World Dance Floor

World Dance Floor is a feature that was first introduced on and that re-appeared on , (for 7th-gen consoles), (on all consoles), ,  (for 8th-gen consoles), (for 8th-gen consoles and Google Stadia), , and . It is an online mode where players from around the world dance to songs and try to beat one another.
The feature made its first spin-off appearance in , where Chinese players can compete with other Chinese players in it.
The servers required to officially use the feature on , , and , as well as the 7th-generation versions of and shut down on November 19, 2018. Servers for the feature on the 8th-generation versions of and were shut down on July 3, 2023.
The World Dance Floor did not return yet in and onwards.
==Features==
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====Basic Gameplay====
With solo songs most of the time, there will be two teams that the player can pick. These divisions can be of various themes, such as Cats vs. Dogs and The Sun vs. The Moon. Whichever team wins by having the most total stars from whoever picked it will give those players 2-5 extra mojo coins. With Duets, Dance crews, and On-Stage modes, whichever dancer has the most total stars gives 2-5 extra Mojocoins to whoever played as them. Occasionally, players can vote for chosen songs to be played on the World Dance Floor. There are usually 2-4 songs to choose from, and they can be Sweat or Extreme routine, but they are almost always Solo (except for the Charleston Version of Starships for some consoles). If a Solo routine was voted for, there will be no team mode. If a player wins over the others, they will get a 2-6 Mojocoin bonus.
====Private Parties====
This feature is unavailable on the Wii. Players are generated to play with a certain amount of people for each song, making a "party". The more people in a party and the higher the player’s score is, the higher the player’s level will go.
====Online Level====
Players have an online level on their dancer cards which can be raised by playing this. Getting 5 stars on one song raises about 3-5 levels on the Wii. On other consoles, it all depends on your score rank and the number of people in your party. On the Wii and PS3, the highest a player can go is Level 1000 (which is written as "Max"), and the highest level on the other consoles is Level 9999. There are various avatars that can be rewarded for reaching a certain online level. There are estimated to be 25 avatars that can only be unlocked by online level.
====Community Unlock====
Players raise points as a community to unlock new songs or alternate modes so as to make them playable in the World Dance Floor.
====Happy Hour====
During a specific time of the period, after playing songs players will earn bonus Mojocoins.
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The World Dance Floor in retains much of the features in the previous game. New to the mechanic are tournaments each month. Players will receive a number of tournament points based on their increased levels and world ranks.
Wii players are now able to partake in parties like the players for other consoles; However, they cannot send friend requests. Wii and PS3 players can also reach a level higher than 1000. The highest level anyone can reach is 5000, and if reached, it will be marked as "Elite".
Duets, Dance Crews and Trios are now available to be voted for whenever voting for songs takes place. If a Duet or a Dance Crew wins, Wii, Wii U, PlayStation 3 and 4 players must follow P1 of the song. If it is a Trio, then players must follow the lead dancer. On the Xbox 360, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4’s camera, players can play whatever character they want on a voted multiple player routine, by standing in a certain position in front of the camera. On the remote consoles, it will say "(User), follow this dancer!" when a song starts. On the camera consoles, it will say "Get ready to own the dance floor!".
====VIP====
Players can play against certain VIP players (Ubisoft affiliates and celebrities). When a VIP dancer appears, a pre-recorded video appears on the top right, and their pre-played scoring process occurs while the players play the song. On the Wii, the video of the VIP will not play, and will instead display an icon.
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The features from ’s World Dance Floor are recycled on this game. However, some modifications were made for the game. Some elements which are no longer related to the game, like messages about playing with VIPs, are still present.
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The mode returns to all consoles in . While the seventh-generation version of the Dance Floor reuses elements from its predecessor, the eighth-generation version includes new graphics and modifications. The theme song has now changed for the eighth-generation version of the Dance Floor, whereas it stays the same for the seventh-generation version. 
All Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Wii U and Nintendo Switch players can now play together at the same time. The PC Digital players can only compete with other PC players. The eighth-generation version has also removed team modes, and instead has song votes almost every round. 
====Move counter====
At the end of each round, a move counter appears, displaying the number of YEAHs, PERFECTs, etc. earned. It also displays the highest streak of PERFECTs performed. After that, a leaderboard will show up showing the top three players, and where one ranked on the leaderboard.
