Fitness Boxing
Fitness Boxing, as the name suggests, is a boxing-based physical fitness game for the Nintendo Switch. The game’s only characters are its six selectable and customizable trainers. They don’t have a lot of personality or depth but it’s surprisingly easy to get attached to them. The fact that they actually guide you through physical workouts makes them a part of your real life and the real world in a way other more-defined characters can’t be.
The trainer is constantly on-screen while you are exercising and getting your heart rate up. You are watching them to mirror their movements and they are telling you what to get ready for and giving you encouraging feedback on your performance. After playing this game, I can only assume a lot of people get crushes on their physical trainers in real life.
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Lin
from Fitness BoxingLin is the default trainer in Fitness Boxing and the one whose silhouette can be seen on the box art. I sampled the other available trainers, but I found myself drawn to Lin most of all. I found her respectable and approachable and I trusted her to guide me to physical health.
When I was playing daily, it was easy to associate my good feelings about the workout with the character who was constantly on-screen encouraging me. On some level, I was excited to play again because it meant working out with Lin again, and I didn’t want to skip a session and disappoint her.