Dance Central 3


Dance Central 3 is the third game in the Dance Central series. It was revealed at E3 2012 at the Microsoft Conference. It was released on October 16 in the US, Canada and South America and October 19 everywhere else.

Gameplay

Gameplay has been the same with the past 2 Dance Central games where 1 player or 2 players mimic what the dancer is doing on the screen. Player get points depending on how they did.
Many new features have been added to this game.
Crew Throwdown: In this mode, 2-8 players go head to head against each other. After making this picture pose, they go head in head where it will pick a song and one of the 5 types of modes to play it in. Those modes are
Perform: Aligned with the Perform mode included in the game
Keep The Beat: A freestyle-esque mini-game where players stay in beat to the song for points.
Strike A Pose: A mini-game where players mimic the positions the characters are doing for points.

Story

Master Quests

Once the player completes the Story mode, Master Quests becomes available. It gives out all the songs each crew is defaulted for in Dance Central 3, and once the player earns all the stars within each quest, a QR Code image is released for players to scan and receive art of the crews, however this has since been unavailable. Scanning the codes redirect to the main site.

Importable content

Players can import songs from Dance Central 2 for a set price. If a physical disc is used to perform the import function, the user will also need the unique code from the game's manual; however, if a Games on Demand version of Dance Central 2 is used, then no export code is required.
The import of the original Dance Central songs was previously possible with the same method and for the same price as for Dance Central 2, but since October 25, 2016, new import purchases are no longer possible. If the user has previously imported the original Dance Central into Dance Central 2, it is also available in Dance Central 3.

Downloadable content

All previous downloadable songs are forward compatible with Dance Central 3; however, any new content released on or after October 16, 2012 is only compatible with Dance Central 3.
On March 8, 2013, Harmonix announced that new DLC releases for Dance Central 3 ended after March due to the company shifting its resources to next generation projects.