Just Dance 2023 Edition

Just Dance 2023 Edition (also known as Just Dance 2023) is a 2022 dance rhythm game developed and published by Ubisoft. It was unveiled on September 10, 2022 during the Ubisoft Forward September 2022 web presentation as the fourteenth main installment and the final installment of the series to be released annualy, after the series switched into a live service format,[2][3] and was released on November 22, 2022, for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S.[4] It is the third game in the series, after the initial title and Just Dance 2021, not to be announced at E3. It is also the first game since Just Dance 4 to not release for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

Just Dance 2023 Edition
Developer(s)Ubisoft Paris
Ubisoft Pune
Ubisoft Shanghai
Ubisoft Mumbai
Publisher(s)Ubisoft
SeriesJust Dance
EngineCustom-made[1]
Platform(s)
ReleaseNovember 22, 2022
Genre(s)Music
Mode(s)

Just Dance 2023 Edition was also initially set to be released for Stadia, however, Stadia was announced to be shutting down on January 18, 2023, thus cancelling the Stadia version of the game.[5]

Gameplay
Further information: Gameplay of the Just Dance series

As with the previous installments of the franchise, players must mimic the on-screen dancer's choreography to a chosen song using the game's associated smartphone app (Nintendo Switch players have the option to use the console's Joy-Con controllers).

The game's user interface received a significant redesign, which aims to emulate those seen on streaming services, such as Netflix, Hulu or Disney+.[6] A new online multiplayer feature was added, where up to six players can join a private group, replacing the "World Dance Floor" mode from previous installments, with cross-play support at launch, with the Xbox Series X/S version being later supported.[7] The dancer cards are revamped, with avatars now pictures of the coaches instead of the usual head avatars, and emotes are added to show how the players feel after each song.[3] Score feedback animations can now be customized with theme sets, and are now a toggleable option, as well as victory celebrations, used for when the player finishes the song in single player or wins the song in multiplayer. The Nintendo Switch version features an option to choose to stream songs in the main tracklist from the online servers or download them to play offline. Furthermore, playlists now consist of combined scores for all of the songs in one playlist. Cross-progression is a new feature to the Just Dance series, allowing players to set their high scores for each song and playlist, advance their player level, and unlock cosmetics across multiple platforms.

A story-based playlist, titled "Enter the Danceverses", consists of seven songs: "Can't Stop the Feeling!", "Witch", "Physical", "Rather Be", "Locked Out of Heaven", "Majesty", and "If You Wanna Party". The story of this playlist focuses on Sara, who is transported to the "Danceverse" by Wanderlust via an anthropomorphic disco ball that is dropped into the real world through her TV, and follows him on a quest to save the Danceverse from the Night Swan, as they try to recruit Brezziana and Mihaly to form a group of coaches known as the "Just Dancers", with Jack Rose (who is implied to be the Night Swan's son) initially serving as a member of the Night Swan's army, before joining the others following the Night Swan's defeat in a dance battle for one final dance. After their final dance, Wanderlust sends Sara back to the real world.[8]

Soundtrack

The following songs appear on Just Dance 2023 Edition:[9][10][11]

