Just so you know, I'm usually working a day ahead of myself so while Day 2 is being blogged on the Monday (or queued for blogging on the Monday), I actually did this blog and its exercises on the Sunday. So I'm sort of time-traveling here. Sort of.
Anyway, today sees me showing you Steps Plus which is the advanced level of Steps Basic… which I showed you yesterday.
Just so you know, Day 1's Wii Fit age was… 29 originally. I did it again later on and it told me it was 24. Assume 29 is correct as that was the starting age.
So today I'm going to talk about Steps Plus which as I said is basically Steps Basic ++.
In Steps Plus, you've got a slightly faster and more irritating soundtrack to step to that at times doesn't sound bad in a funky sort of way.
In Steps Basic, you only focused on regular stepping with the pink / red steps and side stepping with the blue ones. Steps Plus changes this by forcing you to kick on the foot denoted by a green foot while purple feet change sides and rotations. Combine this with a song that gets faster two-thirds of the way through and you have an exercise that can break a sweat if you do it a few times in a row.
And it's actually fun. It can get a little irritating, but it is definitely fun.
Unfortunately though, there isn't really a harder level… and that's crap.
You see, once you've unlocked what might be seen as the "hardest level" of Steps, it's actually just a mode called "Free Step" which has you set a time limit and step on and off the steps at your leisure while you watch TV… or listen to music… or do whatever you want, really.
The Wiimote will speak to you in either beats or in voice format, but that's about it.
Really, this is a shame because Steps Basic and Steps Plus were actually pretty fun… and then you get let down with Free Step.
Shit, I can do steps on the Wii Balance Board without needing to turn it on for the same effect. Why have you given me a mode like this, Nintendo?
Anyway, I digress. This is how it looks for someone to play Steps Plus.
Steps Plus
Time In Wii Fit: 0:53
Wii Fit Age: 39
Real Age: 24
Comment: Shit. I'm bigger. How the hell did that happen?