EA reveals new fitness game with Wii Fit board support
By Andrew Webster | Published: May 08, 2008 - 09:20AM CT
Just a day after unveiling EA Sports Freestyle, EA Sports president Peter Moore has revealed one of the two unannounced games planned for the label. Though still unnamed, the new title will be a fitness game that will make use of the Wii Fit balance board.
But Moore promises the game will deliver a different experience than Nintendo's Wii Fit. "I need to have a point of difference," Moore said. "We also need to make sure we're delivering something that's truly exercise. I'll call [Wii Fit] more eastern fitness, where it senses weight and balance, like Tai-Chi. It's more about holistic fitness. I don't think the board is going to take a pounding. We need to look more at western fitness in which I can actually be moving and start to sweat a little bit, and that's what we're working on right now."
While very few specifics have been revealed, Moore did say that one of the key aspects to the game will be an emphasis on fun. "It can't feel like a workout," he explained. "The team has to figure out, how do I smile while I'm doing this?... We need to distract people and not make this exercise feel like work, but like they're having fun. So mini-games, things where you're actually laughing out loud, that's the stuff we're working on."
It looks like the balance board peripheral is going to see some significant third-party support. But, since every owner of a balance board is also an owner of Wii Fit, EA's excercise simulator will have to be significantly different in order to overcome that.
Source: ars technicaLabels: Nintendo, Wii, Wii Fit |
