Alternate Routines are additional choreographies for existing songs. Alternates first made their debut in Just Dance 2 and have been in every main series game since then. They have also appeared in Just Dance Now, Just Dance Unlimited, every Chinese game except 舞力全开：活力派, and the spin-off game ABBA: You Can Dance.
Contest Winners: For Just Dance 2, Ubisoft held a contest allowing players to create their own choreography to When I Grow Up. The top three were allowed to come to Ubisoft and have their choreographies go through the process as regular choreographies. These additional maps can be accessed through the "Extras" option in the main menu.
Extreme Versions: These are routines where the coach moves very quickly and does more complex moves. In Just Dance 3, the difficulty is 3 and the effort is 3; in Just Dance 4, the difficulty is 4; in Just Dance 2014, the difficulty is Hardest; from Just Dance 2019 onwards, the difficulty is Extreme and the effort is usually (but not always) Intense.
Sweat Versions These are routines where the coach does more exhausting moves. There is one in the main game for Just Dance 3; however sixdownloadablesongscanbethought of as Sweat Versions. There are no Sweat choreographies in Just Dance 4, but there are 10 in Just Dance 2014, one being a DLC and another being a Uplay reward. However, the latter is on the main game on the Wii.
Hold My Hand: This is a mode only available for Wii, Wii U, and PlayStation 3, where two players hold one Wii remote or PlayStation Move remote while playing together. There can be up to 5 players with 4 remotes. There are two Hold My Hand routines in Just Dance 3 (with one working as a Classic routine) and one in Just Dance 4.
Line Dance: These are routines where three coaches do line dancing. There is one such map in Just Dance 4, which works as a Solo routine, and one in Just Dance 2016, which works as a Trio routine.
With a/an _____: These are routines where the coach dances with a certain object. This makes it difficult to earn points on remote consoles, due to the need for a remote: indeed, the remote usually has to be treated as the object. Just Dance 4 has two of these and Just Dance 2014 has one.
Seated Version: These routines were introduced in Just Dance 2015 and feature dancers dancing while sitting down.
Themed Alternates: These routines were introduced in Just Dance 2014 and have a specific theme to them.
On-Stage Mode: These routines are exclusive to Just Dance 2014 and feature three coaches - the middle one lip-syncs the song and the other two are back-up dancers. Lyrics appear in the top middle during gameplay (except on World Dance Floor, where they are positioned on the bottom left, as per usual). These routines are labeled "Sing-Along" in following games.
Fanmade: Introduced in Just Dance Now, these are routines where a celebrity or a famous Just Dance player makes their own choreography and sends it to Ubisoft. Unlike the Just Dance 2 contest winners, this does not receive any special effects, and the high score can be saved.
Community Remix: Introduced in Just Dance Now, these routines feature videos from Just Dance players all around the world, who have a limited period of time to record their own performance and send it for potential inclusion. Taking part in Community Remixes is only possible for those who play on camera console. In Just Dance Now and Just Dance 2015, one video is usually displayed on the screen for 16 beats; in Just Dance 2016 and Just Dance 2017, instead, four or five videos are usually shown for 16 beats.
Sing-Along Mode: These were introduced in Just Dance 2015. Much like On-Stage Mode, lyrics appear at the top center of the screen instead of the usual bottom left. The coaches of these routines can be seen lip-syncing to the song.
VIPMADE: Introduced in Just Dance 2015, these routines feature a celebrity or person relevant to the song performing the choreography in lieu of the regular dancer.
Ubisoft had a contest allowing players to create their own choreography for When I Grow Up. The top 3 were allowed to come to Ubisoft and have their choreographies go through the same process as regular choreographies. These can be found under "Extras".
In Just Dance 3, all the Alternate routines have to be unlocked through the Mojo system, which gives one as a prize for reaching a certain amount. The only exceptions are Barbra Streisand’s Extreme Version (which requires a code) and I Was Made For Lovin’ You’s Sweat Version (which requires Uplay on compatible consoles with this feature).
Extreme[]
Extreme routines debuted in Just Dance 3 with a difficulty of 3 and an effort of 3. However, many songs such as Pump It have the same rating.
It can be unlocked by pressing UP, UP, DOWN, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT on the title screen for Just Dance 3 (Note: This method will not work for the PlayStation 3, as it cannot be unlocked.)
Hold My Hand[]
An (NX) means that the routine is not available on the Xbox 360.
Just Dance 4 has various Extremes and Alternates. Like in its preceding title, the Mojo system is what allows players to unlock them; however, when the Mojo gauge is full, the game triggers the Wheel of Gifts, which picks an Alternate randomly.
In Just Dance 2014, Alternate routines have to be unlocked with a virtual currency called Mojocoins. Battles cost 10 Mojocoins, Extremes and On-Stage routines cost 25 and all the other Alternates cost 50. The only exception to this system is Follow The Leader’s Sweat Version, which can be unlocked via Uplay on consoles compatible with it, as well as Pound The Alarm, Applause and #thatPOWER’s Alternates, which are all DLC’s.
An (NW) indicates that the routine is not available on the Wii.
A (U) indicates that the routine can be unlocked via Uplay (except for the Wii, where it can be regularly unlocked with Mojo).
Note: the Six-Player version is only available on the Xbox One and is marked as the Classic version. The original version, with four coaches, is marked as "Alternate".
Like in Just Dance 3, Alternate routines in Just Dance 2015 have to be unlocked while playing the game (except for Let It Go’s Sing-Along, which is a DLC). Region-exclusive Alternates are introduced here, with Papaoutai’s African Dance being exclusive to the PAL region and Till I Find You’s VIP being exclusive to the NTSC region.
A (PAL) indicates that the routine is only available in the PAL version of the game.
An (EX) indicates that this alternate was renamed to Extreme Version in Just Dance Unlimited.
A (C) indicates that the routine is treated as Classic in the game.
Sing-Along mode replaces On-Stage mode. It can simply be a different choreography with the lyrics in the top middle or it can be a Trio where the lead "sings" while the others are back-up dancers.
Just Dance 2016’s methods of unlocking Alternate routines changes between the 7th-Gen and the 8th-Gen versions. In the former, they are simply unlocked through gameplay (like in its predecessor), while they have to be unlocked by paying a certain amount of Mojocoins in the latter.
All Alternates are available in both Just Dance Unlimited and Now. The Community Remixes, instead, were featured in the latter for a short period of time, and then they were removed. It is unknown if they will be readded.
Exactly like the previous title, Alternate routines are unlocked through gameplay on 7th-Gen and with Mojocoins on 8th-Gen.
All the Alternate routines in Just Dance 2017 are featured in Just Dance Unlimited and Just Dance Now, although the alternate routine for DADDY is distributed only to the latter.
In Just Dance 2017, VIP routines return under the name of "VIPMADE". They are exclusive to Just Dance Unlimited, and they can only be played in the country the celebrity comes from.
In the 8th-generation version of Just Dance 2018, all the alternate routines have to be unlocked through the Gift Machine, which costs 100 Mojocoins per spin.
In the 8th-generation version of Just Dance 2019, there are two different ways to unlock Alternates. In order to unlock an Extreme Version, players have to score Superstar (11000 points) or higher to unlock; the other Alternate routines, instead, have to be unlocked through the Gift Machine, which costs 100 Mojocoins per spin.
