Zumba kinect has another Zumba game, this is Zumba Fitness Core. Get ready to sweat this is a great workout.
Zumba Fitness Core is specifically designed to deliver the tight and toned abs
that women crave.
This energized dance-fitness party features fresh music and
choreography, new dance styles and fitness features, plus cool new venues and
celebrity Zumba instructors who can help you reach your personal goals as you
dance your way towards that sexy six pack.
Dance to 40 new songs, including contagious new Zumba fitness originals and more
smash hits from today's hottest artists including Enrique Iglesias and Don Omar.
Set personal and shared community goals (community goals are Kinect only),
Nutrition and lifestyle tips provide guidance on how to enhance your health,
well-being and appearance.
Finally a kinect basketball game with some great music, NBA Baller Beats.The first ever motion-based sports video game that requires you to
actively play using a real basketball.
The music is your guide as you
aspire to perform like a pro and practice your ball-handling skills
while building stamina you’ll need for the court – all while having the
fun of playing a video game.
NBA Baller Beats is a fun, high-energy, first-of-its kind
basketball video game for Kinect that is unlike any sports video game on
the market.
The game is extremely innovative; it requires you to actively
play using a real basketball (which is included free with the game)!
Aspire to perform like a pro as you master ball-handling skills.
The music acts as your guide as you bounce the ball to the beats of a slamming soundtrack.
Features an eclectic mix of music across decades and genres, from hip-hop to rock to old school classics
Zumba Fitness Rush builds on that phenomenal success while elevating the
exer-game category to a new level of fun, effective fitness. This cutting-edge
experience layers in a wealth of exclusive content only available on Kinect,
plus lots of new features and improvements that amp up the dance fitness play so
you can party yourself into shape!
Zumba Rush has an 8.8 rating from over 100 reviews, that make it the Number 10 of the top 10 kinect games in 2012.
Zumba Rush Review
The navigating is great as you can use your hand, voice or controller.
The
tracking has improved greatly.
The tutorials in learning the steps has
improved as well.
All new music, routines and venues
Routine intensity go
from easy to medium to high
The classes are fun and you will sweat your pants
off big time.
Your choice of classes are Short Class (20 mins), Medium Class
(45 mins) and Full Class (60 mins)
You can create your own playlist of songs
(up to 12) and dance away without having to stop (you still have your choice of
doing a single song as well).
It has a Dance Central type scoring system (the
star system) and there you can get Nice, Hot or Zumba
It also shows the body
part that needs work with a red silhouette.
So with all that said, would
I recommend Zumba Fitness Rush
Your Shape and Fitness Evolved 2012 includes over 90 hours of activities, so you can design a
workout tailored to your fitness level, goals, schedule and preferences. Focus
your workouts on specific muscle groups. And choose from fitness activities like
Boot Camp, Cardio Boxing, Jump Rope and Kinect Yoga, and new dance classes like Latin,
Hip-hop, African and Bollywood. The state-of-the-art motion tracking provides
feedback on your moves, and now tracks floor exercises like push-ups and
sit-ups. With Your Shape Center, share and compete with your friends and the
global community.
There are 4 Kinect Yoga classes in Your Shape and Fitness Evolved, In yoga, it analyzes your limb configuration with a stick figure drawn over
your onscreen image, telling you which parts of your body are in or out of
alignment. When you've got it right, the white lines turn green, checkmarks
accrue and there's glitter and sound effects everywhere up in the HUD. It's a
great feedback mechanism and makes exercising feel more like a game instead of
exercise. Nothing beats having a human fitness instructor guiding you, but this
is about as close as it gets doing it in your own home.
Your Shape exercises include...
Boot Camp
Cardio Boxing
Jump Rope
Latin Dance
Hip-hop Dance
African Dance
Bollywood Dance
Zen
Yoga
Muscle specific – Abs, Arms, Legs, Glutes, Back
Wall Breaker
Stack 'em Up
Kick 'em
Run the World
Sports Preparation
And more...
Classes include African Rhythms, Boot Camp, Hip Hop, Bollywood, Cardio Boxing,
Yoga, Latin Dance and Zen Energy.
Activities include Warm Up, Stack Up, Stomp
It, Run the World, Wallbreaker and Jump Rope. Run the World here is
amazing...more about that later.
