Holding the PlayStation (PS) Move controller while dancing may seem like you are holding on to a maracas, but it does not feel right.
While the Xbox 360′s Kinect sensor uses a camera and sensor to detect full body movements, the PS Move tracks peripheral movements and totally overlooks movements from the rest of your body.
This means players can cheat by ignoring the actual dance steps and focus solely on the hand gestures.
But when it comes to children’s games, holding something makes a little more sense as children may lack spatial awareness and are less likely to hit the other players if their hands are weighed down.
Just Dance Kids 2, a children-centric dance game, removes all the wild and sensual dance moves and replaces them with arm swings, jumps and slower steps.
Aside from the occasional pop tunes like Blur’s Song 2 and Bruno Mars’ Just The Way You Are, the majority of the 40-plus songs are pitched at youngsters, from tunes by Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber to classics like Are You Sleeping, Itsy Bitsy Spider and Jingle Bells.
Just Dance Kids 2
Each song is presented by three children, adorned in bright colourful clothes, dancing on-screen.
Each music video also sports a cheery background that looks like the set of Sesame Street designed by an overzealous painter.
Naturally, the dance steps are a lot easier in this game.
The Just Dance Kids 2 has an internal game tracking system, where it records the amount of time spent on the game and how many times a song has been selected. Parents wishing to monitor their children’s time spent on video games would find this feature useful.
The game also snaps a lot of photos during the dance and players can choose to save them for future reference.
This game is strictly for the kids and how much fun they derive from it depends on their ages.
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