In an interview with Time Magazine Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of Wii Fit and many other Nintendo franchises. said that it wasn’t easy to work on Wii Fit and the Wii Balance Board. Because everyone was having high expectations, it was extremely stressful for them to work on it.

“There tends to be a lot of nervousness about working on a product like this. Video games have a lot of expectations, and developers tend to have stress to meet those.” - Shigeru Miyamoto

Right now he is working on Wii Music and many other interesting Wii-titles. We sure hope Nintendo will announce more healthy Wii-titles!

Here and there you read stories about little girls disappointed when the Wii Balance Board and WiiFit told them that they are fat. Just keep in mind that the Wii Balance Board doesn’t know everything about your body. It’s a great piece of technology, but there’s a few things it doesn’t know. The most important thing it doesn’t know is how much muscles you have in your body. Muscles are four times heavier than fat, so somebody with a lot of muscles might be told that he/she is fat even though that it isn’t true. The guy in this video isn’t too happy with what the Wii Balance Board tells him…

So you thought you looked weird while playing WiiFit? Check out the guy in this video working out with Wii Fit in his underwear! As long as he feels comfortable while playing the game… We support guys like him though, we’re sure he’ll manage to lose a few pounds by working out with Nintendo’s Wii Fit and the Wii Balance Board.

Since WiiFit has been out for a couple of days now we decided to go on YouTube and collect some cool usermade videos to convince potential buyers to get this awesome game today! Look at some of the video sbelow and you’ll see how both young and old enjoy the minigames in WiiFit and learn how the Wii Balance Board works. Read the rest of this entry »

The promotion for [tag]Wii Fit[/tag] has started! [tag]Nintendo[/tag] has placed a few billboards in Australia and there will be many more coming in the next few days to give the Wii Fit and [tag]Wii Balance Board[/tag] launch an extra boost all around the world. [tag]Nintendo[/tag] of America has announced that they’re spending more money than ever to promote one of their products. Slogan of these Australian Wii Fit ads is “The personal trainer that fits under your couch.”

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Those lucky bastards at RevoGamers.net got a [tag]Wii Fit[/tag] press sample from [tag]Nintendo[/tag] with a nice little extra: [tag]Wii[/tag] socks! These should come in stores, I’m sure they give you a nice extra grip on the [tag]Wii Balance Board[/tag].

Dutch Nintendo blog Gamersdag got the chance to get their feet on the [tag]Wii Balance Board[/tag] and Wii Fit and they took some time to snap a few pictures of their first [tag]Wii Fit[/tag] experiences. Definitely worth a look if you can’t wait for [tag]Wii Fit[/tag] to come out. Read the rest of this entry »

Thanks to the Wii Freeloader, gamers can already start exercising with a Japanese version of [tag]Wii Fit[/tag]. There’s a lot of images that should lead you to the different healthy [tag]Wii[/tag] minigames, but there’s also a lot of text that explains the goal of certain games. The guys at NTSC uk took some time to translate some of the menus of Wii Fit and the [tag]Wii Balance Board[/tag] explanation in the Japanese version of [tag]Wii Fit[/tag]. Definitely a tryout for the non-Japanese [tag]Wii[/tag] Fit owners out there!

[tag]Wii Fit[/tag] is coming to the US, and producers of gaming accessories realise that. Japanese producer Trust Technology has developed a silicone skin for the [tag]Wii Balance Board[/tag] from [tag]Nintendo[/tag]. This cover should give you a better grip when standing on the Wii Fit board and it is also said to massage your feet. It should also keep your feet nice and warm while playing [tag]Wii Fit[/tag] on the [tag]Wii[/tag]. This is probably one of the first, but certainly not one of the last [tag]Wii Fit[/tag] related gadgets.

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