What is Nintendo up to for E3? With the new DSi out and Wii MotionPlus coming out, it looks like a year for software. And these two new trademarks may reveal their announcements early.
This Wii Fit Balance Board offered by Chinavasion is just $US65—not a bad price as the Balance Board is only offered in a Wii Fit bundle for $US90. But we wouldn’t recommend the purchase.
Just down that whole shaker of salt right now, please, because some obscure Dutch games retailer has given Nintendo’s press shy MotionPlus attachment a July 10 European release date.
Weight Fat—found in a Japanese crane machine—blatantly rips off Wii Fit with its green, grey and white colour scheme and similar fonts. There’s a problem with this knock-off, though: it’s not even a video game.
Nintendo has partnered with NEC, Panasonic and Hitachi to put together a system that actual doctors will use to check up on actual patients, using a Wii Fit.
Most people would not describe working out as a pleasurable experience, but nobody said that it has to be complete torture. That’s where these silicone covers for your Wii Fit balance board can help.
I don’t know if there’s a polite way to say this… but it looks like you’re wearing your holiday gluttony. Take a page from Blam’s book and get on a Wii Fit… fatty. [Kotaku]
Now this is just low, Walmart—about as classy as us putting up a game called Wii Should Maybe Protect Our Employees From Being Trampled To Death next to the break room. [Kotaku]
Wii Fit apparently turns you into a new man by literally breaking you. The Sun reports that the Wii is sending at least 10 people a week to the hospital with Wii-itis. Oh, it’s worse.
This guy wanted to get fit without Wii Fit, so he created this ghetto balance board with foam, wood, a Wiimote, and some custom PC software. His objective: A more vigorous exercise method.
