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Wii Fit Diet, and My Fitness Coach!
On another note, I bought My Fitness Coach, because I was honestly getting a little bored with the Wii Fit exercises. There is just not enough different aerobic exercises to do in Wii Fit and I hate having to pick out what I want to do. It takes like 45-50 minutes to do a 30 minute workout. But My Fitness Coach, which was only $30 new at Gamestop, is super cool. It doesn’t work with the Wii Balance Board (other than using it as a step) but it’s still nice. Kind of like an exercise video, only...   [read the full post]

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Rate studentcoins: wiifit(deal): *Special Offer From Nintendo* Get a Wii along...

Original at Megatokyo News external link    Sat, Jan 30

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Rate web_gamenews: News: Nintendo, Target Will Pay You to Try Wii Fit -...

Original at Megatokyo News external link    Fri, Jan 29

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Rate buxr: Sakar 6 In 1 Fitness Bundle For Nintendo Wii Fit for $14.99 #deals...

Original at Megatokyo News external link    Fri, Jan 29

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Rate santaclause09: #Top #Games #4: Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board: Wii Fit...

Original at Megatokyo News external link    Fri, Jan 29

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Rate Opinion: Top Wiikey Wii fit Plus

Original at wii external link    Tue, Jan 26

By curt33boone To match this offer to receive an excellent Nintendo Wii game contest.And the Nintendo Wii also support them if there is something else – favorite GameCube game you’re addicted, do not worry! BUT, here if you own a Nintendo Wii games can I play? not.Wii 1 source, of course, is the Wii store.But...

Rate Wii titles continue to dominate UK charts

Original at Qj.net external link    Mon, Jan 25

By Glenn M. Last week's weight-loss gaming frenzy (qjnet/news/modern-warfare-2-bows-to-just-dance-and-wii-fit-plus-in-the-uk.html) hasn't let up Just Dance and Wii Fit Plus are still in control of the UK software charts. Adding to the top performers of the week is yet another Wii

Rate uklatestoffers: New Offer - Great Offer Mobiles with a FREE Nintendo Wii +...

Original at Megatokyo News external link    Sun, Jan 24

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Rate Confessions

Original at kats9thlife (WordPress) external link    Sat, Jan 23

By Katherine This is a shot of my Wii Fit Credits for this week: Sunday – Run Monday – Wii Fit 45min Tuesday – Wii Fit 45min Wednesday – Run Thursday – Run Friday – Wii Fit 45min Saturday – Wii Fit 45min Wish me luck! I am addicted to Wii Fit and I didn’t run a single day this week. ACK! I know that is horrible

Rate Nintendo Channel data - Wii Sports Resort, Wii Fit Plus, and New Super...

Original at Go Nintendo external link    Sat, Jan 16

Nintendo has three long-tail titles out there on shelves, and they’re all going to continue raking in the cash for years to come. New Super Mario Bros. Wii is quite the seller, and it’s sure to stay on charts for quite some time. Which game will be the first one to cut off its long tail? Link

Rate Nintendo brings Wii Fit Plus event to Atlanta Targets

Original at Examiner.com external link    Fri, Jan 15    5 related articles

Nintendo has announced that, in partnership with Target, that they will be bringing the Wii Fit Plus Experience for the next three weekends to the stores. Notably, Atlanta actually gets a visit from Nintendo. Visitors can check out the game, and those...

Rate Me and My Wii Fit - A Great Fit!

Original at wonderblunder (WordPress) external link    Fri, Jan 15

By wonderblunder I spent 6 hours playing with the Wii Fit and the Wii Fit accessories that were also gifts. Along with my daughters, I participated in a hulahoop contest, did virtual headers with soccer balls, all the while ducking the panda bear heads flying my way, and competed over plank stances.

December of 2009

 

Rate WiiWaa - cutest, most cuddly Wii peripheral

Original at Examiner.com external link    Tue, Dec 29

While there are some really craptacular games on the Wii, there are a few games that successfully capture the audience the console is truly aimed at. The remade Nintendo franchises along with new innovative gameplay in Wii Fit and Wii Sports...

Rate Wii one of Amazon’s best-selling holiday items

Original at Go Nintendo external link    Tue, Dec 29

Amazon said its best-selling items over the holiday season other than the Kindle included Apple’s iPod Touch, Nintendo’s Wii Fit Plus with balance board, Sarah Palin’s book “Going Rogue” and men’s Levi’s 501 jeans. - ABC News So…the average U.S. dweller wanted to read books, listen to musi...

Rate Joyswag: Wii System & Wii Fit Plus Bundles from QVC

Original at Joystiq external link    Wed, Dec 16

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By Joystiq Staff This entry period ends at 12:00 pm ET on Tuesday, December 22. We'll randomly select two grand prize winners at that time to each receive QVC's "Nintendo Wii Gaming System w/ Accessories, Case & Games" (Item #E165361; product page), "Nintendo Wii Fit Plus & Accessory Kit w/ Mat &a...

