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SAN DIEGO — Game publisher Majesco Entertainment has announced a partnership with celebrity fitness trainer Jillian Michaels for an exercise-themed video game for the Nintendo Wii.

“Jillian Michaels’ Fitness Ultimatum 2009,” slated for a holiday release, leverages the motion-based Wii system and Balance Board accessory to create a title that combines solid game play with a fitness regimen, advice and exercise techniques provided by Michaels, the strength trainer and life coach on NBC’s “The Biggest Loser.”

“I truly think this type of product will be instrumental in revolutionizing the fitness industry and will help combat the childhood obesity epidemic in this country,” Michaels said.

Thanks to the popularity of the Nintendo Wii and its emphasis on physically active game play — and last month’s successful release of the “Wii Fit” game and Balance Board accessory — exer-gaming is quickly emerging as a hot category.

Interactive Game Group brokered the deal for “Fitness Ultimatum 2009.”

Majesco CEO Jesse Sutton said the title is aimed squarely at the growing casual gaming audience, especially women. He said exer-gaming should create a growing opportunity for fitness celebrities, especially those who already have make their mark on TV and DVD.

“Exercise and entertainment have gone hand in hand over the past 20 years,” he said. “So we think bringing that to games is the next big step.”

 

OK, I GIVE UP! I give up on these birdmens do they think its the fitness thing why Wii Fit was a major seller? Wii Fit was a videogame sooner or later just like Wii Sports

if the game takes almost Everything in wiifit-yoga, strength, aerobics, include weight tracking goals and the ability to add activities like wiifit, includes some new activities for the above 3 categories enhances some of them to be better, and allows you to set a program to go from exercise to exercise -without having to press a button, ie you program in "len's circuit" and have it go thru all the things I want to do--you finish one, does the congrats thing gives a "score" then moves to the next one , all within ~30-45 seconds

i'll buy it.

^^^

I think you shouldnt buy it, its just a rip off of Wii fit to make a quicky cash ins just like 3rd parties wants to emulate the success of Wii Sports.

Oh, god! Wii Fit is getting Wii Sports syndrome!

Im looking forward to Karma Sutra for the Wii balance board.

I detect an onslaught of fitness games coming.

This month we have a DS game from Ubi called "My Fitness Coach", as well as Ubi's DS Yoga title.

Last week EA announced they were working on a "western" fitness game as WiiFit is based on "Eastern" or "Japanese" styled fitness.

Now this.

If these are good, I'm OK with that. And I agree with the above post post that there needs to be a circuit mode.

One of these could actually be pretty good. I have hope for the EA one because they DO really seem to be trying on the Wii. Not sure about Majesco though.

I will probably get it the better of the releases for my wife is enjoying WiiFit, but she thinks it takes too long as there is no way to make a daily or weekly routine.

Let's just hope Richard Simmons doesn't make "sWIIting to the oldies".

And I'm sure that fitness game that came out for the XBox/PS2 in 2006 (can't remember the name) will get a new life, either on PS2/3, or move over to Wii as well. I remember it getting very good reviews, I bet that company is the next to announce. Anyone remember what it was called?

Thoughts?

The Ps2/XBox game is "Yourself Fitness". Also on PC.

XBox
http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/xbx/yourselffitness?q=yourself fitness
http://www.amazon.com/Casual-Living-8931300000-Yourself-Fitness/dp/B00061NL7W/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1213282521&sr=1-2

PS2
http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/ps2/yourselffitness?q=yourself fitness
http://www.amazon.com/RESPONDESIGN-30002-Yourself-Fitness/dp/B0007PNEGA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1213282521&sr=1-1

This might work in a year or two, but not now. People who have bought Wii Fit for a lot of cash won't rush out and buy another fitness title.

@ stranne: i think you might be wrong on that one.