Nintendo: Wii Fit steps into US May 19, WiiWare launches May 12
The Wall Street Journal reports that Nintendo's highly anticipated and equally exhausting balancercise board and game, Wii Fit, will arrive arrive beneath American feet on May 19th. The exercise program and peripheral, a result of designer Shigeru Miyamoto's habitual monitoring of his own weight, has sold over a million units in Japan following its launch in December.
The article, which predicts an official announcement from Nintendo later today (see update above), also pins the launch of the WiiWare service to May 12th. WiiWare will be a new download service offering smaller, independent games from developers such as Steel Penny Games and doublesix.
[Via Wii Fanboy]
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I am curious to see how this thing sells in the US....
"No, no, you're losing weight because your heart rate increases and you get winded." That's cardio, you fucking moron. But Cardio itself in short spurts is ineffective. It's maintaining the cardio (40-50 minute WiiBoxing match without a single break...) that reaps the benefits.
i seriously wonder what the weight limit is on this thing because i can see people trying to sue Nintendo or something cause the board cant support them.
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WiiWare is more what I'm interested in at the minute until I have proof otherwise that WiiWare will be good and not end up wasting money on two 1/2 Wii Balance Boards.
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ive never seen someone so Jealous of the States. unless you live in japan. the Euro or the states; you dont matter.
Just curious as to where all that hate is steaming from.
i guess you need to buy this to get any use out of your wii. and they say sony makes useless products.
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Should I really do this? Well, just call me Johnny Storm because it's flame on time...
"where are you from?
ive never seen someone so Jealous of the States."
Jealous of what. Hey look everybody. We actually have a Nintendo of America doing it's fucking job. *golf clap*
"unless you live in japan. the Euro or the states; you dont matter."
One South African here will end you... Ludwig Defense Force Assemble!
"Just curious as to where all that hate is steaming from."
Steaming from? Emotions don't "steam." Trust me, I've been trying forever to buy some Vick's Malice Rub.
"i guess you need to buy this to get any use out of your wii."
March 9th is rapidly coming... and when it does, fights will break out in the streets...
Besides, aren't we past the whole "_____ has no games" phase? It's bullshit, and you know it.
"and they say sony makes useless products."
EyeToy: Kinetic...
Exercise program of 16 weeks... okay.... 16 weeks then this $50 software becomes invalid. Doesn't scale to performance... just 16 weeks...
My comment was for the dude that first posted about americans being to fat to use this. i was asking why all the hate, but seeing how joystiq always screws up the posts. my reply turned into its own comment.
I have nothing against any of the big three. in my opinion we all need to let BS go. enjoy your games on your console of choice. I just feel nintendo tries every gimmick in the book to appeal to the masses. the board is a good idea but too gimmicky. much like the wii steering wheel.
Johnny there was no need to flame on.
Every country hates America.
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But is all seriousness, look into local gyms. I'm paying $5 a month for mine and work out three times a week at about an hour and a half. You'll get much better results than WiiFit by Nintendo's own admission.
I for one will be picking it up because I've become increasingly conscious of my tightening pants, and its time to trim up.
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im much more excited for WiiWare im just not sure where im going to store all these games. i hope Nintendo comes up with a solution for that. letting us store games on SD cards would probably do the the trick for a while.
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and your 300lbs makes sense, i actually thought of bathroom scales right after i posted that.
http://www.walmart.com/search/search-ng.do?search_constraint=0&search_query=scales&ic=24_0
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Such a cute little troll you are bashing the PS3 and Sony at every turn. Thw Wii fit is a glorified scale and balance board. And the 360 would be better served as a grill you know the way it always overheats and all. The wii on the other hand probably wouldn't have enough under the hood to use a blender. You would need to wave your hands around in a belnder like motion. But then again thats a better form of control and interaction rather than just pressing a button to do the action.
Be a fan of games and not consoles Trollnando....
FYI I own all 3 consoles....
Wake me up when Nintendo releases Mario kart or Smash Brothers Brawl because other than first party games or Capcom releases the rest are a craptastic pile of waste.
2.) Wii Fit: May 19
3.) My Birthday: May 21
Those three reasons are why May is the best month of the year... ;)
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(Seriously no one is going to lose weight with this, you are going to look like a jerk on that thing and people buying this at launch are probably Apple costumers)
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Also, I'd buy it because it can help with some stretching and whatnot. I'm not going to get an uber-buff build from it, but it's better than sitting on my arse all day.
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You mean that demographic that Microsoft and Sony wanted to break into but never could because it gaming was perceived as a boy's club? The demographic that Nintendo has won over giving them record profits? How dare they release a game for those people!
I don't understand why people without a Wii are so bitter towards it. You still get your crappy Turok games, quit fucking whining.
http://www.joystiq.com/2007/10/10/ps3-monster-hunter-3-cut-due-to-high-dev-costs/
not all
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