So...why the hate towards Wii fit?

If you don't like it, do not buy it, easy as that.

Of course it is a product that will sell very well in the beginning and then cease to be so popular...do not be so insecure cow and lemmings, just an advise. :)

That applies to you Nintendo fanboys too. Don't bash a game you don't like.

And back to planet earth. WiiFit!? Roflmfao!

That applies to you Nintendo fanboys too. Don't bash a game you don't like.

And back to planet earth. WiiFit!? Roflmfao!

Kratos_OMEGA

I am not a fanboy to make things clear. :D

Why is there love for wii-fit? its games are shockingly crap.Meu2k7

It's on Wii and it's by Nintendo. If MS made 360fit 100% of the gamign world would be ROFL.

http://hk.youtube.com/watch?v=_iYBmAVuBns

That´s why.
Koba123

HAHAHAHAHAHAH!!

[QUOTE="Koba123"]http://hk.youtube.com/watch?v=_iYBmAVuBns

That´s why.
Kratos_OMEGA

HAHAHAHAHAHAH!!

[QUOTE="Kratos_OMEGA"]

[QUOTE="Koba123"]http://hk.youtube.com/watch?v=_iYBmAVuBns

That´s why.
Koba123

HAHAHAHAHAHAH!!

"But when you finish it, try sticking out your other leg."

http://hk.youtube.com/watch?v=_iYBmAVuBns

That´s why.
Koba123

That's quite old but lmao anyway!

Why is there love for wii-fit? its games are shockingly crap.Meu2k7

have you played them?

Instead of making games that sharpen your brain, bring fantasy, or are at least interesting, Nintendo brings something that is rather mundane and of low intensity.

I appreciate Nintendo's great success in bringing gamers and non-gamers together. But besides taking your weight, what else can this interface do that controls can't?

Oh well. Nintendo was not a videogame company in its early day, so I guess we shouldn't be surprised if they do things that are outside what we would consider gaming. Still, I feel the wii remote still has some untappted potential that they shouldbe working on.

I guess it serves its purpose...seems like the kind of thing my mom might enjoy. Not for your average gamer, nor is it intended to be.HappyAppe

by average gamer you mean 13-25 male right? because i know plenty of women and men who are interested in it. and many are gamers too. Time becomes a precious resource the older you get and if i can combine gaming with some exercise I don't see what's wrong with that. if you don't want that, hey i'm fine with how you feel. but everyone should be able to see who combining the 2 would be good for others.

I appreciate Nintendo's great success in bringing gamers and non-gamers together. But besides taking your weight, what else can this interface do that controls can't?

vugundam

I could see future games using it for stuff like Skateboarding, surfing, skiing or like the foot pedal from time crisis in the arcades. what else can the guitar hero interface do? ;)

Oh well. Nintendo was not a videogame company in its early day,

vugundam

Neither was Sony or MS.

[QUOTE="HappyAppe"]I guess it serves its purpose...seems like the kind of thing my mom might enjoy. Not for your average gamer, nor is it intended to be.Ontain

by average gamer you mean 13-25 male right? because i know plenty of women and men who are interested in it. and many are gamers too. Time becomes a precious resource the older you get and if i can combine gaming with some exercise I don't see what's wrong with that. if you don't want that, hey i'm fine with how you feel. but everyone should be able to see who combining the 2 would be good for others.

From the footage released so far, it looks like Wii fit is aiming to be more of a home trainer-aid of sorts rather than a gaming interface that provides meaningful excercise (most of the applications that seem more like games involve leaning or stepping on and off the pad; hardly a workout). As for lasting games that rely those mechanics, let's just say many people are not convinced. All in all, it seems that most outdoor activities provide better excercise and a lot of the indoor excercises can be done without a Wiifit pad or any excercise device/machine for that matter.

Most of the hate comes from overweight kids with overblown egos that somehow believe that their opinions are greater than everyone elses, therefore, their opinions should be the deciding factor for what is good, bad, or should evenexist. In short, they're like little nerdy nazi's that, given the chance, would be burning video games they don't like.

