Wii Fit Review
M.Josette Camilleri
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Wii Fit Review
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Wii Fit is one of the smartest moves Nintendo has ever made. What better way to reach consumers traditionally uninterested in video game consoles than by promising them a fun way of losing weight? Wii Fit does that, and delivers exactly what it promises . It-s not going to do the work for you of course, yet its unique mix of solid hardware and clever software gives you the motivation you need to drop those pounds - and that recipe starts with its custom-designed Balance Board controller.
Although it looks like a set of bathroom scales, the heftiness of the Balance Board is impressive. It-s not going to slide around under you, nor does it feel likely to break under the pounding it-s likely to take. In fact it’s so solid you could use it for self defence.
For all that mass, its sensitivity really is astonishing. Sure, it can tell you your weight, but it can also tell when you shift your weight forward, back, left or right by even the most inconsequential amount, and some of its games put that capability to excellent use, tasking you to hit ever-smaller balance targets with impressive precision. (Incidentally, it does have its limits - specifically, no players over 330 lbs.)
Like Wii Sports, your saved Wii Fit data is associated with your Mii, a cartoon representation of yourself that-s usually the first thing new Wii owners create. When starting the game, you-re presented with a graph of your progress over the last few weeks, and if there are other Wii Fit addicts using the same console, you-ll be able to see how your efforts rank against theirs. The game also calculates your Wii Fit Age, in a similar manner to Nintendo-s DS hit Brain Age, from a combination of your weight, height, real age, and balance test results.
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