Rhythmic calorie counting.

Out of all of the family-centric games introduced during the lifetime of the absurdly popular Nintendo Wii, only a handful have seemingly thrived and continued into the present day. Perhaps the most prevalent is the Just Dance franchise, which releases every year like clockwork, but the Zumba series is just about hanging by a thread, doggedly determined to remain relevant nearly a decade after the first game’s release.

Zumba Burn It Up! is exclusive to the Nintendo Switch and plays very similar to the Just Dance games in that the Joy-Con track your movements as you follow the on-screen instructions. Featuring over 30 songs ranging from low to high intensity, you dance along with one of the game’s real-life instructors with the aim of burning off as many calories as possible. Keeping up with the instructors can be pretty difficult (these folks can move), but the game does try and make things slightly easier by signposting the next required move ahead of time, so you’re not just flailing around when the instructor suddenly changes things up.

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