This is about the video game called Just Dance. For other listings of Just Dance, visit Just Dance (disambiguation).
Just Dance is the first videogame in the Just Dance series. It was released for the Wii on November 2009.
Overview
The gameplay for Just Dance involves players mimicking the character seen on the screen, earning points while doing so. (The ratings used are GREAT, OK, and X. Additionally, a Shake feature was featured on some routines that allowed players to earn many points for their score by following the character's motions while rocking the Wii Remotes continuously.) At the end, the player with the most points wins. During gameplay, players have the option of playing the full routine or a shortened version of the routine before the song starts.
Two main modes are included in Just Dance. Quick Play mode is designed for free play and friendly competition, allowing the players to dance to whatever song of their choosing from the list. Challenge mode on the other hand is designed for a real competition. The players can set a round of 1, or set rounds of 3, 5, or 10 and have the option to compete in different types of play to win the overall mode. In all there are three types of play for the players to pick for Challenge.
- Classic: Acts in a similar fashion to Quick Play
- Strike A Pose: This mode has the players needing to focus at their own gauges while dancing. Whenever the player has a Stop Sign on their gauge, they are suppose to freeze. When a Go Sign appears, they start dancing again. If the player moves while there's a Stop Sign, they will lose points. The player with the most points wins that round.
- Last One Standing: Each player will get 7 hearts. Every move they do incorrectly causes them to lose one, but they can gain it back by getting 5 "GREAT" ratings in a row. When all of the hearts are gone, the player is eliminated. The last person remaining wins that round.
The player who wins the most rounds (or round if one round is chosen) is considered the winner of the mode.
Songs
Song | Artist | Icon | Difficulty | Effort |
---|---|---|---|---|
A Little Less Conversation (JXL Radio Edit Remix) | Elvis vs. JXL | 2 | 2 | |
Acceptable in the 80s | Calvin Harris | 3 | 3 | |
Bebe | Divine Brown | 2 | 1 | |
Can't Get You Out of My Head | Kylie Minogue | 2 | 1 | |
Cotton Eye Joe | Rednex | 1 | 3 | |
DARE | Gorillaz | 2 | 1 | |
Eye of the Tiger | Survivor | 1 | 3 | |
Fame | Irene Cara
(covered "In the style of Irene Cara" in-game) |
1 | 3 | |
Funplex (CSS Remix) | The B-52s | 2 | 2 | |
Girls And Boys | Blur | 2 | 2 | |
Girls Just Want To Have Fun | Cyndi Lauper | 1 | 2 | |
Groove Is in the Heart | Deee-Lite | 3 | 2 | |
Heart of Glass | Blondie | 2 | 1 | |
Hot N Cold (Chick Version) | Katy Perry | 1 | 3 | |
I Get Around | The Beach Boys | 2 | 1 | |
I Like to Move It (Radio Mix) | Reel 2 Real feat. The Mad Stuntman | 2 | 2 | |
Jerk It Out | Caesars | 3 | 3 | |
Jin Go Lo Ba | Fatboy Slim | 3 | 2 | |
Kids in America | Kim Wilde | 2 | 2 | |
Le Freak | Chic | 2 | 1 | |
Louie Louie | Iggy Pop | 1 | 3 | |
Lump | The Presidents of the United States of America | 1 | 3 | |
Mashed Potato Time | Dee Dee Sharp | 1 | 1 | |
Pump Up the Jam | Technotronic | 2 | 3 | |
Ring My Bell | Anita Ward | 2 | 1 | |
Step By Step | New Kids On The Block | 2 | 2 | |
Surfin' Bird | The Trashmen | 1 | 3 | |
That's the Way (I Like It) | KC and the Sunshine Band | 3 | 1 | |
U Can't Touch This | MC Hammer | 2 | 3 | |
Wanna Be | Spice Girls | 1 | 2 | |
Who Let the Dogs Out | Baha Men | 3 | 2 | |
Womanizer | Britney Spears
(covered by The Gym All-Stars in-game) |
2 | 1 |
Removed Songs
These songs were planned to be in the game but were taken out for unknown reasons.
Song | Artist | Difficulty | Effort | Year | Featured In Later Games |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Idealistic (JD2) | Digitalism | N/A | N/A | 2007 | Yes |
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (JD4) | They Might Be Giants | N/A | N/A | 1990 | Yes |
Last Christmas (JD2017) | Wham! | N/A | N/A | 1984 | Yes, But Covered |
Daddy Cool (JD018) | Boney M. | N/A | N/A | 1976 | Yes, But Covered |
Jungle Boogie (JD2) | Kool And The Gang | N/A | N/A | 1973 | Yes, But Covered |
Shake | Sam Cooke | N/A | N/A | 1964 | No |
Soul Bossa Nova (JD2) | Quincy Jones And His Orchestra | N/A | N/A | 1962 | Yes |
Trivia
- This game was released later than any other game in the main series, being released in November. Likewise, this is the only game in the main series to be released in November, as every other game has been released in October.
- The number of songs in the game (32) is the least amount out of all the games in the main series.
Gallery
More images can be seen at Just Dance (videogame)/Gallery