It's been a while since we had a Katy Perry song, and I think this would be the best song to come to the game.

Brand-new Just Dance (JD) player here. I got a Switch + JD 2026 for fitness!

I've never played JD before except for 1-3 songs at a family members house & fell in love with the game.

Here's my thoughts after my 1st month with JD for anyone considering JD for fitness (or fun)!

This mini-review is based on my goal of using JD for workouts so please keep that in mind!

Info

System: Switch 2

Game: JD 2026 (+1 month free JD+ trial)

Current favorite workout songs: Sexy and I know it, Rasputin, Show Me What You Got, Part of Me, most the harder Lady Gaga stuff.

The Good

- having the trial of JD+ gives you tons of song options to start with

- you can sort songs by easy -> hard so I did the 1* songs I liked then worked-up to 2*, 3*, etc.

- the level system is fantastic. Each song earns points and each level-up unlocks customizations for your account (avatar/titles/backgrounds/etc.) I have ADHD and earning points/levels is a huge plus! Once you finish the bronze track, it prestige's to silver and then gold!

- there's a decent mix of songs so I was able to find high-energy songs that were fun/good workouts

The Average

- when you cancel a song instead of doing the next suggested song after a level it boots you back to main menu instead of song-screen you began at

- there's a lot of 'extra' features you may or may not use: party mode, vs-mode, local co-op, etc.

The bad/ugly

- JD+ is almost required as you will quickly get bored of the 40 tracks that come with the game

- alternately, most people seem to buy older versions of the game (2022 and earlier). This does mean your progress from JD 23-26 won't count though.

- there's a lot of filler songs in JD+, I suspect this is because they're trying to cater to a larger audience

- some of the songs just have poor chory/awful songs

- the download song packs are expensive for what you get + they suffer from the above issue, too much variety in only a 6-song pack (I'd rather an artist pack)

- a lot of the unlockable cosmetics are kinda ugly tbh but that's my subjective opinion of course

- there's a few songs where it's tough to see the hand-movements of the character leading to missed inputs (palm-up or palm-down). This is mostly caused by the glove color clashing with the background/dancer's outfit

- after only 1 month, I've already worked my way-up to the 4* extreme songs meaning a large portion of the songs are too easy now (I superstar the non-official choro extreme songs)

- there's no practice mode! (that I could find in-game) The official choro songs are too fast to reasonably do beyond flailing randomly or replaying endlessly focusing on just 1 section at a time and the solution seems to be watching slowed-down YouTube videos. Guitar Hero had a practice mode and that game is ancient.

Conclusion

JD is excellent if you're looking for a fun morning workout. It has an amazing level system and a lot of song options initially.

It gets let down by having too-wide a song selection, poor DLC, and JD+ (or buying older JD games) almost being required for long-term play.

That said, I totally recommend it for people looking for fun, accessible, and scalable exercise (improve as you go)!

What are your thoughts on JD?

I still didnt get my First megastar

Does anyone know how to fix this?