The Wii Fit Monster has Begun !!!

I open up my homepage and see this!! it has BEGUN :?

DAmm i can see it now this Wii fit is going to be a Monster like it or not its scary.

Extra4/24/2008 12:01 PM ET

Wii maker pushing weight-loss games to women

Nintendo is rolling out a console attachment that lets users do yoga or push-ups and measure body mass. A company executive says the goal is expansion of the Wii's market without alienating core gamers.

By The Wall Street Journal

Nintendo's Wii gaming console introduced sedentary gamers to the idea of moving off the couch. Now Nintendo (NTDOY, news, msgs) is coming out with the Wii Fit, an add-on to the gaming system designed to appeal to women looking to lose weight.

The $90 attachment, dubbed the "Balance Board," expands the range of games that can be played on the Wii to include activities such as yoga and push-ups. The Balance Board -- which resembles bathroom scales -- also tracks a user's weight and body-mass index.

The Wii Fit is a daring move for Nintendo, aimed at broadening the gaming market -- dominated by younger men -- to women.

To get their attention, the company plans a massive marketing campaign ahead of the product's release in the United States on May 19, including a public-relations effort now under way. Television, outdoor and print ads begin the week the product becomes available. Ads via Omnicom Group's Goodby Silverstein & Partners will carry the tagline: "How will it move you?"

Since its release about 18 months ago, the Wii has been a smash hit -- so much so that it's still difficult to buy in the United States. In Japan, where the Wii Fit is on the market, it has also proved hugely popular.

Still, the new product is something of a gamble, moving Nintendo away from core young-male gamers, who could be turned off by the fact that Mom and girls think the Wii Fit is cool.

http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/Extra/WiiMakerPushingWeightLossGamesToWomen.aspx

I don't think nintendo ment for this to be a weight loss video game. If anything it tells you how much you weigh which might encourage you to lose weight, but not by playing the game. But you know if they really market it this way then it will sell tons of units.player_leo

that's great for heavy ppl but what about gamers Nintendochikenfriedrice

Gamers cant have fun doing other stuff game related? Isn't Wii Fit a game?

that's great for heavy ppl but what about gamers Nintendochikenfriedrice

Actually it's pretty cool for any fitness buff. You should look into it before you go knocking it. It keeps track of some pretty neat statistics that even the highest priced gyms couldn't give you.

that's great for heavy ppl but what about gamers Nintendochikenfriedrice

Sign me up, I'll play it!

Funny thing is, MSN is a Microsoft owned website. I wonder if this is Microsoft's way of making the Wii look like a non-gaming machine ;)PandaBear86

Or may M$ has a soft spot for Nin. I mean Viva Pinata ,a M$ video game, is coming out for for DS. Maybe in the future Nin, and M$ will team up more together. it'd be super cool if M$ let Nin use XBL. espeacially for SSBB

Funny thing is, MSN is a Microsoft owned website. I wonder if this is Microsoft's way of making the Wii look like a non-gaming machine ;)PandaBear86

in my humble opinion the Wii is a gaming machine like windows 95 was a gaming OS...

microsoft doesnt have to portray the Wii as less than a gaming machine, nintendo have done that all by themselves...and before you say it, yes i HATE the Wii. its not a gaming machine. its a nintendo fanservice box. nothing more.

that's great for heavy ppl but what about gamers Nintendochikenfriedrice

great for heavy gamers too hehe.

[QUOTE="chikenfriedrice"]that's great for heavy ppl but what about gamers NintendoOntain

great for heavy gamers too hehe.

[QUOTE="chikenfriedrice"]that's great for heavy ppl but what about gamers NintendoMau-Justice

Actually it's pretty cool for any fitness buff. You should look into it before you go knocking it. It keeps track of some pretty neat statistics that even the highest priced gyms couldn't give you.

I work out every day, and I have absolutely no interest in this game, and I use that term loosely. I view it as a huge gimmick, and the only way I know how to voice my opinion on it as a consumer is to not buy it, even though I'm sure it'll sell overly well, but hell I tried.

I work out every day, and I have absolutely no interest in this game, and I use that term loosely. I view it as a huge gimmick, and the only way I know how to voice my opinion on it as a consumer is to not buy it, even though I'm sure it'll sell overly well, but hell I tried.-RPGamer-

Sign me up, I'll play it!

