On October 4, Lose $US20 And A Few Kilos On The Wii Fit Plus
Brian will be one happy boy come October 4. That’s when the Wii Fit Plus (about which we heard rumours at E3) will be arriving. Good news: looks like it’ll be only $US20 if you don’t need a Balance Board.
The Wii Fit Plus will introduce 15 new mini-games and come as either a standalone disc for $US19.99, or as part of a bundle with the original Wii Fit and Balance Board for $US99.99. It also looks like Nintendo will be releasing black editions of the Wii remote, nunchuk and MotionPlus, so those concerned about matching their toys to their furniture will finally breathe a sigh of relief.
We’re happy to get the release info, but one question remains: will the Wii Fit Plus mean more pictures of Brian in his boxers? [USA Today via kotaku]
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@Jux: We're all very, very proud of you.
youbastid
@al12345: Aye - I box and lift weights, so I have a good amount of muscle-mass. Wii Fit tells me, however, that I'm obese. It's fairly irritating, but I guess it's made for tiny Japanese people.
@lanion: My wife has been doing Wii Fit for at least an hour a day for about 90 days now. I, on the other hand, already work out every day so I only ended up using it for a couple of weeks.
@Sir Gibler: hah! Yeah, mine and my wife's Miis look exactly like us with one major exception - Wii Fit makes my Mii enormously fat because of the retardedness of BMI.
Hmm...3 days AFTER my wife's birthday.
@Jux: Or the first line... or word for that matter.
@Jux: You are correct. The only way to get a truly accurate BMI measurement is to be weighed on a hanging scale in a water tank. Which costs serious dough. That doesn't stop my employer from using inaccurate BMI results to effect our health spending accounts..
I'm 5'2" and have a 25" waste, but my thighs could crush your skull because I started mountainbiking with my father when I was 8.
So I straddle the line of "overweight" and have to deal with a chubby technician telling me I could stand to lose a couple pounds.
@Jux: The WiFit's BMI calculation is notoriously inaccurate. Using the WiiFit to weigh yourself is mostly useful to see the progress you are making, not to get an accurate BMI measurement.
Mpls_Mikey
My god- that avatar will haunt me...
@lanion: you know what? i had the same experience...gave up on wii fit after about a month thinking "this isn't enough" and got into power 90, then p90x!
justywusty
@TheShredder: actually in the wii fit plus u can setup routine exercises!!!
nikolask7
@Charles Ip: my mii looks like me.
I dont get it...
Will this have the old exercises + new ones or just 15 crappy new ones.
Wiifit would be much better if you could set up a routine and not waste time switching minute long exercises.
TheShredder
Sorry Nintendo, I'm not buying Wii Fit Plus on my Birthday. I'd rather spend my birthday money (if I get any). On something more worthwhile than Wii Fit Plus. Maybe save my money for something like a iPod Touch or something.
nightwheel
@HyperDrunk: psst why don't you challenge yourself a little and try intermediate? otherwise it's just like jerking urself off...
15 new ways to injure yourself? cool! bring it on.
@al12345: Mine calls me obese too, and I race marathons (rollerblades) and come in first place (amateur category), though I admit I'm not Pure muscle, but I'm not fat either :p
HyperDrunk
@Sir Gibler: No, Brian got plastic surgery to look like the Mii.
Charles Ip
@al12345: Muscle mass can skew it, obviously. I'd be interested in hearing him pronounce it though.
@DeusExMach believes you have his stapler:
well you could sell wii fits for the same price you bought them a year ago.
lanion
@Jux:
BMI, blah blah blah. Ask the Governator about his BMI. I bet he is morbidly obese.
al12345
@Rosa Golijan: I'm new here and still get BLam confused. That, and I didn't read the last line of the article.
Now that I think about it, my post as a whole was pretty pretentious. I really meant that I'd love to try out Fit sometime ... I've gotten really into being a healthier person, and I'm down for any type of interactive technology that could be a part of that.
@lanion: I think it's a lousy stepping stone, as they are about 90 bucks a pop. That'd be one damned expensive walkway!
@Jux: That's actually Lam, not Chen.
Did Nintendo make Brian's Mii for him... Jesus Christ! My Mii doesn't even remotely look like me... you'd think since the whole Mario thing you'd be able to make an Italian fairly decently!
WiiFit helped get me into exercising regularly... I only played it for about a month then sold it, but only because I joined a yoga club, did P90X, and am now about to run a marathon.
I think its a good stepping stone.
lanion
Haven't tried Wii Fit yet, but I found that changing to a healthier diet and getting off my ass helped me lose 30 lbs in four months and get a BMI that's healthier than Chen's.
My American expectations were hoping the "Plus" meant bigger. Sadly, me and my super-size feet will have to stick to jogging.
WMyers