Dance Central 3’s new story mode gets a movie-style trailer

Harmonix just sent over a brand new movie-style trailer for the fun looking story mode that they’ve been busy putting together for Dance Central 3. Diehard DC fans may not care much about a story in their dancing games, but honestly, it looks like a blast.

Take a look.

Dance Central 3 – Story Mode Movie Trailer:
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Dance Central 3 is set to bust a move at retail on October 16th.

Read on for moredetails and to pre-order a copy of your own.

An evil genius, bent on forcing his bleak vision of dance upon the world. A secret organization, determined to take him down. A world left with only one hope?your dance moves.

This October, Harmonix Music Systems presents Dance Central 3, only on Kinect? for Xbox 360?. In addition to providing players with the award-winning dance gameplay they?ve come to expect and the hottest soundtrack yet in a dance game, Dance Central 3 will further captivate players with a heart-pounding saga of time travel and dance crimes like they?ve never experience before!

Told by way of an all-new, full-featured Story mode, Dance Central 3 follows the clandestine organization Dance Central Intelligence (DCI) as they work to thwart the nefarious plans of the world?s most notorious dance criminal, Dr. Tan. With a mysterious dance army at his beck and call, Tan has set out to put an end to every dance party? permanently! As a DCI agent, you journey back in time to learn iconic dance moves from the 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s, and beyond. Will mastering classic crazes like The Hustle, The Electric Slide, and more bring down Dr. Tan?s army and put an end to his devious, multi-decade scheming? Can your dance moves save the world?s dance parties from becoming totally boring?!?

Players can get a leg up on Dr. Tan?s multi-decade scheming this weekend in Seattle at PAX Prime 2012 from August 31st to September 2nd! At booth #132, potential future DCI agents can get up and dance to songs from the upcoming Dance Central 3 available in stores on October 16th in U.S., Canada and Latin America, and October 19th in Europe, Asia, and Australia!