Year 1
Song Artist Year
"Anything I Do"CLiQ featuring Ms Banks and Alika2018
"As It Was"Harry Styles2022
"Boy with Luv"BTS featuring Halsey2019
"Bring Me to Life"Evanescence2003
"Can't Stop the Feeling!"[lower-alpha 1]Justin Timberlake2016
"Danger! High Voltage"Electric Six2002
"Disco Inferno"[lower-alpha 1]The Trammps1976
"Drivers License"Olivia Rodrigo2021
"Dynamite"[lower-alpha 2]BTS2020
"Good Ones"Charli XCX2021
"Heat Waves"Glass Animals2020
"I Knew You Were Trouble (Taylor's Version)"Taylor Swift2021
"If You Wanna Party"The Just Dancers2022
"Jamais Lâcher"[lower-alpha 3]Michou2022
"Locked Out of Heaven"Bruno Mars2012
"Love Me Land"Zara Larsson2020
"Magic"Kylie Minogue2020
"Majesty"Apashe featuring Wasiu2018
"Million Dollar Baby"Ava Max2022
"More"[lower-alpha 4][lower-alpha 1]K/DA featuring Madison Beer, (G)I-dle, Lexie Liu, Jaira Burns and Seraphine2020
"Numb"Linkin Park2003
"Physical"Dua Lipa2020
"Playground"[lower-alpha 5]Bea Miller2021
"Psycho"Red Velvet2019
"Radioactive"Imagine Dragons2012
"Rather Be"Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne2013
"Sissy That Walk"RuPaul2014
"Stay"The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber2021
"Sweet but Psycho"[lower-alpha 6]Ava Max2018
"Telephone"Lady Gaga featuring Beyoncé2010
"Therefore I Am"Billie Eilish2020
"Top of the World"[lower-alpha 7]Shawn Mendes2022
"Toxic"[lower-alpha 8]Britney Spears2004
"Walking on Sunshine"Top Culture (as made famous by Katrina and the Waves)1985
"Wannabe"Itzy2020
"Watch Out for This (Bumaye)"Major Lazer featuring Busy Signal, The Flexican and FS Green2013
"We Don't Talk About Bruno"Cast of Disney's Encanto2021
"Witch"Apashe featuring Alina Pash2021
"Woman"Doja Cat2021
"Wouldn't It Be Nice"The Sunlight Shakers (as made famous by The Beach Boys)1966
"Zooby Doo"Tigermonkey2016
  1. Was available on Just Dance Unlimited in Just Dance 2020 to 2022 for a limited time.
  2. The Extreme version is also available on the trial version of the game.
  3. Only available as a French-exclusive track on the soundtrack
  4. Tie-in to League of Legends, featuring game characters/band members Kai'Sa, Ahri, Akali, and Evelynn as the main coaches in the classic version, and Seraphine as the main coach in the Seraphine version.
  5. Tie-in to Arcane, featuring game/main series character Jinx as the main coach.
  6. Also available on the trial version of the game.
  7. Tie-in to Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile, featuring titular character Lyle the Crocodile as the main coach.
  8. Originally featured as a cover version by The Hit Crew on Just Dance 2 with a different routine, which is included in the game as an alternate routine (albeit uncovered), and noted as "Just Dance 2 version".

Just Dance+

Just Dance+ is a new subscription service launched alongside 2023 Edition.[12] Similar to Just Dance Unlimited from the previous six games, it offers subscription-based access to a streaming library of songs (150 songs at launch) from previous Just Dance games alongside new exclusive tracks.[13] Recently ported classic and new exclusive tracks will be added to the service through updates.

Classic tracks

Songs from previous Just Dance installments and previously featured on Unlimited ported to the service (besides the 150 songs already available at launch) include:

