Talk:Just Dance 2018/@comment-30964080-20170617004753/@comment-1465604-20170617083904

Because "Love Ward" is such a generic-sounding song. It's neither well-known or well-written. It sounds like a million other cutesy Japanese pop songs from the late 90's to early 2000's, just sung by a Vocaloid. Few people who aren't already big Vocaloid fans will like it much. It's not terrible, it's just bland and forgettable. If it hadn't been a Vocaloid song, I doubt you would've cared much about it.

Also, the presence of "Love Ward" in the song means the Vocaloid quota has been met, which means "Love Ward" effectively "stole" its slots from Hatsune Miku songs that others feel are more "worthy", such as "World Is Mine" or, in my case at least, "Senbonzakura".

Here are some Youtube statistics: Love Ward (most viewed version on Youtube): 75,460 views / NicoNico Douga: 612,373 World Is Mine: 30,319,812 views / NicoNico Douga: 7,456,552 Senbonzakura: 11,007,195 views / NicoNico Douga: 11,541,130 Senbonzakura (WagakkiBand cover version): 61,847,660 views

The views of the top 10 most viewed versions of "Love Ward", including the JD2018 preview video, put together don't even amount to 500,000 views. It really makes no sense for Ubisoft to have picked "Love Ward", a the generic and obscure "Love Ward" over much more unique-sounding songs like "Senbonzakura" or much more popular songs like "World Is Mine" and "Senbonzakura".

And that's why so many people dislike "Love Ward". Those who aren't big Vocaloid fans or Vocaloid fans at all only judge the song on its own merits and on its own, it's a really bland and generic pop song while those who are Vocaloid fans (I'm a casual fan at best, but I go to anime conventions a lot so I come into contact with Vocaloid very often) know that there are far, far, far superior Hatsune Miku songs that could've been chosen in "Love Ward"'s place.