Zumba Fitness World Party - Nintendo Wii

So I'm not a kid let's just say i was born in the 50s as that great poet Sting once wrote. I finally kicked down and bought a wii mainly to get Just Dance and did get more than one of those games and love them as well but also really like Zumba just as much. I do think I like this World Party the best. For one thing, and it may sound weird, the dancers are nicer to look at. It's not just that they are real people instead of what looks like more computer generated people in the other Zumba games but although all the Zumbas are quite good and varied the dancers in the other ones are just more annoying for lack of a better word. I mean one of the girls in one of the other Zumbas always seems to be giving strange hand signals like I fell I'm in the barrio or something at the end of the dance. Still, I overall do like and enjoy both Zuma 2 and Core. What I like about World Party as well as the other Zumbas is the ability to make custom playlists. That way you can make up classes of just the songs you like. They give you quite a few slots to make custom lists so you could even for instance make up a list/class where you could go back and repeat a song you liked again in the same setlist. This is also good for avoiding some songs or routines you may not like that much. I'm not so crazy about the hawaiin dances for instance and although the one dance, i think it might be Clarity, is good enough routine-wise, it kind of bugs me hearing it so I'd rather skip it. So the custom list feature is great. The belt can be a little annoying; for one thing after the class or if you just do one song, youpretty much have to take the remote out of the belt to aim it at the screen to navigate to the next song or whatever. I ended up taking the strap right off the remote because having it on made it a hassle to get it into the belt's holder in time for the beginning of the song. I don't miss having the strap on there even for other games like just Dance. Just be careful i guess not to fling it at the tv like was happening when the wii first came out! With it in the belt of course this isn't even a worry. The other thing i did was get some Dancesocks. I wasn't sure which of these kind of socks to get...you see zumba sliders and other ones but the Dancesocks get the best reviews so i went with those and they are fantastic. Let me explain; I never have had any knee problems and am quite active but the moves in zumba require some spinning and just plain lurching and jerking form side to side and if your feet are supposed to go thataway and your legs and body then have to follow it can do a number on your knees...and that was happening. These type of socks slip over your running or cross trainers and allow you to spin and move from side to side effortlessly. As soon as i started using them all knee issues ceased. Also the company selling them, the makers, ship priority so i got mine in just a couple of days. By the way these are for hard surfaces, wood or concrete and will not work on carpet. I'm using them with some filas i recently got from costco on a concrete floor and believe me they were a life...knee-saver. But i really am digging zumba world party. The one girl from brazil is my favorite dancer/instructor and i love also the Irish dance and the Indian ones as well...Great blend of dance and exercise overall.

I will start off by saying I am not new to Zumba. I have been doing zumba for about 3 years now. I own every DVD and all the previous games for the Wii and the PS3. I have never been able to stick to any fitness routine before this but zumba fitness is a lot of fun and exciting. Although I am a fan of the previous games, this game is by far the best and much improved. So much that I am worried I may just play this one and not return to the other games! There are definitely songs I like better than others, but overall, this game is exciting, energetic, and sexy. If you are familiar with previous zumba games, you will know that the instructors seem more cartoonish, but in this game, the instructors look like real people. I enjoy this because its easier for me to follow the steps. If you have zumba experience, you will likely be able to pick up on some of the moves more quickly, but if you are new, the steps will likely be more of a challenge, but not impossible to learn. Even as a person who has a lot of zumba experience, I found some of the steps quite challenging but I like that. If the steps were similar to previous games, I'd get bored. For people who have a hard time with the steps, there is a section in the game where you can learn and practice in slow or normal mode. In addition, the music is really good! There are some big hits on there and even the newer unfamiliar songs are great! Also, a new feature is where you can make your own personalized playlist so that you can add routines you like the best or the do the routines you feel like doing today. As a female, I enjoy having nice curves and this fitness program has definitely helped me achieve that. I do not play this game to lose weight. I enjoy it because I feel like dancing and I'm getting exercise while I dance. I love being able to learn dance moves I can show off at parties and this game really works out your hips, thighs, abs and butt. After many years of zumba, I am very happy with the results this has given me. I highly recommend this game!!

