The goal of the game is to dance as closely in rhythm as possible with the dancer(s) on screen. The flow of your body movements will be sensed by the Kinect Sensor or your mobile device and compared with those of professional dancers in order to evaluate your performance precisely. The amount of energy you put in is also detected and affects your score, so give it your all!

Using Xbox One Controller

In most screens, you can use the following buttons to navigate.

Buttons description:

  • Accept
  • Back
  • Rating on Score Recap Screen
  • Navigate
  • Invoke pause menu in game
  • For invoking the Home

Using Smartphone

You can also navigate with your mobile device by swiping its touch screen.

Buttons on your mobile device screen allow you to validate your choices, go back or join the pause menu during gameplay.

For each movement, the system evaluates your performance in terms of rhythm and quality of execution. Your score feedback indicates how good you are.

  • FAIL: You’ve missed something.
  • OK: Not bad. Now try to synchronize better with the dancer.
  • GOOD: Nice move! Increase your energy and stay in rhythm with the dancer.
  • PERFECT: Awesome! There is nothing more to teach you. A dancer is born!

Gold Moves

Some moves are more than just moves—they are Gold Moves. You will recognize them by the golden pictogram and special effects around the dancer. Performing a Gold Move correctly earns you a lot of points.

The Stars

Stars indicate your performance over the course of a song. While you are playing, the interface above your name shows how many stars you have.

Hi-Scores

Leaderboards are displayed on each song and switch between your local players, region and the entire world!

For each song, you can see the highest scores for it. Try to improve your score every time you play!

Your Dancer Card is created when you begin your Just Dance Journey!

The Dancer Card page is accessed in the Main Menu. This page shows your personal statistic and provides access to all of your saved autodance videos. You can also edit your Just Dance avatar here or buy new avatars with mojo.

Mojo

Mojo is the currency of Just Dance: it allows you to buy new Choreographies and new Avatars in the game.

How to Gain Mojo?

You can gain Mojo in many ways:

  • Stars: At the end of a song, you gain 100 Mojo point for each star.
  • Karaoke: Playing Karaoke during a song will make you gain additional Mojo.
  • Dance with Friends: Invite your friends to dance with you! More people dancing means more stars, which means more Mojo!
    • Be curious! Explore! Become an expert dancer!

      Try new content, unlock alternative dances, and win stars—you’ll find other ways to gain Mojo and be rewarded!

      Spending Mojo

      • New Dances: You can unlock Alternative and Mash-Up dances on the Mode Selection screen.
      • New Avatars: You can buy new Avatars with Mojo in the Dancer Card.

Classic

The Classic is the original choreography in pure Just Dance style. There can be up to four dancers on the screen, and up to six players can dance at the same time!

Mash—Ups

Dancers from all songs team up to create a new mash-up. Pay attention: you may even notice that several dancers from previous Just Dance games make an appearance!

Alternative Dances

Do you want to have a new game experience? Alternative Dances allow you to rediscover a song with brand new choreography. Improve your skill with a more difficult choreography, try the Sweat version if you like fitness training and experiment with new ways to dance to your favourite songs!

Dance to 3 songs in a row and compete against Just Dance Bots.

Try to be the best and reach the top 3 to get the gold!

In Just Dance® 2016, everybody can record themselves in the game and share the video with the Just Dance team. The developers will then make a remix of the best videos and share it with the whole Just Dance Community that everyone can dance and score to!

So don a crazy hat or pull out a costume and record yourself! Stand out! Maybe you will be selected for the next Community Remix!

After sharing, your videos can be viewed in the Community Remix screen. Do not send videos that are illegal, offensive, or could infringe the rights of others. Do not include personal information and make sure you have obtained all necessary rights and permissions from third parties. Your videos may be redistributed by third parties and if selected will feature in a song on Just Dance® 2016.

Note: You will need a Uplay account to contribute to a Community Remix.

If you’re looking for a dance workout, you’ve come to the right place. When you dance in Sweat & Playlist Mode, a special interface will show you how long you've been working out and how many calories you've burned.

You can also create a Playlist. Plan your effort for a specific amount of time.

Non-Stop Shuffle

If you don’t want the party to stop, try Non-stop Shuffle. You can keep dancing for as long as you like!

Make your own video clip in real time and share it with your friends.

Interpret your favorite tracks in any way you want.

Make your friends dance, even the ones that can’t. Autodance records video clips during gameplay and will sync your movements into an instant dance routine, proof that anyone can Just Dance.

Autodances can be saved or shared to the Just Dance Community or Facebook.

Autodance Editing

During the Autodance recap at the end of a song, you can customize your Autodance videos. Choose from effects by pressing the toggle button to switch between cool effects.

Autodance Banner

The Autodance banner runs along the top of the screen and displays content from the Just Dance Community. Select a piece of content and it will be loaded for you to view, feel free to browse as much as you'd like!

You can press the Autodance Banner to switch between different types of content. It will display content from the Community, your friends, your own content or even different themes.

Viewing

Autodance content can be viewed in the following places:

  • Just Dance TV - The place where you can watch all the videos from the Just Dance community
  • Friends Dancer Cards - On your friend's Dancer Card you can access their Gallery and browse their content.
  • Autodance Recap Screen - You can access Community content from the Autodance Banner.

To view your content, or someone else’s, simply select the Autodance in a gallery. This will bring up a content viewer. Online content can be liked or reported. Personal content can be Shared, Unshared or Deleted.

Just Dance Unlimited is the dance-on-demand service available through subscription. This new streaming service brings you the best hits from past Just Dance games and exclusive new content that will be added all year long.

Compete against your friends and the Just Dance community and watch their video performance. Become a Challenger yourself by dancing and sharing your video performance. Don’t forget to send messages to your Challengers. Be careful though, they may challenge you back!

Sign up with Uplay to get exclusive Ubisoft content and rewards! It’s free and only takes a minute to set up. With Just Dance® 2016, your Uplay account will let you upload your Autodances, unlock extra content, and more!

Creating an Account

If you do not already have an existing Uplay account the first time you play Just Dance® 2016, you will be prompted to create one. To do this we will require you to provide an email address and a preferred Username. We may use information from your Xbox Live gamercard for this purpose.

A welcome email will contain information to recover and set a password.

Linking an Account

If you already have a Uplay account, you will be prompted to login the first time you play Just Dance® 2016. Your email address and Uplay password will be required for this.

Uplay and Video Sharing

You will require a Uplay account to be able to share video content publicly (Autodance, Showtime, Community Remix Contribution and Video Challenge). This includes sharing with the Just Dance Community and on Facebook.

Uplay Account Management

You can go to the Uplay website at any time to manage your account:

uplay.ubi.com

Sharing to Facebook

To share your Autodance or Showtime videos on Facebook simply enable Facebook as a share option, the game will then prompt you to enter your account details. You can also share from your profile or JDTV.

You can now use your mobile device to navigate and dance along to Just Dance® 2016.

You will need to download the Just Dance® 2016 Motion Controller App to your device.

Next, you need to connect to your console, select the correct console from the scanned list to connect your mobile device and get ready to dance.

Once you are connected, press the 'Play' button and you will be ready to dance!

How to hold the device

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Common Error Messages

Installing Error

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