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Just Dance

Dance to the rhythm of your favorite beat with Just Dance, a music & rhythm video game that allows you to dance the night away with your friends and family without ever leaving the house. With simple pick-up…

30 17 November 2009

Just Dance is a music developed by Ubisoft Milan, released 17 November 2009 on Wii.

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What Just Dance is

Just Dance is a music game developed by Ubisoft Milan and released in 2009. It was published by Ubisoft Entertainment. It is available on Wii only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Dance to the rhythm of your favorite beat with Just Dance, a music & rhythm video game that allows you to dance the night away with your friends and family without ever leaving the house. With simple pick-up and play controls, anyone can join the party.
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How it plays

Its themes are party. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Single player and Split screen.

Where it sits in the Just Dance series

Just Dance is the first of 35 entries we hold in the Just Dance series. The next entry was Just Dance 2 in 2010. Its critic score of 30 is 36 points below the series average of 66. The highest-rated entry is Just Dance 2022 at 82.

See all 35 Just Dance games in release order →

How it was received

Just Dance holds a critic score of 30 out of 100. That places it above 2% of the 483 rated music games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 37 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Just Dance launched on 17 November 2009, within three weeks of Assassin's Creed II, Dragon Age: Origins, Left 4 Dead 2 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Assassin's Creed II, Dragon Age: Origins, Left 4 Dead 2, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.

Official trailer

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Quick answers

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When did Just Dance come out?
Just Dance was released on 17 November 2009 for Wii.

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