Jumpin said:

For slow readers: the TL;DR version: JUST GIVE US SWITCH FIT ALREADY, NINTENDO!

And a central tracking system (could come with Switch Fit).

This is the second app (Fitness Boxing being the first) where Nintendo has done something good, but came far from the "compelling software" mark that they could hit by simply releasing a sequel to a product they already make.

Just like boxing, I like the looks of it, but it is too limited compared to something like Switch Fit.
But why does Nintendo keep giving us these vertical slices without some sort of central tracking system?

What I really want is a predictable goal-based application full of exercise routines updated for the Switch. While the adventure mode seems like it will be fun, I can't see it having longevity (I still play Wii Fit on Wii U at least 4 or 5 times a month, and maybe weigh in on it most days) due to the lack of predictability and customizability of the routines and experience. It looks like the progress based gameplay is not global (like Wii Fit U) but limited to the adventure mode which, to be fair, looks like something I wouldn't play more than a month (although I need to see more).

One thing I REALLY like about this is the Quiet Mode. I can clearly remember 1-4am nights where I spent a few minutes playing Wii Fit and then from the kid's room "WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" -- That is a HUGE positive for me.

All in all, I like that they're finally putting more fitness applications on the Switch, but it feels like a step down from Wii Fit.

What I was REALLY hoping for with the Switch was a universal Fitness center (the central tracking system I discussed above) that collects activity using data from all of the apps and walking (since the Switch is mobile and presumably has some active processes in sleep mode). At the very least, a mobile app that allows data to be synced with the Switch. Nothing like that has come out, and it seems so obvious, especially over the last few years where fitness apps have been popular. As well, these sort of Wii Fit vertical slice apps would be much more appealing (as well as motion-based games in general). But that wouldn't mean I wouldn't want a more robust Switch Fit app as well. I'd love something to tell me how many calories I've burned, the level of light vs. heavy exercise, the number of people in games I have punched and how that translates to calorie burning, etc...

In short:

* Switch Health and Activity Center - collects data from all motion and fitness apps, including everything listed below:
* Switch Fit - customizable exercise routines updated for the Switch and more robust than the last Wii Fit U.
* Vertical Slice fitness apps - like Fitness Boxing and this Adventure Ring Experience.
* Motion games - like ARMS, Wario Ware, Wii Sports, Rock Band, Just Dance.

Wii Fit was very much a game, but a lot of the skill and progress was linked to physical improvement, as well as the connection between mind and body - particularly some of the balance games. I probably have 1000+ hours of Wii Fit stacked together over the years (I should check, I think Wii and Wii U record time spent on an app) and I'd say what I find less appealing about this game is that it looks like a smaller and less customizable package than Wii Fit. I would LOVE more game elements in exercising without losing the customizability and content variety.

It will be interesting to see to what degree Nintendo pushes this in terms of advertising; whether it gets extensive plugs on primetime TV and such.

The kind of audience they seem to be courting aren't going to be following Nintendo's Youtube channel or Twitter and won't see it there.

I think I'd go with Red Steel 2, Skyward Sword, and Wii Sports Resort as the best use of motion controls on Wii myself.

I also played a fair bit of Wii Fit back in 2009/2010 after we bought it for my Mum, and I have to say some of the minigames were actually pretty fun. people may love to hang shit on it, but Wii Fit was a quality product that deserved its success.

I also suspect this is what their fabled Quality of Life project turned into.

However, I think the kind of customers that propelled Wii Fit to 20 million will largely overlook this, as it just doesn't seem as marketable or accessible. While it may be more engaging to an established gamer, it just doesn't sell itself as a trendy lifestyle/health must-have in the way that Wii Fit did.   

It's fate will be similar to LABO I imagine; it won't be an outright failure but its sales will be relatively modest.

All that said, at least it can't be said that Nintendo don't try new and unusual things, and I appreciate that in this increasingly homogeneous and predictable industry.

Well, I expect more that parents buy it for them than that they buy it for themselves, unless we're talking about late teens (16 years+), which I counted towards adults. But I agree that Ring Fit has a rather wide market for itself.

I actually think people are underestimating how attractive that feature will be.  It's not that people necessarily care about the adventure, but I think they'll understand the value of a feature that motivates you to keep playing.  I think the product on its face will be very appealing to casual gamers, I just think the price is the main barrier since this is essentially a 380 dollar investment if you don't have a switch in the home.  

I don't think that will be the case. The people who were excited by Wii Fit 10 years ago 

1.) Probably didn't lose a whole lot of weight on it. 

2.) Are more interested in something else. Fitness fads come and go. 

Releasing a new version of 8 minute abs isn't suddenly going to make that the hot new fitness craze again because people have already been there, done that. 

Not sure if it was mentioned here already but the name of the game and ring are up on the UK website at least.

https://ringfitadventure.nintendo.com/#trailer

@ninjapirate42

If you wanna update the OP the game name is Ring Fit Adventure™

I really hope this becomes enough of a success that SNL does a parody of it with sex positions or something random. It's a skit ready to happen.

Absolutely.

Most people wouldn't "run" stepping on their room carpet, but with Wii Fit, many did as well as they do using iPhone apps for that. However Wii Fit was much more fun. There was a snow game on Wii Fit for training your abs that was absolutely brilliant. Much fun than doing abs boring drills.

I think the best strategy would've been to market it as a Fit successor, having everything fit had plus the adventure as a new thing.

They did. Wii Fit was used in hospitals to entertain patients, recommended by doctors. Obese people lost weight using that. It works. I know people that use/used and my family and I used. You sweat using that, your muscles get sore, it's the truth.

Fitness apps still exist and many do exercise at home using all sorts of things like videos, apps and such.

I disagree. For me it'd be simpler as just Switch Fit, with the same content plus the new thing.