Just Dance Versus Dance Central – Which is better?

You have an Xbox/Wii/PS3/PS4/Xbox One but don’t know which motion sensor dance games to buy. It can be a difficult decision as there is almost an over saturation of dance games for all current and next generation consoles.

Personally, I prefer Xbox 360 and Xbox One, as I find motion detection through the Kinect and Kinect 2 sensor to be far superior to motion sensing peripherals on other consoles.

Other than that, Dance Central and Just Dance have some differences but are similar in many ways. Just Dance is more suitable for those who just want to have fun. Dance Central is more suitable for those who want to learn to dance.

Dance Central is developed by Harmonix, who previously created the Rock Band and Guitar Hero games. Just Dance is created by Ubisoft, which is not well known for its music or rhythm games.

It has been claimed that Dance Central is the best-selling dance game series to date. Dance Central was also one of the launch titles when the Kinect sensor (previously called Project Natal when it was in development) first appeared.

Just Dance also has a large following, with the first few games only being released on the Wii (later released as Greatest Hits on other consoles). Just Dance is available on all current and latest generation consoles. Just Dance has even released games for PS4 and Xbox One (Dance Central has so far been protected and not in development for current systems).

Dance Central is more realistic and has a more variable difficulty. Songs on Dance Central are rated from 1 to 5 stars based on difficulty. You can also choose the individual difficulty for each song, from beginner to hard. As you progress through the lower difficulty moves, you can move on to the harder difficulties to test it out.

As the difficulty of the song increases (player’s choice), the moves become more difficult and faster-paced. They also build on dance moves from previous difficulties, with hard difficulty incorporating moves from easy and medium with new moves added. One minor downside to Dance Central is that the dance moves don’t always flow as smoothly as they do in Just Dance, which seems like a minor drawback to me.

There is also a practice mode in Dance Central that you can use to practice moves from a particular song. You can slow down the song, practice certain parts, and practice the entire song in practice mode.

Just Dance, on the other hand, doesn’t have any practice modes. Most songs are on normal or hard difficulty and most songs are usually faster paced (plus an exercise if that’s what you’re looking for). Just Dance has cards for upcoming dance moves that scroll across the bottom (right to left) as you dance to the on-screen character’s choreographed dance to your chosen song.

Dance Central uses a similar system, but has cards with the names of the dance moves, which scroll from bottom to top on the right or left side as you follow the on-screen dancer/character’s dance to the song.

Just Dance allows you to unlock songs by using Mojo Points (and in Just Dance 2014 Xbox Live Points, Wii Points/PSN Points) to unlock new/alternate dance routines for songs, mashups, and battles. You can also download new songs via points or money (depending on the system you’re playing on).

In Dance Central you have the option to import songs from previous dance central titles as well as new songs via DLC with points or money. With this you can create a huge song library in one game with up to 100-200 songs in one game. With Just Dance, you usually have to change game discs to get more songs or play different songs.

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