Just Dance 2

Nintendo exclusive

The concept of the game is the same as the original Just Dance. Requiring only one Wii Remote per player, up to four people can play at a time, as they follow on-screen choreographed moves set to classic dance tracks. There are four new dance modes. In "Just Dance Mode", players can get together and dance for as long as they want, just for the fun of it. Other options include "Non-Stop Shuffle" for a non-stopping gameplay, and "Medleys", in which short pieces of 5 songs are mixed.

Released: 12 October 2010
Platforms: Wii
Genres: Dance Rhythm
Developers: Ubisoft Paris
Publishers: —
Modes: Multiplayer Single-player
Country: France
Age ratings: PEGI 3 ESRB E10+
Languages: English

About

Just Dance 2 is a 2010 dance rhythm game developed by Ubisoft Paris and published by Ubisoft. The game was released exclusively for the Wii on October 12 of 2010, in North America and in Australia and Europe on October 14, 2010, as a sequel to Just Dance and the second main installment of the series.

Just Dance 2 focused primarily on improvements and enhancements to the original game, including the addition of new co-operative "Duet" routines, a team-based "Dance Battle" mode, a "Non-Stop Shuffle" mode, a new exergaming-oriented mode known as "Just Sweat", and paid downloadable content.

Keywords

dancing
high score
music and rhythm
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motion control
licensed soundtrack
nintendo wi-fi connection
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nintendo wi-fi pay and play

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Gameplay

The gameplay of Just Dance 2 remains similar to the original; while holding a Wii Remote in their right hand, players must mimic the routine of an on-screen dancer to a chosen song. The dancers in each song now wear colored gloves for better motion detection. Players are judged based on their accuracy, scoring points. Players can choose between the full version and the short version.

Unlike the first game, there are no animated score icons, instead, there are different on-screen names for players to choose from. Also, there are four judgements for regular moves, the "X" and "OK" judgements remain the same and the two new judgements are "Good" and "Perfect". While the "X" has the same meaning as the previous game, "OK" now means that the player tried, but isn't quite there. "Good" means that the player is almost there, and "Perfect" means the same as "Great" in the previous game.

Reception

Critics suggested Just Dance 2 would be a good competitor with a similar motion-control dance game by Harmonix, Dance Central (2010), in that the purchase of an expensive Kinect camera was not required.

Just Dance 2 was commended for being a great social experience with friends, which was frequently attributed to its choreography described as "goofy," "absolutely ridiculous," "silly," "ludicrous," and filled with "playful touches," "comical spins, jumps, and crossovers." Explained Keza MacDonald of IGN, "The measure of any social video game is the memorable moments they create – the evenings (or wee small drunken hours) spent floundering in the face of doing the robot to Satisfaction, watching a friend topple head-over-arse attempting Ra-Ra-Rasputin's cossack dancing, the mildly awkward moment in the middle of The Shoop Shoop Song where you accidentally meet your duet partner's eyes." A common highlight was the ballet dance segment in "A-Punk"'s choreography; Wrote Martin Gaston of Video Gamer, "there is simply no way for two fat men to look cool when trying to pirouette around each other in Vampire Weekend's A-Punk, for instance, but seeing as it's so outlandish you don't have to worry about looking like a pleb."