Ring Fit Adventure

About

Ring Fit Adventure is an upcoming RPG game developed by Nintendo which encourages players to control the action by exercising. The game will ship with a device called a "Ring-con" and leg strap, which connect to the Switch's joy-cons, forcing a player to move their arms and legs to control the action. The game will release October 18th, 2019.

History

On September 5th, 2019, Nintendo posted a teaser showing people using the Ring-con and leg strap without announcing the game (shown below, left). On September 12th, they announced Ring Fit Adventure with a full trailer for the game (shown below, right).

The game requires players to move their bodies to control the player-character's movements and requires specific exercise movements to defeat enemies. There also quickplay and minigame modes. The game can calibrate towards a player's fitness level.

Online Presence

Several journalists in publications including The Verge,^[1] Polygon^[2] and Gamespot^[3] noted that Ring Fit Adventure felt in line with other experiments Nintendo have tried in fitness video games, such as Wii Fit. Online, Twitter users joked about the game and particularly its trailer, where many commented on the unnerving quality of the presenters. Game Revolution^[4] covered online reaction to the presenters. User @ImaJunation tweeted an edit of the trailer which put dramatic music under the presenters (shown below, top). YouTuber Revolutionizethegame made a similar video, recutting the trailer with horror music (shown below, bottom).

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