The typical wii owner in Singapore plays and loyally sticks to a few game titles. Anything that has Sport, Fit, Mario or Rabbid I’m pretty sure they have it in their library or have played it at some point in their Wii experience.

This new title has just arrived in the store and having not heard of it at all, I was surprised to find out that it is actually very well received in terms of sale numbers despite being ravaged by the critics.

Games on the Wii typically do not go down very well with professional game journalists who would probably give a better score to a macho FPS as compared to a cutesy casual video game. But, the Wii has changed the landscape of gaming. The dollar is with the casuals. Farmville anyone?

Just Dance earned a Metascore of 48 by 20 critics, however, it earned a glowing 8.5 rating from 40 users. Such a vast difference in opinions, the only way to settle the argument would be to settle it with raw, hard sales figures.

Since launch, Just Dance has sold over 2 million copies, a figure that has been verified with the less dodgy numbers tracking company, NPD. Fastest selling, most unheard of Wii title? Most probably!

It sure helps when you have ad campaigns like this.

My sales pitch for this game? It only requires Wiimotes! No dance mats, no instruments! How’s that for affordable?

The game is on sale over at our main site!

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Contact the author of this post, Gerald Chan, at geraldchan@qisahn.com

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