From the footage released so far, it looks like Wii fit is aiming to be more of a home trainer-aid of sorts rather than a gaming interface that provides meaningful excercise (most of the applications that seem more like games involve leaning or stepping on and off the pad; hardly a workout). As for lasting games that rely those mechanics, let's just say many people are not convinced. All in all, it seems that most outdoor activities provide better excercise and a lot of the indoor excercises can be done without a Wiifit pad or any excercise device/machine for that matter.

vugundam

there was dancing as well as hullahoop. but realize that exercise doesn't need to be high impact. yoga is not, yet ppl get in shape right?

also as i've said before, this could combine 2 things that ppl like. not nessicarily what you like but there are ppl that will want this combination of videogame and excersise.

One could say that you can get a more realistic shooting experience playing paintball outside. would that stop you from playing an fps? Pen and paper or LARPing is a more open roleplaying experience, are you going to stop playing rpgs?

[QUOTE="vugundam"]

From the footage released so far, it looks like Wii fit is aiming to be more of a home trainer-aid of sorts rather than a gaming interface that provides meaningful excercise (most of the applications that seem more like games involve leaning or stepping on and off the pad; hardly a workout). As for lasting games that rely those mechanics, let's just say many people are not convinced. All in all, it seems that most outdoor activities provide better excercise and a lot of the indoor excercises can be done without a Wiifit pad or any excercise device/machine for that matter.

Ontain

there was dancing as well as hullahoop. but realize that exercise doesn't need to be high impact. yoga is not, yet ppl get in shape right?

Pro ballers step to get into shape as well.

[QUOTE="vugundam"]

From the footage released so far, it looks like Wii fit is aiming to be more of a home trainer-aid of sorts rather than a gaming interface that provides meaningful excercise (most of the applications that seem more like games involve leaning or stepping on and off the pad; hardly a workout). As for lasting games that rely those mechanics, let's just say many people are not convinced. All in all, it seems that most outdoor activities provide better excercise and a lot of the indoor excercises can be done without a Wiifit pad or any excercise device/machine for that matter.

Ontain

there was dancing as well as hullahoop. but realize that exercise doesn't need to be high impact. yoga is not, yet ppl get in shape right?

also as i've said before, this could combine 2 things that ppl like. not nessicarily what you like but there are ppl that will want this combination of videogame and excersise.

One could say that you can get a more realistic shooting experience playing paintball outside. would that stop you from playing an fps? Pen and paper or LARPing is a more open roleplaying experience, are you going to stop playing rpgs?

I understand how people would be interested in it, but I don't believe it to be a mix of video games and exercise. Just because it's on a game console doesn't necessarily qualifty it to be a game. Its more of an exercise training mechanism, sort of like your own personal traininer for low impact exercises.

[QUOTE="Ontain"][QUOTE="vugundam"]

From the footage released so far, it looks like Wii fit is aiming to be more of a home trainer-aid of sorts rather than a gaming interface that provides meaningful excercise (most of the applications that seem more like games involve leaning or stepping on and off the pad; hardly a workout). As for lasting games that rely those mechanics, let's just say many people are not convinced. All in all, it seems that most outdoor activities provide better excercise and a lot of the indoor excercises can be done without a Wiifit pad or any excercise device/machine for that matter.

SpruceCaboose

there was dancing as well as hullahoop. but realize that exercise doesn't need to be high impact. yoga is not, yet ppl get in shape right?

Pro ballers step to get into shape as well.

yeah the dance game is basically step training. but i'm sure that the dance makes it more fun than just doing reps. remember that article about physical therapists using wiisports to get patients to exercise there arms because the patients liked it way more than the regular exercises. I see this having a similar potential on fat ppl and just ppl that want to stay in shape but get bored just doing reps.

I understand how people would be interested in it, but I don't believe it to be a mix of video games and exercise. Just because it's on a game console doesn't necessarily qualifty it to be a game. Its more of an exercise training mechanism, sort of like your own personal traininer for low impact exercises.

