Just Dance 2023 Edition

is the fourteenth game in the main series, serving as the first annual song pack for the service.https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/just-dance/2023 Marking a switch to a live service model, it is the final annual game as all future releases will be added through updates and annual song packs to the service.https://news.ubisoft.com/en-gb/article/6nMqFRFRzngDVV28z0fRaz/just-dance-2023-edition-coming-november-22https://www.jbhifi.com.au/blogs/games/dont-stop-the-dance-just-dance-q-and-a
The game was revealed on September 10, 2022, as part of Ubisoft Forward. The game was released on November 22, 2022, for the Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X/S, and PlayStation 5. A Google Stadia version was announced,https://www.eurogamer.net/ubisofts-just-dance-2023-will-have-online-multiplayer-for-the-first-time but on September 29, 2022, Google announced that Stadia would shut down on January 18, 2023.https://blog.google/products/stadia/message-on-stadia-streaming-strategy
Similar to the previous game, the game is offered in three different editions: a standard edition; a Deluxe Edition, which comes with a three-month subscription to ; and an Ultimate Edition, which comes with a one-year subscription to .
==Gameplay and Features==
*Online multiplayer: For the first time in the franchise, players can enjoy the full game online with up to five other players around the world with Online Groups (online connection required). All players will connect to the host’s menu, allowing them to interact with each other through the new emote stickers system, choose songs, and hit the dance floor together, no matter where they're located. Online Groups will support cross-play, while players can continue to enjoy local multiplayer as well.
*New art direction and redesigned user interface: will have a fresh look and feel, immersive 3D worlds, and intuitive navigation menus. 
*Powerful recommendation system: The new and improved recommendation system offers players personalized playlists and curated songs. 
*Progression and rewards: Players can move up in the ranks with the brand-new progression system, allowing them to earn in-game points for each completed dance. These points will go towards unlocking new rewards, such as customizing dancer cards for the first time in . Players can personalize their dancer card to fit their own personality, by modifying the avatar, background, name badge, and alias. They can also redeem points to receive emote stickers, which can be used to communicate with other players in Online Groups.
*Free content updates: will now provide regular, ongoing updates so players can expect new game modes, songs, and themed seasons for years to come.
==Covers==
===NTSC/PAL===
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==Track List==
==ESRB/PEGI ratings==
===ESRB Rating===
Resources can be found here
Category: 
Platforms: PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series
Content descriptors: Comic Mischief, Mild Cartoon Violence, Mild Lyrics
Other: Users Interact, In-Game Purchases (Switch, Xbox Series, PlayStation 5)
Rating Summary: This is a music-rhythm dancing game in which players perform choreographed routines by following the movements of on-screen characters. Players score points by accurately moving their bodies in time to the music and scrolling indicators. One dance routine depicts a character avoiding electrical attacks from a giant robot while using dance moves to cause the robot’s arms to explode. In another sequence, an animal is depicted sitting on a toilet reading a newspaper. Some songs contain the word “hell” and references to alcohol (e.g., “And I’m sippin’ on that bub”) and tobacco (e.g., “Exhale now I look like a smoker”)
===PEGI Rating===
Category: 3
Content Descriptors: In-Game Purchases
Outline & Issues: Rhythm dancing game in which players learn and perform dancing steps by following the dancing coaches on screen. These are professional dancers, disguised with costumes according to the song and music played, who perform in front of an animated background. This game offers players the opportunity to purchase in-game items, in the form of a subscription service, which some parents or carers may want to be aware of. Parents, carers or other responsible adults should check to see what is being offered before making any purchase on behalf of a child. It should be noted that the game can still be played without the need to purchase such items. One song features a witch-like person dancing and briefly cackling. While the song is a little eerie, it is not particularly scary.
==Reception==
The Nintendo Switch version of the game received a Metascore of 76 on review aggregator Metacritic.https://www.metacritic.com/game/switch/just-dance-2023-edition Critics noted the change to a live service model has potential but were mixed in how they felt about it now. Hardcore Gamer saw it as a positive because this will cost players less money in the long run, while GamersRD found the need to be connected to the Internet for the game to work frustrating. In a 69/100 review, SpazioGames criticized the game’s lack of features compared to its predecessors while still acknowledging the potential of the game.
==Trivia==
* is the first game in the series to be revealed in September.
* features the first major game HUD change since for 8th-generation consoles.
**Furthermore, it makes use of the engine. According to the GDC 2023 keynote, they used the engine’s UI toolkit to create the menu UI and HUD.
