Wii Fit (Wii)

Our Wii Fit was brought as a birthday present for my 9 year old brother, although to be honest it was probably more of a gift to us!! ===What is a 'Wii Fit'?=== Before explaining what a Wii Fit is, I will explain the equipment you will need for it. The Wii Fit works on a Nintendo Wii - the Wii is a games console, which uses a handheld remote for interactive play (simulating tennis etc). In addition to the games console you will need a Wii Fit balance ...
...initially be purchased with the Wii Fit software. The Wii fit balance board is a rectangular board, which the user stands on, and it links up wirelessly to the Wii and is used to improve health through balance games, muscle and yoga poses and aerobic exercise games. The Wii fit balance board measures and monitors weight, centre of gravity etc and feeds this back wirelessly to the Wii console plugged into your television. Therefore, Wii Fit is the ...

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...in and bought ourselves a Wii about 6 months ago. Then, on my birthday back in May, my parents bought me the Wii Fit. Since then, we have used it most evenings and have had an awful lot of fun using it. What Is A Wii Fit? A Wii Fit is sort of like a fitness game which is used in conjunction with the Wii Games Console. There is the usual disc which you insert into the Wii console and also a 'Balance Board' which is just like a set of weighing scales. ...
...posture. Setting Up The Wii Fit Setting up the Wii Fit is really easy as you can literally take it straight from the box and get going. All you need to do is put the batteries into the back of it (batteries are included in kit) and press the Power button and you can begin your fun and games. Setting Up A Mii Each person who uses the Wii Fit can set up a Mii, which is basically a user file which is stored on the Wii. For this you need to input ...

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wii Fit ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I've decided to write this review on the Wii Fit as I believe it to be one of the best forms of exercise you can do without leaving the house, how many times do you go to work and say to your colleagues I've been for a jog around the island this morning! As usual they look at you daft and think you've been drinking too many sherbets - Problem is I now have my friends wanting to come ...
...Wii Fit (so many retailers are out of stock) they come to my house and exercise in comfort without paying gym fees. I'm not a big lady, to be honest I'm what you call "out of proportion petite" for all you men reading this review it means I'm tiny in height - a mere 5 foot tall, weight approximately 8½ stone but most of that is around my bum! So guess what skinny top large bottom, large thighs and slim waist and skinny legs. It's what we women call ...

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...but instead the revelation of Wii Fit. This is all happening on July 11th, 2007. Of course. So whilst the gamers have in their millions trashed Wii Fit for being a disappointing end to the biggest Nintendo press conference of the year, the rest of the general public have been getting on with their daily routine unknowingly awaiting the release of the next Wii must-have. And all these people thought the fun just stopped with Wii Sports. Codenamed ...
...Nintendo would argue that the Wii is the biggest breakthrough since the internet, but the success has not all been down to the arrival of motion sensing. Without the family-friendly software, things would be different. But how did a little man from Japan become such a genius? Shigeru Miyamoto is the man with the vision, and for Nintendo fanboys they will know him as the creator of the Super Mario franchise. For the 'casual gamer', and the bulk of ...

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...it. ===Boring Stuff=== Title: Wii Fit Platform: Obviously the Wii Producers: Nintendo Age: Advised age is 16 Price: Here is where it can get a bit ouchy. Gamestation is doing an offer at the time of writing which includes the Wii balance board, the Wii Fit game, a cover for the balance board, rechargeable batteries for the balance board, non slip socks, a work out mat and a carry case for £99.99. And this is the best deal I have seen so far. ...
...Mii=== The idea of the Wii Mii is a staple of a large amount of the Wii games, in this you actually create your character on the Wii console first so that it looks like you , and then you can use this on the games. It is surprising how similar to yourself you can make the Wii Mii seem, but I have been reliably informed that some people look more like Mii's than other people do. It is this little character who will represent you throughout the game, ...

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I bought my wii fit a few months ago now and after a couple of uses put it away and forgot about it. I started doing normal exercise DVDs instead as I thought they would be more beneficial. Sadly my complete lack of will power meant I didn't do the DVDs for long either! Over the last year I have piled the weight on and I must admit I am dreading the summer. I am the largest of all my friends and work colleagues and I am embarrassed about taking part ...
...why not dig out my wii fit and give it a proper try. It promises to ease you into exercising gently so it may be better for my knee then 40 minutes of squats with a crazed Davina Mccall! So here we go a one month trail of the wii fit. As I am probably never going to meet any of you I will be big and brave... I am 27, 5 foot 10 and weigh 16 stone 5lbs!!!!! Oh dear I was a size 12 about 4 years ago that's an increase of about a dress size a year as ...

rachael23 09.06.2009 · Read full review
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I bought my Wii Fit over a month ago and have now used it for over 40 hours so I think I now know enough about it to write a reasonable review on it. First I should say they aren't very easy to find, it would seem that they were eagerly awaited so that when they were released into the shops they were sold out pretty quickly. Having had a problem buying my Wii before last Christmas I was prepared this time and had placed an advance order with Amazon ...
...comprises is software for the Wii and a 'Balance Board' - this is like a large set of weighing scales which you stand on for many of the exercises and games. It is solid enough when you stand on it the 'balance' element is that it can cleverly calculate your weight, how much weight you put on each foot and also where your centre of gravity is - you don't actually have to 'balance' on it as it doesn't move around. ==Getting Started== It works virtually ...