First off, my game came with a belt but if you buy used as I did you will need to read carefully whether or not they are including one. I got this game in an effort to exercise more, it worked! I love that it truly is a game+workout. However that did get me in trouble the first weekend as I had it as I tried to unlock all that I could in one weekend! Warning--if you are not already used to the exercise don't do that! I was really sore from playing song after song for a couple hours and then couldn't play anymore for a day. So with that said, this game is very good exercise as long as you are actively moving along with the dancer. Just doing a couple songs can break me into a sweat so it works for me(fyi i'm out of shape) but it also does the same to those more active than myself(maybe cause they haven't done Zumba/dance workouts) A friend was bored and didn't want to join me so she just waved the wii remote around for the duration of the song and tied with me! So yes, you can also cheat this game and somewhat easily to. That makes no difference to me as I want to earn my own score but be careful if you are getting this for anyone who will go the easier path. The game play is pretty nice, maybe not in line with newer games but is still a great game. I plan on getting other zumba games so that I can have some more variety though as after awhile I do get bored doing the set of songs I like the best. To be honest I have actually moved on from this game(I get bored of my games within months) but it did take awhile for this to happen and I actually plan to switch back to this game after playing a Just Dance game for a couple months. Having more than one of these games in rotation can definetly help prevent boredom in your exercise routine but if you like to just do one set of exercises this can work for you on it's own. My only complaint about this game is that it's not too helpful in teaching you the steps, it's more of a learn as you go thing. Luckily I work fine with that and hardly look at instructions but it would still be a nice thing to be able to fall back on. All in all this game is a fun and exciting way to get or stay in shape(depending on your activity level-great for beginners to intermediate I would think)and trick yourself into actually wanting to exercise(who doesn't like games!?)

So I don't do many reviews here, but since I am a Zumba Addict I thuoght this one might be fun. I have done Zumba for the past year and a half and perfer the games and dvds rather than the actual classes. When I heard that this game came out I had to get it right away! First thing I love is that it's super easy to learn how to dance in this game. I am not a beginner but I did look at the learn the steps part and found it rather detailed and helpful. The second favorite thing is the World Tour feature where you can go to different countries and do dances specific to that city or country. There are about 8-10 different countries/ cities you can dance in. The hardest for me is still brazil! You earn stamps postacards and movies through this feature. Also you can go through all the songs and practice them this way as well before they get mixed up in the classes. This game also has the original game like qualities with the short, medium, and long classes which I like and you can still earn medals and bonus content as well. Honestly with Zumba 2 I wasn't motivated to do it because I couldn't win any bonus content, and I am all about having all the bonus content. World Party is FULL OF IT! Its more cardio than a strength workout so this would probably be a good game to do before you do any strength exercises or Zumba: Core, which is an awesome game as well. MUSIC: OMG THERE IS NOT ONE SONG THAT I DISLIKE. For all the previous games there were a bunch of songs that I didn't want to dance to, I had my set and that was it, here every single song I love. They have everything from Daddy Yankee, Arash, and Lady Gaga. It's such an amazing array of different beats and music. I was happy Nick did a song in the game for Russian Dances because I loved the Russian Dance he did in Zumba Core. Well, I'm Russian so a bit biased. There was also Celtic, "River Dance" as well.. I don't want to give it all away but it was breath taking. A great addition to my collection! Will be loved for a while! *comes with belt*

Although, I love that you can see the actual person dance, I find myself liking Zumba 2 more, because the music is consistently much more appealing and the dance routines are a bit easier to follow. When I do a full class with the Zumba Fitness World Party, I find myself dreading doing any of the European dances, in particular. For example, there's a dance that is Irish Step Dancing (look up River Dance, and you'll know what I mean) and my first reaction is like, I did not sign up for this! Not to mention, the Polynesian-type hula dancing is more boring to me as it's slow and just...not as fun. The Indian music, is the same as well, just not my cup of tea. The American dances, I like though, being American and liking hip hop. If you like Zumba for the latin music and the style of dancing, then you might like "traveling" only to those countries, like Brazil, and doing those dance routines... but that makes the full classes being hit or miss. You might love some dances and others being so-so. One day, I even put my Wii on mute, and played other music, just so I can get through a class. More and more I think about it, I'm not sure I'll play this game again, because I find myself not being motivated by the music selection. THOUGH, I have to admit, that it gives you great aerobic workout, so I might save it for those days I can't run outside. By the way, I've been playing this game once every week for 3 months. It's in rotation with several other Wii games like, Zumba 2, Just Dance, Just Dance 2014, Black Eyed Peas, and The Hip Hop Experience. I find myself looking more forward to Zumba 2 than the Zumba World Party.

