I don’t usually do non-book reviews, but sometimes something just grabs me, and I feel like telling everyone about it. In this case, it’s a Wii game we picked up on Friday — Just Dance Kids.
I’ve gotten back into exercise over the past three weeks, mostly playing my Wii workout games, and I found my children were both into Just Dance 2, which I got for Christmas and think is a lot of fun besides being a great workout. In order to help get them more interested, I went out and bought two extra Wii motes in neon colors (and smaller for the kids), and the game: Just Dance Kids.
If you’re familiar with the adult versions of the games, this is very similar. If you’re not, here’s what you do: Just dance. You follow the moves as best as you can (and they are ordinary, modern dance moves), with the Wii mote in your right hand, and the game rates your accuracy.
The kids’ version is a little more forgiving, IMO, and there are some easier songs (although many songs are just as difficult), but every song requires you to move and SWEAT. The workout value of this game really was as good as Just Dance 2, and the kid-friendly songs help me incorporate my workout into my play time with my children. Anytime you can multi-task like that, I think a product is a winner!
The songs range from very young child (i.e. ABC song, Wheels on the Bus) to family favorites (Celebration, Holiday). There are actually quite a few songs, and you can choose to filter by age if you like.
Plus, my kids were never going to learn to dance from me — this will help them much more. 🙂
I highly recommend this game for families with children of all ages. Have fun, workout, spend quality time together…it’s great!
First of all, I’m 40, Mom, I have 2 kids.
I have Just Dance, and I was on the fence about this game until I read the song list.
I LOVE this game. My kids LOVE it. We play “duet” mode constantly trading places on the dance floor.
My kids are between 7 and 10 and the songs have been edited so any inappropriate lyrics have been “omitted”. I’ve only seen it happen on the song “toxic”, but I was impressed that they did that. With Just Dance, Katy Perry sings Hot and Cold and a couple of lyrics could have been omitted without losing the song.
I’m also totally impressed with the variety of genres they have covered. We dance hip hop, latin, disco, techno, and electronic… totally made me want to buy some glow sticks, have a rave. Unbelievably fun workout. If we had the space for 8 people to dance, I’d get more controllers.
The music is good and the game is fun; however if you have lead a sedentary lifestyle you cannot just jump into this. The easy mode means you just do one song, which is good because there is no way a sedentary person could do more than that. This is game is fun to do; but you have to be able to jump around and use your arms at the same time; because the dance moves require you to do that. All in all if you are in fair shape you can get right into the game and have a great deal of fun. If you are not in great shape you have to work up to the game and not expect to get all the moves right or do more than one song at a time.