====Song Vote====
Song Votes happen about 33% of the time and allow players to choose between two songs. Then the most voted one is played.
====Tournaments====
Players play 3 songs in a row. At the end of each song, the scores are shown twice, once for the song, the other for a combined score. The player with the highest combined score is the winner and the top three receive skins.
====Weekly Tournament====
Every Sunday at 7PM GMT (1PM EST), a weekly tournament is played where, instead of playing 3 songs, the participants compete in 8 songs. The player with the highest cumulative score is the winner and the top three receive skins.
====Beat the Boss====
A dancing boss is trying to defeat everyone’s high scores. The players’ job is to earn enough stars to defeat the boss by playing against it in a set of 1 to 3 songs. If they achieve to accomplish this feat, they will be rewarded with Mojo and an avatar of the boss. Note that Glitchy does not have an unlockable avatar.
Here is a list of bosses that appeared on the World Dance Floor:
*Glitchy
*Lazer Cat
*Rocket Cat
*Keytar Cat
*TwoTeeth
*Grumpy Ghost
*Jack O’ Lantern
*Mr. Chief Claws
*Jimi Sea Horse
*OctoDrum
*Super Santa
*Figgy Snow Rider
*The Flying Snowman
*Billy the Leek
*Miss Healthy
*Big Red
*Archer of Love
*The Lovely Gift
*The Red Queen
*Counselor Giraffus
*Leporld the Jester
*King Jumbo
*Muchacharacas
*Muchachopeta
*Muchachotarra
====Happy Hours====
During specific time periods, players will be able to dance to songs that are available on online with other players. This feature is now playable daily (instead of weekly) as of October 13, 2017.
====Spotlight Player====
Players compete with someone from the World Video Challenge and try to beat their score. If they manage to do so, they will get a certain amount of Mojo (the harder the opponent is, the higher the Mojo awarded, up to 7500).
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Although the 7th Gen keep the recycled sets since, not much has changed from the previous game for the 8th Gen. Weekly tournaments and bosses reappear. However, if you do not score, a dancer will not appear on the score screen. The new additions are the redefined Team Battles, where all dancers are equally divided into Red Team and Blue Team, and Seasonal Ranking, where after each song, players earn points based on how well they did.
Here is a list of bosses that currently appear on the World Dance Floor as of now:
*Monkey King
*Earth Dog
*Fire Rooster
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This World Dance Floor is only on 8th generation consoles, as 7th-gen online was removed on November 19, 2018. It features the same aspects from , but with little tweaks such as a different shade of blue for the menu, the new font from the game’s main menu, a white bar at the bottom of the UI and player country flags now appearing as a circle instead of a rectangle.
 introduced a new mechanic for adding new content called "seasons", which change the World Dance Floor bosses and adds a new kind of tournament tied to a specific theme every time a new season is ongoing. Once the next version of is relapsed and thus no new content is added to the old version of the game, the sets of bosses from each season are still offered and change from time to time.
Bosses from each season:
*Season 1: Holiday Celebration
**Twinkle
**Sparkle
**Big Santa
*Season 2: Crazy Carnival
**Arlecchino
**Battucada
**Float
*Season 3: Summer Vibes
**Nami
**Wilo
**Sunny
*Season 4: Just Dance 2020 Celebration
**Clint
**Monty
**Ori
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The World Dance Floor retains an 8th generation exclusive and keeps the same features and aspects from with a few changes: the background returns to a more pale blue like , song covers now appear as a square with rounded corners same akin to the game’s main menu instead of the style and the mojo and challenges indicators now appear as a notification on the top right of the results screen of instead of a separate screen.
