Beginning in "DDR SuperNova", the hardware is replaced by Bemani Python 2, a PlayStation 2-based hardware which was first introduced on the fellow Bemani game "GuitarFreaks V and Drummania V".
Beginning in "Dancing Stage Fusion", the hardware is replaced by Bemani Python, a PlayStation 2-based hardware. In the next version, "DDR SuperNova", this was changed to Bemani Python 2 which was first introduced on the fellow Bemani game "GuitarFreaks V and Drummania V".