Ubisoft sued by Yourself!Fitness dev for at least $26 million

My head asploded.

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no they are sue happy in general...

I do! I've been using Yourself!Fitness for a while now, and it's got a good mix of progressive exercise routines, and RPG-like unlockables and upgrades as you achieve certain goals. You tell it what equipment you have (if any, all I have is hand weights) and it develops exercises around those. It's got a bunch of differently-focused routines, and recommends new ones based on what you've done recently or you can choose one if you, for example, don't feel like working the upper body today.

There's a monthly fitness test that keeps track of your progress, and you put in your weight each day which helps you keep on track if you're trying to lose weight (like me) although it doesn't have a built-in scale like WiiFit does.

It's got interesting environments (with new ones unlockable as you keep a regular schedule) and the trainer, Maya, is fit without being "sexy" so it's not distracting -- that's harder than it seems. The only thing that I don't like is that I can't cut out certain exercises completely, and some of the fitness tests have artificial limits (i.e. 50 situps is the max it will record) so once you reach the limit you can't keep track of further improvements.

As the demand for Wii Fit illustrates, there is definitely a need and a market for fitness games.