Just Dance 2014 Full Test By Me!

[allthetech489]

JUST DANCE 2014 NTSC

Game Info:
Just Dance 2014 is the fifth game in the Just Dance
series, developed by Ubisoft. This is the first game in the series to
have a year in the title instead of the usual number.

Testing Info For Dolphin Emulator

intel i3 3225
Asus Geforce 650ti

Dolphin Settings
Framelimit: 30FPS
Enable Dual Core
Enable Idle Skipping
JIT Recompiler
DSP HLE Emulation
XAUDIO2
Backend: Direct3D9
1980x1080 (1080p)
Internal Resolution Auto (Window Size)
Anti-Aliasing: NONE
Anisotropic Flitering 2x
EFB Copies Texture To Ram
Texture cache Slider To Fast
Fast Depth Calculation

Graphics
Just dance 2014 will look very different on Dolphin Emulator . In a good way of course. My friend actually thought I was playing this game on the wii u . But with good things also come bad things. But there are not many bad graphical glitches in this game at all. In some songs there will be a black line along the top. But it should not bother you because your focus will be on the dancer and it kinda blends in when the music starts but it is only barley noticeable. But if this really starts to bother you then you can switch to Direct3D11. Another graphical issue is corrupt dancers and yes this one is very noticeable and you wont be able to play the game properly at all. To fix this change EFB Copies to RAM to fix this issue. Other then that this game will look similar to the wii u. You will notice the scoring and how similar to the wii u it looks. You will have a similar "squirting" score effect like the wii u unlike the wii where it is score-gap-score (Perfect-gap-Perfect).

Black Line Along Top Using DerictX3D9



Using Derict3D11



Corrupt Dancers EFB Copies to ram Before


Corrupt Dancers EFB Copies to ram after


Audio

This game just has a few minor audio bugs. One of them being is De-syning issues. To fix this issue use XAUDIO2. Another bug is audio clicks/crackles/etc. To fix this choose 30FPS on framelimit and limit it don't keep it at auto.

Gameplay Wii VS Dolphin emulator graphics.

Wii Footage




Dolphin Emulator Footage (It's not meant to be that bright. The video converting software messed the brightness up. I had to do it because the raw file was 700MB.)





The Verdict

This game works very well with dolphin emulator. The graphics are all polished and shiny. The audio is clear. And the game has very few bugs that don't interfere the game in anyway.
To play this game you MUST use the wii speak branch

https://dl.dolphin-emu.org/builds/dolphin-wiispeak-3.5-1348-x64.7z
https://dl.dolphin-emu.org/builds/dolphin-wiispeak-3.5-1348-x86.7z

To play WDF (World Wide Dance Floor) Use the guide and build bellow. Special Thank you to John for compiling this build listed bellow!
http://www.mediafire.com/?xme01y379m90kv8
https://dolphin-emu.org/docs/guides/wii-network-guide/

[Shonumi]

You know, we do have a Wiki page for this kinda stuff: https://wiki.dolphin-emu.org/index.php?title=Just_Dance_2014

We also have a thread for this game already: https://forums.dolphin-emu.org/Thread-wii-just-dance-2014

[neobrain]

Pointless thread, closing. You're encouraged to add any useful information to the wiki entry for this game.