CubanBlunt

Day one purchase for me. :D

[QUOTE="-RPGamer-"]I work out every day, and I have absolutely no interest in this game, and I use that term loosely. I view it as a huge gimmick, and the only way I know how to voice my opinion on it as a consumer is to not buy it, even though I'm sure it'll sell overly well, but hell I tried.Vandalvideo

Exactly, and we agree more than once... just not recently in a game I will choose not to utter the name of :P

I dont think this product is for me

1- it will probably bore me to tears. Maybe nintendo should make some wiiware for it or something

2- I am not heavy by any means but I think I would break this thing. I remember running in place on the NES pad. If japanese controllers are designed for japanese hands then I dont have high expectations for this balance board

So there you have it. I would break the thing, but wouldn't really care since I was so bored with it anyway.

[QUOTE="Mau-Justice"]

[QUOTE="chikenfriedrice"]that's great for heavy ppl but what about gamers Nintendo-RPGamer-

Actually it's pretty cool for any fitness buff. You should look into it before you go knocking it. It keeps track of some pretty neat statistics that even the highest priced gyms couldn't give you.

I work out every day, and I have absolutely no interest in this game, and I use that term loosely. I view it as a huge gimmick, and the only way I know how to voice my opinion on it as a consumer is to not buy it, even though I'm sure it'll sell overly well, but hell I tried.

Congrats! I work out as well and will be buying the game. DO I expect it to be as hard as my normal workouts? Nope, but I expect it to be fun and maybe break a little sweat.

[QUOTE="-RPGamer-"]I work out every day, and I have absolutely no interest in this game, and I use that term loosely. I view it as a huge gimmick, and the only way I know how to voice my opinion on it as a consumer is to not buy it, even though I'm sure it'll sell overly well, but hell I tried.Vandalvideo

I'm pretty worried that if this thing sells well, we'll start seeing offspring of Wii Fit popping up all over the place. I didn't buy a Wii to get in shape; I bought a gym membership for that. Hell, when Nintendo announced the Revolution, I was excited, because I genuinely thought whatever they were going to do would have interesting ramifications for the videogame industry; I had no idea that what they were doing was creating a system that would take steps towards alienating its dedicated userbase in favor of getting non-gamers to buy ridiculous accessories to their "gaming" system.

Nintendo is rolling out a console attachment that lets users do yoga or push-ups and measure body mass. A company executive says the goal is expansion of the Wii's market without alienating core gamers.MARIOSDAD_basic

Yeah f'ing right. As if their core gamers have been anticipating a game that let's you do excericises for $90 that you can do for free.

[QUOTE="MARIOSDAD_basic"]Nintendo is rolling out a console attachment that lets users do yoga or push-ups and measure body mass. A company executive says the goal is expansion of the Wii's market without alienating core gamers.Lyphe2k

Yeah f'ing right. As if their core gamers have been anticipating a game that let's you do excericises for $90 that you can do for free.

you can dance to music without a pad and play air guitar without a game and toy guitar but why do we buy those? feedback and fun. those games track you progress and indicate when you're doing something wrong. they also motivate you to get better a lot more than just doing the actions yourself without the feedback.

[QUOTE="PandaBear86"]Funny thing is, MSN is a Microsoft owned website. I wonder if this is Microsoft's way of making the Wii look like a non-gaming machine ;)Escobahr

in my humble opinion the Wii is a gaming machine like windows 95 was a gaming OS...

microsoft doesnt have to portray the Wii as less than a gaming machine, nintendo have done that all by themselves...and before you say it, yes i HATE the Wii. its not a gaming machine. its a nintendo fanservice box. nothing more.

arent they all "fanservice boxes"?

especially since the biggest games for ALL the consoles are SEQUELS... DUH

I don't think this game will make you break a sweat.

[QUOTE="Lyphe2k"]

[QUOTE="MARIOSDAD_basic"]Nintendo is rolling out a console attachment that lets users do yoga or push-ups and measure body mass. A company executive says the goal is expansion of the Wii's market without alienating core gamers.Ontain

Yeah f'ing right. As if their core gamers have been anticipating a game that let's you do excericises for $90 that you can do for free.

you can dance to music without a pad and play air guitar without a game and toy guitar but why do we buy those? feedback and fun. those games track you progress and indicate when you're doing something wrong. they also motivate you to get better a lot more than just doing the actions yourself without the feedback.

Yeah you got a point there. I still won't be getting this though. It looks more to me like an instructional video than a game.

[QUOTE="-RPGamer-"][QUOTE="Mau-Justice"]

[QUOTE="chikenfriedrice"]that's great for heavy ppl but what about gamers Nintendodhjohns

Actually it's pretty cool for any fitness buff. You should look into it before you go knocking it. It keeps track of some pretty neat statistics that even the highest priced gyms couldn't give you.

