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Good For Novice, but Expected more from Jillian
Both my wife and I are fans of Jilian Michaels and expected a product with her name on to be as intense as she is in the show. Unfortunately, we were dissapointed with this game. The WII Fit game package has better workouts, trainers and sensitivity of the system.
The idea behind the game is good and has merit, but we found that the interaction with the remote control, numchuck and WII Fit board is lacking. The game makes you earn health tips by completing workouts and training events. The events are also ingenous ideas, but the slow and uncoordinated response from the controlers make the game frustrating.
For a novice fitness person, the workouts will probably be fine, and the tips will be informative.
Bottom line: If you are already in shape, stick to the WII Fit game that comes with the board, or even with the WII Sports game. You will find those challenging. Don't expect to get any new information from the Jilliam Michaels game, and definitely don't expect any challenging workouts.Read full review...
More of a Challenging Fun Game than a Fitness Motivator
I’m a detail person; just skip down to PRO/CON’s if you want quick.
OVERALL: Jillian Michaels Fitness Ultimatum 2009 did not turn out to be as expected. This is better as a game with multiple levels of aerobic activity than a physical workout training session.
The JMFU2009 boasts if you have no time for the Gym-No problem! J. Michael’s challenges you w/ a fun yet intense workout of rigorous exercise routines. I found there are many activities that do get your heart pumping, but it's not like you are performing specialized fitness routines. I give this game 3 out of 5 stars because it does have some fun things, yet, it’s just not all it advertised.
The GAME: You will create an avatar. There are 4 different training activities: Weight loss, Intervals, Strength trainin, & Hill climb. Each one targets a different area of need. You can set the amount of training time from 5 to 60 minutes. Additionally, you can choose if you want a Light, Medium, or Hard training session. Option for custom workout & have the ability to choose your own 5 activities. It allows multi-player, but you will not be able to use the balance board. This limits the way the activities are performed. You also earn Fitness Tips as you complete different activities. The more time you spend the more tips you earn.
Games/Activities: Paint grenade toss, Cannon attack, Handcar pump, Tire Trail, Rowing, Monkey bars, Log jump, Log walk, Boxing, Punching bag dodge, and Running.
PROS/CONS:
Pro: Lots of variety in activities - you can do them with or without Wii balance board. Each activity is done a little differently depending on if the balance board is used or not.
Pro: Many of the activities if done correctly will really get your heart pumping.
Pro: Ability to use two controllers which gives you more mobility than the controller/nunchuck combo.
Pro/Con: some tips are useful; some are no brainers!
Pro/Con: ability to change the music; however, you can go forward or backward only one song at a time – what a nuisance.
Con: Difficult to figure out some features as the booklet that comes with it is not very detailed.
Con: Hard to find your way around initially, until you start playing with it.
Con: Not enough time given to read instructions about how to perform activity.
Con: Some of the movements, if they are supposed to replicate a sports movement, don’t seem to be very clear or clean in the action to get the avatar to move.
Con: Limited Avatar choices, limited changes to the avatars, limited clothing options, no hair choices.
Con: When trying to run with the controller/nunchuck combo, you feel limited because of the connection not being very long.
Con: Controller/nunchuck combo not very good when doing log walk you need to extend your arms –you cannot do this because the length on the cord is too short; unless you’re 6 years old.
Con: you can cheat the workout portion & just get the game to behave – thereby defeating the workout you should be getting
Overall, it seems to be more a fun game than a fitness challenge. If you are looking for correct movement – this really doesn’t help in that area. If you are trying to decide between JMFU2009 and the Wii-Fit – choose the Wii-Fit. If this is just something extra you want to add to have more variety, then I supposed it’s good for that. Everyone is different, and the features I don’t care for, perhaps someone else thinks are great. :)Read full review...
I love Jillian, but this game is dark and slow
I love Jillian, but this game is dark and slow to capture my movements. There are places I can be running full speed on my board and it barely moves my avatar. Most of the scenes are very dark and lack detail. The setting is very 'boot camp' which is what I thought I wanted, but compared to Wii Sports Resort, I realize I miss the lively color, sounds and other distractions.
What I DID love about this game is the ability to weigh yourself, make your avatar (Mii) in your own image, including the application of your weight! The digital weight was a shock for me, since I have not weighed myself in a very long time. It was a shock I definitely needed to experience. There are additional rewards as you go along and it does track your progress. My only problem is the motivation to get to that disc. I know that may sound super lazy, but consider that I could be playing table tennis with brightly colored people or jumping on waves in the water or any number of imaginative games out there. Jillian's designers need to brighten up the place, tighten the action, and keep all the great tracking tools and tips! I would buy it again, but I do use it less than other games.
Anita Nelson @ModelSupplies & DNAshopperRead full review...
Not quite what I expected
This disc was not quite what I expected. I bought it, set up my avatar, and did a 30 min. workout and a 10 min. workout. The general layout is OK, but there is no easy way to exit the game. You have to actually remove the disc. The basis of the work out session is good, and the actual exercises have the potential to be intensive. The actual interaction with the Wii system seems to be a little lacking. You have to hold or shake the remote in a particular manner in order to get the movements to register with the system, but once y ou figure out what type of movement the system is looking for it is pretty easy to repeat. I would rate this as an average workout. I did like the fact that you can either customize and choose which "moves" you want to do or you can let the Wii choose them for you. I believe this is a good supplement to the Wii fit workout, but I would not consider it a good replacement.Read full review...
