{"id":33715,"date":"2010-10-27T09:54:12","date_gmt":"2010-10-27T14:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=33715"},"modified":"2010-10-27T09:54:46","modified_gmt":"2010-10-27T14:54:46","slug":"we-love-just-dance-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/10\/we-love-just-dance-2\/","title":{"rendered":"We Love Just Dance 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"We Love Just Dance 2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/10\/we-love-just-dance-2\/\" target=\"_self\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-33750\" title=\"justdance2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/justdance2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/justdance2.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/justdance2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>I&#8217;ve never been a gaming fan. We have both a Wii and a GameCube in my home, but I&#8217;ve never enjoyed playing on either one. We have a <a title=\"Wii Fit\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/05\/wii-fit-review\/\" target=\"_self\">Wii Fit<\/a> board and I tried that  for a little while, but I didn&#8217;t really enjoy it. It has too much nagging and the strength training was too repetitive. Also, seeing my weight every time I went on it quickly became an obsession. So, when I was sent <a title=\"Just Dance 2\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B003O6FV8S?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=dir_blog-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B003O6FV8S\" target=\"_blank\">Just Dance 2<\/a> to review, I was blase  about the entire thing.<\/p>\n<p>But I do love to dance &#8211; love, love LOVE to dance. I took ballet for  more than 20 years and any time there is music on, I can be found  shaking what my mama gave me. Happily, my kids have inherited this trait from me. We can often be seen <a title=\"Dancing Through Your Chores is a Great Workout\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/07\/dancing-through-your-chores-is-a-great-workout\/\" target=\"_self\">dancing around the kitchen<\/a> and generally having a good time.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>When I inserted the disc I had no real expectations. The game loaded and it was pretty easy to understand. I started  with <em>Viva Las Vegas<\/em> &#8211; and oh, boy, was I hooked. Sweating,  panting and smiling.\u00a0 The dancing figure on the screen was gaily dressed with guns and the dance included shooting motions, shaking  and shimmying. I moved on to the following songs:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Soul Bosa Nova<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Call Me<\/em> by Blondie<\/li>\n<li><em>Bollywood<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>When I Grow Up<\/em> by The PussyCat Dolls<\/li>\n<li><em>Sympathy for the Devil<\/em> by The Rolling Stones<\/li>\n<li><em>It&#8217;s Raining Men<\/em> by Donna Summer<\/li>\n<li><em>S.O.S.<\/em> by <a title=\"Rihanna\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/05\/rihanna-to-young-women-dont-obsess-over-diet\/\" target=\"_self\">Rihanna<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>Hey ya!<\/em> by Outkast<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I enjoyed every single minute of the hour+ that I danced. The bottom  of the screen features a character to show you how to do the moves, but I  found it easier to follow the dancer on the screen. I&#8217;m a quick study  and the dances had segments that repeated themselves, so by the end of  each song, I felt confident.<\/p>\n<p>My only beef with the entire game is that some of the songs do not  feature the original artists. That&#8217;s always bugged me about karaoke-type  things, because often the singer that they choose isn&#8217;t anything like  the original. I really prefer to dance to the original artist.<\/p>\n<p>You can select the &#8220;Just Sweat&#8221; mode, which enables you to further  select a more difficult mode and play a select number of songs daily to  encourage cardio. Set your calorie burn target and dance until you reach  it. There&#8217;s a Team Battle (up to 8 players total on 2 teams) and Dance  Battle (2 players competing against each other). I&#8217;m already thinking of ways to  divide my family.<\/p>\n<p>I am here to tell you that I sweat my way through an hour in the  blink of an eye. I had to force myself to stop.\u00a0 After school, I played the game with my kids,  whose responses ranged from <em>Let&#8217;s do it again! It&#8217;s MY TURN!!!\u00a0 NO,  now it&#8217;s MY turn!<\/em> to <em>Maybe we should buy another Wii so that we can all play it. <\/em>I had a hard time getting them away from the Wii  to eat dinner &#8211; and it was nacho night. I  can tell this is one that we will be playing again and again.<\/p>\n<p>I highly recommend this game to all of you and I challenge you to a  DANCE OFF!<\/p>\n<p>Especially if it&#8217;s to <em>Viva Las Vegas. <\/em>Or <em>It&#8217;s Raining  Men.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Most.fun.EVER.<\/p>\n<p><em>While Carmen was sent a copy of Just Dance 2 for review, the views expressed here are her own.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve never been a gaming fan. We have both a Wii and a GameCube in my home, but I&#8217;ve never enjoyed playing on either one. 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