Dance Central 2 Following the Harmonix Formula


Last year, Dance Central took the Kinect world by storm. This year, Harmonix will ship Dance Central 2 for Xbox 360. Does this sound familiar? Well, It should. When Guitar Hero was released it took Harmonix a year to crank out its much improved follow up, Guitar Hero 2. Then, Rock Band hit in 2007 and just under a year later Rock Band 2 perfected the 4 player band formula. In both cases the first games were good, but clearly needed to be play tested by a fan base.

If the past tells us anything it’s that Dance Central 2 will be a marked improvement over its predecessor. The biggest thing missing from the first game, a simultaneous 2 player mode, was shown at the Microsoft press event.  An Usher song was shown and so far the other songs announced are great choices.

• Rihanna – “Rude Boy”
• Nicki Minaj – “Massive Attack”
• Montell Jordan – “This Is How We Do It”
• La Roux – “Bulletproof”
• Far East Movement – “Like a G6”
• B.o.B featuring Bruno Mars – “Nothin’ on You”
• Bananarama – “Venus”
• Usher – “DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love”

Not only are those tracks confirmed, but the DLC catalog for the first game will be available. The song export feature present in the Rock Band series will also be implemented in Dance Central to export your songs into Dance Central 2. Here’s some behind the scenes video…enjoy.

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