Just Dance (Wii) User Reviews

Just Dance! Does exactly what it says on the tin!

With more than 30 chart-topping tracks, from rock, disco, hip-hop, pop, dating through the years, with even recent hits included, like Hot N Cold by Katy Perry. It’s a very simple game to play, just as long as you have plenty of floor space to dance, you should be ready to have some fun and boogie away.

I brought the game because I had family coming over for a party, a large group of 20ish people and a mixture of ages 14–60. I wanted something everyone could play, like the adverts show. To be honest I was not disappointed because, of the wide range of music, everyone found something they liked and everyone including my mum(60) had a go and enjoyed the simplicity of the game.

It’s very easy to use; hold the Wii controller and follower the characters movements on the screen. Based on the accuracy of your movements, in time to the music, your performance will determine your score. It can get very competitive. Even then you play alone. Your score is shown on the TV and will increase during play. Your moves are rated during play, X=Bad move, OK=Okay, Great=You’re fantastic then your TV comes alive and flashes because you’re doing so well.

After a couple of continuous goes, you should work up a sweat. Again, I would recommend if you wanted to excise, it could be used as an excise tool to lose weight, in private.

You can play one too four players all alike. There is a quick mode, you’ll dance for 1 minute to your chosen track, getting you to learn the moves and you’d be scored. However I haven’t really used this setting. I choose the longer track (Classic) version each time 3 minutes. Which I find much more fun, you get to learn the moves and actual remember them.

Last One Standing, at the beginning you have seven lives, each incorrect move makes you lose a life. You can regain a life successfully completing a combo of five, Great moves. When all your lives are gone you are eliminated (I have never played this function)

Strike A Pose, the dancers moves when the green light is on and stops when its red. Move when the red light is on will lose your points, gain points when the green light is on. Really good fun, you can get into the dancing and forget to stop moving when the lights change.

Anyone can play, you don’t have to be a great mover on the dance floor to have fun.I recommend to use if you have plenty of floor space, my lounge is spacious but for a strange reason everyone still ended up being space invaders, so be careful. Getting wacked can hurt especially little people.

There is a good selection of music however if your intention is to use this on a regular basis, you may get bored of the same tracks.

I have used this alone too, I found it fun, mostly laughing at myself, happy no-one else could see me looking rather silly. It's great for parties, families get together or friends wanting to have a laugh and some entertainment.
Also the rating is from 3, my son is a 3yo, I would not let him play, he cannot concentrate on the TV for more than a couple of seconds and prefers to try to hold my legs rather than let me dance.

History was made in September 2006 when Nintendo released their new game console Wii that has taken the hearts of many gamers around the globe. Its innovative way of playing is so refreshing that they are must-haves for every household. It is so much fun to use because it’s interactive; which also presents a challenge for the producers because they have to constantly think of games that would be good entertainment for just about everyone.

Today, they have moved a level up with the introduction of their newest dance craze Just Dance. There was a time when dancing was so popular in arcades and later on found their way to households using dance pads, otherwise known as dance mats or dance platforms. Last year, Wii released its own version of dancing, Just Dance.

Just Dance functions on a different level because you don’t have to push buttons and unlock levels or any progression of that kind. All you have to do is - just dance. You just have to follow the dancer on your screen doing the actual steps to the beat of the song. This Wii game offers songs from different genres with a wide range of difficulties from easy to the most difficult.

Being a first, the game has areas that they could definitely improve upon. Generally, dancing has to be perfect in timing and execution; and the same goes for Just Dance. People who are into dancing or what you would call “natural” find it quite easy to follow the tempo and the dance steps; but for beginners or those who haven’t really done much dancing it can be quite a problem.

Likewise, some find it challenging enough as points is given for every step correctly followed and you get a total score at the end of the song. Others just find it simply boring. If not for the “red light/green light, Strike-A-Pose” point system of elimination, where the Last One Standing is declared the winner, there really is nothing to do that resembles a challenge. You can, in fact, easily memorize the moves and steps and just flail away.

Just Dance could have also fared better with the graphics and layout department. The dancers are dressed appropriately according to the song and everything is colorful and vibrant but the “main characters” you have to mimic are just silhouettes, which could have been more realistic if they didn’t appear like shadows. The design is overly simple where they could have added more creativity to improve it.

With all these flaws, the game can still be great entertainment as a family activity or when you want to keep guests occupied. It can be quite competitive for small group gatherings with the multiplayer phase which allows up to four players to dance off and see who’s the greatest. It can be a delightful experience for “bonding moments” where happy memories are made to last a lifetime. But if you’re not the sentimental type, this might not be your cup of tea.