Cyberbike’s exercise bike the most unlikely Wii peripheral ever

Before you ask, this isn’t some kind of joke. Bigben Interactive has decided that it is going to take the next step with its Wii fitness game and stuff a whole exercise bike in the box. Don’t get excited and race to your local store to see it for yourself, it seems like only European gamers may see it on shelves.

The Wii exercise bike peripheral will be released in January 2010 with a game called Cyberbike. As you can guess, it comes in in a very large box. Just look at the image to your right. You hook up the exercise bike to your Wii, start up the game, and start biking. I’d recommend setting it up on a flat, stable surface. The last thing you’d want is to tip over while you’re using that thing.

While Cyberbike is designed to cash in on the Wii fitness craze, it isn’t all about exercise. There is a Fitness Mode, but there are also Story and Multiplayer Modes. In Story Mode, your in-game character is tasked with cleaning up litter contaminating the 18 courses that they are riding on. I have no idea how players are actually expected to do this while peddling. Maybe you’re supposed to tilt your body left and right. No, that’s probably not a good idea…