Wii Review: The Smurfs Dance Party

The Smurfs Dance Party is the latest Ubisoft dance game based on the new Smurfs movie. The Smurfs Dance Party is a motion dance game similar to the Just Dance series of games. The game tracks your movements while you are holding the Wii Remote. There are three different modes available in The Smurfs Dance Party. You can follow their adventures in Story Mode or dance along to the songs in Dance Mode or Playlist Mode.

While the Smurfs are preparing for the Blue Moon Festival, the evil sorcerer, Gargamel attacks them. To escape, they go through a portal and land in New York City. In the story mode, you dance along to the music that plays during the Smurfs' story. Game Mode allows you to select a song and dance to it one at a time or in shuffle. In Game Mode, you can play in Regular Mode which is the normal dance mode or you can play in Team Mode and team up with other players to earn a higher score. You can also select Freeze & Shake Mode where you stop moving or shake the Wii remote as hard as you can when the icons are displayed. You can choose to dance without the Wii remote but your score won't be kept. Playlist Mode allows you to add songs of your choosing to a playlist and then play from only those songs.

There's quite a variety of songs on The Smurfs Dance Party. Some of them I have honestly never heard of like the ones by Barbara Streisand. There are also several songs by Katy Perry like One of the Boys. Some of the songs are *Smurftastic* which basically means they have changed some of the lyrics to be Smurfy so instead of Who Let the Dogs Out, you have Who Let the Smurfs out. Walk this Way is Smurf this Way. I would have preferred a few more popular Top 40 songs as that makes it easier to dance to but younger children probably won't notice the difference. My definite hands down favorite is Smurf this Way. Great song to get moving with. There are slow songs and fast songs which is great for someone who is new to this type of game because the slow songs are easier to move along with. If you want just the faster songs, play through the Playlist Mode.

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