Just Dance (game)

Just Dance is a video game series made by Ubisoft. Just Dance was named after a song sung by Lady Gaga. The first Just Dance was released in 2009 in North America, Europe, and Australia. It was Just Dance Wii for the Nintendo Wii.

Gameplay 
Just Dance is a motion-based television game. From one to four people could play it. The included songs are very popular. Game players mirror the choreographies on the screen during each song. In addition, players sometimes should pose for getting more scores. After dancing, players are ranked based on how well they danced.

Main series 
There are 13 main series of this game in total.

Just Dance 
This is the first game of this series released on November 17, 2009 with the songs including MC Hammer, The Beach Boys, Iggy Pop, Baha Men, Spice Girls, Gorillaz and others.

Just Dance 2 
Just Dance 2 was released in October 2010. The second installment features 43 soundtrack including DLC-tracks, and for the first and only ionstallment to date up-to 8-player sessions. It has over 40 tracks by Kesha, Outkast, The Pussycat Dolls, WHAM!, Avril Lavigne, MIKA, Rihanna, and others.

Just Dance 3 
Just Dance 3 released on October 7, 2011. The third installment at Ubisoft E3 conference, on June 6, 2011. And for the first installment of Just Dance series on Xbox 360 (with Kinect support), and PlayStation 3 (with PlayStation Move support). It includes over 40 tracks by Jessie J, Katy Perry, Gwen Stefani, A-ha, Robin Sparkles, Lenny Kravitz, The Black Eyed Peas, and others.

Just Dance 4 
Just Dance 4 released on October 9, 2012. It is the 4th game of this series.
It is the first Just Dance for Wii U and It includes over 40 tracks by Carly Rae Jepsen, P!nk, The B-52's, Rihanna, Flo Rida, and others.

Just Dance 2014 
Just Dance 2014 released October 8, 2013. It is the 5th game of this series. It was the first Just Dance game to be released on XBOX One and Playstation 4 and It includes over 40 tracks by Lady Gaga, Nicki Minaj, PSY, One Direction, Chris Brown, Ariana Grande, ABBA, George Michael, Ricky Martin, and others.

Just Dance 2015 
Just Dance 2015 released October 21, 2014. It is the 6th game of this series. It includes over 40 tracks by Pharrell Williams, John Newman, Katy Perry, Iggy Azalea, Maroon 5, and others.

Just Dance 2016 
Just Dance 2016 released October 20, 2015. It is the 7th game of this series. It includes over 40 tracks by Calvin Harris, David Guetta, Meghan Trainor, Britney Spears, Mark Ronson, Shakira, Kelly Clarkson, Demi Lovato. and others.

Just Dance 2017 
Just Dance 2017 released October 25, 2016. It is the 8th game of this series, and It includes over 40 tracks by Justin Bieber, Queen, DNCE, and others. It was the first released on Steam and Nintendo Switch.

Just Dance 2018 
Just Dance 2018 released October 24, 2017. It is the 9th game of this series. It includes over tracks by Bebe Rexha, Bruno Mars, Ariana Grande, Big Freedia, Shakira, Clean Bandit, Dua Lipa, Tomska, Luis Fonsi, Selena Gomez, and others.

Just Dance 2019 
Just Dance 2019 released October 23, 2018. It is the 10th game of this series. It includes over tracks by Bruno Mars, BIGBANG, BLACKPINK, Sean Paul, J Balvin, Camila Cabello, Daddy Yankee, and others.

Just Dance 2020 
Just Dance 2020 released November 5, 2019. It is the 11th game of this series. It includes over tracks by Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish, Ed Sheeran, 2NE1, Panic! at the Disco, Khalid and others.

Just Dance 2021 
Just Dance 2021 released November 12, 2020. It is the 12th game of this series. It includes over tracks by Dua Lipa, TWICE, Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande, Eminem, NCT 127, BLACKPINK, Selena Gomez and others.

Just Dance 2022 
Just Dance 2022 released November 4, 2021. It is the 13th game of this series. It includes over tracks by Todrick Hall, Anuel AA, Imagine Dragons, Ciara, Meghan Trainor, Camila Cabello, Olivia Rodrigo, Bella Poarch, Pabllo Vittar and others. video game for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Stadia and Nintendo Switch.

Japan Series

Just Dance Wii 
This is the first Japanese version of Just Dance. It was developed by Ubisoft Paris and edited by Nintendo. It has 16 J-pop songs and 12 songs from prior Just Dance titles. The songs of EXILE, Kara, Koda Kumi and others are included.

Just Dance Wii 2 
This is the second Japanese version. It was released on 26 July 2012. It was made only for the Wii.

Just Dance Wii U 
The third Japanese version of Just Dance. It was announced by Nintendo directly and released on 3 April 2014.

Other series 
There are some other kinds of Just Dance series. One is a Disney Series, that was named Disney Party. There are two versions of the series. The first one was released on 23 October 2012 and then the second one was released on 20 October 2015. They include some Disney film music and songs sung in Disney channel series on television. Others are the Experience Series. One of the Experience Series is Michael Jackson : The Experience. It was released on 23 November 2010, and it contains 26 famous songs sung by Micheal Jackson. And also Just Dance Kids

Movie
On January 14, 2019, Deadline reported Screen Gems collaboration with Ubisoft Film & Television named Just Dance: The Movie with Margaret Boykin and Jason Altman set to produce movie alongside Jodi Hildebrand and Will Gluck.

References 

2009 video games
Video game series
PlayStation 3 games
PlayStation 4 games
PlayStation 5 games
Stadia games
Wii games
Wii U games
Xbox 360 games
Xbox One games