20 wii sports - both boxing events!

Dear Readers,

Today my fitness age was 24. Very good, considering I got both boxing games today.

I went very slowly with the boxing with trainer, trying not to hit him. Between punches I slowly manoeuvred into position, placing my fists at a safe height so I could hit the targets. I only hit him a couple of times. It took a while though.

Then there was the golfing on the green, which went well.

Finally, there was the boxing with bag. That went well too. Also, I had to remove and reattach the Nunchuck a couple of times since the events were laid out in this order.

My highest stat was stamina.

19 wii sports - first bowling strike in a while

Dear Readers,

Today I lowered the fitness age again. It stayed in the mid 20s.

I got tennis with orange squares, batting practice and bowling.

One big thing of note was that I got a strike in bowling this time. Didn't get one of those in ages!

My strongest trait was balance, but I was pretty good in other aspects too.

23 jump rope challenge - third pattern begins

Dear Readers,

Meeting the goal today started the pattern all over again, from the first cat. I'll have to change something up. It looks like there are 11 backgrounds in total.

I got a big wedding cake as a reward for completing it today.

18 wii sports - try not to punch the trainer challenge

Dear Readers,

Today my fitness age was slightly higher but stayed in 20s. I opted for the Nunchuck again.

I got boxing with trainer, golfing to the green, and returning tennis balls.

With the dreaded boxing with trainer, I opted to go very slowly and tried to be as accurate as possible. I managed to come out of it with some points. It felt like I had to punch off to the side at 45 degree angles at times.

Golfing went well and the tennis one went really well. I should try for a high score again.

22 jump rope challenge - hilly mountain background repeat

Dear Readers,

Today I got the hilly mountains background. The reward I got was two blue flowers.

This is where the pattern ends. I wonder if it'll repeat to the start of the same pattern tomorrow.

17 wii sports - playing while listening to livestream

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Today my Fitness age stayed in the 20s and I listened to someone livestreaming while I played. I opted out of the Nunchuck and got tennis with orange squares, baseball bat swinging and bowling.

I did very well with the tennis one, okay on bowling and okay-ish on baseball. I couldn't really watch the livestream with tennis or baseball, but I could take my time with the bowling.

21 jump rope challenge - puppy background repeat

Dear Readers,

Today I got the puppy background again, which was nice. I also got the same flowers as yesterday as a prize, which was also nice.

I might change the skin soon, but not to the Badge Arcade bunny. Not a big fan of that application.

20 jump rope challenge - city background repeat

Dear Readers,

I got a repeat of the city background when I got past 100 hops.

I also got flowers, yellow in the middle with red petals. If I'm misremembering, it's like the default one on the menu, unless I'm misremembering that too. It all kind of blends together but it's still nice and easy to do.

16 wii sports - 20 year reduction in fitness age

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I got a much improved fitness score of 26 today, a huge difference from a score in the 40s. I got golfing on the green, returning tennis balls and tennis targets.

My balance stat looked perfect. I returned nearly all the balls in the tennis one. I should try the main ball return game. I'm much better at it now.

15 wii sports - playing on the wii u game pad screen only

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Today I got a fitness age of 46! The highest age yet! Yes, the boxing with trainer was involved, but something else was too...

Today I played using the Wii U Game Pad's screen only. I thought why not try it out.

Aside from the boxing, I got tennis with orange squares and batting practice. I stood at a bit of distance from the Game Pad on its stand. It's cool that the Game Pad itself has a Wii Remote sensor bar built into it.

It was a little awkward and I would need practice. Also, it's very hard to see tennis balls and baseballs coming at you on such a small screen! I missed quite a few swings.

Between all of this, my fitness age came out at 46. I did badly in all three categories and ended up with a very small triangle. Oops! May do this again from a more comfortable position sometime.

19 jump rope challenge - kitten background repeat

Dear Readers,

Got another cat background repeat, keeping in with the pattern. Got a flower prize too, a red one (I think).

Battery on the Switch is twenty-something per cent. I should charge it soon.

18 jump rope challenge - mushroom background repeat

Dear Readers,

I got the mushroom stage again, keeping with the pattern. However, this time I got blue flowers as a gift for completing the goal.

This time I played with headphones plugged into a different device while watching a Twitch stream VOD. It's a thing you can do, kind of like the step aerobics in Wii Fit U. 100 hops don't take too long, but I guess you can increase the goal.

14 wii sports - speedy punch bag smashing

Dear Readers,

I got my fitness age back down in the lower 20s! I got a boxing game but it was the punch bag one. I punched many bags. I also got the golfing on the green & bowling.

Along with the good age, I got a very big triangle, acing the three categories, but with slightly lower speed.

13 wii sports - playing with tv on mute

Dear Readers,

Got my fitness age down in lower 30s. Woo!

Of course, having no boxing this time was a big help.

This time I had Tennis targets, tennis with orange box and baseball swinging.

I did something different this time: I muted the volume on the TV and just played with the sounds coming out of the Wii Remote. Quite a lot of nice sounds coming out of it!

12 wii sports - boxing with trainer feels really broken

Dear Readers,

My fitness age result was very high in the 30s this time. Not great. The events included the boxing game with a trainer and you had to punch the pads and not him. This one felt broken beyond belief and I could barely hit any of the pads.

How is it that the punch bag one feels so good to play and this one feels so bad? I don't get it.

So yeah, got a very high fitness age and the speed was way down.

