We Ski, you ski, we all ski…once it hits shelves this May.

We Ski is Namco Bandai’s newest addition to the Wii Fit series, and if you thought they exhausted all sports ideas, they didn’t. Luckily enough, it’s not bad. Apparently Mario and his friends didn’t get that memo (Mario Party, anyone?).

At first glance, We Ski looks pretty fun. You control your Mii as you glide down expansive courses, using the Wii remote to guide you to the finish line. You can choose from freestyle, which is a non-race way to explore ski courses, or choose to race against CPUs or with friends. From there you can choose from a regular race, slalom race, or Mogul race. There are 40 confirmed races, 20 being regular and 20 being slalom. All of these races haven’t been revealed, something we’ll have to wait for until this spring.

If you’re up to it, you can use the Wii Balance too. You can ski perfectly fine using the Wii remote and nunchuck, but you can use the Wii Balance for an extra challenge – and of course, to burn off those calories. The only drawback is you can only use it in single player mode, but that’s probably a good idea. Would you really want to be in a room with three friends on Wii Balance boards? Hello, lawsuit!

One other thing you can do is do flips and tricks off jumps. Namco Bandai emphasizes that this isn’t the focus of We Ski. We Ski is mainly your typical explore-places-by-skiing sort of game, so don’t expect flashy effects and little Miis pummeling to their death over high cliffs. If you want to pummel your Miis off high cliffs, start praying that Tony Hawk comes to the Wii.

We Ski doesn’t have an official release date yet, but it should come out with May as an addition to the Wii Fit series. Unfortunately, you can’t take your Mii out for skiing until then.

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