Buttons description:

  • Select
  • Go Back
  • Uplay
  • No Function
  • Page Left
  • Page Right
  • Page Left
  • Page Right
  • Navigate Menu
  • Extras/Pause
  • Xbox Home Menu

Hand

Your hand is represented on screen as a hand cursor; you can switch hands at any time by simply lowering your current hand and raising the hand you wish to use.

Hover and Hold

To activate a button, you must move the hand cursor over the button, and then hold your hand over it until the selection circle is full. This is a successful press.

To swipe between pages, simply close your hand. This will attach your hand to the page, move your closed hand left or right. When you move your hand far enough the song selection screen will move left or right accordingly.

Move hand over button
Hold hand in position
When the selected circle…

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.

Style

The style comment in the score recap gives you advanced feedback on your performance.

  • Energetic: Not only are you precise, but your moves are also powerful!
  • Smooth: Your moves are delicately accurate!
  • Wild: You don’t really follow the moves, but you give everything you have.
  • Cute: You are free and graceful, like a little bird dancing.
  • Great Starter: You scored well at the start of the song, a little less toward the end.
  • Great Finisher: After a difficult start, you scored much better at the end!
  • Twins: You and another player do well on the same moves, and fail the same moves…
  • Exhausted: The end of your performance was not quite as energetic as the beginning.
  • Creative: You’re so inventive. Nothing else can describe you.
  • Agitated: Keep calm and just dance!
  • Accurate: You follow the song to the beat!

Hi-Scores

You can access the Leaderboard from the Mode Selection screen.

Use your Dancer Card to track your progress and record your Just Dance experience!

The Dancer Card shows your stats and personal progress: the most common style, the three most played songs, and average stars.

Mojo

Mojo is the money 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 one 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 buy new Choreographies and Alternative dances on the Song Page, and in the Shop.
      • 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 six dance coaches on the screen and up to six players can dance at the same time!

Battle

In Battle, two songs go up against one another. Solo players can compete against the in-game dancers. If there are two players, you can compete against one another. Finally, if there are three or four players, you can team up and compete against another team.

The player or team winning a round makes the opposing player or team dance to their music! A round ends when the countdown is over. Whoever wins three rounds wins the battle!

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! Additionally, Sweat Mash-Ups are focused on fitness moves.

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 favorite songs!

On Stage

One player will be the Performer and take the lead on stage. Other players will be their dance crew.

When you play On Stage dance, we encourage you to sing and dance at the same time! Do you have what it takes to rock the stage?

If you’re looking for a dance workout, you’re in the right place. Just Sweat uses custom choreographed workout dances, combined with song dances from the main game!

When you dance in Just Sweat Mode, a special interface will show you how long you have been working out and how many calories you have burned.

You can personalize your program in Just Sweat Mode:

Free Mode

When you activate this mode, you can play any song of Just Dance 2014 in Just Sweat mode one by one, as long as you want. A Calorie Counter and a Timer will be displayed during each dance to help you to track all your efforts.

Playlist

Plan your effort for a 10-minute, 20-minute, or 40-minute session.

You can edit or randomize your playlist.

Autodances can be saved or shared to the world through Just Dance TV, to your Xbox Live friends, or posted to Facebook and Twitter.

Autodance capture can be toggled on/off in the Extras menu.

Autodance Editing

New to Just Dance 2014! During the Autodance recap at the end of a song, you can customize your Autodance videos. Choose shuffle effects or fully customize your Autodance by selecting the Edit Effects button and choose from a gallery of different special effects.

Go on the World Dance Floor to dance with the whole world!

The World Dance Floor is a huge party where players from all countries can meet new dancers, dance together, and compete with each other.

Every player in the world shares the same playlist, and everybody dances to the same song at the same time.

Main Page

On the Main Page of World Dance Floor, you will see:

  • How many people are dancing right now
  • Which song they are dancing to
  • What the theme of the current dance is

Dance Now

Select Dance Now to join a party and dance with people online. Your friends in your living room can also join the party; up to 8 players can dance together! All players in a party compete with each other: who will be the best dancer?

Just Dancers

The Just Dancers map is the place where you can find dancers from all around the world. Use this World Map to meet new players and dance with them!

Browse the Just Dancers Map and look at their Avatars. You can display each player’s Dancer Card, watch their Autodances, add them as friends, or join them on the World Dance Floor.

Friends

All your Xbox Live friends are displayed in your Just Dancers Friend list. There, you can invite your friends to join you in a party, watch their Dancer Card, or join their dances.

Community Challenge

You can contribute to the Just Dance community by dancing on the World Dance Floor! The Just Dance team will challenge all dancers from around the world with objectives to fulfill. Everybody contributes to the effort when they play on the World Dance Floor, and when the objective is reached, the Just Dance team will unlock a new song on the World Dance Floor for the community.

World Challenge

Sometimes, one side of the Community of the World Dance Floor will compete against the other.

You will be asked to choose a side and defend your group by dancing!

At the end of the song, the side with the best score wins the battle!

Interlude

At the end of a song, you will see the score of all dancers in the party.

There, you will be asked to vote for the next song, select a side for a community competition, and choose your coach.

Online Level

When you beat another player on the World Dance Floor, your Online Level will increase. As your Online Level becomes higher, you will unlock special Avatars. Select them to show your skill!

Happy Hour

During Happy Hour, all dances on the World Dance Floor will give you a Mojo Bonus.

Cool
Crazy
Cute
Funny
Facebook ONLY
Twitter ONLY
Console friends ONLY
JDTV ONLY
Multiple Locations
Shared to the Cloud
Content under Moderation
Content failed Moderation

You can go to the Shop via the Shop button on the Main Page.

Free Items

In the Shop, you will find a lot of free gifts offered by the Just Dance 2014 team.

Connect your console online to get these presents!

Free Song

The first time you go to the Shop, there will be a free piece of Downloadable Content just for you!

Try it right now!

Free Mash-Ups

Free Mash-Ups are offered during special events! Go on the Shop to unlock them!

Purchasing items

Tons of new items are available in the Shop. Some must be purchased; some can be unlocked with Mojo.

You can purchase alternative versions of your favorite songs. The music is the same, but the choreographies are all new.

New Songs

Want to add variety to your playlist? New Downloadable Content is added every month to Just Dance 2014. Check the Shop to find new songs from the charts.

Bonus: Each new song comes with at least one new special avatar.

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 2014, 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 2014, 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 2014. Your email address and Uplay password will be required for this.

Uplay and JDTV

You will require a Uplay account to be able to share Autodance content publicly. This includes sharing to JDTV, Xbox Live friends, Facebook, and Twitter.

Uplay Account Management

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

uplay.ubi.com

Sharing to Facebook and Twitter

To share your Autodance videos to Facebook or Twitter, simply select them as a share option, the game will then prompt you to enter your account details.