The publisher, known to be expanding its music portfolio, has previously filed trademarks for DJ Hero as well as "Guitar Villain" and "Drum Hero" among others. A filed trademark does not guarantee that a game will be released and is only a reservation of the name.

Kotaku, which spotted the patent, supposed that if a Dance Hero game is actually in development, it may be along the lines of Konami's music-rhythm pioneer Dance Dance Revolution. Guitar Hero was heavily influenced by Konami's Guitar Freaks, which mainly stayed in Japan.