Whitney
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Wii Fit Release, Review, and Cheats
May 20th 2008 15:07
So Nintendo will be releasing the Wii Fit tomorrow, May 21st. It's already been released in Japan, Europe, and Australia, and has already exceeded the 2 million mark in sales in Japan, with over a quarter of a million in the first week alone. It's expected that the sales in the U.S. will exceed those in Japan.
Nintendo has broken the mold with so many video games, already, the Wii Fit just continues the streak. It's a fun way to exercise by playing 40 different activity games, ranging from various yoga positions, muscle workouts, aerobic exercises, and balance games.
Some of the fun games include:
* Skiing
* Hula hoop
* Rhythm boxing
* Tightrope tension
* Heading soccer balls
* Leg and arm extensions
When playing Wii Fit, you use a specialized Balance Board to help work your body and measure your stats on the Wii Fit stat screen. The Wii Balance Board helps to measure the players weight, center of gravity, and calculates body mass index after entering in the player's height.
Just remember that because the Wii Fit doesn't account for different body structures and muscle mass, so it may not always give you the most accurate description. It gives you a general label, so if you're 5'10" and 150 pounds, you will fall within the standard weight. But, if you're 5'10" and 220 pounds but exercise regularly and have a greater muscle mass for your height, you may be labeled as overweight, when in person you are just toned.
In regards to the BMI, the Wii Fit is not necessarily flawed, but you have to take the label with a grain of salt, as it's measuring average body mass.
As of yet, the game has an average rank of 8.0 according to IGN.
It may sound pretty stupid to exercise to a video game, but why not? The game is built to help you monitor your stats, while making exercising fun. Yea, you can go outside and jog around the block a few times, but the game is designed to get more people exercising. When it's blistering hot or freezing cold outside, you can turn on your Nintendo Wii and start exercising.
Although, the game does not provide a regular workout routine for those who are serious about getting fit, it does provide a decent list of workout games and provides and environment that is more enjoyable.
And believe it or not, there are cheats for the Wii Fit. I'm sure the number of cheats will increase as more Americans begin to play. It seems that once video games have been released in the United States, the cheat list begins to expand, whether that's caused by more people playing the game or American's always trying to find the easy way out, who knows.
Nintendo has broken the mold with so many video games, already, the Wii Fit just continues the streak. It's a fun way to exercise by playing 40 different activity games, ranging from various yoga positions, muscle workouts, aerobic exercises, and balance games.
Some of the fun games include:
* Skiing
* Hula hoop
* Rhythm boxing
* Tightrope tension
* Heading soccer balls
* Leg and arm extensions
When playing Wii Fit, you use a specialized Balance Board to help work your body and measure your stats on the Wii Fit stat screen. The Wii Balance Board helps to measure the players weight, center of gravity, and calculates body mass index after entering in the player's height.
Just remember that because the Wii Fit doesn't account for different body structures and muscle mass, so it may not always give you the most accurate description. It gives you a general label, so if you're 5'10" and 150 pounds, you will fall within the standard weight. But, if you're 5'10" and 220 pounds but exercise regularly and have a greater muscle mass for your height, you may be labeled as overweight, when in person you are just toned.
In regards to the BMI, the Wii Fit is not necessarily flawed, but you have to take the label with a grain of salt, as it's measuring average body mass.
As of yet, the game has an average rank of 8.0 according to IGN.
It may sound pretty stupid to exercise to a video game, but why not? The game is built to help you monitor your stats, while making exercising fun. Yea, you can go outside and jog around the block a few times, but the game is designed to get more people exercising. When it's blistering hot or freezing cold outside, you can turn on your Nintendo Wii and start exercising.
Although, the game does not provide a regular workout routine for those who are serious about getting fit, it does provide a decent list of workout games and provides and environment that is more enjoyable.
And believe it or not, there are cheats for the Wii Fit. I'm sure the number of cheats will increase as more Americans begin to play. It seems that once video games have been released in the United States, the cheat list begins to expand, whether that's caused by more people playing the game or American's always trying to find the easy way out, who knows.
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Comment by Hope
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Comment by Joseph R. Terrazzino
The idea of keeping fit to games is AWESOME. But the offerings are not advanced enough. Like your review says, the calculations are primitive. The exercises limited by input to one silly pad.
In the future I expect an arsenal of fitness games with more creative premises. Or current games like GTA 4 with a pair of wireless boots, putting character movement into your very own feet.
And so on. Nice review!
Comment by Whitney
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Joseph, I think that your idea of incorporating fitness into games like GTA4 would be better, as people wouldn't have a clue it was real fitness, unlike with Wii Fit, which has "Fit" in the title. Ah come on cheating is the easy way out.