I have Zumba 2 and Core as well. I still go back and play the other versions to compare and contrast and do new things. Zumba 2 has longer routines which I kind of liked. Like, a full class was like an hour and 15 minutes, but the music wasn't that great. And you could get like an hour for your custom workout (in comparison to World Party, the songs are shorter and a custom is like 35 minutes). Zumba Core, the music was better, but the routines were shorter and some of them were boring. And there is that whole 10th level glitch that causes the game to freeze. World party is more complex with the dance steps--I don't have a problem, but I've seen friends and family stumble around quite a bit. The music is better and when they are in Brazil, i like how the people in the background struggle with the steps as well. A little comic relief in my routines. As I said, the songs are super short...A couple are so short, like the Irish Jig one...I'm like, that's it? Well ok. Some routines are super fun, Perros Salvajes is my favorite because it feels like a dance routine rather than a workout. And Limbo. I would take half a star off if possible for those freaking Hawaiian routines. Super slow. Like in the middle of me working up a nice sweaty lather, I land on the Hula song which is followed by like Russian Dances or something. So I just cooled down to speed right back up again? I think I hurt my ankle because of that. In one or two of those 'high intensity' workouts (major air quotes here), I deal with 3 of those slow Hawaiian routines. Irritates the heck out of me. By rule, and hopefully in the next version, they will not have low intensity routines in the middle of the high intensity class. Also, you should be able to make a custom workout with at least 20 songs. Oh and Ruas Encantadas...UGH! horrible song.

I must be the only one surprised by all the good reviews. I'll preface this by saying that Zumba Core is the only other Zumba I've done and that I'm only moderately physically fit (I . I got it as a gift and was surprised that I actually liked it since I'm more of a kick-boxing type person. I loaded up the custom class playlist because I liked to be able to control the length and what songs play and ended up with all the international songs and a playlist that lasted about an hour. I figured that since the international songs were my favorite, I would go ahead and get Zumba World. I was less than impressed. Here's why: 1. The songs are extremely short. With Zumba Core, the songs were between 3 and 6 minutes long. That allowed for a kind of build up where moves evolved into more difficult and energetic versions. Most of the songs I tried on Zumba World were 2 or 3 minutes long. 2. Only 10 songs in a custom playlist. With the songs so short, that meant that the custom playlist I made was 25 minutes long. I suppose I could make another playlist to play right after but that seems silly. And the full-length class includes some momentum-killing songs so there's no point to that either. 3. Hard to see what moves the dancers are performing. While the addition of real dancers is nice, they can be hard to see at times. The background changes to include more dancers the better you do and unfortunately that means zooming out from the instructor so you can see all dancers. Unfortunately, everyone gets so small onscreen that I can hardly tell what they're doing. I have a 32" TV so that could be better on a bigger screen. 4. Not challenging. As I said above, I am not in spectacular shape. I exercise maybe twice a week (when I remember). Unlike Zumba Core, which left me dripping with sweat and unable to breathe (I'm talking to you 'Jump, Jive, and Wail'), none of the moves in these songs were challenging enough to get my heart rate up. Lastly, I will say that I liked most of the music. I was hoping there might be more of the Russian or Irish songs I came to like so much, but there's only one of each. The high-intensity Hawaiian song is pretty awesome and is the sole bright spot in this dreary dull game. Maybe I'll just do that song over and over and get really good at the hula.....

First off I want to say I absolutely love Zumba. I love that this game incorporated songs and dances from around the world. The music was great and fun to dance to. The graphics are great. I would not recommend this workout for a beginner though. Here is the reason why I gave a 3 star rating. First, a lot of the dancers are hard to follow. Some dances are very intricate and no matter how many times I try the song I can not figure out the steps. They are just too hard to follow. I am not a Zumba expert but neither am I a zumba novice. 2nd, the amount of time that you do zumba and the calorie counts are lumped together in a week setting. You can not see how much time you did or calories you lost per day. And 3rd, I am not sure that the amount of calories lost during each song are accurate. I have had to compare the count with a zumba calculator to see what the difference was and try to figure out how much I actually lost. Plus several songs are very short, maybe 2 minutes or less. I think the best part of this workout is the variety of songs from around the world.

Leider hat nicht funktioniert obwohl für Wii spiel also passen bestellt habe , hat Meine gerät nicht lesen können vielleicht ist nur ein einfache ( Montag ) Fabrikationsfehler.

日本語版はないんですか 日本語なら日本語版とかいてくださいよね

It is a great game and a great home workout. This only thing is that you need a belt for every player, simply putting the Wii Remote in your pocket will not do.

How to get the Zumba fitness world party working it not working

Purtroppo il gioco mi è stato spedito ben 2 volte, ma sempre con il risultato di essere NON funzionante. Alla seconda volta ho cercato da sola il motivo per cui non funzionasse ed ho scoperto che questo gioco è prodotto in America ed è funzionante SOLO in USA, MEXICO, CANADA E AMERICA LATINA. Non avevo idea che potessero esserci differenze, ma ho saputo che in base a degli standard video i giochi sono diversi tra Europa e resto del mondo. Peccato che questa informazione non sia segnalata sul prodotto, nè mi sia stata data, come possibile causa di mancato funzionamento, dalla persona dell'assistenza telefonica. Adesso mi ritrovo senza gioco e con la sola possibilità di avere un rimborso (perchè possono fare il cambio solo una volta), che ovviamente non avverrà prima di 15 giorni...