HappyAppe

[QUOTE="vugundam"]

From the footage released so far, it looks like Wii fit is aiming to be more of a home trainer-aid of sorts rather than a gaming interface that provides meaningful excercise (most of the applications that seem more like games involve leaning or stepping on and off the pad; hardly a workout). As for lasting games that rely those mechanics, let's just say many people are not convinced. All in all, it seems that most outdoor activities provide better excercise and a lot of the indoor excercises can be done without a Wiifit pad or any excercise device/machine for that matter.

Ontain

there was dancing as well as hullahoop. but realize that exercise doesn't need to be high impact. yoga is not, yet ppl get in shape right?

also as i've said before, this could combine 2 things that ppl like. not nessicarily what you like but there are ppl that will want this combination of videogame and excersise.

One could say that you can get a more realistic shooting experience playing paintball outside. would that stop you from playing an fps? Pen and paper or LARPing is a more open roleplaying experience, are you going to stop playing rpgs?

As I said, stepping on and off the pad or leaning, which did take in consideration for the hullahoop and dancing apps. Yes, excercise doesn't need to be intense, but how high are people going to pay for the excercise this provides; the excercise that can be done without any equipment? How much are people going to spend on that interactive touch to their excercise? It may combine videogaming and excercise, but it certianly seems it waters down both a bit much for what it may cost.

What does an FPS game do that my hobbies of airsofting and paintballing can't? I guess it would be letting me do what I can't do in the comfort and saftey of my own home which includes (but is not limited to) participating in historic battles, being a Theoretical Physicist PhD with a crowbar, zapping fiends with plasmids, grabbing a large gattling gun that fires 10,000 rds/min, hearing the brass casings roll accross the ground etc etc etc.

Games are firstly supposed to be fun, but I also believe that games are supposed to provide an experience that can hardly be found anywhere else.

[QUOTE="HappyAppe"]

I understand how people would be interested in it, but I don't believe it to be a mix of video games and exercise. Just because it's on a game console doesn't necessarily qualifty it to be a game. Its more of an exercise training mechanism, sort of like your own personal traininer for low impact exercises.

Ontain

It just seems to be more of a system of guiding you through simple exercises. It's primary goal is exercise, whereas that is more of a secondary aspect of a game like DDR, and not really a goal at all of Guitar Hero. The primary goal of those games is the competition, whether against an opponant, time limit, or score.

Games are firstly supposed to be fun, but I also believe that games are supposed to provide an experience that can hardly be found anywhere else.

vugundam

what's to say this won't be fun? as for an experience that can hardly be found anywhere else. DDR and Guitar Hero are games that ppl find fun. ppl can dance for free too. or play with a real guitar.

games don't need to be fun for you to be games.

I don't like it for two reasons.

The first is that it took money and other resources that could've been spent on making a better game. But that's really a small quibble- it could've easily just gone into a better game that I don't like, so no end benefit for me.

But the real main reason I don't like it is that it's a total gimmick. Now, there's nothing wrong with a gimmicky feature, but this one I feel goes a little too far. It's fooling people into thinking that this will help them shed some excess fat, which is absurdly false. I mean, if you want to trick people into thinking that your product will make them more fun or socially acceptable, I'm ok with that. But the health situation in many countries (especially the US) is really bad and the last thing we need are more fad diets/workouts that won't actually do anything.

To be honest, one of those Wii Workouts based off Wii Sports around the net are far more acceptable as a workout regimen than Wii Fit. The "game" just isn't going to do anything for people, but it's telling people that it will. Now, if you want to defend the game, I feel like you should obliged to tell any person you know who's interested that it will not do anything to actually help their health situation. If they're still interested, then it's a "game" that I just can't understand the appeal of. But I really think a lot of the soccer mom-types are assuming that it will do something....and it won't.

