Just Dance 2 (2010)

Lore & Background

Just Dance 2 was announced shortly after the release of the original Just Dance and was released for the Wii on October 12, 2010 in North America and October 14, 2010 in Europe. Versions for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 followed in 2011.

Reader's Guide

Like its predecessors, up to four players can play to mirror on-screen dance choreography from over 40 songs. 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) 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. Returning features include Non-Stop Shuffle, Speed Shuffle, Medley, Simon Says and Just Sweat. The Wii and PlayStation 3 versions have a Hold My Hand dance mode, where two players can share a Wii Remote or PlayStation Move Motion controller to dance. The Xbox 360 version has the ability to choose between the full version or the short version, and features two difficulties for both game modes, 'Easy' and 'Normal', as well as a 'Shout Out' feature that uses the Kinect's voice recognition function to sing the colored on-screen lyric in light blue when an icon appears. It also features a Just Create mode in which players can create their own routines with the Kinect.

Did You Know?

• Just Dance 2 received positive reviews from critics and became one of the best-selling third-party Wii games, with sales of over 5 million copies worldwide.
• In the Xbox 360 version, all the songs are listed alphabetically while in the Wii and PS3 versions, the songs are in the order listed below.
• Downloadable content is not available for the PlayStation 3.
• A Target Edition was released in America, which included two exclusive songs: Rihanna's 'Only Girl (In the World)' and B.o.B's 'Airplanes'.