Workouts include Cardio, Arms, Abs, Toning,
Back, Sports Prep, Glutes, Health and Legs
Here are the options and the number of routines in each:
1) Africa
Rhythms (12) 2) Boot Camp (6) 3) Hip Hop (12) 4) Cardio Boxing
(14) 5) Destination: Bollywood (12) 6) Yoga (4) 7) Latin Dance
(12) 8) Zen Energy (8)
Kinect Sports Ultimate is the best of Kinect Sports 1 and Kinect Sports 2 all in one package.
This game will include Includes 13 Sports: basketball, Soccer, American Football, Bowling, Beach
Volleyball, Table Tennis, Boxing, Golf, Tennis, Skiing, Darts, Baseball
Get ready to play with this must-have collection of 13
sports.
Finally, you don’t have to choose! This ultimate collection has two
best-selling Kinect game wrapped into one – putting 13 great sporting games at
your fingertips. So grab your friends and compete for a personal best or jump in
and out of the action in team Party Mode! Anyone can play these controller-free,
full-body sports games. With your body as the controller, nothing comes between
you and the action!
Includes 13 Sports: basketball, Soccer, American Football, Bowling, Beach
Volleyball, Table Tennis, Boxing, Golf, Tennis, Skiing, Darts, Baseball
Best Value!: 2 Full Games, 1 Big Value; Plus Bonus content included!
Additional Content: includes 5 game add-on packs including additional golf
holes, night ski runs and challenges for all sports from Season Two.
Voice Control: in Kinect Sports 2, use voice commands to race through menus,
hike the ball in Football, change Golf clubs with ease, call an objection in
Tennis and much more.
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 is the first-ever Kinect for Xbox 360 sports simulation title, tracking full body movements to create the most advanced and authentic swing to date on the virtual golf course. Controller-free and voice-enabled controls provides for a unique, never-before-seen sports .
Taking its most significant leap forward in swing mechanics in over a decade, Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 13 revolutionizes the virtual golf swing. Golfers will take full control over their swing with all-new tempo, swing plane and shot power controls along with an adjustable shot setup, allowing players to address the ball in a number of ways to create limitless shot types with just one club.
Here is the complete list of 22 players Tiger Woods, Rickie Fowler, Rory McIlroy, Paul Casey, Paula Creamer, Rhys Davies, Luke Donald, Jim Furyk, Natalie Gulbis, Zach Johnson, Rocco Mediate, Edoardo Molinari, Ian Poulter, Justin Rose, Adam Scott, Bubba Watson and Boo Weekley.
Here is a complete list of the course you get to play, some of the courses are only available on the Collectors Edition.
Atlanta Athletic Club,Augusta National, Augusta National Par 3 Collector's edition, Banff Springs Golf Course, Bethpage On-disc, Collector's edition, Celtic Manor - The 2010 Course On-disc, Collector's edition, Costa Navarino, East Lake Golf Club On-disc, Collector's edition Greek Isles (Fantasy), Highlands (Fantasy), Liberty National Golf Club, Oakmont Collector's edition,
Pebble Beach Golf Links On-disc, Collector's edition, Pinehurst Resort (No. 2 Course) Collector's edition, Predator (Fantasy), River Course at Blackwolf Run, Royal Melbourne On-disc, Collector's edition, Spyglass Hill Golf Course, St. Andrews On-disc, Collector's edition, Straits Course at Whistling Straits Collector's edition, The Els Club On-disc, Collector's edition TPC at San Antonio
TPC at Sawgrass On-disc, Collector's edition, TPC at Scottsdale On-disc, Collector's edition
Torrey Pines On-disc, Collector's edition, The Old White TPC (formerly Greenbrier) Collector's edition, Waialae Country Club.
Zumba Fitness Rush - 8.6 rating from over 90 reviews
Hot Dance Music
42 new routines and music tracks including hits from chart-topping artists Pitbull, Nicole Scherzinger and Yolanda Be Cool & DCup.
Superstar Instructors
Dance and interact with six of Zumba Fitness' elite instructors: Beto Perez, Tanya Beardsley, Gina Grant, Kass Martin, Jason Thompson and Erica Pierce.
Huge Range of Dance Flavors
Choose from 24 different dance styles, from fan favorites Salsa and Reggaeton to new styles including Bollywood, Axe, Latin Pop and Pasodoble.
Customizable Workouts
Create a Zumba workout that's right for you by choosing your favorite playlist and workout length. Low, Medium and High Intensity routines also cater to dancers of all skill levels.
Exotic Party Venues
Dance it up in 10 new, dynamic environments, with 5 venues including Rio Carnival and Las Vegas that are exclusive to the Kinect game.
Zumba Ftiness Rush Review
Zumba is back with Zumba Fitness Rush and here is my Zumba Rush review , hope this helps.
