We’ll be seeing Wii’s game Punch Out!! in May – check out these videos!  Look interesting?

Thanks, Crunch Gear!

There are a small amount of titles available right now that are geared just towards making you sweat; workout “games” that challenge your lazy, fast food styles.

Wait, no, those are MY styles.  Sorry!

Let’s check out the workout-specific titles – we own a few, and we love them!  The essential, seemingly instigating game/controller is the Wii Fit (and Balance Board), so let’s start with that:

Wii Fit – the game keeps track of your activity, tests your endurance and balance, teaches you some Yoga, and makes fun of you when you either don’t do much or you don’t play for a few weeks.  You gotta love a persistent title!  The game comes with the Balance Board and the Wii Fit disc.  There are tons and tons and tons of accessories for the Wii Fit Balace Board, check them out when you have a minute.

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Here’s one I have not played yet – if you’ve given this a whirl, would you comment on the post below?  EA Sports Active is a new title from – well, it’s from EA – and it looks pretty cool.  Check out the video below:

EA Sports Active is not available for retail yet, but it’s pre-orderable and around $60.00.  Preorder a copy!

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My Fitness Coach is something my wife has been playing – I wrote a post about this a few days ago, and my wife seems to enjoy the game.  It’s a motivator – helps push you to maintain speed and endurance, and gives you motivation!  It’s on sale right now for $19.97!

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Ok, Jillian Michaels is hot.  She’s hot, and she has a workout title for Wii.  Jillian Michaels Fitness Ultimatum 2009 is the title.  I’ve heard acceptable reviews of the game – it’s the workout that’s important, right?  Check out a trailer below:

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Now last on this list is Gold’s Gym Cardio Workout.  This is another title I have not played, and before I went looking, hadn’t heard much about it.  Gold’s Gym Cardio Workout is going to be released on March 31, 2009 – but you can preorder the title here.

Check out all Wii workout related stuff!

I’m not sure who doesn’t have a Wii Fit anymore – but I just saw that Amazon has them on sale for $90.72.  Granted I haven’t looked at Wii Fit prices in a while, but last time I did it was over a hundred.

Check out Wii Fit at Amazon

Using the Wii Balance Board and Wiimote/Nunchuk combo, you climb a rock wall.  It’s as easy as that.  At the Game Developers Conference that just happened, the Rock and Roll Climber game was previewed.  The weirdest part?  As soon as you negotiate the wall, the character grabs a guitar out of the ground and pulls off a heavy metal lick.

Well, that’s – um – hey cool!

The interface looks pretty cool – the Balance Board detects balance shifting, and the climbing controls look interesting.  I’ll reserve judgement.

Thanks, Kotaku!

I just discovered a great post at Hacked Gadgets Forum that shows the old Labrynth game, but hacked to be controlled by a Wii Balance Board.  COOL!

Check out the video: