Sunday, December 9, 2012

The 5 PM Video Game Review – Just Dance 4

I treated myself to an early Christmas gift. I'm having a party Friday; to either celebrate my victory as Teacher of the Year, or to drown my sorrows for losing once again (in a manner of speaking), and I thought that Just Dance 4 would be a more festive alternative to beer pong. I popped in the game today, and low and behold...

BHANGRA!!!!! That's right people - Bollywood Wii. (The song, "Mundian To Bach Ke", is also featured on Dance Central 3.) Granted, it's only one song, and it's sharing disc space with "Never Gonna Give You Up" by Rick Astley, but hey – it's there.

The song has the "crew" feature, which means that there are four separate parts to on the song. So, for me, that means four different routines to learn. I just finished dancing to the same song for 45 straight minutes, and I still didn't quite ace it. It's a strange combination of Bhangra and hip-hop that takes a bit of time to grow accustomed to. Additionally, the Wii is not always very sympathetic to unique styles of dancing, so it doesn't necessarily dig my moves. Nevertheless, it's a fun routine reminiscent of team Signature made famous on the show Britain's Got Talent.

I'm sure it won't be too terribly long before I get completely sick of the song. I suspect in a few weeks I will be ready to move on to Carly Rae Jepsen or P!nk or The Black-Eyed Peas or whoever else is on the disc. But for now, I'm bustin' out the Bhangra, and I'm in heaven.

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