It's fun to Wii at the YMCA

by John Bardinelli { Apr 11th 2007 at 11:05AM }

Still trying to find a Wii? Get in touch with your local YMCA. Nintendo recently donated Wii party packs to YMCA chapters around the country for the upcoming Healthy Kids Day. The event celebrates "making fitness fun" and could finally live up to that promise with remote-waggling wackiness.

This isn't the first time Wii games have been used to promote exercise. One blogger lost nine pounds in a month on a Wii Sports routine and subsequently appeared on NBC news.

Now Wii Sports weight loss needs a mascot. Somebody give John Madden a call. Slim-Fast is so 1985.

Tags: fitness, nintendo, sports, weightloss, wii, wiisports, ymca

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Konny @ Apr 11th 2007 11:10AM

Great Nintendo. Now, how about something other than minigames or mario? You know, something new that will last more than 5 mintues and doesnt have a fat plumber.

Aaron @ Apr 11th 2007 11:15AM

@ Konny -

Ummmm, Zelda?

Jack of No Trades @ Apr 11th 2007 11:14AM

Konny

Your asking for too much. Nintendo doesn't have that type of creativity.

fightinfilipino @ Apr 11th 2007 11:52AM

WHOOOOO LET THE TROLLS OUT?

WHO, WHO, WHO WHO!?

(shagi)

Jack of No Trades @ Apr 11th 2007 11:57AM

Well I got a PS3 & 360.

They are super duper.

Only with the PS3 im insecure. I have motorstorm and resistance only for it and I have to wait a long time for any new games. So Yes, I am insecure. But you Wii guys have to worry about the same thing.

Seedy @ Apr 11th 2007 11:59AM

So, not only is Wii the best gaming system out there but it's good for your health too? This console is truly amazing!

Jack of No Trades @ Apr 11th 2007 12:09PM

"Excite truck over motorstorm"

WHY?

Seedy @ Apr 11th 2007 12:16PM

I suppose that means Excite Truck's better.

hvnlysoldr @ Apr 11th 2007 12:32PM

Nintendo has secretly built tanks and doom ships and subs and are scrambling a squadron of strong soldiers to take over the world. Hail Satoru!

They should make a waterproof wiimote so we can play in the pool. My family would always go out to the outdoor YMCA pool in summer.

dsub @ Apr 11th 2007 1:27PM

You've gotta hand it to Nintendo. They are marketing the Wii in a VERY effective manner. Giving the Wii a "healthy, good for your kids" image will sell many Wii's. I get parents that come in all the time saying they'd buy their kid a Wii just for the sole purpose that he/she would have to get up off the couch to play games for a change. Parents don't want their kids getting fat. Just ask Subway.

Ethan Rom @ Apr 11th 2007 2:26PM

I like to Wii in the pool at the YMCA.
:)

Bluebreaker @ Apr 11th 2007 3:18PM

I don't think it's that fun to stay at the YMCA.

mo @ Apr 12th 2007 1:45AM

LOL!!!!!

nintendos marketing team is friggin amazing, if a year ago you said nintendo is going to target health conscious parents with there videogame system i would have thought it was a joke

next system they should try and use the anti-drug approach by adding a smoke detector, or a vegetable ingestion meter

i was about to say studying machine, but then i remembered BRAIN AGE

hahahahahahahahaha

the first system that managed to appeal to stuck up parents, which we now know was a huge market