Michael Jackson: The Experience for Wii is a dancing game that’s easy-to-play, and makes it feel like your family is dancing right alongside the King of Pop himself.
Developed by Ubisoft, the creators of the Just Dance series of Wii games, Michael Jackson: The Experience uses the same basic dance gameplay technique, asking players to hold the Wii-mote in their right hand while mimicking the moves of the on-screen dancers. It’s such a brilliantly simple way to control a dancing game, but the tradeoff is that score tracking and timing may not be as accurate.
Due to the inexactness of the dancing technique, we’ve found that families who are more interested in just having a good time really enjoy this type of control system, but that players who are very into getting the highest score and beating others often get frustrated by it.
Michael Jackson: The Experience offers up more than 25 of Michael Jackson’s greatest hits for you to dance along, too. Even casual Michael Jackson fans will recognize most of the songs here, with songs like Thriller, Billie Jean, Beat It and more. We’ve included the full list of songs below.
One of the really neat things about dancing along with the songs in this game is that the routines for each all closely mimic the memorable music videos for many of the songs. So not only do you just have fun dancing along with great music, but you actually will feel like part of a music video.
Depending on the song you choose, you may have the option to perform as MJ’s crew, which are the backup dancers, or perform it as a duet, which is essentially a two-person routine. It’s another neat way for multiple family members to dance at the same time.
The game is a bit more difficult than the Just Dance titles, but that’s a result of the game trying hard to replicate some of the signature moves of Michael Jackson in its routines. But since the game won’t stop if you do too many bad moves in a row, unless your family is very fixated on getting high scores, even the hardest dances should still be fun to perform.
Michael Jackson: The Experience for Wii is designed for families and friends who aren’t afraid to let loose and have a good time. With routines created to closely match the look and feel of the iconic music videos, Michael Jackson: The Experience is the perfect game for anyone slightly nostalgic for the life and songs of the King of Pop. The dance moves are at times a bit difficult, but as long as you don’t care too much about precise scoring, even kids will enjoy dancing along to some of the most popular songs of all-time.
Here’s the full song list for Michael Jackson: The Experience for Wii:
• Bad
• Beat It
• Billie Jean
• Black or White
• Dirty Diana
• Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough
• Earth Song
• Ghosts
• Heal the World
• In The Closet
• Leave Me Alone
• Money
• Remember the Time
• Rock with You
• Smooth Criminal
• Speed Demon
• Streetwalker
• Sunset Driver
• The Girl Is Mine
• The Way You Make Me Feel
• They Don’t Care About Us
• Thriller
• Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’
• Who Is It
• Will You Be There
• Workin' Day and Night