Nintendo continues to deliver hot selling games and accessories. With the release of Wii Fit they really struck gold and many stores outsold their stock in one day. It surely has positioned it self as the fastest selling Wii game to this date.
Wii Fit comes with a pressure sensitive Balance board that you put in front of your TV. The board detects any directional changes in balance and is used to interact with the game in various activites. Ofcourse the board uses wireless technology to save you from hurting yourself stumbling over cables on the floor.
Since Nintendo Wii announced Wii Fit, there have been many discussions regarding whether this game really can get you fit. Studies have been made on previous games like Wii Sports and showed that uses is able to lose up to 12kg a year by a daily exercise given from Wii. Now With Wii Fit you could really get the physical side of Wii to the next level.
Wii Fit is divided into 4 categories of exercises: Aerobic exercise, Muscle Conditioning, Yoga Poses and Balance Games.
In total there are around 40 different activities included. Examples of the training are:
Step Aerobic Exercise: Step up and off the Balance board to the rythm of nice background music.
Muscle Conditioning: Controlled motions using arms legs and other body parts.
Yoga exercise: This excersise focuses on balance and stretching in classic poses.
Ski jumping: Squat as low as possible while maintaining balance and hen quickly stand up as fast as possible in order to do a good jump.
Balance games: Several cool activites, such as soccer ball heading and hula hooping that challenges the Wii player's overall balance
Wii Fit isn't the only game planned to be relased for the Balance board. Nintendo has announced that at least ten games are in development for the board. Not just fitness games but different kind of fighting and sports games that can take advantage of the unique balance-based interface as well.
The wii Balance board can be used for daily Wii Fit tests. Wii Fit will evaluate two key measures tracked via progress charts:
Body Mass Index (BMI): Weight based on a ratio of weight to height. Wii Fit Age: Measured by facturing the user's BMI reading, testing the Wii fit user's center of gravity & conducting balance tests.
Is Wii Fit for all overweight people? Unfortunately the balance board can only hold 136kg so people above that weight better start losing some weight in order to use this game. Hovewer when you get to that range using the activities in the game will surely get your weight down even further and you will acually have fun losing weight.
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