[QUOTE="Ontain"][QUOTE="vugundam"]

From the footage released so far, it looks like Wii fit is aiming to be more of a home trainer-aid of sorts rather than a gaming interface that provides meaningful excercise (most of the applications that seem more like games involve leaning or stepping on and off the pad; hardly a workout). As for lasting games that rely those mechanics, let's just say many people are not convinced. All in all, it seems that most outdoor activities provide better excercise and a lot of the indoor excercises can be done without a Wiifit pad or any excercise device/machine for that matter.

vugundam

there was dancing as well as hullahoop. but realize that exercise doesn't need to be high impact. yoga is not, yet ppl get in shape right?

also as i've said before, this could combine 2 things that ppl like. not nessicarily what you like but there are ppl that will want this combination of videogame and excersise.

One could say that you can get a more realistic shooting experience playing paintball outside. would that stop you from playing an fps? Pen and paper or LARPing is a more open roleplaying experience, are you going to stop playing rpgs?

As I said, stepping on and off the pad or leaning, which did take in consideration for the hullahoop and dancing apps. Yes, excercise doesn't need to be intense, but how high are people going to pay for the excercise this provides; the excercise that can be done without any equipment? How much are people going to spend on that interactive touch to their excercise? It may combine videogaming and excercise, but it certianly seems it waters down both a bit much for what it may cost.

What does an FPS game do that my hobbies of airsofting and paintballing can't? I guess it would be letting me do what I can't do in the comfort and saftey of my own home which includes (but is not limited to) participating in historic battles, being a Theoretical Physicist PhD with a crowbar, zapping fiends with plasmids, grabbing a large gattling gun that fires 10,000 rds/min, hearing the brass casings roll accross the ground etc etc etc.

Games are firstly supposed to be fun, but I also believe that games are supposed to provide an experience that can hardly be found anywhere else.

First off it measures your weight and tracks it over time. So you can get on each day and see the progression of your weight loss (or gain). Second it tracks your scores and times on events and you try and beat your best score and or time which is fun.

It just seems to be more of a system of guiding you through simple exercises. It's primary goal is exercise, whereas that is more of a secondary aspect of a game like DDR, and not really a goal at all of Guitar Hero. The primary goal of those games is the competition, whether against an opponant, time limit, or score.

HappyAppe

the primary goal is what you make of it. some ppl play halo for the story. some just want to frag others. some want achivement points more than anything.

the gameplay of the games is similar. see something on the screen and do what is asked. Competition is still there. since it tracks your scores and others that play with you. you can even send those score to others. if ppl don't find wiifit fun it would fail. but judging by how many ppl find wiisports fun and ppl said the same things about it, i'm not to worried.

I see Wii fit as no different to a dance mat really, niether interest me... A lot of the hate is probably from people who are concerned it is going to sell a lot of units and probably more systems making their console of choice look bad.

As for the Wii owners I know exactly what bothers me, by all means release stuff like this Nintendo but not in the place of traditional games release it along side them :|.

[QUOTE="vugundam"][QUOTE="Ontain"][QUOTE="vugundam"]

From the footage released so far, it looks like Wii fit is aiming to be more of a home trainer-aid of sorts rather than a gaming interface that provides meaningful excercise (most of the applications that seem more like games involve leaning or stepping on and off the pad; hardly a workout). As for lasting games that rely those mechanics, let's just say many people are not convinced. All in all, it seems that most outdoor activities provide better excercise and a lot of the indoor excercises can be done without a Wiifit pad or any excercise device/machine for that matter.

Firelore29

there was dancing as well as hullahoop. but realize that exercise doesn't need to be high impact. yoga is not, yet ppl get in shape right?

also as i've said before, this could combine 2 things that ppl like. not nessicarily what you like but there are ppl that will want this combination of videogame and excersise.

One could say that you can get a more realistic shooting experience playing paintball outside. would that stop you from playing an fps? Pen and paper or LARPing is a more open roleplaying experience, are you going to stop playing rpgs?

As I said, stepping on and off the pad or leaning, which did take in consideration for the hullahoop and dancing apps. Yes, excercise doesn't need to be intense, but how high are people going to pay for the excercise this provides; the excercise that can be done without any equipment? How much are people going to spend on that interactive touch to their excercise? It may combine videogaming and excercise, but it certianly seems it waters down both a bit much for what it may cost.

