The Nintendo Wii Fit Balance Board
Nintendo’s fitness game for the Wii is on pace to become the fastest selling Wii game ever. The game, simply named “Fit”, has outdone all previous records on Play.com by selling out its entire allocation in just one day.
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: Wii fit features controlled motions using arms, legs and other body parts.
Yoga exercise: This excersise focuses on balance and stretching in classic poses.
Ski jumping: Whereby the player squats as low as possible, while maintaining his or her balance, and then quickly stands as fast as possible in order to gain a good jump
Balance Games: These fun activities include heading soccer balls and hula hooping. Challanges for the players overall body balance.
Nintendo has said it has at least ten games in development that support the board and not just fitness games either. Fighting and Sports games can also take advantage of the unique balance-based interface.
A Wii Fit feature is the daily Wii Fit tests where results will be tracked and viewed by everyone 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.
Some very overweight persons might feel dissapointment that there is a weight limit of 136kg on the Wii balance board, but if they just work themself down to the weight limit and then start working with the balance board, they will surely lose some weight quickly just by having fun playing.
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