Just Dance
- Burn calories, stay fit, and enjoy a fun workout all while having a blast with your favorite songs.
- Just Dance features more than 30 licensed tracks, ranging from iconic dance hits such as "You Can't Touch This" by MC Hammer to modern day pop with "Hot N Cold" by Katy Perry.
- Scrolling lyrics lines so players can sing along to the beat.
- Step to the beat and learn real-life dance moves from music spanning the 80's, 90's, Disco, Rock and more.
- Raise the roof with anyone and everyone you know via fun 4 player party modes – with simple controls, anyone can pick-up and play.
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Bought this game for the kids based on the commercial showing all the activity and the songs. Told my wife we had to try it out first and she balked because it was late, after the kids were in bed. I nagged she gave in I lasted 3 songs she danced every song until 2 in the morning. She had so much fun the game never made it under the Xmas tree. The next day the whole family had a blast. That night friends came over and danced for 3 hours. I’m taking it to the company Xmas party.
Pros – It’s fun, fun, fun. The best family or group game since Wii Sport Bowling. It doesn’t take a huge amount of skill or even rhythm. It’s for the very young, anyone who can get up and boogie or simply the young at heart. If you try to play the game as intended you will get one heck of a total aerobic workout especially the smile muscles.
Cons – Primarily it’s just that there is only 30 songs and surprisingly it’s not enough, the developers should or had to have known they needed more (so that’s the 1 star deduction.) It isn’t for hard core gamers who are driven to be able to conquer a stage, solve a puzzle, revel in a high score or master a total game. They simply won’t get it at all. The scoring is not spot on for the competition minded. I imagine if you wanted to cheat and just move the wiimote you could bypass the fun all together. May be to much exercise for those with physical impairments.
Rating: 4 / 5
I admit, I wasn’t expecting much when I first heard about Just Dance a few months ago. I figured it’d be just like another one of those games like Dancing with the Stars and High School Musical where you see characters on screen dancing, but all you’re doing is waving your remote to match the visual cues on the screen. Ho Hum.
The first thing that struck me when I popped the game into the Wii was that these were fun songs from every era. They’re all family-friendly, and there’s something in the track list for everyone, from baby boomers to Gen X’ers to Gen Y’ers. Here’s the entire track list. Most of the songs are not covers, but original tracks from the original singers.
Girl Just Want to Have Fun – Cyndi Lauper
Ring My Bell – Anita Ward
A Little Less Conversation (JXL Radio Edit Remix) – Elvis vs. JXL
Cotton Eye Joe – Rednex
Surfin’ Bird – The Trashmen
Heart of Glass – Blondie
Womanizer – The Gym All-Stars
Groove Is in the Heart – Deee-Lite
Jerk It Out – Caesars
I Live to Move It (Radio Mix) – Reel 2 Real feat. The Mad Stuntman
Not N Cold (Chick Version) – Katy Perry
Mashed Potato Time – Dee Dee Sharp
Girls and Boys – Blur
Fame – In the style of Irene Cara
Lump – The Presidents of the United States of America
Kids in America – Kim Wilde
Pump Up the Jam – Technotronic
I Get Around – The Beach Boys
Le Freak – Chic
That’s the Way (I Like It) – KC and the Sunshine Band
Louie Louie – Iggy Pop
Funplex (CSS Remix) – The B-52s
Jin Go Lo Ba – Fatboy Slim
DARE – Gorillaz
Bebe – Divine Brown
Eye of the Tiger – Survivor
Can’t Get You Out of My Head – Kylie Minogue
Acceptable in the 80s – Calvin Harris
Who Let the Dogs Out – Baha Men
Wanna Be – Spice Girls
Step By Step – New Kids on the Block
U Can’t Touch This – MC Hammer
The second thing that impressed me was that this game features actual dance moves to the songs. In other words, not only are you playing the game, you’re learning actual dance steps. You’ll learn the “Mashed Potato” that was all the rage in the 1960’s to Dee Dee Sharp’s “Mashed Potato Time”. You’ll learn the best disco moves of the 70’s with songs like “That’s the Way I Like It”. And my personal dream come true–you can dance like MC Hammer with “U Can’t Touch This”.
