Wii Fit

Advantages: great for weightloss, fun for all the family, improves posture, balance and health
Disadvantages: expensive, can only register up to 8 family members

...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 board. This can be used with other games such as skiing etc but will 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...

ilusvm 29.10.2008 · Read review
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Wii Fit

Advantages: Helps you lose weight, tracks your progress
Disadvantages: You need quite a bit of space for the balance board

...As someone who has a bad back, and could also stand to lose a few pounds in weight, I finally gave in and bought the wii fit. Basically, all it consists of is a balance board and CD with the Wii Fit activities on it. Like the Nintendo Wii controllers it is completely wireless which is great for storage, when you finish you can just slot it under your bed or in a cupboard. To start off you create a character for yourself in the Wii Fit Plaza, which is based off your Mii. The main idea is to have a daily body test which charts your weight, bmi, wii fit age etc and then go on to do some training in the form of either balance, aerobic, muscle exercise or yoga. This is kind of embarrassing, especially for me when my mii suddenly got a lot fatter! After completing the body test you are given a wii fit age, which you aim to reduce by...

tor0908 12.06.2009 · Read review
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Family Fitness

Advantages: Fun for the family
Disadvantages: None

...The first thing I noticed, when I opened the box, was the great hardware build quality. To me, the balance board has always looked very fragile in promotional pictures. I've seen people waving it around willy nilly so I thought it would just be lightweight plastic tat. It's actually a really sturdy, well made piece of equipment. You connect it to the Wii like a wiimote and the software also installs a special Wii Fit channel on the main menu. So, onto the Wii Fit software. As with Nintendo's other games, your profile is saved under your Mii. It's just like Brain Training with a daily test, complete with a slightly abstract body age which seems completely based on your ability to shift your weight around. During the test your Mii's physique is adjusted to match your BMI. This was hilarious as my little guy was inflated to become a fat...

parkiboy 27.01.2009 · Read review
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Can getting fit really be fun???

Advantages: Shows you how to do exercises correctly, balance games are fun, the balance board
Disadvantages: doesn't get that hard if you are really looking to build your fitness

...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 in activities as I am so unfit and self conscious. I have stopped wearing skirts and dresses and now live in the same baggy tops and jeans. The annoying thing is I know when I put my mind to it I can loose weight and follow an exercise routine. I have done it before and lost over 3 stone. The problem is keeping it off and staying healthy. Also I hurt my knee two years ago on a skiing...

rachael23 09.06.2009 · Read review
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  The Unique Way To Keep Fit!

Advantages: Great fun, whole family can get involved, helps to keep you fit
Disadvantages: It is quite expensive

...My boyfriend and I eventually gave 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. You need to stand on the balance board for the various exercises and games that you will take part in. The balance board is slightly different from a normal set of weighing scales because as well as being able to measure you weight, it can also judge how much weight you place on each foot and where you centre of gravity (COG) is. From all this...

daylehall 13.07.2008 · Read review
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Keep fit while having fun

Advantages: Addictive, fun, healthy
Disadvantages: Expensive, can be embarrassing!

...This would be my latest obsession, and from what I have gathered it is an obsession of many other people around the country...considering that this game has sold out 4 Christmas' running. I first tried the game when a housemate of mine bought it and brought it round to the house, and after that I had to have it...regardless of price. It is just too fun, too addictive and too group orientated not to get...or group competition is probably the best way to describe 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...

Secre 28.01.2009 · Read review
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wii fit

Advantages: Very good, fun and you can loose weight.
Disadvantages: Only allows you to play with two people-no more!

...I think that the wii fit game is really good. comes fully equit with the wii balance board, this fun and interactive game is really good to play on your own or with friends. Everyone can enjoy this and with a variety of different games(balance, muscle works outs, yoga- which i havent played on yet, and aerobics) this fun game can help you to get fit and have fun. I personally enjoy all the games and have unlocked them all. you can play with more than one player, but only on the running which is slightly disappointing, but other than that the sound and the graphics are both very satisfactory and i would say that this is a very worthwhile investment-especially if you have children. I thought that when wii sports came out that that was very good and realistica nd enjoyable-but this is even better!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DEFINATELY...

joshi94 20.02.2009 · Read review
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Wii Fit

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...My sister got the Wii Fit for Christmas and I think that everyone in my family is hooked. This game comes with a balance board that you do exersizes around and also can do different games on. There are different sort of exersizes that the Wii Fit enables you to do within the game, these include aerobics which are great fun especially the step aerobics games, muscle workouts including different sit ups etc. you can do to work out, balance games which are fun games designed to help you improved control over your posture and other functions are also available. You can also find out what your Wii Fit age is by taking an age test within the game, and also keep track over your weight, BMI (and it tells you if you are overweight or within the boudaries for your weight against your height) and posture over a period of time and set goals...

crazycafe 06.02.2009 · Read review
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Wii Mii Gets fit

Advantages: Great for the whole family, fun, easy to use, amazing concept
Disadvantages: Board can become a little uncomfortable on your feet

...Who would have thought that excercise using a games consol would ever be presented to us, and who could imagine that it could be so much fun. The wii fit is a revolutionary product brought to us by the Nintendo Wii (watch out, you need to have the console), that allows the entire family to become involved in a new health and fitness regime and what's best of all - you don't even have to leave the house for this programme to benefit you. The wii fit provides users with four different fitness categories to include Yoga, Muscle workouts, aerobics and balance. Using a combination of each of the activities - there are 40 in total between the 4 categories - that can help to stretch and tone those muscles, burn fat and improve your balance. Not all of the excercises in each of the categories are unlocked so the more excercise you take...

stillclueless 14.01.2009 · Read review
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Get Fit - the Wii way

Advantages: *
Disadvantages: *

...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 you stand on to be able to play the game. It takes batteries and is cordless like the other controls that are used with the Wii. The balance board, white in colour, reminds me of a set of scales although it is a bit bigger. There is a power button on the front of the board and this is easy to use to turn the power on/off. You are advised to stand on the balance board with bare feet, which...

bluejules 15.06.2008 · Read review
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