Wii Fit and other 'healthy living' titles continue to enjoy serious sales on Nintendo platforms – and Ubisoft's latest certainly has the potential to share in this success...
In A licencing double-whammy, Ubisoft's NewU not only features exercises selected by the world's foremost gym chain Fitness First, but also boasts dietary advice from Channel 4's You Are What You Eat series.
And with such strong brands behind NewU – and fitness games more popular than ever – Ubisoft is confident the title will perform well at retail.
Spaziogames: Since the launch of the Wii Balance Board to present the titles dedicated to fitness have been a real boom on Nintendo and every software company has tried to say his dynamic ports that somehow offered elements or characteristics that would deepen the better a game genre is still young and largely unexplored potential.
With the fitness craze on the Nintendo Wii starting to pick up even more, there have been some really good uses of this system in terms of fitness and NewU Fitness First Personal Trainer is no exception to the rule. Unlike the Wii Fit, NewU seems to targets a more mature market we you pick up from the sleek interface. With this in mind, the title is not a game per se but rather a fitness or lifestyle product that not only assists with fitness but can be used a guide for nutrition.
PALGN writes: " NewU Fitness First Personal Trainer, as you might have gathered, is yet another fitness game. On the Wii. Suddenly, companies are leaping on the fad, sorry, opportunity to get gamers fit while they play the most popular console on the market. And, surprisingly, some solid and potentially useful products have been made like Wii Fit and EA Sports Active. With popular gym 'Fitness First' backing this title, does it have the right combination of relevant real-world activities and virtual-world fun, or should you consider signing up to one of those real gyms?"
