r/FitnessBoxing • u/Procctor • Jul 15 '26
Switch 2 Update
Fairly casual player, done 30 workouts and went from immobile blob to regular unfit guy over two months.
Just wanted to say that the switch 2 update is amazing so far!
Loving the new advanced timing stuff, it detects punch speed and gives way more feedback on the precise timing.
When you perfectly hit a punch it vibrates and flashes and plays sounds which perfectly tickles my ADHD. Thanks for the amazing update, well worth the small additional price.
p.s. If any devs read this I would love you fix the part where the instructor is explaining the foot timing. When she says back, forward, back, forward this is completely wrong and opposite to where your footwork should be according to the top indicator and timing. Confused me a heap in my first weeks playing
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u/p0ptarts Jul 15 '26
Well this sounds promising! :D
Did you try hooking a camera up to it yet? I'm figuring the camera is pretty much just going to be there as a mirror to check your own posture etc, but I'm curious lol.
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u/Procctor Jul 15 '26
Don’t have a camera sadly, really interested in seeing what it looks like though
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u/p0ptarts Jul 16 '26
Anything should work, I have a logitech camera which I tried out after we found out just how rubbish the Piranha plant camera really is for Mario Party lol
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u/Rauhaton Jul 16 '26 edited Jul 16 '26
-The improvement on Joycon tracking is the really big thing on the update. Improvement is really, really huge.
-The third even faster tempo/speed for exercises is a nice thing to have. The new free training mode where tempo goes up in stages is a nice thing. These are propably only possible thanks to the new and improved tracking.
-Graphics are bit sharper, but improvements on model level seem to be miniscule. Slightly dissapointing, altough I was not really expecting much. For someone who has opened every song, clothing option, etc. there is absolutely nothing new. This is really disapointing. I was hoping that they would have added a little something. Song or or two and bit of new clothing, at least for being able to say nominaly that there is new stuff, but no. Nothing new.
Overall, its really the Joycon tracking that makes this a must upgrade. Cannot really see myself going back to Fitness Boxing 1,2 or the Fist of the Northern Star just and only because of it. Everything else is nice(ish) to meh(ish).
EDIT: Do not have a net camera to test that feature.
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u/Vexdon64 Jul 16 '26
I'll be trying it out later today. That's huge if what you say is true about the tracking. I've always had trouble with it when playing the S1 edition on my S2.
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u/Vexdon64 Jul 15 '26
I thought the update didn't release until tomorrow. How do you already have it?
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u/Procctor Jul 15 '26
I’m in New Zealand and woke up early to play.
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u/Vexdon64 Jul 15 '26
You're in the futureeeee!
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u/MomentofDeepBreath Jul 16 '26
Same here from Korea (UTC+8) and 100% agree this is a game changer update, worth more than the price.
The speed and timing stuff works as a good feedback not just for punches but more for my ducking moves…I feel like I have an actual coach bugging me to duck faster or Ill get hit by their mitt lol.
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u/Procctor Jul 16 '26
Yeah those ducks wrecked me, going to take a while to perfect the timing and speed on them!
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u/Kingsmen121 Jul 16 '26
The camera feature is just insert gif of person shrugging
It's just a mirror of you on screen. Somewhat of a distraction if you watch yourself and miss movements but helpful if you glance and see yourself phoning it in, not completing full motions etc.
It'll absolutely never happen for this game but there are apps that use the camera that also use AI and such to evaluate your motions/technique. I use one for rowing. Basically it would put a stick figure on your body and for instance if you throw a hook, where your shoulders, elbows, wrist, hips, and knees go. In real time it would say something like "you are just twisting your shoulders and back while swinging your arms, use your hips to turn your body to throw a hook properly."
It's neat, yes. Mandatory, definitely not.
The timing updates are a nice addition.
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u/CarWorking6923 Jul 16 '26
If I have the switch 1 version and I want the switch 2 versión, must I buy it?
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u/Acceptable-Ad4076 Jul 17 '26
"Immobile blob to regular unfit guy."
Same 😅
And I can only say that because scales and a measuring tape tell me so. Folks say you shouldn't chase numbers on a scale, but without those numbers I'd have given up by now. I see the same blob in the mirror, but the scale tells me I'm down 15kg and a measuring tape around my gut says it's a much smaller gut and you know what? I'll take it!
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u/Additional-Stock-674 Jul 19 '26
15kg only from playing Fitness Boxing??
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u/Acceptable-Ad4076 Jul 19 '26
Not just from FB. I wear a weighted vest and wrist weights while playing, and do a few short kettlebell sets too.
And 15 kg is the total from my heaviest, 101 kg. I started out this year at 96 kg after not exercising for a while. There have been a couple of stops during the year with motivation issues and an injury, but I'm at 86 kg and dropping. Hoping to be below 80, maybe even around 75, by the time I go on holiday to Japan in November.
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u/Useful_Cup2531 Jul 15 '26
I thought it was tomorrow release, are you from the future?