Nintendo makes you move: Wii Fit
For years, video games have been blamed for turning kids into idle layabouts who only venture off the couch to fill up on potato chips and soda. Nintendo now aims to shatter that image with a game that aims to get players off the couch and lead them to stretch, shake and sweat their way to a healthy life. “Wii Fit,” which arrives on U.S. store shelves on Monday, is expected to draw new customers to Nintendo’s wildly popular Wii video game console. The $90 game comes with a shoulder-width “balance board” that senses tiny shifts in a person’s posture and is used to control a cartoonish character on the TV screen.
It is forecast to be the industry’s latest blockbuster game after last month’s “Grand Theft Auto 4,” the criminal action title that racked up $500 million in global sales in one week. “They’ll sell everything they can manufacture,” said Signal Hill analyst Todd Greenwald. “It extends the life cycle of the Wii a little bit and gets people to go out and buy another game from Nintendo.” The Wii has proven to be the runaway hit of the video game industry, thanks to its easy-to-learn motion-sensing controller, simple games and low price. At the other end of the spectrum from “Grand Theft Auto 4,” “Wii Fit” coaches players through more than 40 exercises that range from tightrope-walking to yoga stances to push-ups. U.S. consumers bought 714,000 Wiis in April, nearly double the sales of Microsoft Xbox 360 and SonyPlayStation 3 combined.
Source: Reuters
Comments(65)
been a big hit here in Japan, and it will probably sell well in the US and Europe too
And it will just end up in the closet of most peoples homes within a month.
Its been selling in europe almost a month now and it is selling fast. It cause me €80 to buy that thing and totally worth it. Sold out at my place within a week and have to wait for another 2 weeks for a new stock to come.
surprised this is getting such a late release in america! they usually get stuff before the united kingdom-weve had this for over a month.
@2:
Just like the Wii itself
Tech ‘News’? Er.. lol
HAHAHA this should be awesome with the lardass yanks breaking em left and right
Rapidshare anyone?
just go outside people…and do some sports or somethin…not this piece of SH!T …!!!!!!!!!
..simply crap….
bram,
when you grow up and have kids, maybe you’ll know why the wii is here…
after these years, ppl still don’t get it, the fücking wii is not targeted toward adults or grown up kids.
Wii fit is a great concept, and it works! I have mine for a month now, and it’s a nice addition to my exercise-routine. And sure, some exercises are lame or bore quickly. However, there is so much in the package that there is always plenty left. It just amazes me how Nintendo comes up with these great things all the time, and how they make Microsoft and Sony bend-over like the little b*tches they are!
@5, So why not sell yours? You can get big bucks (sold my ’spare’ one with 100 euro profit), even for a dusty Wii. Oh wait, I get it. You’re just making a lame joke, without knowing what you are actually talking about…
“HAHAHA this should be awesome with the lardass yanks breaking em left and right”
Nice..
Nintendo probably made a “seppo” model which is built tougher
yeeey, the little babys will have fun with this.
http://www.gamecity.ch/static/images/games_specials/1724_2.jpg
never lame excercises where that fun. were they? geez, it is a lousy plastic board.
Watch dis sell like wildfire.
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@17 – WTF
The link you are trying to visit has been disabled.
Plastic board that people will actually buy.
But.
If you want to exercise.. go to a damn gym.
And send your kids out to play out. Somewhere safe though.
F*cked up people out there.
that bowling game was half-fun, but teh poor precision of the controller is a turn off. Id much rather have a 360.
I can’t see any man ever getting on that thing.
lol the link doesnt work oO
–> http://www.gametrailers.com/player/34014.html
thats what i meant
Obviously those of you doubting the Wii don’t understand the concept of the machine.
It was made to benefit no lifing gamers with exercise, obviously those people who have the energy to get off the couch and exercise outside and get a proper workout may do so.
In built up areas it’s not easy to do exercise considering the shortage of space and even with gyms around gym memberships can come at a price beyond okay.
If your going to proceed to doubt the Wii you seriously need to pull your head out of your arse.
the majority who doubt the Wii are only looking at it from a hardcore game platform POV. I welcome this addition to the Wii console as they are breaking the boundaries of conventional electronic gaming.
The reason the Wii sells so well is its target demographic is children… but it appeals to a newer market of adults and even the elderly.
For those who’ve suffered at the sands of time, and those in built up metropolitan areas this could be a great way to stay active
Ahhh, more relevant ’scene news’ from Martin.
How lomng has the WiiFit been available?? Just pred was it?? Not even just released in most of the world.
You are boring yourself into irrelevance Martin. Stop writing this crap. If tech news is deemed necessary, write about digitaal rights etc – stuff that effects us thieves – we can’t even pirate the Wiifit board!!
Free speech – lets see if this, like other posts of mine, is deleted…
‘Not even just released in most of the world.’
should be
‘Not even just released in most of the world???’
as it has been out for a coupla weeks most places…
I got it when it came out. Still using it. And boy, I’m slimmer too!
But is it better than Halo 3…?
