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Just Dance 3
- Nintendo Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3
- Price: $39.99
- Genre: Music
Common Sense Media says
Social game encourages exercise, but mild cussing in lyrics.
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that Just Dance 3 is a dancing game and one of the better picks for kids. Not only does it promote exercise and social interaction, but it also teaches kids to appreciate both music and dance. Some lyrics have mild cussing and sexual themes. Parents should know, however, the Xbox 360 version's online mode might expose users to unrated user-generated content.
What's it about?
The third game in Ubisoft's hit dancing game franchise once again challenges players to mimic moves of professional dancers. As with past games, the Nintendo Wii version of JUST DANCE 3 has you hold the motion-sensing Wii Remote in your hands as you perform the onscreen dance moves to rack up points. But for the first time, Xbox 360 gamers can also get in on the fun by using the hands-free Kinect for Xbox 360 peripheral; body moves are captured by the sensors and camera to judge your rhythm compared to the onscreen dancers. The game is also available on PlayStation 3 via the PlayStation Move peripheral and PlayStation Eye camera.
For all three versions, there are more than 40 tracks to dance along with, spanning a wide range of musical genres, such as pop, hip-hop, rock, country, disco, R&B, Bollywood, and Reggaeton. Example of popular songs from today and yesterday include "Pump It" by Black Eyed Peas, "I Was Made For Lovin’ You" by KISS, "California Gurls" by Katy Perry and the no. 1 spot on music charts during the summer of 2011, "Party Rock Anthem" by LMFAO. More songs will be available via optional download.
Is it any good?
With this third version of the Just Dance series, Ubisoft has retained its accessible and fun gameplay -- ideal for all ages, both genders, and varying skill levels -- but has added new consoles, songs, and new features for each of the three versions. For example, the Nintendo Wii game now has four-player support and dynamic, colorful environments. The Xbox 360 version, on the other hand, has the new "Shout Out!" feature, which lets you score extra points by singing along with the tunes (captured by Kinect's microphone) and the option to create your own choreographies.
As with its predecessors, the game has very basic visuals -- simply showing colorful silhouettes of its dancers rather than detailed characters (like MTV Games' Dance Central) -- but the game isn't about great graphics. It's a very fun social game with great music, numerous modes; and it gets gamers on their feet instead of lounging around.
What families can talk about
Families can talk about whether Ubisoft did the right thing by keeping the gameplay essentially the same as its best-selling predecessors -- but adding new music and modes -- or do gamers prefer when developers change the gameplay more to justify the purchase?
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Kid, 12 years old
October 12, 2011
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ARE YOU KIDDING?!?!?!
This is fifth review of the just dance games and there are about 5 mistakes! BIG MISTAKES!
first of all the screenshot is from just dance 1!
second of all there are NO suggestive moves that i see
third of all ALL SWEARING IS BLEEPED OUT!
forth of all The game JUST came out like 4 days ago as if now and the best buy thing? I HAVE NOT SEEN ONCE!
And most of all ALL of your reviews of these games have tons of mistakes! if there is a Just Dance 4 DONT BOTHER reviewing it!
I give this game 5/5 9/10
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Kid, 12 years old
October 16, 2011
AGE
Amazing!
It is AMAZING! Every game gets BETTER and BETTER!
There is some bad language but most of it is bleeped out. Also, it helps you stay in shape.
This game is a HAVE TO PLAY!!!!
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Kid, 11 years old
November 22, 2011
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pretty good:/
i played this game at school and there where some things that were disturbing to me.One was "lick me like a lollipop"other from the song "California girls" about "girls in bikinis"I would rate this rated T for sexual lyrics.
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my oppinion
The songs I like on JD3 don't curse in it. Price Tag and Dynamite do. But I noticed that the curses get muted. Good catch!
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AGE
Super fun
Awesome. Literally gives you a workout. Some of the newer songs have questionable lyrics, but it has a lot of old songs, too. Very fun! And this is coming from a guy who does NOT dance! LOL!!!
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Kid, 11 years old
November 26, 2011
AGE
Just fun
this is a good party game some of the songs in the tracklist are ok but others are awesome i would recomend it
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Amazing for the family, and safe too
Amazing and family friendly, top dance songs; wife and 9 and 6 y-o girls were dancing in no time to the tune of California Girls; explicit sexual words were stripped off the song and written lyrics; Kinect camera caught me near and soon I was dancing too; very cool...;
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Kid, 11 years old
December 26, 2011
AGE
Just Dance 3
First of all, this game is GREAT. Second, the screen shot is of Just Dance 1. Even though it bleeps out most of the bad words, it leaves the word s$x.
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Thanks, Grandma!
I have JD2 and I got this for Christmas from my grandma! There are a couple of moves in Party Rock Anthem and California Gurls that involve putting your hands near a private part, but I don't do that. All the swearing is beeped out. I even got my little bro to play!
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Kid, 10 years old
December 30, 2011
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Sounds Good
I don't have it, but I like the songs.
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| Platforms: | Nintendo Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 |
| Available online? | Not available online |
| Genre: | Music |
| Developer: | UbiSoft |
| Release date: | October 7, 2011 |
| Price: | $39.99 |
| ESRB rating: | E10+ for Lyrics |
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