***In the 1.1.0 update (the Season 1: Lover Coaster update), the HUD was given a minor update. A line has been added below the player’s name, and only earned stars are shown in the middle below their name. Besides, a new crown sound effect for when a player has taken the lead has also been added, and the Gold Move effect would only play once during wave Gold Moves.
***In the 1.2.0 update (the Season 2: Showdown update), the HUD was given a major update: several HUD elements, including the stars, now pulse to the beat; the pictogram bar now has a flashing rectangle on top of the pulsing bar, which only pluses on the second and fourth beats of the song; the star sound effects have been fixed to play the right one for each star instead of delaying them by one star (the effect for the first star would play when earning the second one, the effect for the second star would play when earning the third one, and so on). Besides, the Gold Move effect has been updated as well, and now it no longer plays only once during wave Gold Moves.
****The 1.3.0 update (the Season 3: Beach, Summer & Vampires update) reverts it back to its original star sounds, while the 24.0.0 update (the Just Dance 2024 Celebration Event update) reverts it back to its proper star sounds from the 1.2.0 update.
* is the first game in the main series since to not be available for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
**Hence, is the first game to not be compatible with any camera accessories nor the PlayStation Move since .
***Phone camera support would later be added on December 12, 2023.
* has no routines that must be unlocked through gameplay, instead making all of them immediately available upon purchase. Thus, it abandons the series standard of unlockable routines, which was present in every game from to .
* is the first game since to not have a Daddy Yankee song in the first set of songs revealed.
**It is also the first game since to not include a Trio routine in the first set of songs revealed.
* uses a new logo for the first time since for the NTSC region and for the PAL region.
* is the first game to be only available via digital download, as physical copies only come with a Nintendo eShop/PlayStation Store/Microsoft Store code.https://www.gamestop.com/video-games/products/just-dance-2023---nintendo-switch-/344822.html
* is the third game in the main series to be rated E by the ESRB. It is preceded by and .
**It would have been the fourth if had kept its original ESRB rating (E).https://youtu.be/n_d5eVg4_l4
* is the first game in the series to include the Mild Cartoon Violence ESRB rating descriptor.
* is tied with and for the lowest number of covered songs, with only two (in this case, Walking on Sunshine and Wouldn’t It Be Nice).
*Out of any game, features the lowest number of Quartets in its main track list since their introduction in , with only four.
* is the second game to have all alternate routines playable from the start since their introduction in .
* is the first game since not to use album coaches.
**Album coaches for the new songs however have still been created to be used in .
* is the third game to, if the player continues after pausing, have a countdown before resuming the dance, after and .
**The countdown goes "3, 2, 1, DANCE!"
**This feature had been absent from the series for 10 years.
*With the new major game HUD change since , is the fifth game in the series in which the menu icons are cropped from squares into another shape (in this case, rectangles).
**However, as still uses the assets from , modified versions of the icons for the songs and their routines that are cropped into squares and lack their titled have been created to be used there.
**During online multiplayer, the score feedback for other players are shown, depending on the lag, when the in-game HUD is hidden during the first and last few seconds in some songs from (first few seconds only) to , as well as every song in and , besides the launch songs in the Just Dance+ catalogue.
*The "Beat Vibrations" option, which has been in the Nintendo Switch version of every game since , has been added to the Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5 versions. Because of the change, the controllers now vibrate to the rhythm of the music.
* is the first game that uses map backgrounds since their introduction in where the map backgrounds are not edited to appear in only one or two colors and instead have the backgrounds appear exactly how they are in the routines.
* is the first game since to not have a song by Blackpink.
* is the first game since not to include a song by Ariana Grande in the main track list.
* is the first game since to feature a system keyboard in the search bar.
* marks the first time the available songs in the trial version have been changed after the initial release (in this case, in early April 2023). The first available demo featured Dynamite (Extreme Version) and Sweet but Psycho, whereas the updated one featured If You Wanna Party and Walking on Sunshine.
*Avatars are replaced by in-game coaches, similar to .
*Instead of the Just Dance Controller app being updated to support like previous years, a new app was made for controlling while the existing app is still used for 2019-2022.
*The Xbox website for initially stated that the game would be available for Xbox One, despite the official Twitter account and the official website stating otherwise. This was later fixed.
**Also, when choosing the platform to buy the game on the official website of , it is shown that the game is available to buy for Xbox One.
*In promotional images, "YEAH" feedback icons are mixed with regular scores, despite the former only being obtainable when a Gold Move occurs.