Advantages
The navigating is great as you can use your hand, voice or controller.
The tracking has improved greatly.
The tutorial in learning the steps has improved as well.
All new music, routines and venues
Routine intensity go from easy to medium to high
The classes are fun and you will sweat your pants off big time.
Your choice of classes are Short Class (20 mins), Medium Class (45 mins) and Full Class (60 mins)
You can create your own playlist of songs (up to 12) and dance away without having to stop (you still have your choice of doing a single song as well).
It has a Dance Central type scoring system (the star system) and there you can get Nice, Hot or Zumba
It also shows the body part that needs work with a red silhouette.
The Dis Advantages
The cue cards are a nice addition, but if you're going add them, then put the whole routine of the move in there. It's like you put the move in but then decide to add something else to it. This option can be removed under settings.
In the manual it has a scale and tells you that you are able to edit, but I have yet to find where the edit option is or see the scale appear. You can only see Time, Technique and Calories Burned right now. If anyone sees the scale, please let me know where it is located.
So with all that said, would I recommend Zumba Fitness Rush? I'll say yes. Despite what it lacks, the advantages outweigh the dis advantages. I can see this being my staple workout for a long time.
Presently there are no kinect pilates games, but there are some Xbox kinect games that maybe just what you are looking for.
The first kinect game that may interest you is Your Shape and Fitness Evolved- Part 1.You get to choose a personal trainer to help you meet your specific fitness goals, take a Yoga or Martial Arts class, or play fun, family-friendly mini-games.
Your Shape and Fitness Evolved 2012 also has a comprehensive fitness workout, over 90 hours of activities, including Boot Camp, Cardio Boxing, Jump Rope, Yoga, Zen and a medley of Dance classes. In this kinewct game, it analyzes your limb configuration with a stick figure drawn over
your onscreen image, telling you which parts of your body are in or out of
alignment. When you've got it right, the white lines turn green, checkmarks
accrue and there's glitter and sound effects everywhere up in the HUD. It's a
great feedback mechanism and makes exercising feel more like a game instead of
exercise. Nothing beats having a human fitness instructor guiding you, but this
is about as close as it gets doing it in your own home.
Deepak Chopra's - Leela. This kinect game focuses your attention on certain parts of your body to relax and develop a flow state through seven movements and the ancient system of chakras.
Deepak Chopra, Leela aims to help you develop a healthier, harmonious and more balanced life.
Yourself Fitness is an Xbox kinect game to combine home health and fitness with the power of your Xbox. You'll meet Maya, the interactive personal trainer - she'll help you build an interactive, personalized fitness program for you. She'll keep you motivated and deliver the results you've always wanted.
The Biggest Loser Ultimate Workput also has an entire body including upper body, core, cardio, yoga, and cardio boxing
Big League Sports Kinect brings the six of the most popular professional sports in the world together in one motion controlled video game! The Kinect turns your whole body into the controller with sport specific mechanics. The single player mode tracks stats with a real-time leaderboard and multiple multiplayer modesmeans there is no shortage of ways to show off your skills. Play with and against friends for an unrivaled sports gaming experience.
ace up your cleats, put on your pads, grab your bat and hit the hardwood in six exciting sports with the power of Kinect
Step on the diamond and swing for the fences, dribble past your opponent and score the winning basket, go deep on a touchdown pass and more when you become the controller using the body-tracking technology of Kinect
Play football, soccer, baseball, hockey, basketball and golf together for the first time ever on Kinect for Xbox 360
Put your talents to the test in 18 fun and challenging skills competitions
Challenge your friends in thrilling multiplayer action and watch your scores rise up the real-time leaderboards
There is not an actual kinect Yoga game on it's own, but there are some Yoga Classes incorporated in some of the Kinect Sports Games.
The first kinect yoga game introduced is " Your Shape and Fitness Evolved" and this has a section with yoga in it, there are a good selection of other fitness challenges to choose from.
With this kinect game you get to choose a personal trainer to help you meet your specific fitness goals, take a Yoga or Martial Arts class, or play fun, family-friendly mini-games. This game has a 7.8 rating from over 422 reviews
The second kinect game that is related to kinect yoga is Deepak Chopra's Leela and this is more of a meditation game that gives an experience that brings you focus, energy and balance.This game is very relaxing and focuses your attention on certain parts of your body to relax and develop a flow state through seven movements and the ancient system of chakras. This has a 8.0 rating out of 10 from 48 reviews, you can now pick this up for a very reasonable price.
