Just Dance (video game)

**Template:G2** is a rhythm game developed and published by Ubisoft for the Wii, and it is the first in the video game series of the same name. It was released on **November 17, 2009,** in North America, **November 26, 2009,** in Australia, and **November 27, 2009,** in Europe.

The title is derived from the 2008 Lady Gaga song of the same name.

## Gameplay

In Template:G2, players use only the standard Wii Remote or Wii Remote Plus and attempt to mimic all the moves of the on-screen silhouette dancer. Players can earn points depending on what moves they perform and how well they perform them, and special Shake Moves in some songs award the player bonus points when performed correctly.

The game has three gameplay modes: the normal mode, in which players pick any track and attempt to dance with the on-screen dancer; a "Last One Standing" mode, in which players are eliminated if they fail to score enough points or make too many mistakes; and a "Strike a Pose" mode, in which players start and stop dancing as dictated by the on-screen dancer. There is also a "Practice" mode, in which players may dance to tracks without keeping score.

## Covers

* NTSC
* PAL

 File:Jd1 ntsc cover.png

 File:Jd1 pal cover.png
## Track List

* An asterisk (\*) indicates that this song is covered in-game.

### Warm Up

This track can be accessed via the "Warm Up" page of the game.

## Removed Songs

These songs were planned to be in the game but were taken out for unknown reasons.

* (*JD2*) indicates that this song later appeared on Template:G.
* (*JD3*) indicates that this song later appeared on Template:G.

 *Soul Bossa Nova* (*JD2*) | Quincy Jones and His Orchestra | 1962

## ESRB/PEGI Ratings

### ESRB Rating

*Resources can be found here*

**Category:** Template:Rating

**Platforms:** Wii

**Content descriptors:** Lyrics, Mild Suggestive Themes

**Rating Summary:** This is a dancing simulation game in which players perform and learn dance steps by following the movements of on-screen avatars. The virtual dancers resemble silkscreen-negative silhouettes: they are stylized after the era of each song, and their outfits are not especially revealing. The dance moves, however, occasionally involve spanking, pelvic thrusting, hip-shaking, and swaying hips. That accounts for the Mild Suggestive Themes descriptor. The game is rated *E-10+* because it contains some songs with expletives (e.g., “a\*s”) and suggestive or crude content (e.g., “You're a womanizer,” “She spent her twenties between the sheets,” and a “PMS” insult).

### PEGI Rating

*Resources can be found here*

**Category:** Template:Rating

**Platforms:** Wii

## Trivia

### General

* On Metacritic, Template:G2 has the worst reception (49%) out of all the games in the franchise.
* Template:G2 is the first main installment to not have DLC; it is later followed by Template:G2 (they are replaced by Template:G2 for eighth-generation platforms).
* Julia Spiesser and Jérémy Paquet are the only choreographers for the dancers, each choreographing the characters of their matching genders. Thus, this is the game in the main series with the fewest choreographers and performers (2 each).
* Template:G2 is the only game in the traditional series that was announced at Gamescom.
	+ Until Template:G2, it was the only game to not be announced at E3.
* On the GameStop website in North America, an alternate cover can be seen.

