However, this is where the All Stars Mode steps up and makes this worth purchasing for longtime fans. Yet that not Backstreet Boys song is the oldest one here, so no super classic tunes here. Two wildcard (and positively wild) entries are a version of Always Look on the Bright Side of Life (family friendly, of course) and Everybody (Backstreet’s Back) performed by…not the Backstreet Boys? Seriously, how the hell does that work? But the soundtrack is a good one, overall. Snow (who is just sampling the one song he’s known for) and we got Ariana Grande with two tracks. We got Billie Ellish, we got Daddy Yankee feat. Fancy is a lovely tune, but it’s been ground into dust with replay: why not include the super obvious and cute Dance the Night Away? Still, the overall soundscape is a good one. For example, people would have much rather danced to AS IF ITS YOUR LAST or even Ddu-Du Ddu-Du instead of Kill This Love. KPop is in full effect, including 2NE1, TWICE and BlackPink, though I think the song selection in this case was a little lacking. Let’s be real, Baby Shark is going to be on repeat in the Kids area, and plenty of college kids will want to do it ironically, so that’ll work out well. Throwing on Old Town Road was a good call, and the inclusion of Baby Shark makes things continually noisy and chaotic for everyone. The bad news is, under the main “Just Dance” area, Just Dance 2020 is pretty harsh about keeping it bleeding edge while still falling a bit behind. If you’re here for the soundtrack and you’re hoping for throwback titles, I’ve got good and bad news for you. Still, Switch and Wii buyers beware, you’ll need extra Jo圜ons and WiiMotes if you plan to go through this with additional people. You can use one Jo圜on, though, so you’re already setup for two player action out the gate. This is probably going to annoy a lot of people who thought they could swivel around with their smartphones, and that just isn’t gonna happen. Strangely enough, there’s still the option to connect to your Switch through the Just Dance app, even though it was announced the app would no longer work with Nintendo connections as of the last game. You get to setup your game, make your avatar, all that jazz. You’ve got your basic dancing “anything goes” setup, you’ve got Kids mode for when the children won’t shut up about doing something insane together, and the All Stars Mode, which is actually a pretty cool “story” mode (more on that in a moment). Just Dance 2020 (I’m playing the Switch version) brings almost nothing new to the table in terms of ideas or gameplay from the last, 2019 iteration, but, again, that’s not something to be ashamed of. Sure, you could play it on the WiiU, but that still doesn’t excuse the fact that a game being made TODAY is released for a system that was launched in 2006, and they know it will sell. It’s also, and I’m not joking, being released on the Wii, despite the Wii having officially been discontinued back in 2013 and quietly killing off the final sets of Wii Minis in 2017. This is a great game for teens, adults, kids and anyone else who wants to fling around in a silly way with their friends, and it’s sort of, kind of a workout without being too regimented. The game is cheaper than it has been in previous years, owing mostly to the fact that the market is positively saturated with these games and they finally understand their audience. It’s not necessarily a bad thing: the people at Ubisoft really struck a rich, delicious vein of gameplay when they happened upon this concept ten years ago. It’s becoming somewhat of a challenge to fully look at Just Dance, the franchise, from an objective point of view anymore.
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