TGS07: Konami moves beyond yoga
by Alisha Karabinus 
{ Sep 19th 2007 at 5:00PM }
We've been interested in Konami's yoga trainer, but is the handheld ready to move beyond the mat? Apparently someone thinks so, because the company is planning several new similar titles. One is another yoga trainer, but there's also a Pilates trainer and a title focused around skin care. Doko Demo Yoga, Doko Demo Pilates, and Beauty Navigation: Dream Skincare are currently in the planning stages, but at the pre-TGS press conference, Konami reps also spoke about their plans to remake DS owners from the ground up with their Entertainment, Exercise, and Self-Management series. While the combination of skin care and the DS seems like a stretch for us (without protection, anyway), bringing Pilates to the handheld may be even more lucrative for the company than yoga. Pilates training can be notoriously expensive, and depending on the depth of the software, this could really offer a lot of options for people looking to add the method to their exercise regimen without emptying their wallets.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
JC Fletcher @ Sep 19th 2007 9:04PM
I'm, uh, glad you wrote this instead of me. It's a thoughtful, respectful treatment of the yoga game that I would have made fun of.