hands in an uncoordinated way over the sensors when necessary... but to excel and play the game the way it was intended, you need to be familiar with the proper ParaPara dance routines (or the general style, if you can make up your own), which are actually way more complicated than the pattern of sensor markers would suggest. 3nodding

At the moment, the only other thing that springs to mind at the moment is a game called Porrasturvat (Stair Dismount), where the entire purpose is to score as many points as possible by hurling a guy down the stairs in order to injure him as much as possible. xd

Oh, and Warioware! Mini-games have been around for ages, but microgames are a pretty unique concept.

I miss that game so much. I loved it when I was a kid. sad

Shadow Colossus... oh my goodness. First playing that game, I was like, "That's ALL there is to do? Defeat 15 bosses?" but then I explored the land... which is amazingly vast and beautiful... as is the music... and the Colossus fights were quite interesting. *climbstab* xd

I remember seeing the first one for the first time... I was like... "O_________O Oh... crap... I'm... sa-crewed..."

Harvest Moon also pwns. That series just never seems to get boring. ._.

I agree Katamari Damacy is a very unique, and also Shadow Colossus I love both of those games 3nodding

There's unfortunately not a PPP machine in my town (there aren't even any decent arcades here anymore, just one little one attached to a cinema sad ), so I have to travel a couple of hours away to Sydney to play. It sucks when you can only play on rare occasions, I'm really no good at the game at all. xd I'd love to import the PS2 version as it'd be much cheaper, but I need to mod my console first.

You can download Porrasturvat, it's freeware. 3nodding People have even apparently made a whole bunch of mods for it, so you can throw the guy down a spiral staircase and stuff like that. whee

Ooh, and I agree with LunaW0lf on Parappa (though I've only got the sequel) - the way you can freestyle is really interesting. I still haven't figured out how they score freestyling though, as sometimes something which sounds good to me is scored poorly, and sometimes I get a great score for something that sounds crap. confused I really love the music though, there are some crazy songs in there - gotta love it when the ghost of the burger shop owner floats down from a poster to rap about the best way to make a burger. xd

Anyone who likes Parappa should enjoy this video - some guy wrote a thesis about marketing games through live performances, and re-enacted a stage from Parappa as an example. Even though I haven't played the first game, I still think it's awesome. whee

lol, I will always have images of dropping a refrigerator in order to launch a cow upwards....but it's been so long since I played that, that I hope that is the right game I'm thinking of!

I like this game Felony 11-79 that we have, and it doesnt seem like many people have heard of it or have it. It's kinda of lightweight, but fun nonetheless. A nice change from the typical car racing game. Nothing like using cars, limos, and trucks to intentionally cause as much structural damage as possible!

I think the Pikmin games are pretty unique. I know that when I started playing the first Pikmin I was amazed at how hard this seemingly "cute" game was.