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Interest Level?

Getting at launch! 9 24.32%
 
Might pick it up eventually 11 29.73%
 
Leaning towards no 3 8.11%
 
Not a chance! 13 35.14%
 
Other 1 2.70%
 
Total:37
Baddman on 07 January 2020

I'm thinking about picking this up. Not because of weight as i'm fairly thin but just so I can have something to help me be more active after spending 6 out of 8 hrs a day sitting at a desk



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curl-6 on 07 January 2020

From being regarded with a great deal of skepticism on its reveal, Ring Fit seems to have gone on to become one of the more pleasant surprises of 2019. It's not for me, but it is still nice to see a creative new IP succeed.



zorg1000 on 09 January 2020
Soundwave said:
DarthMetalliCube said:

While I'll say, I don't buy that Ring Fit could magically make a guy ripped or lose a gut in a month or two, I do have to say that I think it's important to consider that a good chunk of this game isn't just cardio, but actual resistance training. This means you're constantly (or usually) working your muscles, and the time it takes for the muscle tissue to rebuild will take a day or longer which burns more calories over time - vs straight up cardio which burns calories more or less all at once.

The in-game calorie burning counter is neat, but I question how accurate that is. I was legit sweating bullets and completely sore doing squats for an hour with this game, and basically ready to collapse, and yet the calorie counter stood at like 270. I'm thinking there is absolutely no way I burned that few calories when I used to ride an exercise fan bike, and while I'd be sweating quite a bit I burned over TWICE the amount of calories after riding for an hour according to the bike monitor, and sure I felt winded but I was actually MORE exhausted playing an hour of Ring Fit with all the resistance training. I feel like the game is failing to count the calories burned from the rebuilding muscle tissue, which IS significant. Could be wrong but just my take.

Yes and no. Muscle exhaustion doesn't necessarily correlate to calorie loss, like for example it's very easy even within 5 minutes to exhaust your muscles to the point of near "collapse" (or lets say more accurately exhaustion) in any weight room by doing 80-90% of your max bench press or at the squat rack, but doing that 6-7 reps for 4-5 sets with minimal break in between, you're going to quickly hit a point where you've reached complete muscle fatigue. 

But that doesn't really mean the pizza you ate earlier in the day is now gone even though you feel dead and couldn't do another rep. 

If it worked like that, really standard cardio would be useless, you could just do 15-20 minutes of heavy lifting and push yourself to exhaustion pretty easily by super-setting, I wish that it worked like that because I hate treadmills and bikes, though I just run a basic basketball workout these days. I'll lift typically for 45-50 minutes, then 20-35 minutes of a constant motion basketball shooting drill, which for me is a lot more fun than a treadmill.  

It does work like that, it's called the afterburn effect, a short yet highly intense workout session can lead to burning extra calories for hours after the workout compared to a longer light-moderate intensity workout.



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curl-6 on 09 January 2020

I wonder if we can expect another off-beat new IP from Nintendo this year like Ring Fit last year and LABO in 2018.

Splatoon's success seems to have encouraged them to push new IPs harder.



zorg1000 on 09 January 2020
curl-6 said:

I wonder if we can expect another off-beat new IP from Nintendo this year like Ring Fit last year and LABO in 2018.

Splatoon's success seems to have encouraged them to push new IPs harder.

Speaking of Splatoon, I want a spinoff in the style of Mario+Rabbids



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curl-6 on 09 January 2020
zorg1000 said:
curl-6 said:

I wonder if we can expect another off-beat new IP from Nintendo this year like Ring Fit last year and LABO in 2018.

Splatoon's success seems to have encouraged them to push new IPs harder.

Speaking of Splatoon, I want a spinoff in the style of Mario+Rabbids

That actually sounds like something that could happen. Apparently the Splatoon twitter teased something recently with a "Happy 2020" post where the reflection of the words read "SOS". I'd be very surprised if we don't at some point get spinoffs of the franchise, it's become so big.



p0isonparadise on 09 January 2020
curl-6 said:

I wonder if we can expect another off-beat new IP from Nintendo this year like Ring Fit last year and LABO in 2018.

Splatoon's success seems to have encouraged them to push new IPs harder.

I'm expecting a new sports IP in the vein of Wii Sports releasing this year. 



Slownenberg on 09 January 2020

I was skeptical of Ring Fit, but I just played it today at a friend's house and it is absolutely a solid workout. I was exhausted after playing. I think I might get the game! Sure it isn't gonna replace my normal lifting workout at the gym, but it is totally a great cardio and light/bodyweight strength workout and a lot more fun than simply working out for the sake of working out. For those who seriously workout its a nice fun but still very tiring workout to complement serious training. And for those who don't workout normally it could be a great way to be more healthy.

Overall very impressed by Nintendo's ability to turn a plastic ring into a great and fun workout. Now I get why this thing seems to be becoming a sleeper hit. I really hope they make several more games that use the ring.



Slownenberg on 09 January 2020
zorg1000 said:
curl-6 said:

I wonder if we can expect another off-beat new IP from Nintendo this year like Ring Fit last year and LABO in 2018.

Splatoon's success seems to have encouraged them to push new IPs harder.

Speaking of Splatoon, I want a spinoff in the style of Mario+Rabbids

Oh god, Mario+Rabbids was so good. Biggest surprise of the Switch for me. I would love another Nintendo collaboration strategy game like that on the Switch.



Bofferbrauer2 on 13 January 2020
zorg1000 said:
curl-6 said:

I wonder if we can expect another off-beat new IP from Nintendo this year like Ring Fit last year and LABO in 2018.

Splatoon's success seems to have encouraged them to push new IPs harder.

Speaking of Splatoon, I want a spinoff in the style of Mario+Rabbids

So instead of ink, they shoot plumbing rubbers on Raving Rabbits? And while the inklings hide in their paint, the rabbits simply burrow down and dig Bugs bunny style? Would be a nice mashup imo.

Also would be a nice development gag, as originally the devs of Splatoon thought about using rabbits, with their ears giving away their positions...



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