Wii Zumba Fitness

Wii Zumba Fitness

Zumba is dance, Zumba is exercise, Zumba is fun and Zumba is craze that is sweeping the fitness world. A combination of latin rhythms coupled with a samba style exercise routine Zumba is definitely the latest craze in the "get fit" market. And it's easy to see why because it's such fun. you'll find that you get totally wrapped up in the music  and consequently you forget you're doing pretty tough exercise!

So, Zumba get's you fit while you enjoy dancing energetically to those seductive latin rhythms!

But...Now you can do Zumba on your Wii, with Wii Zumba Fitness...great fun and fitness all the comfort and convenience of your very own home! What more could you want?

Wii Zumba Fitness (from Majesco Entertainment) is released to the world on 18th NOvember 2010, good holiday season timing! So, as the global phenomenen of Zumba continues to gather pace, the games world as pretty quick to catch up, as I say, in plenty of time for the holiday season (obviously)! However, if you look at the huge success Zumba has generated around the world (currently 6 million particpants across the globe and new classes every day), it's not surprising that Majesco have "gone for it" and developed Wii Zumba Fitness. I guess it was a no-brainer given the huge success other dance games such as Just Dance 2 and Michael Jackson The Experience and I can only see Wii Zumba Fitness following suit and being a huge success.

And there's no doubt it's a great game...fun and fitness at the same time, I predict it's going to be a BIG winner! So a quick overview of Wii Zumba Fitness. Yes it's a dancing program but a dancing program with a diffrence. All of the featured music is of Latin origin, so music like samba, lambada, salsa, cha cha etc. However the "twist" is that Zumba mixes these traditional latin moves with some moves from street dance. Mix this all together add a pulsating rhythm and you have a hypnotic mix - you just have to move to the beat!

So, why do I think this is going to be such a massive hit? Well, I don't think that generally people really like to
exercise, yes they do it, but it's hard work when all is said and done! But Wii Zumba Fitness makes it brilliant fun!

All that dancing is definitely hard work, you get a really good sweat on and the heart is pumping, but for some reason you just don't exprience the pain of solitary exercise. I'm sure you've been on the treadmill or the bike, rower and eally pushed yourslef hard - it hurts! But with Wii Zumba Fitness the pain just melts away! Probably because the music and movement produce an incredible natural high that seems to take away the pain of the exercise "burn". So, it's enjoyable to exercise and burn that fat at the same time!

I have no doubt this is why Zumba is so hugely popular and growing by the day. And now you can enjoy the same exprience in your living room with Wii Zumba Fitness.

So, what about the game? The on-screen dancer shows you all the Zumba moves and teaches you as you go along. All you do is follow her and once you have got your initial moves right more moves are introduced. These gradually get tougher and more technical until you have all the moves needed to complete a routine.

Your moves are "monitotred" by the Wii Sensor and are highlighted by a color coding on the screen mistakes are highlighted  by a red or orange light.

What I really liked about Wii Zumba Fitmess is that some of the routines included are unique to the game. For me that suggests that the makers have taken a lot of trouble to build this game! It would have been very easy to stick to the moves used in most classes, but I really like what they've done with this. It makes it unique and different.

Wii Zumba Fitness also includes the now traditional multi player mode and it's great fun to learn and progress, and get fit, with your partner. You can, of course, make it competitive if you wish, but hey we're talking fitness fun here not a fight!

Scheduled for release on November 18th. Get Wii Zumba Fitness and have FUN burning off all that holiday excess!