The Smurfs Dance Party is a dance rhythm game developed by Japanese studio Land Ho! and published by Ubisoft for the Wii. The game was released on July 19, 2011 in North America,[2] July 29, 2011 in Europe and September 8, 2011 in Australia.

The Smurfs Dance Party
North American box art
Developer(s)	Land Ho![1]
Publisher(s)	Ubisoft
Composer(s)	Tom Zehnder, Drew Ryan Scott, Mike Eagle, Lily Howard, Justin Bowler, Gigi Abraham, Walmes Steeges, Patricia Krebs, Brian Ibarra, David Lee Brandt
Series	Just Dance
Platform(s)	Wii
Release	NA: July 19, 2011 EU: July 29, 2011 AU: September 8, 2011
Genre(s)	Music, rhythm, dance
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

The game has gained extra attention because it was originally scheduled as an Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 title with a require of Kinect and PlayStation Move in addition to the Wii, but development for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 was abandoned and The Smurfs Dance Party was released for the Wii alone.

Gameplay

The gameplay is similar to the concept Ubisoft dance franchise Just Dance, The Smurfs Dance Party allows players to dance alongside Papa Smurf, Clumsy Smurf, Brainy Smurf, Grouchy Smurf, Gutsy Smurf, Smurfette and Gargamel.[2]

Track list

The track list consists of 25 songs.

Reception

The Smurfs Dance Party received an overall score of 3.0/10 from Gameplay Today, stating "The Smurfs Dance Party had the makings of a sleeper hit for the simple fact that it was a dance game being made by the people who brought us Just Dance and Just Dance 2. The lineage means nothing here though because this game couldn’t be farther from its successful "smurfless" cousins."[3] In 2021, the game became an internet meme as users would post the meme onto TikTok.

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