DreamCatcher Games and JoWooD Productions have announced they are developing Yoga for Wii. The game will use the Wii balance board and provides step by step instructions for the different yoga poses. The instructions are given by yoga gurus.

No fitness game would be complete without a way to track your progress and Yoga for Wii has such a mechanism. Players are monitored by a dynamic tracking system. The system even allows users to set up a schedule to keep them on track. The yoga gurus help you stay on track, as well. They make suggestions for poses based on players progress and the computations taken from the Wii balance board.

Yoga for Wii is a bit more than just a yoga game. The game contains three different modes to play in, Story mode, Training mode and Routine mode. The story mode will take players from a yoga noob to a yoga guru. The training mode allows players to train different poses and add them to their routines. Routine mode allows players to go through a set of yoga poses. The set of poses can be user created or players can use the pre-created routines.

Yoga for Wii sounds like a great game for yoga enthusiests or anyone looking to become a yoga enthusiest. Wii Fit has done well and Yoga for Wii takes the wii fit concept in a different direction and expands on it. If you are into yoga, Yoga for Wii should be available in October of this year (2009).

Press Release Follows:

March 31, 2009. Vienna, Austria: DreamCatcher Games and JoWooD Productions, leading publishers of interactive entertainment software worldwide, are pleased to announce that Yoga for Wii™ is under development and set to be released October 2009. Fans of yoga and those interested in improving their overall fitness and well-being will be able to practice Yoga from the comfort of their own home.

Utilizing the Wii Balance Board™ and following step-by-step instructions from a variety of in game Yoga Gurus, players will be guided through a variety of popular Yoga exercises.

Players will be able to monitor their progress with a dynamic tracking system and set up a schedule to follow. The yoga guru, acting as your own personal trainer, will make suggestions to you based on your progress and computations taken from the Balance Board. The Wii Remote™ and Balance Board will be used for many poses to determine the player’s balance and any movements or shifts in weight by the player will be detected and recorded once the pose is complete.

Yoga for Wii has three play modes – Story Mode where players start the game as a beginner and finish as a yoga guru; Training Mode where players have the opportunity to learn new poses to add to their routines; and Routine Mode, a set of consecutive yoga poses either user-created or pre-created routines. There are mini-games to test the player’s knowledge of yoga and predetermined routines created to help alleviate common ailments. Yoga for Wii is beneficial to anyone wanting to try Yoga and discover its unique way of providing strength, flexibility and endurance training while at the same time creating a powerful connection between mind and body.