When Ring Fit Adventure was first announced, some of us were unconvinced. Wii Sports was great, but we fell off it hard in the end, and having all that extra equipment was a bit of a pain. But we were wrong. Ring Fit Adventure is very good — good enough to spawn competition.
Enter the Quell Hero, design studio Morrama's "future of fitness gaming" platform that, much like Ring Fit, tasks its players with jogging through a linear 3D world and fighting monsters. The twist? It's all boxercise, powered by a haptic-enabled waistband attached to resistance bands and motion-tracking controllers.
The haptics are new — the trailer promises that it will feel like you're being punched (yay?). There's even competitive and co-op modes, which Ring Fit doesn't have.
But Quell Hero is, perhaps, not the future of fitness after all, and certainly doesn't look poised to take Ring Fit's throne.
"It's already clear to me that the Quell Hero won’t topple Nintendo’s title to become the next big thing in fitness gaming," says TechRadar's Adam Vjestica, who criticises the limited range of exercises and the $219 price --which, although cheaper than a Nintendo Switch and Ring Fit Adventure, is more expensive than just Ring Fit, and doesn't, you know, have lots of other games. He even says that playing Wii Tennis with weighted wristbands feels "far more compelling to play than mindlessly boxing."
"There’s no reason to choose this over Ring Fit Adventure, [a] Quest 2, or even Wii Fit for that matter. [...] Nintendo and Meta's hardware isn't just designed solely around fitness games, either, which means the value proposition is far greater than the Quell Hero could ever hope to achieve."
- Adam Vjestica, TechRadar
Back to Ring Fit Adventure for us, then. Or maybe it's time to pick up Fitness Boxing 2...?
[source techradar.com]
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They have a great marketing campaign. That's more than enough to take advantage of people, sometimes.
It looks like bad PlayStation Move.
They lost me at the beginning when they had to put on like five different things before they could play.
Ring Fit has me slap on a leg strap and grab a big circle..
I prefer playing Para Para Paradise PS2 to have some rhythm fitness game.
https://youtu.be/VXZn6PXcHB8
Looking at the trailer it looks like a VR game
This reminds me that I need to get Ring Fit at some point. I currently don't have the space in my room to play it but once we get the scheduled moving unnecessary junk out part of the year done, I'll definitely try and pick it up. The music alone has me interested. I'm pretty sure it's the same team who did Miitopia's ost which is one of the greatest ever made soooooooo yeah.
The title "Quell Hero" reminds me of this "Hero". Who here remembers him? lol
I don’t think it looks that bad but if it’s literally just boxing that’s gonna be the biggest detractor for me.
@Chibi_Manny
Doug the Quailman LOL. 🤭
Wake me up when there's a good Ring Fit Adventure style game on Oculus Quest.
As someone who has clocked more hours in Ring Fit than any other game on my Switch, it looks neat. A bit limited to make itself a console perhaps, but I’ll keep my eye on it.
Regardless of how Quell turns out, it is kinda funny that NL would say “reviews are not good for Quell,” when they’re just sourcing one from opinion who’s never tried it at Techradar, compared to the optimistic stories for the Intellivision Amico scam that the site has churned out.
Running and punching? Could simulate a Black Friday level where you battle your way through Wal-Mart trying to reach the discounted system you should have bought instead.
@Mikmoomamimocki they seem more like occulus Controllers to me
Video games are for sitting on the couch gaining weight. Workouts and gaming are not to be in the same sentence.( yeah I know I contradicted myself with that sentence.
@Chibi_Manny Dude, I get it. I'm old LOL
Just kidding.
Our bodies are not ready.
The game itself looks really cool. I have Ring Fit, but I'm bored of the ring exercises to fight monsters. Id rather be throwing fists in real time. But Im not buying a new device for this game. I have Oculus and Switch. Port it please.
Where is Ring Fit Adventure 2 Nintendo?
Looks like a barebone version of Wii.
@Chibi_Manny Patience, Intelligence, Speed!
(I don’t know how to type out the Quail Call)
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