Wii Fit+ who? November 17th, EA shoots back.

EA Active: More Workouts

--Features Video--

New features:

• Over 35 new exercises
• New cool down/warm up exercises to promote flexibility during and after workouts.
• New 6 week challenge mode.
• More emphasis on core strength exercises.
• Expansive workout customization returns.

Warm Up and Cool Down

Warm Up and Cool Down Stations- 4 new exercises designed to warm up your body before a workout routine and 4 cool down exercises designed to stretch the muscles after a workout and help maintain flexibility.

Abdominal Workouts

4 new workouts that target the mid-section and will help you tone your abdominals. All detectable by placing the nunchuck on the leg strap.

6 Week Challenge

A total body, structured fitness plan that accommodates both experienced 30 Day Challengers and new users of EA SPORTS Active. It works out all major body parts, adapts to your level of fitness and lets you track your progress week by week. With the weekly check-in you can track your weight, calories and workouts and compare your progress to previous weeks.

Compatibility

Compatibility with EA SPORTS Active Personal Trainer- Get rewarded for your progress with EA SPORTS Active Personal Trainer, More Workouts will transfer your details like age, weight, name and gender. It will also recognize your workout information from the previous 4 weeks with EA SPORTS Active Personal Trainer, so you get to keep your trophies and completed goals.

Nutrition Book

Includes a Special Edition Bob Greene Nutrition Best Life Book that features tips on creating a balanced life**** recipes from the Best Life Diet Cookbook, and a daily journal.

I had no idea this game was even announced.. Glad EA is providing a more hardcore alternative to the once again 'too easy' Wii Fit line.

Is this what we've resorted to? Wars between Fitness games?

Is this what we've resorted to? Wars between Fitness games?

FlawlessSeasons

Nah, that war is a specific battle. The upcoming war is about motion controls.

Is this what we've resorted to? Wars between Fitness games?

FlawlessSeasons

Why not? I rather enjoy fitness games, and I'm glad EA is there providing a good trainer for the active and the athletes, rather than the rotund soccer moms.

Is this what we've resorted to? Wars between Fitness games?

FlawlessSeasons

I'm not going to lie; this made me chuckle. No offense, TaMuK. :P

However, if we ARE going to compare the two games, I think the following infomation will be a major factor:

Wii Fit Plus: $19.95

EA Active: More Workouts: $39.95

Maybe it will be one of those "you get what you pay for" things, but if EA wants to make this game as successful as its predecessor, it's going to have to work HARD to enforce that. Otherwise, this outing won't have much of a chance, now that it finds itself up against one the sequel to one of the best selling games this gen that is getting great reviews AND has a discounted price tag.

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Is this what we've resorted to? Wars between Fitness games?

Madmangamer364

I'm not going to lie; this made me chuckle. No offense, TaMuK. :P

However, if we ARE going to compare the two games, I think the following infomation will be a major factor:

Wii Fit Plus: $19.95

EA Active: More Workouts: $39.95

Maybe it will be one of those "you get what you pay for" things, but if EA wants to make this game as successful as its predecessor, it's going to have to work HARD to enforce that. Otherwise, this outing won't have much of a chance, now that it finds itself up against one the sequel to one of the best selling games this gen that is getting great reviews AND has a discounted price tag.

The difference is.. if you didnt own the first Wii Fit.. your paying 99 dollars for the game and the board.. if you did buy the game before.. you already payed a bunch of money for the game and the board, now your shelling out again.

EA Active is less expensive overall to own.

The difference is.. if you didnt own the first Wii Fit.. your paying 99 dollars for the game and the board.. if you did buy the game before.. you already payed a bunch of money for the game and the board, now your shelling out again.

EA Active is less expensive overall to own.

TaMuK711

That's one way of looking at it. Here's another:

Yes, the Wii Fit games cost more money out of the gate, but they do include the balance board, which is used with both series. While it's not needed for the EA's Active installments, it does make use of the accessory in order to get the entire experience, does it not? Either way you look at it, Wii Fit has proven to be the entry point to this whole fitness thing, so its sequel will likely get the first nod from consumers. Also, unless I'm greatly mistaken, it also looks like the first EA Active is almost a necessity in order to get into More Workouts, so both games will appear to require a pretty big investment in order to get the best experience of the games. For the millions of Wii Fit owners out there, they will probably want to stick with the 'routine' that is working and go to WF+, rather than use More Workouts to get an enchanced workout game.

I'm actually a little 'curious' about EA's approach to Active's sequel, to be honest. One can say that the success of the original EA Active was because it was a compliment to Wii Fit, and while it may also serve as a 'more serious' alternate, it definitely has to credit its success to the fact that Wii Fit was able to put this concept of fitness games on the map. Deciding to release the game close to Wii Fit Plus and, in a sense, compete with the game is not one of the best moves the company could have made at the moment. It's committing the cardinal sin of competiting with a Nintendo game on a Nintendo system, and that rarely bodes well for ANY game. Not to mention the fact that since the first Active was just released earlier this year, EA might be pushing this game out a bit too soon.

I'm not saying that the sequel to EA Active can't be better than the sequel to Wii Fit Plus, but once you factor in all of the above with the price tag difference, it's going to have to pull some rabbits out of the hat to prove that it's the choice to go with, despite being $20 more. I haven't played either series, and it doesn't look like I will be in the near future, sadly, but speaking from the perspective of comparing the two games from the outside, the arguement that Wii Fit Plus is the better way to go isn't hard to make.