The next kinect game that has kinect yoga included in it is Your Shape and Fitness Evolved 2012, there are 4 yoga lessons included in this game as well as several other fitness classes, Zen, Cardio and several types of dance classes to give you a good workout.
In this kinect yoga game , Xbox analyzes your limb configuration with a stick figure drawn over
your onscreen image, telling you which parts of your body are in or out of
alignment. When you've got it right, the white lines turn green, checkmarks
accrue and there's glitter and sound effects everywhere up in the HUD.
It's a
great feedback mechanism and makes exercising feel more like a game instead of
exercise. Nothing beats having a human fitness instructor guiding you, but this
is about as close as it gets doing it in your own home.
There is one more kinect games that I have discovered that also has a section of Kinect Yoga included and that is " The Biggest Loser - Ultimate Workout" , this kinect game has a workout that includes warm ups, cool downs, new cardio boxing, yoga, circuit training (upper body and lower body), as well as core exercises, and allows players to create a custom fitness program or choose from ten preset fitness program.
Self Defense Training Camp is a kinect sports game with a difference. This kinect game builds confidence, empowerment and strength. You will get a great workout while learning proven self-defense skills.
Through a variety of self-defense drills, fitness workouts, and fun mini-games, you will learn secrets to escaping dangerous situations. Get empowered while you get in shape!
Self Defense Training Camp Features
Reduce Your Risk Of Being A Victim - The game will feature more than 30 real self-defense moves that are taught by real-life self-defense coaches with years of experience.
Become Confident In Your Abilities - Utilizing Kinect's superior tracking technology, the game will follow your movements and give you immediate feedback that make mastering self-defense moves more accessible to everyone.
Enhance Your Stamina- Stay physically fit with cardio exercises inspired by martial arts and kickboxing.
Stay Calm Under Stress - Learn how to stay calm under stressful situations with Tai Chi exercises.
Sharpen Your Reflexes - Inspired by boxing techniques, test your reflexes with a variety of fun mini-games that will keep you on your toes.
Self Defense Training Camp Review
Self Defense Training Camp doesn't replace getting real self-defense instruction from a real trainer, nor does it really pretend to (one of the many random tips it presents throughout the game is to enroll in a physical class to continue your learning). But it is definitely a good introduction to a very important skill all woman (and men) should have.
When you start up, you'll see a number of menu options in this order:
1. Cardio Workout
2. Options
3. Profile and Extras
4. Balance Practice
5. Self Defense Rehearsal
6. Reflex Training
Oddly, #1, #4, and #6 are all locked until you complete a certain number of classes in #5 (which begs the question, why didn't they make that one #1?). There are a number of user interface oddities like that.
You start with "Self Defense Rehearsal". This is a bit of a misnomer. It's not so much "rehearsal" as it is step-by-step training instruction. Specifically, this section is broken into 5 different classes.
1. Wrist Grab situations
2. Arm and Shoulder Grab situations
3. Attack from Behind situations
4. Choke Hold situations
5. Frontal Attack situations
Each of these classes are further broken down into a number of very real and practical scenarios that a would-be victim of an attack may encounter. For example, for Wrist Grab situations, it goes through six scenarios.
1. Crossed Wrist Grab (when the attacker grabs your left wrist with his right hand or vice-versa)
2. Parallel Wrist Grab (when the attacker grabs your right wrist with his right hand or vice-versa)
3. Double Wrist Grab (when the attacker grabs both your wrists)
4. Double Wrist Grab from Behind (when the attacker grabs both your wrists from behind)
5. Side Wrist Grab (when the attacker comes from the side)
6. Choking (when the attacker grabs your wrist with one hand and tries to choke your neck with the other).
The four other classes all each have 6 similarly practical scenarios. Each scenario consists of two phases: a Learning Phase and a Timed Phase.
In the Learning Phase, you start out by seeing a demonstration of the defense technique. Two animated male figures will act out the scenario, with the narrator explaining what's going on step-by-step.
One of the very first things you learn, which is repeated over and over again, is to how kick an attacker in...his most vulnerable spot. Admittedly, it's hard not to snicker the first few times you see the computerized "attacker" get kicked there over and over again. But of course, at the end of the day the point is a serious one--if you're the victim of a real attack, be prepared to use whatever you have at your disposal in any number of situations. Aside from this universal tactic, you do learn important other techniques.
After seeing the sequence played out once, it's broken down into smaller components. You'll see each component demonstrated again by the two male trainers. Then, you (as a female character) can try it yourself. To help guide you, you'll see a white silhouette of yourself in the upper left hand corner, as well as a red silhouette reminding you of the next move you need to make.
