Gold's Gym: Cardio Workout

Gold's Gym: Cardio Workout is an exercise video game for Nintendo's Wii video game console, developed by Japanese video game developer Rocket Company and released in the late 2000s worldwide.

Gold's Gym: Cardio Workout
North American cover art
Developer(s)	Rocket Company [ja] (Subsidiary of Imagineer)
Publisher(s)	Ubisoft JP: Rocket Company
Series	Gold's Gym JP Shape Boxing EU My Coach
Platform(s)	Wii
Release	JP: October 30, 2008[1] NA: March 31, 2009[2] EU: July 17, 2009[3] AU: August 27, 2009
Genre(s)	Simulation
Mode(s)	Single-player

Overview

Cardio Workout is based on the "shape boxing" fitness regimen used at Kyoei Boxing Gym^[1] which includes shadowboxing, press-ups, and sit-ups. It also features a diet management feature.

Development and release

Originally announced in mid-2007 as Wii Exercise with a release target of later that year,^[4] in May 2008, the game was stated to still be in an early stage of development. Though not originally intended to feature support for the Wii Balance Board, the feature was announced later.^[5] Shape Boxing was released in Japan on October 30, 2008 under the title Shape Boxing: Wii de Enjoy! Diet (シェイプボクシング Wiiでエンジョイダイエット！). The game was licensed by Ubisoft for other regional markets, and released in Europe as part of the publisher's My Coach series as My Fitness Coach: Cardio Workout,^[6] and released in North America and Australia as Gold's Gym: Cardio Workout, in partnership with the Gold's Gym fitness center chain.^[7]

Sequels and successor

Rocket Company released two sequels to the japanese game, Shape Boxing 2: Wii de Enjoy! Diet (シェイプボクシング2 Wiiでエンジョイダイエット！) in 2010 and Billy's Bootcamp: Wii de Enjoy! Diet (ビリーズブートキャンプ Wiiでエンジョイダイエット！) in 2011 in Japan,^[8] neither of which were localized.

Another Gold's Gym tie-in game was also released in 2010, developed by japanese studio LandHo!,^[9] and published by Ubisoft^[10] released in North America as Gold's Gym: Dance Workout and My Fitness Coach: Dance Workout in PAL regions.

In 2016, Rocket Company was merged into its parent company, Imagineer.^[8] Imagineer developed and released a spiritual successor, Fitness Boxing, for the Nintendo Switch in 2018.^[8]

References

1. Yip, Spencer (5 September 2008). "Get in shape with Shape Boxing Wii de Enjoy Diet". Siliconera. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
2. "Gold's Gym Cardio Workout". Ubisoft. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
3. "My Fitness Coach: Cardio Workout". Ubisoft. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
4. Yip, Spencer (2 August 2007). "Wait a second... Wii Exercise?". Siliconera. Retrieved 4 August 2007.
5. Macarthy, Andrew (4 September 2008). "Shape Boxing: Wii de Enjoy! Diet Balance Board use confirmed". Balance Board Blog. Archived from the original on 19 March 2009. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
6. Batchelor, James (2 July 2009). "My Fitness Coach: Cardio Workout exclusive preview". MCV. Intent Media. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
7. Caoili, Eric (25 February 2009). "Ubisoft Partners With Gold's Gym For Cardio Workout". Gamasutra. Think Services. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
8. 「Fit Boxing」プレイヤー必見！　“中の人”に聞く，開発秘話と正しい運動法。プロによるレクチャー動画もあり (in Japanese), 4Gamer.net, March 16, 2019
9. Ltd, 株式会社ランド・ホー | LAND HO! Co. "制作実績 | 株式会社ランド・ホー | LAND HO! Co., Ltd". 制作実績 | 株式会社ランド・ホー | LAND HO! Co., Ltd. (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-08-17.
10. Staff, I. G. N. (2010-06-02). "Ubisoft Announces Gold's Gym Dance Workout". IGN. Retrieved 2024-08-17.

External links

• Gold's Gym Cardio Workout
• Shape Boxing: Wii de Enjoy! Diet. Archived 2009-11-14 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese).