From businesswire.com:

“Today Ubisoft announced that My SAT Coach with The Princeton Review has shipped to retailers nationwide and is available exclusively for the Nintendo DS™ system. Developed in Ubisoft’s Montreal studio and in partnership with The Princeton Review, the video game will help students prepare for the SAT exam with timed drills and mini-games where scores are tracked and the player is given recommendations on how to improve testing performance. With more than 2,000 new practice questions and two diagnostic exams, My SAT Coach with The Princeton Review is an invaluable test preparation tool.”

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From indystar.gns.gannett.com:

“Bandai Namco’s “Active Life Outdoor Challenge” takes the active gaming that has made the Nintendo Wii so popular and ups the ante.

Not only do you use the Wii remote while swinging your arms, but this game gets your feet and body moving, too. The game comes with a special Active Life Mat Controller, which looks similar to the kind used to play “Dance Dance Revolution” games and has colored shapes on which to place your feet. With the mat on the floor and the Wii remote in your hand, you will jump on a trampoline, slide down a slick pipe while avoiding obstacles, leap hurdles, sprint across a path of raised stones, speed skate through an obstacle course and much more. And all of these sweat-inducing activities happen from the comfort of your living room.”

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From krisabel.ctv.ca:

“The success of Brain Age games and Wii Fit has proven so effective in establishing new trends in video games that Nintendo, along with partner Ubi Soft Montreal, were able to fill a spa this week with demonstrations of seventeen titles in the life coach and fitness genres including a new cooking guide, a stop smoking coach, two new yoga trainers, language instructors for Chinese and Japanese, and a Pilates guide. In previewing them, I found myself surrounded by female reporters, the only man in the tour, and suddenly recruited for a Yoga lesson. To make up for the tree poses and breathing exercises, I was given a rather butch tattoo on my forearm, so I still left the spa with my dignity intact.”

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From 1up.com:

“In a move that’s likely intended to capitalize on the runaway popularity of Wii Fit, the Palo Alto YMCA has announced a partnership with Hudson Soft that will bring Deca Sports for the Wii into the Bay Area fitness center.

Kicking off September 27, this event is the culmination of a week-long collaboration with the America On the Move Foundation — designed to encourage exercise and a healthy diet. The YMCA hopes to lure in big crowds for the final day of the promotion by offering multiple gaming stations featuring Deca Sports in the same space normally reserved for actual sports. Sure, the health benefits of pretending to play volleyball are debatable, but some people need to take baby steps. “

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From casualgaming.biz:

“Family Trainer, the title of which is designed to be both self-explanatory and targeted directly at its market, uses a combination of the Wiimote and included mat peripheral to give users a proper full body workout, and all of its games are designed to be instantly playable without the need for any extensive tutorials.

Over a dozen games are included and, ingeniously, the facility for two players to compete on the single mat instantly extends the family appeal of the title – and gives it a distinct one-over on the competition.”

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From prweekus.com:

“Best Buy Canada has partnered with Nintendo of Canada for in-store events that promote the Wii and its potential health benefits to moms and their daughters.

The customer events, called “Wii for Women”, will feature gaming experts who will talk to women about games that can actually help their mind and body, and women can also try out titles like Wii Fit and
Brain Age.”

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