The Kinect does a mostly good job of detecting whether you're doing the moves correctly. In some cases I was pleasantly surprised at how accurately it was able to distinguish between subtle movements--for example, the correct move to disarm a wrist grab is to rotate your arm at your elbow. I tried to "trick" the system by just flailing my arm, but it wouldn't take it until I did the proper technique. Having said that, it's not perfect--there were a few cases where I was doing the right moves but the system failed to register it. Similarly, in other cases, I would just twitch and the narrator would exclaim "incredible!" But I'd say for the majority of cases the system is quite accurate.
Once you master the one component properly, the process will proceed to the next one. You'll keep going until you've mastered all five components of the entire sequence.
Then comes the Timed Phase. After you've learned the sequence, you then need to try to execute the whole thing by yourself, remembering what the moves are and in what order to do them. If you execute all the moves, you'll get five stars for the scenario. It's not challenging at all to get five stars, but again it's not supposed to be; again, this is more of a class than a game.
Overall, I found the "Self Defense Rehearsal" section to be helpful, if a little drawn out and tedious. But again, if you approach it like a class and not like a game, it's definitely helpful. And what makes it more powerful than a video is the ability to perform and practice the moves yourself. .
The "Cardio Workout" section, has ten sessions of progressively more intense aerobic fitness exercises that incorporate boxing moves. This part of the game was reminiscent of Gold's Gym Boxing Workout for the Wii. Your trainer will do boxing moves and you need to mimic the moves to a beat. Each move you have to make is both announced by the narrator and shown in timeline of icons to the left of the screen. Overall this provided a decent workout, and of course the motion detection is spot-on. What I wasn't crazy about was that the workouts were all under 4 minutes. And once again you need to "unlock" each lesson one at a time. I would much rather them have provided complete set of cardio boxing routines that each lasted a good 20-30 minutes. As it is, your heart rate is barely elevated after one or even two of these sessions.
The "Balance Practice" section of the game are essentially yoga exercises. You're taken outside the training camp to a beautifully designed garden scene with cherry blossoms, running water, and relaxing bird chirping. Your first session takes you through yoga moves with names like "young deer", "spreading the wings", "buddha pose", and "circle of chi". As with the Cardio section, you mimic an on-screen trainer's moves, while each move is announced and shown in a timeline of icons.
The "Reflex Training" section contains various reflex games where you punch and kick or you try to dodge and block punches and kicks with your virtual trainer. Again, the motion controls are adequate on these, but the exercises themselves are fairly repetitive and uninspired. It's what we've seen in many other games--do a jab, hook, or upper cut in response to instructions from the on-screen trainer, or dodge punches to the left and right.
Overall, I had the same impressions of all three of these "unlockable" sections. They're not horribly executed, but they all feel somewhat incongruous in this particular title. There doesn't seem to be any obvious connection between these activities and the self-defense training. In addition, all of these sections just felt far too short and shallow. I get the sense that the developer was trying to make this a comprehensive "martial arts instruction" title. But it falls a bit short of that. (In fact, after progressing through some rudimentary exercises, you start to earn different colored "belts", which was quite misleading).
It's hard to rate this game, because as I said it's not really a "game". From the perspective of the self-defense training content alone it's very good; in fact, I think it's material that every woman should know.
But in terms of its quality as an interactive game, I'd say there's a lot of room for improvement. For example, it would have been interesting to have a section where you can be "quizzed" where you face a virtual attacker in different scenarios and have to choose the right defensive techniques for the situation.
Something else I found a little disappointing is that your on-screen character doesn't have freedom of motion. In other words, when you go through the exercises, you don't really control the on-screen character directly. Rather, the system will show a still image of the character, and it will only respond once you perform the exercise correctly. I think the title would have been much more powerful if they used real "video game technology" (like the kind you see in fighting games) to let you control your character in a more fluid and dynamic way.
Something else I found a little disconcerting was that the developer invented yet another way of selecting items from a menu--you need to "swipe" to browse through menu options and then "punch" with your right hand to select it. Once again, it's a shame that Microsoft never enforced consistent user interface guidelines to its developers, resulting in dozens of different UI behavior.
Gather your team – face the challenge!Winter Stars brings the thrill and fun of winter sports to the player's home and lets them compete with friends and family for trophies and medals.
Offering multiplayer or single player, the latest motion controls on all consoles, beginner-friendly family & fun party modes or harder-to-master career/story mode, Winter Stars offers high replay value and arcade fun for everyone!
