Parents need to know that Zumba Fitness, an exergaming title for Xbox 360 Kinect, doesn't work well. While it should be a perfect game to get kids to be active and working out without even realizing they're "exercising," its poor execution of gameplay makes it a tough title to recommend.

Working through the game's routines alongside my wife I found her coordination was far greater than mine, no doubt solely down to her prior experience with Zumba, although still often failing to pick-up her actions or replacing either of our profiles with a ‘Guest' account as if someone else had...

Great box art; Good for non-interactive dance routines..

Poor tutorials result in inaccessibility; Sporadic motion detection; Little to no customisation for routines & workouts

If you've accidentally stumbled into a gym recently there is a very good chance that you would have spotted a group of sweaty people, mostly of the fairer sex, bumping and grinding along happily in what they call a Zumba class. Never heard of it? Neither had I.

Refreshingly bright; cheerful and relatively sleek presentation; Lively Latin music is bound to get you moving

Dismal motion tracking; Very little feedback to guide you; another Kinect "flap around and hope for the best" title

Zumba is a dance style meant to get you in shape with specific workouts that place extra burden on key areas to help you mold the body you want. Through a mixture of hip-hop, salsa, samba and plenty of other dance styles and even martial arts moves, Zumba creates a fast, fun experience that will...

Zumba Fitness is an Xbox 360 game for Kinect that involves cardio dancing exercises to contemporary dance beats with a Latin flair. It is based on one of the latest exercise crazes in America right now. I love this game - my xbox and kinect were starting to gather dust before I got it.

zumba comes to the xbox.

Can dance in the comfort of your home

Can be a bit fast

There might be plenty of videos and games out there that promise fitness results and then when you try them, you find they only promise to be boring and uninspired. I have tried many and have found that I generally burn more calories and sweat more at the gym or even just dancing around my kitchen.

I have a confession to make: I'm not the target demographic for this game. Like, in any way at all. My fitness regime is nonexistent and if I chunk up a little I usually just stop eating for a few days and by the time I wake up in the Hospital, BAM!l I'm back down to my regular weight.

The dance-inspired aerobics in Zumba Fitness Core aren't for the faint-hearted. The routines will drill through your flab and mold the squishy fibers underneath into solid muscle...whether you like it or not.

+ Routines work your body thoroughly, with classes yielding surprisingly rapid results, + Fun songs; energetic trainers; ability to create custom classes

? In the next game; can we get the option to navigate menus with a controller

Zumba Fitness is described as a "global lifestyle brand that fuses fitness, entertainment and culture into an exhilarating dance-party workout." If you're ever attended (read: sweated) in a Zumba Fitness class before, you'll know that it gives you a total-body workout by blending dance rhythms from...