Just Dance 2015

The game introduced additional social networking features to the series, including the ability for players to challenge other players online, and submit clips of themselves playing for inclusion into crowdsourced "Community Remix" routines featured in-game. The game also added the ability for a smartphone to be used as a controller with a companion app. 2015 received mostly positive reviews by critics, praising the franchise's continued focus on casual audience through its forgiving motion detection, multiplayer functionality, and pop-oriented soundtrack, although criticism was directed at the soundtrack for focusing too much on teen pop, as well as its user interface for having confusing and irregular conventions.

• Title — Just Dance 2015 • Developer — * Ubisoft Paris • Ubisoft Reflections • Ubisoft Pune • Ubisoft Milan • Ubisoft Bucharest • Publisher — Ubisoft • Engine — UbiArt Framework • Series — Just Dance • Genre — Rhythm • Modes — Single-player, multiplayer • Platforms — PlayStation 3, Wii, Wii U, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, Xbox One

As in previous installments, players must mimic the routine of an on-screen dancer to a chosen song, scoring points based on their accuracy. As with the spin-off Just Dance Now, Just Dance 2015 on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One allows a smartphone to be used as a controller with a companion app, as an alternative to requiring a console's own motion control accessories. Motions are detected through the phone using its internal sensors. The Chinese version features a unique tweak to the traditional karaoke-styled lyrics, in which has a glowing circle that's pulsing to the beat and is next to the highlighted lyrics. Furthermore, online features are removed in the Chinese version, except for the "Challengers" feature, which only allows competing against high scores and AI players. • Illustration — Just Dance 2015 at Gamescom. A new "challenge" feature allows players to send and receive challenges to and from other players as ghost data. The new "Just Dance Wall" feature allows players to view news and updates, including received challenges. The online "World Dance Floor" mode introduced in Just Dance 2014 returned with new features, including 8 player parties for the Wii version (The Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3, and PS4 versions of Just Dance 2014 only have 8 player parties), and VIPs (which is also available outside of the "World Dance Floor" mode, as the same style as "Community Remixes" in the main game mode, while the Wii version doesn't featured a pre-recorded video in the "World Dance Floor" mode), along with the "AutoDance" video creator (with the effects option not available in the Wii U version, just like in the previous game, Just Dance 2014), while Just Sweat was dropped in favor of an optional k/cal tracker, and the return of the "Non-Stop Shuffle" feature in the playlists menu. Also, difficulty ratings have been removed. Players could also submit clips (excluding players from the Wii version) of their own gameplay for a chance to be incorporated into a "Community Remix"—routines for selected songs that feature a compilation of player videos in place of the rendered dancers. The "Party Master" mode, returning from Just Dance 2014, is now a Wii U exclusive mode, as it is removed from the Xbox One version. Pictures of coaches from the first three main games in the Just Dance series have been remade using its original designs from these games. All online services for the game were discontinued on 19 November 2018.

The soundtrack of Just Dance 2015 includes 45 songs spanning across various genres. Geoffroy Sardin, Ubisoft EMEA's senior vice president of marketing, explained that the soundtrack was intended to contain "more top Billboard artists than ever before", citing demand by players. Notes: • "Dancing Queen" by ABBA was planned to be featured in the game, but was scrapped for unknown reasons. It was later brought back in Just Dance 2018 as a Just Dance Unlimited exclusive. • The original version of "You Never Can Tell" by Chuck Berry was meant to appear in the game, but was taken out for an unknown reason. The song was eventually featured in Just Dance 2016 as an "A. Caveman & The Backseats" cover version instead. • Song — Artist — Year • "4x4" — Miley Cyrus — 2013 • "Addicted to You" — Avicii — 2013 • "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" — Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell — 1967 • "Bad Romance" — Lady Gaga — 2009 • "Bailando" — Enrique Iglesias featuring Descemer Bueno and Gente de Zona — 2014 • "Bang Bang" — Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj — 2014 • "Best Song Ever" — One Direction — 2013 • "Birthday" — Katy Perry — 2014 • "Black Widow" — Iggy Azalea featuring Rita Ora — 2014 • "Built for This" — Becky G — 2013 • "Burn" — Ellie Goulding — 2013 • "Dancing Diva" — The Girly Team (Cover By Haoyue Kuang) (as made famous by Jolin Tsai) — 2006 • "Dark Horse" — Katy Perry — 2014 • "Diamonds" — Rihanna — 2012 • "Don't Worry, Be Happy" — The Bench Men (Cover by Steve Ouimette, Cat Gray and Antonio Fernandez) (as made famous by Bobby McFerrin) — 1988 • "Epic Sirtaki" — The Bouzouki's (as made famous by Zorba the Greek) — 1974 • "Fatima" — Cheb Salama — 2014 • "Get Low" — Dillon Francis and DJ Snake — 2014 • "Happy" — Pharrell Williams — 2013 • "High Light, High Life" — Eason Chan — 2013 • "Holding Out for a Hero" — Bonnie Tyler — 1984 • "I Love It" — Icona Pop featuring Charli XCX — 2012 • "It's My Birthday" — will.i.am and Cody Wise — 2014 • "Let It Go" — Disney's Frozen (Cover by Nicki Gonzalez) (as made famous by Idina Menzel) — 2013 • "Little Apple" — Chopstick Brothers — 2014 • "Love Is All" — The Sunlight Shakers (Cover by Kyle Spicer and the Sweeney Sisters) (as made famous by Roger Glover) — 1974 • "Love Me Again" — John Newman — 2013 • "Macarena (Bayside Boys Remix)" — The Girly Team (Cover by Willie Murillo and Becky) (as made famous by Los Del Rio) — 1995 • "Mahna Mahna" — Frankie Bostello (Cover by Steve Ouimette, Cat Gray, Mischa Ripps Turnock and Jane Child) (as made famous by Piero Umiliani) — 1968 • "Maps" — Maroon 5 — 2014 • "Me and My Broken Heart" — Rixton — 2014 • "Movement Is Happiness (Find Your Thing)" — Avishay Goren and Yossi Cohen — 2014 • "Never Can Say Goodbye" — Gloria Gaynor — 1974 • "Nitro Bot" — Sentai Express — 2013 • "Only You (and You Alone)" — Love Letter (Cover by Willie Murillo, Lloyd Dwayne, and Jane Child) (as made famous by The Platters) — 1955 • "Papaoutai" — Stromae — 2013 • "Problem" — Ariana Grande featuring Iggy Azalea and Big Sean — 2014 • "She Looks So Perfect" — 5 Seconds of Summer — 2014 • "Speedy Gonzalez" — Los Pimientos Locos (Cover by Steve Ouimette, Cat Gray), Nat Moon, Richard Allen, Mischa Ripps Turnock, Jane Child) (as made famous by Pat Boone) — 1961 • "Summer" — Calvin Harris — 2014 • "Tetris" — Dancing Bros. (as made famous by Hirokazu Tanaka) — 1989 • "The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)" — Ylvis — 2013 • "Till I Find You" — Austin Mahone — 2014 • "Us Under the Sunshine" — Wanting Qu — 2013 • "Walk This Way" — Run-DMC and Aerosmith — 1986 • "Xmas Tree" — Bollywood Santa — 2014 • "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) — Dead or Alive — 1984 • "You're on My Mind" — Imposs featuring J. Perry — 2014

