Wii Fit
Wii Fit – The path to fitness begins with a single step
Well, in case David’s New Game Get for this week was somehow missed by your prying eyes, Nintendo wants you to know that this week is Wii Fit week (and maybe Star Soldier R, I’m not sure yet). I’ll be stepping up to do a little review of this game changer a little bit later, so watch out for that (sorry, I don’t do before and after’s because perfection can’t be ...
Game Changer: Wii Fit sells 90 units per minute in U.K.
This really shouldn’t surprise anyone, but the Wii Fit is selling 90 units per minute in the UK store Woolworth’s. “This is a revolution in computer gaming. For a game not targeted at gamers to sell in numbers like this is unheard of and is genuinely changing the market,” said Woolworths games trading manager Gerry Berkley. I’ve got mine pre-ordered, and from the soun...
Nintendo ramps up Wii Fit marketing, shifts industry yet again
Wii Fit is big in Japan (1.5 million sold in three months) and arguably will be as big if not bigger in the US when it goes live in a month or so (more people, more people who subscribe to new “weight loss” gimmicks, Wii’s existing momentum among people outside the now incorrectly described “core” or “traditional gamer”). But, just in case, Nintendo is all...
The most influential game blog endorses Wii Fit
From the hilariously entitled It’s Shocking, We’re Pissed, Wii Fit Sorta Works by Brian Ashcraft of Kotaku: The Balance Board games on Wii Fit actually are pretty great. If you can still stomach mini-games (ungh), then these games are entertaining and, in a way, more fulfilling than Wii Sports… When I saw Wii Fit at E3 last year, I hated it. Really, really hated it. And when I bo...
Wii console sales boosted by casual, hardcore titles in Japan
Thanks to the one-two punch of titles like Super Smash Bros. Brawl and the quirky Wii Fit balance board, Nintendo has widened its lead in Japan over Sony’s PlayStation 3. According to an article from Reuters today, Nintendo’s Wii game console outsold the PlayStation 3 nearly 4-to-1 in Japan in February despite Sony’s console beginning to narrow the gap last autumn. In addition to...
Namco working on unannounced Balance Board game for Wii
Namco is showing off a new balance board game this week behind closed doors to various gaming media, says an industry contact of mine, who will be previewing the title this Friday. I have no idea what type of game it is, but at least we know the name of one publisher making games for the new peripheral. Last week at the Game Developers Conference, Nintendo president Reggie Fils-Aime said, “T...
Poll – Wii Fit
In Japan, Wii Fit has sold over a million units. But are you excited for it to come out in your country? While it seems like fun, Wii seems to be getting a lot of peripherals without a lot of additional software for them. Reggie seems to think Wii Fit is it, but do you? This week we ask: {democracy:32} [For last week’s poll results, click here.]
How important is Wii Fit to Nintendo’s future?
Confession: I’ve been anticipating the release of Wii Fit since first experimenting with the title at E3 last year, for two reasons: I’m chunky, and the Ski Jump mini game was a blast. I’m hopeful other unannounced games will be just as enjoyable. The health/mini-game software launched in Japan on Dec. 1 for $75 (including the balance board) and has sold more than 1 million copie...
How the Wii is like a toothpick
In the 1860s, Charles Forster did something pretty remarkable with an object many people considered ordinary. The object was the toothpick, and what Forster managed to do was get people who would never have been caught dead with one to use this sliver of wood to pick their teeth outside swanky restaurants, hold it in their mouths, and use it in a variety of other venues that at first glance appear...
Wii Fit: How much is too much?
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata told the world yesterday that Wii Fit would descend upon Japanese fitness aficionados on Dec. 1 for about $75 (8,800 Yen). First of all, having a release date and price in hand is a great thing. Next stop, U.S. and Europe,pricing and dates, please. But there’s the rub, at least for me–what are we Yanks willing to pay for the Wii Balance Board and Wii Fit...
WiiFit: First major game to not be a game
Edge has a preview of the upcoming (and controversial) WiiFit. Wii Fitness is a simple concept executed very well, and the fact that it angered some of the gaming world at its announcement is more an indictment of the industry than an understanding of how it can change the way non-gamers see consoles. It should be interesting to see how “gamey” the title ends ups being… (i.e. the...