Just Dance 2

Released to positive reviews, with critics praising the game for its noticeable quality improvements in comparison to the original Just Dance, its new features and modes, and its continued positioning as a multiplayer "party game" experience accessible to a casual audience.

• Title — Just Dance 2 • Developer — Ubisoft Paris • Publisher — Ubisoft • Series — Just Dance • Genre — Music, rhythm • Modes — Single-player, multiplayer • Platforms — Wii

• Illustration — Just Dance 2 booth at San Diego Comic-Con 2010 The gameplay of Just Dance 2 remains similar to the original; while holding a Wii Remote in their right hand, players must mimic the routine of an on-screen dancer to a chosen song. The dancers in each song now wear colored gloves for better motion detection. Players are judged based on their accuracy, scoring points. Players can choose between the full version and the short version. Unlike the first game, there are no animated score icons, instead, there are different on-screen names for players to choose from. Also, there are four judgements for regular moves, the "X" and "OK" judgements remain the same and the two new judgements are "Good" and "Perfect". While the "X" has the same meaning as the previous game, "OK" now means that the player tried, but isn't quite there. "Good" means that the player is almost there, and "Perfect" means the same as "Great" in the previous game. All of the shake moves have been replaced with gold moves, where instead of shaking their Wii Remotes, all of the players have to follow the gold pictograms. If a player doesn't get the gold move, they get an "X". If the player does an awesome job on the gold move, they get a "Yeah" and bonus points. In addition to these new features, players receives a rating out of 5 stars (each star is worth 2,000 points, with 10,000 points required for 5 stars, and 13,333 points as the maximum score) as well as the "Gold Move" motive (from the number of gold moves done) and the "On Fire" motive (from mostly Goods and Perfects in a row) at the end of the song. Selected songs offer "Duet" modes, which feature choreography designed for two players. The lyrics are in the middle of the two dancers, and pictograms are on the left and right sides of the lyrics. The odd-numbered players always get the left-sided dancer, while the even-numbered players always get the right-sided one. A new mode known as "Dance Battle" was also introduced; it is a team-based mode in which players compete across a series of songs and minigames to earn points for their team. The mode can be played by up to eight players, divided into two teams of four. Minigames in this mode include "Simon Says" and "Race". "Medleys" are videos showing short segments from five random songs switching over one by one. A new song-shuffling gameplay mode known as "Non-Stop Shuffle" was introduced as well; it is a mode where songs are played in a random order without selecting a song from the soundtrack. A new exercise-focused gameplay mode known as "Just Sweat" was also added; the mode is designed to serve as a daily exercise regiment, allowing one player at a time to select an intensity-based selection of songs. Activity in Just Sweat mode is gauged using "sweat points".

