Ludography
73/100
Players24 ratings
70/100
Critics5 reviews

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2011 · Ubisoft Paris · Dance · Rhythm

Just Dance 3

A lively rhythm game that gets players moving with solo, duet, and quartet routines, letting up to four people dance together in energetic, party-style sessions. The game features curated playlists, unlockable rewards including new songs and modes, and Dance Mashups that remix choreography from earlier entries for fresh, high-energy routines.

Released
7 October 2011
Platforms
PlayStation 3WiiXbox 360
Genres
DanceRhythm
Developers
Ubisoft Paris
Publishers
—
Modes
MultiplayerSingle-player
Perspective
Third person
Themes
Party
Country
France
Age ratings
ESRB E10+PEGI 3

About

Just Dance 3 is a 2011 dance rhythm game released on the Wii, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3 with Kinect and Move support respectively for the latter two. It is part of the Just Dance video game series published by Ubisoft originally on the Wii and the third main installment of the series. Just Dance 3 was announced shortly after the release of Just Dance 2 and was released for the Wii and Xbox 360 on October 7, 2011 in North America and October 11, 2011 in Australia and Europe and for the PlayStation 3 on December 6, 2011 in North America, December 8, 2011 in Australia and December 9, 2011 in Europe. Just Dance 3 received positive reviews from critics and is the best-selling third-party Wii game of all-time, with sales of 9.92 million.

Keywords

  • fitness
  • achievements
  • abstract
  • dancing
  • high score
  • motion controls
  • digital distribution
  • music and rhythm
  • playstation trophies
  • playstation move support
  • motion control
  • licensed soundtrack

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

Like its predecessors, up to four players can play to mirror on-screen dance choreography from over 40 songs, as they are judged on their ability to follow a dance routine to a chosen song. During gameplay, the progress bar is displayed above the boomboxes that blast out the five judgements, with stars being obtained during the song. Along with Solo and Duet modes, Just Dance 3 features a Dance Crew mode which allows 4 players to dance together, each with their own unique choreography, as well as playlists that group songs into different categories. Players can now choose which dancer to play as for a Duet or Dance Crew song.

The lyrics for the Duet songs are now on the left side of the screen like Solo songs, and the pictograms for each dancer in Duet and Dance Crew songs are placed together on the right side. On the PS3 version, a toggable option for karaoke-styled lyrics (with lyrics colored in yellow for both male and female vocals), in the same vein as the Japanese exclusive Just Dance game on the Wii, Just Dance Wii, is included. For Dance Crew songs, the boomboxes that blast out the five judgements are located on the left side of each player's progress bar. Players can unlock gifts such as new songs, game modes, as well as Dance Mashups which combines different dance routines in this game and the previous two installments of the Just Dance series into one song.

Reception

Ubisoft's third installment in the Just Dance series received mostly mixed to positive reviews from critics, receiving a 75.30% of the Wii and a 69.70% for the Xbox 360 on GameRankings. With the most positive review for the Wii being from Nintendo Life giving a 9/10, and the least positive of which being Official Nintendo Magazine UK, giving it a 68/100. For the Xbox 360, the most positive review came from IGN, giving it an 8.5/10 and the most negative came from GamingExcellence, which gave it a 5.4/10.

According to Gamasutra's weekly column, Just Dance 3 was the number one selling multi-platform game of the week in North America and Japan on the week of October 13, 2011 in the form of the Wii version, and was number two in the UK. This means that of all the games on all systems, the Wii version of Just Dance 3 was the week's best selling game overall in Japan and North America in those regions, and number two in the UK, only behind Forza Motorsport 4. The Xbox 360 version did not chart, meaning it failed to hit the top 5. Of the top 5 selling Wii games in Japan, North America and the UK, however, the game was number one in all regions. Just Dance 3 is the best-selling third-party Wii game, with over 9.92 million copies sold as of June 11, 2014.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Xbox 3607 October 2011North America · Europe 11 October 2011 · Australia 11 October 2011
PlayStation 36 December 2011North America · Worldwide 6 December 2011 · Europe 9 December 2011

Editions and related releases

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Just Dance 3: Target Exclusive Edition

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