For detailed information about this series, see: Just Dance Wiki
Just Dance is a series of rythm games developed and published by Ubisoft. The title is believed by some to be based on the 2008 Lady Gaga song of the same name.
The game uses motion control and the goal is to follow the onscreen dancers' movement as closely as possible.
Video games
All games, except the Japan-exclusive Just Dance Wii titles, were only released in North America and Europe. These are:
Main series
- Just Dance (November 17, 2009), Wii. Includes 32 songs.
- Just Dance 2 (October 12, 2010), Wii. Also released in South Korea. It features 44 songs, plus 3 exclusively for Best Buy, and 25 downloadable songs.
- Just Dance 3 (October 7, 2011), Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3. It features 42 basic songs and 4 unlockable ones, plus 2 exlusively to PAL versions, 2 exclusively for Best Buy and the european Special Edition, 2 exclusively for Target (US), Zellers (Canada) or the PAL Xbox version, and 4 songs exclusive to the PS3 version. The Wii version also features 37 downloadable songs (the 4 PS3 exclusive songs, 25 songs from previous main titles, 1 from Just Dance Wii and 7 new songs), while the Xbox 360 version features 42 songs (the same as the Wii version minus the 4 PS3 songs and the Just Dance Wii song, plus 10 other songs from previous titles).
- Just Dance 4 (October 2, 2012), Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii U. It features 50 songs, plus 18 downloadable songs for the Wii version, 17 downloadable songs for the Xbox 360 version, 17 downloadable songs for the PS3 version and 12 downloadable songs for the Wii U version.
- Just Dance 2014 (October 1, 2013), Wii, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii U, PlayStation 4, Xbox One. Also known as Just Dance 5. It features 50 songs plus 30 downloadable ones.
- Just Dance 2015 (October 21, 2014), Wii, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii U, PlayStation 4, Xbox One. Also known as Just Dance 6. It features 44 songs plus 28 downloadable ones.
- Just Dance 2016 (October 20, 2015), Wii, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4.
- Just Dance 2017 (October 25, 2016), PC, Wii, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4. Also released for Nintendo Switch in March 2017.
- Just Dance 2018 (October 24, 2017), PC, Wii, Wii U, Nintendo Switch, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4
Minor releases
- Just Dance Kids (November 9, 2010), Wii , Xbox 360, PlayStation 3. It includes 40 songs.
- Just Dance 2: Extra Songs (July 17, 2011), Wii. Re-release of Just Dance 2, known in North America as Just Dance Summer Party, exclusively including 23 songs from the Best Buy exclusive and the downloadable ones.
- Just Dance Wii (October 13, 2011), Wii. Only released in Japan, it includes 28 songs, 10 from previous games and 18 new ones.
- Just Dance Kids 2 (October 25, 2011), Wii , Xbox 360, PlayStation 3. It includes 40 songs.
- Just Dance: Best Of (March 29, 2012), Wii, Xbox 360. Released as Just Dance: Greatest Hits in North America. The PAL version includes 25 songs (4 from Just Dance, 11 from Just Dance 2, 7 from Extra Songs/Summer Party, and 3 originally downloadable or Target Exclusive for Just Dance 3), while the NTSC version includes 35 songs plus 2 unloackable ones (11 from Just Dance, 18 from Just Dance 2, 5 from Extra Songs/Summer Party, and 3 originally downloadable or Target Exclusive for Just Dance 3), with only 19 songs present in both versions.
- Just Dance Wii 2 (July 26, 2012), Wii. Only released in Japan, it includes 35 songs, 15 from previous games and 20 new ones.
- Just Dance: Disney Party (October 23, 2012), Wii, Xbox 360. It includes 25 songs from Disney movies and TV shows.
- Just Dance Kids 2014 (October 22, 2013), Wii, Wii U, Xbox 360. Including 35 songs.
- Just Dance Wii U (April 3, 2014), Wii U. Only released in Japan, it includes 35 songs.
- Just Dance Now (September 25, 2014), iOS, Android. Including 135 songs, two of which are new to the series, while the rest is from older Just Dance games.
- Just Dance: Disney Party 2 (October 20, 2015), Wii, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One.
- Just Dance Unlimited (October 20, 2015), Wii U, Xbox One, Playstation 4. Also released in 2017 for Nintendo Swich and PC.
- Yo-kai Watch Dance: Just Dance Special Version (December 5, 2015), Wii U. A Japan-exclusive game.
Additionally Dance on Broadway, released on June 15, 2010 for Wii and on March 17, 2011 for PlayStation 3, and ABBA: You Can Dance, released on November 15, 2011 for Wii, are both often considered part of the series, since they're two stand-alone games with the same gameplay as Just Dance titles.
