Topic: Zumba Fitness: World Party Preview

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http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/preview/34656

Zumba Fitness World Party is a new entry in the Zumba series coming in October to, among other platforms, the Wii U for the first time. For those out of the loop, the franchise carries a focus on fitness through dancing. While Xbox One and 360 offer camera options, the Wii and Wii U versions of the game are played via a belt with a Wii Remote attached to it that reads your movement.

The game gauges how successful the player is dancing by attempting to determine how accurate the players movements are and giving a star ranking. And as the player is more successful in their dancing, the environments (of which there are eight -- I saw a tropical one) become more interesting. The Wii versions appears to be practically flawless at registering movement, which makes sense given the number of opportunities Zumba has had to improve over the last several years. That said, the Wii and Wii U version appear to be identical, but offering the GamePad as an alternitive screen to view the game from.

Featuring 41 dance routines, 30 dance styles, and 45 classes (in incriments of 20, 40, or 60 minutes), Zumba Fitness World Party could be an appealing game to some when it releases later this year.