What does an FPS game do that my hobbies of airsofting and paintballing can't? I guess it would be letting me do what I can't do in the comfort and saftey of my own home which includes (but is not limited to) participating in historic battles, being a Theoretical Physicist PhD with a crowbar, zapping fiends with plasmids, grabbing a large gattling gun that fires 10,000 rds/min, hearing the brass casings roll accross the ground etc etc etc.

Games are firstly supposed to be fun, but I also believe that games are supposed to provide an experience that can hardly be found anywhere else.

First off it measures your weight and tracks it over time. So you can get on each day and see the progression of your weight loss (or gain). Second it tracks your scores and times on events and you try and beat your best score and or time which is fun.

Actually, considering all of its features, if you've already got a Wii then WiiFit is a pretty good bargain as far as weight scales go. :lol:

I was a pretty good high-school athlete (AA rep hockey, highschool football and rugby) and I'm interested in WiiFit. Why? Because running and doing reps for approx. an hour 5 or 6 days a week gets boring fast. And since I'm not playing competitive sports anymore I don't need a high-intensity workout. WiiFit seems like a good way to shake up my workout regimen, plus I can finally try Yoga without looking like an ass in front of a bunch of 30-something soccer moms.PBSnipes

As a high school athlete myself, I can honestly say nothing Wii Fit provides appeals to me. All its exercises seem far to simplisitc and easy to have any sort of effect in comparison to a true workout. A lot of its exercises seem to specialize in balance, or pushups (which I could do without a Wii Fit). I honestly see it as someting geared towards middle aged women. That is why I see hate towards WiiFit. Sheep use it as ammo when the appeal to what is considered the "average" gamer just isn't there besides to a very select minority.

[QUOTE="PBSnipes"]I was a pretty good high-school athlete (AA rep hockey, highschool football and rugby) and I'm interested in WiiFit. Why? Because running and doing reps for approx. an hour 5 or 6 days a week gets boring fast. And since I'm not playing competitive sports anymore I don't need a high-intensity workout. WiiFit seems like a good way to shake up my workout regimen, plus I can finally try Yoga without looking like an ass in front of a bunch of 30-something soccer moms.HappyAppe

As a high school athlete myself, I can honestly say nothing Wii Fit provides appeals to me. All its exercises seem far to simplisitc and easy to have any sort of effect in comparison to a true workout. A lot of its exercises seem to specialize in balance, or pushups (which I could do without a Wii Fit). I honestly see it as someting geared towards middle aged women. That is why I see hate towards WiiFit. Sheep use it as ammo when the appeal to what is considered the "average" gamer just isn't there besides to a very select minority.

I think balance minigames would actually be pretty fun. :D Especially considering how sensitive the WiiBoard is at detecting weight distribution, it would be a real challenge.

[QUOTE="PBSnipes"]I was a pretty good high-school athlete (AA rep hockey, highschool football and rugby) and I'm interested in WiiFit. Why? Because running and doing reps for approx. an hour 5 or 6 days a week gets boring fast. And since I'm not playing competitive sports anymore I don't need a high-intensity workout. WiiFit seems like a good way to shake up my workout regimen, plus I can finally try Yoga without looking like an ass in front of a bunch of 30-something soccer moms.HappyAppe

As a high school athlete myself, I can honestly say nothing Wii Fit provides appeals to me. All its exercises seem far to simplisitc and easy to have any sort of effect in comparison to a true workout. A lot of its exercises seem to specialize in balance, or pushups (which I could do without a Wii Fit). I honestly see it as someting geared towards middle aged women. That is why I see hate towards WiiFit. Sheep use it as ammo when the appeal to what is considered the "average" gamer just isn't there besides to a very select minority.

