Just Dance 2 - Nintendo Wii

Reasons I love this game: 1. It has professionally choreographed dances to different types of popular songs from all genres and ages. If you spend enough time on each one, you will master the dance and actually improve your real life dancing skills. 2. The variety of the songs is perfect! I love all types of dance, am easily bored, and have not been bored for one second with this game. It has songs from the 20s-present, including tribal music and bollywood. I have seen people disagree with the inclusion of those types of music and I really hope the video game designers don't listen to them with regard to future versions. The tribal dances are my favorite (and they are also the best cardio!) I would be very bored if the dances were only the top 40 that play on KISS. How boring would that be?! I enjoy the variety of the dances. 3. Its equally fun by yourself, with a party of 8, or as a daily workout. 4. Rather that becoming less fun as you play it, your enjoyment stays the same or improves because you actually learn the dance and are performing a dance each time. 5. It's a good workout, albeit less good than most people think it is: a friend of mine actually wears a device that counts calories based on her skin temp, sweat rate, heart rate, and movement. It said she only burned 190 calories in half an hour with this. That sounds about right, based on the face that 30 minutes of difficult running burns about 300 calories. As with most activities, this doesn't burn as many calories as you'd think. The thing is, the it is so much fun that you will be much more inspired to do it than run and to do it for longer than running, so it equals out. 6. It's a very inexpensive version of zumba with better music that you can do in your living room while picking the songs. 7. It lets you go right into playing the game. You don't have to win anything or do anything. Just open up the package and start dancing to the tracks. What I don't like about the game: 1. The controls are not very accurate. I have scored perfects on songs that I know I wasn't dancing perfectly to and scored constant "okay"s on ones that I was. This is a small inconvenience, as I am a very competitive person. 2. It doesn't let you set up a song list and takes a long time to load between songs. ^^^ These are recommendations for the creators and do not greatly distract from the fun of the game. I highly recommend it to everyone and have already bought two friends this game for Christmas. PS I am a nearly 30 year old woman who generally thinks video games are a waste of time.

One of the things I like about the Wii game console is the fact that it provides the potential to get people up and moving, rather than simply sitting and operating simple controls with their fingers while staring stupidly at a TV screen. I bought "Just Dance 2" for a few reasons: 1. To get more exercise myself 2. To hopefully get my stepson and my step-granddaughter up and moving and exercising more 3. To provide a form of entertainment that is really fun, as well as interactive This game succeeds at all these! While I do have to admit that I am a generation or two older than most of these songs are intended for, there are a few that I can relate to and provide more than enough aerobic bouncing and moving to work up a sweat! When my 11 year old stepson visited the first weekend I had this game, and he was tempted to turn on Nickalodeon and simply veg out AGAIN, I suggested he take a look at this game. He didn't want to stop playing it all weekend!! He was up and moving and dancing as much as he could! And when his dad wouldn't play with him, my stepson and I had "dance battles" and played "Simon Says." This kid is a total video game junkie, and overweight to boot, so it made his dad and I so happy to see him so excited about moving!! The game itself is fairly basic, though admittedly I don't think I've explored all the options, yet. The dances to the songs seem difficult, but really they are fairly easy to follow - the real trick is to add "finesse" to them! There are several different ways multiples of people can play: Classic (simply dancing along to the songs), Duet, Simon Says (individuals are provided with instructions to either stop, clap, or spin at various times during thier portion of the dance). I can see where, eventually, this game might get old and a bit boring. Once one has mastered the dances or is bored with the songs, the game will no longer be played. But, is that really any different than any other video game on the market? And, I would suspect UBI Soft will develop a Just Dance 3 by then, yes? My only wish, and I'm not sure how sucessful this would be, is to make these games with music geared toward certain genres. For example: Classic Rock, Country, Jazz. A lot of the songs on this game are ones I'm not familar with at all, are not of my generation, and I feel as though I'm simply following the moves. That leaves me with perhaps 5 songs that I can really get into. If there were dance video games with specific genres then I could have the ability to have truly 30 - 40 songs available to me, and that might make the video game last longer. However, ANYTHING that gets my overweight stepson and overweight step-granddaughter up and moving - and enjoying it - is deserving of 5 stars +++!!

