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Wii Fit by Nintendo

• By Megan Mills

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• The Wii Fit will use a balance board accessory,
  and will promote exercise and healthy living. It
  will feature a handful of mini games designed
  specifically with full body motion control in mind

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History

• Revealed during a conference in September 2006 by
  game designer Shigeru Miyamoto
• Said that it was influenced by his daily life and
  was a way to help families exercise together
• It took over 2 years to perfect Wii balance
  board, which was inspired by sumo wrestlers
  needing to weigh themselves with two scales

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Game play

• The Wii uses a unique platform peripheral
  (pressure sensitive) balance board
• It is capable of measuring the users weight,
  center of gravity, and calculate their body mass
  index when told users height

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Game play continued

• It has about 40 different activities
• It also allows its players to compare their
  fitness using Wii Fits own channel on the Wii
  Menu
• It tracks users Wii Fitness Age

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Activities

• Four Categories
• Aerobic exercise
• Muscle conditioning
• Yoga poses
• Balance games

• Most focus on core, and include
• push ups
• yoga
• hula hooping
• ski jumping
• jogging
• tightrope walking
• snowboarding

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Yoga
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Hula Hooping
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Dodging a ball
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Balance
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Other Stuff

• Released in Japan December 1, 2007-sold over
  quarter million copies in first week
• Release in Europe 4/25/08, Australia 5/8/08, and
  in United Stated 5/19/08
• It is an example of exergaming, and is compared
  to Dance Dance Revolution
• Future Integrations service to keep in contact
  with doctor to help with rehabilitation, or with
  fitness specialist to help with training
  exercises

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Limitations

• Most exercises focus on core workout
• Must buy Wii game system for around 250, and
  additionally purchase Wii Fit for around 70

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