
This reminds me of that old game we used to play in the pool called Jump or Dive. The player using the GamePad doesn’t dance but rather selects which move the dancers have to perform from several displayed on the GamePad’s screen. In Puppet Master Mode one player uses the Wii U GamePad while the others dance. The Wii U exclusive features revolve around the use of the Wii U GamePad. This is a dance/party game first and foremost. If you are looking for a fitness game there are far better options available that offer a more rounded workout experience. It attempts to provide a fitness angle to the game but it is really nothing more than a cardio workout. Just Sweat mode is exactly what the title describes. Battle Mode can be fun as you face off against a friend to see who has the better dance moves. We’re keen to see how it works in the near future.The various modes found in the Xbox 360 version, including Battle Mode and Just Sweat Mode, are intact on Wii U. While the trailer was understandably quite vague about this feature, it would be an amazing one at larger parties and such. The other, less talked about feature, however, is the game’s “Stand-Alone Mode” which apparently allows users to take their Wii U Gamepad away from their TV and play the game somewhere else in another room with an unmentioned amount of players. It seems like a cool and somewhat fun mode so we are interested to see how it turns out. On top of this, the puppet master can also choose when and for how long these moves need to be sustained. Shown off at the conference itself, “Puppet Master” mode allows a fifth player to use the Wii-U Gamepad to take control of and decide which dance movevs up to four other players (with Wii Remotes) will carry out. The two main stand-outs from the trailer though are what will make the Wii-U version really shine.

Additionally, the game will continue it’s legacy and still allow up to four players play together at once, still a feature exclusive to the Just Dance franchise.

Played to what we can only assume is a confirmed track, Flo-Rida’s “Good Feeling”, Just Dance 4 for the Wii U will feature a Battle Mode which looks decked out like a fighting game, we spotted life bars in a two player battle royale in the trailer. We all knew it was coming and we all knew it was coming for the Wii U too, but Ubisoft have shown off some of the features both at Nintendo’s E3 press conference as well as on a brief trailer released shortly thereafter.