Sorry I couldn’t resist! Just finished playing Speed Racer on the Wii. Great little game.
now if u can do that in GTA4 with the pimp in the car that would be awesome
JUst read an article about the software had a Kid catogarised as “Fat” despite being the correct weight for their height etc. Now the parents as complaining to Nintendo because they are having to reassure their child she is not fat..
Maybe at the same time they should stop her reading celebrity magazines….
Two Americans go to play on Wii-Fit.
1st American…”Where’s the cup holder ?”
2nd American…”Mmmfmmhmhmm..|” (mnouth full)
LOL at #30 joke
well, when it comes to lil kids.. esp girls.. I got something that keeps them entertained alot longer than the wii.
Apparently, the Wii-Fit was made to get you from here:
http://216.77.188.54/coDataImages/p/Groups/60/60641/folders/32250/989523FatManAtComputer.jpg
to here:
http://media.gameworldnetwork.com/news_shots/142846236146f6fe1def4e3.jpg
@33
Dude… where the heck did you get this photo???
Wii Fit is a cool thing And the kids have fun, too. Lost 2 KG in one Week, not bad. And the Balance Board is going to be used by many games in the Future.
At the release it was sold out in the UK , and it’s a Top-Seller here in Germany.
This time Nintendo made the right decision after the Gamecube disaster.
$90…
thats like 3 months gym membership
Had mine for a month now and i have to say its alot of fun and it does work as long as you diet aswell, great motivation, some of the modules are a bit silly but then its supposed to be!
get one before you slag it off as a gimmick
zOMG its expensive: http://astore.amazon.com/pcdstore-20/detail/B000VJRU44/103-6237194-6759816
I agree with 37, try it before you flame it.
What? I’ve seen this in like every game store I visit!! Well I’m in Canada, not the US, so I guess that’s why… And the game is supposed to be a lot of fun, but the funny thing is that the game labelled a girl FAT, and she was so devasted and cried to her parents, who said “she is a perfectly healthy, 4ft 9in tall ten-year-old who swims, dances and weighs only six stone. She is solidly built but not fat.”
…So Nintendo apologized to fat kids for labelling them fat. bahahahaha Read about it here: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/83901
And I want to try it, I’ve been told it’s a lot of fun!
EyeToy can do all those things and much, much more without a board.
I really don’t see the point. If you can’t even be bothered to go outside of your house to do sports, then sports isn’t for you anyway.
Is this going to be similar to the pad that Nintendo came out with years ago. They had that Olympics game that you could play with it, then after that nothing else really.
That NES accessories vid is great, thanks Over.
at last, a game with manners. any game that tells you to get your shoes off inside must be good.
I have a friend who is working on a snowboarding game for the Wii using the Wii fit board! He said it is starting to look good and maybe even a skateboard game too!
Totally bought a wii yesterday morning and returned it about 5 hours later because I was already “over” the sports game and Mario kart wasn’t that great to me.
so? do you want a cookie for that ?
screw this crap where’s WWE Judgment Day rs links?
I saw it in gamestation about a month ago it looks very nice.
Ashame you can’t download it, haha ,Anyway it’s good fun and plenty a laff with your mates that is if you have any .
A friend on mine bought one for his wife and gave it on her birthday whcih was on sunday.
i was around and you should have seen her face when he gave it to her. granted she’s built like a brick hippopotamus, but it was like he called her a fat basterd in front of everyone in the room. she put down the Wii Fit turned her attention to the box of chocolates that i’d bought her. how i laughed on the inside.
Hmmmmmm little girls *licks lips*
wiifit is a great thing. got mine last month and ive lost nearly 3 kgs since then and i am much fitter than i have been in a while.
money well spent
enjoy
ps
rythmic boxing is the best!
wait for reloaded. hope to crack it soon
Only fat people don’t like Wii’s. They don’t like to stand or even move their arms if possible, moving their fingers on their fat XBox controllers is more than enough exercise to make them wheeze with contempt.
Anyone who complains is a fatty. Including Bram. Fatty.
Get fit by leaning to the left.
Sweet
@41
Um no, youre an ass. The eyetoy is just a USB webcam with functionalities you could do long before the eyetoy even came out (with older existing webcams). Besides, since when can the eyetoy measure how much you weigh?
@34
Which one?
i’m going to wait for the wii sex simulator that comes with the blowupdoll
“…which arrives on U.S. store shelves on Monday…”
ARGH! Nintendo – or someone, decided to once again push the release date back. Stores have it in backstock as of today, but won’t be putting it on the shelves until Wednesday (5/21). Very frustrating that they’ve been saying up until today that it would be available to buy as of the 19th.
If there were no more FAT KIDS, who would we laugh at?
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Is Mario going to put that fat f*uck Luigi on one of these ?
it measured my BMI and told me I was fat. =(
I want this game but not so bad so I can wait couple weeks and read some reviews.We just got our wii 2 weeks ago and love it. My husband have his psp and ps2 so we got the wii so we can play with our 5 year old great for the family!