Bought this for a present for a little girl and lets just say, it was a hit! She loved the songs and the dances!

Just dance 2 is a great game! When I read the song list, I only knew one or two songs, but I've had it for about two weeks now, and I LOVE every song on there! I would recommend this to a lot of people! It's crazy fun! If you have peered at this before, you should get it, and you will not regret it, I'm sure of it! I'm not really sure why anyone would rate this one star, out of ALL just dances' (1, 2, 3, 4, and 2014, by the way, those are REAL fun, also! I'd highly recommend all those as much as I'd recommend JD2) I think this one is the best! (Although, the other just dances above that are a higher improvements then this one) I DO like the dance moves, but It might be a little fast for some people. The oldest song is- The frighteners "Monster mash" Which is 1963 And the most recent is- Ke$ha with her song "Tik Tok" I DO have to say now, that they bleep out all inappropriate words with three periods it will look like this in the lyrics at the bottom left corner in some songs I'm...Precious (that's from Avril Livine's song, "Girlfriend") So I really like that feature Just dance 2 is a HUGE improvement from Just dance one. Also, If you want to make a personal name, click on "Sunny" At the top of the starting of the dance, then there should be an "Add person" Once you click on that. I love that it shows your score, which JD2 is the only just dance that shows your score. I also like that at the very end of every song, It'll show the percentage of how much perfects you got (Or the percentage of the highest score possible for that song) By the way, the highest score possible for every song is about 12,600. I love to challenge myself on getting over 12,000 for songs! Also, I see that some of you were disappointed because Katy Perry's song "Firework" wasn't on there, it is (At least on the wii it is), all you have to do Is go to the shop and download it! One more thing, remember, This game sold over 7.5 Million times! I hope This comment was helpful to you, and will influence your decision!

I fell in love with the first Just Dance this summer, while playing with my 11-year-old sister. I loved the variety of songs and that playing seriously on my own equaled a decent work out. So, I got a Wii for Christmas and I had to make the difficult decision of which Just Dance I wanted. My sister cautioned me that the second one was a bit harder, in terms of the moves, but I decided to get JD2 because I'd heard everyone raving about the improvements on movement tracking, plus there were a few songs I really liked. The truth is, I think the original is better! JD2 has a lot of 'interesting' dance moves for these songs, but which aren't particularly conducive to getting a good, sweaty workout (lots of arm stuff), nor do they seem to be as translatable to an actual dance floor. I like the 'Just Sweat' mode idea, basically the purpose for which I bought the game, only the system is a bit whacked. You get sweat points by how much you move the Wii remote, so often I'd get my heart pumping and get out of breath, to find very few sweat points and vice versa, lots of points when it wasn't much of a workout. If you're looking for a party game, this would be fine, particularly if people have been drinking. I'm curious about the new party modes and think they could be fun. The songs on JD2 are a bit disappointing. Rather, I like a bunch of them, but the dance moves are kind of weird, difficult, and/or make me not want to play that song. Which leaves random songs that I like less to dance to, including some incredibly odd choices. JD1 was much better.. there are songs for everyone, even if a song isn't from your generation, you've at least heard it and probably bopped along to it at some point in the past. Not so with JD2; a good chunk, like a third or more, are songs I have never heard of and one or two still make me wonder what they were smoking when they decided to include them. In summary, I wish that I had listened to my sister and gotten the first JD instead! If you're looking for a good workout, get JD1.

