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. As of 31 December 2014, the game has sold four million copies worldwide.

In Their Own Story

The lights dim on a colorful, abstract stage as the opening beat of a chart-topping pop song begins to pulse. A group of animated coaches appears, striking their first pose with perfect synchronization. The player steps forward into the spotlight, controller in hand, ready to mirror every move. As the rhythm builds, the virtual crowd cheers, and the dance floor comes alive with energy, challenging the dancer to match the speed and precision of the digital performers.

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 (The Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3, and PS4 versions of Just Dance 2014 only have 8 player parties), and VIPs (which is also available outside of the 'World Dance Floor' mode, as the same style as 'Community Remixes' in the main game mode, while the Wii version doesn't featured a pre-recorded video in the 'World Dance Floor' mode), along with the 'AutoDance' video creator (with the effects option not available in the Wii U version, just like in the previous game, Just Dance 2014), 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 (excluding players from the Wii version) of their own gameplay for a chance to be incorporated into a 'Community Remix'—routines for selected songs that feature a compilation of player videos in place of the rendered dancers. The 'Party Master' mode, returning from Just Dance 2014, is now a Wii U exclusive mode, as it is removed from the Xbox One version. 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 o

Did You Know?

• 'Dancing Queen' by ABBA first appeared in Just Dance 2017 as a Just Dance Unlimited exclusive, not in Just Dance 2015 or 2018.
• 'You Never Can Tell' by Chuck Berry was not planned for Just Dance 2015; it first appeared in Just Dance 2016 as a cover by A. Caveman & The Backseats.
• All of the DLC songs are no longer available for the Wii because of the closure of the Wii Shop Channel. The DLC songs for the Wii U were also discontinued following the Wii U's eShop's closure. Additionally, the DLC son