Bosses from each season:
*Season 1: Winter Wonderland:
**Twinkle
**White Yeti
**T-rex
**Crash Guy
**Sparkies
**Big Santa
*Season 2: Feel The Power:
**Giraffa
**Red Lion
**Hippo
**Dearman
**Superpanda
**Kong
*Season 3: Virtual Paradise:
**Neo
**Boombox
**Fury
**Polaro
**Gamebo
**Stereo
*Season 4: It’s Showtime:
**Marquee
**Curtie
**Mickey
**Chita
**George
**Roxie
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The world dancefloor got revamped with the concept of "Rooms", there are three different "Rooms" in the World Dance Floor which players will be sorted into depending on their skills and how many maps they play in a row:
*Chill Panda (Beginner)
*Fabulous Hippo (Intermediate)
*Fierce Deer (Expert)
However, the only activity now found on the World Dance Floor are Tournaments, one after the other non-stop, Happy Hours and Special Tournaments on specific dates during seasons remain and work the same as past games but Weekly Tournaments disappeared; weekly rankings, the earth icon, team battles, song votes, and Beat The Boss have all been taken out. Notifications have been removed from the bottom of the screen, and the screen showing the play statistics is not displayed immediately. However, certain aliases can be unlocked from here.
Stylistically, the World Dance Floor is similar to its predecessor but with small tweaks such as a brighter color for the interface, more rounded edges, the removal of several graphical elements and the font now being slightly smaller and lacking shadows. 
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Since this game is based on the international version of Just Dance 2020, The World Dance Floor looks and works the same as in that game. Glitchy is the only boss that appears during boss battles.
Updates of the World Dance Floor happen starting from Season 32:
*Starting from September 28, 2023, it starts to include songs even when it’s not Happy Hours.
*Starting from October 13, 2023, Glitchy will leave the World Dance Floor and will be replaced by other bosses.
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The style of the World Dance Floor is the same as in its predecessor, except the error with the screen showing duration of play has been fixed; besides, as opposed to the two previous titles, players can unlock avatars and alternate routines directly from the World Dance Floor.
==Trivia==
*The World Dance Floor does not play regional songs, battles, DLCs, or Mashups. However, it will play Ubisoft Club, console exclusives, and code-unlocked songs (excluding ).
*From onwards, the World Dance Floor does not play select songs that are marked as "ExcludedFromWDF" in their respective .json files:File:Uglybeauty wdf exclusion proof.png. These maps will not appear on Happy Hours from later games, either. The list includes:
**: Daddy, Daddy (Father/Son Version), Hips Don’t Lie (Sumo Version), Last Christmas, Like I Would, Sorry (Extreme Version), Tico-Tico no Fubá, What Is Love (Car Version).
***Last Christmas, however, can appear on later games during Happy Hours.
**: New Face, Swish Swish, Sugar Dance.
**: Fire On The Dancefloor.
**: High Hopes, Só Depois do Carnaval, Ugly Beauty.
**: Rare/Fairy Version.
**Songs from the Kids Mode.
*There is also a set of songs from that do not appear on Happy Hours and includes: 
**Songs from .
**Region exclusive songs: Imya 505, Sun, Hala Bel Khamis, On Ne Porte Pas De Sous-Vêtements, There Is Nothing Better In The World, Djadja, Spinning, 10.000 luchtballonnen, Dans van de Farao, Flash, Juice (VIPMADE), U.S.A., Koi, Level Up (VIPMADE), Shoutout, À la Folie, Waterval, Princess.
**#thatPower (On-Stage Mode), Baby Girl, Big Girl (You Are Beautiful), Blurred Lines (Fanmade Version), Dagomba, Danse (Pop Version), Error, Feel So Right, Funkytown, Futebol Crazy, Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight), Girlfriend, HandClap (World Cup Champion Version), Hungarian Dance No. 5, I Feel Love, I Kissed a Girl (Sweat Version), I Like It, I Will Survive (On-Stage Mode), It’s You (Sweat Version), Jailhouse Rock, Jambo Mambo, Je sais pas danser, J’suis pas jalouse, Just A Gigolo, (Sweat Version), Kool Kontact, Kung Fu Fighting, Kurio Ko Uddah Le Jana, Land Of 1000 Dances, Mamasita, Mashed Potato Time, Miss Understood, Monster Mash, Movement is Happiness (Find Your Thing), Mugsy Baloney, My Main Girl, Nine in the Afternoon, Nitro Bot, Ona Tańczy Dla Mnie, Professor Pumplestickle, Safe And Sound, Somethin’ Stupid, Soul Searchin’, Spectronizer, Step by Step, Summer (Fitness Dance), Sway (Quién Será), Take Me Out, Taste The Feeling, Taste The Feeling (Olympic Version), Teacher (Car Version), That’s Not My Name, The Master Blaster, The World is Ours, This is Halloween, Tribal Dance (Katana Version), Turn Up the Love (Fanmade Version), Twist and Shake It, We No Speak Americano (Fanmade Version), Who Let the Dogs Out?, XMas Tree.
