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Xbox X|SWe've documented 10 accessibility features for Ring Fit Adventure, including Large Subtitles, Play Without Hearing, Fully Subtitled (Or No Speech), Multiple Buttons & Single Stick and Minimal Reading. Its accessibility is strongest in Getting Started and Reading but it also has features in Controls, Navigation and Audio to reduce unintended barriers.
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Our accessibility examiner, Andy Robertson, first checked Ring Fit Adventure accessibility 4 weeks ago. It was re-examined by Andy Robertson and updated 4 weeks ago.
Accessibility Notes
- Difficulty: This is a versatile game that lets you customise your experience to your l level of challenge.
- Reading: There is considerable reading, but the fonts are large. The menu fonts are a little lighter and can be harder to see.
- Controls: This is a motion-controlled game, with the Ring and leg straps not optional.
- Image calibration: There are visual clues for the audible instructions and vice versa.
- Audio calibration: Along with verbal cues, the Ring rumbles to indicate when you’ve reached the correct pose or when it’s time to switch.
Game Details
Release Date: 18/10/2019
Out Now: Switch
Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds
Players: 1-2
Genres: Action, Physically Active (Adventure, Fighting and Traversal)
Accessibility: 10 features
Components: 2D Overhead
Developer: Nintendo (@Nintendo)
Costs: Purchase cost
Controls
We've documented 2 accessibility features for Controls in Ring Fit Adventure which deal with how you control the game, different options for alternative inputs and whether you can remap these settings to suit your needs.
Gamepad
Can play with the following:
Multiple Buttons & Single Stick: Can play with multiple buttons and a stick.
Motion
Games that can be played with different sorts of motion controllers.
Motion Gesture: Can motion with the controller to direct an in-game action. This can be a one-to-one motion for analogue sword or camera movement. It can also be a simple shake to trigger a one-off action. This is sometimes known as Waggle or Shake controls, as popularised by the Wii.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Controls
If you want to play Ring Fit Adventure, but it doesn't offer the Controls accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Controls accessibility:
- Joust Mania (6 Controls Features)
- Everybody 1-2-Switch (5 Controls Features)
- Active Arcade (4 Controls Features)
- Just Dance (4 Controls Features)
Difficulty
We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Difficulty in Ring Fit Adventure which deal with how you can adjust the challenge of play, and whether this is locked once chosen or can be adjusted as you play. The following games are similar to Ring Fit Adventure, and offer accessibility features for Difficulty:
- Active Arcade (2 Difficulty Features)
- Playne (2 Difficulty Features)
- Kinect Sports (2 Difficulty Features)
- Joust Mania (2 Difficulty Features)
Getting Started
We've documented 3 accessibility features for Getting Started in Ring Fit Adventure which deal with what support is offered to get started with the game. This includes customising the experience when you first open the game via any onboarding processes it provides as well as tutorials and other assistance when you first start playing.
Assistance Getting Starting
These features aid your play of the game in terms of cognitive load on learning controls, dealing with pressure and coping with the environment and challenges.
Tutorials: There are helpful tutorials and instructions on how to play. Information is provided in a timely manner, with appropriate level of detail.
No Jump Scares: No sudden loud noises or popping-up scary visuals that unexpectedly appear without warning, or the option to disable them.
Assistance For Progressing
These features aid your progress through the game offering different ways of maintaining your progression.
Bank Progress With Frequent Checkpoints: If you fail you can retry that level or aspect of the game without losing a lot of progress (less than 5 minutes). This is often provided via Frequent Checkpoints combined with restarting without losing time, equipment or score.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Getting Started
If you want to play Ring Fit Adventure, but it doesn't offer the Getting Started accessibility features you require, this similar game extends the Getting Started accessibility:
- Playne (5 Getting Started Features)
Reading
We've documented 3 accessibility features for Reading in Ring Fit Adventure which deal with how much reading or listening comprehension is required, how well the game provides visual and audible access to the text and whether subtitles and captions are a good fit for purpose.
Reading Level
How much reading is required to play the game's main path or story and how complex the language is. The presence of voiced characters doesn't reduce this requirement, as it's recorded as a separate datapoint.
Simple Minimal Reading: Minimal reading is required. The quantity and complexity of reading are at a level that a primary/elementary student (9-year-old) could understand.
Subtitles
Large Clear Subtitles: Subtitles are large, clear and of good contrast. They are at least 1/20 (46 pixels on 1080 screen) the height of a landscape screen and at least 1/40 height on portrait screens, or can be adjusted to be. We base this on the full line-height, including the space above and below the letters. Considered separately from the general text of the game, the subtitles are large, clear and of good contrast.
All Speech Subtitled (Or No Speech In Game): All spoken content has subtitles, or there is no speech in the game. This means there is no requirement to hear spoken dialogue or narrative to play the game.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Reading
If you want to play Ring Fit Adventure, but it doesn't offer the Reading accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Reading accessibility:
- Kinect Sports (6 Reading Features)
- Just Dance (5 Reading Features)
- Fru (5 Reading Features)
- Playne (4 Reading Features)
Navigation
We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Navigation in Ring Fit Adventure which deals with how the game provides guidance and assistance to navigate its worlds. These are only for games that have traversal and exploration in 2D and 3D spaces.
Menu Navigation
Digital Menu Navigation: Menu choices with Gamepad can be made without using an analogue stick to guide a cursor to a selection. For example, using D-Pad, buttons or the Stick to change menu selection in a single action.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Navigation
If you want to play Ring Fit Adventure, but it doesn't offer the Navigation accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Navigation accessibility:
- Jump Rope Challenge (3 Navigation Features)
- Everybody 1-2-Switch (2 Navigation Features)
Visual
We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Visual in Ring Fit Adventure which deal with how you can adjust the visuals to suit your needs, and offer additional information if you can't hear the game. The following games are similar to Ring Fit Adventure, and offer accessibility features for Visual:
- Jump Rope Challenge (7 Visual Features)
- Active Arcade (6 Visual Features)
- Joust Mania (6 Visual Features)
- Fru (5 Visual Features)
Audio
We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Audio in Ring Fit Adventure which deals with how you can adjust the audio of the game and whether audio cues compensate for aspects of the game that are hard to see.
Play Without Hearing
Play Without Hearing: No audio cues are necessary to play the game well.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Audio
If you want to play Ring Fit Adventure, but it doesn't offer the Audio accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Audio accessibility:
- Jump Rope Challenge (2 Audio Features)
- Wii Sports (2 Audio Features)
System Accessibility Settings
In addition to the accessibility features provided in the game, you can also use system-wide accessibility settings:
Nintendo Switch
Nintendo Switch has some built-in features, including a lockable zoom, that can be used on all games.
Read more about system accessibility settings.
Accessibility Report supported by VSC Rating Board, PlayabilityInitiative and accessibility contributors Andy Robertson