**Additionally, pictograms are much smaller than in the actual game.
*On October 21, 2022, promoted a contest in partnership with the beverage brand Splash Blast and Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya, where some of the prizes were exclusive avatars in and a chance to spend a vacation in the aforementioned hotel.https://mobile.twitter.com/justdancegame/status/1583488290195263488/photo/1https://www.splashblastbottledbeats.com/
*The following routines in the worldwide release were not deployed until hours before the earliest release by time zone:
**As It Was
**Can’t Stop the Feeling! (Danceverse Prince Version)
**Heat Waves
**Million Dollar Baby
**Playground
**Stay (Inflatable Version)
**Top of the World
*From December 1 to December 3, 2022, ’s Dutch Instagram page promoted a giveaway where anyone from Belgium or Netherlands could participate. The prizes included the game itself for Nintendo Switch or PlayStation 5, a customized JanSport backpack with the logo, two pins (one with Panda’s head and one with a disco ball), and a set of stickers, which included emojis of Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.), Oh No!, Physical, and Rasputin.https://www.instagram.com/p/ClYoMftOwJL/
* won a The Game Accessibility Conference award for "Best Representation" for their inclusion of a wheelchair user in Radioactive.https://www.gaconf.com/2022-awards/https://twitter.com/GA_Conf/status/1618299408809922570https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/life-and-relationships/everyone-can-be-powerful-meet-this-video-game-s-first-wheelchair-dancer-20221117-p5bz19.html
*In the Spanish version of the game, the sorting system "Effort (highest to lowest)" is incorrectly translated as "Esfuerzo (bajo a alto)", despite "bajo a alto" actually meaning "lowest to highest".https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1163626904570291&set=pcb.1163627037903611:File:Jd2023 sorting translation error.jpg
===Achievements===
For a full list of ’s achievements, see Just Dance (service)/Achievements.
===Beta Elements===
For a full list of ’s Beta elements, see Just Dance 2023 Edition/Beta Elements.
==Gallery==
===Game Files===
Jd2023 console app icon.png|Game console menu icon
Aubisoftoriginal JustDanceLogo 2.png|Logo shown on the title screen
Jd23nintendosite.png|Sara as she appears on the title screen
TitleScreenBase Foreground.png|The other coaches that appear on the title screen
TitleScreen Floor.png|Title screen floor
TitleScreenBase.png|Title screen background
Jd23 Controller App Icon.png| 2023 Controller app icon
FreeExperienceShopPageIllustration 00 LandscapeCursor.png
FreeExperienceShopPageIllustration 01 LandscapeCursor.png
SettingsIllustrations Ads.png|"Promotional offers" setting illustration
SettingsIllustrations NotificationsDuration.png|"Display time" setting illustration
SettingsIllustrations Autoplay.png
SettingsIllustrations GameMusicVolume.png
LockerRoomScoringFXPreview LandscapeCursor.png
SettingsIllustrations SoundsEffetcs.png
SettingsIllustrations DisplayLyrics.png|"Lyrics" setting illustration
SettingsIllustrations SendEmote.png
SettingsIllustrations HowToScore.png
SettingsIllustrations HowToScorePhone.png
SettingsIllustrations BeatsVibrations.png|"Beat vibrations" setting illustration (Joy-Con)
SettingsIllustrations BeatsVibrationsPhone.png|"Beat vibrations" setting illustration (Phone)
SettingsIllustrations MenuVibration.png|Navigation vibration icon (Joy-Con)
SettingsIllustrations CrossPlay.png
ControllerSelectionJoycon.png|Joycon icon
ControllerSelectionPS5Step1.png|Controller selection guide image file for the PS5
ControllerSelectionStadiaStep1.png|Controller selection guide image file for the Google Stadia port
