There are a lot of nice Wii Fit accessories on the market that make exercising with the Wii Balance Board a lot more comfortable. A silicone skin for your Wii Balance Board is definitely a must-have, and a rechargeable battery for the board works good as well. When you buy all those cool Wii Fit accessories separtely you’ll have to pay a lot of money. Amazon is now offering a 5-In-1 Fitness Bundle made by DreamGear for Nintendo’s Wii Fit. These are the Wii Fit accessories included in this pack:

• Wii Balance Board carrying case
• Wii Balance Board socks
• Wii Balance Board rechargeable battery pack
• Fitness Mat
• Wii Balance Board silicone skin

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Are you getting bored of Wii Fit yet? We sure aren’t but apparantely some people are already putting their Wii Balance Board away and are completely done with the Wii Fit game. If you want to achieve something with the Wii Fit Board, like losing weight or gaining some strength, then you’ll have to continue exercising or you’ll never achieve your goal.

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The professional guys over at CNET.com wanted to find out more about Wii Fit for the Nintendo Wii as well. They have a look at all the available minigames, check out the Wii Balance Board and tell why the Wii Fit game is so great.

Matt from IGN Wii took the Wii Balance Board and Wii Fit to his place and did a video review of Nintendo’s latest healthy game. They gave it a nice 8 out of 10, you can read the full review here.

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.

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.

GamesRadar invited yoga instructor Sally to try Wii Fit and the Wii Balance Board out. She says the whole game concept is pretty weird to her, and she advises people not to overdo it. Even though Wii Fit isn’t like any other gym thing, you could still hurt yourself if you overdo it.

GR: Would you recommend these exact poses for children?
Sally: For kids, I’m really not sure about any of it. Older kids, yes. And adults too.

GR: How does the balance board feel?
Sally: A bit weird. In Yoga, you’re grounded on a mat barefoot – close to the Earth and not on a thing you stand on. If you were new to it, then it might not seem so weird.

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