Wii Availability

In spite of the success of Wii bowling and our love for it, video games live largely to give most of us capabilities we don't already have. Even if I got off the couch and started working out every day, I still couldn't pull off such feats with the flair of a video-game star like Lara Croft. Perhaps she'll motivate a younger age group of gamers to take up aerobics.

We are thrilled when we can create one of her moves by pressing the buttons on an Xbox controller. "Prince of Persia" (Ubisoft, for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, $59.99): The latest incarnation of Ubisoft's Prince is one of the most acrobatic game heroes ever. He can leap across pits, scramble along walls and flip over rivals.

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