* Full winter sports championship experience at home
* Full Kinect, Move & Wii Balance Board support
* Addictive multiplayer and party mode arcade style fun for the whole family in a beautiful winter setting
* Online multiplayer for up to four players
* State of the art graphics
Jillian Michael's Fitness Adventure is now available on Xbox kinect.
Jillian is a well known in the world of fitness as a tough trainer, but she will help you lose weight and tone your body.
How BIG is Your Weight Loss Goal?
Jillian Michaels can help you achieve it!
Three Reasons My Program Works
1. My Experience I've been helping people lose weight for 18 years. And I've struggled with my own weight issues. Trust me, I know what works.
2. No Gym Required You pick when and where you want to work out. You'll get all the tools, support, and motivation you need from my customized online program.
Three Reasons My Program Works
1. My Experience
I've been helping people lose weight for 18 years. And I've struggled with my own weight issues. Trust me, I know what works.
2. No Gym Required
You pick when and where you want to work out. You'll get all the tools, support, and motivation you need from my customized online program.
3. It's Customized
Based on your body type, fitness level, and goals - you'll get a customized weight loss program designed for maximum results
Wipeout 2 has been released in October 2011, with summer thrills and winter Ccills! The Big Balls are Back, with even more zany and crazy family fun!
Wipeout 2 Features
Select your favorite, hilarious character, then crash, bash and dash your way through both summer and winter courses in over 50 wacky obstacles.
Grab a friend and challenge them to a head to head competition racing past the Spinning Slapshot and Knee Sweeper. Who knew Wiping out could be so fun!
Based on the ABC hit show Wipeout and continuing the tradition of wickedly entertaining family fun, Wipeout 2 offers updated, outrageous course designs across all platforms with obstacles and effects taken straight from the show’s summer and winter seasons.
Players must navigate around snow, ice, foam, and fan-favorite obstacles like the Sucker Punch Wall and Big Balls; which are making their triumphant returns alongside more than 50 others. Extended gameplay on all systems encourages even more interaction and participation with family and friends.
Once again, all the wild and crazy action is narrated by the show’s hosts John Anderson and John Henson.
Deepak Chopra Leela Kinect Game , this is the only kinect meditation game currently available. Product Features
* Deepak Chopra's Leela is a groundbreaking interactive experience that combines ancient relaxation and meditation techniques with technology to bring focus, energy and balance to your life.
* Full Body Relaxation. Deepak Chopra's Leela allows players to utilize full body gestures to relax the entire body. Stillness in motion. In the Stillness Meditation tradition
* Create, Customize, connect. To help guide their meditation, players can create and customize personal mandalas - artwork that expresses a person's unique essence - and share it with friends online.
* Wellness made personal. Deepak Chopra's Leela utilizes the player's own abilities to cultivate a healthier, harmonious and more balanced life.
Deepak Chopra's Leela Review
This game from Deepak Chopra and Curious Pictures is pretty amazing.
I played the demo 3 times last week and seemed to feel a little better. So I purchased the full game and am pleased with the variety of activities to unlock.
The control method works well, the menus are easy to navigate. I found I play more calmly and in control with each time I play.
The Presentation Sound and Visuals are very well done and will help your breathing, relaxation, and put you into a flow state if you let it.
I will break down what the game offers.
There are 2 main branches to the game, Play and Reflect.
Play's Movement section is broken down into 7 chakras each with seven levels. Each level adds a new element to play with.
The movements you perform to control the visual game onscreen are exersises to help open your Chakras. (you will be rotating and bending hips, chest and sholders, and expanding your arms and pushing gently outward, depending on the level/chakra).
The Play is Sequence (I haven't unlocked it yet) but I think you perform a series of Movements to open multiple chakras.
The 3rd is Mandala in which you create a personal mandala image to help guide you back to meditation.
Reflect contains: Stilness, Oracle and Ambient
Stilness has 7 guided meditations with Deepak's voice and some visuals and music.
Breath Practice has 7 different meditations that help you control your breathing with onscreen visuals that actually match your breath in your lower middle and upper torso.
Finally 7 silent meditation lengths are available from 2 minutes to infinite. They also each offer 7 sound choices and no speech.
Oracle contains quotes from Deepak that arises after you've reflected on something.
Adidas miCoach brings the popular miCoach interactive athletic training system to video game consoles.
Many of the world's most well-known Adidas athletes are featured in the game, including Dwight Howard, Kak , Tyson Gay, Jessica Ennis, Ana Ivanovic and Eric Berry, and they will guide you through a wide selection of sport-specific personalized training programs.