Song Artist Year Release date on 2023 Edition Original game
"Bangarang"[lower-alpha 1][14]Skrillex featuring Sirah2012November 29, 2022 (Original and Alternate)Just Dance 2020
"Hot Stuff"[14]Donna Summer1979November 29, 2022Just Dance 2
"Istanbul (Not Constantinople)"[14]They Might Be Giants1990November 29, 2022Just Dance 4
"No Tears Left to Cry"[14]Ariana Grande2018November 29, 2022Just Dance 2019
"God Is a Woman"[lower-alpha 2][15]Ariana Grande2018December 8, 2022 (Original and Alternate)Just Dance 2020
"The Master Blaster"[15]Inspector Macreau1969December 8, 2022Just Dance 3
"Born to be Wild"[16]Steppenwolf1968December 16, 2022Just Dance 2
"E.T."[16]Katy Perry2011December 16, 2022Just Dance 3
"Hot n Cold (Chick Version)"[16]Katy Perry2008December 16, 2022Just Dance
"Juice"[16]Lizzo2019December 16, 2022Just Dance 2021
"Rare"[16] [lower-alpha 2]Selena Gomez2020December 16, 2022 (Original)
January 27, 2023 (Alternate)		Just Dance 2021
"Beep Beep I'm a Sheep"[17]LilDeuceDeuce featuring BlackGryph0n and TomSka2017December 21, 2022Just Dance 2018
"Boys"[lower-alpha 2][17]Lizzo2018December 21, 2022 (Original and Alternate)Just Dance 2019
"Cola Song"[17] [lower-alpha 2]Inna featuring J Balvin2014December 21, 2022 (Original)
January 19, 2023 (Alternate)		Just Dance 2017
"Crucified"[17]Army of Lovers1991December 21, 2022Just Dance 4
"Dark Horse"[17]Katy Perry2013December 21, 2022Just Dance 2015
"Dance Monkey"[17]Tones and I2019December 21, 2022Just Dance 2021
"I Will Survive"[17] [lower-alpha 2]Gloria Gaynor1978December 21, 2022 (Original and Alternate)Just Dance 2014
"Lacrimosa"[17]Apashe2018December 21, 2022Just Dance 2021
"Me Too"[17]Meghan Trainor2016December 21, 2022Just Dance 2017
"Mood"[17]24kGoldn featuring Iann Dior2020December 21, 2022Just Dance 2022
"She's Got Me Dancing"[17]Tommy Sparks2009December 21, 2022Just Dance 3
"Tel Aviv"[17]Omer Adam featuring Arisa2013December 21, 2022Just Dance 2020
"Dame Tu Cosita"[18] El Chombo ft. Cutty Ranks 2018 January 12, 2023 Just Dance 2018
"All About That Bass"[18][lower-alpha 3] Meghan Trainor 2014 January 12, 2023 Just Dance 2016
"Stop Movin"[18] Royal Republic 2019 January 12, 2023 Just Dance 2020
"Mamasita"[18] Latino Sunset 2001 January 12, 2023 Just Dance 3
"Soul Searchin"[18] Stephen Emil Dudas and Mark G. Hart (credited as Groove Century) 1999 January 12, 2023 Just Dance 3
"Think About Things"[19][lower-alpha 4]Daði Freyr2020January 19, 2023Just Dance 2022
"Believer"[20][lower-alpha 5] Imagine Dragons 2017 January 19, 2023 Just Dance 2022
"Sweet Little Unforgettable Thing"[20] Bea Miller 2017 January 19, 2023 Just Dance 2019
"This Is How We Do"[20][lower-alpha 2] Katy Perry 2014 January 19, 2023 (Original and Alternate) Just Dance 2016
"Born This Way"[20][lower-alpha 2] Lady Gaga 2011 January 27, 2023 (Original and Alternate) Just Dance 2016
"Proud Mary"[20] Ike and Tina Turner 1970 January 27, 2023 Just Dance 2
"Jambo Mambo"[20] Antonio Diaz Lopez (credited as Ole Orquestra) 1997 January 27, 2023 Just Dance 2
"Till The World Ends"[21][lower-alpha 1] The Girly Team (as made famous by Britney Spears) 2011 February 3, 2023 (Original and Alternate) Just Dance 2021
"These Boots Are Made for Walkin"[21] The Girly Team (as made famous by Nancy Sinatra) 1966 February 3, 2023 Just Dance 2016
"Jungle Boogie"[21] Studio Musicians (as made famous by Kool & the Gang) 1973 February 3, 2023 Just Dance 2
"Twist and Shake It"[21] Ben Wheeler and Tara Chinn (credited as The Girly Team) 2009 February 3, 2023 Just Dance 3
"Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)"[22] Katy Perry 2010 February 10, 2023 Just Dance 2022
"Mr. Blue Sky"[22] The Sunlight Shakers (as made famous by the Electric Light Orchestra) 1977 February 10, 2023 Just Dance 2022
"Idealistic"[22] Digitalism 2007 February 10, 2023 Just Dance 2
"Katti Kalandal"[22] Tony Tape & Veilumuth Chitralekha (credited as Bollywood) 2004 February 10, 2023 Just Dance 2
"Joone Khodet"[22] Black Cats 2006 February 10, 2023 Just Dance 2021
"You're The One That I Want"[23] From The Movie Grease (made famous by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John) 1978 February 16, 2023 Just Dance 2016
"Funkytown"[23] Sweat Invaders (as made famous by Lipps Inc.) 1980 February 16, 2023 Just Dance 2
"Rock N Roll"[23] Avril Lavigne 2013 February 16, 2023 Just Dance 2014
"A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got)"[23][lower-alpha 2] Fergie ft. Q-Tip and GoonRock 2013 February 16, 2023 Just Dance 2019
  1. Includes the extreme version of the routine
  2. Includes the alternate version of the routine
  3. Free for a limited time from Janurary 12 to Janurary 18
  4. World Tour Event
  5. Free for a limited time from January 19 to 25

