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MC Groovz Dance Craze cube Game Reviews
MC Groovz Dance Craze
Critic Score
Metascore: 42 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
7.5 out of 10
based on 8 reviews
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Are you ready to bust some moves? Step into the extreme Mad Catz MC GROOVZ danceCRAZE, and enjoy improving your talent in time with some of the best all-time groove hits. With the included Mad Catz BeatPad, your footwork puts you in control of the game! You can practice to become a better dancer, show off your talent, compete against a friend, and even get dance-tastic exercise. Plus, you can still boogie down using the GameCube Controller. [Mad Catz]

PUBLISHER: Mad Catz
DEVELOPER: Mad Catz
GENRE(S): Rhythm Action, Dance
PLAYERS: 2
ESRB RATING: E (Everyone)
RELEASE DATE: November 22, 2004

What The Critics Said

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

80
Nintendorks
The only thing you really need to know about McGroovz is as follows: this game is the first dancing game on the Nintendo GameCube, featuring pop songs that should be familiar to many and a dance mat that’s included with the package. If you haven’t been sold on the deal by reading that, not much else is going to convince you.
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75
GameZone
We don't want to work. It's not fun. MC Groovz Dance Craze makes it fun just as "DDR" has. The difference here is that you don't have to work as hard with this game. You can move at your own pace and work your way up to "DDR's" level.
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75
Detroit Free Press
The things I liked about the game overwhelmed what I didn't like. If you want a high score, you can't be a stiff. You have to get into the groove and use your whole body.
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68
Game Chronicles
More fun to listen to than to play.
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56
Nintendo Power
The game lets you face off with another player (using two controllers), but the single-player optoins don't offer CPU competition. [March 2005, p.107]
29
GameSpot
MC Groovz may feature The Fresh Prince's "Parents Just Don't Understand," but dancing to its poorly stepped, overly lengthy tracks just makes us feel like Carlton Banks.
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27
IGN
The simple truth is that the generic MC Groovz Dance Craze is a broken GameCube game. The dance work doesn't match with the music and therefore the title's dance challenges are not fun.
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20
Cheat Code Central
There are 29 songs. This is the worst collection of tunes bar none. They are meant to appeal to the most affected families you can imagine. By that I mean shallow, bland morons.

What Our Users Said

Vote Now! The average user rating for this game is 7.5 (out of 10) based on 12 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Allen D. gave it a10:
This game kicks ..., DDR isnt coming to gamecube for awhile, so this is a great passover...and I highly doubt you can beat every song on the hardest difficulty, sometimes it gets pretty hectic, great party game if you purchase a MadCatz Pro Pad.

Joe K. gave it a10:
This game is awesome! yeah songs are long but WTF! its awesome if you only have a GC a must buy! but if you got a DDR its stil very close rating for me!!!

Chris G. gave it a0:
This is literally the worst game I've ever played. A wreck of a title. The vertical interface is an abomination. Songs are full versions up to 12 minutes in length and impossible to keep you interested with stale steps. The in-game user interface is backwards and lost amongst the horrid background animation which is a mess of color that inspires nausea to those who watch it. The only saving grace is that I didn't have to pay extra for the pad and I'll get some use out of it with DDR w/Mario. Avoid MC Groovz Dance Craze at all costs.

[Anonymous] gave it a1:
This is incredibly easy. The songs are boring and way too long. I can't play standard in DDR, but "expert" in this game is a piece of cake. The dance pad is too bulky due to the material.

Hollis H. gave it a10:
Wow! What great fun! I danced on the pad and had a blast! My son, Hector, danced too and did pretty well. We both love this game. Great family fun!

Tara C. gave it a10:
This game is awesome...great workout! It's really fun! The dance pad is alot better than the DDR one. A MUST HAVE!!!

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