Dance games have grown increasingly popular. Now with the evolution of Kinect, dance games are even more popular as you can become part of the game. Dance pads and controllers holding the dancer back are a thing of the past. Players of all ages can play along and even the best players can go head to head.
There are four Kinect dance games that have been released so far. These games are the ever popular Dance Central, Dance Masters, Dance Paradise, and Michael Jackson The Experience. All of these games can be played on or offline.
Kinect Dance Games Review:
Dance Central – Dance Central is the most liked and the most popular of the Kinect Dance Games. Dance Central can be played online for the ultimate dance competition. But before you go online you had better brush up on some of your moves. When you first start you can ”break it down”. This is a break down of the dance moves to get you ready to “perform it”.
Dance Masters – Dance Masters is a little more unique than some of your other Kinect dance games. There is a wide variety of music to choose from in the hip-hop, techno, R&B, and pop genres. You can set Dance Masters up to play nonstop with your choice of music selection. Master the game and then download more from Xbox live. Play one or two players offline and up to four players online for the ultimate dance off.
Dance Paradise – Dance Paradise has the most songs to date than any other Kinect dance game. With 40 songs and several different modes to choose from there is something for the beginner to the expert in Dance Paradise. There are 3 single player modes: training, career wich includes 6 levels of challenges, and free where you choose your own songs to dance to. There is also 3 two player modes: verse, attack where you and the other player will go head to head including power ups, and synchro where you will dance as a team.
Michael Jackson The Experience – Learn to dance from the king of pop music himself, Michael Jackson. Learn some of Michael Jacksons most famous moves such as the moonwalk. This Kinect dance game has most of Michael’s hit songs on it to dance to. You can star in your own Michael Jackson video. With the use of proprietary Player Projection technology you are actually in the game not a character portraying you. Choose to sing along and dance or just dance.
Zumba Fitness – Although this is a Kinect dance game it is aimed towards fitness. There are nine dance styles Reggaeton, Merengue, Salsa, Cumbia, Hip-Hop, Mambo, Rumba, Flamenco and Calypso. Hold a dance off with up to four players. Includes more than 30 dance routines. If you are looking to get into shape utilizing dance then this is the game for you.
There has been a number of Kinect dance games released. While some of the games are aimed at dancing with competitions and dance offs online and offline there are also the fitness games such as Zumba fitness that are aimed at getting into shape with dancing. People of all ages can get into the action with Kinect dance games, even the little ones.