Dance Sensation! - Nintendo Wii

by Majesco

Product Features

• Learn 4 different dance styles - Hip-Hop, Jazz, Ballet and Latin - each with a progressively complex set of over 40 real steps
• Enjoy licensed music from Demi Lovato, Hilary Duff, Corbin Bleu and many more! Also includes music across each genre in step with the styles of dance
• Perform in diverse venues that progress from local malls to exotic retreats!
• Rhythmic interactive dance control lets you move your dancer to the music using the Wii Remote and Nunchuk
• Wii MotionPlus support adds improved motion-based play

Product Details

• ASIN: B0031IFAJY
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches ; 1 pounds
• Media: Video Game
• Average Customer Review: 1.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #21,062 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #78 in Video Games > Wii > Simulation

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Dance Sensation! is a dance simulation game for Wii designed primarily for girls in which players can bring their passion for dancing into the game as they explore new styles, learn new steps and put their rhythm to the test. The game features four genres of dance—Hip-Hop, Jazz, Ballet and Latin— as well as 40 real and progressively more difficult dance steps. Additional features includes extensive customization, licensed music tracks by popular artists, two-player support in multiple modes and Wii MotionPlus support. Practice your trade in Dance Workshop Mode. View larger. Gameplay Millions of girls grow up with dance, learning a particular style in the studio and then applying their newfound skills on-stage at a recital. Dance Sensation! combines both the training and performance aspects of dance into one game that young girls can play within their living room. Create and customize your own dancer as you learn four different dance styles, or compete against a friend to see whose routine is better. Use your Wii Remote and Nunchuk to mimic the dance moves on screen and dazzle the crowd. Dance Sensation! lets every little girl live out their dancing fantasy on their living room stage. Key Game Features Learn four different dance styles - Hip-Hop, Jazz, Ballet and Latin - each with a progressively complex set of over 40 real steps. Enjoy licensed music from Demi Lovato, Hilary Duff, Corbin Bleu and many more. Also includes music across each genre in step with the styles of dance. Perform in diverse venues that progress from local malls to exotic retreats. Rhythmic interactive dance control lets you move your dancer to the music using the Wii Remote and Nunchuk. Wii Motion Plus support adds improved motion-based play. Customize your dancer as you choose from a variety of unlockable hairstyles and costumes before the big performance. Record and share your dance performances and custom dances with your friends. Choreograph your own custom dance routines in Dance Workshop Mode. Experience multiplayer fun with a friend in 3 different modes where you can compete head-to-head, mimic each other's moves or work together to dance in synch. Additional Screenshots: 4 different dance styles. View larger. Customize your look. View larger. Multiplayer action. View larger. Wii MotionPlus support. View larger.

Product Description

Millions of girls grow up with dance, learning a particular style in the studio and then applying their newfound skill onstage at a recital. Dance Sensation! combines both the training and performance aspects of dance into one game that young girls can play within their living room. Create and customize your own dancer as you learn 4 different dance styles, or compete against a friend to see whose routine is better! Use your Wii Remote and Nunchuk to mimic the dance moves on screen and dazzle the crowd. Dance Sensation! lets every little girl live out their dancing fantasy on their living room stage. Customize your dancer! Choose from a variety of unlockable hairstyles and costumes before the big performance Record and share your dance performances and custom dances with your friends Choreograph your own custom dance routines in Dance Workshop Mode Experience multiplayer with a friend in 3 different modes where you can compete head-to-head, mimic each other's moves or work together to dance in sync

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars More a "dancing simulation" than a dance game, July 10, 2010

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Nutwiisystem.Com (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
(TOP 500 REVIEWER)   

= Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Dance Sensation! - Nintendo Wii (Video Game)

When I first heard about Dance Sensation, I was looking forward to trying it out. They claimed that you could "Learn 4 different dance styles...each with a progressively complex set of over 40 real steps".

When I read this, I figured this would a game where one could actually learn and perform real dance steps. Sort of like Just Dance, but where you'd learn real hip-hop, jazz, ballet, and Latin dance moves.

Unfortunately, the reality didn't match my expectations at all.

Like many rhythm games before it (Dancing with the Stars, High School Musical, etc.), the game doesn't involve real dancing at all. Instead, you just swing your arms to match on-screen cues.

Each dance move corresponds to a specific combination of Wii remote and nunchuk movement. For example, when performing ballet routines, you twirl your Wii remote in a counterclockwise circle to "perform" a "pique arabesque". you move your remove in a downward semicircle to "perform" a "grand pas de chat". As you progress to "intermediate" and "advanced" steps, you start to use the nunchuk as well.

If you match the required movement correctly, your on-screen character performs the "real" dance move. The animation of the actual move is accurate and the name of the dance step will be displayed and called out. By tying different dance moves together, you can make your character dance a complete routine.

The problem, of course, is that you're not really dancing nor even learning the steps. At the very least, it would have been nice to have a step-by-step tutorial for each step that the on-screen character performs. But the character moves so fast and the steps are so complex that you don't really have a chance to examine the real moves, much less to "learn" them.

The game is definitely geared towards young girls, with the usual trappings of typical Wii games. All the on-screen characters are girls whom you can name, dress in different outfits, and change hairstyles for. As you progress through the game, you can unlock different locations, medals, costumes, and hairstyles. And of course, there's the high-pitched, overly effusive "Great! Way to go!!" positive reinforcement every step along the way.

All in all, I'd say that a few years ago this would have been a great game. In fact, on a positive side, the use of the MotionPlus controller gives it a level of accuracy that previous rhythm games didn't have.

But of course, with the advent of Just Dance and the influx of games coming in the next few months that tout "real dance moves" such as Gold's Gym Dance Workout and the new Dance Dance Revolution, a game like this seems outdated and passé.

If you have a young girl in the house who's taking dance and would appreciate having the reinforcement of learning different dance moves (by seeing, if not doing), I'd say this would be a good title for you. But if the goal of you or your child is to actually dance those moves, chances are you'll be disappointed.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Worthless game, December 3, 2010

By 

daphne blake - See all my reviews

= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Dance Sensation! - Nintendo Wii (Video Game)

Don't wast your money, you just move your arms with the contoller and no dancing. My daughter was excited at first with the idea of the game but soon became bored and has not touched it since opening and trying it a few times. Waste of money. I registered the game on the website for tips and tricks and they do not have anything to help.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This game was just no good for anyone in the family, March 7, 2011

By 

Emejaye - See all my reviews

= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Dance Sensation! - Nintendo Wii (Video Game)

I got this game for my 4 year old daughter and was very disappointed. It was not explaining how to do the dance moves at all and the animated characters were not easy for her or myself to understand what they were asking you to really do. We have just dance 2 and LOVE that game so this one didn't even have a chance to fall short cause it never took off the ground to begin with :(