So, I tried DDC for the first time today. As soon as I beat Sekibanki (or however you spell it), the game crashed. I couldn't get to Stage 3.
I will say that I did lose all my lives and subsequently used a continue, so maybe that has something to do with it?
This has only happened one time, but it seems like it might be a problem with the game itself...I'll try to beat it without continues and see if I get the same result.
I'm mainly posting to see if anyone else has gotten this same crash.
EDIT: I beat Sekibanki without using continues, and the game did not crash. Problem solved. It's the continues; they're EVIL!