Just Dance Wii U

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Just Dance Wii U
Just Dance Wii U cover.jpeg
Japanese box art
Developer(s)
Publisher(s) Nintendo
Producer(s) Ubisoft
Series Just Dance
Engine UbiArt Framework
Platform(s) Wii U
Release
  • JP: 3 April 2014
Genre(s) Music, rhythm
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Just Dance Wii U [lower-alpha 1] is a 2014 dance rhythm game developed by Ubisoft, and published by Nintendo for the Wii U. [1] The third Japanese installment in the Just Dance series published by Ubisoft, it was revealed in a Nintendo Direct [2] on 14 February 2014 and released on 3 April 2014 exclusively in Japan. [1]

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Gameplay

As in previous installments, players must mimic the routine of an on-screen dancer to a chosen song, scoring points based on their accuracy. The game requires Wii Remotes to dance.

The game is based on Just Dance 2014 , with the user interface and features are largely identical to that said game, but it removes online multiplayer functionality ("World Dance Floor") and a few other features present in that game. However, the credits for that said game is also shown alongside the credits for this game. Just like in Just Dance 2014, the Gamepad can be used to record "Autodance" videos (the effects can't be applied, however) via the camera to display lyrics on the Gamepad, in which the microphone is used to earn Mojo points.

Soundtrack

There are a total of 35 songs in the soundtrack, including twenty Japanese songs. [3]

SongArtistYear
"Acerola Taisō no Uta" Humbert Humbert 2010
"Applause" [lower-alpha 2] Lady Gaga 2013
"Can't Take My Eyes Off You" [lower-alpha 3] Boys Town Gang 1982
"Careless Whisper" [lower-alpha 2] George Michael 1984
"Dance de Bakōn!" C-ute 2010
"Dance My Generation" Golden Bomber 2013
"Electric Boy" Kara 2012
"EZ Do Dance" [lower-alpha 4] TRF 1993
"Fantastic Baby (Japanese Version)" Big Bang 2012
"Flying Get" AKB48 2011
"Follow Me" E-girls 2012
"Gakuen Tengoku" Dream5 2012
"Gangnam Style" [lower-alpha 5] PSY 2012
"Gentleman" [lower-alpha 2] PSY 2013
"Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" [lower-alpha 2] ABBA 1979
"I Will Survive" [lower-alpha 2] Gloria Gaynor 1978
"I Wish For You" Exile 2010
"Ikuze! Kaitō Shōjo" Momoiro Clover Z 2010
"Just Dance" [lower-alpha 2] Lady Gaga featuring Colby O'Donis 2008
"Kiss Datte Hidarikiki" SKE48 2012
"Koi Suru Fortune Cookie" AKB48 2013
"Livin' la Vida Loca" [lower-alpha 3] Ricky Martin 1999
"Love Machine" Morning Musume 1999
"Memeshikute" Golden Bomber 2009
"Mite Mite☆Kotchitchi" Momoiro Clover Z 2010
"Moves Like Jagger" [lower-alpha 3] Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera 2011
"Ninja Re Bang Bang" Kyary Pamyu Pamyu 2013
"Part of Me" [lower-alpha 5] Katy Perry 2012
"Sansei Kawaii!" SKE48 2013
"Sexy and I Know It" [lower-alpha 6] LMFAO 2011
"Superstition" [lower-alpha 3] Stevie Wonder 1972
"Tell Your World" Livetune featuring Hatsune Miku 2012
"The Final Countdown" [lower-alpha 3] Europe 1986
"Tsukematsukeru" Kyary Pamyu Pamyu 2011
"What Makes You Beautiful" [lower-alpha 3] One Direction 2011

Reception

Famitsu gave the game a score of 32/40, with each reviewer giving it an 8. [4]

Notes

  1. Known in Japan as JUST DANCE(ジャストダンス) Wii U
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Previously featured on Just Dance 2014
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Previously featured on Just Dance 4
  4. Also featured as a Just Dance Unlimited exclusive in the Japanese version of Just Dance 2020
  5. 1 2 Previously featured as a downloadable track on Just Dance 4
  6. Previously featured as a downloadable track on Just Dance 2014

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