Fitness Boxing 3: Your Personal Trainer Review – A baby between Wii Sports and Wii Fit

While Fitness Boxing 3: Your Personal Trainer is such a great workout game, there are things it could improve on. Your personal trainer’s dialogue tends to sound like AI, especially for Lin and Guy. Meanwhile, if you listen hard enough, you’ll notice that the sound for some of these spoken lines varies in quality. It’s like I’m listening to the Sydney Train announcements when exercising. Also, when you’re doing the faster routines, the trainer’s voice tends to be sped up, but in the same pitch. This makes sense as workouts have a set duration. However, it makes them sound like they’re rushing and like they don’t want to guide you through them.

While the game does detect your movements, you don’t get penalized if you mistake a hook with a jab as it registers it as the same thing. It’s basically like Just Dance, where you can cheese through the game and not have your body get into the groove. But you don’t want to do that, as you will be doing yourself a disservice. To be fair, all these are nitpicks and will not affect how you progress through the game as all it cares about is you getting your body moving. As long as you are sweating and are motivated to do the workout, then it has done its job.

It’s important to note that despite having the word “boxing” in Fitness Boxing 3: Your Personal Trainer, it will not train you to become a professional boxer. It does not care about how your arms move or how you’re poised or leg positions, or strength. So don’t expect to compete in a match as this game isn’t a training game for boxing, it’s an exercise game using boxing techniques. I guess some things require the real world.

Do I see this game as an alternative to going to the gym? Of course not! But I can see myself turning on this game between gym sessions to work on my cardio at home. I had my sports watch on when reviewing this game, and it revealed that my heart rate was between 130 and 150 during the daily exercises, the same result when I go on the treadmill or do pull-ups. Overall, I can see this game as part of my home workout routine and can play a role in my health journey. It could also work for you if you’re willing to give it a shot.