| One of this year's best-selling Christmas toys is a new | | | | major drawback is the song bank. Ask any DDR |
| take on an old favorite. It's U-Dance: a Dance Dance | | | | aficionado, and they'll tell you they wish the game had |
| Revolution (DDR)-inspired game where players (up to | | | | either more songs or more levels-or both. U-Dance |
| two) dance to the beat of a pre-selected song and | | | | has the same amount of levels as DDR, three: easy, |
| match up their steps with digital arrows on the TV | | | | moderate, and difficult, but it has fewer songs: 12 to |
| screen. | | | | DDR's dozens. And some players have complained |
| Sounds just like DDR, right? Well, it's close. But | | | | about the fact that not all of the songs are the |
| U-Dance wins the dance-off on one count: it's wireless. | | | | originals-because of complications (or price) of |
| That means no dance pads sliding around the living | | | | royalties, some of the songs are recorded by |
| room, and no cords to get tangled in when stepping to | | | | sound-alikes. |
| victory. Instead of a pad, U-Dance features elastic foot | | | | There is something to be said, though, about the |
| straps, called Motion Tags, that have sensors that | | | | game's celebrity endorsement by pop artist Chris |
| measure just how close to the beat you stomp your | | | | Brown. Brown's hit song, Run It, is featured on the |
| feet. Kind of like a Nintendo Wii, in U-Dance, the player | | | | game, and the artist only has good things to say about |
| is the controller. | | | | it (the game; not his song): "U-DANCE is the best |
| Although the wireless aspect of the game is a huge | | | | dance game out there. If you like to dance like I do, you |
| advantage to games like DDR and its knock-offs, | | | | are going to love this game." Well, if Chris Brown says |
| U-Dance has a couple major drawbacks. This Hasbro | | | | it's the best, who's going to argue? |
| game is not a disc that you can put into your | | | | U-Dance can be purchased for $74.99 and does not |
| PlaySation console or GameCube. U-Dance has its | | | | include the four "AA" batteries necessary to run the |
| own console, and its only game is, in fact, U-Dance. | | | | game. |
| There's no word as to whether this one-trick pony of | | | | For more Christmas Toy reviews, check out |
| a console will learn new tricks (that is, whether or not it | | | | TopChristmasToys.Net. |
| will accommodate other Hasbro games). The other | | | | |