Talk:Just Dance 2018/@comment-1465604-20170613003103

My 2 cents:


 * I'm surprised that "Bubble Pop" is, indeed, in the game. It's not a song I think many people outside of K-Pop fandom will be familiar with (and neither will HyunA, to be honest, but she is one of the biggest K-Pop stars of today), but I maybe the song is really popular among the fandom? I also wonder what this means for "New Face" and "I Luv It". I'm assuming they were released too late for Ubisoft to have created even preview for, but at least one of them ("I Luv It", most probably) should it into JD2018 (possibly on Unlimited). I'm guessing if they'd been released earlier in the year, they might've taken "Bubble Pop"'s place.


 * JD2017's troubling trend of simplified and repetitive routines are alive and well in JD2018. Basically all of the songs revealed insofar has fallen victim to some 2017'ing. Hopefully future previews will paint a more promising picture.


 * I'm surprised that this year's Vocaloid representative is "Love Ward". It's neither one of the more well-known or popular Hatsune Miku songs. The version on Youtube with the most views currently sits at 70k. I'd have thought they'd gone with something like "Senbonzakura", which is both well-known and extremely popular. The video of the original Vocaloid version on Youtube that currently sits at the most views have in excess of 10 million views, while a cover version by the band WagakkiBand is at 61.6 million views. There's also a cover version by Lindsey Stirling sitting at 12 million as we speak. And it's just a far superior song to "Love Ward". The higher BPM and more intricate instrumentals would also allow for a more energetic and difficult routine, so maybe that's why they passed on it. Also, all 3 main series Vocaloid songs insofar have been cutesy, which "Senbonzakura" isn't. The mind boggles at Ubisoft's song choice.


 * I see the JD2018 will have at least 1 Meme Representative (in "Make It Jingle"). Let's hope it stays at 1.


 * Anyone else find it alarming how weird Panda looks when portrayed as slim?


 * There's not much else I have to say about the reveals insofar. A bit lackluster, but nothing terrible or great either way. I'm neither bummed (besides the easy difficulty and repetitiveness of all revealed routines insofar) nor super-excited.