Wii Fit
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- Release Date: May. 21, 2008
- Price: $90.00
- Publisher: Nintendo
- Developer: Nintendo
- Platform(s): Wii
- Genre: Simulation
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Features - Cure Your Boredom Here
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Weekend Rave: Wii Fit Works (About as Well as Anything)
While Electronic Arts is pushing their EA Sports Active as a more robust alternative to Wii Fit, it must be pointed out that Wii Fit works about as well as any home exercise regimen does.
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Toys R Us Profits Soar on Sales of... Wii Fit?
Wait, wasn't Wii Fit supposed to target aging boomers and thirtysomethings? Regardless, profits of child-oriented Toys R Us are way up on sales of Wii Fit.
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Parent's Guide to Wii-Sports
Wii-Sports is the game that made the Nintendo Wii famous. It was available at launch and played a big part in communicating their unusual approach to games controllers to the wider public.
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64% Of Japanese Wii Fit Buyers Aren't Using It
In a survey taken by Japanese outlet +D Games, 64% of buyers of Wii Fit admittedly that within five months of purchase, they had stopped using it completely. Does this mean Wii Fit has failed?
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Nintendo Wii is A-List
The Chrysler Innovation Award goes to...Wii Fit!
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7 Failed Foot-based Controllers
The path to Wii Fit's success was paved with a slew of failed foot-based controllers. Here are seven particularly awful ones.
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GamePro's ultimate Wii Fit giveaway is here
Just in time for summer, we're giving away a sweet Wii Fit prize package to get your hearts thumping and your butts moving!
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Wii Fit: Will You or Won't You?
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Wii Fit Race Cars to Appear in Memorial Day Races
How big and mainstream is Nintendo's Wii Fit marketing campaign? So big and mainstream that Nintendo is teaming up with Target and Chip Ganassi Racing to target not one, but two different cars in two different racing association on Memorial Day.
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Miyamoto Chats With GamePro!
GamePro spoke with gaming's favorite developer about his unique upcoming title, Wii Fit, at a recent roundtable.
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Can You Really Lose Pounds with Wii Fit?
We know that Nintendo is pushing Wii Fit to couch potatoes, while cautiously saying it's only meant to make you aware of your body. So is Wii Fit really going to make you lose weight, or is it going to be $90 fitness failure?
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Iwata Asks: Wii Fit
Nintendo President Satoru Iwata sits down for a nice long conversation with legendary Nintendo designer Shigeru Miyamoto about the production of their upcoming Wii Fit software and the Wii Balance Board.
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Predictions for Nintendo in 2008
The authors of Wired's Game|Life blog get together to predict what the year will be like in 2008 for Nintendo and the other major publishers.
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How the Wii Balance Board Works
A Japanese video with translation describing the inner workings of the Wii Fit Balance Board.
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Chinese Wii Fit Scalping Scheme Exposed
CNet's Mobile Ojisan, Shuji Matsushita, examines the scalping schemes Chinese third-party retailers use to get hold of hot new gadgets like Nintendo's Wii Fit.
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IGN's Mid-Wii-k in Review talks Wii Fit, No More Heroes
IGN's Matt Casamassina and Mark Bozon talk about their hands-on time with upcoming Wii titles No More Heroes, Wii Fit, and some other games terrible enough to merit a 1 out of 10.
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| Innovative concepts [6] | Not enough content [6] |
| Just plain fun [4] | Terrible multiplayer [3] |
| Tight controls [4] | Annoying audio [2] |
| Addictive gameplay [3] | Ugly visuals [1] |
| Loads of content [1] | |
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Most Popular User Reviews
Wii Fit - Wii
- Posted: Sep, 30, 2008
- Score: 4/5.0
- Read comments: 1
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| Addictive gameplay | Not enough content |
| Tight controls | Annoying audio |
| Innovative concepts | Terrible multiplayer |
| Just plain fun |
WII WANT TO BE FIT
WAY TO PRICEY for 90.00$ maybe it may have sold at maybe 80$ While the mini games are fun the real execises seem a little to dull and not that fun so thats just 18 games that are fun so im gonna have to say a buy because you cant rent it
Wii Fit - Wii
- Posted: Sep, 28, 2008
- Score: 4/5.0
- Read comments: 0
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| Tight controls | Not enough content |
| Just plain fun | Annoying audio |
it is good...
Wii Fit - Wii
- Posted: Sep, 20, 2008
- Score: 5/5.0
- Read comments: 0
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| Innovative concepts | Not enough content |
Great Game
This game is great. It is loads of fun, great for you, and very unique and creative. I was very happy with the game.