[QUOTE="HappyAppe"]

[QUOTE="PBSnipes"]I was a pretty good high-school athlete (AA rep hockey, highschool football and rugby) and I'm interested in WiiFit. Why? Because running and doing reps for approx. an hour 5 or 6 days a week gets boring fast. And since I'm not playing competitive sports anymore I don't need a high-intensity workout. WiiFit seems like a good way to shake up my workout regimen, plus I can finally try Yoga without looking like an ass in front of a bunch of 30-something soccer moms.PBSnipes

As a high school athlete myself, I can honestly say nothing Wii Fit provides appeals to me. All its exercises seem far to simplisitc and easy to have any sort of effect in comparison to a true workout. A lot of its exercises seem to specialize in balance, or pushups (which I could do without a Wii Fit). I honestly see it as someting geared towards middle aged women. That is why I see hate towards WiiFit. Sheep use it as ammo when the appeal to what is considered the "average" gamer just isn't there besides to a very select minority.

back in my day I had to just recite the times tables for an hour. brainage is a lot more fun that's for sure :)

[QUOTE="PBSnipes"][QUOTE="HappyAppe"]

[QUOTE="PBSnipes"]I was a pretty good high-school athlete (AA rep hockey, highschool football and rugby) and I'm interested in WiiFit. Why? Because running and doing reps for approx. an hour 5 or 6 days a week gets boring fast. And since I'm not playing competitive sports anymore I don't need a high-intensity workout. WiiFit seems like a good way to shake up my workout regimen, plus I can finally try Yoga without looking like an ass in front of a bunch of 30-something soccer moms.Ontain

As a high school athlete myself, I can honestly say nothing Wii Fit provides appeals to me. All its exercises seem far to simplisitc and easy to have any sort of effect in comparison to a true workout. A lot of its exercises seem to specialize in balance, or pushups (which I could do without a Wii Fit). I honestly see it as someting geared towards middle aged women. That is why I see hate towards WiiFit. Sheep use it as ammo when the appeal to what is considered the "average" gamer just isn't there besides to a very select minority.

back in my day I had to just recite the times tables for an hour. brainage is a lot more fun that's for sure :)

I'll give it that. Although not going to replace anyones workout routine, it certainly will be more fun. I question its longevity though. After purchasing, how long do you honestly intend to use it? I guess I still don't know much about it, and will have to wait till hearing more about it till I pass judgement also.

it came out quicker than i expected .. hopefully meaning it didnt drain too much of nintendo's resources

i don't hate wii fit, but i'm allowed to dislike that miyamoto's genius is being 'wasted' on these kinds of 'games', when it could be used on franchises like mario, zelda, or something new that would cater for real gamers

on the plus side, i hope wii fit makes nintendo a lot of money .. money they can put into the development of new games that cater for us, not the casual-casuals

I'll give it that. Although not going to replace anyones workout routine, it certainly will be more fun. I question its longevity though. After purchasing, how long do you honestly intend to use it? I guess I still don't know much about it, and will have to wait till hearing more about it till I pass judgement also.

HappyAppe

Mmk. I don't understand why people don't see WiiFit as just ANOTHER Wii Sports. Because that is what it is, another Wii Sports. It is intended to broaden the casual audience.

I don't think people were giving Wii Sports this much grief at launch.wiretoss

actually they were. this forum is filled with fanboys.

[QUOTE="wiretoss"]Mmk. I don't understand why people don't see WiiFit as just ANOTHER Wii Sports. Because that is what it is, another Wii Sports. It is intended to broaden the casual audience.

I don't think people were giving Wii Sports this much grief at launch.Ontain

actually they were. this forum is filled with fanboys.

Orly? o_o Deng.
That's sorta sad. >_>;

[QUOTE="Ontain"]

[QUOTE="wiretoss"]Mmk. I don't understand why people don't see WiiFit as just ANOTHER Wii Sports. Because that is what it is, another Wii Sports. It is intended to broaden the casual audience.

I don't think people were giving Wii Sports this much grief at launch.wiretoss

actually they were. this forum is filled with fanboys.

Orly? o_o Deng.
That's sorta sad. >_>;

I don't see it as being similar to Wii Sports. Wii Sports had more of a competitive nature to it, where youd be playing games like baseball, bowling and the likes. WiiFit is more exercise related.