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.
The Fit Balance Board is a clever device that is pressure sensitive and detects shifts in balance in any direction. You put it in front of your TV, step on and use it to interact with the varied activities. The great thing about it it’s wireless, so there’s no chance of you tripping over a cable and picking up an injury.
The big question people have been asking “can this really get you fit?” In fact several studies have claimed that Wii games can help you with fitness and even promote weight loss because they’re so physical. John Moores University in Liverpool found that users could lose up to 12kg a year from exercising daily using Wii Sports sessions
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: a game in which the player must step on and off the Wii Balance Board in rhythm to the background music.
Muscle Conditioning: Wii fit features controlled motions using arms, legs and other body parts.
Yoga exercise: Classic poses in Wii Fit focus on balance and stretching.
Ski jumping: Make a good jump by squating as low as possible, while maintinging balance, and then quickly standing up.
Balance Games: These fun activities include heading soccer balls and hula hooping. Challanges for the players overall body balance.
The Wii Balance board doesn’t end with Wii Fit. Nintendo has already planned at least 10 more games that will support it’s unique balance-based interface. All kind of games from fighting to sports games that suit this kind of controller.
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.