I work out every day, and I have absolutely no interest in this game, and I use that term loosely. I view it as a huge gimmick, and the only way I know how to voice my opinion on it as a consumer is to not buy it, even though I'm sure it'll sell overly well, but hell I tried.

Congrats! I work out as well and will be buying the game. DO I expect it to be as hard as my normal workouts? Nope, but I expect it to be fun and maybe break a little sweat.

Same. Some people must be too ripped to play. ZzZzZz...

I find it pretty awful Nintendo is pushing this the way they are. As a person who has had weight problems a lot of his life I think it sucks they try and trick people into thinking it'll help them loose weight when they damn well know it'll do jack ****.darklord888

the problem is that you are misinformed. nintendo has NEVER said that this product will help you lose weight, the media is the one making those allegations.

so you should find it pretty awful that the MEDIA is the one doing this, not Nintendo

[QUOTE="darklord888"]I find it pretty awful Nintendo is pushing this the way they are. As a person who has had weight problems a lot of his life I think it sucks they try and trick people into thinking it'll help them loose weight when they damn well know it'll do jack ****.ogvampire

the problem is that you are misinformed. nintendo has NEVER said that this product will help you lose weight, the media is the one making those allegations.

so you should find it pretty awful that the MEDIA is the one doing this, not Nintendo

[QUOTE="ogvampire"]

[QUOTE="darklord888"]I find it pretty awful Nintendo is pushing this the way they are. As a person who has had weight problems a lot of his life I think it sucks they try and trick people into thinking it'll help them loose weight when they damn well know it'll do jack ****.darklord888

the problem is that you are misinformed. nintendo has NEVER said that this product will help you lose weight, the media is the one making those allegations.

so you should find it pretty awful that the MEDIA is the one doing this, not Nintendo

Guitar Hero...

Does it make you guitar? No.

Does it make you a Hero? No.

Does it make you a guitar hero? No.

I don't think this game will make you break a sweat.

player_leo

But if you follow its instructions, you will.

[QUOTE="ogvampire"]

[QUOTE="darklord888"]I find it pretty awful Nintendo is pushing this the way they are. As a person who has had weight problems a lot of his life I think it sucks they try and trick people into thinking it'll help them loose weight when they damn well know it'll do jack ****.darklord888

the problem is that you are misinformed. nintendo has NEVER said that this product will help you lose weight, the media is the one making those allegations.

so you should find it pretty awful that the MEDIA is the one doing this, not Nintendo

its just a name, it doesnt have to describe the product.

i hate to break it to you, but Burger King is not the king of burgers :o

its just a name, it doesnt have to describe the product.

i hate to break it to you, but Burger King is not the king of burgers :o

ogvampire

You lie! The King will not be pleased! :evil:

Seriously though, I am looking forward to its US release.

[QUOTE="ogvampire"]

its just a name, it doesnt have to describe the product.

i hate to break it to you, but Burger King is not the king of burgers :o

dhjohns

You lie! The King will not be pleased! :evil:

Seriously though, I am looking forward to its US release.

lol. whats he gonna do? slap me with a whopper? :P

[QUOTE="dhjohns"][QUOTE="ogvampire"]

its just a name, it doesnt have to describe the product.

i hate to break it to you, but Burger King is not the king of burgers :o

ogvampire

You lie! The King will not be pleased! :evil:

Seriously though, I am looking forward to its US release.

lol. whats he gonna do? slap me with a whopper?

you'll never see him coming O_O

[QUOTE="ogvampire"][QUOTE="dhjohns"][QUOTE="ogvampire"]

its just a name, it doesnt have to describe the product.

i hate to break it to you, but Burger King is not the king of burgers :o

samusarmada

You lie! The King will not be pleased! :evil:

Seriously though, I am looking forward to its US release.

lol. whats he gonna do? slap me with a whopper?

you'll never see him coming O_O

:lol: :lol: Exactly, the King is everywhere!!!

[QUOTE="ogvampire"][QUOTE="dhjohns"][QUOTE="ogvampire"]

its just a name, it doesnt have to describe the product.

i hate to break it to you, but Burger King is not the king of burgers :o

samusarmada

You lie! The King will not be pleased! :evil:

Seriously though, I am looking forward to its US release.

lol. whats he gonna do? slap me with a whopper?

you'll never see him coming O_O

lol! that is so creepy

I dont necessarily have interest in WiiFit, but I do see potential in the balance board. I would love a Punch-Out game that uses it as an option (I think Don King boxing is already implementing it). Snowboarding games could be hella fun. Im not all hyped on WiiSki, but we'll see.travt-down

Agreed. I think WiiFit will be cool, but I am very interested to see what other games come out that utilize the board.