EA coming out with fitness game for Wii

Electronic Arts, hoping to attract more customers and capitalize on the success of rival Nintendo, will release a video game next March meant to help users get in shape.

The Redwood City business (NASDAQ: ERTS) plans to start selling “EA Sports Active,” which will have tennis, boxing, soccer and other “sports” for people to play using wireless controllers attached to their limbs.

The games — to be sold for about $60 — will work on Nintendo’s Wii platform and they’ll come with a book about healthy eating, too.

Such games, popularized by Nintendo’s “Wii Fit” series, are aimed at those who want to get in shape at home.

Source: bizjournals.com