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Sarah, a diet specialist from Diet.com, took some time to check out Nintendo’s Wii Fit and its Wii Balance Board. They are off course wondering if the Wii Fit really helps you lose weight, and even though they aren’t convinced about the healthy effects of the Wii they did find that the running minigame really helps getting your heart rate up.

Since the Wii has come out, more and more women are trying out video games. Especially Wii Sports and Wii Fit are very popular among women and especially among hot babes like this one! Check out how this hot chick plays some Wii Fit rhythm boxing and some Wii Fit snowboarding in her bikini.

Today Majesco Entertainment Company has announced its first Wii fitnessgame due to come out in 2009. Jillian Michael’s Fitness Ultimatum 2009 is in development with the help of fitness pro Jillian Michaels from TV shows like The Biggest Loser. Players can choose different programs like Weight Loss, Strengt Training, Intervals and Hill Climb (condition training). There’s different levels for both starters and people in shape. With the WiiRemote players have to climb ladders and row a boat to unlcok new tips from Jillian. In Competitive Party Mode you can play against a friend. Read the rest of this entry »

Nowadays video games are big business for companies like Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony. In GAME BOYS: Professional Videogaming’s Rise from the Basement to the Big Time from author Michael Kane, a New York Post reporter, we go through the journey of elite videogaming teams who get paid to play as they try to break into the sports mainstream and earn money with their hobby. GAME BOYS goes on sale June 23rd 2008.

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“For a sport that many consider to be marginal (if a sport at all), gaming is highly competitive and full of players who are just as idiosyncratic, determined, and flashy as any other pro athlete. Kane does a nice job of catching us up in the excitement—no easy task, as we are reading a book about people who play a game on a computer screen. Like any good sports book, this one is about the game and the personalities in equal measure.”

–Booklist

The husband no longer rules over the TV, game chicks need some game time as well!

Source: 2P Start

The Lake East Hospital in Painesville is one of the many hospitals using Nintendo’s Wii to help patients recover from a disease or an operation. Now that Wii Fit and the Wii Balance Board are available, they have a cheap and fun way to help patients to gain more balance. Check the video above and you’ll see how much fun they’re having!

A lot of gamers want to know how much the Wii Balance Board can carry. A NeoGAF member purchased Wii Fit with the Wii Balance Board and the game told him he was too heavy and it wouldn’t register his Mii-character. The Wii Balance Board is supporting up to 660 lbs, Wii Fit supports weights up to 330 llbs and the NeoGAF guy trying out the game was 350 lbs and 6′8″ tall. There are many other gamers who can’t play Wii Fit because they are too heavy. We sure hope that Nintendo will publish another Wii Balance Board in the future that has a higher weight limit. If Nintendo doesn’t do it, a third party publisher will certainly do it anyway.

According to Bill Simmons from ESPN, Nintendo will get some serious lawsuits because of Wii Fit.

Speaking of video games, there are few certainties in life but this is one of them: The Wii is headed for the biggest and most expensive class-action injury suit since Navin’s eyeglasses made everyone cross-eyed in “The Jerk.” - Bill Simmons, ESPN

Nintendo has had multiple lawsuits for the Wii in the past, so Nintendo is most likely prepared to face charges like these.

This Sunday is a big day in auto racing. The Indy 500 in Indianapolis and the NASCAR’s only 600-mile race in Charlotte. Two top drivers will be driving cars promoting Wii Fit for Nintendo. So far Wii Fit has been featured on the “Today” show, “Good Morning America,” CNN, even “Saturday Night Live.” As if Wii Fit even needs any promotion!