The series also had a spin-off called Just Sing, released for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on September 6, 2016, but since it doesn't feature any in-game character, it's considered non-fiction.
Links to other series
Direction | Series | Date | Description | Type
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Experience | November 23, 2010 | The Experience series uses the same gameplay as the Just Dance series. | 3 | |
Rabbids | April 15, 2011 | In the DLC for Just Dance's "Here Comes The Hotstepper" a Rabbid makes a official appearance. | 1 | |
The Smurfs | June 19, 2011 | The Smurfs Dance Party features the same gameplay as the Just Dance series. | 3 | |
How I Met Your Mother | October 07, 2011 | Just Dance 3 features the song "Let's Go To The Mall" from How I Met Your Mother, credited to Robin Sparkle, with her also possibly appearing as the dancer; the song is also available in Just Dance Now. | 1 | |
The Nightmare Before Christmas | October 07, 2011 | Just Dance 3, Just Dance Now and Just Dance Unlimited feature the song "This is Halloween" from The Nightmare Before Christmas. | 2 | |
Mario | October 13, 2011 | Mario appears as a dancer in Just Dance Wii and in the Wii version of Just Dance 3. |
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Disney's The Jungle Book | October 23, 2012 | Just Dance: Disney Party features the song "The Bare Necessities" from The Jungle Book. | 2 | |
Disney's Beauty and the Beast | October 23, 2012 | Just Dance: Disney Party features the song "Be Our Guest" from Beauty and the Beast. | 2 | |
Disney's Cinderella | October 23, 2012 | Just Dance: Disney Party features the song "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" from The Aristocats. | 2 | |
A.N.T. Farm | October 23, 2012 | Just Dance: Disney Party features the song "Calling All the Monsters" from A.N.T. Farm. | 2 | |
Wizards of Waverly Place | October 23, 2012 | Just Dance: Disney Party features the song "Everything is Not What It Seems" from Wizards of Waverly Place. | 2 | |
The Aristocats | October 23, 2012 | Just Dance: Disney Party features the song "Ev'rybody Wants to Be a Cat" from The Aristocats. | 2 | |
Tinker Bell | October 23, 2012 | Just Dance: Disney Party features the song "Fly to Your Heart" from the movie Tinker Bell. | 2 | |
Disney's Peter Pan | October 23, 2012 | Just Dance: Disney Party features the song "Following the Leader" from Peter Pan. | 2 | |
Good Luck Charlie | October 23, 2012 | Just Dance: Disney Party features the song "Hang In There Baby" from Good Luck Charlie. | 2 | |
Lilo & Stitch | October 23, 2012 | Just Dance: Disney Party features the song "Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride" from Lilo & Stitch. | 2 | |
Jessie (Disney) | October 23, 2012 | Just Dance: Disney Party features the song "Hey Jessie" from Jessie. | 2 | |
Hannah Montana | October 23, 2012 | Just Dance: Disney Party features the song "Hoedown Throwdown" from Hannah Montana: The Movie. | 2 | |
Bolt (Disney) | October 23, 2012 | Just Dance: Disney Party features the song "I Thought I Lost You" from Bolt. | 2 | |
Tangled | October 23, 2012 | Just Dance: Disney Party features the songs "I've Got a Dream" and "Something That I Want" from Tangled. | 2 | |
It's a Small World | October 23, 2012 | Just Dance: Disney Party features the song "It's a Small World". | 2 | |
The Muppets | October 23, 2012 | Just Dance: Disney Party features "The Muppet Show Theme" as a playable track. | 2 | |
Shake It Up | October 23, 2012 | Just Dance: Disney Party features the songs "Shake It Up" and "Twist My Hips (Watch Me)" from Shake It Up. | 2 | |
Phineas and Ferb | October 23, 2012 | Just Dance: Disney Party features the song "S.I.M.P (Squirrels In My Pants)" from Phineas and Ferb. | 2 | |
Mary Poppins | October 23, 2012 | Just Dance: Disney Party features the song "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" from Mary Poppins. | 2 | |
Enchanted | October 23, 2012 | Just Dance: Disney Party features the song "That's How You Know" from Enchanted. | 2 | |
Camp Rock | October 23, 2012 | Just Dance: Disney Party features the song "This Is Me" from Camp Rock. | 2 | |
