The Nintendo Switch’s new fitness game punched me into shape

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My body was having a rough week.

The trouble started on Sunday when I somehow managed to injure my foot so badly by simply going for a long walk that I couldn’t put weight on it for two days. I got it working well enough on Tuesday so I could go to a concert, but four hours of standing did a number on my legs. To make matters worse, I had a messenger bag over my shoulder throughout the night, which translated to even more pain by the time I got home.

It was time to admit it: My 35-year old body isn’t what it used to be.

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As if by divine intervention, I returned home from the concert that night to find a code for Fitness Boxing 3: Your Personal Trainer sitting in my inbox. The Nintendo Switch’s latest fitness game encouraged players to move their body with daily exercise routines, complete with stretches and motion-controlled punches. With my shoulder throbbing from the weight of a heavy bag on it all night, I made a decision. It was time to adopt a daily workout, and Fitness Boxing 3 was right there.

Punch and jab

Fitness Boxing may be the most prolific first-party Nintendo Switch series that you don’t know about. Its first installment released in 2018 as a spiritual continuation of the Wii’s Shape Boxing games. Since then, it has gotten multiple sequels and spinoffs, including a Hatsune Miku-themed game. That makes Fitness Boxing 3 the fifth game in what’s nearly become an annualized series for Nintendo. Its actual contents need far less explanation as it’s less complex than Ring Fit Adventure: punch, jab, and weave along to music using the Joy-Cons and track your daily results.

In my moment of physical despair, I decide to boot it up late one night and give it a spin. I’m introduced to my personal trainer, the overly enthusiastic Lin, who walks me through the