Just Dance 2023 Controller - Info, Tip, Walkthrough, Glitch

All the wrong moves

Sat Jan 28 2023 chriserendipity

Went to drop $85 on the ultimate version of Just Dance 2023. Found out game was NOT released for Xbox One, which means Kinect support is dead. Versions of this game were released well past end-of-life for Nintendo Wii - no doubt because it had decent motion controls and an overall better play experience compared to some other consoles, regardless of the fact it didn't have the latest graphics. The studio seemed to grasp that. Developers largely gave up on Kinect long ago, but this franchise was one where it's utility really continued to shine. I think the studio grossly misunderstood the market for this game - young people who aren't chasing the latest and greatest, but just want to have a good time with their friends on a Saturday, or parents looking for a way to spend some fun physical activity time with their kids. I'm actually lucky enough to own an Xbox X as well - but I will NOT be purchasing this game on that platform due to lack of Kinect support and the fact that this franchise has clearly lost its way. Kinda sad, I've enjoyed these new releases every year, but will continue to play the older games until they no longer work, rather than "upgrade" to an inferior play experience...with a phone...which I'd rather not accidentally throw across the room while dancing, thank you very much. But bring back Kinect support, and I'd be back on board.

If I could give this zero stars, I would.

Wed Feb 08 2023 Malo Bee

Jokes on me for assuming that this game would work with my PlayStation move camera and controllers, just as the game had in the past. The decision to make this phone only has rendered the game completely unplayable as the app will not connect to the game at all. I did not know this before purchasing the game, and am not only finding out that this is a known issue, but Ubisoft has given NO timeline for a bug fix. So, they continue to sell a game that for many people doesn’t function at all when they could have avoided this by just continuing to have the functionality offered in previous versions of the game. Furthermore, when I buy a game for a platform, I want the usability of that game to be contained TO that platform. The fact that this app includes data collection for a game that would otherwise have been housed on my PlayStation without that level of invasiveness is absurd. Overall, this has been a terrible experience and I am currently working on getting a refund through the PlayStation shop.

Why is everyone saying 1 star?!

Sun Oct 15 2023 Carly and I'm smelly 🤢

This game is not bad people are overreacting. This game is amazing! I have played just dance for years. It is a very fun game what I don’t like is you can do the dances and do no effort at all and you will get perfect ratings and you will end up with like 5 starts but when you put in full effort you get ok and X and you would end up with like 1 star When I did more by kda I did Seraphines version because I was trying to get her avatar and because I am a HUGE fan of kda. I did it like 5 times all different ways and got 1 star and 2 stars and I kinda got frustrated with it. My sister has just dance 2022,2021,and 2020. I can just say that this game did improve. I know the developers won’t see this because there is so many other reviews out there but I am BEGGING YOU FOR A K-POP JUST DANCE I love just dance and K-pop and it would be perfect for y’all to do that! Overall tho this game is my favorite.

No Star

Sun Jan 01 2023 Babs2552

Bring back the Kinect! We have bought the Just Dance games every year. This year it the format is very disappointing. I hate the fact that I had to add another app to my phone and every phone of my guests who wanted to play. Holding a very expensive phone while dancing/flailing about is a terrible idea. Then add a few other players with expensive phones doing the same thing. Awful! Worst idea ever! We could not tell which player was who unless one of us stopped and didn’t get a score. We were always lined up wrong. A guest dropped his phone on my hard wood floor! It is not fun holding a phone trying to dance. Everything about this is disappointing and if next years just dance game doesn’t get a new Kinect option then it will w the first time we won’t buy this game.

No help

Sat May 27 2023 No help from Ubisoft

Bought the game in December and my daughter has not been able to play it yet. It has been almost 6 months. I was told to chat and you cannot chat. They send me emails that the hours for chat change all the time. The ask for screen shots and you can’t send screen shots even when you change search engines. I ask for a call and they refuse to call. After 4 months they tell me they are bumping it up to a higher level. The only communication from them is that the keep closing the case. Finally 6 weeks later they say they did an update to uninstall and reinstall. I follow the instructions and still nothing. Be careful with Ubisoft games. They are no help. I will keep updating the review as things change.

🙄Needs Fix ASAP🙄

Fri Feb 17 2023 🚨🙄THIS APP NEEDS FIXING🚨🙄

So we’re out of town, and as you know I’m spending time with my fam, and so we played just dance. Because there was limited controllers, I decided to get my phone. Everything goes smooth until I connect… and what happens? Crash. “Error occurred” I think “ok it’s probably just a glitch.” (Keep in mind I have followed ALL the instructions on the screen and app.) so I try again. Another crash. I get a little mad now because it takes another 3 minutes to load the game. So I try it with my sister’s phone. 💥CRASH AGAIN!!!!!!!!💥 Big surprise. That explains why I am leaving one, (Zero if there is one) stars on this crummy app.

It’s Pretty good

Fri Apr 07 2023 Lunar_SlyGirl

I do miss the old just dance controllers, but i feel as if this is good. It does get tiring holding it in your hand but it does work. Some people saying they are throwing their phones across the room, what are you doing to be throwing it 😂😂. Just have a good grip and it should work, also if your hands get a little sweaty and you feel like the phones going somewhere else just grab something to attach to your phone and attach to your hand and still hold onto your phone, that is what my sister does and it still works great.

Horrible Experience

Sat Feb 18 2023 Lovablekisses

1st time ever getting just dance and couldn’t even play it because my phone wouldn’t pair with the game. I made sure it was the same wifi and all, still nothing. I reached out to Ubisoft to try and fix the problem and it took a week for someone to respond after I kept sending emails. I finally had the chance to speak with someone and they ended the chat prematurely so nothing was solved. I bought the game at a GameStop that doesn’t do refunds on digital games. Luckily they over charged me and I was able to take the game back. This was a total waste. And Ubisoft should do better.

Terrible decision

Sun Dec 25 2022 yocaramba!

What a terrible decision by the game makers! The Kinect was what made it fun. I wanted to see all my movements. Didn’t it to just be tracking a moving in my hand. I don’t want to use my phone for this and much less will I let my children use it for this. It’s stressful to hold a over $1,000 in your hand and swing it around because of this game. I looked forward to playing this with my kids and that won’t be happening unless they find a better option. If anything, at least offer the use of the controller. But it would still be better if we could have a camera option.

No support for older phones

Sat Jan 07 2023 Kristan<3

First off, I do not like letting my young children use my iPhone as a controller. They are kids. They don't have phones. My phone is too large for them to hold without dropping it and quite frankly, I'm not comfortable with them waving a $1,000 phone around. I have an old iPhone 5 that I was going to let them use exclusively for Just Dance 2023 but this app doesn't support iPhone iOS less than 13. The iPhone 5 can only be updated to iOS 10.3.4. If you're going to insist on using phones as controllers, please allow older phone/iOS to be used.