I enjoy ballroom, swing, and free style type dancing. Coming from a passionate hobby dancer's perspective Just Dance 2 is great fun! I personally like the higher technicality songs better because the moves are more like real dance moves and a challenge to learn. It's also a great workout if you do your best to mimic the dancing. I always work up a sweat. This is not a game for people who just try to cheat the system and move the wiimote while siting on the couch. Hard core, low impact gamers have a high potential of getting frustrated. ;) But in my experience, playing with lots of people, including my mom, and even playing nine months pregnant, if you're having fun you'll do fine. And even if your score tanks, it's still a blast!! I love how the game isn't really about the score, but more about having fun dancing by yourself or with family and friends. The best is getting people who you'd never imagine dancing to give it a try. So much fun!! My only caveat to how fun this game is with family is the song Tic Toc has offensive lyrics, some of the songs have sexier dance moves than I would prefer, and some of the costumes make me uncomfortable as a mother and a wife. Not offensive, but uncomfortable. It's not a perfect game but it's one of my new favorites.

When I got the very first "Just dance" game it took me a little while to get used to it. But after i did i LOVED it! THEN i got this game and it is SOOO much better than the first one! The different ways you can play it, the fact that you can have two people actually dancing together with different moves, and the fact that you can play up to 8 people at once! We have SO much fun when our family gets together and plays this game! I think the people who gave it a bad rating just don't know what fun is. Yes they do have some older songs, however, that makes it more adaptable to people of all ages! The one thing i do wish you could do is to be able to play add the dance songs from the first "Just dance" to the second one so you can play all the songs and not have to switch games to dance to some of your favorite songs on one game and then switch back for the songs on the other game. other than that.... i think this is honestly the BEST game I have ever played! and I have never loved working out so much in all my life! This is definitely well worth buying to get yourself and your family motivated to get up off the couch and have some fun and get in shape! I just can't say enough about how AWESOME this game is! Some people have said they don't like the characters that they are hard to see- i don't agree, i am glad that we can't see the actual person and that they are in a cartoon like form. that way you pay more attention to the moves and not the actual person. some people complain about the song choices- i disagree, some of the songs are not my favorite songs, but they are still fun dance moves. AND what songs i may not like, someone else does. so it is impossible to pick songs that EVERYONE is going to like! And to be able to pick songs that everyone will like all of them no matter what their age... that makes it even more impossible! so I feel the creators of this game did an outstanding job at choosing songs and dance moves that will appeal to a large range of people. Anyone who can't find at least a few songs that they enjoy doing is just WAY to picky! anyway.... this game is just OUTSTANDING and i can't wait for the third one to come out... and to get the summer one i just ordered and it says i should be getting it next week! I just LOVE it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Oh.. and the Michael Jackson game is also A LOT of fun, but the dance moves are A LOT harder! so warm up with the Just dance game first... then jump into the Michael Jackson game! they are all GREAT games!)

I bought this game b/c i wanted a fun way to get some exercise, especially in the winter. Over all, i love the game! I've had the game for about a month, and have played about 5-6 times a week for anywhere from 30-75 min a time. Here are my thoughts: -It really gets my heart rate up, and by the time i am done, i have worked up a pretty good sweat. -The music selection covers a pretty broad spectrum. Even the songs i would normally not like (pussycat dolls, for example,) are enjoyable while dancing. I even found myself enjoying the "it's raining men" routine, and i HATE that song! -As far as difficulty goes, there were songs i picked up right away, others that took several run throughs to get the hang of, and a couple that i suspect i will never quite get. The dance styles are numerous and varied, which i like. -Actual game play seems pretty accurate. Of course, you can cheat with your leg moves, as the game only knows what you do with your right hand, but where's the fun in that? -The "just sweat" mode is good for setting weekly goals, but i stopped using it after a week. It was too frustrating waiting for the dance to score, than the "sweat points" to be entered in, than the dance selection screen to reload. -You can buy additional songs if you like. Each new song costs 300 wii points, and there seems to be about ten songs to pick from, though more seem to be added from time to time. -Overall, it is a fun way to get a little cardiovascular activity in. Since i started playing, i have noticed i am a bit firmer and i have more endurance. The game gets a big thumbs up from me!