### In-Game

* This is the only main series game which *does not* have:
	+ Songs that were released in the game’s release year
		- Excluding Ubisoft original tracks, Template:G is the only other game to not contain any songs that were released in the year the game was released.
	+ Songs from the 2010 decade (since the game was released in 2009)
	+ Scrolling lyrics - lyrics do not scroll line by line as they do from Template:G2 onwards, but a line or two are displayed at a time after which they immediately change to the next portion of lyrics.
	+ Differently-colored gloves on the coaches right hand
	+ Gold Moves
	+ Stars
	+ "PERFECT", "GOOD", and "YEAH'" moves
	+ Duets
	+ Songs with the title in the background
	+ Alternate Routines
	+ Songs that can be bought - games from Template:G to Template:G have DLCs, while games from Template:G onwards have Template:G2 (only for 8th-generation consoles)
	+ Songs with censorship added by Ubisoft
		- In later games *"hell"* is censored in Cotton Eye Joe.
		- Bebe has censorship but it was not added by Ubisoft.
	+ Songs created by Ubisoft
* This is the only game in the main series that *does* have:
	+ "GREAT" feedback icons
	+ A silhouette behind the coaches
	+ A scoring system with scores over 15000
	+ Dancers with only one color besides white (in this case, *Girls Just Want to Have Fun*, *Surfin' Bird*, and *Womanizer*)
	+ Percentage of certain ratings on the Score Recap screen (49% GREAT, for example)
		- A similar feature was introduced in the World Dance Floor for eighth-generation consoles on Template:G onwards; however, this gives the number of moves in a category (e.g. OK, x GOOD, PERFECT, and YEAH).
			* A similar concept was reciprocated in Template:G2 in single-player mode only when playing any song in the main menu.
	+ Exclusively Solo routines
	+ A visual "1, 2, 3, 4" count before the routine commences (Template:G also has this, but it is not in the main series).
		- However, several songs in Template:G2 have an audible "1, 2, 3, 4" countdown.
	+ Shake Moves (in later games there are *Gold Moves* instead)
	+ 2D pictograms (from Template:G2 onwards, they are made in 3D)
		- Template:G2 pictograms, however, were initially designed to resemble those from the previous game.
* None of the dancers in the trailer for the game made an appearance in the actual game, as they were only there for promotional reasons.
	+ However, the routines they performed were used.
* The German version has many incorrect spelling mistakes in lyrics and menus.
	+ For example, it says "Gepielte Songs" instead of "Template:Ht" in the song-overview menu.
* Scoring was a huge issue, as it was not at its full potential at the time. Hand movements often were read incorrectly and gave you a score of "X" or "OK". The scoring was fixed in its successor and other successive Template:G2 games.
	+ Because of this, the maximum score is still unknown today.
* If one score over 10,000, a gold border will appear on the menu icon. If one score at or above 15,000, a gold border with a crown will appear on the menu icon.
* In the files, some pictures are upside-down.
* All the songs have remakes found in the Template:G2 files except for *Groove Is in the Heart*.
* This is the only game in the main series that is playable in both normal 4:3 and 16:9 widescreen aspect ratios. This is because this game is designed to be played in 4:3. Starting with Template:G, the aspect ratio is forced 16:9.
* In Template:G Mashups and Party Master Modes, every Template:G2 routine has a Template:G-styled extraction (excluding *Wannabe*), including routines that have not been in any other game.

### Beta Elements

*For a full list of* Just Dance'*s beta elements, see Just Dance (video game)/Beta Elements.*

## Gallery

Just Dance Box Art.pngNTSC box artJDNTSCCoveralt.jpegAlternate NTSC box art found on the GameStop websiteJust Dance 1 (PAL).pngPAL box artJd01 thumbnail.pngIcon from the Template:G sticker album
### Game Files

Tex1 128x32 b5d32778cd311351 14.png"X" feedbackTex1 128x32 3bf7e1e5a9728385 14.png"OK" feedbackTex1 128x32 dee89ee000a9477a 14.png"GREAT" feedbackTex1 128x128 5d9d40c14f6bb5bb 14.pngShake MeterJD1 1.png1JD1 2.png2JD1 3.png3JD1 4.png4
## Videos

Just Dance 1 - Menu TracklistJust Dance Intro and CreditsJust Dance - Rabbids' application to the ContestAll Star Weekend play Just DanceJust Dance™ Awareness Video Wii™ Video GameJust Dance Easter Bunny videoJust Dance Announced and GamesCom 2009 Trailer

## Site Navigation

Template:AllGames

1. ↑ https://www.apmmusic.com/albums/LOCD-0005
2. ↑ https://www.gamestop.com/wii/games/just-dance/75967