Jillian Michaels' Fitness Ultimatum Wii
Okay, I am hooked on the T.V. show "The Biggest Loser." I want to be the biggest loser in my house. I have only played this game once, so far. I can pretty much figure out to play a game without reading the manual. I'm not sure if reading it would have help me or not, but the game was at times, not easy (i.e. throwing the grenades). I definitely worked up a sweat choosing my own work out and then competing with my cheating 8 year old son. The next day I had sore muscles from lots of squats. Each level of workout you complete, you unlock one fitness tip. I wish you could pick which catagory to unlock a fitness tip. I also wish there was more information on how you can get a great overall workout. Like I stated before, it could be in the manual. All in all, it is a good game. You get out of it what you put into it. I think I like Wii Fit better.Read full review...
Better than her workout tapes!
My family and I like this game. It is so much better than workout tapes where you are forced to stare at hard bodies and can't help but to compare yourself to them. This game you create your character and don't have to try to keep up with anyone. Really it is any skill level and you can go at your own pace! As you play you can unlock tips Jillian has for diet and exercise which is always helpful. Also it tracks your weight (with balance board) and your calories burned on a chart which is fun to see your improvement, can't get those with regular workout tapes. Plus my 7 year old son and I have been competing to see who can earn the most points on the games (workouts), the more you stick with it and work hard the higher the points. We are on our way to a more heathly lifestyle with this wii game!!
The only thing I could say that I dislike about the game is there is somewhat of a learning curve with the remotes. You can use two wii remotes or one remote and a nunchuck attached, and you have to place the remotes in the right place or the wii cannot pick up your movement. So the first time we used the game we were working alot harder than we had to. So before you begin to "workout" try each game first and get the movements of the remotes down. But after we figured that out we were having a good time.
Like I said before this style of working out has turned out to be the best. No gym and no workout tapes what more can I say!Read full review...
It could be a lot better.
We expected more than this turned out to be. There are hardly no instructions! With so little written material in the DVD cover insert you would think there would be some on the DVD but NOOO! You start by entering your profilr info, dress a charter that is susposed to be you in workout duds. The sad part here is the color pallet is the pits and the colors you have to choose from don't hardley show up, even on a 60" HD wide screen.
You can't figure out how the exercises are to be done. There is a one short instruction paragraph before each one, but you can't review it without continuing thru the whole section and then starting all over again. The game really could include a short clip to show you how too's ect.
There is little to no feedback while working out just a music player that you can mess with.
The Wii fit is much much better. The balance board from the Wii fit is compatable but big deal it's used as a set of scales and has very little to nothing at all to do with the use of the program.Read full review...
This was a BIG WASTE of Money & Time.
Overall this game sucks. When I used it for the first time it seemed to be what I needed (Being someone who hasn't exercised in about 11yrs.) As the training choices were good. A bit much, but doable. However, Everytime since I've tried to play the game, it only allows for Running in place, and one balance game. There's NO way to go back to get out of when it AUTOMATICALLY sets it to running into place. Have to choose Home on remote, then Reset program, which doesn't allow for saving data to memory card and again ends with same results. only TWO exercise games available, having to reset program or go to Wii Menu to get out of it, as it also twice locked up and stopped acknowledging the remote, RIGHT in the middle of a game. I wouldn't recommend this to ANYONE, as the supposed Tips, Nutrition Tips, and other features are all empty, There is NO instructions, information as to how to possibly add, etc. I consider this a BAD FINANCIAL Deal, I'm just having to write off and know can't get money back. As seller only allows for 7 days refund option and that isn't enough time to receive item, check it out and contact to return it. :-( BEWARERead full review...
Another Wii favorite!!
I bought the Wii boxing gloves a little more than a week ago and received them quickly. Although they did not come with instructions in the box, the instructions were very easy to find on-line. The boxing gloves make the Wii Sports boxing game much more enjoyable and they make it a very nice aerobic work out asl well. I have used them three times and thoroughly enjoyed them each time. The way the controller and nunchuk fit in the gloves so you can box is really ingenious.Read full review...
So disappointing!
This dvd is so disappointing! I expected so much better from her...even if she is annoying! The workout is not fully integrated to use the wii balance board. The only thing the balance board is used for is to weigh the participant. Some of the exercises can be manipulated by just waving the wii controls....no accountability at all! And, some of the other exercises (like the tires/boxing/log jump) are almost impossible to maneuver with the controls. It's insane! If there was a way to make this dvd fully compatible with the wii balance board, and you could simulate walking (like wii fit tightrope) or jumping (wii fit ski jump)and an accurate account of what you are doing could be recorded and saved, this dvd would be phenominal! The only positive is that it keeps track of calories burned (assuming you actually did the exercises), which I wished wii would do! Also, the chose of participants is totally lacking! Very few choices!Read full review...