High School Musical | October 23, 2012 | Just Dance: Disney Party features the song "We're All in This Together" from High School Musical. | 2 | |
Disney's Aladdin | October 01, 2013 | Just Dance 2014 and Just Dance Unlimited feature the song "Prince Ali" from Aladdin, with characters from the movie also appearing as dancers; the song is also available in Just Dance Now. | 1 | |
Ghostbusters | October 01, 2013 | Just Dance 2014, Just Dance Now and Just Dance Unlimited feature the main theme from Ghostbusters, with the ghost Slimer from the movie also appearing as a dancer; the song is also available in Just Dance Now. | 1 | |
Flashdance | October 01, 2013 | Just Dance 2014, Just Dance Now and Just Dance Unlimited feature the song "Flashdance... What a Feeling" from the movie Flashdance. | 2 | |
Happy New Year | September 25, 2014 | Just Dance Now, Just Dance 2015 and Just Dance Unlimited feature the song "India Waale" from Happy New Year as a downloadable track. | 2 | |
Frozen (Disney) | October 21, 2014 | Just Dance 2015 and Just Dance Unlimited feature the song "Let it Go" from Frozen, with Anna and Elsa also appearing as dancers; the song is also available in Just Dance Now. | 1 | |
Tetris | October 21, 2014 | Just Dance 2015 and Just Dance Unlimited feature the main theme from Tetris. | 2 | |
Angry Birds | October 20, 2015 | Just Dance 2016 and Just Dance Unlimited feature the main theme from Angry Birds. | 2 | |
Vocaloid | October 20, 2015 | Vocaloid Hatsune Miku appears as a dancer in Just Dance 2016, 2017 and 2018 respectively with the song "Ievan Polkka", "PoPiPo" and "Love Ward"; a Hatsune Miku song, "Tell Your World" is also featured in Just Dance Wii U; "Ievan Polkka" and "PoPiPo" are also available in Just Dance Now. | 1 | |
Disney's The Little Mermaid | October 20, 2015 | Just Dance: Disney Party and Just Dance 2016 feature the song "Under the Sea" from The Little Mermaid, with characters from the movie also appearing in Just Dance 2016; the Just Dance 2016 version of the song is also available in Just Dance Unlimited. | 1 | |
Grease | October 20, 2015 | Just Dance 2016 and Just Dance Unlimited feature the track "You're The One That I Want" from the movie Grease, with Danny and Sandy also appearing as dancers. | 1 | |
Violetta | October 20, 2015 | Just Dance 2016 features the tracks "Junto a Ti", "En Mi Mundo" and "Hoy Somos Más" from Violetta. | 2 | |
Austin & Ally | October 20, 2015 | Just Dance: Disney Party 2 features the tracks "A Billion Hits", "Can You Feel It", "Chasin' The Beat Of My Heart" and "Me & You" from Austin & Ally. | 2 | |
Descendants | October 20, 2015 | Just Dance: Disney Party 2 features the tracks "Be Our Guest", "Did I Mention", "Evil Like Me", "Rotten to the Core" and "Set it Off" from the movie Descendants. | 2 | |
Liv and Maddie | October 20, 2015 | Just Dance: Disney Party 2 features the tracks "Better in Stereo", "What a Girl Is" and "You, Me, and the Beat" from Liv and Maddie. | 2 | |
Teen Beach | October 20, 2015 | Just Dance: Disney Party 2 features the tracks "Cruisin' for a Brusin'" from Teen Beach Movie and "Falling For Ya", "Gotta Be Me", "Right Where I Want To Be", "That's How We Do" and "Twist Your Frown Upside Down" from Teen Beach 2. | 2 | |
Girl vs. Monster | October 20, 2015 | Just Dance: Disney Party 2 features the track "Had Me @ Hello" from the movie Girl vs. Monster. | 2 | |
K.C. Undercover | October 20, 2015 | Just Dance: Disney Party 2 features the track "Keep It Undercover" from K.C. Undercover. | 2 | |
Meets World | October 20, 2015 | Just Dance: Disney Party 2 features the track "Take On the World" from Girl Meets World. | 2 | |
I Didn't Do It (Disney) | October 20, 2015 | Just Dance: Disney Party 2 features the track "Time of Our Lives" from I Didn't Do It. | 2 | |
Zapped | October 20, 2015 | Just Dance: Disney Party 2 features the track "Too Much" from the movie Zapped. | 2 | |
Yo-Kai Watch | December 05, 2015 | Yo-kai Watch Dance: Just Dance Special Version is a crossover between the two series. | 1 | |
UNO | November 28, 2016 | Just Dance DLC was added to UNO, with people from Just Dance interacting with the main game. | 1 | |
The Emoji Movie | July 28, 2017 | Emoji characters enter the Just Dance Now app in The Emoji Movie. | 1 |