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Look Ma, No Flashcards!

Look Ma, No Flashcards!

Performed a song with Flashcards turned off and earned 5 Stars.

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How to unlock the Look Ma, No Flashcards! achievement in Dance Central - Definitive Guide

Because I beat Pokerface with 5 stars and no flashcards already and it didn't unlock for me, this is what i did.

Key: In the Dance Central manual, it says that all signed in profiles will get achievements unlocked.

1. Go back to the main screen, sign in a secondary profile in addition to the one you want. (Your main profile should stay signed in.)
2. Hit start, and choose your secondary profile. (All songs should be reset for that profile.)
3. Play Pokerface on easy (or anything else), and stop moving once you get 5 stars. (This is to unlock no flash cards and to keep score low.)
4. Play again with no flash cards and shake your booty.
5. Should pop for both profiles.

Good luck!
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06 Feb 2011 22:24

Obviously, Poker Face on easy is the way to go for this one. It has fairly simple moves, and an easy to remember routine. It's definitely worth noting that I did get five stars twice with no achievement popping. Once I got 5 Gold stars, achievement bliss, so the description is a bit mis-leading. If you're having trouble, just watch the on-screen avatar for cues, or just play it a few times with cues turned on and you should have no problem wrapping this one up.

*As pointed out by BCPotter, it MAY have to do with your high score, as in if you have already beaten the song with flashcards turned on and scored high, you may have to be your beat your previous score in order for the achievement to register. I will try to confirm this on another account. I just assumed it had to do with Gold Stars because it was all I had to go on.*

•As pointed out by Curtieson in the comments below, to achieve 5 stars on Poker Face, a score of 400,00 is needed.
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12 Nov 2010 03:20

13 Comments
Thanks for that, Curtieson.
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By MarioToo on 27 Dec 2011 03:24
I was able to gold star this with no Flashcards on Pon De Replay the first time I turned off the flashcards (only did this one like 2 or 3 times to get 5 stars the to begin with and less than 10 minutes of game time on this song in total).
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By HyruleBalverine on 28 Jul 2019 03:37
I also get it after beating my previous high score.
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By hofosim on 14 Jan 2011 15:17
I beat Poker Face and I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho) with flashcards off and 5 starred each song, but I did NOT beat my previous high scores. My achievement also unlocked with my 3rd attempt when I beat my previous high score on Hey Mami.
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By ColbyPot on 16 Nov 2010 01:11
Beating your high score might have something to do with it, then. Not sure, as I just figured it had something to do with gold stars, but what you say makes more sense
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By MarioToo on 17 Nov 2010 02:19
I unlocked it once I beat my previous high score and got 5 gold stars at the same time
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By I Am The Norm on 26 Nov 2010 14:51
I still think if you get 5 stars it should pop, whether you beat a previous score or not.
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By MarioToo on 26 Nov 2010 15:48
Same thing happened to me. I got it on the easy challenge, but only after I beat my previous score.
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By Petey247 on 30 Dec 2010 00:12
I actually didn't beat my high score, but it still popped. It's funny though. It actually said I beat my high score, but I was 20000 short.

I noticed with other songs, that if I don't match my star count (5 stars or gold), it doesn't list on my score that I completed the song with no flash cards. I'm wondering if that has something to do with it.
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By Daarren on 16 Jan 2011 03:23
Figure this out. High score doesn't matter. What matters is that you match your star count (5 stars or gold). You can do this on easy, even if you've completed the song on medium or hard.

You also know if you achieved this if the 'no flashcard' logo appears.
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By Daarren on 17 Jan 2011 03:54
Daarren and zimzvm already pointed this out but just to back them up: I just beat Poker Face with flash cards off and got 5 stars but did NOT beat my previous high score (which was also on easy). Hopefully, this means that Harmonix has fixed this dreadful glitch.
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By Weezleram on 17 Mar 2011 22:24
Another confirmation that you do not need to beat your high score to unlock this achievement. =)
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By drabik on 25 Mar 2011 15:55
There will probably be a lot of people getting this and #2 for Christmas, so I felt it was worth sharing that on Pokerface, the 5 Gold Stars were achieved at 400,000 points.
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By Curtieson on 27 Dec 2011 02:45
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The other two guide do a good job in explaining what you need to be aware of in order to unlock this achievement. A suggestion that I have that worked for me was I had my laptop next to me while I was dancing poker face and I went to youtube and looked up a performance of poker face on easy. Then I made sure I started the song at the same time as the video on youtube and then I simply followed the flashcards on the video while doing it in no flashcard mode. This might be helpful for people like me who suck at dancing and memorizing dance moves lol. This strategy could be used for the other no flashcard achievement as well

Note that the reason I don't have the achievement unlocked at the time of this writing is because I failed to read the guides beforehand and had a problem with the highscores. I got the 5 stars but achievement did'nt pop because of this.

Credit goes to Dubbington1221 for the video
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09 Aug 2011 20:58

See "Flying Blind."

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