PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360
NA: October 21, 2014
PAL: October 23, 2014
Wii U, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
NA: August 25, 2015
Just Dance 2015 is a 2014 dance video game developed and published by Ubisoft. The sixth main installment of the Just Dance series, it was announced at Ubisoft's E3 2014 press event on 9 June 2014 alongside Just Dance Now—a web-based spin-off of the franchise. It was released for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Wii, and Wii U on October 21, 2014 in North America, 23 October in Europe, October 24 in the UK and October 25 in Asia.
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.
Just Dance 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. As of 31 December 2014, the game has sold four million copies worldwide.
Gameplay
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.
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 November 19, 2018.
Sound Effects Used
- Hollywoodedge, Cats Fighting Loud Sc PE917007/Cats Two Angry YowlsD PE022601 (4th Yowl; Heard once in "Holding Out for a Hero".)
- Sound Ideas, APPLAUSE, CHEERING - INDOOR: MEDIUM CROWD IN SCHOOL AUDITORIUM, AUDIENCE 01 (Heard once in "Moves Like Jagger"; DLC.)
- Sound Ideas, APPLAUSE, CHEERING - INDOOR: MEDIUM CROWD IN SCHOOL AUDITORIUM, AUDIENCE 05 (Heard once in "Moves Like Jagger"; DLC.)
- Sound Ideas, BLINK, CARTOON - XYLO EYE BLINKS
- Sound Ideas, CROWD, WHISTLING - WHISTLING: CONTINUOUS, LARGE GROUP, CHEERING, STADIUM, BOXING, FOOTBALL, HOCKEY, WRESTLING, SPORTS (Heard once in "Moves Like Jagger"; DLC.)