Gold's Gym: Cardio Workout#Sequels and successor
{{Short description|2008 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
|title = Gold's Gym: Cardio Workout
|image = Gold's Gym - Cardio Workout Coverart.png
|caption = North American cover art
|developer = {{interlanguage link|Rocket Company|ja|ロケットカンパニー}} (Subsidiary of Imagineer)
|publisher = Ubisoft
{{vgrelease|JP|Rocket Company}}
|designer =
|series = Gold's Gym
{{small|JP}} Shape Boxing
{{small|EU}} My Coach
|engine =
|released = {{vgrelease|JP|October 30, 2008|NA|March 31, 2009{{cite web|url=http://www.ubi.com/US/Games/Info.aspx?pId=7591 |title=Gold's Gym Cardio Workout |publisher=Ubisoft |accessdate=9 November 2009}}|EU|July 17, 2009{{cite web|url=http://ubisoftcoach.uk.ubi.com/games/my-fitness-coach/392 |title=My Fitness Coach: Cardio Workout |publisher=Ubisoft|accessdate=9 November 2009 }}|AUS|August 27, 2009}}
|genre = Simulation
|modes = Single-player
|platforms = Wii
}}
Gold's Gym: Cardio Workout is an exercise video game for Nintendo's Wii video game console, developed by Japanese video game developer Rocket Company and released in the late 2000s worldwide.
Overview
Cardio Workout is based on the "shape boxing" fitness regimen used at Kyoei Boxing Gym{{cite web |url=http://www.siliconera.com/2008/09/05/get-in-shape-with-shape-boxing-wii-de-enjoy-diet/ |title=Get in shape with Shape Boxing Wii de Enjoy Diet |first=Spencer |last=Yip |work=Siliconera |date=5 September 2008 |accessdate=10 November 2009 }} which includes shadowboxing, press-ups, and sit-ups. It also features a diet management feature.
Development and release
Originally announced in mid-2007 as Wii Exercise with a release target of later that year,{{cite web |url=http://www.siliconera.com/2007/08/02/wait-a-second%e2%80%a6-wii-exercise/ |title=Wait a second... Wii Exercise? |first=Spencer |last=Yip |work=Siliconera |date=2 August 2007 |accessdate=4 August 2007}} in May 2008, the game was stated to still be in an early stage of development. Though not originally intended to feature support for the Wii Balance Board, the feature was announced later.{{cite web |url=http://www.balanceboardblog.com/2008/09/wii-boxing-shape-of-diet-enjoy-balance.html |title=Shape Boxing: Wii de Enjoy! Diet Balance Board use confirmed |first=Andrew |last=Macarthy |work=Balance Board Blog |date=4 September 2008 |accessdate=9 November 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090319092312/http://www.balanceboardblog.com/2008/09/wii-boxing-shape-of-diet-enjoy-balance.html |archivedate=19 March 2009 }} Shape Boxing was released in Japan on October 30, 2008 under the title Shape Boxing: Wii de Enjoy! Diet (シェイプボクシング Wiiでエンジョイダイエット！). The game was licensed by Ubisoft for other regional markets, and released in Europe as part of the publisher's My Coach series as My Fitness Coach: Cardio Workout,{{cite web |url=http://www.mcvuk.com/retail-biz/previews/452/My-Fitness-Coach-Cardio-Workout |title=My Fitness Coach: Cardio Workout exclusive preview |first=James |last=Batchelor |work=MCV |publisher=Intent Media |date=2 July 2009 |accessdate=9 November 2009}} and released in North America and Australia as Gold's Gym: Cardio Workout, in partnership with the Gold's Gym fitness center chain.{{cite web |url=http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=22467 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090301131907/http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=22467 |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 1, 2009 |title=Ubisoft Partners With Gold's Gym For Cardio Workout |first=Eric |last=Caoili |work=Gamasutra |publisher=Think Services |date=25 February 2009 |accessdate=9 November 2009}}
Sequels and successor
Rocket Company released two sequels to the japanese game, Shape Boxing 2: Wii de Enjoy! Diet (シェイプボクシング2 Wiiでエンジョイダイエット！) in 2010 and Billy's Bootcamp: Wii de Enjoy! Diet (ビリーズブートキャンプ Wiiでエンジョイダイエット！) in 2011 in Japan,[https://www.4gamer.net/games/423/G042357/20190313041/ 「Fit Boxing」プレイヤー必見！ “中の人”に聞く，開発秘話と正しい運動法。プロによるレクチャー動画もあり] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230902190649/https://www.4gamer.net/games/423/G042357/20190313041/ |date=2023-09-02 }} {{in lang|ja}}, 4Gamer.net, March 16, 2019 neither of which were localized.
Another Gold's Gym tie-in game was also released in 2010, developed by japanese studio LandHo!,{{Cite web |last=Ltd |first=株式会社ランド・ホー {{!}} LAND HO! Co |title=制作実績 {{!}} 株式会社ランド・ホー {{!}} LAND HO! Co., Ltd. |url=https://www.landho.co.jp/works/index_5.php |access-date=2024-08-17 |website=制作実績 {{!}} 株式会社ランド・ホー {{!}} LAND HO! Co., Ltd. |language=ja |archive-date=2024-08-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240817203205/https://www.landho.co.jp/works/index_5.php |url-status=live }} and published by Ubisoft{{Cite web |author=I. G. N. Staff |date=2010-06-02 |title=Ubisoft Announces Gold's Gym Dance Workout |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2010/06/02/ubisoft-announces-golds-gym-dance-workout |access-date=2024-08-17 |website=IGN |language=en |archive-date=2024-08-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240817203204/https://www.ign.com/articles/2010/06/02/ubisoft-announces-golds-gym-dance-workout |url-status=live }} released in North America as Gold's Gym: Dance Workout and My Fitness Coach: Dance Workout in PAL regions.
In 2016, Rocket Company was merged into its parent company, Imagineer. Imagineer developed and released a spiritual successor, Fitness Boxing, for the Nintendo Switch in 2018.
References
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External links
- [http://goldsgymgame.us.ubi.com/ Gold's Gym Cardio Workout]
- [http://www.rocketcompany.co.jp/shape/ Shape Boxing: Wii de Enjoy! Diet]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091114175246/http://www.rocketcompany.co.jp/shape/ |date=2009-11-14 }} {{in lang|ja}}.
{{My Coach series}}
Category:Single-player video games
Category:Video games developed in Japan
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