Wii Fit - Wii
- Posted: Sep, 04, 2008
- Score: 3/5.0
- Read comments: 1
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| Tight controls | Not enough content |
| Terrible multiplayer |
Sadly didn't hold my attention.
The Wii Fit is a great concept, but it didn't hold my attention.
I really wanted the Wii Fit for the yoga option, but I found it disappointing. The yoga section was good as far as teaching the pose and form and balancing on the board with the yoga poses was challenging.
But I didn't like how after each pose you either had select to do the pose again or go back to the pose list to select a different pose. I think it would be great if there was an option to string together a number of poses, instead of the starting, stopping, and starting again. Same goes for the Strength Training section.
So overall with having to access the menus most of the time I feel the Wii Fit does not give a strong workout, but it can work as a supplement if one chooses.
I hope Nintendo continues with Wii Fit and offer more content and options.
Wii Fit - Wii
- Posted: Aug, 27, 2008
- Score: 5/5.0
- Read comments: 1
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WiiFit is FINE
Would you like to play? WiiFit is a fun way to exercise and learn good posture and balance. At the beginning your Wii Balance Board talks to you about the growing problem of posture. After you have heard it ramble on for a time you choose your Mii to represent you in the game. You enter your height and birthday and step on the board. Then comes the most dreaded part for anyone... Your BMI and weight. Depending on where your weight reads on the charts your Mii will gain or lose weight to show you. Most people of course are embarrassed at this part and even I was laughing and crying at the same time. Your weight will be categorized into 1 of 4 areas. Underweight, Normal, Overweight, and Obese. Upon being put into Obese your Mii will grow into a walking ball of fat. It's very funny to watch this happen but then you realize that it is you it's representing. You set a goal of how much you want to lose over a certain period of time and then you begin the games and activites. You pick a workout trainer to help you along the way and the choices are slim, a buff, bodybuilder male or a clothes-skin-tight female. (Of course I choose the female for motivation)
There are 4 different areas to train and work your body in throughout the game. Yoga, Strength Training, Aerobics, and Balance Games.
Yoga includes a number of stretches and seemingly impossible poses to follow. These become easier over time, but until then enjoy just watching your trainer tell you what to do while you eat your chicken leg.
Strength Training is by far the hardest and the most workoutish of the 4 areas. Your trainer helps you as you do different leg, arm, ab, and body movements on the board such as push-ups, squats, supermans, and much more. These are the most rewarding exercises but also the most physically demanding so watch yourself.
Aerobics. These are fun activites where you test your endurance and your rhythm. You put your Wii controller into your pocket and jog in pace to keep up with the guide in front of you. Oddly enough it actually feels like you have been running. There is also a hula hoop game where you move your hips in a circular motion while leaning at odd times to catch more hula hoops. And lastly, on the basic side of things there is a game to follow a dance type routine on the Wii Board and timing is everything.
Now, if you are as lazy as I am you will be finding yourself doing mostly Balance Games. These poor excuses for exercise are fun game that involve your balance and nothing more. Slaloming down a ski hill, walking across a tight rope, and hitting soccer balls with your head are all great activities and they actually work to help your balance improve.
On a final note, you receive a metallic piggy bank where you "store" how many minutes of exercise you have done in a day or in total. This is a great way to keep track and see how much you actually did when you thought you couldn't. WiiFit is a great game that completely changes the way games are looked at. It is fun for the whole family and you are still getting a good workout while playing it. I would recommend it to anyone with a Wii and to anyone else who wants to lose weight in a fun way. Peace, Love, and Video Games.
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Wii Fit Recent Articles
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Dec. 5, 2008
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Wii Fit, iPhone among Japan's top impulse buys
Nintendo's Wii Fit game and Apple's iPhone 3G are among the top 20 products Japanese consumers confessed to buying on impulse in 2008.
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Nov. 13, 2008
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EA announces Wii Fit knock-off for... well, you know
EA Sports Active the first in a new line of fitness games, the publisher says, coming spring 2009 to a Wii near you.
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Jun. 11, 2008
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Sexy viral video shows off Wii Fit assets; Nintendo denies involvement
Nintendo on Tuesday denied involvement in the "Wii Fit Girl" video, which has been viewed more than 2 million times, after an advertising company posted it on YouTube two weeks ago.
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Jun. 3, 2008
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Weak dollar blamed for Wii Fit shortages in America
The reason for Wii Fit shortages in the U.S. is that Nintendo can make more money selling the game abroad, according to oft-quoted analyst Micheal Pachter.
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May. 29, 2008
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7 Failed Foot-based Controllers
The path to Wii Fit's success was paved with a slew of failed foot-based controllers. Here are seven particularly awful ones.
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