Ubisoft producer Florian Granger noted that Just Dance was designed to help players overcome their inhibitions and anxiety towards dance, helping them build a "vocabulary" of moves they can practice in a "safe context", and with the game itself being the focal point of attention rather than themselves. Poix explained that unlike the Raving Rabbids games, which he described as being a "gamer's game", Just Dance was designed to contrast skill-based rhythm games with a concept and control scheme that would be accessible to a mainstream audience, encouraging them to " off the couch and fun together". Just Dance was developed by a small team of around 20 at Ubisoft Paris and Ubisoft Milan, and was only officially pitched six months prior to its eventual release. Proving popular in demonstrations, the concept was refined and re-developed into a stand-alone game. For Rayman Raving Rabbids: TV Party, the concept was iterated into a pose-based dance game.
Ubisoft France's managing director Xavier Poix and his team felt the Wii Remote and Nunchuk would work well for music games Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 featured a music minigame that IGN compared to Guitar Hero-where players shook the Wii Remote or Nunchuk when prompted to play an instrument. The concept of Just Dance originated from a minigame developed for inclusion in the Rayman Raving Rabbids series. In "Last One Standing" mode, players are given seven lives players lose lives on mistakes, and gain them back after hitting five correct moves in a row a player is eliminated if they lose all of their lives. In "Strike a Pose" mode, players are instructed at random to freeze (similar to Red light green light). There are two scoring targets for each song: 10,000 points for a Standard target, and 15,000 points for a Master target.Īlong with standard play, three other modes are included the "Warm Up" mode serves as a practice mode. Some moves are shake moves, where the shake meter appears in front of their animated score icons, giving the players a chance to shake their Wii Remotes as fast as they can to earn bonus points. The "X" means that the player didn't get the move, "OK" means that the player tried, but isn't quite there, or the player is almost there, and "Great" means the player did an awesome job on the move. There are three judgements, "X", "OK" and "Great". Players are judged by their animated score icons on a ranking scale for the accuracy of each of their moves in comparison to that of the on-screen dancer, and receive points. While holding a Wii Remote in their right hand, players follow the moves of the on-screen dancer and their choreographed routine.
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Just Dance was a major commercial success, selling over 4.3 million copies worldwide and establishing a franchise that, as of October 2013, had collectively sold over 40 million units, making it Ubisoft's second-largest franchise.įurther information: Gameplay of the Just Dance seriesĪfter selecting a song and either a short or full version of it, players are presented with an on-screen dancer, as well as an occasional display of scrolling pictograms/ silhouettes representing specific poses. At the same time, the simplistic gameplay of Just Dance was praised for being accessible to a casual audience, its "fun" soundtrack and dance routines, and for becoming more enjoyable as a multiplayer party game. It was criticized for its simplistic gameplay, poor motion detection, and a lack of progression or additional content beyond what was included on-disc. Just Dance was released to mixed-to-negative reviews. The game was released exclusively for the Wii on November 17, 2009, in North America, November 26, 2009, in Australia, and November 27, 2009, in Europe.Įxpanding upon a concept introduced in a minigame for Rayman Raving Rabbids: TV Party, players mimic the motions of an on-screen dancer's choreography for a selected song, using the Wii Remote to judge the player's motions and accuracy (eschewing accessories such as physical dance pads). Just Dance is a 2009 music rhythm game developed by Ubisoft Milan and Ubisoft Paris and published by Ubisoft as the first main installment of the Just Dance series.
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