Nintendo announces WiiFit during E3 2007 press conference

During its press conference at E3 2007 in Santa Monica Nintendo showed WiiFit for the first time. This game comes with a new sort of accessory that looks like a dancemat. The game will off course use Mii’s to make it all a little cuter and it looks like this will be another good piece of software to keep your body and spirit healthy. The game will not only allow you to lose weight on a fun, easy and social way, but it’s also the perfect way to train your muscles.

The WiiFit board will measure your weight and it will register your balance status. It will also be used for a new interface in games to use your full body weight. It’s wireless so you can use it from anywhere in the room. The design of the board is really nice in Wii style and it looks really thin. Reggie Fils-Aime from Nintendo of America took off his shoes and tried the new WiiFit board out. You won’t have to wear a training outfit to play the game, because you’ll be able to say whether or not you’re wearing heavy clothing. In no time you’ll be Hula Hooping, doing soccer headbutts and many other minigames that will make you fit. There will be tons of interesting minigames with the use of the floor pad that comes with the game. On screen calibration for the WiiRemote shows if you are doing the exercises right.

In total WiiFit will contain four genres: conditioning, poses, mini-games and aerobics. For dancegames you’ll see footstep pictures in the middel of the screen that the player has to follow on the WiiFit board. The board will be used as well for step aerobics and all kinds of other aerobic exercises that will keep you in shape.

During the conference mister Shigeru Miyamoto and Reggie Fils-Aime faced each other in a game of soccer on the WiiFit board. Reggie Fils-Aime was kicking Shigeru’s ass in the game, but both were clearly enjoying it and moving around. The game will give very detailed information on your body weight, your balance and the game will calculate your BMI (Body Mass Index) and calculate the progress.

Right now we don’t have much info since the conference has just ended, but when the conference is done we will have more new info on the game here at WiiHealthy, the perfect place to lose weight and exercise by playing on Nintendo’s Wii.