I Play and Review Yoga Master for the Nintendo Switch (also for PS4) (IS THIS GAME GOOD??) - FGR

For 30 Days II play Yoga Master for the nintendo switch. I then review weather it is a buy or not as well as if I can figure out how to spell whether.

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Namaste guys, I’m your guru Jack Jenkins, and today I will take you on an enlightened journey. I was once a man who was weak and scared. Thanks to the hot new Nintendo Switch game, Yoga Master, I am indeed a yoga master. Alright, I’m done with the fake hippy accent crap. What’s going on, everybody, and welcome to this fitness game review. A series where I pick up and play a fitness game for thirty days straight to see if it’s something you should play to lose weight or if it’s better left in the trash. Run that intro!

I can’t believe I got an intro and stuff… I’m so proud of myself. Today I am playing through Yoga Master as well as it’s DLC pack, Dream Fantasy. I found this game while trying to pull up Zumba, and it was on sale for only twenty dollars, including the DLC. So I figured to do this while I wait for Zumba to go on sale. That’s right, ladies, I’m a cheap ass. As I didn’t know about the game before this point, I didn’t have any expectations. My experience with Yoga personally is limited to Wii Fit and Ring Fit adventure. My girlfriend does hot Yoga, but other than that, the only ideas of Yoga I have are those hippy douche bags from TV shows. Looking at you, Dave, from two hot to handle. But what I found was Yoga itself is a pretty fun way to get all stretched out and relaxed before bed. The game Yoga Master, while the delivery of great yoga programs, is a game that needs quite a bit of work to actually become a master.

[Yoga Master Day 1 Review]

That’s right, from day one, I’ve had the feeling that the game was cheaply made, and that carried all the way to day 30. Now let me explain by starting off with the meat of the game, the actual Yoga. The game has a ton of Yoga content in it for just twenty-five bucks. There are over one-hundred, and fifty different Yoga poses in the game. As the game is more of a teaching tool, they use the actual Indian name. So instead of Warrior 1 pose in Ring Fit Adventure, they call it Virabhadrasana. Sorry about butchering that word, by the way. The game states in the beginning that this is an education tool, so maybe it’s to educate us on what these things are really called. While you don’t know the names of the poses at first, you eventually become a custom to the terms and will catch on. While I don’t think I learned what the actual names are, I can differentiate a few different yoga moves from the starting position. So the educational notice, in the beginning, wasn’t a total lie. I wish maybe it could dive in a little deeper on what yoga actually is, though. I know to some it’s not just stretching, but to me, it is. I don’t really care to know more, but if it was a part of the game, that would be nice to see.

The programs themselves are also fantastic as well. The game comes with over one hundred different programs that range from easy to hard and last anywhere from eight minutes to around an hour. While I didn’t get a chance to do them all, as I only had thirty days, what I played so far is excellent. Each program is varied enough, where I felt like the difference is noticeable and acceptable. One thing I didn’t like about the programs is that they come with a weird title and don’t tell you what they are working out. For example, they name them Wellness or Brighten Day, which is meaningless to someone like me. I’d rather have an exact name telling you what you will work out, such as Calf Stretches or Back stretches. Once you choose your program, you can adjust some settings, such as how long you want to hold each pose and whether to continuously switch to each pose or take a break between each one. One thing I wish the program would include is a way to skip a pose. When I was practicing some of the more challenging levels, I could do some of the poses, but others were just way out of my league.

I want to restate this again, the Yoga in the game is excellent in this game. There are a ton of moves and programs. The description for it on Nintendo’s website states that it is built and designed by professional yoga coaches. I feel a ton of care was put into making the different programs and making the Yoga poses authentic. However, the overall game and the packaging around it are horrible. The game reads your movements through the motion controls based on how still you are. However, when someone like me has never really done yoga before and is stretching your body for the first time, you tend to shake a lot. One review I read on Reddit from user Miiblord even states that this is a bad design idea.

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