Rate Opinion: IGN Selection: Top Ten Most Popular Wii Party Games

Original at gameyeeeahteam (WordPress) external link    Thu, Dec 10

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By gameyeeeahteam It may be a strange suggestion. However, “Wii Fit” is not only a fitness product. If your parents have a Wii, then they are likely to have a balance board. If your some of your relatives are fat, you’d better not show them body mass index, so as not to affect their appetite when eating Christmas ca...

Rate Top 40 best-selling games in UK for week ending 12/05

Original at Examiner.com external link    Mon, Dec 7    7 related articles

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Here are the top 40 best-selling games in the UK during the week that ended on December 5th. 01. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo Wii) 02. Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo Wii) 03. Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo Wii) 04. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Xbox 360)...

Rate Jenny mccarthy promotes new Wii fitness game on The Tonight Show

Original at Examiner.com external link    Thu, Dec 3

Recently The American Council of Exercise released a study reporting "underwhelming health benefits" of the Wii Fit exercise game. Citing that the intensity ...

Year 2009

 

Rate Wii Fit Plus review: Nintendo gives you a run for your money

Original at Daily Mail - UK external link    Wed, Nov 18

With this in mind, Nintendo has launched the latest addition to their virtual gaming empire - the Wii Fit Plus. The next generation gaming console ... Sports Authority Forms Partnership with Nintendo411mania.com all 196 news articles »

Rate Rabbids Developers Remembered Wii's Neglected Features [Wii]

Original at Kotaku external link    Tue, Nov 3

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By Stephen Totilo The Wii Channels: When the Wii launched, Channels were a big deal. Nintendo offered photo and Mii channels, and, later, a shopping channel. Games could have their own channels, which could be installed onto the Wii's dashboard from the game's disc. Mario Kart Wii offered a tournament-trac...

Rate A Review, and A Beginning... Wii Fit Plus!

Original at humanvariant (WordPress) external link    Wed, Oct 21

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By humanvariant For those who have had a chance to look at Wii Fit, there are a lot of familiar activities. All of the games and exercises from the original are in fact in Wii Fit Plus. There are also 15 new games, and a couple new yoga poses and strength training exercises. Originally I didn’t think it would be wor...

Rate Opinion: NPD Instant Analysis: Things You Should Note [Npd]

Original at Kotaku external link    Mon, Oct 19

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By Stephen Totilo Music Game Platform Choices Juggle: A lot of people are rightly focusing on the September victory of The Beatles: Rock Band over Guitar Hero 5. That's interesting. But here's another twist. Last year, Guitar Hero: World Tour launched in November 2008 with the Wii version as the top-seller (...

Rate Opinion: System Sellers: Part 2 (Wii, DS)

Original at espion4ge (WordPress) external link    Wed, Oct 7

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By cmfl3x Nintendo Wii I was tempted to put the Wii itself as its own system seller, because that’s pretty much true. The Wii moves so many units because of all they hype generated around it. People gravitate to all the “Wii” games, Wii Fit sells a lot of systems, but many people are just content getting t...

Rate Wii Fit Plus Review: Now I’m A Believer [Review]

Original at Kotaku external link    Mon, Oct 5

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By AJ Glasser Nintendo has been very careful to call Wii Fit a fitness "tool" not a fitness "solution" for obvious legal reasons. Neither Wii Fit nor its successor, Wii Fit Plus, will magically make you thinner or more easily able to resist tasty food.

Rate 33 Months Of Motion Control, The Wii's Hidden Struggle [Opinion]Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Kotaku external link    Sat, Jul 18

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By Stephen Totilo Even in Wii Fit, the great successor to Wii Sports, the Wii Remote was all but relegated to a laser pointer used to select menu options. Meanwhile, the mechanism for the game's motion was the Balance Board, a controller inspired by a bathroom scale.

Rate Podcast: Wii Fit at Trafford College

Original at newlearning (WordPress) external link    Thu, Jul 16

By kevhickeyuk Anita explains how they have used the Wii Fit and ballence board to improve balance, concentration, fine motor skills, confidence and social interaction with students.  She highlights one learner who got out of her wheel chair, to have a go, something which she had not done at college for...

Rate The Casualties of Wii

Original at New York Press external link    Wed, Jun 17

 NY Wii was asking for trouble with the Wii Fit, and now they've found it. The Washington Times reports on a recent abundance of Wii-related injuries: everything from wrist sprains to brain bleeds. It's not a pretty picture. "People just think, 'It's a ...

