Nintendo's New Fit Game (Ring Fit Adventure™)

[DarthMetalliCube]

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.