Original Just Dance 2 is the first dance video game to feature "real move" to popular music. Prior to that, dance game is basically an exercise in time - stomp your feet on a mat or move your hand to match the pattern on the screen. But with Just Dance, you do not just play video games: You are learning real dance moves that you can take anywhere. And when you play the game repeatedly, you get a great workout without even realizing it. The game was smash success, selling more than 4 million copies worldwide. The game was not without mistakes though, the largest of the precision motion control. Even if you do not move perfectly, sometimes the system will not register them.
When you start the game, the start menu is simple refreshing. There are three options: Dance, Shop, Extra!. When you click "! Dance", you'll see three options: Just Dance, Dance Battle, and Just Sweat.
The "Just Dance" option makes you the right to dance to the tune of individuals, such as in the original. Up to four players can play, each holding their own Wii remote. As in the original language, you try to follow a mirror image of figure silhouette on the screen. Stick figures scrolling along the bottom of the screen will help you prepare for the next step, the indicator on the screen will tell you how well you hit your moves, and "measure score" will fill the respective right moves you make.
There are many choices of 44 new songs, with something for everyone. Do you want to dance Elvis Presley's "Viva Las Vegas" or Outkast's "Hey Ya". I love Ubisoft's approach, while other music games tend to focus only on one genre, Ubisoft includes something for all ages and tastes.
Some songs feature "Duet Mode." These songs are identified with a circle icon with two figures standing with their backs to each other. This is a neat new feature that allows two players to dance with each other with each move to a different choreographers, so you end up a neat little dance routines together. For example, in Avril Lavigne's "Girlfriend", the dancers begin by pointing to one another. Then, one makes air guitar like a temporary move while the other swing arm. Then, the two returned to the synchronized movement. It makes for funny dance routines.
The "Dance Battle" option to bring players through five rounds of competition. Up to four players can compete against each other, and the winner of each round gets a point. The player with the most points at the end of the round is the winner. You can mix and match from this mode to create different competitions:
- Classic: In this mode, players "just dance". The player with the highest overall rating got a point.
- Duet: This mode consists of all the "Mode Duet" song. Players in the couples who received the highest score point.
- Simon Says: In this game, while dancing icons will appear at random to each play while dancing (Stop, spin, clap). Players must take accurate to score points.
- Medley: In this mode, each player must be dancing five samples of songs.
- Race: This is the fanatic mode where each player to fill the measure of their value to win the round.
"Team Battle" is the same as "Dance Battle", except that it allows up to 8 players to play on two teams (they did not play all at the same time, the system will separate the players in the team and show the players' names when their turn) . It's nice to have at parties where you should be able to get a lot of people playing together and rooting their own team.
My new favorite feature, of course, is "Just Sweat" mode. In it, you set goals you want to burn calories, and then you just danced away until they are burned. 30-minute dance sure beats 30 minutes on a treadmill or bicycle exercise boring, because you not only burn calories away, you get to learn the practice of choreographed dance moves. And after dancing to the fast part of "Proud Mary", let's say I have a newfound admiration for Tina Turner!
The new "Store" option allows you to purchase downloadable content, which will further expand the screening of this title.
And now the answer to that burning question you've been waiting for: whether they are actually improving poor motion tracking?
The answer is, happily, yes! Although the game was still using just one Wii remote, and still do not even need MotionPlus, I'm pleased to say that tracking movements take my movement almost perfect. He even accurate not only for my time, but also my arm motion and angles. The game developers made huge progress compared to the original in this department.
Overall, Just Dance 2 is a worthy successor to the original. Enhanced motion tracking is just what the doctor ordered, and they make the game more enjoyable for people to play together. Highly recommended.