Rate Opinion: A Reminder Of How Small A Group "We, Gamers" Are [Wii]

Original at Kotaku external link    Wed, Apr 29

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By Luke Plunkett According to GamePlan Insights' own polling data - which reportedly canvasses "1,000 gamers on a weekly basis" - MadWorld wasn't the most-anticipated Wii game on the horizon. It was the 41st, behind a string of "casual, music and puzzle" games like Wii Sports Resort and Trivial Pursuit.

Rate 'Party in the Patch' prizes rolling in

Original at Kilgore News Herald external link    Thu, Mar 5

  USA Among the items to be auctioned are a Wii game system and Wii Fit, a "puppy package" that includes a puppy, carrier, shots and accessories, a guitar, a Holland Grill, a gift certificate from Rick Bailey's Garage Art Tattoos, jewelry, luggage, ...

Rate Wii Fit Target Of Class Action Lawsuit [Wii]

Original at Kotaku external link    Mon, Feb 9

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By Luke Plunkett Slightly nutty fitness "guru" Michael Torchia has looked at Wii Fit, and as a slightly nutty fitness "guru", does not like what he sees. He reckons that, via "slick advertising campaigns", people are under the impression Wii Fit actually makes you fit, and are forgoing more effective met...

Rate How To: Andy 'the hips' HarrisVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Wed, Feb 4

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By rss@youtube.com (DelosFive) Andrew, prince of Wales, shows how to 'shake a tailfeather' on Wii Fit/Hula-Hoopin' Author: DelosFive Keywords: Andy Fit Harris Hoop Hula Wii Added: February 4, 2009

Year 2008

 

Rate Podcast: Anna Domyancic & Darren Gerber - Nintendo Wii as Therapeutic Tool

Original at IT Conversations external link    Thu, Dec 18

Although host Jon Udell isn't an avid gamer, and neither is his wife Luann, he was intrigued when she came home from a physical therapy session raving about the Nintendo Wii. In this episode Luann talks about how the Wii, the Balance Board, and the Wii Fit application are helping her retrain...

Rate A Return Of Wii Holiday Shortages?

Original at Igniq.com external link    Sat, Nov 22

By Sherri(noreply@blogger.com) Nintendo, however, is confident it can meet the holiday demand for consoles. The Wii Fit is another issue all together though. More links: Wii: Deadly Creatures Creeps Into Stores This December ‘Extra’ Wants Its Viewers To Get Wii Fit

Rate 4cr Review - Jillian Michaels Fitness Ultimatum 2009

Original at 4 color rebellion external link    Mon, Oct 27

By Jody Anthony But for a game like this, it’s not really the graphics that matter, it’s the fitness aspect. Luckily, JMFU2K9 has some pretty fun exercises. You pick how long you want to work out, and the game randomly chooses different workouts for you to do. I haven’t tried all of the exercises yet, but most o...

Rate Review: Wii Music Puts Improv Before Gameplay

Original at Wired external link    Thu, Oct 23

By Chris Kohler 50, Nintendo Rating: Images courtesy Nintendo See Also: Wii Music's Licensed Songs Hands On: Wii Music's Challenge-Free Rhythm Gaming Behind the Mario Maestro's Music Review: Song Remains (Mostly) the Same in Rock Band 2 Facing Competition, Guitar Hero IIICranks Gameplay to 11

Rate Weekly Wii Update - Finally, Balance Board Tetris [Wii Downloadables]

Original at Kotaku external link    Mon, Oct 20

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By Mike Fahey Nintendo adds new and classic games to the Wii Shop Channel at 9 a.m. Pacific time every Monday. Wii™ owners with a high-speed Internet connection can redeem Wii Points™ to download the games. Wii Points can be purchased in the Wii Shop Channel or at retail outlets. This week’s new games are:

Rate Podcast: Obsession of the Week: Friendly Fires

Original at threadtrend (WordPress) external link    Tue, Sep 2

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By threadtrend So my obsession for the week is Friendly Fires, a band hailing from the UK. Their debut album was released today in the UK on XL Recordings. I first heard of them through their single "Jump in the Pool." They have a sort of Talking Heads vibe and disco house sound but still very 2008. There song "On B...

Rate Patch: Wii Shop Channel Gets 3 New Titles

Original at DigitalBattle external link    Tue, Aug 5

By Jeff Baker Wii Firmware Updated. Nintendo has updated the Wii firmware to version 3, which includes several smaller updates and enhan… Wii’s Nintendo Channel Goes Live; Wii Fit Channel? Tags: DLC, Wii, Wiiware.

Rate How To: Wii Fit article

Original at Thallian and Anton's MMO and Random Rambles external link    Wed, Jul 2

By Thallian We just posted an article, "Using Wii Fit in Your Longterm Fitness Plan: 40+ Tips, Tutorials and Success Stories" (http://www.nursingdegree.net/blog/21/using-wii-fit-in-your-longterm-fitness-plan-40-tips-tutorials-and-success-stories/). ...

