Just Dance 2020 in the Test

Singstar, Rock Band and Just Dance, the Three-wrinkling of the music games. But only gets one of the above-mentioned game series each year, an updated offshoot donated. With Just Dance 2020 celebrates this in addition to your 10-year anniversary and not only with additional pieces of music, but also with a brand new game mode. So shake a leg, let us together swing – free to David Bowie: “Let’s dance, to the song they’re playin’ on the screen….”

The virtual Coach on screen in front of dances and I try the movements as exactly as possible to imitate. I more or less badly, but my points bar is constantly up and I get continuously praise from my Trainer and, although I don’t have it definitely deserves. All of this I probably the indulgent control of Just Dance 2020 to owe, because it is sufficient most of the time, at the right time, the reasonably appropriate hand movements to make to me of stars and points to earn. The Nintendo Switch console, no additional Hardware is necessary, because the two Joy-Cons enough to Play perfectly. Of course, there is also the from the previous Play known, an alternative input method using the mobile App, but you need only, if you want to play with more than two players and no additional Controller to have. The same applies by the way Lite for the Switch. Here you have only the restriction of the small screen, with a Joy-Con or mobile phone you can also on the smaller console Just Dance 2020 abshaken.

All of the Old with the new Songs

The core question at the Just Dance is, of course, as always, how many and, above all, to what songs can we now dance. “40 new Songs from the Charts for the whole family” is on the packaging and not only the number of pieces of music, I can confirm at this point. Of course, a few Songs from Ariana Grande and Old Town Roads by Lil Nas X Ft. Billy Ray Cyrus or the catchy , High Hopes, of Panic! At The Disco, you should know from the Radio. To join a little unusual dance Tracks from the Backstreet Boys, or the title song from Monty Python’s life of Brian, Always Look on The Bright Side of Life. Overall, a very balanced Mix, which is not expected to meet certainly to everyone’s taste. From the last two years, Kids mode is not missing. This special mode provides a child-friendly Songs, but to quote here the same time my five-year-old daughter: “That’s only eight songs and they are much too easily!”.

Brand new, only the All-Star mode is actually. Here you accompanied the famous Just Dance Panda and traveled with hm ten different planet from the past of the series. On each new celestial body, there is a short movie to see, and then each song from the first ten series are free to play. Here, too, the conclusion is my auxiliary tester after less than 30 minutes: “What, over already?”. In the Co-op option for up to four players, as well as the Sweat mode is displayed in the calories burned and the duration of the game. For the necessary long-term motivation to play worry-free items and alternative versions of Songs. The latter you can get for example, if you are dancing to a song several times or a certain number of points achieved. New avatars, backgrounds, or stickers you can get for coins. For me, the free play of these objects, but rather a nice side effect, because Just Dance 2020 alone to play makes only half as much fun (if not even less).

Just Dance Limited

The selection of 40 pieces of music that initially sounds as quite extensive, but after a short time you danced to all the Songs at least Once, and the first wear to set the effects. However, even after several dance lessons with the Motivation as high as possible remains, but the Streaming service Just Dance Unlimited worries. Behind it a catalogue of around 500 titles and is constantly expanding is. Unfortunately, this is not free of charge and so fall between 2.99€ for a 24-hour Pass or up to 24,99€ for a year subscription. Because such monetization models today are part of at full price to Play on my Standard, I don’t want to be upset at all large. But what disturbs me, is the very Intrusive in-game advertising. Behind every second menu point felt, I am prompted with a subscription, and that in the Song selection not only are the available pieces of music are displayed, but also those who are only Just Dance Unlimited playable, I find more than annoying. This leaves a slightly dull aftertaste, especially because the newer songs exclusive owners of Just Dance 2020 reserved is – older versions need to in the future, completely without content Updates do.

CONCLUSION

What have Just Dance and FIFA have in common? Exactly: Every year, one imagines the question of whether you need the newer Version at all, or whether the innovations be so marginal, so it’s the game from last year is doing well. In the case of Just Dance in 2020, the answer is, quite simply, because you want to further pieces of music, then you need the current version, including a subscription to the Streaming service Just Dance Unlimited. Otherwise, everything remains the same, because for the 10-year anniversary has a playful plenty of New ideas. Basically, okay, because the game series is the absence of serious competition already, the genre reference in the field of dance and rhythm games, and even in the eleventh edition, at least as much fun as any of his numerous predecessors. Only the somewhat low level in terms of game modes and the annoying in-game advertising for the subscription service to count points for me to the major criticism. Along with the age grading of 3 years and here parents are put to a severe test. Personally, I just wait more until my little girl will find the Disney Playlist in the music catalog, because at least then the dad has to whip out Willy-nilly to the credit card, so that the dance career of the young talent can go further.

What Dance 2020 is Just? The eleventh series of the popular Party-dance series from Ubisoft.
Platforms: PS4, XBox One, Nintendo, Switch, Wii, Google Stadia
Tested On: Nintendo Switch
Developer / Publisher:Ubisoft
Release: 5. November 2019
Link: Official Website