A listing for EA Sports Active 2 has now appeared on Amazon.com. Whether this is the official name for the follow-up expansion pack to EA Sports Active isn't yet clear, but a placeholder on the mega-retailer's website is certainly a good sign.
No details of the game on the page unfortunately, but if you want to take a peak and bookmark ready for pre-ordering, click HERE.
CTA Digital explains its new skateboard accessory for the Wii Balance Board:
Footage of Dance Dance Revolution on the Nintendo Wii at E3 2009, which supports the Wii Balance Board. "So gay" apparently, according to one lady off camera:
A portion of the review of Go Play Circus Star from Examiner:
"Aside from a few control recognition issues, Go Play Circus Star offers a good amount of family fun. Some of the circus stunts and acts will take a bit of practice to master, so younger gamers may need some help figuring out the controls."
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505 Games has announced that Diva Girls: Divas On Ice for Wii supports the Wii Balance Board, and has now shipped to North America.
In Diva Girls: Divas On Ice players can pick their favorite diva and train with her to become a professional ice skater. Players can dress their Diva Girl in thousands of combinations of customizable outfits as well as help them skate, step, jump and spin for the crowd in the Miracle Ice Festival.
Diva Girls: Divas On Ice for Wii allows players to compete in a 3D environment for the first time with realistic skating steps in fourteen different arenas in both daytime and nighttime modes.
Buy now from Amazon.com!
It's long been touted as one of the games that would be most suited to the Wii Balance Board, and now a trademark for Super Monkey Ball Step and Roll has popped up, bringing that idea slightly closer to a reality.
Nothing's confirmed just yet, but we'll keep you up to date with any developments!
My Personal Trainer was recently announced to support the Wii Balance Board, and the following is the first video of the game - which, handily, tells us all about it.
It's box art time for Shaun White Snowboarding: World Stage, which means that the game is getting closer! I've added it to the Wii Balance Board Games List.
My Personal Trainer for the Nintendo Wii will support the Wii Balance Board, it has been confirmed.
The game will make use of Wii MotionPlus and the Balance Board along with David Leadbetter, the world's #1 golfing instructor according to developer Data Design Interactive.
IGN reports:
Leadbetter recommend[s] drills for you to try and give instructional videos on how to improve certain parts of your swing. You'll be able to cycle through video segments that show different angles of your swing and how your body is changing and moving throughout your swing. You can switch camera angles, slow it down or speed it up to get the best analysis possible from your living room.
My Personal Trainer will swing onto Wii later on this year.
Wii is the place to be for DanceDanceRevolution this year as players can dance to the beat using the DanceDanceRevolution Wii Remote™ and, for the first time, the Wii Balance Board™ accessory in the Workout Mode. Players will enjoy in-game items that are exclusive to Wii such as hip, roll, and bump arrows that appear on screen or punch while moving their hips as they get their bodies in shape.
Additionally, an all-new mode that is exclusive to Wii will be the Lesson Mode "DanceDanceRevolution School", which teaches how to play DanceDanceRevolution with ease. The game also features exciting new costume customization of the DanceDanceRevolution dancer including the player's Mii™.
Utilizing the Wii Balance Board and following step-by-step instructions from a variety of in game Yoga Gurus, players will be guided through a variety of popular Yoga exercises. Players will be able to monitor their progress with a dynamic tracking system and set up a schedule to follow. The yoga guru, acting as your own personal trainer, will make suggestions to you based on your progress and computations taken from the Balance Board. The Wii Remote™ and Balance Board will be used for many poses to determine the player’s balance and any movements or shifts in weight by the player will be detected and recorded once the pose is complete.
Yoga for Wii has three play modes – Story Mode where players start the game as a beginner and finish as a yoga guru; Training Mode where players have the opportunity to learn new poses to add to their routines; and Routine Mode, a set of consecutive yoga poses either user-created or pre-created routines. There are mini-games to test the player’s knowledge of yoga and predetermined routines created to help alleviate common ailments. Yoga for Wii is beneficial to anyone wanting to try Yoga and discover its unique way of providing strength, flexibility and endurance training while at the same time creating a powerful connection between mind and body.
Yoga for Wii is penned for release in October.
A new Dance Dance Revolution for the Nintendo Wii will support the Wii Balance Board - unusual for a series which has always stuck to a dance mat.
The new title will include licensed pop/rock/dance songs and incorporate routines for physical fitness.
EA Sports Active has sold a whopping 600,000 units since its release, and its makers took that opportunity (and why wouldn't they?) to reveal that an expansion pack containing brand new exercises will be on the way.
30 new workouts will be included, including the likes of water skiing and squash - additional core exercises are also promised.
We'll bring you more detail soon!
You could argue we knew it was coming, but today Nintendo has officially confirmed the sequel to Wii Fit - Wii Fit Plus.
Building on the success of the original, Wii Fit Plus sees you become your own personal trainer, with exercises including juggling, skateboarding, and Perfect Math - where players swing their butt to knock bags with the answers to simple arithmatic questions.
Your Mii will also get involved, allowing you to play through 3D platforming mini-games.
Wii Fit Plus will come bundled with the Wii Balance Board or as a standalone game, and is released this Fall.
Ubisoft has revealed the following new details for Academy of Champions, its upcoming Wii Balance Board-supported footy sim:
Features:
Japanese website Nikkei claims to have the first details of Wii Fit Plus, which many believe Nintendo will unveil at the upcoming E3 Expo. The following is a translation courtesy of GoNintendo:
"The new "Wii Fit Plus" game will now allow you to compare your body weight or health with friends and distant family members, thanks to an added online functionality. Additionally, a improved measurement capabilities will allow for a better health control. Special exercises destined to aged people, and aiming to lower their body charge will also be added."
Of course, we'll all find out the truth very soon!
EA Sports Active for Wii comes with a couple of nifty accessories to make its workouts as beneficial to you as possible. Check out how everything comes boxed to you in the video below:
World Championship Athletics for the Nintendo Wii supports the Wii Balance Board, CRAVE has announced today. Check out details of the game below:
"Compete against athletes from all over the world and test your mettle in 28 different summer sporting events, including swimming, cycling, diving, running and many more. Designed to support the Wii Balance Board™ this will challenge even the most conditioned athletes. Featuring career, co-op and multiplayer modes you can push for your personal best, join forces in a relay race or go for the gold against your friends."
World Championship Athletics is scheduled for release on August 4th, 2009.
So you've seen the video with upper body exercises on EA Sports Active yesterday... but how about the lower body? Well, here's another video just for you:
EA Sports Active can help tone all parts of your body - in the following video, exercises to help your upper half are on show:
The Biggest Loser will support the Wii Balance Board, Majesco has confirmed in announcing the game today.
Just like the hit NBC show, your goal is to accomplish weight loss milestones through weekly training and exercise challenges. If you succeed in obtaining your weight loss goal, you'll become the "Biggest Loser".
The Biggest Loser offers numerous interactive features which fully employ the
innovative, sensor-driven hardware that only the Wii currently offers. Use the Wii Balance Board in over 66 exercises including squats, lunges and knee lifts to name a few.
No firm release date for The Biggest Loser just yet, but we'll keep you posted!
Not snapped up your copy of EA Sports Active yet? Check out the following video demo of its cardio exercises as a taster:
