For example, in quiet mode, the running-in-place in the adventure mode is replaced by performing squats. The game includes the option to enable only quiet exercises to avoid disturbing others nearby. This mode also includes some music from other Nintendo games such as Super Mario Odyssey, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Splatoon 2, and Wii Fit.
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An update in late March 2020 also added a "Rhythm Mode", which allows the user to move along to soundtrack from the game. The game also has several mini-games based on certain exercises, which can be used by a single player to challenge themselves or can be used with multiple players each taking a turn to beat the others. In addition to the adventure mode, the game includes a general fitness routine mode that allows one to perform the exercises, assisted by the game, but without the gamification elements. Monsters are also marked by colors, and exercises of the same color are more effective against them, but only after that specific ability is unlocked early in the game. Exercises are classified by color, each color corresponding to a general part of the body the exercise is geared towards: red for arms, blue for legs, yellow for core muscles and green for yoga positions. Defeating monsters earn the player-character experience points, and as they level up, they can unlock additional exercises with more potent damage. When the monsters attack, the player can defend by pressing and holding the Ring-Con into their abdomen for as long as possible during the attack. The player attacks the enemies by performing one of about thirty different exercises, with the amount of damage they deal based on how effectively they completed the exercise. When the player encounters monsters, the game uses turn-based combat as in many role-playing games. Moving across the game world is similar to a rail shooter the player moves along a fixed path by running in place, jumps over obstacles by squeezing and releasing the Ring-Con, and can fire projectiles at items by squeezing the Ring-Con in the target direction. The player moves their character across the game's overworld and into various dungeons, where they encounter monsters to fight. The game's main mode is a role-playing game, in which the player takes the role of a young athlete that meets a sentient Ring, and they team up to take down an evil, bodybuilding dragon named Dragaux. These accessories are required to play the game, as the player's interactions with them are tracked by the motion controls built into the Joy-Con.
Ring Fit Adventure ships with the Ring-Con and Leg Strap, which have docks to hold the Switch's Joy-Con. Ĭombat in Ring Fit Adventure has the player complete an exercise move (shown on left) to defeat enemies in game. This led to resellers in America selling the game for over $300, up from its retail price of $80. As of Mathe game has sold over 14.09 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling games on the system.ĭemand for the game increased drastically during 2020, largely due to the COVID-19 pandemic and related closures of gyms and other exercise facilities, causing shortages in many countries. The game was released worldwide on October 18, 2019, and received generally positive reviews from critics. These activities are centered around common fitness exercises, making the game part of Nintendo's "quality of life" goals in line with a similar game of theirs, Wii Fit. Other modes include general guided fitness routines and party-style games. The game's main mode has the player complete a turn-based role-playing game, where player movements and battle actions are based on performing certain physical activities using the Ring-Con and Leg Strap, with the motion controls within the Joy-Con sensing the player's movement, and a strain sensor in the Ring-Con detecting bending of that accessory. The game comes with two physical components: the Ring-Con, a Pilates ring that the user holds and one Joy-Con slots into, and a Leg Strap, a piece of fabric affixed to the user's leg that holds the other Joy-Con.
Ring Fit Adventure is an exercising action role-playing game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch.