Just Dance 2015

Lore & Background

The game introduced additional social networking features to the series, including the ability for players to challenge other players online, and submit clips of themselves playing for inclusion into crowdsourced 'Community Remix' routines featured in-game. The game also added the ability for a smartphone to be used as a controller with a companion app. Just Dance 2015 received mostly positive reviews by critics, praising the franchise's continued focus on casual audience through its forgiving motion detection, multiplayer functionality, and pop-oriented soundtrack, although criticism was directed at the soundtrack for focusing too much on teen pop, as well as its user interface for having confusing and irregular conventions.

Reader's Guide

As in previous installments, players must mimic the routine of an on-screen dancer to a chosen song, scoring points based on their accuracy. As with the spin-off Just Dance Now, Just Dance 2015 on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One allows a smartphone to be used as a controller with a companion app, as an alternative to requiring a console's own motion control accessories. Motions are detected through the phone using its internal sensors. The Chinese version features a unique tweak to the traditional karaoke-styled lyrics, in which has a glowing circle that's pulsing to the beat and is next to the highlighted lyrics. Furthermore, online features are removed in the Chinese version, except for the 'Challengers' feature, which only allows competing against high scores and AI players. A new 'challenge' feature allows players to send and receive challenges to and from other players as ghost data. The new 'Just Dance Wall' feature allows players to view news and updates, including received challenges. The online 'World Dance Floor' mode introduced in Just Dance 2014 returned with new features, including 8 player parties for the Wii version, and VIPs, along with the 'AutoDance' video creator, while Just Sweat was dropped in favor of an optional k/cal tracker, and the return of the 'Non-Stop Shuffle' feature in the playlists menu. Also, difficulty ratings have been removed. Players could also submit clips of their own gameplay for a chance to be incorporated into a 'Community Remix'. The 'Party Master' mode, returning from Just Dance 2014, is now a Wii U exclusive mode. Pictures of coaches from the first three main games in the Just Dance series have been remade using its original designs from these games. All online services for the game were discontinued on 19 November 2018.

Did You Know?

• 'Dancing Queen' by ABBA was not planned for Just Dance 2015; it first appeared in Just Dance 2017 as a Just Dance Unlimited exclusive.
• The song 'You Never Can Tell' by Chuck Berry was not planned for Just Dance 2015. It was first featured in Just Dance 2016 as a cover by 'A.