ControllerSelectionXboxSerieXStep1.png|Controller selection guide image file for the Xbox Series X/S
ControllerSelectionSwitchStep1.png|Controller selection guide image file for the Nintendo Switch
ControllerSelectionStep3.png|Phone icon
Jdnext crown.png|Crown icon
ProgressionCoach Explore Wanderlust CantStopTheFeeling.png|Progression Coach / Explore
ProgressionCoach Shine JackRose LockedOut.png|Progression Coach / Shine
ProgressionCoach Party Sara Party.png|Progression Coach / Party
ProgressionCoach Workout Brezziana Physical.png|Progression Coach / Workout
ProgressionCoach Rise Mihaly RatherBe.png|Progression Coach / Rise
NintendoSwitchJoyConInstructionsUpdated.png|Joycon instructions (updated)
SettingsIllustrations MenuVibrationXboxUpdated.png|Navigation vibration icon (Xbox controller)
SettingsIllustrations InviteFriendsUpdated.png
SettingsIllustrations GuestAvatarUpdated.png
SettingsIllustrations InviteFriends NXUpdated.png
SettingsIllustrations MenuVibrationPS5Updated.png|Navigation vibration icon (PlayStation controller)
SettingsIllustrations MenuMusicVolumeUpdated.png
SettingsIllustrations DisplaySongNameUpdated.png|"Show song titles" setting illustration
SettingsIllustrations DisplayDancePictogramsUpdated.png|"Pictograms" setting illustration
SettingsIllustrations FeedbackScoreUpdated.png|"Score feedback" setting illustration
ChallengeBanner LandscapeCursor.png
ChallengeModeVersus Icon.png
SettingsIllustration ChallengeInvitation.png
===Teasers===
More Stay Sweetbutpsycho teaser.jpg|Teaser for More, Stay, and Sweet but Psycho
Woman teaser.jpeg|Teaser for Woman
ThereforeIAm teaser.jpg|Teaser for Therefore I Am
Goodones teaser.png|Teaser for Good Ones
Asitwas teaser.png|Teaser for As It Was
Heatwaves teaser.png|Teaser for Heat Waves
Lockedout emoji clue.jpg|Teaser for Locked Out of Heaven
Driverslicense teaser.gif|Teaser for drivers license
Psychoalt teaser.gif|Teaser for Psycho (Alternate Version)
Toxicretake teaser.gif|Teaser for Toxic
Boywithluvnextalt teaser.gif|Teaser for Boy With Luv (Extreme Version)
Playground teaser.gif|Teaser for Playground
Driverslicense accessory clue.gif|Accessory clue featuring Dolores’ belt
Discoinferno accessory clue.gif|Accessory clue featuring Luke Cypher’s trident-shaped belt buckle
Witch accessory clue.gif|Accessory clue featuring Night Swan’s earrings and cheek feathers
Lyle crocodile justdanceteaser.gif|Teaser for Top of the World
===Promotional Images===
Ubi-jd23-header-logo.png|Logo
Jd23 logo with glow.webp|Logo with glow
Jd23-logo-horizontal.png|Horizontal logo
Jd23 deluxe edition horizontal logo.png|Horizontal logo (Deluxe Edition)
Jd23 ultimate edition horizontal logo.png|Horizontal logo (Ultimate Edition)
Jd2023 xbox store cover.jpg|Xbox store cover art (without the number)
Jd23-header-bg-desktop-logo-ucs.jpg|Ubisoft website banner
Jd23-promo-wallpaper.jpg|Promotional wallpaper
Jd23-promo-micr-banner.jpeg|Microsoft Store banner
Jd23-promo-xbox-banner.jpg|Xbox Store banner
Jd23 KEYART1 1920x1080.png|Key art (from Ubisoft’s press kit)
Jd23 Amazon Promotional Image 1.jpg|Promotional picture 1 (Amazon)
Jd23 Amazon Promotional Image 2.jpg|Promotional picture 2 (Amazon)
Jd23 Amazon Promotional Image 3.jpg|Promotional picture 3 (Amazon)
Jd23 Amazon Promotional Image 4.jpg|Promotional picture 4 (Amazon)
Jd23 Amazon Promotional Image 5.jpg|Promotional picture 5 (Amazon)
Jd23 Amazon Promotional Image 6.webp|Promotional picture 6 (Amazon)
Jd23 Amazon Promotional Image 7.jpg|Promotional picture 7 (Amazon)
CAROU JD23 Launch Rewards.jpg|Launch rewards promo image
Jd2023 email asset 1.gif|Email asset 1
Jd2023 email asset 2.gif|Email asset 2
Jd2023 email asset 3.gif|Email asset 3
Jd2023 email asset 4.png|Email asset 4
Jd2023 email asset 5.png|Email asset 5
Jd2023 email asset 6.png|Email asset 6
