Dance Central 3 (Kinect Required)  (for Xbox 360)

A simple art form, that requires the movement of the body, according to the rhythm and the feel of music. It is often an expression of emotion and social interaction with a spiritual setting. Dances can be used to tell stories or express ideas. It is a non verbal form of communication with a beautiful ebb and flow to its fluid motions.

Dance Central 3 is a Kinect based game for the Xbox-360 that takes advantage of the human expression of dancing and attempts to take it to the next level. A music video game which has been developed and published by Harmonix Music Systems, it has been co-developed by Backbone Entertainment. The game promotes music, rhythm and also physical exercise. Dance Central 3 has singleplayer and multiplayer modes.

The game is the third installment in a series of previous Dance Central games. And due to this, the gameplay in the game is similar to its predecessors. The game requires the use of the revolutionary motion sensor used in the Xbox-360 called the Kinect. It tracks the movement of the body with a special mounted camera that detects motion and gestures.

Accuracy is key in Dance Central 3 (Requires Kinect) and this is based on the way you dance. The more accurate your dancing is, the better your chances are of earning more points and elevating in the difficulty level. Harder difficulty levels mean that the players have to perform harder moves. A mode that is new to this series is the Crew Throwdown mode where teams having up to four dancers or players can go head-to-head in a series of various kinds of dance performances that may include dance battles and other mini-games.

Keep the Beat mini-game involves keeping track of the moves and matching them in sync with the music that plays in the background. The Make Your Move minigame will have the players making up dance routines on the spot and compete with others. There is also a Beginner Mode in Dance Central 3 where the difficulty level is low and is targeted at people new to dancing itself.

Party Mode is a setting where random songs and minigames are played as and when people play them at no particular order. The difficulty level progresses as the players catch up and surpass the AI of the game. The Xbox-360 Dance Central 3 which requires Kinect has a PEGI rating of 12.