Pressure-Sensitive Stylus -- The uDraw stylus offers 256 points of pressure sensitivity, providing amazing freedom to bring your creations to the screen in detail Wireless Play -- Connect and create from the comfort of your favorite spot with wireless interaction between the uDraw and your game console Center-Docked Stylus -- Designed with both right-handed and left handed artists and game players in mind, the uDraw features a stylus attached to the center of the tablet.
High Definition -- Play, draw, print, and share their creations in HD
Touch Screen Creativity -- From pinch-and-stretch zooming to free form finger-painting, the uDraw GameTablet responds directly to your touch
Built-In Controller Functions -- Controls are directly integrated into the uDraw, eliminating the need to dock a controller
Tilt Functionality -- Tilt, shake and jump through games with enhanced tilt and motion features
Motion Sports Adrenalin is now available on kinect, now you can defy the impossible and dominate the forces of nature.
Step up to 8 of the world’s most dangerous sports. Plunge down mountains in your wingsuit, pull off a frontside 360 while kiteboarding along the Gold Coast, or hurtle down 200 foot waterfalls on your kayak as you attempt to burn your name into the history books.
Every move you make has the potential to push you closer to becoming an extreme sports legend-or rip you in half. Only by risking everything will you be able to break the will of Mother Nature.
Product Features
8 Insanely Dangerous Sports-Experience pulse-pounding sports like wingsuit proximity flying, kiteboarding, whitewater kayaking, mountain biking, free fall skydiving, ETRM skiing, jungle parkour and more.
Risk It All for Greatness-Reap rewards for recklessness - the riskier your moves, the bigger the bonuses.
Conquer the Wonders of the World-From mountain top temples in the Himalayas to the tumultuous Amazon River and its world famous waterfalls, travel to the far reaches of the globe in search of the ultimate high.
Instinctive Motion Gameplay-Use motion control to experience adrenaline-pumping extreme sports like never before.
Take on your Friends-Compete solo or with a friend in multiple game modes such as Speed Round, Tricks and Collectibles, Challenges, and Survival mode. Kinect Required.
There are a few good upcoming sports kinect games for 2012.
Forza Motorsports 4 is a car racing game that is fantastic with the kinect controller and this has already made the top 10 kinect games for 2012.
Michael Phelps -Push Limit is a very interesting with a simulated swimming game,you get to compete against Michael Phelps in the pool.
Your Shape Fitness Evolved 2012 is the new sequel to Your Shape: Fitness Evolved, the #1 fitness game on Kinect. This game has also made it into the top 10 kinect games for 2012.
Kinect Sports 2 introduces six new sports - tennis, golf, American football, baseball, skiing and darts - with loads of challenges and activities for everyone to enjoy.
Grandslam Tennis 11 it will be the only videogame to feature the All England Lawn Tennis Club – home of The Championships, Wimbledon.
Xbox kinect have also bought out a kinect sports mat, this is 55" x 78" and you place it 4' from the Xbox 360 Kinect's camera. This is a great idea; it keeps you within the kinect sensors.
UFC Personal Trainer
“UFC Personal Trainer" has just been released, this is a mixed martial arts kinect fighting game that places players in the iconic mixed martial arts fighting cage, known as the octagon, with the most devastating MMA fighters to be found in the UFC.
The program features over 70 MMA exercises approved by the National Academy of Sports Medicine; 30 or 60-day goal presets; exercise/routine customization options; in-game advice and training by real UFC fitness experts as well as appearances by real UFC fighters; and exclusive Xbox 360 content including 4 bonus UFC fighter training partners and 9 extra training routines.
Michael Phelps - Push Limits
Michael Phelps - Push The Limit, "a competitive sports journey" that sees you slipping into a speedo and diving into "one of the most realistic and intense sports simulations ever created." No, it really sees you -- you'll be doing this in front of a Kinect.
Phelps sniffs in amusement. Then they battle — a splashy affair where the computerized water looks reasonably wet and stats flash onto the screen to keep the challenger up to speed on the distance he's "swam," his heart rate and the quality of his strokes.
When it's over, Phelps pumps his first in victory and the frustrated skateboarder is in his living room, his T-shirt soaked with sweat, looking like he might want to consider dialing 911.
Forza Motorsports 4
Forza, is alot of fun. Live the most realistic racing experience ever as you take the wheel of more than 400 of the most-beloved cars on over 100 renowned real-world tracks and exotic road courses from around the globe. With breathtaking high-definition graphics and the most advanced vehicle performance modeling in a video game.