Exclusive tracks

Songs exclusive to the service include:

Song Artist Year Release date
"Farfalle"[19][lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2]Sangiovanni2022January 6, 2023
"UbuLove"[19][lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 3]Naniwa Danshi2021January 6, 2023
"Woman" ("VIP" alternate routine)[19][lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 4]Doja Cat2021January 12, 2023
"Vleugels"[19][lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 5]K32022January 12, 2023
"Stay" ("VIP" alternate routine)[19][lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 6]The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber2021January 19, 2023
  1. World Tour Event
  2. Also available as an Italian-exclusive track on the soundtrack
  3. Also available as a Japanese-exclusive track on the soundtrack
  4. Also available as a Canadian-exclusive routine on the game
  5. Also available as a Benelux region-exclusive track on the soundtrack
  6. Also available as a Korean-exclusive routine on the game

Reception

Just Dance 2023 Edition has received "generally favorable reviews", according to Metacritic.[24][25][26]

Future

In an interview with JB Hi-Fi in November 2022, Just Dance brand director Amelie Louvet confirmed that 2023 Edition would be the final annual installment in the main series, with all post-launch content, including new songs, game modes and features, being added to the game through online updates "throughout the months and years following launch".[29]

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  13. "다양한 K-pop과 인기 팝송이 수록된 『저스트 댄스 2023 에디션』이 발매됩니다" ["Just Dance 2023 Edition" containing various K-pop and popular pop songs will be released] (in Korean). Nintendo Korea. 11 November 2022.
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  17. Just Dance 2023 Edition [@justdancegame] (December 21, 2022). "MORE TRACKS IN JUST DANCE+ Enjoy your holiday season by dancing to these tracks!" (Tweet). Retrieved December 22, 2022 – via Twitter.
  18. Just Dance 2023 Edition [@justdancegame] (January 13, 2023). "New tracks from the World Tour are available now in Just Dance+, along with other all-time favorites, Discover this week's full list!" (Tweet). Retrieved February 10, 2023 – via Twitter.
  19. World Tour Event | Just Dance+. Just Dance. January 7, 2023. Retrieved January 7, 2023 – via YouTube.
  20. Just Dance 2023 Edition [@justdancegame] (January 27, 2023). "Join the never-ending Just Dance+ party, and discover the new songs coming out this week!" (Tweet). Retrieved February 10, 2023 – via Twitter.
  21. Just Dance 2023 Edition [@justdancegame] (February 3, 2023). "In yet another groundbreaking move, we've added bops from MY fave band, Was debating deleting everything else and just keeping these, tbh Join the never-ending Just Dance+ party to get #GirlyTeamed" (Tweet). Retrieved February 11, 2023 – via Twitter.
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