***This list changes from time to time, as songs that used to be playable on the World Dancefloor are suddenly excluded and songs that used to be excluded from the World Dancefloor are added to Season Tournaments, making them playable again.
*The bosses of the eighth-gen on ’s World Dance Floor are inspired from previous Just Dance coaches. For example, Counselor Giraffus boss is inspired from P4 of Copacabana.
**Also, Reign, one of the bosses, seems to be inspired from Make It Jingle.
*Players can only play against people with the same console. For example, if you have a PlayStation 3, you can only play with other people using a PlayStation 3.
**However, on and later games, you can play with Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Wii U and Switch players at the same time.
***This feature can be disabled only on Xbox One.
**On Xbox One, players who have the Xbox Logo next to their Xbox Live Gamertag are players who are on the same console.
**On PS4, players who have the Ubisoft Logo next to their PSN ID are players who are on the same console. In , the Ubisoft Logo is different due to Ubisoft revealing their new logo on the UbiBlog on May 31, 2017. The new logo would later apply in subsequent games.http://news.ubisoft.com/article/say-hello-new-ubisoft-swirl/
*On the Spotlight feature, the featured player's performance will follow the scoring according to the other players' consoles even if it was made with a different scoring engine. For example, if one plays with Kinect on Xbox One and the Spotlight video shows a player dancing with a Wii Remote, that player's moves will appear to be counted according to camera consoles' scoring engine.
**If that challenger scores at least 11,000 points, the Superstar effect will appear without the Superstar letters. This also applies to the score bar.
***That was the same case for the E3 beta version of .
**However, when the glitch occurs, the platinum stars are in place when starting a song and they will disappear when the 1st star is achieved but sometimes, the 2nd platinum star will still appear for a short amount of time.
*On the Xbox 360 and Xbox One, an Xbox Live Gold Membership is required to access the World Dance Floor.
**However, the Xbox One versions of , , , and Just Dance 2021 do not require a Gold Membership.
*Just Dance 2021-2022's World Dance Floor marks the first time not to have song votes.
*In spite of VIPs not being present on the World Dance Floor of , two achievements are present in the game called "Star Struck" and "Star Chaser", both of which require dancing to a song with one and ten VIPs respectively. However, VIPs do not make an appearance, rendering the achievements unobtainable and the 7th Gen versions of impossible to complete.
*On the Wii version of , the World Dance Floor is much more limited than on the other consoles. There are no parties or a friends panel and other players will not be seen on the side.
**However, in , players can see other players on the side and parties are introduced to them.
*If the player goes on the World Dance Floor under the name "Happy" or without a dancer card on , then a dancer card named "Dancer" will be generated for the player. The card has the Ubisoft flag, the age is marked as 40+, the gender is marked as Female, and a random avatar is chosen.
*There was a website for the mode that was created in 2013. However, it was taken down a year later.
*In , high scores achieved on the World Dance Floor are not saved. In subsequent games, high scores are saved.
*The version has a glitch: sometimes, when the player tries to enter, the waiting time is displayed as a four digits number.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwyWnQRTW0s
*Sometimes, a glitch occurs on and on 8th generation consoles. In some songs, the Gold Move effect will not be triggered and the feedback rating will have no effects.
**Sometimes, the Gold Move effect will still be triggered but with less effects, while the feedback rating has less effects.
**In , only the red glow effect is shown upon triggering a Gold Move when it has no or less effects.
*On , on eighth generation consoles, avatars of respective songs are not unlocked after playing them on the World Dance Floor and count as finishing a song in Just Dance Mode.
*On and , there is a glitch where a voiceover of certain avatars (like Panda avatars) will play.
*In the codename for the Mr. Chef Claws boss, "Chef" is misspelled as "Chief", making it being read as "MrChiefClaws".
*As of January 28, 2017, songs from labeled as tracks can be played outside the Happy Hour.
*On , , and on eighth gen consoles, lyrics will not appear.
*On , when playing On-Stage routines, lyrics will display on the bottom left instead of the top middle.
