Wii Fitness With The Wii Fit
- Date: 2007-08-08 - Word Count: 410
Share This!
The Nintendo Wii revolution continues with the pending launch of the new Wii Fitness products as announced at this year's E3 2007. This brand new product from Nintendo, called Wii Fit, will take the form of a balance board controller accessory and a bundled exercise game.
The Wii Fitness products take off from where Wii Sports started by introducing active-play games that are not only great fun to play, but also great exercise as well. In fact the Wii balance board brings exercise and fitness for the entire body. The software and balance board is aimed at a large array of exercise based fun, including dancing, aerobics, balancing, and of course games.
The Wii Fit software uses the balance board to compile data in order to plan your fitness progress over a period of time. The software's fitness measurement system can collect data about an individual in order to keep track of their fitness goals. The fitness readings are presented in the way of a graph that measures your body mass index (BMI) and will adapt your Mii character accordingly. The Mii character is a animated character that represents an individual player's physique, so it's important to enter your stats correctly for accurate progress analysis.
Once your personal settings are calibrated, you can then start to have fun playing the fitness mini games. One of the most fun Wii Fitness games looks like the football heading game, in which the players are required to move their heads in the right direction to head the oncoming balls. Other mini games include doing hula hoops by shaking your hips and a marble madness style game where your balance is key to winning. The more serious fitness style games include doing strenuous balancing exercises, press-ups, and yoga.
The release date has still not been announced and neither has the price, but the price is rumoured to be in the range of $49 to $69. What the new Nintendo Wii Fitness products will hopefully bring is a whole new line up of interactive games. Who knows yet, but I can already imagine the likes of skiing, snowboarding, skate boarding, and so on. Maybe these future games could be used in conjunction with the Wii remote for a complete interactive experience?
Whatever happens next, the Nintendo Wii and the new Wii Fitness range are taking the console to a new level that the likes of Microsoft and Sony will find tough to match, especially at Nintendo's affordable prices.
The Wii Fitness products take off from where Wii Sports started by introducing active-play games that are not only great fun to play, but also great exercise as well. In fact the Wii balance board brings exercise and fitness for the entire body. The software and balance board is aimed at a large array of exercise based fun, including dancing, aerobics, balancing, and of course games.
The Wii Fit software uses the balance board to compile data in order to plan your fitness progress over a period of time. The software's fitness measurement system can collect data about an individual in order to keep track of their fitness goals. The fitness readings are presented in the way of a graph that measures your body mass index (BMI) and will adapt your Mii character accordingly. The Mii character is a animated character that represents an individual player's physique, so it's important to enter your stats correctly for accurate progress analysis.
Once your personal settings are calibrated, you can then start to have fun playing the fitness mini games. One of the most fun Wii Fitness games looks like the football heading game, in which the players are required to move their heads in the right direction to head the oncoming balls. Other mini games include doing hula hoops by shaking your hips and a marble madness style game where your balance is key to winning. The more serious fitness style games include doing strenuous balancing exercises, press-ups, and yoga.
The release date has still not been announced and neither has the price, but the price is rumoured to be in the range of $49 to $69. What the new Nintendo Wii Fitness products will hopefully bring is a whole new line up of interactive games. Who knows yet, but I can already imagine the likes of skiing, snowboarding, skate boarding, and so on. Maybe these future games could be used in conjunction with the Wii remote for a complete interactive experience?
Whatever happens next, the Nintendo Wii and the new Wii Fitness range are taking the console to a new level that the likes of Microsoft and Sony will find tough to match, especially at Nintendo's affordable prices.
Related Tags: game, nintendo, e3, wii fit, wii fitness, balance board
Wii First brings you the latest Nintendo Wii game reviews, news, previews and much more. To get the latest Wii news stories, visit ours news pages at Wii First News Your Article Search Directory : Find in Articles
Recent articles in this category:
- Your Guide To The Starcraft 2 Zerg Vs Terran Matchup
A Starcraft 2 Zerg vs Terran matchup can prove to be a very interesting proposition. Pairing up the - Train For Battlenet With The Starcraft 2 Campaigns
The Starcraft 2 campaign in-game will have you facing some of the most challenging and brutal strate - Is There A Permanent Fix For Your Xbox 360 Red Rings Of Death Error? A Fix At Home Solution Here!
When the Xbox 360 first came out it was considered to be the best gaming console around. But today m - Would You Like To Fix Xbox 360 Red Ring Of Death Fast? - Do Not Give Microsoft $140 - Fix It At Home
More experienced owners tend to be looking for ways on how to fix Xbox 360 red ring of death. This i - Repair & Fix Xbox 360 Red Ring Of Death - Permanent Fix In Just 1-2 Hours Flat
Are you so frustrated and desperate to fix Xbox 360 red ring of death fast? Well first and foremost - Which Video Game Console Is The Best?
When we consider which of the consoles that we consider to be our very favourite, we must consider a - Starcraft 2 Elite Guide - When The Heck Am I Supposed To Expand? Playing As Zerg
The Zerg economic system is fairly unique from the Terran and Protoss economies, a noticeably smart - Starcraft 2 Elite Guide - An Ideal Opener To Any Match As Terran
An essential aspect you need to always remember pertaining to Terran is the fact their economic proc - Dugi's Ultimate Wow Guide - A Rip Off? - Definitely Not!
Firstly a sobering thought as gaming has suddenly received some extremely negative media comment. A - Do You Want To Find Best Game In Top Online Games?
Rappelz is one of best rpg games and top online games so this game an intense fantasy MMORPG game th
Most viewed articles in this category:
- Joanna's Horde Leveling Guide - Ultimate Horde Guide? Find Out Here
Joanna's Horde Levelling Guide is a World of Warcraft guide that was created by a player that calls - Should I Upgrade My Sony PSP Firmware
Sony already has a reputation of being in the forefront of the war over digital rights management (e - PlayStation 3 Features
The PlayStation 3 became available to retail merchants in the United States. Marketplace on November - Xbox 360 Backwards Compatibility
With the Xbox 360 getting more and more popular, more and more new exciting games will be coming out - How To Easily Get Gold In World Of Warcraft
Just like in real life one of the most frustrating things in world of warcraft is lack of money (gol - Xbox 360 Modchip - The Facts
As the Xbox 360 is fast getting more and more popular, there will be people who will want to make th - WOW Power Leveling Guide Part 1
World of warcraft or "Wow" is a strategy game with a Role Playing twist set in a mythical land of go - Record Number of People Expected to Call in Sick to Work Today
American families, girlfriends, domestic partners and pets are not the only ones feeling the brunt o - Free Sony Playstation 3 for Anyone
The PlayStation 3 is a highly seeked and demand product released to the U.S. market in late 2006. J - Tradeskill Improvements in World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade
World of Warcraft has been criticized in the past for a sub-par and almost useless profession system