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...daily routine. ---Why Wii Fit?--- Wii Fit appears to be an apparently perfect way of doing just that. Not only will it help you get fit by being more active, but it will also measure your movements and can tell you if you are doing it right. Having used plenty of exercise dvds, it always seemed to me that you could easily not get the benefits out of it, because you may not be doing it right. Plus, it has built-in tracking of your progress towards ...
...register a Mii in the Wii Fit Plaza. You get to choose from a Mii you have already created on the Wii console. We currently have five Mii's registered, one was a fake registration, to see how Wii Fit reacts to certain scenarios that were somewhat beyond our capabilities to check with real people in our family. You can save date for up to eight users. This allows the average family plenty of scope for using this along with allowing friends to weigh-in ...

Rebeccs 09.11.2009 · Read full review
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...I decided to buy a Wii and WiiFit as we had considered buying them at Christmas but had decided that we couldn’t justify the expense at the time. I paid £249.99 to buy the Wii and WiiFit together as a package from Play and of course I went through Quidco and got £10 cashback too so I was well pleased with that. Dave was thrilled with the present and soon got the Wii set up so we could try out the Wii Sport games that came with it; more about those ...
...that is used is the Wii Remote which you need to hold in your hand and make sure that the wrist strap is fitted securely so that the remote doesn’t fly out of your hand as you exercise. When you first log into WiiFit you need to set up a WiiMe which is effectively a representation of yourself on the screen. To do this you have various choices of face shape, hair style and colour, fair hair, spectacles etc and you then choose a coloured shirt for ...

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Having bought the Nintendo Wii earlier this year, we decided we would get Wii Fit to go with it. We pre-ordered it from play.com and despite saying that they would deliver on the release date we were told that they were out of stock, and didn't know when they would be getting in. We were lucky enough to get one at out local Game store so we set it up later that night. ~ The Balance Board ~ As well as the game, you get a balance board. This is what ...
...not to jump on the Wii balance board. I am always careful not to but my dad jumped on it by accident when we first got it. He hasn't done it since and the board still works, but it obviously wasn't the cleverest thing to do! ~ Setting up ~ If you already have the Mii character's set up on your Wii you can select one of these to represent you when playing on Wii fit. You need to input some more information, such as your height and date of birth. ...

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Wii Fit is exactly what it sounds like. A game designed to help you get into shape! This game is clearly aimed for those that want to lose a bit of weight, but don't enjoy exercise. And I think it works! The game is currently retailling at £70, which might seem a little steep. But that's because it comes with it's own board - yep, most of this game is played using your feet! The board itself is very sturdy, and very accurate. There have been problems ...
...from your helpful buddy, the wii board. It tells you the basics about the program and you pick your mii. You tell it some facts about you, such as your height and your date of birth, and it then weighs you and comes up with your BMI. Your mii changes to reflect that - in my step dad's case, he is overweight so he ended up with a fat mii. I'm underweight, so I got a lanky looking one. It's all a bit of fun, and if you don't like other people knowing ...

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...family favourite, as the mighty WII took centre stage. Around the table, the four of us were suddenly gleefully sharing experiences, even more specifically of using the WII fit game. I must admit I had to chuckle when I contemplated the fact that there we were four 15 stone plus middle aged chaps frantically tucking into a hearty curry banquet, earnestly discussing the merits of a device apparently devised with the aim of helping people get in shape! ...
...by now with how the Wii gaming console works. Essentially, the majority of the games are designed to be as physically interactive as possible, in particular there are a whole range of sports games and accessories which you can use to simulate participation, whether that is via swishing the keypad around like a wand, using a mini tennis racket, golf club, steering wheel etc. The number one selling point for me is the social aspect, the fact that its ...

paulwilsontastic 15.01.2009 (11.05.2009) · Read full review
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I purchased a Nintendo wii at Christmas for the bargain price of 179.99, and i have to say we have hammered it since then. I love the fact that this works by using your movements, not only does it keep you fit but the laughs you have while playing are priceless. THE WII Nintendo have been the first to produce and console of this magnitude, although the playstation 3 was aimed to do this virtual type of console, they didn't pull it off and produced ...
...Not only is the Nintendo wii a lot cheaper than the other top of the range systems at the moment, but it also works as a console that can play slandered platform games, racing games and brain games like every other console. The thing that makes this different from any other console is that, it works by sensing and picking up on your movements, for example when you play golf, you would swing the remote like you would when really playing golf, and ...

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...look) my hands on a Wii fit. For those of you not in the know, a Wii fit is a video game, made by Nintendo, intended for play on the Wii console machine. Wii Fit was released in Japan on December 1, 2007, and in other regions in April and May 2008 As everyone is making resolutions at this time of the year I thought it would be a good time to write about my experiences with the board and my attempts to get fit by using it. The Wii fit is predominately ...
...I would say that the Wii fit should be used and viewed as just a guide for getting fit. I would never recommend this to anyone in the hopes that they were going to get fit by solely using this machine. Yes, it's good, it makes kids and adults alike get active and makes exercise enjoying and fun but it's a low intensity workout and in my opinion should only be used as part of your everyday exercise. I also say you should think of it as a guide when ...

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...annoying people that love the wii fit. I am the one that will stand in the corner of the pub and sings its praises to all who will listen (usually nobody, but I'll try anyway). So why do I like it so much? Let me explain... Firstly - I waited so long to be able to get one. I spent hours around Christmas time, painstakingly refreshing various websites that promised me that they would find me a wii fit in stock. They didn't. So I gave up for a while ...
...owner of my very own wii fit and balance board. 2 months ago, I was walking past my local Game store and there it was - the news that I had been waiting for - Wii fit in stock! I checked, and there wasn't a catch - you didn't have to buy anything extra, it wasn't being sold in a bundle with something I didn't need or want, it was just the wii fit with board to take away today. I handed over my £69.99 and grinned stupidly all the way home. I have ...

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