Forza Motorsport 4 is going to be the "most expansive and vividly realistic automotive experience across any console.”, but with the new kinect controller it really is going to be very special,
Your Shape Fitness Evolved 2012
Your Shape Fitness Evolved 2012 is the new sequel to Your Shape: Fitness Evolved, the #1 fitness game on Kinect.
Exercise your way with a customizable, social and fun experience that delivers serious results. You get a personal trainer to help meet your set fitness goals or do you want to focus on a specific muscle group?
Your Shape provides an even wider array of activities to suit your tastes and fitness goals, including zen classes, Latin dance and boot camp.
Kinect Sports 2
Kinect Sports 2 introduces six new sports - tennis, golf, American football, baseball, skiing and darts - with loads of challenges and activities for everyone to enjoy.
There are three levels of difficulty, ranging from rookie to champion.
With new Achievements, exciting activities and unlockable avatar awards, every player of every skill will find something to challenge and enthrall them.
Kinect Tennis Games
Grandslam Tennis
EA Sports will bring tennis to life and allow players to experience the pressure and excitement of competing in the greatest theaters in the game, and it will be the only videogame to feature the All England Lawn Tennis Club – home of The Championships, Wimbledon. The all-new EA Sports tennis franchise will offer innovative ways to play, both as or against the greatest players from the past or present, letting you control the ball and work the court like you never have before in a tennis videogame
Kinect Sports:- Is the number one kinect game available, with a 9.2 rating form over 270 reviews. You can play soccer, beach volleyball, bowling, table tennis, track and field, and boxing. You can compete against yourself as an individual but have so much more fun when your friends and family join in. Kinect Sports 2 has just been released and it is as good as the first, with 6 new games.
Your Shape and Fitness Evolved :-
Your Shape Fitness Evolved, a revolutionary fitness game for Kinect for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. Your Shape’s proprietary Player Projection technology puts your body into the game for the ultimate experience. You’ll control the game intuitively with your voice and body as you create your desired fitness experience. Choose a personal trainer to help you meet your specific fitness goals, take a Yoga or Martial Arts class, or play fun, family-friendly mini-games.
EA Active Sports:- It gives a workout, and even corrects form when I am off. I have to be off form by a lot for it to trigger though. It isn't a fitness trainer that will guide you to hit unused small muscle groups, but it also won't be nagging every few seconds either.
Motion Sports:- This collection shows off Kinect at its purest, bringing six sports to life right in your living room. Run, jump, duck, dodge, and soar through over 40 challenges that put your physical skills to the test. You'll dodge defenders and race to the end zone in football, flash fancy footwork in soccer, and work that jab in boxing.
Zumba Fitness:- Find your rhythm and let go as Zumba instructors guide you through 30 routines that will work you into a sweat and make you forget you're even exercising. Featuring exclusive music and choreography, Zumba Fitness.
Deca Sports Freedom:- A little different form the other kinect sports games, you can choose from Tennis, Boxing, Figure Skating, Archery, Snowboard Cross, Mogul Skiing, Dodge Ball, Kendo, Beach Volleyball, and Paintball.
The Biggest Loser Ultimate Workout: The Ultimate Workout offers more than 125 exercise moves focused on upper body, lower body, cardio, yoga, and cardio boxing. Players can select from the exercise moves to create a custom fitness routine or choose from 10 pre-set fitness programs such as Belly Buster and Boot Camp.
Brunswick Pro Bowling is a bowling simulation game for Xbox 360 that utilizes the motion capture and control capabilities of the Xbox 360 Kinect motion control system. This game was released in February 2011, but the reviews have been pretty poor.
The result is addictive gameplay that is both realistic and entertaining for the whole family, with the extreme sensitivity of the Xbox 360 Kinect allowing players to roll their ball virtually any way that they could do so in a real bowling alley. Additional features include: detailed environments filled with interesting characters, multiple mode settings, character customization and even bumpers for kids, or others needing help staying out of the gutter
The Kinect Wipeout game mimics the absurd obstacle courses of its TV inspiration, and players will be challenged with working their way through the show's challenges by running, ducking and dodging.Failure is an inevitable and frequent outcome, and players will be treated to visuals of their inglorious digital destruction.
Players will be challenged by more than 30 obstacles, which can be undertaken in one shot or as individual events. Obstacles explicitly called out today include Big Balls and the Smack Wall Sweeper. The game will also include audio commentary from the show's hosts; John Anderson, John Henson, and Jill Wagner.
