During the month of July, Nintendo's latest financial results made reference to Imagineer's upcoming title, Fitness Boxing. Prior to this, the original announcement revealed the Switch game would follow on from the Shape Boxing series on the Wii, and would reportedly use the Joy-Con to simulate intensive boxing exercises. We also found out the title would be published by Nintendo in every region outside of Japan.
Now, a rating for Fitness Boxing on the Australian Classification Board has appeared. Despite being rated "G" - which is suitable for everyone, there'll be very mild violence and nudity. Overlooking this, it's a sign Fitness Boxing might not be far off a local release. It also roughly aligns with the game being released in Europe and North America this winter.
Would you like to throw some punches on Switch? Do you think this could be an adequate replacement for older exercise games? Tell us in the comments.
[source classification.gov.au]
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If this is a updated Gold's Gym: Cardio Workout, then count me in!
I want to see the screenshots of gameplay concept, so i can judge Fit Boxing will be like Gold's Gym Cardio Workout Wii.
Oh, wanna see more character / trainer customization.
On Wii version, i can have Shirtless Alex as trainer / shirtless boxer as my character.
Edit : Nudity = Very Mild aspect. Hello Shirtless boys as Boxer / trainer
^^ Shirtless boys in cartoon violence = Good
Shirted boys in non-cartoon violence = Bad
🤔 😄
@RickD
I think they get it classed as Multi platform so they don't have to resubmit it if they go to release it on another platform in the future (like as a VC game)
The hyyyyyyyyyyype!!!!!
We've seen basically nothing of what it looks or plays like, my hopes aren't high, but I will say that on my PC VR setup the boxing games are some of the most intense workouts I've ever had.
Nudity?
@mist
Duh...
Shirtless male boxers are very common.
We got Shirtless + Speedo swimsuit for males on Go Vacation and still rated ESRB Everyone.
@mist lol super Mario nipplegate controversy in that Odyssey lol
@shaneoh @RickD : "Multi platform" means nothing in Australian Classification Board Land. Even explicitly titled games such as Farm Simulator For Nintendo Switch are listed as "multi platform".
@mist : For a title like this, I imagine that any nudity will be limited to stylised images of the human form, which would be appropriate given the nature of the game. The ACB is quite inconsistent when it comes to rating nudity though. At times they can be stupidly strict and in other circumstances, they can be surprisingly lenient.
For example, "very mild" (that is, G rated) nudity can include bare buttocks, stylised nudity (e.g. Sailor Moon), strategically concealed animated nudity (many episodes of The Simpsons), breastfeeding, and other depictions of breast nudity that are devoid of sexual context (such as depictions of tribespeople), or nudity with educational and/or medical purpose.
It will never take off. A fitness boxing game would require violence and gore. Nobody play to get fit, only for action and the RPG elements.
The G rating allows for "very mild" content, so you can still have depictions of sex, drugs, violence, nudity, themes and coarse language, but they must (obviously) be restrained. For example, a passing reference to "lovemaking" or an illicit drug isn't sufficient to push something into PG territory.
Likewise, PG contains mild, M contains moderate, MA15+ contains strong, and R18+ contans high impact content. The classification breakdown represents where each of the classifiable elements fall on the classification spectrum. The consumer advice usually only contains the strongest impact content in the work. There are exceptions with the G rating, which often does not contan any consumer advice whatsoever if the board do not deem it to be of community concern.
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