Ring Fit’s battle system is its most inventive twist, and after a slow start it sticks the landing. The level of customization that quickly opens up after the first world or two let me tune it to my fitness level surprisingly well. Every attack you have can only be used by doing the set of exercises associated with it, like squeezing the ring over your head or completing a warrior Yoga pose. This fitness roleplaying game, or FRPG as I insist on calling it, is a sweaty challenge. Feats of StrengthBut of course, the main draw of Ring Fit Adventure is its exercise-based combat, and it largely delivers on that idea. Never before did I think an anthropomorphized ring would gleefully ask me to squeeze them. And because of his required enthusiasm for every. Ring is the only voiced character, and he does a great job of being a fitness enthusiast pushing you along to do one more squat or ring press, but he lacks a fun, voiced counterpart to bounce off. The goal in each level is to literally run through a set path every time (either by physically running in place or squatting, which is a nice touch for those of us with downstairs neighbors), so you’re often not stopping to smell the roses – unless Ring Fit’s rather ho-hum dialogue pops up. (Though I will give credit to the smoothie ingredient menu, a track that channels the iconic groove of the Wii Shop Channel music.) That repetitive nature is ebbed away somewhat by the physical hindrances in your path, whether they be boulders that need to be crushed – with your abs – or a river you need to paddle down swiftly – also with your abs. Ring Fit’s energetic though generic soundtrack keeps up the pace, and has really only wormed its way into my head because of how often you hear the same handful of tunes. It makes sense that the world would be relatively sparse, as it’s meant to be viewed only briefly like the world outside your window on a speeding train, but it’s still noticeably so. Play Ring Fit’s levels – which include both outdoor, forested regions and indoor, cavernous spaces that feel like hollowed-out warehouses – are bright and often colorful, but you’ll recognize the same tree and deer or the identical floor tiling and arrow wall panel that you keep seeing over and over again. They’re all signs that a good-natured sense of humor went into the world, but any clever moment is often dashed away by monotony, both in the world and its dialogue. Its pun-filled world has a land called Sporta and characters like Abdonis (which I admit are pretty good), and there are some clever character designs based on anthropomorphized exercise equipment. Ring Fit liberally uses all the standard RPG tropes like they’re about to be banned, which is doubly disappointing because it’s on the cusp of being a truly interesting spin on the genre instead of a weak parody of it. Seeing the end of the story seems like it would probably take another month of working out beyond the two weeks I’ve put into it so far, but that’s not what’s driving me to continue. He was imprisoned by his friend, Ring, who is now your fitness companion/training partner on a journey to thwart Dragaux’s plan, which we can only assume is to make everybody unfit… or maybe buff. 11 Images Fitness QuestThe story starts off with a page straight out of RPG Cliches 101: your hero is tricked into unleashing a buff bodybuilding dragon named Dragaux who then plans to unleash his evil upon the land.
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