Which Just Dance 4 feature let a Wii U GamePad user manipulate routines and visuals?

The Just Dance 4 feature that let a Wii U GamePad user manipulate routines and visuals was Puppet Master.

Puppet Master was exclusive to the Wii U version of Just Dance 4, which launched alongside the Wii U in 2012. One player used the GamePad as the “Master,” while other players performed the dance routines in front of the television.

The feature allowed the GamePad user to alter the action by selecting moves and shaping mashups. It also added an interactive scoring role: during the “Strike A Pose” mechanic, the Master could choose which dancer received a 1,000-point bonus or decline to award it. That made the GamePad user an active participant rather than merely a menu controller.

The other choices belong to different parts of Just Dance’s history. Dance Battle was a separate competitive mode, Just Create was associated with earlier platform-specific functionality, and Song Sharing was not the Wii U feature described here. Just Dance 4 also used the GamePad for tasks such as displaying lyrics and selecting the next song.