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Just Dance is a rhythm game for the Wii. It has been developed by Ubisoft sub-divisions and released exclusively to the Wii system in 2009. The title is based on Lady Gaga's song of the same nameJust Dance was a major success, selling 4.3 million copies, becoming the second best selling Wii game from a third-party company, only behind its sequel, Just Dance 2.

Gameplay[]

Just Dance's gameplay is simple, the objective of the game is to mimic the dancer on screen, using the Wii Remote to do the same movements as does the dancer does. The main mode, Quick Play, is the best mode if you're playing alone. Simply play the game as you normally would. The game has three different challenge modes each involving dancing against other players or by yourself, and obtaining points depending on your placement. "Normal", where the player simply picks one song and dances, "Last One Standing", where the player takes doesn't scores many points or makes too many mistakes is eliminated and the last one standing wins and "Strike a Pose" mode, where the players start or stop dancing as dictated by the on-screen dancer. There is also a "Practice" mode, where the player trains the songs without keeping score.

Track listing[]

Songs Artists/Bands Year
A Little Less Conversation Elvis Presley 1970
Acceptable in the 80s Calvin Harris 2006
Can't Get You Out of My Head Kylie Minogue 2001
Cotton-Eyed Joe Rednex 1994
Dare Gorillaz 2005
Eye of the Tiger Survivor 1992
Fame Irene Cara 1980
Funplex The B-52s (CSS Remix) 2008
Girls & Boys Blur 1994
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Cyndi Lauper 1983
Groove Is in the Heart Deee-Lite 1990
Heart of Glass Blondie 1978
Hot 'n' Cold Katy Perry 2008
I Get Around The Beach Boys 1963
I Like to Move It Real 2 Real (feat. The Mad Stuntman (Radio Mix) 1993
Jerk It Out Caesars 2002
Jin-go-lo-ba Fatboy Slim 2004
Kids in America Kim Wilde 1981
Le Freak Chic 1978
Louie Louie The Kingsmen 1963
Lump The Presidents of the United States of America 1995
Mashed Potato Time Dee Dee Sharp 1962
Pump Up the Jam Technotronic 1989
Ring My Bell Anita Ward 1979
Step by Step New Kids on the Block 1990
Surfin' Bird The Trashmen 1963
That's The Way (I Like It) KC and the Sunshine Band 1975
U Can't Touch This MC Hammer 1990
Wannabe Spice Girls 1996
Who Let the Dogs Out Baha Men 2000
Womanizer Britney Spears 2008

Trivia[]

  • This is the only Just Dance game where achieving over 20,000 points is possible by normal means.

Reception[]

The game had negative reviews from critics, the current score for the game on Metacritic is 49/100, however, despite the bad review score, the game's sales were above as expected according to Ubisoft, saying that the sales were "overwhelming", the game sold 4.3 million copies, which led Ubisoft to make a sequel, called Just Dance 2.

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