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Just Dance is a 2009 music rhythm game developed by Ubisoft Paris and published by Ubisoft for the Wii. It is the first installment of the Just Dance series.

Lore & Background

The concept of Just Dance originated from a minigame in Rayman Raving Rabbids: TV Party. The game was developed by a small team of around 20 at Ubisoft Paris and was pitched six months prior to its release. It was designed to be accessible to a mainstream audience, focusing on dance moves rather than button presses. The game was also planned to be called We Dance, but Ubisoft renamed it to Just Dance in order to avoid confusion with a game with a similar title called We Sing.

Reader's Guide

After selecting a song and either a short or full version, players follow an on-screen dancer's choreography while holding a Wii Remote. Players are judged on accuracy with three ratings: 'X', 'OK', and 'Great'. Shake moves allow bonus points. Scoring targets are 10,000 points for Standard and 15,000 for Master. Modes include standard play, 'Warm Up' (practice), 'Strike a Pose' (freeze on command), and 'Last One Standing' (seven lives, lose lives on mistakes, regain after five correct moves in a row).

Did You Know?

Just Dance was a major commercial success, selling over 4.3 million copies worldwide.
The game features a soundtrack of 32 songs.
The game received mixed-to-unfavourable reviews, with a Metacritic score of 49 out of 100.