The HSC Foundation launched a Childhood Obesity Awareness Campaign that blames videogames for the lack of exercise and bad diets with kids all over the world. They’re using posters titled ‘Killer Sofa‘ with a fat kid sitting in a comfy sofa with crisps, soda and an Xbox 360 controller.
The guys who worked on this campaign didn’t do their homework and didn’t even do research on healthy [tag]Wii[/tag] games such as Wii Sports and the upcoming [tag]Wii Fit[/tag]. The times that gaming is an unhealthy hobby are gone, since the Wii is available gaming has become a healthy, social and fun way of losing weight and exercising.
Instead of blaming videogames for childhood obesity they should be promoting healthy videogames like [tag]Wii Sports[/tag] and Wii Fit with the [tag]Wii Balance Board[/tag]. They just want to shock us all with a fat kid lying in a coach representing the stereotype of the gamingfan.
Yahoo! Sports interviewed Bart Scott in which he talks about using the Wii to help paraplegic kids. Sometimes he uses the [tag]Nintendo[/tag][tag]Wii[/tag] because it’s easy for these children to use since some of them don’t have full fonction of their hands and they kicked his butt in the Wii Sports games! The were beating him up in boxing and there was a girl in a wheelchair who kicked his ass in Wii Bowling.
They say that [tag]Wii Sports[/tag] was a huge hit thanks to the important social aspect of the game, while the [tag]Brain Training[/tag] games for the Nintendo DS are incredibly popular thanks to the fact that learning is fun now. They have experienced that [tag]Wii Fit[/tag] combines the best of those two games which will make WiiFit succeed in its goal. WiiFit isn’t rubbish, it really allows you to lose weight along with friends and family. Whether you’re a gamer or not, WiiFit will make you lose weight while you’re having the time of your life. The cool interactive games will keep you on the board until you’ve lost the amount of weight you want.
During the Leipzig Games Convention, gamepublisher Konami has announced that it’s preparing the game Let’s Yoga for an American release. At first everyone thought that this would be a Japan-only game, but apparantely Konami must have discovered that the United States needs some Yoga exercises as well. It looks al very simple and the diversity of exercises in the game looks very good. Now you won’t have to be in your Yoga club to do some healthy exercises, you’ll be able to lose some stress on the road as well!
According to the EBGames websiteWiiFit will be selling for $69,99 with the Wii Balance Board. Nintendo announced at E3 2007 that the game packed with the WiiFit Wii Balance Board will cost more than $49,99, but they didn’t make an official announcement about a price. [tag]WiiFit[/tag] isn’t coming until 2008 so they still have time to announce their price.
Nintendo showed a lot of articles, videos and other fragments of all the media attention the Wii has been getting over the past few months during its E3 2007 press conference. Right before they announced their ambitious new Wii Fit project they showed a nice shot of the WiiHealthy.com frontpage.
WiiFit was Nintendo’s biggest title at this year’s E3 and the coolest accessory they showed off is the pressure-sensitive floor pad with sensors in it called the Wii Balance Board. This peripheral won’t be used for WiiFit alone, but there are many other applications for the Wii Balance Board.
Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of WiiFit and WiiSports, said at E3 that there will be many other applications for the peripheral in the future. Third party developers asked him if they could use the Wii Balance Board for their games in the future and he said that they are free to use the controller for creating their own ideas. Games like Tony Hawk, SSX, 1080°, Super Monkey Ball and many other titles could use the Wii Balance Board controller to make the games more active and healthier.
Medical experts showed their interest in the peripheral as well. WiiSports is being used by several hospitals as well, but since WiiFit is specifically made for losing weight and working out there are tons of new opportunities for doctors to help their patients get fit.
With this article and the online petition we want to convince Reggie Fils-Aime, president of Nintendo of America, that he has to lose some weight by playing healthy games on the Nintendo Wii! Every Wii-gamer can help to convince him by signing the petition.
Why do we need to convince him?
During the Nintendo E3 2007 Media and Business Summit press conference Shigeru Miyamoto and his translator Japanse/English Bill Trinen called the Regginator on stage to do a WiiFit demonstration. Reggie walked to the Wii Balance Board with a smile and said ‘My body is ready‘. When they had to select which type of clothing he was wearing, Reggie quickly replied ‘Heavly clothing, heavy clothing!’, but he wasn’t dressed that heavy. Anyway, Shigeru Miyamoto picked ‘Light clothing’ and then Reggie wanted to give away his wallet. He did anything he could to make himself look as light as possible.
He denies that he’s a bit overweight
Shigeru and Bill gave some more info on the game and then came the moment that the game calculated Reggie’s BMI (Body Mass Index). The graph went up and Reggie said ‘Oh no, no, no!’ but everyone in the public saw that his BMI was at 27,51 which is 5,21 higher than the normal BMI of an adult man! His excuse for his high BMI was that ‘muscle is heavier than fat’. Then Reggie and Shigeru Miyamoto did a head-to-head soccerheading competition in WiiFit. Reggie is an asskicker so off course he won the game from mister Miyamoto but let’s not forget that Fils-Aime has a way too high BMI!
Because we love Reggie for his work at Nintendo of America we want to convince him that he has to stay in shape so that he can give us more superb press conferences and cool games in the future. That’s why we’ve made an online petition that everyone can sign and where you can leave a supportive message for Reggie to convince him to work out with his Nintendo Wii. We’re sure he has a Nintendo Wii at home and at his office but apparantely he’s not using it! He has to make time for his health and by signing the petition we can stimulate him to exercise by playing WiiSports and WiiFit.
How can I help Reggie?
We’re sure that Reggie checks our site every now and then since the frontpage of WiiHealthy was shown during Nintendo’s E3 press conference! We need your help to convince Reggie to play more healthy Wii-games. When we have a whole bunch of signatures and supportive messages for Reggie we will send him an email with the petition.
It’s important to spread the word to other gamers by placing a banner or a link in your forumsignature or telling a friend about it. It doesn’t matter how, just make sure that we have as many signatures as possible! Every signature counts and helps Reggie getting fitter.
After the announcement ofWiiFit for the Nintendo Wiifrom yesterday several big gamesites had the chance to play WiiFit for the first time. We expect more previews and hands-on impressions from other gamesites to come in soon so check us out for the latest WiiFit articles and impressions.
Today Nintendo announced WiiFit for their populair homeconsole and now we have the first official lifestyle pictures with screenshots from the game coming from Nintendo’s pressroom. We had some pictures from Nintendo’s E3 keynote and one trailer taken during that same presentation, but these pictures are some nice high-resolution pictures.
