Vince D. asked:


Wii Fit is perfect for the young and old alike. But what is it and why are so many people clamoring to get it?

Nintendo Wii Fit with Wii Balance Board turns your TV room into a workout centerfor the whole family. Family members will have fun getting a “good” exercise, and viewing results and progress on a new channel on the Wii Menu. Nintendo’s system has made gaming more available by changing natural human motion into game control, and with every move of the wrist it has been adding an entirely new base into the fold as full-fledged videogamers. What Wii Sports and the Wii Remote did for bringing sports to the living room, Wii Fit and the Balance Board are doing for physical fitness and exercise. Nintendo has finally accomplished some things they’ve wanted for a long time: expansion of the gaming industry and a few successful peripherals. They’ve been trying to convert us that add-ons are the means since the beginning.

Wii fit is fun when you first get it because everything is new and exciting to play. But the problem is, it doesn’t take long to control the balance games and soon after the game loses a lot of appeal, just as the wii sports package did. It is a great tool for what I want. All my other exercise stuff is collecting dust while my board needs daily cleanup from all the use it gets.

Wii Fit is actually geared at exercise. It is a game that comes with a balance board. It has yoga and a lot of other exercise programs on it. It is more about conditioning and minor strength training and so you need to do a lot more on top of using the Wii Fit for it to be any sort of benefit to your health. Thanks to its gesture-based interface and a roster of gyration-inducing games, the Nintendo Wii has always offered the added gain of a low-impact physical exercise. Now there’s Wii Fit , a $90 software-and-hardware bundle, the noble purpose of which is to get gamers to drop those unwanted pounds.

Anyone who has experienced the Wii’s motion-controlled games knows that playing them can be quite an exercise, but “Wii Fit” takes that concept to a whole new level of exhaustion. The goal is to make physical fitness exciting for the whole family. Anyone who is serious about weight loss won’t completely leave it to a game! Even without the game, individuals don’t solely trust on scales to learn whether or not they are overweight, they look in the mirror, estimate by the feel of their clothes and how they feel personally.

Wii fit is just another instrument available. It is a different and innovative way to help you and your family remain fit in the comfort of your home, through simple daily workouts. More than a gaming experience, Wii Fit is a health and lifestyle product with more than 40 exercises, across four categories: balance games, yoga, muscle workouts and aerobic exercises. Wii Fit is potentially more revolutionary than Wii Sports in it’s purpose to attract “casual” gamers. Once people see fitness as being more accessible and fun, then there’s no stopping Wii.

Wii Fit is a great supplement for anyone’s workout routine. Using the slightly heavy and durable Wii balance board, Wii Fit tracks a user’s weight and BMI (Body Mass Index) by measuring the user’s weight and height.

Wii Fit is already starting to pop up in gymnasiums across Japan and we’d imagine a similar reception here in the states. Wii Fit is simple to use, and simply the most fun way to keep you, your family and friends fit. It is a million seller in the US. Nintendo themselves said they would have a million units of Wii Fit for the US launch.