THE DEED IS DONE: You folks are gonna laugh, but yesterday I ordered Xavix and Jackie Chan's J-Mat !!!!!!!!!!!! I wanted to get Jackie's
Power Boxing, but the damn title was out of stock !!!!!!!! It's a new game, too, how can it be out of stock already? Did they sell out of all 30 copies they made? I tell you, I couldn't help but feel like a big idiot for paying $200 for 1 console ($80) + 1 game ($90) + tax/shipping ($30). I bet Xavix will be in the bargain bins in 4 months.
Oh well, it's an xmas gift for my wife, who will certainly laugh when she gets it. But will she use it? Only if it is fun... and what are the chances that Jackie Chan Studios will let her down? Hmmmm.... at least Xavix seems like a better investment than an N-Gage. Yeah, I know that isn't saying much.
I promise to video tape myself using J-mat and post a full-review / video for you folks. Not that you want to see me, but I know you are curious about silly things like J-Mat. For now, though, you can savor
these photos of Jackie Chan hawking Xavix products at a press conference in Japan (here are
a handful of additional photos from the same event).
That reminds me, I still have to play those DVD FMV games I ordered months ago (
Dracula Unleashed and
Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective from Infinite Ventures). I tell you, there will be nothing but top quality entertainment at my household this holiday. Who needs an Xbox 360? Not me. (My apologies to the Xbox 360 community).
BIG IN JAPAN*: OK, so it seems that Jackie Chan's J-Mat is known as the
Aerostep in Japan. This is a more common-sensical name for the product, but I like the wonderfully obtuse
J-Mat moniker that it was marketed under here in the States. "Aerostep" is certainly descriptive, but it's also kind of boring. "J-Mat" instantly piques my interest (in a "what the h*** is a J-Mat?" kind-of-way).
Believe it or not, the official Japanese website even features
a sports doctor touting the "health benefits" of Aerostep. Supposedly, Dr. Kimura has an acutal degree (see the bottom of the page... unfortunately, he loses a lot of credibility due to his ridiculous mustache. Thin, vaudvill-ian mustachios cancel out medical degrees, as far as I am concerned). Dr. Kimura also mentions that tests were performed that measured the increased respiration experienced by folks using the J-Mat (this information is not too useful -- there are folks who experience "increased respiration" when they pick up the remote control to change television channels). Suffice it to say, the good doctor makes
general statements about how "physical activity", in general, can be beneficial for everyone, from toddlers to curmudgeons.
PROCRASTINATION IS NOT YOUR FRIEND: Since I was an idiot and bought this item at the last minute, it is very unlikely that this will arrive before christmas Why did I wait? I should have ordered the damn thing when I started this thread. This is an example of how the "need for an xmas gift" will trump reason, street smarts and better judgement on any day of the week.
Now, I might be an idiot for buying Xavix in the first place, but I'm an even bigger idiot for buying it too late. The website said "1 week to ship" due to the "increased demand for Xavix" around the holidays! I sincerely doubt that the demand for Xavix is that high, but what can I do? Ahhhhhhhhh.... idiot. And buying it off of eBay wasn't really an option, since the sellers are INSANE (the markup on "Buy it Now" items is 40-50%, on average).
GIMMICKY EXERCISE / DANCE MAT + NINJAS = UNBEATABLE FORMULA. Did I mention that you face
ninjas in the J-mat game? I didn't? This is the only reason why I wasn't too upset when I wasn't able to order
Power Boxing yesterday: the fact that there is a
veritable army of ninjas out to get you in the J-Mat game (check out the
full article here -- it has lots of good photos of what the actual product looks like and tons of screenshots that aren't available on any other site I've yet to encounter). Jackie Chan Studios can not fail to satisfy!
*I was simply plugging the song by Alphaville. I would never honestly suggest that Xavix, by any measure, was popular in Japan (excepting the handful of folks pictured in their promotional material, of course).
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