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Wii News by Ellie Gibson
Bigben Interactive has unveiled Cyberbike, "The very first videogame that comes with an exercise bike."
It's in development for the Wii, astonishingly. The game involves riding "some of the most improbable vehicles ever imagined" around 18 circuits, on land, sea and air.
As you go you'll clean up sources of pollution or something and unlock new accessories. There are three game modes - Fitness, Story and Multiplayer ("Up to four players taking turns.")
Bigben describes the bundled exercise bike as "a genuine innovation". It comes complete with an adjustable saddle and handlebars so the whole family can have a go. What's more, it's compatible with other games too - like Mario Kart, for example. Check out our gallery to see the bike in action.
Or how about My Body Coach? This Wii title will provide you with a personal programme tailored to your age, sex, weight and physical condition. "Famous trainer to Hollywood stars" Valérie Orsoni will track your progress and offer advice. She'll even tell you what to eat.
My Body Coach comes bundled with two 500g dumbbell peripherals which your Wii remotes slot into. Then you can have a go at some muscle strengthening or cardio training, with your every movement tracked by your virtual coach.
Cyberbike will be released in January, while My Body Coach is out on 20th November.
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SeesThroughAll
13/10/09 @ 08:28
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I'm shocked.
If people are that much into exercise, why not buy a REAL exercise bike? I heard those things are able to measure the speed at which you pedal without a Wii! |
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cianchristopher
13/10/09 @ 08:39
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The Wii is without doubt "the gamer's console of choice"........
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Waffleaber
13/10/09 @ 08:48
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Actually this isn't a bad idea, I know the tetris game installed on the bikes at my gym keeps me on them longer.
Unfortunately I can see the bike either being too expensive, poorly built or both. Also: Zomoniac; £50? That must have been an end of catalogue item surely? Even a basic well built one will set back at least £100. |
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seasidebaz
13/10/09 @ 08:49
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@spekkeh:
Have you ever seen an old person trying to lift weights? 500gram is their limit. Target audience and all that, innit. |
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It would be a nice idea if they offered different bundles of these games with different stuff. Like EA Active is great, but really any halfway fit person needs to buy a stronger band to get anything out of it. 500g is just silly, but if they're going for the kids and grannies and fat housewives market then it makes sense. They should be making it available with 1, 5, 10 or 15kg weights.
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The screen-shot reminds me of a game i played in the arcade about 10 years ago, although i can't remember the name of it. You sit on a bike kinda thing but in the game you are flying in the sky, but when you dive down to the ground there are these huge fans underneath the arcade cabinet that blow air on to you as if you were really falling! Happy Days!
Does anyone remember this game, or what it was called? |
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the "bike" looks terrible and my bet is that it will break pretty soon unless only small kids and incredibly thin women will be riding it.
Not to mention that there are few training bikes with computer interface allowing you to peddal in realistic environments with automtic gear changes to reflect uphill or downhill passages of the computer environment.It may not be a game per se but seems much more relevant than this fugly piece of manure |
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The Bodybuilder
13/10/09 @ 09:22
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If you want this, why don't go buy yourself a REAL bike and ride in your park and visit new locations, and ride up hills?
And 500g dumbells? Kids lift heavier cereal boxes than that. |
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Chazmeister
13/10/09 @ 09:23
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Why just restrict the bike to the Wii, since it doesn't seem to use the remote, surely it would also be viable on the PS3 and 360?
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Camorrista
13/10/09 @ 09:45
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Oh, and I can't wait for Ellie's video review of this :D
I don't know... http://images.eurogamer.net/assets/artic... :P
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Ooo look, an 'officiel' trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kjaWoSqyVc |
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chimneyleaf
13/10/09 @ 10:31
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I seem to remember an online offline in Edge a long time ago where the future of Nintendo was being discussed. One poster said that computer games will be a footnote of Nintendo's history and they'd be making exercise bikes. What a man.
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altitude2k
13/10/09 @ 10:35
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I dismissed this as a waste of money and time and effort when I first read this. But the principle of the idea is actually very good. Exercise bikes are as boring as hell - same as treadmills. You get no new scenery and the only form of achievement comes through a couple of digits on the screen. Some kind of visual feedback for the effort you are putting in would make the world of difference - for me it would, anyway.
Having said that, I'm very unconvinced about the quality of the bike etc. I would be much happier if this was something you could plug into an existing bike. |
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I f*&king told you guys that the Wii was effectively being bought by fat ladies who think it's some miracle weight loss machine and that it's not really consiered as a games machine by those buying it!
I think this proves my point. I only hope Natal and the wand don't go the same way, otherwise EA and Activision will start making exercise games for the masses and gaming is effectively going to go the way of the dino! It will become more cost effective to create the next Bike Me Fit than the next Modern warfare....*weeps* |
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@altitude2k
Perhaps, but I find that being aware of doing exercise makes me much more inclined to struggle and give in. Since you have have it in front of a TV anyway wouldn't just sticking a bike in front of a 30 minute or hour long TV programme help to distract from the pain and therefore lessen the chance of giving up? That's what I do anyway. |
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"The screen-shot reminds me of a game i played in the arcade about 10 years ago, although i can't remember the name of it. You sit on a bike kinda thing but in the game you are flying in the sky, but when you dive down to the ground there are these huge fans underneath the arcade cabinet that blow air on to you as if you were really falling! Happy Days!
Does anyone remember this game, or what it was called?" First thing that popped into my head as well when I read this. I know exactly the game you mean but I can't remember the name either. It was a bit rubbish though to be fair... |
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altitude2k
13/10/09 @ 11:42
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@ Zomoniac
I do a lot of running and am used to seeing where I'm going and not having that sense of distance or achievement makes my exercise feel quite unfulfilling and dull - even if I've got my iPod in or I'm watching TV. Maybe it's just me but taking my mind off the exercise isn't the objective - getting the most out of it is what I find rewarding. |
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The first bike to do this sort of thing was the Reebok CyberRider. You simply plugged it into the gamepad port on the PS2, used controls on the handlebars, and pedalling was like pressing X - the faster you pedal, the harder X is 'pressed'.
That meant that it could work with any racing game, as long as the game was OK with D Pad left/right instead of analogue stick. Worked great with Burnout 2. But this? This is a rip-off, or just badly thought out. Why do you need a separate bike? Why not invent a game where you strap the wiimote to one leg, get on ANY exercise bike and pedal? It'll work like the jogging in Wii Fit, the up/down acceleration taken to be a pedals revolution. Or just a unit you can clip on to your exercise bike, plug in the Wiimote, and it would work like the cyberrider did? The stupid thing about this is that you need to buy a separate bike, and if that bike is pants, the game fails. If you tried to make it work with existing equipment, then it'd be cheaper, better (because it's using the bike people are comfortable with, because they own and use it) and more practical (as it won't need storage space of its own).
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kangarootoo
13/10/09 @ 12:36
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I seem to recall there being some discussion ages ago about how much cheaper the Wii was compared to the other consoles out there. One of its big selling points as a recall. Funny how things change.
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