**This will not apply to Sing Along routines in and .
*On , Into the Unknown and Bad Guy (Billie Version) don't show up on the World Dance Floor (outside the Happy Hour) despite being on the main section of 2020 songs and not on the Unlimited section. This is because, despite being on the main section, they are not on the game's data and are pulled from the online servers, thus, being considered Just Dance Unlimited songs.
*The World Dance Floor for Just Dance 2014, Just Dance 2015, Just Dance 2016, Just Dance 2017 (seventh gen), Just Dance 2018 (seventh gen) are no longer available due to the shut down of Ubisoft online services that helped run the World Dance Floor.
==Gallery==
===Game Files===
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===Concept Art===
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===In-Game Screenshots===
==== on the menu====
Wdf jd2014 menu.PNG|World Dance Floor in ’s menu 
Wdf jd2015 menu.PNG|World Dance Floor in ’s menu 
Wdf jd2016 menu.PNG|World Dance Floor in ’s menu (7th-Gen)
Wdf jd2017 menu 8thgen.PNG|World Dance Floor in ’s menu (8th-Gen)
Wdf jd2018 menu 8thgen.jpg|World Dance Floor in ’s menu (8th-Gen)
Wdf jd2019 menu.jpg|World Dance Floor in ’s menu
Wdf jd2020 menu.jpg|World Dance Floor in ’s menu
Wdf jd2021 menu.jpg|World Dance Floor in ’s menu
Wdf jd2022 menu.jpg|World Dance Floor in ’s menu
====Preparation screen====
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===Promotional Images===
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Cmon wdf promo gameplay.jpg|Promotional gameplay (featuring C’mon)
Jd2014 wdf promo.jpg|Promotional imagehttps://www.facebook.com/justdancegame/photos/pb.100067348292428.-2207520000/352795708189219/?type=3
Worlddancefloor halloween promo 2014.jpg|Halloween promotional image 1
World dance floor halloween jd14 facebook post.jpg|Halloween promotional image 2
Worlddancefloor superhero promo.jpg|Superhero event promotional imagehttps://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=370429016425888&set=pb.100067348292428.-2207520000
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Wdf feedback promo.jpg|Promotional image for feedback from the community
Wdf happyhour jd2014 promo.jpg|Happy Hour promotional image
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Jdworldcup 2015 wdf promo.jpg|Promotional image for a chance to win a ticket to the 2014 World Cup Finals
Jdworldcup 2014 wdf promo 2.jpg|Promotional image 2 for a chance to win a ticket to the 2014 World Cup Finals
Jdworldcup 2014 wdf promo 3.jpg|Promotional image 3 for a chance to win a ticket to the 2014 World Cup Finals
Jdworldcup 2014 wdf promo 4.jpg|Promotional image 4 for a chance to win a ticket to the 2014 World Cup Finals
Jdworldcup 2014 wdf promo 5.jpg|Promotional image 4 for a chance to win a ticket to the 2014 World Cup Finals
Jdworldcup 2014 wdf promo 6.jpg|Promotional image 5 for a chance to win a ticket to the 2014 World Cup Finals
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Jdwc 2015 wdf promo 1.png|World Dance Floor qualifications for the 2015 World Cup promotional image 1
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Jdwc 2015 wdf promo 3.jpg|World Dance Floor qualifications for the 2015 World Cup promotional image 3
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Wdf intldanceday happyhour promo.jpg|International Dance Day Happy Hour promotional image
===Miscellaneous===
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==Videos==
===Trailers===
Just Dance 2014 - World Dance Floor - Gamescom Trailer UK 
===Gameplay===
Just Dance 2014 - World Dance Floor
JUST DANCE 2015 WORLD DANCE FLOOR 1
Just Dance 2016 - World Dance Floor (Xbox 360) 
Just Dance 2017 - World Dance Floor
Just Dance 2017 (Wii) - Bugs in World Dance Floor 
Just Dance 2018 Wii - (World Dance Floor)
Just Dance 2018 World Dance Floor Gameplay 
Just Dance 2019 World Dance Floor
Just Dance 2020 - World Dance Floor
Just Dance 2021 - Livestream - World Dance Floor
Just Dance 2022 - World Dance Floor
==References==
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