Additional songs for Just Dance 2015 were released as downloadable content. Some DLC songs were re-issues of songs released as DLC for previous editions. The game offers downloadable content songs for the player to download. One of them is free of charge. All of the DLC songs are no longer available for the Wii because of the closure of the Wii Shop Channel. The DLC songs for the Wii U were also discontinued following the Wii U's eShop's closure. Additionally, the DLC songs for the Xbox 360 were discontinued following the closure of the Xbox Live Marketplace. • Song — Artist — Year — Release date • "Break Free" — Ariana Grande featuring Zedd — 2014 — 21 October 2014 • "I Luh Ya Papi" — Jennifer Lopez featuring French Montana — 2014 — 21 October 2014 • "Papaoutai" — Stromae — 2013 — 21 October 2014 (NTSC regions) • "Till I Find You" — Austin Mahone — 2014 — 21 October 2014 (PAL regions) • "Movement Is Happiness (Find Your Thing)" — Avishay Goren and Yossi Cohen — 2014 — 21 October 2014 (NTSC regions) • "One Way or Another (Teenage Kicks)" — One Direction — 2013 — 21 October 2014 (2014 re-release) • "Don't You Worry Child" — Swedish House Mafia featuring John Martin — 2012 — 21 October 2014 (2014 re-release) • "Wake Me Up" — Avicii featuring Aloe Blacc — 2013 — 21 October 2014 (2014 re-release) • "Sexy and I Know It" — LMFAO — 2011 — 21 October 2014 (2014 re-release) • "Gangnam Style" — PSY — 2012 — 21 October 2014 (4 re-release) • "Roar" — Katy Perry — 2013 — 21 October 2014 (2014 re-release) • "Die Young" — Kesha — 2012 — 21 October 2014 (4 re-release) • "Just Dance" — Lady Gaga featuring Colby O'Donis — 2008 — 21 October 2014 (2014 re-release) • "I Need Your Love" — Calvin Harris featuring Ellie Goulding — 2013 — 21 October 2014 (2014 re-release) • "Moves Like Jagger" — Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera — 2011 — 21 October 2014 (4 re-release) • "Beauty and a Beat" — Justin Bieber featuring Nicki Minaj — 2012 — 21 October 2014 (4 re-release) • "We Can't Stop" — Miley Cyrus — 2013 — 25 November 2014 (2014 re-release) • "Want U Back" — Cher Lloyd featuring Astro — 2012 — 25 November 2014 (4 re-release) • "C'mon" — Kesha — 2012 — 25 November 2014 (2014 re-release) • "Kiss You" — One Direction — 2013 — 25 November 2014 (2014 re-release) • "Funhouse" — P!nk — 2009 — 25 November 2014 (4 re-release) • "Boom Clap" — Charli XCX — 2014 — 20 January 2015 • "Kiss Kiss" — Prince Royce — 2014 — 20 January 2015 • "Let It Go" (Sing-Along Alternate) — Disney's Frozen (as made famous by Idina Menzel) — 2013 — 20 January 2015 • "India Waale" — From Happy New Year (Vishal Dadlani, K.K., Shankar Mahadevan and Neeti Mohan) — 2014 — 20 January 2015 • "Rock N Roll" — Avril Lavigne — 2013 — 20 January 2015 (2014 re-release)