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Just Dance is the Guitar Hero or Singstar equivalent for those of you that just love to move, but fancy the occasional night in rather than spending it on the tiles. It includes 32 tunes, but does Just Dance’s club vibe make it worth the entrance fee? Find out in our Just Dance review.
Using the Wiimote as a motion sensor, Just Dance gets you dancing along with an on-screen virtual instructor as they grind out some moves – all choreographed alongside the original song. No re-recorded nonsense for Just Dance, apart from one ‘in the style of’ song.
The song list has more than a hint of cheese flavouring, but it’s very nearly filler-less. It’s almost as if Just Dance nicked its song selection from a DJ’s fromage-filled student night playlist. This may sound bad, but it makes complete sense here.
After all, if you’re going to make a tit of yourself, why not do it along to MC Hammer’s ‘Can’t Touch This’ or ‘Groove is in the Heart’ by Dee-Lite.
Alongside these dance floor guilty pleasures are some songs even rock fans might find it hard to disagree with – such as Blur’s ‘Girls and Boys’ and The Presidents of the USA’s ‘Lump’. While there’s definitely some scope for future more focused Just Dance releases, Ubisoft’s come up trumps in getting together a good party game playlist here.
Make no mistake, this is one game you really need to get some mates around for – and unless you’re inebriated or a real dancing queen, you will have to get over the mountain of embarrassment that comes bundled free with Just Dance. Then again, it’s a dance game – what do you expect?
What really makes Just Dance special though are the professional dancer videos that accompany each song. They’re all videos of real people that have been digitally coloured-in, wearing outfits that vaguely relate to the song. Not only do these vids make Just Dance crazily intuitive – albeit hard to master – they’re also fun to watch.
Game modes are a little limited, with just a half-handful of multiplayer modes and a quick mode, and the interface is basic compared with top rhythm games like Rock Band, but then Just Dance is a lot cheaper than those games, with an RRP of £24.99. You should be able to find it for a few quid cheaper online too.
Thanks to the inaccuracy of the bog-standard Wiimote, it’s not too hard to cheat Just Dance, but as a Wii party game that costs a lot less than most and doesn’t need any expensive extra peripherals, it’s hard to top.
