PairoDocs
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Just this Christmas we got a Wii game console for the whole family. We looked at the options, and, while X-Box 360 and related have more memory and the like, Wii gets us off the floor and onto our feet. Wii Fit (one of the toughest things to find for Christmas--we bought ours for $101 (shipping included) on eBay after failing to find it in any local stores) fit our family perfectly. Even Laura, who otherwise doesn't touch video games with a 33 foot (10 meter?) pole, has been doing almost daily stuff on Wii Fit. All four of us love the game. Even Jane, who never caught on to GameCube, has immediately taken to Wii Fit, and has done great in several areas, at least equaling me, KC, or Laura in several areas. You also get to create these cute little avatars that you can make look a lot like you called "Mii" s No stroked egos, either. If you're fat--the game (which includes a fairly accurate scale in its balance board) will tell you your BMI and let you have the truth. It's a computer game console, not a psychologist after all. I'm borderline between overweight and obese, and only Jane is within her ideal BMI range. The game will even 'fatten' up your avatar to show your true body condition. Depending on how your balance is, it also give you a body "age." You're older if you're unsteady on your feet, and younger if steady. Just over the past four days I went from 61 to 36, and KC went from 35 to 7, so you can improve that, too.
I'm not trying to sell the game, but just wanted to know if anyone else here has been able to use Wii Fit yet, and what your reactions have been. It's gotten our family physically active together for the first time. If the reactions of our family to Wii Fit are typical, I can see why the game has sold until a true vacuum exists on store shelves. I've read that this is one of the few games that basically outsold its parent game console for a period of time. Obviously it was a statistical fluke, as it obviously needs a Wii console to work, but sounds like Nintendo managed to plumb the needs of American families and found a winner. I personally would rather have had some American company do this, but genius is genius regardless of where it's based, so if Nintendo came up with it, it deserves the reward (and of course our business).
Chris
I'm not trying to sell the game, but just wanted to know if anyone else here has been able to use Wii Fit yet, and what your reactions have been. It's gotten our family physically active together for the first time. If the reactions of our family to Wii Fit are typical, I can see why the game has sold until a true vacuum exists on store shelves. I've read that this is one of the few games that basically outsold its parent game console for a period of time. Obviously it was a statistical fluke, as it obviously needs a Wii console to work, but sounds like Nintendo managed to plumb the needs of American families and found a winner. I personally would rather have had some American company do this, but genius is genius regardless of where it's based, so if Nintendo came up with it, it deserves the reward (and of course our business).
Chris
but thinking about it for exercise for my son.
