Non-Gamer: Why is it called “Dance Dance Revolution?”
Me: Because the demographic wouldn’t go for “Dance Dance Establishment.”
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Yes, that’s another way to answer the question. I think she wanted to know whether spinning was somehow involved in the game play.
I believe that the game originated in Japan (as so many do), in which case another answer would be “Because the name is not in English, but in Japlish)