Rate Opinion: Geek Newsletter June 19, 2008 — Truly Interactive GamesVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Geek.com external link    Thu, Jun 19

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By Joel Evans The one peripheral getting the most attention these days for bringing you into the game, however, is the balance board that comes with the Wii Fit . Not only does it give you quite a workout (I can personally attest to this) but it’s also incredibly interactive. You lean forward, make a jump mo...

Rate Wii Fit

Original at cdeaver (WordPress) external link    Sun, Jun 8

By nitetiger4 Credits scored for today: 42 minutes (all in aerobic exercises... so hula hoop, jogging... etc) Snack: So anyway, I hope this Wii Fit helps me lose some weight, cause I really need to do so! Wish me luck! So I picked up a Wii Fit last night! Andrew found one on E-bay that was used and selling nearby, so

Rate Wii Fit Review: An Identity Crisis

Original at Kotaku external link    Fri, May 30

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By Brian Crecente Excellent Balance Board Peripheral: For something that is essentially four sensors, the Balance Board can do an awful lot and it's ability to test movement is amazingly precise. The peripheral performed well in Wii Fit, but what really excites me is the potential of using it in games like...

Rate Review: Wii Fit

Original at Geek.com external link    Tue, May 27

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By Matthew Nintendo have certainly given you a lot of choice when it comes to things to do using your Wii Fit. In total there are four categories of games/training, which breaks down into Yoga, Balance Games, Strength Training and Aerobics. Putting them altogether gives you a total of 48 different act...

Rate The night I bought a Wii Fit

Original at Geek.com external link    Fri, May 23

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By Brian Osborne 9:35pm - I ask customer service where the line is forming for the Wii Fit launch. Customer Rep responds, “A Wii Fit?”. It hits me at that moment that just perhaps this was a stupid idea. 11:58pm - I do my best impression of Rain Man rocking in the rocking chair while I say, “Gotta get a Wii Fit, Gotta...

Rate Wii Fit Review By a Formerly Fit Geek

Original at Gizmodo external link    Mon, May 19

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By Brian Lam Balance games are parlor games that encourage you to develop dynamic control in shifting your body weight. One game had me smashing soccer balls with my head while dodging cleats (hated it) but the best were the ski jumps, slalom and snowboarding emulators. (I could play those all day.)

Rate Obesity Experts 'Aghast' By Wii Fit

Original at Wired external link    Fri, May 16

By Susan Arendt Obesity experts in the UK have condemned Wii Fit for calling players "fat," and believe the game should carry a warning for parents. The problem stems from Wii Fit's use of the Body Mass Index, a measurement of body fat... Image courtesy Nintendo

Rate Podcast: SMYN: Episode 36 (05/11) - A Glorious Wii-turn

Original at Smash World external link    Sat, May 10

By Youko Gimpyfish is our guest host as we discuss Melee vs. Brawl, Mario Kart Wii, Wii Fit, Wii Ware, Rock Band, and answer some Mailtime Questions! It's two and a half hours of insightful discussion and humor abound from your podcasting fix - Show Me Your News!

Rate Opinion: Mom and the Wii: A Love Story

Original at Wired external link    Tue, Apr 15

By Susan Arendt When people tell me that the Wii is destined to fail because of the disparity between first party and third party games, I am reminded of my mom, who has no idea who makes  Super Smash Bros. or Mario Kart, and couldn't possibly care less. In fact, the only Nintendo game besides Wii Sports to spar...

Rate Nintendo's Media Summit: Hands-On With Everything

Original at Wired external link    Tue, Apr 15

By Chris Kohler Wii Nintendo DS With all of the games that Nintendo is bringing out on Wii, what of the poor, neglected Nintendo DS? While Nintendo threw out a couple of cursory first-party titles at the summit, most of the support for the little two-screened portable is now coming from outside software p...

Year 2007

 

Rate How To: DIY: Make Your Own Wii Fit Balance Board

Original at Kotaku external link    Thu, Oct 25

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By Brian Ashcraft Can wait for the Wii Fit Balance Board? Never can Game Labo! The Japanese video game hacker mag's latest issue has an article on how to make your own. There's a dialogue and a Classic Controller is involved. Good news is that this homebrew doesn't have a 300 pound limit like the Wii Balance Boar...

Rate Podcast: Gearlog Radio: The Best of Bluetooth Headsets, Geek Politics, and More

Original at eWeek external link    Fri, Jul 13

By Jen the Weird Hunter The second half gets even better with the introduction of Spock.com (No, it's not a fan base for Star Trek; it's a "people" search engine that reveals things you may not want others to see. Nintendo promotes health and fitness with its new Wii Fit and balance board accessory. And a computer mou...

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