Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm & Exercise (Nintendo Switch)

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If the funds have not yet been merged, you will have the option to do so during the purchase process. The variety of punches is surprisingly wide, switching between uppercuts, jabs, straights, and hooks in a variety of sequences.

I had the same problem until I realized it will count your punches as misses if you don't keep your hands up and and bring your hands back quickly after punching. If you can only choose one fitness game to play in 2021, Fitness Boxing 2 is a difficult recommendation to make. If you put any time into that title this game will seem very similar to you, and I’m not sure there are enough changes to warrant the upgrade. Fitness Boxing 2, like the original Fitness Boxing, also gives you the ability to swap out your trainers and their outfits. When a game mainly consists of following a set of large squares sliding up the screen, it becomes far more noticeable when those squares aren't moving perfectly – and they certainly chug along at times.

Save data also carries over from the previous game, so use all of these features to help keep you going! In the case of an actual sync issue, which I didn’t experience, there are settings to adjust the delay. If you're violent and carrying momentum with purpose, it will register your movements and combos can feel great (if just a few frames too slow). Following along with moving your whole body gives you a full workout unlike any I’ve experienced in a game before. Karen (whose name is rather unfortunate in 2020) is a friendly, quiet type and a harmless enough choice to be your trainer.

Fitness Boxing 2 isn’t a bad way to keep your body energised, but the few improvements it has loaded into its gloves can’t hide its flawed punching technique or its disappointing lack of beats to bounce around to between uppercuts. While you’ve still got some relatively modern tracks (like Hot N Cold by Katy Perry and Alone by Marshmellow), there’s a hefty percentage of older ones here, too.

My uncoordinated girlfriend can match and sometimes beat my scores on the final summary screen, so it feels quite competitive. This game replicates most of what I was doing (basic striking, I'm no boxer, it was purely just to have a little variety outside of the usual workouts). praising it for having a "decent selection of punches to throw" and for allowing the user to track their progress day-to-day, but criticized the game for its "lack of variety" and for having "repetitive music and trainer dialog".