Wii Fit Comments by Oli Welsh

Ooh, first!

.....meh.

I'm interested more in the fun aspect than the fitness aspect (a bit like brain training being more about the games than what it can do for your intelligence).

Sounds like a good laugh.

And hopefully this will do well enough to warrant further support from other games.

"We predict it will fly off the shelves so fast that you'll be lucky to get your hands on one before Christmas"

Isn't it 2008 in Europe?..or do you know something we don't?

I'm liking the sounds of this. Not as much as my missus though, she can't wait to get it

Getting one before christmas?
Wasn't this scheduled for a 2008 release?

Or did you mean christmas 2008?

They could have downloadable excercises over wiiconnect...

Indeed this will be absolutely massive, regardless of quality...

...Money fight!

It's 2008.

And as it quite clearly states, this is a very sedate form of excercise, so you aren't going to be losing any pounds with this. So I don't think it'll be the 2008's Atkins diet. Then again, you don't get any cleverer by playing Brain Training but people still fall for that.

If I have to see another fucking Ninty promo shot of some overly-hip, attractive group of yuppies all laughing their way through a Wii game with their designer furniture, bare feet and primary colour clothes Im going to fucking lamp someone.

Indeed.. this will be HUGE and sell like crazy.

"If I have to see another fucking Ninty promo shot of some overly-hip, attractive group of yuppies all laughing their way through a Wii game with their designer furniture, bare feet and primary colour clothes Im going to fucking lamp someone."

Yeah! Nintendo should show us some pictures of REAL gamers!

...maybe not.

;-D

"Wii fit, providing gamers with foot fetish pornography since June :)"

Yes, Nintendo, less of this foot business.

/hates sofa ads, too

"Yeah! Nintendo should show us some pictures of REAL gamers!

...maybe not.

;-D"

Indeed, advertising is usually aspirational, not averse.

"Yeah! Nintendo should show us some pictures of REAL gamers!

...maybe not. "


Oh no, didnt want that, I just meant pics of actual games rather than another bunch of shoeless yuppies.

What a stupid idea.
It's a gimmick.
It'll never work.
It's ruining games.
Nintendo will be out of business within a year!

Scary.

Give me a controller, please.

Mmm... so it's more casual mini-games for the casualy fat/senior/decerebrated gamer... sure, that is gonna sell.

I have often thought it would be great idea to have some interactive fitness machines down the gym to make it a bit more interesting but I don't think this is the answer.

How long before some american slips off the thing and plants his/her head through the TV?

Headlines:
"Jenny, 15 years old, 120 KG tries to lose weight, murdered by Nintendo!"

Also I'd thoroughly wash the board before switching to "hands-on" mode...

Sold

you should have seen the look of delight on my girlfriends face when she saw this.
nintendo are going to be so rich.

They should use the tech to make actual games.

Whoever it is that has come into Nintendo as it taking them into the peripheral marketing business should get a well deserved raise and a feature in Time Magazine. Genius from a marketing perspective. Fantastic stuff..... shame about it being a bit misleading in the 'fitness' stakes though. But The surfing and boarding applications might prove interesting.

I foresee a Donkey Kong platforming game... controlled by PUSH-UPS.

I really like the potential in that board thing, could be the next big gimmick.

@afghan

Sounds like they actually might use it for games. Wii Fit is just the vehicle for getting the board out there, and a better demographed choice of game to go with this I can not imagine.

Pity they won't have this out for mario galaxy. Would be great jumping on the board to jump on a koopa troopa.

"And as it quite clearly states, this is a very sedate form of excercise, so you aren't going to be losing any pounds with this. So I don't think it'll be the 2008's Atkins diet. Then again, you don't get any cleverer by playing Brain Training but people still fall for that."

That's a flawed interpretation of what kind of exercise promotes weight loss IMHO. Gentle exercise for a long duration is always > short burts of intense activity. Brisk walking for example is much, much more effective than jogging like a lunatic in that regard.

Full-on cardio vascular exercise is actually rubbish at making you lose weight. It is however (if you're not fit in the first place) a quite amazing way to bring about premature death ;).

Back to the Future Hoverboard game...do it! In all seriousness though, a Tony Hawk game has got to be a potential candidate for this board.

I wonder if you will see games where the balance board is used simultaneously with the wiimote?

Imagine a down hill skate boarding version of Road Rash where you have to slug it out while you skate.

@Cannibal

That sounds like an awful lot of work!

Could be used for something as simple as crouching in a lightgun game.

Thanks christ for that.

I was getting tired of doing press-ups on my carpet, like some kind of animal.

Can't wait to see if the next Warioware game implements this.

@New York

Great idea.

I'm also hoping this board is the answer to the wii's problem of how to get its controls into a football game.

If it sense your weight then I guess it could sense how fast and hard you are kicking, and you could simply use the wiimote to point which way you want to run.

Pro Evo Wii!!!

How strong is it? Could you actually jump on it?

Depends if you weigh like a regular person or like a gaming enthusiast.

nickthegun
22-Aug-07 11:45:32 Thanks christ for that.

I was getting tired of doing press-ups on my carpet, like some kind of animal.

You disgust me. I am all for hover board, light saber, duelling games.

Some of you commentors don't seem to realize that Japanese people don't wear shoes inside their houses...

Let's become more culturally aware!

I don't wear shoes in my house, but I often wear socks.

Who the heck does wear shoes indoors, you shoe wearing freak.

There's a video here showing how it works;

http://e3nin.nintendo.com/wii_fit.html

Looks okay I suppose!

@lambtron

Not sure about that. I think the only way to loose weight effectively is a good diet and regular cardiovascular exercise.

As you mentioned in your post, premature death from Jogging etc. usually only happens to people overdoing it, when they are not fit.

I don't think Wii Fit is realy gonna make people fit, so the name is a bit misleading IMHO.

Will be a Wii blow up doll next.

Even at £50 I bet Nintendo will still make a profit from each unit. They are very clever indeed. Curses for not buying some Nintendo shares 24 months ago.

Wii fit - for those too fat and ugly to show themselves at a real gym.

These guys are weirdos.

"Wii fit - for those too fat and ugly to show themselves at a real gym"

Nintendo know their userbase!

Wii Shit?

I think that Wii Fit will be a success. I also think it'll be fun. That is all.

A song in the vein of Everybody's gone surfing - surfin nin-ten-do is required!

@pac, lambtron, other people who don't know how exercise and weight lose work

"Gentle exercise for a long duration is always > short burts of intense activity."

"Not sure about that. I think the only way to loose weight effectively is a good diet and regular cardiovascular exercise."

Actually, you're both wrong. The amount of calories burnt during exercise is dwarfed by your body's post exercise consumption of calories (EPOC). This is elevated more by intense exercise, and even more by modifying your body's metabolic rate by increasing your lean muscle mass. Increasing your lean muscule mass by 1 kg is approximately equal to doing an additional 30 minutes cardiovascular exercise every day for free. So body building ~= sprinting > jogging > gentle walking for weight loss. Of course, jogging is still good for cardio vascular (aerobic) fitness. There's also the additional benefits of skeletal insulin uptake that occurs with intense exercise.

Can't wait for more uninformed people to speak up on this subject.

[Edit to fix grammar that made me seem less smart...]

There are plenty of fat and ugly people about, so sure, the Wii Fit has a good chance to sell just fine.