Talk:Just Dance (video game)

Just Dance (video game) has been listed as one of the Video games good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.
Review: July 4, 2015. (Reviewed version).

A fact from Just Dance (video game) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 17 January 2010 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the music video game Just Dance features MC Hammer's "You Can't Touch This", Technotronic's "Pump Up the Jam", and the Baha Men's "Who Let the Dogs Out?"?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2010/January.

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Girls Just Not Wanna Have Fun

How come Just Dance contains the "Cyndi Lauper" version of "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.235.92.16 (talk) 23:30, 21 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Just Dance (video game)/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: AdrianGamer (talk · contribs) 08:29, 30 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

The game was released exclusively for Wii on 17 November 2009 - "exclusively" is not necessary. A pronoun "the" is needed for Wii
Just Dance was released to mixed to negative reviews - A vague statement.
Citations in the lead should be moved elsewhere per WP:LEADCITE
Ubisoft announced in October 2010 that 4.3 million copies of Just Dance had been sold worldwide - The date is not necessary. It should be stated in the sales section, not the lead
The game, and its future sequels, helped to spawn a franchise that, as of October 2013, has collectively sold over 40 million units - "future" is not necessary. I also think that it is the success of this game that had helped to spawn a franchise, not its sequel, considering that by the time its sequel came out, the franchise had already been established
The gameplay section should go first, followed by the development section
Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 featured a music minigame that IGN compared to Guitar Hero—where players shook the remote or nunchuck when prompted to play an instrument - IGN should not be italicized
Creative director Gregoire Spillmann - Fill his name in the director field of the infobox
I am not sure about the capitalization of Nunchuck. Should this always be capitalized or something?
Spillmann explained that such accessories were "distractions" that restricted the player's motion - Consistency, should be "players" instead of "the player".
The gameplay section is a bit too short. If there is any additional information that can be added, add them in.
Gameplay section does not mention anything about the multiplayer elements of the game
All songs are avaliable from the start, and there are no unlocks or downloadable content. - If that didn't happened, it should not be mentioned
The soundtrack section is also a bit too short. Is there any information on why the developer picked these songs? The blank space next to the table doesn't look good as well.
Template:video game reviews would be useful here
The reception section should show whether the different aspects of the game are well-received or not instead of the reviewer's general impression on the game.
GameSpot should not be italicized
It was also noted that the pictograms additionally used to represent moves sometimes contradicted with the instructions implied by the dancer - Does this mean "implied to the player"?
Since that the game is a success for the publisher and has a lot of sequels, a legacy section would be nice
All sources are reliable, but the citation format is very inconsistent
No obvious copyright violation
Few links are redirected

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A great article. However, the gameplay section and the soundtrack section feel under-developed, and that the article needs a legacy section. With the above issues addressed, the article should be good to go. AdrianGamer (talk) 05:02, 1 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I expanded on the legacy. But thenagain, on gameplay, there isn't much more to explain because that's literally all there is (is it any wonder that IGN declared this 'game' to be a "ripoff"?). The other Just Dance series articles have been a mess and I've been trying to get them up to code. It is common practice not to use "the" when saying "released for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Wii". Also I was under the impression that the lead has to summarize all major points in the article; the fact that the game that critics and even Ubisoft doubted ended up being a hit, is a crucial point.

Also, site names are italicized because they are the titles of works *it's like italicizing a newspaper name), and the Wii Remote article seems to use "Nunchuck" and "nunchuck" interchangeably. ViperSnake151 Talk 18:00, 1 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I did not say that the lead didn't summarized everything. The problem is with WP:LEADCITE, where you had citations for uncontroversial stuffs in the lead. These information, like the release dates of the game should be mentioned again in the development or a a separate release section actually. And regarding the italicisation of video game websites. We have several discussions on this recently [1][2]. We do not really have a final outcome but I always tend to follow Template:Video game reviews, where the two of them are not italicized. But if you go with Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Titles#Major_works, it should be fine I guess. AdrianGamer (talk) 03:39, 2 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

All issues addressed. Article is good to go.

AdrianGamer (talk) 11:35, 4 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Legacy

I'd figure that for GA breadth the game that spawned a major series in this console generation would have some sort of "Legacy" section on how the game impacted later games, how those sold, and what effect they had on the industry as a whole. – czar 14:03, 30 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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