ABBA: You Can Dance
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ABBA: You Can Dance is a
The development team was reportedly excited to work on an ABBA game, putting in effort to ensure that they accurately represented the group by examining a variety of ABBA content. For original content, they tried to be distinct while in keeping with ABBA. The game was met with mixed reception, with criticism directed at the lack of available songs; however, the lower price and the idea of an ABBA video game were recognized as positive traits of the game, and the choreography was well-received.
Gameplay
ABBA: You Can Dance is a music and rhythm game based on Ubisoft's franchise, Just Dance.[1] In the main mode of play, up to four players[2] must match the movements of members of the Swedish pop group ABBA by dancing with the Wii Remote motion controller in hand. The players' score is determined by how accurate their movements are. A karaoke mode is included, where two players can sing along together to the lyrics using USB microphones while two other players can dance during a song.[3] In addition to the lyrics, the songs display the rhythm of the singing.[4] This is unlike past Just Dance and titles connected to Just Dance, which only let players sing along for fun. The game features a story mode called the "Mini Musical Mode" that features select songs from the main mode of play, and shows the original ABBA music videos.[3][4] The game features 26 songs from ABBA.[5]
Song name | Year |
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"Angeleyes" | 1979 |
"As Good as New" | 1979 |
"Bang-A-Boomerang" | 1975 |
"Dancing Queen" | 1976 |
"Does Your Mother Know" | 1979 |
"Fernando" | 1976 |
"Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" | 1979 |
"Head over Heels" | 1982 |
"Hole in Your Soul" | 1977 |
"Honey, Honey" | 1974 |
"I'm a Marionette" | 1977 |
"I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" | 1975 |
"If It Wasn't for the Nights" | 1979 |
"Knowing Me, Knowing You" | 1977 |
"Lay All Your Love on Me" | 1981 |
"Mamma Mia" | 1975 |
"Money, Money, Money" | 1976 |
"People Need Love" | 1972 |
"SOS" | 1975 |
"Summer Night City" | 1978 |
"Super Trouper" | 1980 |
"Take a Chance on Me" | 1978 |
"Voulez-Vous" | 1979 |
" Waterloo " |
1974 |
"When I Kissed the Teacher" | 1976 |
"The Winner Takes It All" | 1980 |
Development and release
Development of ABBA: You Can Dance was handled by
ABBA: You Can Dance was dated for a Q4 2011 release, intended to be a budget release.[7] It was released on November 15, 2011 in North America,[8] later releasing on November 24 in Australia[9] and November 25 in Europe.[2]
Reception
Aggregator | Score |
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Metacritic | 66/100[10] |
Publication | Score |
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The Guardian | 3/5[11] |
ABBA: You Can Dance has received mixed reception, with
References
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- ^ a b c "¡Todos a bailar! ABBA You Can Dance". Club Nintendo. January 2012.
- ^ "ABBA You Can Dance : Mamma Mia !". Jeuxvideo.com. January 14, 2012. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
- ^ "ABBA You Can Dance Development Team Interview". Female.com.au. Archived from the original on May 3, 2023. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
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- ^ Kozanecki, James (November 21, 2011). "AU Shippin' Out Nov. 21-24: Skyward Sword". GameSpot. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
- ^ a b "ABBA: You Can Dance". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 2023-11-06. Retrieved 2022-05-08.
- ^ a b c Ditum, Sarah (December 14, 2011). "Abba: You Can Dance – review". The Guardian. Archived from the original on October 16, 2015. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
- ^ a b Palmisano, Fabio (December 15, 2011). "Andiamo ABBAllare". Multiplayer.it. Archived from the original on December 17, 2012. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
- ^ a b Anagund (January 2, 2012). "ABBA : You Can Dance". Jeuxvideo.com. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
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- ^ "Best Selling Game Affiliated To A Musical Artist" Guinness World Records, 2015. Gamer's Edition. Guinness World Records. 2014. p. 32.