Ubisoft details Your Shape

By Robert Purchese Published 11 June, 2009

Real-time angle measurements.

Ubisoft has released more details on Wii fitness game Your Shape, which uses - and bundles - a camera peripheral and was unveiled at E3.

First you stand in front of the camera to be scanned into the game. Your Shape then shows your actual shape and body on-screen. The benefit of being scanned is in assessing exercise form, or how strictly you stick to the guidelines. Angles are assessed in real time and feedback given.

There will be an enormous range of exercises, according to Ubisoft, ranging from familiar gym moves to mini-games, where blobs need dodging or punching. Routines and programmes can be set-up and stuck to (or not - oh look, the pub!), and there's a choice of strengthening, toning or slimming individual body parts.

The E3 video demonstration looks quite impressive. Nice, er, angles.

Ubisoft hasn't said anything about converting Your Shape to PS3 or Xbox 360, both of which have camera peripherals.

Your Shape is due out exclusively on Wii this autumn.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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Comments (5) Latest comment 3 years ago

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  • stevetuck #1 3 years ago

    So its NATAL by ubisoft?

  • Scimarad #2 3 years ago

    "Error! Please move the hippo out of the way and try again."

  • TheStatics #3 3 years ago

    Douglas Bannatyne is going to go mental when he hears about this.

  • kangarootoo #4 3 years ago

    The body shape thing seems like a bit of a gimmic really. They scan your shape, but then don't actually refer to it in any way (according to the movie anyway). They simply ask you whether you want to tone your arse or your abs, but they can do that with or without and accurate picture of either.

    One thing they don't detail is what "slim" means. Targetted fat loss is a widely acknowledged myth. Doing bench presses will reduce the fat on your bum as much as swats will (toning is something else, and that can have a visually smilling effect, but they refer to toning separately).

    If it helps people exercise then all is well, but their "unique approach" is just marketing fluff.

  • Eraysor #5 3 years ago

    I would have preferred real-time weapon change.

    TheStatics, do you mean Duncan?
    Edited by 1 at 11/06/09 @ 17:37