17 jump rope challenge - another cat repeat

Dear Readers,

I got another repeating cat background. Still has the meowing when you continue past the goal. The prize this time were two fish with their eyes closed.

16 jump rope challenge - carrot patch repeat

Dear Readers,

I got the carrot patch again, keeping in tune with the pattern. Jumping further plays what sounds like toots from a wind instrument. It's all outdoorsy and nature like. 

11 wii sports - tennis balls getting in the way of other tennis balls

Dear Readers,

Today I got bowling, punch bag boxing and aiming tennis balls into the orange squares.

I didn't get a single strike in the bowling unfortunately.

The punch bag boxing was fun and satisfying. Seems like a nice thing to do routinely.

The tennis one was weird because I was returning some balls in the right direction, but they were obstructed by other balls that got in the way! I must've been hitting too weakly or something?

Anyway my fitness age increased into the 30s and the balance point of the triangle was much lower than the other two points.

15 jump rope challenge - living room background repeat

Dear Readers,

Today I got the living room background again, so it's still following the pattern. Jumping further played piano-like notes.

I got two fish as a prize this time.

10 wii sports - trying out the punch bag

Dear Readers,

I was more open to try the boxing game today but it didn't come up in the fitness feature. I went into it voluntarily when I finished with the three events, which were baseball swinging, golfing on green and tennis targets. These were still enjoyable.

With the boxing I chose the punching bag mode. I got on much better than usual. Every punching motion I made registered as a punch. I had a lot of trouble before. I ended up getting the bronze medal for it. It was fun going through bags and some of them had weak points for higher damage, massive damage even!

14 jump rope challenge - moon background repeat

Dear Readers,

Today I got a repeat of the moon background. Jumping further made the hops go all echo-y.

I also got smiling tulip-like flowers as a prize so that was nice and different.

9 wii sports - returning balls with game and watch gallery manhole music

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I skipped the boxing again by saying no to the Nunchuck(love doing that) and got returning tennis balls, bowling, and orange box tennis thingy.

With bowling I didn't get a single strike but I got the red pin most times! I think I missed it once.

My fitness age got down to 25 with good stamina and balance but slightly lower speed.

I wanted to try the returning balls on its own again and I wanted to imagine doing it to the Game & Watch Gallery Manhole music, so I played that music on headphones while I played the game.

I must say it adds something! It's a nice change from that regular music, which gets stale and clinical after a while. With the Manhole music you get a nice melody with a bit of build up and increasing tempo.

Tennis games don't normally have music, which is perfectly fine, but I like Game Boy Tennis' music, which is a joyful little tune. Might try that with this game at some point.

13 jump rope challenge - beach background repeat

Dear Readers,

Today I unlocked the beach scene again and yes it follows the pattern since this was the second scene I uncovered.

Jumping further plays this plinking string instrument, which is pleasant enough.

I also got a flower for reaching the goal. I forgot to mention this before, but in other scenes I got flowers with faces and I even got fish another time!

8 wii sports - skipping the boxing game

Dear Readers,

I got prompted to attach the Nunchuck, but I didn't have to, so it skipped the boxing game altogether. I'm delighted at this :)

I  had tennis targets, baseball swinging, and golf green landing. I lowered my fitness age to 27 and increased my speed but lowered the other two things, stamina and whatever else.

12 jump rope challenge - first cat background repeat

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Today I unlocked the first cat background again. Playing further brought the meows I know from before. I guess it's finally looped. 11 unique backgrounds in total? Maybe not. I'll continue doing this for another few days to see if the actual pattern repeats...

11 jump rope challenge - hilly mountainous background

Dear Readers,

Today I locked a hilly, mountainous background. In fact it looked almost exactly like something out of The Sound of Music. Continuing to jump sounded melodic but I couldn't really tell what instrument it was.

Anyway it's a very nice scene with a blue sky.

7 wii sports - lotsa bowling pins

Dear Readers,

Today I got my fitness age down to 29, which is nice, to put it back in the 20s.

The sports I got today were returning tennis balls, hitting tennis balls into the moving square thingy, and bowling. Fun games, which helps bring the age down too.

The bowling one is nice because it eventually sets up well over 90+ pins at once in later goes, which you don't normally get in real life. It's a nice thing you can do with simulators and games.

6 wii sports - using the wii message board to help keep track

Dear Readers,

I'm doing two of these in a row so it's hard to keep track of what I did exactly.

I'm using the Wii Message Board, which gives some detail that helps. I usually find it kind of annoying or pointless or overglorifying Wii Sports, but it's turning out to be helpful today!

My fitness age is still in the 30s, but I got it down. No boxing today. I had baseball swinging and golfing to the green. Fitness age is 33.

10 jump rope challenge - doggy background

Dear Readers,

After several kitty cat backgrounds, finally there's a doggy dog one! To be precise, this one's a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, all flopped out on the ground and looking sad.

Jumping further than the goal brings melodic barking noises.

Dogs usually chase bunnies. This one seems chill though, thankfully. They must be buddies.

9 jump rope challenge - city background

Dear Readers,

Today I unlocked a city background. The foreground was a table, like in an outdoor seating area of a restaurant or bar maybe. The background was a blurry cityscape of tall buildings. Jumping further played some atmospheric piano music.

I got some flowers with smiling faces as a prize, or at least that's what I think it was. I'm updating two of these in a row and I hope I don't get them mixed up.

Could you imagine skipping in an area like this? Maybe if it was off to the side, like on a walkway or plaza area during low foot traffic hours.