Nov 22, 2004 MC Groovz Dance Craze for GameCube game reviews & Metacritic score: This game lets you show off your dance moves on the included Mad Catz Beat Pad. Arrows passing across the screen indicate when and where you must step on the pa.
Difficulty: 2/5 stars'It's only difficult if you're not lost in the moment,' says Craft. 'I think it's hard if you are trying to do too much with it. Let go of the stress and just let the music go through your body and just have the groove.' Origins: The dance that helped launch the Vine era: Rapper Bobby Shmurda kicked it off in 2014 when he showed his moves in the 'Hot Nigga' video. After repeating 'About a week ago' before the beat drops ever-so-gently, Shmurda starts swaying his hips with arms raised but relaxed. Immediately after, the quick moment became a Vine meme with people hitting the Shmoney everywhere from their cars to their classrooms.How to: Sway your hips with your arms raised and groove in place to the beat. 'It's almost like the Camel Walk, a Sixties, James Brown kind of dance,' says Craft.
'You have to let the music take control.' Best Time to Use It: Craft: 'At any party or gathering when you just want to groove. Anytime you have a cocktail or a drink in your hand and you don't want to spill it, do the Shmoney.' Best Celebrity Rendition: Rihanna busted it out with her girl crew in true RiRi style: on a yacht, smoking a blunt, in a bikini. Difficulty: 1/5 starsOrigins: First seen in Atlanta rapper Skippa da Flippa's 2014 video 'How Fast Can You Count It,' the Dab caught fire in the following months as MCs such as Migos, Peewee Longway and Future — not to mention countless Viners — posted their variations of the dance.How to: Make a bowing motion as you lower your head into a bended arm, like you're literally dabbing sweat off your face. 'I don't think it's as creative as the other dances,' says Kelepi.Best Time to Use It: Craft: 'It's great with any song!!!' Best Celebrity Rendition: LeBron James, before a scrimmage in early October, followed by NBA players everywhere.
Difficulty: 4/5 stars'I'm not even gonna lie, it took me like an hour to get all the steps down, and it's only 20 seconds,' says Kelepi. 'After you get it down and start adding your own flair, it's pretty good.' Origins: Inspired by rapper Rich Homie Quan's pelvic thrusts in the video 'Flex' from earlier this year, got its true start in ILoveMemphis' 'Hit the Quan' video from the summer and has become bigger than any of Quan's own material. 'The feet work of it remind me of the Walk It Out, which also came from Atlanta and kind of made you feel like the Mashed Potato did,' Craft says.How to: Make a slow thrust while stepping side to side, then get down and swing your arms. 'After that, you start adding your own flair – it's pretty hot,' says Kelepi.Best Time to Use It: Craft: 'If you're watching Rich Homie Quan and he busts it out, do it with him. Don't be afraid.'
Kelepi: 'The best time to do it is in the daytime when you and your friends are driving around and the song comes on. Then you all have to stop and do it.' Best Celebrity Rendition: Thanks to numerous fan requests, Fifth Harmony's Dinah Jane and Normani Kordei shared their joint version of the Quan, which showed that the dance can be as fun as it is wildly skillful. However, Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson's goofy-dad version takes the cake.
MC Groovz Dance Craze
Developer(s)
Mad Catz
Publisher(s)
Mad Catz
Platform(s)
GameCube
Release
NA: November 22, 2004
PAL: June 23, 2005
Genre(s)
Music
Mode(s)
Single-player, multiplayer
MC Groovz Dance Craze is a rhythm game for the Nintendo GameCube developed and published by Mad Catz. The game is a Dance Dance Revolutionclone and was bundled with Mad Catz' Beat Pad accessory. The game was originally announced via a press release on November 2, 2004.[1]
Gameplay[edit]
There are two main gameplay modes: Scroll and Spin. In Scroll mode, the player steps on four different directions on the game pad (right, up, down and left) as the arrows scroll towards four icons at the top of the screen. Spin mode adds four additional directions.[citation needed] Its songs are also longer than other dance games, often lasting around seven minutes.[2]
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The game also includes three extra modes of play: Dance Workout (tracks calories burned during play), Dance Together (two-player cooperative), and Dance Faceoff (two-player face-off).[citation needed]
Songs[edit]
The game features a total of 28 songs, including several licensed songs from original artists such as KC and the Sunshine Band, Earth, Wind & Fire, Jewel, Jessica Simpson, The Emotions, Whodini, Peaches & Herb, Patti LaBelle, David Naughton, Jump5, Call Me Alice, Kaskade, Rithma, Boogie's Dubtronic Science, Miguel Migs, Ming (DJ) + FS, Afro Mystik and DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince.[citation needed]
'Best of My Love' - Emotions 1977
'Boogie Wonderland' - Earth Wind and Fire 1979
'Come On' - Miguel Migs
'D7 D7' - Rupee
'Freak' - Ming (DJ)+FS
'Freaks Come Out at Night' - Whodini 1984
'Go' - Eugene
'Intuition' - Jewel 2003
'Irresistible' - Jessica Simpson 2001
'It's You, It's Me' - Kaskade 2003
'Lady Marmalade' - LaBelle 1974
'Love and Music' - Rithma 2003
'Machine Gun' - Commodores 1974
'Meditation to the Groove' - Kaskade 2003
'Makin' It' - David Naughton 1979
'Natural' - Afro Mystik 2002
'Ossining' - Mike Doughty 2004
'Out of Sight' - Call Me Alice 2004
'Parents Just Don't Understand' - DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince 1988
'Rainfall' - J Boogie's Dubtronic Science
'Rhythm Is' - Aero Mystik
'Sandinista Fashionista' - Gray Does Matter
'Shake Your Groove Thing' - Peaches & Herb 1978
'Soundtrack to the Soul' - Kaskade
'Sweet Love' - Kaskade
'That's the Way (I Like It)' - KC and the Sunshine Band 1975
'Turn Me On' - Kevin Lyttle
'Walking on Sunshine' - Jump 5 2003
Reception[edit]
The game received 'generally unfavorable' reviews, according to video game review score aggregatorMetacritic.[3]IGN has said that it is 'Playable, but not fun.'[4] and suggests that 'The footwork doesn't match the music.'.[4] In regards to the workout mode, GameSpot said while it can count calories, it has no other differences from normal mode.[2]
Lawsuit[edit]
On May 9, 2005, Konami filed a complaint against Roxor Games claiming an infringement of rights related to their dance game product In the Groove.[5] On July 1, 2005, the complaint was amended to include MC Groovz Dance Craze.[6] The aforementioned lawsuit was settled on November 1, 2006. The exact terms of the settlement were not mentioned in the press release.[7]
References[edit]
^'Mad Catz to Publish MC Groovz Dance Craze Dance Game'.
^ ab'MC Groovz Dance Craze for GameCube Review at GameSpot'.
^'MC Groovz Dance Craze Critic Reviews'. Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on August 30, 2015. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
^'Konami seeks an injunction and damages against the manufacture and distribution of dance simulation game 'In The Groove''. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30.
^'Konami expands scope of its litigation against dance game developers and distributors in the U.S.' Archived from the original on 2007-11-07.
^'Settlement of the Patent Litigation against Mad Catz, Inc'. Archived from the original on 2009-02-18.
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