2020 brought a home fitness boom that helped Ring Fit Adventure go from being a relatively interesting and high quality Switch title to an in-demand hot-selling item. There have been various other fitness games stepping up too, and later this Summer we'll see Bandai Namco jump into the fray.
The company has confirmed that Family Trainer is heading to the Western markets on 3rd September. This was released last December in Japan as Family Trainer for Switch, with that name acknowledging the fact that the series has been around since back in the Wii days. It's a compilation of 15 mini-games with different modes for tackling them either as a solo workout or for some multiplayer shenanigans.
The links below from our post on the Japanese release take you to videos for each of the games (some of the names may change in localisation, of course).
- Canoe Downstream
- Hop-Hop-Step
- Hurdle Run
- Jump Rope
- Log Dodge
- Log Jump
- Mole Panic
- Pipe Slider
- Rail Car Adventure
- Running
- Seesaw Fight
- Speed Roller
- Stone Pillar Conveyer
- Trick Boarder
- Waterfall Climb
- Water Trampoline
Log Dodge sure looks intense...
There'll be two purchase options in store, one with just the game and another that includes two leg-straps. It actually looks like the same leg-strap that you get with Ring Fit Adventure (it could be the very same, as Bandai Namco and Nintendo are close partners in various projects), so if you do have Nintendo's title already and plan to play solo you could potentially save money and just get the software.
Are you planning to pick this up in September?
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Yes! I’ve been waiting for this!
I remember playing this on the wii and I remember it being pretty fun not sure about it’s quality now though
Family Trainer?
"Johnny! Put that down! How many times have I told you?!? And Mabel! It is not okay to paint pictures on the walls like that using peanut butter!"
Mother of God... So Famicom Detective Club remakes, a new Getsu Fuuma Den and a new Family Trainer over a couple months? "Blast from the past" no longer does this year justice. :3
Used to have this on the Wii with a plug in "dance mat" style control mechanism. Yes, it was a mat that you had to lay out on a hard floor. Good times though flawed as the mat got bunched up occassionally and responded about only 90% of the time, lol. They also did a sequel on the Wii I think.
Not sure if it'd be too shallow for a mere button control or even gesture control mechanism.
Will probably still get this for nostalgia and curiosity purposes though. Ha.
Cool! Saves me an import. Will get after launch in the west.
Looks super dull. I ballpark it at $20?
Awesome, I already got the leg strap so it will be a little cheaper. I love motion games like this.
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