Bigben Interactive has unveiled the Cyberbike - the latest exercise (gamer-cise?) peripheral for the Nintendo Wii.
If you are a fan of virtual cycling, and don't fancy any more yoga and hula-hooping with Nintendo's new Wii Fit Plus (out this Christmas) to fight off the inevitable new year flab in January, then Big Ben's new bike for the Wii could well be just the ticket.
You can see the new peripheral (along with screenshots from the new game that is bundled with the kit) pictured here. Presumably you are also going to need plenty of room in your under-stairs cupboard to store it! (Unless you like your lounge looking like a gym).
"The very first videogame that comes with an exercise bike," is how Big Ben is selling it. Well, unless you count all those rather dull 'exer-games' at your local gym, that is.
The game lets you ride "some of the most improbable vehicles ever imagined" and features a total of 18 different circuits on land, sea and air, with the options to upgrade your ride with various new accessories.
Eco-friendly virtua bike
There is even some element of 'saving the environment' worked into the game, by which you fight pollution like a true eco-warrior. On a virtual bike.
Cyberbike also features three modes - Fitness, Story and Multiplayer, so up to four different players can hop on and off the bike to take on each other.
Cyberbike is out this coming January. Big Ben is also releasing My Body Coach for the Wii next month on 20 November, featuring "trainer to Hollywood stars" Valérie Orsoni who will help you with your fitness routines and your diet. And which (rather frighteningly) ships with two 500g dumbbell peripherals.
Here's the video demo to whet your whistle:
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marcopolomint
October 13th
4. WOW WOW WOW. I was trying to find an equivalent to the arcade game Prop Cycle from the 1990s. Remember it? Cycling to get lift in a plane to pop balloons. And I thought about wiring up an old exercise bike to a MAME emulated version on my mac mini. But *this* is the answer!
Horednously expensive and bulky, but a lot better looking than my efforts with sellotape, wires and an exercise bike were going to be
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beefstirfry
October 13th
3. @Gamercize... Capital L for Loser!
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bigj
October 13th
2. lawl!! Beware lest you anger the gym-queens!!!
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gamercize
October 13th
1. Gamercise and Gamercize are registered trademarks, you guys at Future should know this having previously covered our exergaming products. I do agree that many other exergaming products are dull - which is why I don't want the association using our trademark! Can you swap out the term above please.
Cheers
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