Most of the icons for selecting the game modes featured different coaches and had slower transitions when picking a song and selecting a dancer.
The Ubisoft logo animation movie was different: when the disco ball appeared, the Ubisoft letters still appeared and had different particles to transition to the logo. However, in the final version, the letters disappear.
Earlier gameplays featured similar Gold Move feedbacks as those from Just Dance 2015. However, in the final version, a different effect that resembles a firework is used.
In the Beta menu, Summer (Fitness Dance) appears in the "Sweat & Playlists" icon instead of This Is How We Do (Aerobics Version).
The World Video Challenge menu had a different design: the icon showed a screenshot from the player’s Autodance instead of the background from the original routine, and its album coach was displayed at the top (similar to the song selection menu).
Originally, the scoring screen had simpler graphics.
In the E3 demo, players could earn up to 15 Mojocoins, depending on how many people were dancing.
The routine had turquoise pictograms in the preview gameplay recorded at E3 2015, and some Beta screenshots show other pictograms; most of them are blue instead of pink. One of these blue pictograms appears in the Just Dance Now files.
The menu icon was different as well, as the background was mint green instead of lilac.
In the Just Dance Unlimited servers, there is a Beta preview of the Flower & Bee version, showing a totally different background and two shadows behind the coaches to make them look like paper cutouts.
Beta gameplay 1
Beta gameplay 2
Beta gameplay 3 (Different pictogram)
The Beta and the final squares next to the ones of Animals
The song has a different design from his appearances on the PAL box art. On the box art, his glove is yellow instead of blue, his hair is brown instead of black, his beard is shaped differently, his sunglasses expose his eyes more, his shirt has buttons instead of rhinestones, and his pants are black instead of blue. As of October 2015, the covers were updated to match his in-game design.
Blame also has 3 Beta pictograms, and Gold Move 2 originally was not a Gold Move.
In the beta gameplay, the line "To let her through the door" was written as "Too little to the dawn".
The Beta coach on the PAL cover of Just Dance 2016, next to the Beta coach of Chiwawa
As seen in a rehearsal for the song, P3 was supposed to be performed by Aurélie Sériné. However, in the final game, she is performed by Grace Bolebe.[citation needed]
Early version of the routine was very different.Coaches had different color scheme and background was simpler than current.
The coach has a different look on the PAL cover of the game. Her hair looks somewhat different, her headdress looks less voluminous, her tank top is pink instead of yellow, her glove is more purple than blue, the dog heads on her tank top are less saturated and the left side of her leg is more red than fuchsia.
However, when the covers were updated, the Beta coach was kept, unlike Blame.
In a Behind the Scenes video for the routine, the coach performs a move that is not seen in the final routine.
At BGS 2015, a Community Remix contest for this song was seen in the menu. However, in the final game, the Community Remix that was included with the game was Uptown Funk's. It is unknown if this Community Remix will ever be released.
The Beta coach next to the one of Blame in the PAL cover of the game
The dancer was planned to be played by an actual female, but in the track's preview, Alkis and Veronique stated that they decided to let Mehdi Kerkouche perform the routine after seeing his choreography because he was more energetic.
In the Just Dance Now files, some placeholder pictograms can be found. They show the coaches with partially greyed out clothes; they are in front of a different background and FANCY is written in a different font.
Uptown Funk had a different square in which the background was the city with the bridge shown during the second part of the verses. In the final version, it only shows a light blue house.
As shown in a Just Dance Minute video, the lyrics were initially purple instead of pink.[1]
Beta and final square (The second ones from the right)
In the E3 Master Class, there were some Dance Quests that didn't appear in the final game:
Twilight Zone
Worldwide
Star Light
Night Club
Celebrations
It can also be seen that each Dance Quest was originally going to have four songs playable instead of three.[2]
An unused Dance Quest avatar can be found in a fankit Ubisoft released; the avatar resembles a pair of blue swimming flippers.[3]
In addition, the gem on the avatar for the Ring Quest was light blue instead of purple.
The AutoDance screen for the game originally didn't have the names for the songs and the artists; instead, in their place, the name for the feature was seen instead.
In the game files, there is unused game scrpit saying that exclusive Mashups and avatars can be unlocked by playing each month. However, not all months have an exclusive Mashup.
Beta Dance Quest avatar
Beta Ring Quest avatar
Beta AutoDance screen (without song name and artist)