The game features 48 songs, and additional downloadable content (DLC). Note: All DLC is no longer available for purchase due to the removal of Wii Points on March 26, 2018, and the shutdown of the Wii Shop Channel on January 30, 2019. However, most of those are still found on the Just Dance: Summer Party disc. • Song — Artist — Year • "A-Punk" — Vampire Weekend — 2008 • "Alright" — Supergrass — 1995 • "American Boy" — Estelle featuring Kanye West — 2008 • "Baby Girl" — Reggaeton — 2009 • "Barbie Girl" — Countdown Dee's Hit Explosion (as made famous by Aqua) — 1997 • "Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)" — MIKA — 2007 • "Body Movin' (Fatboy Slim Remix)" — Beastie Boys — 1998 • "Born To Be Wild" — Steppenwolf — 1967 • "Call Me" — Blondie — 1980 • "Cheesy Cha Cha" — Christian Padovan, Stéphane Huguenin & Yves Sanna — 2008 • "Chicken Payback" — A Band of Bees — 2004 • "Come On Eileen" — Dexys Midnight Runners — 1982 • "Cosmic Girl" — Jamiroquai — 1996 • "Crazy Christmas" — Santa Clones — 2000 • "Crazy In Love" — Studio Musicians (as made famous by Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z) — 2003 • "Crying Blood" — V V Brown — 2008 • "D.A.N.C.E." — Justice — 2007 • "Dagomba" — Sorcerer — 2010 • "Down By The Riverside" — The Reverend Horatio Duncan and Amos Sweets — 1927 • "Firework" — Katy Perry — 2010 • "Funkytown" — Sweat Invaders (as made famous by Lipps Inc.) — 1980 • "Futebol Crazy" — The World Cup Girls — 2010 • "Girlfriend" — Avril Lavigne — 2007 • "Here Comes The Hotstepper" — The Hit Crew (as made famous by Ini Kamoze) — 1994 • "Hey Ya!" — Outkast — 2003 • "Holiday" — The Hit Crew (as made famous by Madonna) — 1983 • "Hot Stuff" — Donna Summer — 1979 • "Idealistic" — Digitalism — 2007 • "I Got You (I Feel Good)" — James Brown — 1965 • "Iko Iko" — Mardi Gras — 1953 • "It's Not Unusual" — Tom Jones — 1965 • "It's Raining Men" — The Weather Girls — 1982 • "I Want You Back" — 1969 • "Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)" — A. R. Rahman and The Pussycat Dolls featuring Nicole Scherzinger — 2009 • "Jump" — Studio Allstars (as made famous by Kris Kross) — 1992 • "Jump in the Line" — Harry Belafonte — 1961 • "Jungle Boogie" — Studio Musicians (as made famous by Kool & the Gang) — 1973 • "Katti Kalandal" — Tony Tape, Veilumuth Chitralekha (credited as Bollywood) — 2004 • "Kung Fu Fighting (Dave Ruffy/Mark Wallis Remix)" — Carl Douglas — 1974 • "Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Of Monika)" — Lou Bega — 1999 • "Maniac" — Studio Allstars (as made famous by Michael Sembello) — 1983 • "Monster Mash" — The Frighteners (as made famous by Bobby "Boris" Pickett) — 1962 • "Move Your Feet" — Junior Senior — 2002 • "Moving On Up" — M People — 1993 • "Mugsy Baloney" — Charleston — 2010 • "Nine In The Afternoon" — Panic! at the Disco — 2008 • "Pon De Replay" — Rihanna — 2005 • "Professor Pumplestickle" — Nick Phoenix and Thomas J. Bergersen — 2006 • "Proud Mary" — Ike and Tina Turner — 1971 • "Pump Up The Volume" — M/A/R/R/S — 1987 • "Rasputin" — Boney M. — 1978 • "Rockafeller Skank" — Fatboy Slim — 1998 • "S.O.S." — Rihanna — 2006 • "Satisfaction (Isak Original Extended)" — Benny Benassi presents "The Biz" — 2002 • "Should I Stay Or Should I Go" — 1982 • "Skin-To-Skin" — Sweat Invaders — 2008 • "Song 2" — Blur — 1997 • "Soul Bossa Nova" — Quincy Jones & His Orchestra — 1962 • "Spice Up Your Life" — Spice Girls — 1997 • "Sway (Quien Sera)" — Marine Band (as made famous by Michael Bublé) — 2003 • "Sympathy For The Devil (Fatboy Slim Remix)" — The Rolling Stones — 1968 • "Take Me Out" — Franz Ferdinand — 2004 • "That's Not My Name" — The Ting Tings — 2008 • "The Power" — Snap! — 1990 • "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)" — Cher — 1990 • "TiK ToK" — Ke$ha — 2009 • "Toxic" — The Hit Crew (as made famous by Britney Spears) — 2004 • "Viva Las Vegas" — Elvis Presley — 1964 • "Wake Me Up Before You Go Go" — Wham! — 1984 • "Walk Like An Egyptian" — Bangles — 1986 • "When I Grow Up" — The Pussycat Dolls — 2008 • "Why Oh Why" — Stephane Huguenin, Yves Sanna and Christian Padovan (credited as Love Letter) — 2007 • "You Can't Hurry Love" — The Supremes — 1966

A Best Buy Edition (titled Just Dance 2: Special Edition in-game) was released in North America which included three exclusive songs which are The Clash's "Should I Stay or Should I Go", Lipps Inc.'s "Funkytown" (covered by Sweat Invaders in-game) and A. R. Rahman and The Pussycat Dolls' "Jai Ho (You Are My Destiny)" featuring Nicole Scherzinger.