Review

miCoach

Common Sense Media says

Diverse, enjoyable workout game with heavy Adidas branding.
Age
10
Quality
 
Learning
3
  • Positive messages3
    The instructors featured in miCoach can be encouraging during the exercises. This is a not a rah-rah/cheerleader style of coaching, but rather they explain the exercise and then demonstrate it while keeping an upbeat attitude throughout the routine. The game itself, through the cameras used, will either determine that the exercise has been completed well enough to advance or not.
  • Positive role models4
    The pro athletes featured in this game -- like Kaka, Tyson Gay, and Dwight Howard -- are from diverse backgrounds (basketball, soccer, tennis, football) and are busy helping the player to get physically fit. And with the live-action video of the athlete performing the exercises, these athletes encourage kids to try exercises.
  • Ease of play3
    miCoach can be played on Kinect game, and when it is, the interface reacts well to commands, although the system sometimes needs to be restarted. There were some instances of the game reading slowly some motion-commands, but generally, if movements were deliberate and slow, the interface read the player's movements. This game is also playable on the PS3 using Move.
  • Violence0
    Not applicable.
  • Sex0
    Not applicable.
  • Language0
    Not applicable.
  • Consumerism4
    Adidas is branded throughout the game, and there are Adidas products that can be purchased as an adjunct to the game. For example, consumers can purchase a heart-rate monitor that will upload data to an iPhone or Windows so you can track vitals and progress through the Web site set up for the miCoach license. Some of the products can be costly (the heart monitor, called the miCoach Zone, will cost $94.)
  • Drinking, drugs, & smoking0
    Not applicable.
  • Privacy & safety4
    Minor safety concerns: There are no online communications with other users, but information can be collected through the miCoach Web site, which does have user forums for registered users. Because fitness information can be uploaded to profiles on that site, other users can get a sense of who consumers are.
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What parents need to know

Parents need to know that miCoach is a fitness-oriented program that requires the Xbox Kinect or PlayStation MOVE to work. It is a heavily branded game featuring Adidas. Players can set up a fitness regimen that spans several weeks and work through different elements of a designed program. For example, a  fitness program may include exercising three times a week for three weeks. Some of the routines also require other materials, such as dumbbells or a stability ball (used for balance activities) that are not included with the game.

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