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EA developing rival to Wii Fit

Andrew5 | 6 days 20 hours ago | News | Wii 
Electronic Arts has announced that they are making a game to rival Wii Fit. It will also use the Wii Balance Board.
Electronic Arts has revealed that it is currently developing an exercise-title for the Nintendo Wii that makes use of the Balance Board and aims to rival Wii Fit.

The firm’s Peter Moore explained that he wanted to create a title that was more “western” in approach compared too Wii Fit; a title that will make players really sweat while working out. The key, however, making it fun:

I’ll call [Wii Fit] more eastern fitness, where it senses weight and balance, like Tai-Chi. It’s more about holistic fitness. I don’t think the board is going to take a pounding. We need to look more at western fitness in which I can actually be moving and start to sweat a little bit, and that’s what we’re working on right now.

It can’t feel like a workout The team has to figure out, how do I smile while I’m doing this? You play soccer for 90 minutes; if I say you’re going to run five miles you’re not gonna want to do that. But you run for five miles playing soccer and you’ve had a good time. The difference is you’re distracted.


Moore added that a mini-game-filled approach is what EA is going for. It’ll be very interesting to see what they come up with.

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    Final Blade | 6 days 17 hours ago | reply
    Oh good, another over the top lazy game. I would laugh if it fails to compete against Wii fit.
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    Andrew5 | 6 days 16 hours ago | reply
    I don't think it would be that great. I bet Wii Fit is much better than this game will be.
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    Deathman48 | 6 days 13 hours ago | reply
    I can't really see this being the kind of gaming market that will benefit from intense competition, or a market that's really going to be that profitable now that Nintendo put their hand in with Wii Fit.
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    R1DDL3S | 5 days 18 hours ago | reply
      Doubt it will do as good because Wii Fit is already out with good ratings and people saying it is good, so why buy a new game?
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    Chad | 5 days 12 hours ago | reply
    Wow, I really don't see anybody buying this over Wiifit for any reason. I am curious though as to what will be added into the game in order to try to top Wiifit.
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    R1DDL3S | 4 days 20 hours ago | reply
      I'm going to go ahead and guess that a soccer type game will be added.

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