Videogamer writes: "You are sitting on a wooden chair in the corner of a tiny, crowded room. You are groggy from lack of sleep and you are very much aware of the fact that you just knocked over a bottle of water beneath your seat; you have created a wet patch on the floor, but nobody has noticed. Nobody has noticed because a brightly-dressed Japanese man is bouncing up and down on a rubber mat. He stops and falls to the floor to catch his breath. Then he stands and turns to you, says something in a language you cannot understand. He wants you to take your shoes off. He wants you to play Family Trainer."
Kotaku writes: "Namco Bandai Wii title Active Life: Outdoor Challenge (aka Family Trainer: Athletic World in Japan and Family Trainer in Europe) has sold over a million copies worldwide.
The game is bundled with a Power Pad style matt, which was also originally developed by Bandai for Famicom title Family Trainer. The updated pad and game first went on sale May 29, 2008 in Japan. It went on sale in North America and Europe this past September."
Namco Bandai should have made a game that simply works. "Cheap" is the recurring impression. A handful of mini ideas have been extended out over too many branches, like butter on too much bread. As it is now, there is no real reason to put money on this.
Tigervamp writes:
"If you can't get hold of Wii-Fit as it's sold out everywhere and you're desperately after something similar then Family Trainer might well fill the gap. I recommend that you consider Samba de Amigo which is a more enjoyable alternative or, better yet, if you can hold off a little longer you'll begin to see a great deal of similar games on the market and many of them will be Family Trainer's superior."
