"Things like fitness rings are just the bad effects of whitewashing the game. How can this thing be compared with real fitness?"
Sociologist Gene expressed disdain.
The day the fitness ring was first announced, he saw many people promoting the game on social platforms.
In different regions, fitness rings have also been promoted to varying degrees.
In Japan, the most famous innocent actresses will be invited to shoot advertisements, and they will be as fresh as they want.
In the United States, it is more fashion-oriented, from actresses to a group of youthful young people doing exercises with fitness rings and sweating profusely.
In areas such as the United Kingdom, advertising will become a British gentleman style. Male models in straight suits will directly perform various movements of fitness rings on the street, with some unique European humor, but also show the fitness ring.
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Because of the promotion method targeted at different regions, the commercial attracted a lot of praise as soon as it was aired. Many people said that they would watch the commercial several times just because of it.
But that doesn't stop Gene from continuing to look down on video games.
So he also tried his best to promote the disadvantages of video games through his social platform.
He even thinks that the fitness ring is just a gimmick, and actually does not have the so-called fitness function at all.
He thought the profuse sweating in the advertisement was just a show. If players actually got their hands on it, the real effect would be greatly reduced.
Some people did believe what Gene said and chose to continue to wait and see instead of rushing to buy.
But there are still more people who don’t know what’s going on.
For example, the white-collar workers who are attracted at first sight.
He usually has no need for social networking in his life. He spends most of his time between work and family, so he is hardly affected by such remarks.
On the day the fitness ring was released, he took a rare vacation and came here to buy the fitness ring adventure.
After buying it, he couldn't wait to return home and want to experience it.
"Huh? Husband? It seems you came back very early today."
The wife of a white-collar worker is a gentle and virtuous woman. After sending her husband and children to work and school in the morning, she will tidy up the room and wash clothes at home. Then the wife plans to stay for a while and go to some women in the neighborhood to chat and communicate.
According to some latest anecdotal news, this is probably what most women in Japan do now.
Even in 2007, many women in Japan are still used to being full-time housewives after getting married. Even if the policy has long ago encouraged women to fight for their rights and interests as much as possible, and they can get equal pay for equal work with men, but in reality people
The social inertia is still difficult to reverse, and it may take several generations of adjustments to change.
The wife was very surprised to see her husband come back so early. Usually her husband would not come back so early.
"I took a day off today, so instead of talking about this, my wife, I bought something interesting. Do you want to try it?"
"Something more interesting?" My wife was a little curious, and then suddenly thought of something, her face immediately turned red and she became nervous.
"Husband...are you coming back so early just for this more interesting thing?"
"That's about right. I think this should help our family feel more cozy."
"Well?"
The wife was stunned.
Then she saw her husband take out a game console from behind and a game cartridge of Ring Fitness Adventure.
"What's this?"
"This is a game console. I remember that our child always wanted to experience it. He always said that his friends had this thing. I suddenly felt that our family should also have this thing."
The wife's expression gradually changed from blushing and shy at the beginning to calmness, and then became a little embarrassed again.
"But husband, I remember that you seemed to be quite resistant to video games before. Do you think these things are addictive?"
"I did feel this way before, but I think maybe my view should be changed, because a new game has just been launched, which makes me think that maybe video games are not so bad after all. Don't you often think about fitness too?
Something about that?”
"Well, that's right, I've always wanted to buy a fitness card, but it's a bit expensive with the cost of buying a trainer."
"Then maybe you can try this."
The white-collar worker showed the cassette box of the fitness ring to his wife.
My wife looked at it curiously and asked doubtfully: "What is this?"
"This is one of the games called Fitness Ring. I don't particularly know the specific content of this game, but the demo in the advertisement seems to be very useful."
"But... this is still a game, right? Can games really have a fitness effect?"
My wife is a little suspicious.
"Um...you give it a try?"
The white-collar worker said with some expectation.
In his mind, he kept recalling the advertisements shot by Uemura Aika that he had seen countless times in the past few months.
Looking at Uemura Aika's sweaty look, even if the effect was only half, he felt that it was well worth the money.
"Then... let's give it a try."
My wife, who originally planned to clean up the house and go to the neighbors, gave up and stayed at home with her husband.
Other neighbors should also understand.
The white-collar worker immediately ran to the TV and installed the game console according to the instructions. Even a child can easily install this kind of game console, so he easily installed the game console and put the fitness ring cassette in it.
Put it into the game console.
At the same time, in order to play the fitness ring game, he also needed to purchase additional separate handles. The total cost of all these was almost more than 50,000 yen, which was really a big expense.
If this game really didn't live up to his imagination, he felt that he would be completely disappointed with the video game. Of course, if he returned it, he wouldn't return it. He thought it could also be used as a gift for his children.
Of course, you have to limit your child's play time and not let him get too addicted.
The wife patiently watched her husband install it, and then waited for her husband to install the fitness ring and hand it to her. She was still curiously looking at the black iron ring peripheral.
This really looks like a very simple iron ring, but it is quite elastic and may be used as some tools at home.
The white-collar worker finally got the fitness ring after a while of busy work. Then he couldn't wait to put the handle into the slots of the leggings and the fitness ring according to the game's instructions, and the game officially started.
"Come on, wife, follow these instructions and try it out."