Get juiced for Ubisoft's 'Gold's Gym: Cardio Workout' on the Wii
by JC Fletcher 
{ Feb 26th 2009 at 12:01AM } 
YES! CARDIO BOXING ON THE WII! FROM UBISOFT AND GOLD'S GYM, YEAAAHHHH! AWESOME! Sorry, we were just doing our best to get your heart rate up. Consider it a free cardio workout from Joystiq, because Joystiq Cares™ about your health!Ubisoft announced a partnership with Gold's Gym to market the new Wii exercise game Gold's Gym: Cardio Workout, due out March 31. The Balance Board-compatible game includes "cardio boxing, running, sit-ups and other activities" as well as calorie and weight tracking. The new game will include a coupon for one week at Gold's Gym, and in turn, Gold's locations will feature advertising for the game.
Wii nerds (like us) may remember developer Rocket Company's Japanese release Shape Boxing Wii de Enjoy Diet, which featured cardio boxing-based exercises and a few wacky minigames. Screenshots of Cardio Boxing (via Amazon) reveal it to be a localized version of that game. We have yet to determine whether the bear-punching minigame is still present. We can only hope.
Gallery: Gold's Gym: Cardio Workout (Wii)
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
CitizenSnips @ Feb 26th 2009 12:14AM
yay more crap to shove at people who bought wii fit but want more stuff to do with the board.
Dr Scientist @ Feb 26th 2009 12:18AM
Do you mean 'and want more stuff to do with the board.'
CitizenSnips @ Feb 26th 2009 12:22AM
yes sir. my bad.
Discotheque @ Feb 26th 2009 1:06AM
There's nothing wrong with being active.....if it means crap like this encourages it (which I doubt) then I'm definitely not against it.
ramuji @ Feb 26th 2009 12:21AM
Bought it, use it. Nice workout.
SoshiKitai @ Feb 26th 2009 3:04AM
Accurate on sensitivity and controls?
ramuji @ Feb 26th 2009 3:18AM
Mostly yes. However, three moves give me trouble: the game has trouble detecting left and right "hooks" unless I do them almost perfectly, getting the timing correct for "ducking" is a bit difficult, and "weaving" is really hard. Still, I'm doing all the moves even if the game isn't accurately counting all of my "punches", so I'm still getting the workout regardless.
SoshiKitai @ Feb 26th 2009 12:24PM
Ah, ok.
I might purchase it in the future.
Don't mind if it gets a few things wrong, just want to make sure it's worth my money. It is a game afterall, so I want to make sure my "virtual coach" can read me correctly, y'know, interactivity and all that.
Afterall, if I just wanted to do the movements, I woulda' just gotten a workout dvd.
Bo0fa @ Feb 26th 2009 12:44AM
Well since it's published by Ubisoft can we go ahead and label this Ludwig's 2009 GOTY?
BPMOmega [gamertag] @ Feb 26th 2009 1:42AM
No bear punching, no sale.
How else can I be as good as Bear Slayer Willie?
Ander Peevy @ Feb 26th 2009 3:14AM
stacy keibler?
Deone @ Feb 26th 2009 3:14AM
Article says 1 week membership, box art says one day. Which is it J?
kevinski @ Feb 26th 2009 6:32AM
Actually, it says 7-day.
Deone @ Feb 26th 2009 12:35PM
Aaaah. Stupid iPhone. (Just kidding, don't have one, use that excuse when I'm full of typos- i.e. drunk- figured I could use it for having a tiny low res laptop too.)
Jedi_Liz @ Feb 26th 2009 12:20PM
hmmm, I might be interested in getting this......
juangrande386 @ Feb 26th 2009 3:06PM
wow another me too wii fit rippoff and theres people actually here supporting it
WhatIsThatThing @ Feb 26th 2009 5:23PM
Does the coupon come with steroids included?
yu_jun @ Mar 29th 2009 7:25PM
Yes, it's accurate on sensitivity and controls;
But keep in mind, this is no game at all.
My 15 year old son gave it up after 1 month;
but I've been playing this for 3 months, feeling pretty well.