For the controller, they went for a decidedly simpler approach, and they hit a home run. For using one Wii remote, the controls are remarkably accurate as far as detecting whether you’re dancing correctly or not. For each move, you’ll be given a grade of “Great”, “Okay” and “X”. Now, I won’t lie and say the controls are the most precise in the world. There’ll be plenty of times you’ll be doing the moves precisely, but the Wii will tell you you’re not. But where this game triumphs is that even though the controls may be off, the game is so fun that you really don’t care.
And you also find that the more you practice the moves and “feel the music”, the better your scores become. If you’ve gotten to the point where you’ve memorized the dance and are just doing the moves to the music, your score will be great.
The game is simple. You choose a song, and then after a countdown from 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, you’ll see a silhouetted character on your screen doing the dance moves. The character is generally dressed appropriately for the song: a disco dude will lead you through “That’s the Way I Like It”, a cowgirl will do a two-step to “Cotton Eye Joe”, and a dog (yes, a dog) will dance to “Who Let the Dogs Out”. You basically just have to do the mirror image of the character’s moves.
They also have multiplayer games. In the first game (Challenge), you can basically have a dance-off between you and up to three other friends to see who’ll get the high score. Again, you don’t mind in this case if the controls are not completely precise because you’re all on the same playing field. In the second game (Strike a Pose), it’s like a game of Red Light / Green Light where you have to freeze in your tracks when the music stops. The third game (Last one standing) is an elimination game where the person who makes the least mistakes wins the game.
As fpr the exercise value, with virtually every song, I ended it panting because I was out of breath, and even though I was out of breath I wanted to try it again and again until I got it right. To me, that’s the sign of a great exercise game.
Rating: 5 / 5
While the game play mimics Guitar Hero or Dance Dance Revolution style games, one thing sets this game apart: if you’re not good at matching the dance moves, the song (and the game) keep going. You don’t get interrupted, or have the song get cut short because you miss a certain number of moves.
What that means to players: you can play any of the songs, regardless of difficulty or effort rating, and make it through the entire song. You also get to choose abbreviated or full-length versions of the song.
While other games claim to be great at giving you a cardiac workout, this will *really does*. Songs are rated on difficulty and effort. Difficulty relates to the complexity of the dance moves, while effort is how fast you’ll be moving. There is a nice combination of songs with low difficulty/high effort, and vice-versa.
Also you have up to 4 players at a time, and anyone can join the song mid-stream.
Rating: 5 / 5
I’ll admit: this game may not be for everyone. You can’t be shy. You have to let it all out and not care who’s watching (or you won’t score points!) But for the goofball dancers out there who loved doing the “Whop”, “Running man”, “Monkey”, “Disco Hustle” back in the day, you’re gonna have a BLAST! You have a choice between short or regular versions for real workout! It may not score accurately- but really, if you’re looking to score points; you’re playing the wrong game.
Rating: 5 / 5
I’m overweight and scared of dance pads (would I break one?) …I hate stepping on the balance board to be weighed…this game doesn’t have any of that. You just need the controller. It’s really simple, and has some good songs from various times – there’s a few oldies, some good 80s and 90s dance tracks, and a recent Britany Spears song. That said, I wish there were more music- twice this would have got it 5 stars.
My 14 yo son doesn’t get it. At all. There’s no one to shoot. The actual competitive aspect just is missing. While that causes him to miss the point entirely, I’m really glad for something fun on the wii that is straightfoward, good exercise, and a joy to do.
I always liked to dance but I’ve got a foot injury that restricts me. You really DO NOT have to move your feet all that much to do this if you don’t want to, or can’t. You get out of it what you are able to put into it. That’s nice.
I’ve not experienced any freezing.
Rating: 4 / 5