Zumba Fitness Impressions

Fancy new technology may be the most obvious trend at this year's E3, but if you want one type of game that is being inundated with new releases, then dancing is definitely the choice. With Just Dance 2, Dance Party, and even a Michael Jackson dancing game announced this year, it looks to be one crowded genre in the coming months. Majesco is not a company to sit on its laurels and watch everyone else jump in the pool, though. It has its own dance-themed fitness game coming out this year, set to put the many motion controllers through their paces.

Zumba is a workout regime that focuses on the pound-shedding power of dance to get people off their feet and moving around. Zumba Fitness looks to capitalize on this craze with a new game that takes advantage of the Wii Remote, Move, and Kinect, depending on your weight-loss system of choice. The game has a realistic-looking dancer onscreen performing hip shakes and arm sways, and you follow along in time with the music. Stay in rhythm, and your in-game silhouette shines a brilliant green. Make a mistake, and it becomes yellow or, if you have two left feet, even red.

There are exclusive routines and songs in this game, so even people who make their way to the local gym every Wednesday to dance in their Zumba class will find something new here. There are also multiplayer modes if you're confident enough about your abilities to shake your stuff in front of another person. A two-player mode can be played on the same screen, or you can challenge long-distance dancers to a dance-off.

Zumba Fitness is not really a game, but it is a way to have fun while you lose weight. Although we certainly didn't try it out at the show with so many prying eyes judging us, it looks like another interesting entry in the genre. Stay tuned to GameSpot to see how this dance war plays out.