jd2023 pico promo.png|Promotional image for the Pico VR port of the gamehttps://systemactive.co.uk/pico4/
Jd2023 event calendar.jpg| calendar
JustDance23 FavVideoGame KidsChoiceAwards.jpg|Kids Choice Awards (2023) Voting Badge featuring Physical
Jd2023 demo wallpaper.jpg|Updated demo wallpaper
Jd2023 wallpapers.jpg|Promotional image introducing Instagram Stories of wallpaper backgroundshttps://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/17921341018722144/
===Behind the Scenes===
Abcdefu bts.jpg|Abc (Nicer)
Aboutdamntime bts.png|About Damn Time
AnythingIDoBTS1.jpg|Anything I Do (P2)
asitwas bts.jpg|As It Was
bloodymary bts.jpg|Bloody Mary
Boywithluvnext bts.png|Boy With Luv
Boywithluvnextalt bts.gif|Boy With Luv (Extreme Version)
Bringmetolife bts.png|Bring Me to Life
Cantstopthefeeling opening cutscene bts.jpg|Can’t Stop the Feeling (opening cutscene)
Discoinferno bts.jpg|Disco Inferno
Divers License BTS.jpeg|Drivers License
Dynamitebtsalt p1 bts.jpg|Dynamite (Extreme Version) (P1)
farfalle bts.png|Farfalle
Givethatwolf bts masks.jpg|Give That Wolf A Banana (masks)
Goodones BTS 2.jpg|Good Ones
Party bts 1.png|If You Wanna Party
Loveagain bts.png|Love Again
Magic BTS 2.jpeg|Magic
Milliondollarbaby bts.png|Million Dollar Baby
Physical bts.png|Physical
Physical bgdancers bts 1.png|Physical (background dancers)
Physical bgdancers bts 2.png|Physical (background dancers)
Physical bgdancers bts 3.png|Physical (background dancer)
physicalalt bts.jpg|Physical (Extreme Version)
Radioactive bts.png|Radioactive
Sacrifice bts3.jpg|Sacrifice
Sissythatwalk bts 1.jpg|Sissy That Walk
slomo bts 1.png|SloMo
Telephone c1 bts 1.png|Telephone (C1)
ThankUNext bts 4.png|Thank U, Next
Toxic BTS 7.gif|Toxic (C1)
Toxicretake c2 bts.png|Toxic (C3)
Toxicretake dinacameo bts.png|Toxic (background dancer)
Encanto bts.png|We Don’t Talk About Bruno
Woman bts.jpg|Woman
Womanalt bts.jpeg|Woman (All-Mother Version)
===Others===
jd2023 splash promo.png|Promo for the Splash Blast Bottled Beats contest
Hellojustdance2023edition jdnow playlist website icon.png|The icon for the "Hello !" playlist on 
PopUp SecondScreen JD23 Promo.png|Popup on for songs
jd2023 styleguide.jpg|Style guide
Jd23_conceptart.png|Box and logo concept art
==Videos==
===Announcement===
Just Dance 2023 Edition Announcement Video - Welcome to the New Era of Just Dance
Just Dance 2023 Edition - Announcement Trailer - Nintendo Switch
Just Dance 2023 Edition - Discover the New Features
Try Just Dance 2023 Edition for Free! -NA-
Just Dance 2023 Edition - To all the Endless Dancers - Launch Trailer
Just Dance 2023 Edition- Enter the danceverses - Story Playlist Trailer
Just Dance 2023 Edition - Accolades Trailer - Nintendo Switch
JUST DANCE 2023 EDITION - FREE EXPERIENCE UPDATE
===Song lists===
Just Dance 2023 Edition - Song List First Reveal
『ジャストダンス2023エディション』日本限定ローンチトレーラー
Just Dance 2023 Edition - Launch Song List Trailer
《Just Dance 舞力全開 2023》全新歌曲完整清單 - Just Dance 2023 Edition
===Guides===
Just Dance 2023 Progression Guide
Just Dance 2023 Edition Multiplayer Guide
Your Guide to the New Scoring System - Just Dance 2023 Edition
===Promotional content===
Just Dance 2023 Edition - Wedding
Just Dance 2023 Edition - Mom is Calling
Just Dance 2023 Edition- Birthday Party
Just Dance 2023 Edition- Morning Walk
Just Dance 2023 Edition- Bar
『ジャストダンス2023エディション』2023春トレーラー「ダンスでみんなとつながろう！」編
===Behind the scenes===
Just Dance 2023 Edition- Dance With Us
Behind The Scenes of a Just Dance Casting!
Programming and UI on Just Dance 2023 Edition
===Others===
Answering your Lore Questions - Just Dance 2023 Edition
How Just Dance 2023 Edition used UI Toolkit for UI - Unity at GDC 2023
Just Dance 2023 Edition- From Dancer to Developer - Interview with Redoo
==References==
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